Shabbat Shalom

April 21, 2022 / 20 Nisan 5782
Volume 20 Number 16 

Community Level—Low

Current Protocol:

• Masks are not required but are highly recommended for all so as to protect those who are still vulnerable to COVID-19.
• Proof of vaccination is not required—we encourage you to stay up-to-date on your vaccination and boosters.
• We request that you sing quietly, especially if you choose to attend without a mask.

What's happening at TBE?

Friday: Passover Service and Yizkor (Virtual Only)
Friday, April 22, 10:00 AM

Join us for our festival morning service for the Seventh Day of Passover. The service will include the festival prayers, Torah and Haftarah readings, and prayers for Yizkor when we remember our loved ones. Join via Zoom here.

Friday: Erev Shabbat Service (VIRTUAL ONLY)
Friday, April 22, 7:30 PM

Join us online for an evening Shabbat service. This service will be led by Rabbi Tiwy and Cantor Fine.

A digital version of the Orders of Worship is available every Friday on the  Stream Services page.

Live streaming services:

• The Erev Shabbat Facebook event can be found here.
• You can watch services on the TBE YouTube channel here.
• The streaming player for online services can be found on our website  here (click "play" and this feature will work after services begin).

Saturday: Torah study and Shabbat service (Zoom)
Saturday, April 23, 9:00 AM and 10:00 AM

 
Our Saturday worship experience begins with Torah Study from 9:00–9:45 AM followed by services beginning at 10:00 AM, on Zoom. All are invited!
 
Link to Shabbat morning Torah study and Shabbat service Zoom meeting:  https://bit.ly/sat-torah-study.

Sisterhood Havdalah and Pizza Party (In Person)
Saturday, April 23, 7:00 PM

Reminder: TBE doors open at 7:00 PM for schmoozing and catching up, followed by a 7:30 PM Havdalah service in the rotunda or in the temple social hall (depending on group size). The service will be followed by a pizza party sponsored by Sisterhood—remember BYOB! Donations accepted. Reservations have now closed. For questions, please call Mady Plumer at (253) 377-4615. 

Yahrzeits

The following names will be read at services on Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23. May their memories be for a blessing.

Ann Adelman, Lester Baskin, Herbert Ira Berns, Ben Block, Peggy Weston Boxberger, Gertrude Crystal-Pound, Paula Desow, Estelle Farber, Judah Fine, Marion Meyers Fingold, Gerard Herman, Marguerite Hillman, Yvette Jacobs, Samuel Kahn, Ceceil Kay, Joan Krivosha, Myrtle Lindsey, Hilda Margolis, Erika Markewitz, Kurt Newman, Betty Robinson, Leslie Sussman, Trudy Touriel, Beatrice Weston, Milton R. Wolfe

Upcoming Events

Temple Beautification Work Party (In Person)
Sunday, April 24, 9:00 AM–1:00 PM

Join us for fresh air, exercise, amazing company and refreshments—all while working to keep the outside of our temple in great shape! Silvia Fradkin is taking over for Lin Spellman who has worked tirelessly to keep the outside of Temple Beth El in great shape. Our current project will be to spread lots of mulch by the parking strips. If you are interested, please contact Silvia Fradkin at (253) 313-6779 or stfradkin991@gmail.com.

Recipe Roundtable (Zoom)
Sunday, April 24, 1:00–2:00 PM

Join Deb Freedman and Sisterhood’s Mady Plumer in a roundtable discussion of favorite Jewish recipes, tips and techniques. First brag about your Passover matzah ball tips and tricks or favorite charoset ingredients. Then celebrate the return to bread by sharing favorite challah recipes and techniques. Finish with favorite dessert ideas. Come prepared to show your favorite cookbook! In order for everyone to participate equally, this class will be presented on Zoom only. To register, please go here.

The Diary of Anne Frank at the Lakewood Playhouse (In Person)
Sunday, April 24, 8:00 PM

Directed by Melanie Gladstone with collaboration and support with historical/religious context from Cantor Fine and Joel Hencken. In this transcendently powerful new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, Anne Frank emerges from history a living, lyrical, intensely gifted young girl who confronts her rapidly changing life and the increasing horror of her time with astonishing honesty, wit, and determination. An impassioned drama about the lives of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a concealed storage attic, The Diary of Anne Frank captures the claustrophobic realities of their daily existence—their fear, their hope, their laughter, their grief. This is a new adaptation for a new generation. The play runs from Friday, April 15–Sunday, May 8. For more information or to purchase tickets, go here.

Yom HaShoah Commemoration (In Person and Zoom)
Wednesday, April 27, 4:00 PM

The Holocaust and Genocide Studies Department of Pacific Lutheran University invites you to attend the testimony of Holocaust survivor Toby Levy. The event will take place on Wednesday, April 27 from 4:00–5:30 p.m. and will consist of Toby sharing her testimony with a Q & A session to conclude. You are welcome to attend virtually or in person on campus in Admin 101. Please note that Toby will be delivering testimony via Zoom. To register, please go here.

An Evening of World Jewish Music (In Person and Zoom)
Saturday, April 30, 7:00 PM

Join us for an evening of music in honor of Israeli Independence Day presented by Bet Chaverim. This concert is being hosted both in person and on Zoom. Featured performers include:

• Neil Weinstein of Bet Chaverim
• Cantor Geoffrey Fine of Temple Beth El
• Chava Mirel of Temple De Hirsch Sinai
• Shalom Klezmer Band

To attend in person: Bet Chaverim • 25701 14th Pl. S. • Des Moines, WA
(Proof of vaccination and masking are required.)
To attend via Zoom: Meeting ID 400 839 0307 • Password: 244494

Save the Date

Guided Meditation on Happiness (In Person)
Sunday, May 1, 1:00-2:00 PM

Join us for Being Joyous Always: A Guided Meditation on Happiness with Julia Walsh. Finding sources of joy in a stressful world isn’t something you have to do alone. Come and hear some Jewish stories about happiness, interspersed with humming some upbeat niggunim. To register, please go here.

TCC Diversity Film Festival (In Person)
Opens Sunday, May 1, 2:30 PM

The Grand Cinema is once again teaming up with Tacoma Community College to present the Diversity Film Festival, which will run from May 1 through May 15 this year. The theme for TCC Diversity Festival 2022 is "we are heRE: REconnecting and REimagining," and the six films that it will showcase were selected to bring us together in shared experiences and conversations.  

The festival will also include post-film discussions, a Q & A session with one film’s director, and gala social events. Films are free for all Tacoma and TCC students (at box office only, no online sales) with valid student ID, courtesy of The Grand Cinema and Tacoma Creates. General admission tickets are available at The Grand Cinema ticket office and on GrandCinema.com. All films will be shown at The Grand except for where indicated.

Arrivals: A Seattle Love Story (In Person)
Monday, May 2, 7:00 PM

The Seattle Jewish Theater Company is performing the historically-based play, Arrivals: A Seattle Love Story, at Temple Beth El. Written and directed by SJTC artistic director Art Feinglass, and based on historical events, Arrivals is a Romeo and Juliet love story that unfolds against the backdrop of early-1900’s Seattle and the arrival of the first Sephardic Jewish immigrants.

The year is 1902 when Marco Cordova, a poor young Jew from Turkey, comes to Seattle, the first Sephardic Jew ever to arrive in the city, determined to make his fortune. He soon meets Bayla Keigelman, a fragile young Jewish woman from Russia, who is haunted by memories of a vicious pogrom. Despite the cultural gulf between them, they fall in love but find they must confront forces that declare their love forbidden. To RSVP, please go here. This performance is free and the event is sponsored by Lamed Vav.

Opportunities

Estate Sale
This Saturday and Sunday, from 10:00 AM–4:00 PM, there will be an estate sale. There are beautiful art pieces, furniture, and more. For details, please go here.

Tikkun Olam
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church on the Narrows has successfully resettled an Afghan family—a mother, father, and three children with a fourth on the way. The following volunteer help is needed: tutoring for both adults and children in English and math; accompaniment to medical appointments; and help for the two weeks prior to and after the time of deliver (delivery date is June 6). For more information or to volunteer, contact Paula Friedmann, pfzebra@me.com.

Support Ukrainians' Legal Needs
Are you a volunteer who is fluent in Russian and/or Ukrainian? Help JFS assist Ukrainian nationals who reside in the Seattle area and are in need of legal support representing themselves in court. This population has not arrived through a resettlement agency, and as such has no access to employment authorization, public benefits, or case management services. The legal team at JFS will host four-session pro se clinics in which participants will receive support and guidance in preparing and filing qualifying applications. These clinics will start in early May. To learn more, please go here.

Yom HaShoah Yellow Flag Memorial
Our unique Temple Beth El memorial of 6,000 yellow flags honoring the six million Jewish souls lost in the Holocaust makes an enormous impact on the Tacoma community. The memorial needs your help to happen! We are scheduling groups to set up, and then take down this important flag display.

Setup: one-hour time slots from 1:00–5:00 PM
Sunday, April 24–Wednesday, April 27
Take down: one-hour timeslots from 1:00–5:00 PM
Sunday, May 8–Wednesday, May 10

Please contact Leslie Bright at leslie@tbetacoma.org to sign up for your shift or if you have any questions.

Volunteers Needed for the Temple Tech Team (Soundboard)
The Temple Tech Team desperately needs more volunteers. No experience necessary—training is provided! In addition to training, a step-by-step guide is provided for you. One Friday evening a month is all we ask. To sign up, please contact Jordan Harris at jhhandjnh@aol.com or (253) 414-7237 or Aaron Petersen at aharon.micharl78@gmail.com.

AIDNW/JCIJ—All Temple Members Welcome to Participate
Advocates for Immigrant Justice and Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice are collaborating with Temple Beth El to feed newly released detainees from the NW Detention Center in Tacoma. TBE is coordinating 20 sack lunches for the first Thursday of each month. Money and food donations are needed for us to fulfill this obligation!

Please email Mady Plumer at madshell33@icloud.com or call her at (253) 377-4615. This event is sponsored by Sisterhood, but we need participation by any interested TBE member (if you have contacts in any other organization who might be willing to help out, please forward this message to them).

The outreach from some of our temple members as well as individual community members and local churches has been terrific so far, but this is a year long commitment and support is needed on an ongoing basis. Please consider buying the following items which will be needed for the month of May: apples, oranges, jerky, dried fruit, cheese and cracker packets, peanut butter sandwiches or packets of peanut butter and crackers.

Information

Religious School Update
April 24: Classes online.
May 1: Classes are in person at TBE.
May 8: Classes are online.
May 15: Religious school's last day (in person) and TBE community gathering.

Hebrew School Update
Hebrew classes will meet at their regularly scheduled times.

Judaica Shop Hours

• Wednesdays: 3:30–5:30 PM
• Fridays: 6:50–7:20 PM (before services) and 5:20–5:50 PM (before early service–last Friday of the month)
• By appointment by emailing judaica@tbetacoma.org.

Contact the Clergy 
If you have a question or concern you would like to share with the clergy, please email Rabbi Tiwy at rabbitiwy@tbetacoma.org or Cantor Fine at cantorfine@tbetacoma.org.

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