Shabbat Shalom

May 5, 2022 / 4 Iyar 5782

Volume 20 Number 18

Community Level—Medium

Current Protocol:

• Masking is required for all.
• Social distancing is recommended.
• 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.

What's happening at TBE?

Friday: Erev Shabbat Service (In Person)
Friday, May 6, 7:30 p.m.

Join us in person or online for an evening Shabbat service. This service will be led by Cantor Fine and features a sermon from Deb Freedman. Deb has just completed Tacoma’s Shul: Talmud Torah and Sinai Temple, written with Tacoma native Harold Friedman. Her topic will be Tacoma’s Jewish community at the time of Israel’s statehood. Masks will be required for all those attending in person.

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, May 7, 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.

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

Havdalah (Zoom)
Saturday, May 7, 7:30 p.m.
 
Please celebrate Zoom Havdalah here.
Zoom Meeting ID: 320 3406 647.
 
What will I need?
Just yourself! However, if you would like to participate in blessings at home, Havdalah blessings are said over wine, besamim (fragrant spices), and a braided Havdalah candle.
 
What if I don't have those things?
If you don't have a Havdalah candle at home, you can use two candles (or even two matches) joining the flames as the blessing is recited. And if you do not have wine, it can be substituted with something you might use to celebrate or offer to a guest, perhaps coffee or tea. And, most importantly, if you don't have any of these things, just come to say blessings and be together. You can find the Havdalah blessings here.
 
Questions? Contact Stacy Van Wagoner through Facebook Messenger or at stacyrai22@hotmail.com. 

Yahrzeits

The following names will be read at services on Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7. May their memories be for a blessing.

Rose Alpert, Morley Brotman, Janie Crotty, Fannie Eastern, Mark Joshua Eisen, Etta Fine, Mac Fingeroot, Ronald Glickman, Anne Lillian Kartsman, Evelyn Kaydus, Sidney Lavans, Louis A. Lawson, Sid Lockitch, Max Meier, George Montopoli, Ethel Pliskow, Serafima Rappaport, Alice Rosenthal, Harry Rotman, Jerry Rubenstein, Gertrude Schneider, Bill Schumer, Marlene Tone, Anna Touriel, Jay Wax, Martha Webb

Upcoming Events

2022 Community of Caring Luncheon (Virtual)
Friday, May 6, 12:00–12:45 p.m.

The JFS 2022 Community of Caring Luncheon is coming up tomorrow! This special virtual event raises funds for JFS programs that serve thousands of individuals and families each year, including Holocaust survivors and older adults, refugees from Afghanistan, Ukraine, and elsewhere, people struggling to stay in their homes, and many more. To register, go here.

A Rabbi, a Priest, and a Minister… (Virtual)
Sunday, May 8 and May 15, 1:00–2:00 p.m.

Join us for Jewish humor presented by Herb Levine and Joel Hencken. Come prepared to share your own favorite Jewish joke. Sessions will be held on Zoom—you will receive your Zoom link in the confirmation email once you register. To register, please go here.

This is the End: How Movies Prepared Us for the Apocalypse (In Person)
Wednesday, May 11, 7:00 p.m.

Are you a fan of The Day After Tomorrow, Children of Men and The Midnight Sky? Then you may have Apocalypse Mania, a condition characterized by deriving excessive pleasure from dystopian movies and spending a disproportionate amount of time thinking about the fall of civilization; and The Grand Cinema has got just the event coming up for you.

Film Critic Robert Horton will present This is the End: How Movies Prepared Us for the Apocalypse, a talk with cinematic illustrations, at The Grand Cinema. Horton looks at the imagery of apocalyptic movies and how these films foreshadowed our responses during the COVID-19 pandemic: the extremes of divisiveness and community-building, the loneliness of isolation, and the tantalizing possibility of starting over again—but maybe doing it better this time. Tickets are $8 for the general public, but the event is free to attend for students and Quest/EBT card holders thanks to Tacoma Creates. For more information or to buy tickets, go here.

Just Add Water: An Introduction to Mikveh—URJ Class (Virtual)
Thursday, May 12, 5:00–6:15 p.m.

Dip your toe in! Explore the biblical roots of this ancient Jewish water ritual that has soared in popularity in the last decade. Experience a virtual tour of the Mayyim Hayyim Community Mikveh of greater Boston—without getting wet! Learn about what happens at an immersion and the many reasons—ancient and contemporary—that bring people of all genders to the mikveh waters. Facilitated by Rabbi Amalia Mark and Rabbi Julie Zupan. This program is offered at no charge. Please consider a donation to help us make Jewish learning accessible for more people. Suggested donation: $20; any amount is appreciated. You will receive a Zoom link upon registration. For more information or to register, go here.

Erev Shabbat and Teacher Appreciation Service (Multi Access)
Friday, May 13, 7:30 p.m.

Join us at Temple Beth El for an inspirational worship experience as we welcome Shabbat and take time to recognize and honor the dedicated teachers of our religious and Hebrew schools. 

Religious School End of Year Picnic (In Person)       
Sunday, May 15, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

TBE members—you're invited! Please join us in person to celebrate the end of a great school year! We will have carnival games, food, art, and fun. Come meet our special guest: TBE's new rabbi, Keren Gorban. She will be joining us to celebrate a great year!

How Sweet is Your Love (Virtual)
Sunday, May 15, 2:15 p.m.

Seattle Jewish Chorale invites you to join them on May 15 for their fifth and grandest virtual concert, How Sweet is Your Love. This eclectic program of beautiful Jewish songs will be a heartfelt celebration of love, friendship, and community. Join them to enjoy their skilled singers and instrumentalists, plus some special surprises that you haven't seen at an SJC concert before, virtual or in-person. They're excited to share this special show with you. Though the concert will be free, they always appreciate donations to help cover their musical expenses. Watch their spring concert by going to their YouTube channel on May 15 at 2:15 p.m. PST, and anytime following.

Music of Remembrance: Tres Minutos (In Person)
Sunday, May 15, 5:30 p.m.

The scenes we see at the southern border confront us all with an ongoing humanitarian crisis. Tres minutos, a pathbreaking new opera that MOR has commissioned from composer Nicolas Benavides and librettist Marella Martin Koch, is a timely reminder that beyond the arguments about immigration policy are actual people with real lives, deep emotions and complicated relationships.
 
Tres minutos tells the story of Nila and Diego, a sister and brother who share family bonds, but not citizenship. Allowed a brief supervised reunion at the US-Mexico border that separates them, they wrestle with questions of identity, duty and belonging. It’s a rare work that explores the intimate human dimensions of this urgent issue for our time.
 
Starring soprano Vanessa Isiguen and baritone José Rubio in a production conceived and directed by Erich Parce. To purchase tickets at Benaroya Hall, go here. (The Seattle Symphony and Benaroya Hall will require all event attendees to provide proof of full vaccinations, or a negative COVID-19 test, and to wear masks inside the venue regardless of vaccination status.)

Save the Date

TBE Baseball with the Tacoma Rainiers
Sunday, July 3, 6:05 p.m.

It's back! Join in on the fun with Temple Beth El for an evening of baseball and family fun at Cheney Stadium. The Tacoma Rainiers will be taking on the Salt Lake Bees—there's even a fireworks show after the game! Tickets are $16/person and include a reserved seat, ballpark meal, game program, and group video board recognition. To register, please go here. Purchase before June 3!

Opportunities

Help Feed Habitat for Humanity Volunteers
Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity counts on volunteers of all types, not just those who come out and help on their build sites or in their stores, but also those willing to provide nourishment to build site volunteers.

While they appreciate the occasional hot lunch or homemade treats, what is most needed is non-perishable items. Too often well-intentioned snack providers bring out food that simply cannot be eaten in one day. To best provide for their needs, these items are best:
Single-serve, non-perishable snacks such as: Goldfish, popcorn, trail mix, chips, Cliff bars, granola bars, pretzels, squeeze applesauce, fruit snacks, and fun-sized chocolate bars.
Single-serve drinks: bottled water and sports drinks
 
If you would like to donate any of the above items, please contact avalibeigi@tpc-habitat.org with questions and/or to coordinate drop off location and times.

The Diary of Anne Frank at the Lakewood Playhouse (In Person)
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 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.

Take down: one-hour timeslots from 1:00–5:00 p.m.
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.

Information

HFLA Can Help You Pay for College
Applications are open now through May 31. HFLA offers interest-free, no fee loans of up to $7,500 for postsecondary education including college, graduate school, vocational, technical, and community college. No interest. No origination fees. No fees of any kind. Learn more about the Student Access Fund program on their website. Questions? Contact office@hflawa.org or (206) 397-0005.

Religious School Update
May 8: Classes are online.
May 15: Religious school's last day (in person) and TBE community gathering to celebrate our school.

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

Judaica Shop Summer Hours

• Fridays: 6:50–7:20 p.m. (before services) and 5:20–5:50 p.m. (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.

Tachlis (the bottom line)

Submitting an event or announcement to Shabbat Shalom 

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