Masks are not required but are highly recommended for all.
To keep our community healthy and avoid any service closures, we strongly recommend wearing a mask while at the temple.
What's happening at TBE?
Friday: Erev Shabbat Service (Multi-access) Friday, October 27, 6:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to join us online or in person for an Erev Shabbat service. Join us before the service for an oneg at 5:45 p.m., sponsored by Marc and Susan Mangel.
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, Shabbat Service (Multi-access) Saturday, October 28, 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Our Saturday worship experience begins with Torah study from 9:00–9:45 a.m. This will be followed by services beginning at 10:00 a.m. (online and in person). All are invited! At the conclusion of the service, please join us in the social hall for a potluck lunch and bring a dish to share! Dishes can be pescatarian (dairy and fish allowed).
BBYO Kick-Off Party (DEFY Tacoma) Saturday, October 28, 5:45 p.m. 8th-12th grade students are invited to the DEFY Tacoma trampoline park for a night of food and fun from 5:45 - 8:45 p.m. Pizza, drinks, and dessert will be served. The address is 1680 S Mildred St Tacoma, WA 98465.
Virtual Solidarity Salon Sunday, October 29, 10:30 a.m. on Zoom The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) invites you to join us for a Solidarity Salon with the Israeli organization Shaharit, in partnership with Makom, the education branch of the Jewish Agency for Israel. Shaharit does incredible work to build civil society across divides in Israel, and for that reason, Shaharit is one of Federation’s Israel & Overseas grantees this year. This program will feature speakers from across Israeli society (from Haredi to Bedouin) who will share a window into what Israelis from different communities are feeling and thinking during this shocking and devastating moment. All are welcome. Register here.
Between Worlds (Benaroya Hall) Sunday, October 29, 2023, 5:30 p.m. Join us Sunday for the brilliant choreography of Olivier Wevers of Whim W'Him Seattle Contemporary Dance. Lullaby and Doina was part of composer Osvaldo Golijov's soundtrack for the 2000 film The Man Who Cried, depicting the intertwined fates of a Jewish woman and a Roma man in Nazi-occupied Paris. Held in Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall. Get tickets here. Hadassah Educators Council Meeting Thursday, November 2, 5 p.m. PST on Zoom Hadassah encourages all educators, active and retired, to attend the upcoming Hadassah Educators Council fall meeting. This meeting will be an interactive session, an opportunity to have your voice heard as an educator, focusing on what you have to say. The topics covered will be the crisis in Israel, antisemitism in schools, Holocaust education, curriculum decision-making in education, and the next steps of the newly-formed Educators Council. For more information about Hadassah’s Educators Council: educatorscouncil@hadassah.org or the Hadassah website.
Mississippi Summer (Seattle Jewish Theater Company) Sunday, November 5, 2:00 p.m. Temple Beth El will be hosting a performance of Mississippi Summer. Written and directed by Art Feinglass, the historically based play is set in the summer of 1965 when hundreds of young volunteers traveled to Mississippi to work for civil rights. It focuses on three of those volunteers, two of them Jewish, on the outspoken local rabbi, and on a dynamic Black civil rights leader. The play will be performed by the Seattle Jewish Theater Company at Seattle and Tacoma venues, including Temple Beth El, in the fall. This performance is sponsored by Lamed Vav and is free to the public.
Opportunities
Tacoma Jewish Community Fund: Your Support for Israel is Needed Now Israel remains at war. The loss of life, property, and security has been great. Join with those who have already given more than $20,000 to the Tacoma Jewish Community Fund’s special appeal for Israel. Your donation will support the victims of terror by helping rebuild damaged infrastructure and addressing the trauma caused by this horrific attack.
It is easy to make your donation by credit card when you visit our safe and secure website: www.tacomajcf.org. Just use the tab Donate, then Select Fund, and choose Israeli Social Services and Disaster Relief from the drop-down option. If you prefer to donate with a check, send your donation, marked for Israel Special Appeal, to:
Tacoma Jewish Community Fund P.O. Box 64831 University Place, WA 98464
Or you can call Judith Florence at (253) 752-3621 to donate by credit card, if you prefer.
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Want to Know the Hebrew Date? Well now you can with a very special calendar created for Temple Beth El for the New Year 5784. The brainchild of past congregant David Nemetz, these calendars include Jewish recipes for every month of the Jewish year! The photographs are colorful, crisp, and clear and everyone has been very amused and inspired by the recipes. They are available for pick-up at the front table when you come into the temple. All temple members get one free calendar per household. Each family name is labeled on a large white envelope with your calendar inside. At the back of the tubs (after the letter “Z”), there are additional calendars for sale for $8 each. Buy one, (or ten!), for family and friends. You can leave your $8 donation in the manila envelope provided. Mazel tov to everyone who contributed recipes, helped develop and make the calendars, and prepared them for distribution.
If you attend Saturday services online and wish to purchase your own copy of the Mishkan T'filah (the prayer book used at our Shabbat services), the Judaica Shop has them in stock! Come and check out our new Pride items and sale table.
TBE Office Closure Notice Please note that the temple office will be closing at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, November 22 for Thanksgiving break and will not reopen until 9:00 am on Tuesday, November 28.
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