JCCO
JCCO - Bend
Shalom Bayit
June / July, 2015 (5775)
Volume 2, Issue 8
Letter from the President...
In this issue:
Letter from Rabbi J 2
Halfway to
Hanukkah!
3
Sisterhood News
4
Wonder Woman!
5
Yard Sale
6
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7
General
Membership
Meeting
8
Membership
application
9
Temple activities
2014/2015
10
A word from out
sponsors…
11
Birthdays,
anniversaries,
Yahrzeit
12
Dear, wonderful, amazing friends—
For the past 5 years I have had the
honor and privilege of being your
president and part of your lives. While
my “reign” is finally coming to a close,
I want you to know how much I love
this community and assure you that I
have no intention of disappearing. I will
continue to be part of the board this
coming year as the past president and
will now happily focus more attention
on my commitment to work with Alan
Jacobs on the newsletter and as the
Membership Committee Chairperson.
Plus, I am pretty sure there may be a
few more students left for me to
mentor—hint, hint!
How can I begin to thank all the current
and past board of director’s members
over the past 7 years that I have served
with for their time, dedication and
support for this community?! I have
learned so much from them and from all
of you—Thank you and bless you.
Also, many thanks to Rabbi Jay and
Judy, Deborah Schluter, “my partner in
time” Jim
Gustafson
and to Ben
Lindner for
being not
only our
Sukkah
Angel but apparently my personal
Angel as well!
Change is inevitable, change is good
and change is sometimes
uncomfortable. I hope that we can all
support Ben
Lindner, Steven
Foster-Wexler,
Rachel Lemas,
Lester Friedman
and Naomi Hall to
feel comfortable, supported and
appreciated for their dedication to the
JCCO.
One last thing to share-- Most of what I
know about being Jewish, I learned
here, at Shalom Bayit. The 3 laws from
the torah that I strive to practice (613
are kind of a lot to remember) are the
laws pertaining to love: Love Adonai,
Love your neighbor as yourself and
Love the stranger. I was once a stranger
to this land and this community loved
me. I have been Jewish all of my life
but here I have learned how to truly love
Adonai’s creation. And, because I truly
love all of you, my heart is always full
and I can love my neighbors and myself.
With Love & From Love,
Alice
A note from Our Rabbi…
What a joy to celebrate 15 years at JCCO/Shalom Bayit!
From the first service in the basement of the Methodist Church on a cold winter
evening in December of 1999 to Zion Lemas’ Bar Mitzvah, our Community Seder,
Zoey Cantor’s Bat Mitzvah and my Quinceanero which we have celebrated just in
the last 2 months,……and everything in between!
So much love, so much joy, so much kindness, so much learning by all of us! I
have had the honor to hold newborn babies and to wash the bodies of people I
knew and respected.
I can’t count the times I’ve been able to visit folks that were sick and perhaps
cheer them a bit. I have been privileged to marry people and then see their
children growing and blossoming before my eyes. I’ve been to dance recitals,
track meets, football games and baseball games to see our kids excel – and we
have had some serious excelling!
All this is not to deny a few rough spots, and that I
do worry about the future – but it’s been mostly
good.
It has been a singular honor and joy to have been
your Rabbi for the past 15 years.
Blessing us as a Community with leadership and
vision for the next chapter of the JCCO/Shalom
Bayit….
Sent with Blessings,
R’ Jay
A note from Our Rabbi…
R'Jay living it up at the Quinceanero !
Newsletter Submissions
Newsletter submissions are du e to Alice Huskey by the 15th of each month. Personal interest stories, recipes, spotlights, poems. Its all good! The more we all contribute, the more we
connect and have a Jewish
community!
Please forward to Alice for our- hopefully Monthly (maybe
Quarterly) on-line newsletter….We have to keep that Alan fellow busy! :)
Half way to Hanukkah!
Join us on June 12th at 7 pm at Shalom Bayit for the
“Half Way to Hanukkah” Latke Party and Erev Shabbat Celebration!!!
You know you hate to wait all year to have those delicious potato pancakes, so here is your chance-- fry up some latkes and bring them to the
shul— we’ll have sour cream and applesauce to spare!
Bring all your favorite Hanukkah dishes
and we’ll enjoy laughter, latkes and lightsBring your hanukkiah and we’ll light them too!
Sisterhood News and Updates...
1. Sunday, June 7, 2015 is the 23rd Annual
"Song of Miriam" Awards Brunch. As
always it is being held at the Mittleman
Jewish Community Center in Portland.
This year's Shalom Bayit's honoree is
Naomi Hall. Naomi has given so much
of her spirituality, intelligence and love
to our congregation and is so deserving
of this honor.
A Big Thank You to…..
A big thanks to Inez Shapiro for hosting the last Book Club. We had a good turnout and a
real nice discussion about People of the Book. We only got off topic (mostly to "kvel"
over her adorable granddaughter, Reed) a few times.
NEXT BOOK CLUB DATE: June 28, 2015
BOOK TO READ: The Dove Keepers, by Alice Hoffman.
Please don't prejudge this book by the poorly executed TV miniseries recently broadcast.
The book is good!
If you are interested in hosting this book club date, please let me know. Once, I have a host,
I'll send out an official evite.
Don't forget June 7th is the Song of Miriam Award Brunch in Portland. Both Shalom Bayit
and Temple Beth Tikvah will be honoring deserving women. If you're interested in attending,
seats at the respective tables are still available.
Looking forward to seeing you ALL soon,
Ellyce & Jerri
Wonder Woman...
May 18 2015
I love strong Jewish women.
You could say it started with one named Betty Lou Munk — I call her “Mom” — who in fact grew up Christian on a dairy
farm in Paris … Ohio (Jewish population: 0). That was long before my mother ever dreamed of trying to make a brisket,
or wondered whether I would become a lawyer someday, or tried to pronounce “baruch” with the proper “chhhhhh.”
She met my father and converted in the 1970s, then proceeded
to rise to a variety of leadership roles with Women’s American
ORT, became president of the local Hadassah and Sisterhood
chapters in Canton, Ohio, and received national recognition for
her efforts.
The truth, she said, is that her involvement with these Jewish
women’s groups started because she just wanted to meet other
people.
“I wanted to become active in the Jewish community and learn
and make friends with other Jewish women,” my mom told me
recently. “I didn’t know any other Jewish women, other than my
mother-in-law, and she died right after we got married.”
But once she got involved, she couldn’t stop. Like so many Jews
the world over, when she saw ways to contribute to making her
community better, she couldn’t help herself. It’s called tikkun
olam, the commitment to help heal the world.
So my mom helped raise money for Israel with Hadassah, supported the local religious school as part of Sisterhood and
welcomed newcomers to our congregation as part of the membership committee, all while working as my dad’s
secretary and raising three boys. Along the way, she demonstrated to me all that a Jewish woman — a Jewish person —
can be, and that there is so much more to it than simply lighting candles on Shabbat and lending a lovely voice to
blessings. (Although she did those things, too.)
While the women in the Torah famously are described as playing second fiddle to men, that isn’t Mom’s style. When my
dad stood to say Kaddish for his father, my quiet but equality-minded Reform mother was right by his side. That is, until
the presiding Conservative rabbi informed her that she couldn’t join the minyan because she was a woman and “didn’t
count.”
“I said, ‘I beg your pardon?’ ” my mom still recalls.
She didn’t make a scene, because that’s not her way. But she’s always let it be known that in fact, she does count in so
many other ways. I’ve always been proud of my mom for her passion — both for her family and her faith — and I see her
as a prime example of what the Book of Proverbs describes as a “woman of valor”: “Wherever people gather, her deeds
speak her praise.” I consider her a mirror of the larger sisterhood of women in our Jewish community — bold, brave and
forward-thinking — the kinds of women spotlighted in this issue of TRIBE.
Sometimes their work appears truly Herculean, like that of Carol Koransky, the longtime leader of the Valley Alliance for
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, whose role makes her responsible for half the Jewish community of
Greater Los Angeles. She has made a career of finding creative ways to unite these vital members of our community.
Then there’s Lisa Lillien, whose goal is to harness modern media to help you better your body. Her alter ego, “Hungry
Girl,” has become a hugely popular presence online, in print and on TV, spreading the gospel of better eating (and living)
to millions.
And there’s Johanna Stein, a Jewish mom for the 21st century who’s become an author and Internet sensation by
teaching us all how to take things a little less seriously. Because, as she points out, if your 4-year-old telling you that
your tummy looks like a bagel isn’t funny, what is?
And that’s just the beginning of how you’ll learn that two X chromosomes can be better than one — at least for this
issue.
This article originally appeared in TRIBE Magazine…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Ryan E. Smith is editor of TRIBE magazine and associate editor of the Jewish Journal of Greater Los
Angeles. He lives in the San Fernando Valley He also happens to be the cousin of our very own Temple
President…. :)
A "preview" of the HaEtz Hanadiv-- Tree of Generosity!
JCCO MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Sept 1, 2014 – Aug 31, 2015
Our annual family membership dues are $850 per family. We also offer a student rate of $108, Young Singles rate of
$216 and Seasonal Residents rate of $300. Chai Membership is for dues contributions of $1700 or more annually.
Friends of the JCCO membership are also welcomed with a suggested annual donation of $36 or more. You will be included in our directory and receive weekly emails.
Any member can enter an alternative Membership Dues amount on the line provided below, if they feel the full membership dues
will provide them undue hardship. All such requests shall remain confidential. Additional contributions are also greatly appreciated.
Membership dues are tax deductible as we are a 501(c)(3) Not for Profit Organization.
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Membership Dues Pledge for 2014/2015
Sisterhood Dues ($18 annually)
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(See fund list below)
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Mail the completed application to: JCCO
PO Box 1773
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or scan and email to:
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*General Fund :for all budget items including Rabbinic Services *Restricted Funds: Adult Education, Ben Tannen Education Fund (Religious School support), Building Expansion Fund, Camp Fund, Jessica King Memorial Fund, Josh Oppenheim College Fund, Newitz Building Fund (maintenance and improvement of existing building),
Weinberg Special Projects Fund (special projects for children’s Religious Ed.), Rabbi Discretionary Fund, Tzedakah Fund.
JCCO Schedule—5774—2014-2015
June 2015
Fri. 6/12
Ellysa Lindenmaier
Jackson Lowy
Pat Givens
Julie Lowy
Susan Breidenbach
Fri. Evening Service - 7 pm
Birthdays! (April and May)
April Birthdays
Charlotte Mecklenberg
Steve Kurzer
Bruce Emerson
Marc Oppenheim
Ron Fritz
Pam Ritchie
Anouk Tapper
Naomi Hall
Steve Mensing
Howard Huskey
Josh Oppenheim
Griffin Reinecke
Christina Wallach
4/1
4/10
4/14
4/15
4/18
4/18
4/18
4/22
4/24
4/26
4/27
4/29
4/29
May Birthdays
Thayer Collins
Sam Drutman
Steven Foster-Wexler
Jacob Fritz
Ian Hecker
David Uri
Deborah Schluter
Mary Kilpatrick
Frank Mecklenberg
Yaakov Brawn
5/2
5/3
5/3
5/3
5/4
5/11
5/12
5/13
5/15
5/18
5/19
5/24
5/27
5/30
5/31
A word from our sponsors!
JCCO
Congregation Shalom Bayit
21555 Modoc Road
Bend, OR 97701
PO Box 1773
Bend, OR 97709-1773
Tel: 541 385 6421
E-mail: [email protected]
http://jccobend.com/
Yahrzeit List...
Name
Irv Rudley
Robert Shapiro
Huskey
Date
4/12
Observed By
Jerri & Bob Barss
4/13
Alice & Howard
Gita Gradova Cottle 4/25
Hinz
Claudia & Tony
Arthur Shevitz (Aaron Moshe) 4/28
David Whalen
Ellyce &
Maurice Cottle
5/5
Claudia & Tony Hinz
JCCO
We are on the Web!
http://jccobend.com/
Betty Ellix
Katz
5/12
Steve Koch & Lizzi
Judith Thompson
5/20
Clystie Gustafson
Leslie Cole
5/21
Benjamin Lindner
Louis Rabin
5/25
Jerri & Bob Barss
George Coutin
6/1
David Coutin
Julius Rosen
6/1
David Coutin
Sandra Sunok
6/1
David Coutin
Robert Feigelson
6/5
Michael Derman
Sara Magidson
6/10
Steve & Cynde
Magidson
Nellie Newkirk
6/10
Clystie Gustafson
Jules Rips (Benjamin)
6/14
Ellyce & David
Whalen
Lillian Shucard-Wexler 6/14
Steven & Amy
Foster-Wexler
Benjamin Friedman
6/20
Lester Friedman
Herb Shapiro
(Chaim ben Israel)
6/27
David &
Inez Shapiro
Blanche Shevitz
6/27
Ellyce & David
Whalen
Carolyn Weinberg
6/30
Monroe Weinberg
Anniversaries and Birthdays for May/June:
Anniversaries:
Trina Bos-Lengele
Fred & Susan Breidenach
Kit & Naomi Hall
Jim & Clystie Gustafson
Michael & Karen Hecker
Howard Schor & Mary Kilpatrick
Melissa Lande & Mark Reinecke
David & Lisa Uri
Lester & Katlin Friedman
Steve & Cynde Magidson
5/19
5/25
5/25
5/26
5/26
5/31
6/7
6/7
6/22
6/27
Birthdays!
June Birthdays
Howard Schor
Marlis Beier
Gillian Fritz
Nicholas Gustafson
Will O’Ryan
Stephanie Marz
Mona Mensing
Cynde Magidosn
Harriet Ruderman
Cathy Coutin
David Shapiro
Ben Lindner
Shari Adams
Dean Sharpe
CJ Fritz
Pam Baker
6/2
6/4
6/6
6/6
6/8
6/12
6/12
6/16
6/18
6/19
6/19
6/20
6/21
6/21
6/28
6/30