Rosh HaShanah
September 28
7 pm Erev Rosh HaShanah**
**Evening services for Rosh HaShanah and Kol Nidre are limited to members and their guests only, with regrets, due to limited space in the sanctuary. Day services are open to all who have registered. To RSVP for all events, email the office at shirtikvahoffice@shir-tikvah.net, or call us at 503.473.8227.

September 29
9 am Rosh HaShanah morning tefilah
12 pm Apples and Honey Kiddush for all
1 pm Family Tefilah
2:30 pm  Tashlikh (off site on Hayden Island; maps available at all services)

Rosh HaShanah, Second Day
September 30
No morning services at Shir Tikvah

The MJCC and Oregon Board of Rabbis present a unique learning opportunity as we prepare for the High Holy Days. Join us for an updated version of the “educational shuk” including traditional classes as well as the film showing of Faces of Israel. The learning will be followed by Selihot services.

Faces of Israel is a discussion about marriage, state and religion in the Jewish homeland. Each of the classes will also focus on the topics of marriage/identity and the Israeli Rabbinate. Amy Beth Oppenheimer, the film’s director, will participate in a panel discussion with rabbis. Reservations strongly encouraged.
$10 per person in advance, $15 at the door. Click here to register. Code: CG103

We are thrilled to announce that all of our teachers are returning this coming year for our Sunday sessions and Hevra, and new teachers are joining us!
We are also expanding our learning offerings on Sundays, Shabbatot, holy days, and throughout the year.
Hebrew immersion for children (with a parent) 1-4: Notz’tzim continues on Nashira Project Sundays starting October 30.
Tot Shabbat continues monthly on Shabbat mornings with Ilana Cohen: see website calendar for dates (contact the office to be put on the special mailing list)
Hebrew immersion continues for children 4-8: Kochavim (Tuesday and Thursday from 4:15-5:45 pm at Bridgeport)
Non-Hebrew immersion Nashira Project for children 4-12: Begins with High Holy Days, Sukkot, and Simkhat Torah (see Shir Tikvah website here for dates and times)
Continues with Nashira Project Sunday sessions October 23 (directly after Simkhat Torah), and Shabbat and holy day celebrations (all dates are on the website calendar; a complete separate Nashira Project calendar will be sent during Elul to all registered students).
Bat Mitzvah and Bar Mitzvah Candidates preparation: Torah study with the Rabbi and Rabbi-supervised tutorial work requires Nashira Project registration.
Hevra: post bar/bat mitzvah through 12th grade: doing mitzvot and Jewish learning with Bev Guttag. New in 5772: Jewish Teen Ethics (for kids and parents separately) with Morgan Rich and Rabbi Ariel. Sets of discussions will run on Sundays in Fall (10/23-11/13), Early Winter (1/8-1/29), and Late Winter (2/26-3/18) sessions.
Adult learning: Sunday-Beginning and Continuing Hebrew with Joyce Shields (fee); Tuesday-Talmud study with the Rabbi; Thursday-advanced Hebrew Mishnah study with Rabbi; erev Shabbat (second Friday night)-Rabbi’s d’var Torah. New in 5772: a year of Haftarah study instead of Torah study, 9am every Shabbat morning. Torah and Haftarah chanting classes by request.

Erev Shabbat in the Parks:
the last one is this week!

September 2

at Kenilworth Park

(the park is at SE Holgate and 34th;

we’ll be near the back of the park)

5:45 pm–Bring your own picnic dinner, relax in the park
and enjoy music by the Percy Bernstein Orchestra
6:30 pm-Join the group in songs for
welcoming Shabbat

Suitable for all ages- song sheets will be provided
Afterward join us for challah and dessert;
bring a blanket or lawn chairs if you like
(but no dogs, please).

Carpooling or using public transportation STRONGLY encouraged. Neighborhood parking is available, but limited.

Volunteers needed! Set up, clean up, greeters, kiddush…we’ll need a bunch of folks to help us with this outreach to unaffiliated Jews.
Elaine Israel will be coordinating all our volunteers; her contact information is in the directory. Otherwise, leave a message for Amelia in the office if you’d like to help out–503 473 8227

Join us at Overlook Park for the confluence of two great ideas: the Annual Picnic and the Annual Meeting. We’ll share a brunch-type picnic (please bring a dairy or vegetarian dish to share) and hear reports of how our year together as a kehillah kedosha went. We’ll get a report on the World Café process and some of its conclusions. The picnic starts at 11 am, followed by the meeting at 12:45 pm. Overlook Park is at N Interstate and Fremont. Mark your calendar—don’t miss it!