May 2011
Nisan/Iyyar 5771
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Event Quick Reference:
See “member’s calendar”: http://www.shirhayam.org/calendar/ or call 206-567-9414 for event details.
May 1 – Adopt-a-Road
May 6 – First Friday Art Walk
May 8 – JLC Regular class at LifeSpan
May 13 – Shabbat Potluck and Service with Arik
May 14 – Shabbat Morning Service with Arik
May 21 – Junior Jewish Youth Group Planning Meeting & Pizza party
May 22 – JLC Graduation Celebration and Learning Fair
SHABBATON
We would like to welcome you for a Shabbaton Celebration with Arik Labowitz
Arik brings his beautiful voice, gentle spirit and inspirational stories and teaching. Each time he visits he lifts our community up and sets us down in a peaceful place.
We hope you can join us for what is sure to be a wonderful weekend with your community!!
- Service and potluck dinner
Friday May 13th 6:00 to 9:00pm
Location: The Cowan’s home – for directions or more information: 206-842-8674 or sue@dayaalu.com
- Service
Saturday May 14th 10:30am to 1:30pm
Location: Robin Hruska and MIke Orr’s home – for directions or more information: 360-297-4228 or rhruska@bainbridge.wednet.edu
MAZEL TOV
To Rebecca (Rutzick) & Jason Selwitz on the birth of their son Max Phillip, and to Bill & Sharon Rutzick, the proud grandparents.
TIKKUN OLAM
Volunteers NEEDED this Sunday
Our next Adopt-A-Road pick up is scheduled for Sunday, May 1 (that is this coming Sunday) beginning at 10:00 a.m. and WE NEED YOU! Our designated route is both sides of Rt. 305 (mile mark 5 to the Agate Bridge). We will meet at the Rotary Welcome Park off of Seabold Rd. just N of Seabold Methodist Church at 10:00. If you have any questions, please contact Denise Brown at 206-780-0931. All participants must be 15 years of age or older. Trash bags & vests supplied. Dress for the weather, wear sturdy shoes, bring gloves & if you have one – a trash grabber.
JUNIOR JEWISH YOUTH GROUP
Attention Jewish Youth! A Junior Jewish Youth Group is being started in our community! This group will be for middle school aged kids. Grades 6-7-8. The focus will be on fun and socialization with other Jewish youth. Activities may include Pizza Parties, campfire cookouts with Havdallah, bowling parties…..What do YOU want to do? Now is your chance to give your input. Mark your calendars and come join us for a YOUTH planning meeting and Pizza party for the 2011-2012 summer and school year at the Chernick’s house at 6:00 on May 21st. (Current 5-6-7 graders should attend.) In the Meantime please send email addresses (both parent and youth addresses!) to Meredith at dogland2@comcast.net. Please feel free to call 360-297-0869, text 360-509-6598, or email Meredith with questions. Meredith and Darren Chernick along with Susan Thomas and Harley Soltes will be facilitating this youth driven group. Please spread the word to other families who may not be affiliated, as our goal is to connect all Jewish youth in our area. We are very excited about the future of this group as all of the youth we have talked to so far are quite enthusiastic about this new adventure!
NEW HOME FOR OUR LIBRARY AND OUR TORAH
A Blessing in your House!
Two opportunities available to serve the Shir Hayam community with just a little extra floor space in your home:
- The Shir Hayam Jewish Library – about 9 linear feet of tall bookshelves full of sacred, historical, cultural, fiction and educational books as donated over the years by our community members; not heavily used, but an appreciated resource for our teachers, our home-bound and anyone just wanting a good Jewish read – Our precious Torah and Ark – protected by heavy-duty cases on castors – about 6-8 square feet of floor space; has been cared for by lots of families over the years and is considered the source of lots of good luck for its hosts
Please call Cay Vandervelde or any Coordinating Committee member if you can help.
JLC SCHEDULE
May 8th – Regular class at LifeSpan
May 22nd – Graduation Celebration and Learning Fair, details TBD
TORAH STUDY
All are welcome to Torah/Talmud Study happening on Mondays 6:45-7:45, call 206-567-9414 or click on the “contact us” at the top of the page for more information.
EXCHANGE STUDENT IDEA
We received this idea from Linda Sohlberg. This year, AFS has a Saudi boy (Muslim) living with a Jewish family and attending a Catholic school. It has been fantastic, and even garnered an interview in the “Jewish Times.” Everyone has learned a lot about each other. It occurred to me that maybe there are other like minded families, ones who might be interested in hosting a Muslim kid. It is what it’s all about- learning about other cultures, beliefs…especially important given recent global events.
We have a really neat girl from Yemen, and there are others of course. Maybe a boy from Egypt (concert violinist). Kids from Lebanon, Jordan, Macedonia (she is Orthodox Christian). If you are interested please contact Linda at 206-842-1119 or wyldwooddogs@gmail.com
HAPPENING ON BAINBRIDGE
Gregg Onewein, is one of several artists featured at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts for the entire month of May. The theme is “Shorelines.” The opening (first Friday Art Walk) is from 6-8 PM on May 6th.
HAPPENING IN SEATTLE
YOM HASHOAH COMMEMORATION EVENTS
From Thessalonika to Terezin, Voices of the Holocaust
Music of Remembrance concludes its thirteenth season with its spring concert, “Voices,” on Monday, May 9, 2011 at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall. The evening brings the world premiere of a new MOR-commissioned work by the leading Israeli composer Betty Olivero. It also features the return of the acclaimed American vocal composer Lori Laitman’s Vedem oratorio in an intimate song cycle arrangement. The 7:30 p.m. concert in the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall is preceded at 6:45 p.m. by an on-stage interview of Terezín survivor Sidney Taussig.
Betty Olivero’s Kolo’t (“Voices”) weaves excerpts of Ladino ballads and poems around a poignant letter from an anonymous Auschwitz survivor from Thessalonika. The work recalls the vitality of Thessalonika’s once-vibrant Sephardic community, and relates its tragic fate. Mezzo-soprano Angela Niederloh performs with an ensemble of violin, viola, cello, clarinet, harp, and percussion.
Tickets: $36
Phone Orders: 206-365-7770
Online Orders: www.musicofremembrance.org
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle
7:30 p.m., Monday, May 9, 2011
6:45 p.m. Meet Sidney Taussig: Newsman/filmmaker John Sharify interviews Sidney Taussig, who as a 14-year-old prisoner had the courage and foresight to hide and preserve VEDEM’s precious 800 manuscript pages.
About Music of Remembrance – Music of Remembrance (MOR) fills a unique spiritual and cultural role in Seattle and throughout the United States by remembering Holocaust musicians and their art through musical performances, educational programs, musical recordings and commissions of new works. Since its 1998-99 inaugural year, MOR has presented two major concerts annually at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall, marking the anniversary of Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass) each fall and Holocaust Remembrance Day each spring. www.musicofremembrance.org.
Against Forgetting: A Concert of Remembrance for Victims of the Holocaust
A concert of remembrance, featuring works by Gyorgy Sviridov, Herbert Howells and Leonard Bernstein. The program will also include premieres of commissioned works by Giselle Wyers and Eric Barnum and a performance of John Muehleisen’s moving “When All is Done” for chorus and trumpet. Composers will be present for these performances.
Saturday 21 May 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
$18-$23
Bastyr Chapel at Bastyr University
14500 Juanita Drive NE
Choral Arts
Kenmore, WA 98028
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