Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh – Your Small Local Shul in Portland, Maine
Shaarey Tphiloh Prayers, by Caryl Herzfeld
Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh
Welcome to Shabbat Services
Rosh Chodesh
Matot-Masei
August 6, 2016 – 2 Av 5776
Numbers 30:2-36:13
Maftir: Numbers 28:9-15
Haftarah: Isaiah 66:1-24
Candle lighting 7:39 p.m.
Shabbat Services
Saturday, August 6, 2016 9:30 a.m.
Kiddush generously sponsored by Joshua Bach in memory of beloved mother,
Debora Springer Bach
Condolences
Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh extends its condolences to Jonas Smith and his family at the death of his brother George Smith, on 25 Tammuz 5776
Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh, 76 Noyes St. Portland, ME 04103
President: Dr. Natan Kahn
Administrative Director: Susan C. Lawrence
www.mainesynagogue.org/wp 207-773-0693
maineshul@nullgmail.com cstexec@nullgmail.com
Shaarey Tphiloh Office Hours: T, Th, F 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Ner Lamaore
In memory of Jennie and Harry Smith
Jeri and Benjamin Brem, in memory of beloved grandfather and namesake, Joseph Fleischer
Charlotte Gordon, in memory of Marcia and Morris Oransky
Donna and Larry Geller, in memory of beloved grandfather, Louis Rudstein
Parshat Matot-Masei: What is our Journey?
When Jews from Eastern Europe began immigrating to the United States in the early 1890’s, it was not an easy passage and it was one which challenged the identities that they held. By choosing to adapt to life as an American, there were ways in which these Jews made sacrifices of their Jewish traditions in order to live in an American society. One of these decisions was whether or not to keep Sabbath, as the “American” day of rest was not Saturday, but rather Sunday. Early on in their journey, people were asked to choose their religion over their need to feed their families.
I want to share with you a version of the prayer for the Sabbath candles that was re-written in a Jewish supplications for women book published in the year 1916 while many were struggling to uphold their religious and family obligations. It is titled: “A New Supplication for Candle Lighting in America” and was written to be said after saying the candle lighting prayers.
“I ask you, God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, that you should guard and shelter me, my husband and my children from Sabbath and holiday desecration. Send us to our livelihood in pleasure and not in sorrow . . . and we shall by no means due to livelihood not be able to make the Sabbath or holidays weekly and we shall be able to rest on the holy days and serve you with all of our hearts.
To read more, see: Elyssa Cohen ~ Jewesses with Attitude ~ Jewish Women’s Archive ~
www.jwa.org
At the New Moon: Rosh Chodesh
– Marge Piercy
“…We greet the moon that is not gone
But only hidden, unreflecting, inturned
And introspective, gathering strength to grow
As we greet the first slim nail paring
Of her returning light. Don’t we understand
The strength that wells out of retreat?…”
Jewish Women’s Archive ~ www.jwa.org
– Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh –
Deconsecration Ceremony and Community Gathering
Sunday Morning, August 21, 2016, Shaarey Tphiloh, 76 Noyes Street, Portland, ME
Shacharit – 9-9:45
Breakfast – 9:45-10:15
Local community leaders and synagogue members will speak about the history of Shaarey Tphiloh and their years as members – 10:15-11
Torah procession to Temple Beth El – 11-11:15
Consecration of new space – 11:15 to 11:30
Tisha B’Av Community Observance
Please join us for the community Tisha B’Av observance with reading of Eicha, the Book of Lamentations, on Saturday night, August 13th, 9 pm at the Fort Allen Park Gazebo in Portland. Please bring a folding chair and flashlight.
Jacob Cousins Post #99 of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA Memorial
While you are at Ft. Allen Park, please note the changes. Friends of the Eastern Promenade, under the direction of Diane Davidson, has created a more beautiful and accessible public space. As you continue along the Eastern Promenade to the corner of Cutter Street (the street that takes you down to the beach), you will see one of the Portland Jewish community’s memorials to its past. The Jacob Cousins Post #99 of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA, together with the entire Portland community and national dignitaries, erected a marker in 1936 that commemorates Jacob Cousins and other Jewish men who died in the service of their country.
Efforts are underway to make this space more accessible and visually pleasing, as well.
If you have questions about this project, call Susan Cummings-Lawrence at 207-799-9257, see Fallen Heroes post below or contact Friends of the Eastern Promenade directly.
Tisha B’Av Chants and Elegies
The Milken Archive
A musical adventure of historic scope and proportion, the Milken Archive was founded in 1990 to document, preserve, and disseminate the vast body of music that pertains to the American Jewish experience. Over two decades, the Milken Archive has become the largest collection of American Jewish music ever assembled—more than 700 recorded works, including over 500 world premiere recordings. But the Milken Archive, known primarily up to now for its groundbreaking 50-CD series released on the Naxos label, is far more than a recording project. The Milken Archive’s collection consists of 800 hours of oral histories, 50,000 photographs and historical documents, and thousands of hours of video footage from recording sessions, interviews, and live performances, plus an extensive collection of program notes and essays—the vast majority written by Artistic Director Neil W. Levin, Professor of Music at the Jewish Theological Seminary and one of the foremost authorities on Jewish music—that provide historical and cultural context.
Use this link to find a selection of music related to Tisha B’Av and thousands of other choices, including oral histories and photographs.
http://www.milkenarchive.org/works/view/774
Melton: I am delighted to welcome you to our 7th year of course offerings through the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning with a few additional treats from local faculty members. Molly Curren Rowles, our Assistant Director, will be the contact person for classes until a new Programming Director is hired. I will be returning mid-January and look forward to catching up more with you then. Registration is currently open; I encourage you to sign up early and to support the scholarship fund. Deposits are $75/class and scholarship applications are due by August 8. ~ Fae Silverman
Call the JCA, 207-772-1959 to register
JCA Adult Ed Classes
Mondays @ JCA 5:30pm-7:00pm
Sept 12-May 8
Rhythms of Jewish Living w/ babysitting & dinner
Tuesdays @ BH 9:00am-10:30am
Nov 1-Apr 4
BeMidbar: Leadership Defined & Defended
Wednesdays @ JCA 6:00pm-9:00pm
Oct 26 – Mar 8
Holocaust Studies: Primo Levi Book Club and Cinema
Wednesdays @ JCA 7:00pm-8:30pm Mar
15-May 23
Jewish Humor
Thursday @ Brunswick 6:30pm-8:30pm
Sept 15-May 11
Rhythms of Jewish Living
Wednesdays @ JCA 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Sept 21-Oct 5
Siamese Mah Jongg
Josh Pernick
Rabbinic Intern from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah
More About Josh
Josh Pernick is currently a rabbinical student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in NY. A graduate of Brandeis University, he worked in the field of Jewish education for a number of years before beginning his rabbinic training at YCT, obtaining a Master of Arts in Teaching in Jewish Day School Elementary Education through the DeLeT program at Brandeis University as well as completing a post-graduate fellowship in Jewish education through the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators in Jerusalem.
He spent the past few years teaching Judaic studies at Jewish day schools in Charleston, SC, Watertown, MA and Atlanta GA, and currently teaches in a community education program at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale in NY. Josh also serves on the Judaic Studies teaching staff during the summer at Camp Yavneh in Northwood, NH. The son of a pulpit rabbi, Josh is looking forward to beginning his rabbinic career at Shaarey Tphiloh, learning from all of you who have been part of this community for so many years about all of the unique qualities that make Shaarey Tphiloh such a warm and special place
Fall Community Festival
Center Day Camp, 74 Hackett Road, Windham, ME 04062
Sunday, September 18, 2016
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
1:15 pm – 2:00 pm
- Maine Attorney General Janet Mills and other speakers
- There will be guided activities for children during this time.
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
- Community organizations share information about themselves to the public
- We will have tables setup in the Schwartz building for organizations to display materials and invite community members to ask questions.
- Each organization that participates must have a representative from the organization present during this time to talk to community members.
- Face painting and food will be available during this time
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Adult and Family Enrichment such as Yoga.
How to participate:
Please mail us the name of your organization, the organizational representative who will attend and a description of what materials you will display. Along with contact information.
Deadline for participation: August 1st
Email to: Alexandra Sax
Jewish Community Alliance
asax@nullmainejewish.org
Kosher Food at Back Cove Hannaford
Hannaford at Back Cove is now carrying more items in its Kosher food freezer located at back of store. Ask an employee for more information.
FALLEN HEROES: Maine’s Jewish Sailors and Soldier Boys
by Susan Cummings-Lawrence
Thirty-four young Maine Jewish men died in the service of their country in the two World Wars. This project is meant to say a little something about some of them. More than just names on a public memorial marker or grave stone, these men were getting started in adult life. They had newly acquired high school and college diplomas. They had friends, families and communities who loved and valued them. They had goals and dreams. (SC-L)
Go to the online museum of Maine Historical Society― Maine Memory Network.
www.mainememory.net
Find four exhibits and two audio interviews with WWII veterans Mel Stone and Jim Friedlander. Also learn about the origins of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA, the founding of the Jacob Cousins Post #99 and the anti-Semitism and other social forces that made their development necessary and productive.
– Find former Shaarey Tphiloh members who were Fallen Heroes –
DONATIONS NEEDED FOR JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES ALL YEAR ROUND
Wish List:
Diapers and wipes
RICE!!
Baked Beans
Pasta Sauce & Pasta
Kid Friendly Snacks-granola bars, etc.
Cereal
Juice Boxes
Learning Opportunity at Chabad House
On Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m., Dr. Shimon Simons will teach Maimonides’ Hilchot Deot, “laws of character development,” at Chabad House, 11 Pomeroy Street, Portland. The next class meeting is Tuesday, January 19. Texts will be provided. Call Chabad House at 871-8947 for more details or check the December issue of the Jewish Journal.
Jacob Cousins Post #99 of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA Memorial
While you are at Ft. Allen Park, please note the changes. Friends of the Eastern Promenade, under the direction of Diane Davidson, has created a more beautiful and accessible public space. As you continue along the Eastern Promenade to the corner of Cutter Street (the street that takes you down to the beach), you will see one of the Portland Jewish community’s memorials to its past. The Jacob Cousins Post #99 of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA, together with the entire Portland community and national dignitaries, erected a marker in 1936 that commemorates Jacob Cousins and other Jewish men who died in the service of their country.
Efforts are underway to make this space more accessible and visually pleasing, as well.
If you have questions about this project, call Susan Cummings-Lawrence at 207-799-9257, see Fallen Heroes post below or contact Friends of the Eastern Promenade directly.
GREAT JEWISH BOOKS AT THE YIDDISH BOOK CENTER THIS SUMMER
Every year, the Yiddish Book Center welcomes a group of enthusiastic, engaged high school students for our Great Jewish Books Summer Program. Applications for the 2016 program are due April 1.
Now in its fifth year, Great Jewish Books brings together a diverse group of rising high school juniors and seniors to spend a week reading important works of modern Jewish literature and discussing them in seminar-style classes led by college professors. Outside of class, they meet renowned visiting authors, enjoy group recreational activities in the Amherst area, and get a taste of college life while staying (with staff RAs) in dorms on the Hampshire College campus, adjacent to the Yiddish Book Center.
All students admitted to the program receive scholarships covering the full cost of tuition, room and board, books, and special events.
Because the program has proven so popular in the past, this year we’re offering two sessions of Great Jewish Books: July 24-29 and July 31-August 7.
You can learn more about the program at yiddishbookcenter.org/great-jewish-books or by calling or e-mailing us at 413-256-4900, ext. 143, orgreatjewishbooks@nullyiddishbookcenter.org. I’m also including a flyer about the program that can be downloaded here, which I hope you will post and share with others.
As we look forward to another exciting summer of Great Jewish Books, we appreciate your sharing this information with any prospective applicants you know.
No electronic devices are permitted. No electronic children’s toys or cell phones or cameras are permitted in the synagogue on the Sabbath.
Please consider making a gift to one of our many funds. Call the office at 773-0693 for details. Thank you for your support of Shaarey Tphiloh. Contributions are tax-deductible.
Yahrzeits This Week
3 Av Debora Bach, Lillian Cutler, Benjamin Freedman, Philip Gerber, Samuel Ketover, Robert Reef, Tena Ross, Nathan Sandler, Joseph Sprince, Louis Swartz, Isaac Zaitlin
4 Av Jules Abramson, Israel Dansky, Abraham Feurstein, Jenny Glovsky, Fishel Lyapyufker, Mary Schraer
5 Av Harry Carvel, Jack Gleckman, Sophie Goldberg, Etta Korytno, Hyman Kroot, Lillian Pollack
6 Av Harry Kroot, Israel Romanow, Charles Slosberg, Jennie Smith, Harry Smith
7 Av Rose Boxstein, Charles Finitsis, Zelig Levey, Miriam Mack, Leo Potolsky, Louis Taylor
8 Av Joseph Cope, Betty Hoffman, Oscar Pluznick
9 Av Joseph Santosky, Bella Serota, Joseph Waxle
Shaarey Tphiloh is now celebrating 112 years as a traditional Jewish spiritual home in Maine!
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