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Tomorrow night we are having a welcome back Rabbi Jay Friday night Shabbat Service. 6 PM. Be there. If you would like to bring something to share for the oneg afterwards, that would be wonderful, but not necessary. As always, we are collecting non perishable food items for donation. These can be placed in our bins near the front entrance. Rachel Lemas, Broker Licensed in the … [Read more...] about Welcome Back Rabbi Jay Shabbat Service!

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Please see the attached flyer for details of all our events with Cantorial Soloist Beth Hamon: Tomorrow Night 6 PM at Shalom Bayit Pre - Oneg Followed by Shabbat Services Saturday 10 AM - Noon Torah Study with Beth as our Guest Scholar Saturday 6 PM - Beit Cafe - Coffee House Concert Sunday 1 PM Teen discussion about Jewish Ethics and the media See attached flyer for more … [Read more...] about Reminder about this weekend’s Shabbatone with Beth Hamon

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To My Holy Community: Jan. 21, 2016 Back on my kibbutz and its good to be home. After the rush and noise and pollution of the cities, the grass and trees and friendly free-roaming dogs (they almost never bark) of the kibbutz are very welcome. Also its good to see friendly faces who welcome me back! I wanted to share several adventures with Frank and Adina (Charlotte) … [Read more...] about Rabbi Jay Report #7

The Jewish Frontier will air on OPB at 9PM on Monday, January 25th "Oregon Experience The Jewish Frontier They came to the Far West to build a better life away from persecution. Discover the powerful legacy of some of the state's earliest and most influential settlers: the Jewish pioneers." … [Read more...] about OPB airing of The Jewish Frontier

O Jerusalem! Lucky for me I have friends in Jerusalem that welcome Judy and I to stay for (almost) as long as we want! Our family friendship goes back to 1890 or so (no kidding) and is deep and strong. Jerusalem is growing rapidly, very crowded, noisy and bustling…It is also ancient and tranquil and Holy. Like all of Israel she is a mixture of Jews, Muslims and Christians, … [Read more...] about O Jerusalem! Letter 6 from Rabbi Jay

Last Friday our 3 week intensive Hebrew program ended and Frank and Charlotte (Adina) Mecklenberg came to our Kibbutz to drive us to their apartment in Arad. Along the way we stopped in Dimona which used to be a small dusty hamlet of a few thousand souls. It is booming…all kinds of stores and large apartment buildings being built…absolutely amazing. Arad has a sizeable … [Read more...] about Rabbi Letter #5

Dear All, As I mentioned in my previous article, a major feature of Tel Megiddo was the water works engineered sometime during the 8th or 9th Century BCE (Before Common Era). The water source for the city lay at the base of the Tel outside the city wall. If the city were besieged with the water source outside the city walls the residents could not last long, especially during … [Read more...] about Letter 4 from Rabbi Jay

Dear All, Last week Judy and I went on a “tiyul” (trip) to the North of Israel. We started at Tel Megiddo which has guarded the Jezreel Valley for 7,000 years. Megiddo has 25 layers of inhabitation, each civilization building upon the ruins of the last. When King David conquered Megiddo 3,000 years ago, his was the 16th level of building on that site! The ancient “Way of the … [Read more...] about Latest Letter from Rabbi Jay

Dear Community, Another interesting week….On Monday, on our Kibbutz (Mashabei Sadeh), we enjoyed an amazing concert with the unlikely combination of balalaika and piano. Two Russian immigrants played for us. The woman played the piano and explained things in broken Hebrew, but with a great smile, and the man whose name was alternatively Alexander or Sasha, played the balalaika … [Read more...] about Letter from Rabbi Jay from Israel

Dear Community, Happy New Year and best wishes for a healthy, happy, and prosperous 2016. Attached please find Rabbi Jay's second article including 8 pictures from Jay & Judy's current Israel trip. Rachel Lemas, Broker Licensed in the State of Oregon Coldwell Banker Morris Real Estate 541-896-1263 Click here to search for homes Get a signature like this: Grab … [Read more...] about Article #2 and 8 photos…..