Jewish Community of the Palouse

 

Past Events


April 23, 2005-- First Night of Passover

April 24, 2005 -- 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM -- JCP Passover Potluck for the Second Seder -- at the K-House on WSU Campus -- JCP will provide paper products, plastic utensils, haggadot, wine, juice, matzot, and seder-plate-symbols.

May 5, 2005 -- Temple Beth Shalom (Spokane) Yom Hashoah Ceremony -- and Dedication of the Spokane Community Holocaust Memorial -- It will begin at 6 PM and last a couple of hours, with a reflection by a Holocaust survivor, a keynote by poet Michael Gurian, a candle lighting ceremony and music by the Ferris String Quintet. The Temple is located at 1322 E. 30th Ave. in Spokane. (For info, call 509-747-3304)

May 6, 2005 -- JCP Holocaust Remembrance Day Film -- This event is yet to be organized. We will keep you posted via the email newsletter.

May 20, 2005 -- JCP Annual General Meeting and JCP Friday Night Service and Potluck -- at the K-House on the WSU Campus -- Potluck at 6:30 PM, Meeting at 7:00 PM, and Services at 7:30 PM. Topics include: application for federal tax-exempt recognition, proposed bylaw changes, and election of Officers and Directors.

The Borah Symposium

The Borah Symposium at the University of Idaho April 18-20, 2005-- which will be on the topic of "Voices of Peace" -- will include a presentation on "Human Rights, Israel, and the Jewish Tradition" by Rabbi David Forman, the founding director of Rabbis for Human Rights, an Israeli non-governmental organization. There will also be an inter-religious panel discussion.

UW Jewish Studies Program

The Jewish Studies Program at the University of Washington in Seattle has several events planned for next year. A Symposium on "American Jewish Writing Today" is scheduled for April 13-14, 2005. And a lecture by Professor Aron Rodrigue of Stanford University on "Sephardi Jewries and the Holocaust is scheduled for May 16, 18, and 23, 2005. For more information, see http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/jewish/index.html.

 

Jewish Literature, Culture and Ideas

Over the next eight months, the King County Library and Seattle Library will be sponsoring sixteen public programs on Jewish literature, culture and ideas.  Check it all out at http://nextbook.org/localprograms/seattle.html.     Allegra Goodman will speak on October 14.  She is the author of The Family Markowitz and Kaaterskill Falls.  And  on October 21, Binnie Kirshenbaum, the author of Hester Among the Ruins, will read excerpts from her work. In her most recent novel, An Almost Perfect Moment, a 15-year-old Jewish girl named Valentine—"the spitting image" of the Virgin Mary as she appeared to St. Bernadette—inexplicably becomes pregnant.  Also:  Howard Sachar, author of Farewell España, on December 2; and Israeli author  Amos Oz on December 6.

 

Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center Talk

The Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center will present a talk by Leo Hymas (a Liberator) and Henry Friedman (a Holocaust Survivor) on October 21, 2004 in SPOKANE, at the Moot Court Room, in the Gonzaga University Law School Building -- between 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM.    The next day, October 22, 2004, WSHERC will present a Seminar for Educators on Teaching the Holocaust between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM.  It will be held at ESD 101, Conference Center, 4202 S. Regal Street in Spokane.    For more information about both events, see http://www.wsherc.org/Spokane%20Seminar%20Night.asp.  To register for the Seminar -- and the deadline is October 8 -- contact Sue Passmore at 509-789-3595 or spassmore@esd101.net.    Also, while in Spokane, you can visit an Exhibit called Images of the Holocaust displayed at Aunties Bookstore, downtown.  

 

Rabbinic Students from Chabad-Lubavitch visit Moscow-Pullman:

I just learned that two Rabbinic Students from Chabad-Lubavitch of Boise will visit Moscow on Sunday, August 29th.   They will be at the Jewish Community of the Palouse Annual Welcome Back Picnic which will be held in Moscow's East City Park between 12:30 PM and 2:30 PM. 

They are Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn (of Miami, Florida) and Rabbi Zalman Newfield (of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY).  They are traveling Idaho to meet with various Jewish families.  They will be coming to Moscow from Coeur D'Alene; and they will visit McCall, Idaho on their way back to the Chabad office in Boise. 
 
Chabad Lubavitch is a Chassidic movement whose "underlying principle is genuine love for and unquestioning acceptance of every Jew."  The Rabbis are aware that our Jewish Community contains many who are cultural and secular (non-religious) Jews.  They are hoping to find out how Chabad can assist and provide support for our members.  They have had considerable experience providing outreach to communities ... such as in Beijing (China), in Russia (where they conducted a seder for 150 Jews) and in Singapore (where they spent a year). 

If you are unable to attend the JCP Picnic, but you would like to meet with the Rabbis, please let me know.  They may be able to visit you earlier or later that day. 


HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY   

his year, Yom HaShoah is on Sunday, April 18th.   There are two exceptional events this year -- each focusing on a brilliant artist killed by the Nazis.   Please try to attend and support these activities.

1)    The Washington Idaho Symphony will perform “Study for Strings” by Pavel Haas .  The performances are scheduled for 8:00 PM on April 3, 2004 , at the Gladish Auditorium in Pullman , Washington and 3:00 PM on April 4, 2004 , at the Clarkston High School Auditorium, in Clarkston Washington .  You can contact the Washington Idaho Symphony at 509 332-3408 .   In addition to the piece by Haas, the Symphony will perform Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica") by Beethoven and the Nabucco Overture by Verdi . 

2)    The Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre will show the documentary film about Kurt Gerron entitled “Prisoner of Paradise.”  This film was nominated for an Academy Award in 2003.  It will be shown on April 16 at 7:00 PM , on April 17, at 4:45 PM & 7:00 PM , and on April 18, at 4:45 PM & 7:00 PM .  You can contact the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre at 208-882-4127 .  

      I will have sixty (60) FREE passes for members of the Jewish Community to see "Prisoner of Paradise" at the Kenworthy -- but you must contact me by April 10th to let me know how many passes you need.  (You can use the passes at any showing.)   First come, first served.

        Click here for more information on the artists.


SEMINAR ON ISRAEL 

Israel's Independence Day -- Yom Ha'Atzmaut -- is April 26 this year.  The Reverend Michael West, interim priest at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Moscow, will offer a seminar entitled "A Chaplain's View of the Israeli/Palestinian Scene" on four different Wednesday evenings, April 21 and 28; May 12 and 19; at 7:00 p.m. in St. Mark's Church Hall.  Father Michael served as Anglican Chaplain to the English speaking expatriate community in Tel Aviv from 1982 to 1989.  His job description was threefold: to provide a worship center for the expatriate (principally diplomatic) community in the Tel Aviv area; to be a friendly Christian presence among the Jews; and to relate to the indigenous Palestinian Christian community in Israel and in the West Bank Territories. The Seminar is free and open to the public.  It will be appreciated though not essential if those wishing to attend the seminar would advise in advance to facilitate planning arrangements.  Telephone - 208-882-2022 or email - stmark@moscow.com   The outline program:
    1.  The creation of the State of Israel.
    2.  The Inevitable War (55 years so far).
    3.  The Religious Impact
    4.  The Pilgrimage Experience

 
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