Community
What do you want from your kehillah (community)? We could use your insights and ideas.
In this community, we are all needed. Volunteers keep Shir Tikvah running. Giving a few hours of your time here and there not only strengthens our community, it’s a fun and easy way to get to know others here. As you attend services and events, please ask questions of anyone you see in kitchen, moving furniture or greeting folks at the door.
Need a phone number or email address? See your member directory for contact information or ask Amelia Schroth for help accessing your member page.
Committees and Working Groups
Member Services and Outreach Committee:
This committee coordinates the following groups to foster a sense of community:
Kesher (Welcoming): Welcomes new members, answering questions and greeting at events, helping to familiarize new members. Dov Meir Walton, Chair
Hesed (Kindness): Provides emotional and physical support needed for members during a difficult period. Visiting the sick, running errands, providing meals, transportation, writing letters, or even making phone calls are ways we have helped members. Rachel Crawford, Chair
K’vod haMeyt (Cemetery Group): Maintains our cemetery in partnership with Congregation P’nai Or and Kol Shalom and takes the lead in the mitzvot of helping to bury the dead and comfort the bereaved. Charlie Rosenblum and Lisa Spiegel, Co-chairs
Tefilah (Prayer and Ritual) Committee This group enhances religious services and experiences at Shir Tikvah by supporting lay leaders, helping to educate members about Jewish prayer and ritual practice, and by developing prayer materials.
Additional Working Groups:
Legal & Governance
Investment
Tikkun Olam Project (Social Justice Working Group)
Partnerships
Congregation Shir Tikvah actively supports the Eastside Jewish Community, creating a new kind of Jewish space east of the Willamette River.
TischPDX
Congregation Shir Tikvah was the first fiscal sponsor for TischPDX, mentoring millenial entrepenuers as they build Jewish community among unaffiliated Jews on the Eastside.
Mon, October 7 2024
5 Tishrei 5785
Upcoming Programs & Events
Oct 7 Vigil and Poetry Monday, Oct 7 7:00pm |
Oct 10 JTOP Thursday, Oct 10 7:00pm |
Oct 11 Kol Nidre Friday, Oct 11 7:30pm |
Oct 12 Yom Kippur Shabbat, Oct 12 9:00am |
Oct 12 Yom Kippur Children’s Prayers Shabbat, Oct 12 1:00pm |
Candle Lighting
Friday, Oct 11, 6:14pm |
Havdalah
Motzei Shabbat, Oct 12, 7:19pm |
Erev Yom Kippur
Friday, Oct 11 |