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Central Oregon’s Jewish Reform Congregation

Events

12 Dec

Erev Shabbat Service

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
13 Dec

Torah Study

10:00 am - 11:30 am
14 Dec

TBT Hanukkah Party

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
15 Dec

Board Meeting

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
16 Dec

Ladies' Lunch

11:30 am - 12:30 pm
21 Dec

Vindaloo with the Jews Sunday

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

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About TBT

For Jewish families, retirees and singles at every level of faith, Temple Beth Tikvah provides a comforting embrace for the soul of your DNA.
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Temple Beth Tikvah has a wealth of Jewish programming for families with children from toddlers to teens. We greatly respect the needs of our children and feel it is important to support the families while nurturing their child’s own Jewish values and growth.
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Shabbat Services

Join us to welcome Shabbat on Friday nights and Saturday mornings. For more information, click here. For our calendar of services and events, click here.

Membership Payment

You can make your membership payment here.

Order Your Tribute Bookplates

Honor your loved ones with a beautiful bookplate capturing the character of Central Oregon. For more information and to order your bookplate for our Shabbat Mishkan T’filah and our High Holy Days prayer books, the Mishkan HaNefesh: Machzor for the Days of Awe, click here.

Messages

Divrei Tikvah
From Rabbi Sara Abrams

This year at TBT we will be celebrating Chanukah on the very first night, December 14th in the Gregorian calendar. Of course, in the Jewish calendar, Chanukah begins on the same day every year—the 25th of Kislev. The nights are dark at this time of year and the days very short, a time when we, along with nature, hibernate and begin to gestate all that can be nurtured in the winter months to be reborn in the spring. Indeed, the very last night of Chanukah falls on the winter solstice this year, the darkest night. And yet every dark night bears good news—the light that we could hardly notice in the fullness of summer can shine so tenderly at the beginning of winter.

President’s Message
From Ginger Weeden

As we approach year’s end, I am delighted to announce our 2025 Year-End Matching Donation Campaign: Through a generous gift, our community has the opportunity to triple the impact of every dollar you contribute. For every contribution you make now, that gift will add double the amount, helping us strengthen every corner of our congregation—from our rabbi compensation fund, to membership recruitment and engagement programs. Read more about the matching campaign.

From the Union For Reform Judaism / Reform Movement

The Art of Wisdom: Proverbs, Adages, and Maxims, and the Images They Inspire

The Art of Wisdom: Proverbs, Adages, and Maxims, and the Images They Inspire jemerman December 10, 2025

Arts and Culture

Curator Phyllis Friedman has assembled "Proverbs, Adages, and Maxims" at the Heller Museum at Hebrew Union College in New York, featuring 57 artists of diverse backgrounds who offer visual interpretations of familiar sayings and worthy shorthand advice.

Talking to Children About Jewish Identity in an Interfaith Family

Talking to Children About Jewish Identity in an Interfaith Family jemerman December 9, 2025

Parenting

an image of two parents swinginga child by the arms; imageis a little blurry

For children in interfaith families, clarifying the role of religion in the family dynamic is important.

Proud JEWS

Proud JEWS jemerman December 1, 2025

Modern Day Issues in Antisemitism

Photo of the words "Proud Jews" written in chalk on the sidewalk

Right before Sukkot, I noticed the word "JEW" carved into my sidewalk. I began to grind out the word, but rather decided to replace the space by adding "Proud JEWs" to the sidewalk.