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Events

  1. 28 Nov

    Thanksgiving Day

    ALL DAY EVENT
  2. 07 Dec

    Havdalah with a Purpose

    6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
  3. 11 Dec

    Family Kitchen

    8:30 am - 1:00 pm

    Next dates: 08 Jan | 12 Feb | 12 Mar |
  4. 12 Dec

    Throwing on Thursday!

    7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
  5. 13 Dec

    Erev Shabbat

    6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
  6. 15 Dec

    Vindaloo with the Jews

    12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

    Next dates: 19 Jan | 16 Feb | 16 Mar |

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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

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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President’s Message:
From Cere Fingerhut

 
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TBT president Cere Fingerhut

As we approach the High Holy Days, I would like to extend a wish for feelings of connection and fulfillment to you and those who are important to you. 

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Divrei Tikvah:
From Rabbi Sara Abrams

As we approach Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, 5785  we find ourselves at a sacred threshold—an opportunity to reflect, renew, and embrace the promise of transformation.

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From the Union For Reform Judaism / Reform Movement

Why Israel Celebrates the Ethiopian Jewish Holiday Sigd

Why Israel Celebrates the Ethiopian Jewish Holiday Sigd jemerman

For many generations, the Beta Israel had longed to reach Jerusalem in a quest to renew their covenant with God and for spiritual redemption. So strong was their desire that they created a holiday as a time to pray for this miracle. They called it Sigd (meaning "worship") and celebrated it on the 50th day after Yom Kippur. This year it is celebrated today, November 4.

For Some of Us the Holidays Are Just…Hard

For Some of Us the Holidays Are Just…Hard jemerman

As we head into the holiday season, I am acutely aware of how much different this year is going to be than previous ones. I will be celebrating without my mom for the first time. My mother died in January 2021, and I'm still dealing with the unexpected waves of grief that wash over me, sometimes out of nowhere. As I head into this first winter holiday season without her, I'm not quite sure I know what to expect, other than everything is going to be very different.

Enjoy A Crockpot Shabbat

Enjoy A Crockpot Shabbat jemerman

As the weather begins to get chillier, many home cooks pull out their trusty slow cookers to create easy yet warm dishes. Slow cooking is nothing new. It hasn't had staying power with Jewish communities just because the resulting food is delicious; it also allowed observant Jews to keep Shabbat by kindling a fire before sundown on Friday and keeping food warm until Saturday afternoon.

The Cost of Free Land

The Cost of Free Land jemerman

When I was a child growing up in the 1980s, the story I learned about Thanksgiving followed the classic script: it highlighted amity between the Pilgrims and their Indigenous neighbors. Due to this connection, the hunger of the European settlers was met with squash and turkey.