Announcements for week of June 12th

Panim Hadashot Announcements for June 12-June 19, 2005

Hag Sameah!!

1. June 17th Panim Hadashot Shabbat Dinner
2. June 18th 70 Faces of Torah-Interactive Shabbat morning Torah Reading
3. June 18th Shabbas Shmooze (Engaging Conversation): Why Be Jewish
4. Recent News: Panim Hadashot selected for Levitan Innovation Award

June 17th Panim Hadashot Shabbat Dinner
Friday Evening, June 17 for singles 40 and over hosted by Rabbi Dov Gartenberg and cosponsored by Lox of Friends 7:00-10:00 pm, at Panim Hadashot Beit Midrash-House of Learning, 3827 NE 90th Street, Seattle, 98115

Rabbi Dov Gartenberg will lead a Shabbat table talk on “Religion in the Public Square: The Debate Among Jews About Public Religiosity.”

Join Lox of Friends and Rabbi Dov Gartenberg for a unique Shabbat dinner with storytelling, humor, song, delicious food, great company and lots of opportunities to learn and share. Potluck Dinner.

Please rsvp at rsvp@panimhadashot.com or call 206 525-0648 #2 by Wednesday evening. We will call you about a dish after you RSVP.This event is limited to 25 persons.
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70 Faces of Torah- June Schedule
June Schedule for Shivim Panim LaTorah. All sessions take place from 10:30-12:00pm on Shabbat mornings at the Panim Hadashot Beit Midrash, 3827 NE 90th St. in North Seattle. D0ors open for light refreshment at 10:15am. No rsvp necessary, but if you are new, let us know you are coming.

For a description of this innovative Shabbat morning program click Shivim Panim

June 18: Portion: Behaalotcha. Numbers 8:1-12:16 We will focus on the dramatic chapter 11 which the rabbis saw as an example of 'chutzpah kelapei shamayim'-audaciousness toward heaven. Why does Judaism glorify frustration with God? What does that mean for us and our relationship with God. Why can faithful people be more chutzpadik than athiests? We'll explore Moshe's famous complaints to God in this light.

June 18th Shabbas Shmooze (Engaging Conversation): Why Be Jewish 4-5:30pm, 3827 NE 90th St.

Come by Rabbi Gartenberg's Home Beit Midrash on Shabbat Afternoon for nosh and conversation on the subject of Why Be Jewish. Join Rabbi Dov, otherwise known as the 'Jewish Baggage Handler' to discuss the impediments and the incentives to living a Jewish life in our times. Be prepared for interesting guests, stimulating conversation, and a restful but engaging Shabbat experience. No rsvp necessary, but let us know you plan to come by sending a note to rsvp@panimhadashot.com or 206 525-0648

Recent News
On June 9th at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle Annual Meeting Panim Hadashot-New Faces of Judaism received the Levitan Innovation Award.

The award seeks to stimulate and encourage organizations, synagogues, agencies and individuals to develop programming with new and different approaches aimed at fostering and/or increasing engagement in Jewish life in the greater Puget Sound Area.

Panim Hadsashot won the award based on a grant for the Shabbat Around Seattle Program. As winners of the award Panim Hadashot will receive a $10,000 grant in support of the program. We are greatly honored and excited by this recognition. Panim Hadashot thanks the Dan and Stacey Levitan for creating this award and the review committee for electing our organization. We applaud the creation of this award that will spur creativity and innovation in our community.
Below is a summary of the Shabbat Around Seattle program as it was described in the grant proposal.

"Panim Hadashot views Shabbat as Judaism’s great innovation and enduring contribution to the world. Shabbat Around Seattle is a Shabbat-centered Jewish learning and outreach project that models the Shabbat home experience in homes around Seattle, providing a rich menu of Shabbat activities that build fellowship and stimulate learning about Judaism. Our project offers a mobile and portable Jewish program that moves to a different neighborhood each month, creating sacred Shabbat experiences through feasts, learning, conversation and song, with each program featuring Jewish learning and dialogue connected to a particular theme. Our director, Rabbi Gartenberg, resides with the hosts and serves as resident teacher, seder co-leader, and Shabbat co-host. Through Rabbi Gartenberg’s skillful and accessible presence, hosts and guests renew and deepen their Shabbat practices and gain the confidence to create beautiful and meaningful Shabbat celebrations in their own homes."

If you are interested in participating in this program as a host or a guest, please write to Rabbi Dov Gartenberg at rabbidov@panimhadashot.com. Our Shabbat Around Seattle Program will resume in September after a summer hiatus.