TBT In The Media
Bend Kids Help Shelter
Hebrew School students learn important lessons at Bethlehem Inn
Bend Bulletin
June 23, 2010
“See these?” Jared Charney Cohen, 8, pointed to the bright Hebrew letters on the side of a paper-covered oatmeal container filled with money. “Do you think these are just meaningless lines?” he asked the adults and children outside the Bethlehem Inn, a Bend homeless shelter.
“No, I don't think so,” responded Lynn Edwards, the shelter's outreach coordinator, “but I don't know what they mean.”
“Each letter has a name,” Jared explained, hoisting the container up for Edwards to see, “and together they spell tzedakah (sa-da-ka), which literally means ‘justice' but can mean ‘charity.' And apparently, we're giving all of this to you!”
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Bat Mitzvah At Age 92
Bend woman will go through religious rite of passage Saturday
Bend Bulletin
June 22, 2010
As a girl growing up in Alabama, Ceil Hermann knew she was Jewish, but that was about it. As a member of one of only three Jewish families in town, she didn't go to temple or study the faith.
Now, at age 92, Hermann feels she is coming full circle. She is preparing to go through a bat mitzvah as part of a group of adults at Temple Beth Tikvah.
“This is the crowning jewel of my Jewish life,” said Hermann. Members of her family from across the country are coming to Bend to attend Saturday's ceremony, which will include the group members leading the service and congregation in prayer and reading in Hebrew from the Torah. Hermann isn't shy about calling this moment a big deal in her life.
Being part of the group has energized her. It's also proven something to her. “No matter how old you are, you can always learn something new,” Hermann said.
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