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Reform congregation serving about 50 individuals. Warm and welcoming,
small yet mighty, COBS holds monthly Shabbat Torah services, and a
robust monthly adult education program focused on history, social and
cultural programs as well as festival and High Holiday celebrations.
Services are frequently led by the congregation members, occasionally
a visiting rabbi, or professional lay leaders and singers. Their calendar
of events can be found on their website. COBS embraces the uniquely
beautiful environment of the Olympic Peninsula in its celebration of the
holidays, including a Shavuot service at Hurricane Ridge, a Rosh Hashanah
outdoor dawn service overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and Tashlich
services at the beautiful Dungeness River.
COBS celebrates family-focused festivals, including a Tu B’Shevat seder,
Purim, Pesach, Sukkot, and Hanukkah. When families wish to have Jewish
education for their children, congregation members work to help mentor
them and their parents.
Port Townsend
■■Bet Shira (Trans-denominational)
P.O. Box 1843, Port Townsend, WA 98368
Phone: 360-379-3042
betshira@yahoo.com
www.betshira.com
Contact: Barry Lerich
Bet Shira is an inclusive Jewish community for people from diverse backgrounds
who seek connections with other Jews on the Olympic Peninsula,
a deepening knowledge of Jewish practice and Jewish spirituality, and
engagement in joyful Jewish life.
The congregation is intergenerational, participatory, trans-denominational,
and egalitarian. Erev Shabbat services and potluck dinners are held
on the second Friday evening of each month (young children’s services are
also available); Torah services are held monthly during the year; and there
are celebrations, services, and family gatherings for the major holidays
(High Holy Day services, including Tashlich at the beach, Sukkot, Simchat
Torah, Hanukkah, Purim, Passover and Shavuot). Religious school for
children 4–13 years old is held once a week.
The congregation gathers for the major holidays of the Jewish year and
for lifecycle events of community members. Services integrate prayer,
blessings, a breadth of Jewish melodies, and contemporary insights into
their rich traditions. Lay leaders conduct all services. Other activities
have included Torah study, Havdalah, klezmer music, Israeli dancing,
and social activism in the local community. Both residents and visitors to
the peninsula are welcome to participate. Events are listed in the religious
organization section of the weekly local newspaper, The Leader, and on
their website at betshira.com/calendar.
Pullman, Wash. & Moscow, Id.
■■Jewish Community of the Palouse
720 NE Thatuna St., Pullman, WA 99163
Phone: 208-882-0971
494 Ridge Rd., Moscow, ID 83483
personal.palouse.net/Jewish or jcpalouse.wordpress.com
President: Myron Schreck
The JCP serves the regional area around Pullman, Wash., Moscow, Idaho,
the University of Idaho, and Washington State University, offering cultural,
religious and social activities, including High Holiday services, some
other holiday celebrations, some children’s activities, and once-a-month
informal Friday night Shabbat services and potlucks. Having no rabbi, the
JCP depends on volunteer organizers, but they have been active since 1948.
Spokane
■■Chabad of Spokane (Traditional)
4116 E 37th Ave., Spokane, WA 99223
Phone: 509-443-0770
RabbiHahn@gmail.com
www.Jewishspokane.com
Contact: Rabbi Yisroel Hahn
Chabad of Spokane caters to all of your Jewish needs, regardless of
affiliation or background.
• Adult education
• Hebrew school
• Jewish Learning Institute
• The Inland Northwest mikvah
• Holiday celebrations
• Hospital visitations
• The shul
• Kosher co-op
• Camp Gan Izzy
• Eastern Washington kosher supervision
• J-Heart: Visiting young adults in crisis throughout the inland northwest
• The Moscow-Pullman community seder
• Executive study partners
• Rosh Chodesh society
• Jewish women’s circle
• Spokane Jewish public library
• Roving rabbis: Visiting Jews in all of Eastern Washington
■■Congregation Emanu-El (Reform)
Message Phone: 509-835-5050
www.spokaneemanu-el.org
Facebook: bit.ly/emanuelspokane
President: Faith Hayflich
Congregation Emanu-El of Spokane is a warm, welcoming, progressive
congregation affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism. Rabbi Tamar
Malino holds Friday night services twice a month and a Saturday morning
service once a month, in addition to officiating High Holy Days, lifecycle
events, and other Jewish holidays. Lay-led services include meditation
services and speakers on topics of interest to our Jewish community.
■ ■ Temple Beth Shalom (Conservative)
1322 E 30th Ave., Spokane, WA 99203
Phone: 509-747-3304
Fax: 888-317-9359
temple@spokanetbs.org
www.spokanetbs.org
Rabbi: Michael Goldstein
President: Jennifer Bortz
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