High Holy Days 5776 2015

MISHKON
TEPHILO
GALIM
High Holy Days 5776 2015
Mishkon Tephilo Synagogue
Serving Jewish Communities
in Venice & Santa Monica
Since 1918
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High Holy Days 5776
Galim Magazine
Mishkon Tephilo
Mission
Statement
Mishkon Tephilo is a participatory, egalitarian congregation striving
to meet the religious, spiritual, educational, and social needs of a
diverse membership within the framework of Conservative
Judaism. The commitment and participation of all congregants is
to be nurtured with the understanding that all contribute value to
our community. We value full participation, regardless of gender,
race, sexual orientation, disability, age, or marital status.
We view ourselves as
partners in God’s Mitzvot (commandments) and of Torah (study),
Avodah (meaningful worship and work),
and Gmilut Chassadim (acts of loving kindness).
We are bound together by the traditional Jewish experience
through the following values:
Spirituality
Members engage in prayer and study experiences that bring them
closer to God and to each other.
Community
We are bound together by a Brit Tzibur (community covenant) of
providing celebration, solace and support throughout
the Jewish life-cycle.
Torah
We are an education center for the teaching and study of Jewish
texts, rituals, practices and values.
Inside This Edition
Coming Together for the High
Holy Days: Messages from
the Rabbi and the President 3
Cherishing Memories and
New Experiences: The Raider
Shofar and Executive
Director’s Message ........... 4
Religious School and
Preschool News ................ 5
Membership and New Rabbi
Search Process................. 6
Upcoming Events .............. 7
New and Classic Programs 8
High Holy Days Donors List 9
Inspirational Planning........ 10
Tz’dakah and Tikkun Olam
We understand our obligations as Jews to care for and
support the Jewish people, the State of Israel
and the community in which we live.
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Greetings and Thanks ....... 11
Contacts, Ads and a Baby 12
Again By Rabbi Dan
If you grow up in a synagogue, the first Psalm you’re likely to
learn is 145, which begins: Ashrei yoshvei vei-techa, od
y’hal’lucha, selah. It was my first Psalm, and my Hebrew teacher
timed me to see how fast I could read it without any mistakes. He
recorded my times in the margin of my prayerbook, Siddur Shiloh
(I kept this siddur for many years, but it disappeared some time
ago). The first time at the top of the column was 8 minutes and 35
seconds. There were about 10 entries under that; the last one
was just over 2 minutes. How much patience my teacher had in
order to work with me on what for him must have been a
particularly boring task! It was also the first Psalm I learned by
heart, a useful resource when one is flying on an airplane
encountering severe turbulence.
The first half of the verse is especially appropriate for the Holy
Days: Happy are they who dwell in Your house. It is appropriate
but not always true. Are you dwelling here now? Are you happy
here? A strange word: dwell. It’s more than spending time (as if
time were a commodity). It’s an investment; it’s the opposite of
visit. It suggests rootedness, ownership, familiarity, family. Can
God’s house be a dwelling? Can it be a joy to make it such? Like
many teachings of Torah, this verse from Psalms is not
necessarily true: we say it as a challenge to ourselves to make it
true.
people might translate it: “They will continue to praise You.” I
propose a different translation: “They will praise you with: ‘Again.’”
We say the same words: again. We sing the same songs: again.
We come to the same place: again. We see the same people:
again. Tomorrow we will say these prayers: again. We make the
same mistakes and are forgiven: again. We say I love you: again.
We beat our chests: again. We will be back next year: again.
The “again” is a form of praise that is underappreciated. The
experience is not new. It grows and becomes more textured,
more nuanced, more familiar with time and repetition. What is
ritual if not an institutionalized way of praising with again? Like
constancy at the gym, worship is about reps and building up your
spiritual muscles.
For me, this verse is particularly poignant this year. I’ve been
coming to this House of God for 20 years and leading High
Holiday services without a break since 1968. This year is my last.
It has been a joy to be in God’s house. I expect to be here next
year—Again—but sitting in the back. Each year has been
different. Same words, many of the same tunes, but because I’m
different, the dwelling has been different.
Celebrate with me by doing our sacred work Again. And Again.
Make this House your house. How pleasant and good it is for
The second half of the verse is also good for these holidays. Most
brothers and sisters to dwell in peace!
Coming Together During the High Holy Days
A Few of My Holiday Things
By Judy Gordon, President
Family all scattered, but thoughts of them here,
While all around me, bringing me near,
Brisket in the oven, forgiveness in my heart
These are a few of my High Holiday things
Standing in shul with my community ’round
Waiting for the moment the shofar will sound
At the ocean’s edge with repentance in my heart
These are a few of my High Holiday things
When Rabbi Dan speaks,
When tekiyah g’dolah sounds
When the gong’s at rest
I have in my heart Mishkon Tephilo
And wish everyone the best.
Rabbi Dan will delve into “The Parking
Circle of Life” (above) during services.
Wishing you a Shana Tova u’Metuka –
a sweet and good 5776 to you and yours.
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The Raider Shofar
By Judy Gordon, President
When you walked
into Mishkon for
services, you
might have passed
a really beautiful
display case on
the wall and
noticed it was
empty. If you
looked closer, you
would have seen
that, at the top, it
says, “The Raider
Shofar,” and inside
there is a plaque explaining that the
shofar is being dedicated by Phil’s
wife, Roberta Tishman, and his
daughters Shannon RaiderGinsburg and Jennifer Karan. But
where is the shofar? It is where it
belongs – on the bima – waiting to
be used this High Holy
Days season and for
many to come.
Phil was many things
for and with the
Mishkon community:
he was a board
member, treasurer and
president; he was Phil
Fix It for more building
issues that any one of
us can name; he was a
favored guest at
Preschool Shabbat; he
introduced smooth bourbon to
Saturday morning Kiddush; he was
a devoted member of the
community; but I believe his favorite
was being Ba’al Tekiyah (Master of
Ready for the Next Step
in Mishkon’s History
the Shofar Sound) at High Hoy
Days services.
Phil loved his shofar and was
known to wake the neighborhood
on Elul mornings. He was moved
by the fact that he was representing
the congregation of worshippers
during the services and took this
very, very seriously, filling each
breath with holiness and
compassion.
Thanks to Roberta, Shannon and
Jennifer for this wonderful gift.
Thank you, Rabbi Dan, for all of the
advice, consulting and hand
holding. And thank you, Matt
Marko, for designing and fabricating
the beautiful case. Most of all,
thank you, Phil, for being the
person you were.
one of you.
By Kelley Courtney, Executive Director
We are in a time of transition in many ways. Our
beloved Rabbi Dan is retiring as our rabbi after 20
As the High Holy Days approach, I find myself
years of service, but he will still be a friend and fellowreflecting on so much here at Mishkon. People are
congregant. We have a revamped electronic
optimistic about the upcoming changes and looking
Messenger and Galim magazine, as well as a websiteforward to growing. I want to say thank you to everyone
based calendar and donation payment system. Now,
who continues to step up to help Mishkon become the
instead of dropping by the office to bring a check, you
best synagogue we can be during this transitional
can just drop by to say “hi.” And we will be welcoming
period.
new members as we continue to grow. I want to get to
know all of you better as I move into my second year
All of our volunteers, organizers, helpers, event
as Mishkon’s Executive Director.
planners, member and nonmember sponsors of
building-repair projects, and many other generous
We will face many new challenges and opportunities
supporters continue to impress me. Our wonderful new
that come along with this time of change. I’m sure there
board is off to a running start, and past board members
will be bumps and surprises along the way, but we’re
are helping with advertising, finances, planning, and
prepared, because we have one another. I’m really
more. We even have an amazing new committee,
looking forward to Mishkon’s next step.
Mishkon Mishpacha, which you can read about on
Page 4. I couldn’t do my job without each and every
Cherishing Memories and New Experiences
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‫אם אין אני לי מי לי‬
‫וכשאני לעצמי מה אני‬
‫ואם לא עכשו אימתי‬
Rabbi Hillel said:
”If I am not for myself who will be for me?
And being for my own self, what am I?
And if not now, when?
Religious School News
This summer, I visited my daughter, Tahlia, and son-in-law,
Naphtali, in the Houston area, where they are getting ready to
have our first grandchild. Tahlia and Naphtali have been preparing
to raise this child with as much Jewish culture and values as they
can. They’ve done so much research and have learned so much. I
am extremely proud. I attribute a lot of that to their Jewish
education.
I didn’t have to ask whether they wanted to have a baby
naming or a Brit Milah. They insist on it. They shared with me that
they want their child to grow up in the synagogue, go to a Jewish
preschool, attend a day school or synagogue religious school and
have great Jewish experiences. They want this child to be part of
a Jewish community and to thrive in a home that observes
holidays and Shabbat. What more can a grandmother ask for!!!
This year, the theme of our Religious School is “Im Ayn Ani li mi
li’…,” If I am not for myself who will be for me? And being for my
own self, what am I? And if not now, when? We are fortunate to
have fantastic, skilled teachers. We welcome back Shifra Raz,
who teaches Hebrew to our students in grades 2-7, and we
welcome the newest member of our faculty, Cantor Oreen Zeitlin,
who comes to us from Chicago and will be teaching Judaic
Studies to grades 2-7.
It was my pleasure last year and will be my extreme pleasure
this year to be teaching kindergarten and Grade 1. I will also be
teaching Tephilah, Torah Trope, Music, and Judaica, preparing
our students with Jewish tools for life. Rabbi Dan will be working
closely with our staff, students and parents, concentrating on the
study of Torah and Jewish Values.
We are fortunate again this year to have our own Yael
Steinberg lead the Mishkon Tephilo High Holy Days Junior
Congregation services, which will take place on the first day of
Rosh Hashana from 10 a.m. to noon and on Yom Kippur day from
10 a.m. to noon. We are looking forward to an amazing year of
learning together.
Wishing you a year filled with sweetness, spirituality, learning,
good health and love,
L’Shana Tovah U’metukah,
Susan Sims Bodenstein
Preschool at Mishkon Tephilo
We began the 2015-16 school year on
September 8, 2015. For you last-minute
parents out there, we have the rare
opportunity of a few unexpected
openings in our program. The goal of
our preschool is to provide a warm,
nurturing environment in which our
children can develop to their fullest
potential. We achieve this through a
developmental, hands-on curriculum
influenced by Judaic practices that meets
the individual needs of every child. We
provide low ratios in a small family- and
community-oriented program for children
ages 2-5. In addition to our preschool,
we offer Parent & Me Infant and Toddler
classes on Thursday mornings.
For more information about our
programs and/or to schedule a tour,
please call Elisa Coburn at (310) 396-7733
or e-mail at [email protected].
Hazzan Laurie Rimland-Bonn
Director of Religious School
and Family Education
Transforming Through Education
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Choosing a New Rabbi: values and goals. These ideas will
Mishkon’s Hiring Process be added to the Focus Group
By Dayna Greenspan
New Membership
After more than 40 years as a
rabbi and 20 years at Mishkon
Tephilo, our beloved Rabbi Dan
Shevitz will be retiring in the fall of
2016. We are now in the process
of finding a new rabbi to partner
with us in the next phase of the life
of Congregation Mishkon Tephilo.
The Membership Committee at Mishkon
has as its mandate to recruit, maintain and
retain members of the Mishkon family. We
give all new members a welcome gift, and
if they’re around when we deliver, we chat
and answer any questions the new
members may have. We try to encourage
members to let us know if there is anything
we can do to improve their Mishkon
experience.
This Rabbi search is a threephase process that takes an entire
year to complete.
Our project for 2015-16 is to compile a
member-to-member directory. We want
members to be able to find services they
might need from among their fellow
Mishkonians. In addition to listing
professions and businesses, we will
include hobbies and other interests so that
folks who have similar interests can share
experiences. We will be sending out a
questionnaire to gather the information.
We hope that, when you get your
questionnaire, you will return it promptly.
Phase 1
We have completed the first
phase, “Focus Groups and
Surveys.” The entire congregation
was invited to participate and give
opinions on the most important
traits and skills of a new rabbi.
More than half the members
participated in the focus groups
and/or survey. Carole Stein, the
chair of Phase 1, is preparing her
report, which will help those who
are writing the candidate profile.
Joining Mishkon is not just about paying
dues. We hope our members will take
part in building and developing the
Mishkon community.
Additionally, at its monthly
meetings, the Board of Directors
has been discussing the shul’s
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The Search Committee is being
co-chaired by Dayna Greenspan
and Russell Schwartz, who are
managing the process of finding
and recommending a new Rabbi
to the Board of Directors.
survey results, to assist with the
preparation of our specific job
description / application.
Phase 2
The next phase of the process will
be led by co-chairs Melissa Tarsky
and Lonnie Friedman. Their
committee will assist with that job
description and the review of
résumés. We hope this will take
place between September and
December.
Phase 3
The final phase will be the
Interview process, to take place
during the spring of 2016. Michele
Prince and Itai Klein have agreed
to chair this subcommittee. The
Interview subcommittee will meet
(in person or by web video) with
candidates and will bring each of
the top three to Mishkon for a
Shabbat weekend. The candidates
will be asked to lead services and
meet congregants.
Congregants will be able to submit
their opinions to the
subcommittee, which will make its
recommendations to the Board of
Directors, who must approve the
candidate. The goal is to hire our
new Rabbi in June 2016.
This is an exciting and important
year for our synagogue. We plan
to keep you updated at every step.
Happenings
Progressive Sukkah Hop
Sunday, September 27, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
We will meet for Kiddush and appetizers in Mishkon's Sukkah across the alley in the large, paved area set
up especially for us, from 11 a.m. to noon. Then we will be hopping to several congregants' homes to enjoy
their Sukkahs and one another's lovely company from noon to 4 p.m.
Mishkon Mishpacha Meetup
Sunday, October 4, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
“Mishpacha” means “family” in Hebrew. Let’s socialize and plan together as a family within the family of
Mishkon. Come join us at a member's home for an informal play date and social. All members are
invited. If you have grandchildren, bring them!
“Talmudic Rabbis and Jewish Sorceresses:
Strange Bedfellows," with Maggie Anton
Sunday, October 25, 10 a.m. to Noon
Learn about the surprising prevalence of ancient Jewish magic in Talmudic times and how some
of that "sorcery" is still with us, even in our liturgy. Maggie Anton is the award-winning author of
historical fiction series Rashi's Daughters. See Page 8 for more.
Barbara’s Book Club
Tuesday, October 27, 7:30 p.m.
We will be discussing David: The Divided Heart (Jewish Lives), by Rabbi David Wolpe.
Rabbi Dan will be the discussion leader at the Helmans’.
Rabbi Dan’s
Retirement Celebration
After 40 years in the rabbinate
and 20 years as the
spiritual leader of our community,
Rabbi Dan will retire
in the summer of 2016.
What’s next?
Your name here:
Please join us in honoring
Rabbi Dan Shevitz
as he begins the next phase
of his journey.
Join Us for Dinner at the
American Jewish University
15600 Mulholland Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90077
5 p.m. Sunday, April 3, 2016
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Author of Rashi’s Daughters
Inaugurates
Adult Education Program
the Louis Sneh-sponsored film "End of
the Line-Seeshaupt,” and Professor Miri
Koral on the Yiddish Poets of Venice,
California.
Maggie Anton, author of Rashi's
Daughters will discuss and sign her new
book, The Enchantress. This Sunday
Series event will take place at Mishkon
on October 25 from 10 a.m. to noon.
Copies of her book will be available for
sale at the event.
The AKCESS (After Kiddush Cultural,
Educational, and Spiritual Symposiums)
program will continue throughout the
year. Rabbinic Intern Jeremy
Szczepanski will kick off the program
this year on Shabbat after Kiddush on
September 19. He will alternate with
Rabbi Dan every other month. Jeff Fleck
will continue Chug Rashi: A Moment
with Rashi, once a month using Rashi's
commentaries to discuss the weekly
Last year, the Sunday Series included
Interfaith Relationships, the Jews of Iraq
with Joseph Samuel, Rabbi Tsvi BarDavid on Prayer, Song and Movement,
parasha (portion).
Last year’s guest teachers included
Mishkonians Sandy Helman, Matt Marko,
Rabbi David Stein, Marvin J. Wolf, Carol
V. Davis, Dr. Jerry Helman, Jeff and
Michele Prince, and Rabbi T'mimah
Ickovits.
We will also have "Lunch and Learn"
with Rabbi Dan and
"Prayer Book Hebrew" with Jeff
Gornbein.
Contact Chairperson Phil Bell
at [email protected]. for more
information.
Programming for a Growing Shul
Welcome to the new Mishkon Mishpacha
(Family) Meetup Group!
By Aliza Wine
We are a diverse group of Mishkon members who want to
socialize, learn and connect with one another. Most of us
have young children, but two families are empty-nesters
who still seek community and that family feeling in the
broadest sense possible. There are preschoolers and
Religious School students and their parents. Our
youngest participant is 1 month old!
At our first meeting, we got to know one another and
Rabbi Dan and picked some fruit in a member’s garden.
We brained-stormed some future activities, such as
bowling, picnics, playdates, holiday celebrations,
sing-alongs and more!
On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, Mishkon Mishpacha
Meetup is joining with the greater Mishkon community at
Tashlich.
Our next meetup will take place at the home of Aliza Wine
on Sunday, October 4, 2015, which coincides with the
end of the Sukkot holiday. You do not have to be a
Mishkon member to join us in the Sukkah! We plan to get
together from around 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Surprises are
in the planning stages!
If you would like to come or want more information about
our group, please email Aliza at [email protected],
and be on the look-out for announcements in the
Mishkon Messenger.
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Barbara’s Book Club
By Rena Panush, Program Coordinator
and Adrienne Enzer, Book Club Member
Mishkon member Barbara
Wiesenfeld started Mishkon’s
book club eight years ago, and
the group has since been
renamed Barbara’s Book Club
in her memory.
In addition to meeting once a
month in members' homes, we
have an annual speaker night
at Mishkon featuring a local
author and drawing both
non-book club Mishkonians
and non-MIshkonians to the
presentations. This year,
Janice Steinberg, author of The
Tin Horse, presented a slide
show about the history of Jews
in Los Angeles and told us how
she researched her
L.A.-centered novel.
In general, we read about
Israel, the Holocaust, Jews in
the Diaspora: Egypt, Iraq,
England, Argentina, and the
American Jewish
experience. We read
American, Israeli and European
authors, both newly published
and more well-known. Our
discussions are very lively
because our members have
varied life experiences and
professions — and, of course,
opinions.
Apart from providing intellectual
stimulation, the book group has
provided its stalwart members
with an added, priceless
benefit: the creation of a close
family within the larger Mishkon
family. Please join us whether
or not you read the book and
whether or not you liked the
book. If you didn't read the
book, perhaps the discussion
will inspire you to do so. If you
didn't like the book, your
opinions will help make the
discussion more interesting.
Contact Rena,
[email protected], for more
information.
2014 - 2015
Alper, Eugene & Bloch, Susan
Amarawansa, Karen & Ananda
Bakis, Yakov & Josephine
Barron, Miriam
Bashoff, Jaclyn
Batinkoff, Randall
Baum, Aaron
Bell, Phil & Chana
Belmes, Alla & Roza
Bender, Andrew
Berger, Shelley
Bernstein, Barbara
Birnbaum, Debra
Brick, Ilene
Bronner, Deborah
Bruce, Mark & Rosin, Cynthia
Buchbinder, Harriet & Stuart
Cohen, Beverly
Cohen, Howard & Lehrman, June
Daman, Phil
Davich, Victor
Davis, Carol & Berezin, Charles
Davis, Howard & Sternfeld, Janet
Decker, Denise
Donohue, Marlena Doktorczyk
Drexler, Marcy
Ejnes, Mark & Smith, Stephanie
Enzer, Adrienne & Selwyn
Eskin, Gregory & Marina
Eule, Carole
Felixson, Carol & Jaduszliwer, Bernardo
Fineman, Igor
Fischel, Elaine
Fisher, Richard M.
Fleck, Jeffrey & Steinhart, Deborah
Forman, Cindy
Freedman, Bernard & Gail
Friedman, Lee & Cande
Friedman, Lonnie
Friedman, Monroe & Rita
Fryszman, Bernard
Gehlfuss, Shulamit
Geil, Ed & Michelle
Goland, Rosaleah
Golden, Stan
Goldstein, Cynthia
Goldstein, Herbert
5775 - 5776
High Holy Days Donor List
Goldstein, Sara & Raymond
Goldstein, Steven & Eileen
Gordon, Gail
Gordon, Judy
Gornbein, Jeff & Martin, Fredricka
Gourarie, Hadassah
Grebler, Rene
Greenberg, Scott & Vick, Michelle
Grunstein, Michael & Judith
Guttman, Alex & Andrea
Haber, Elaine & Darren
Hammerman, Fern
Hamovitch, Hannah
Hasday, Cynthia
Helman, Jerome & Sandra
Herman, Paul
Hershkowitz, David & Helena
Horn, Susan Fox
Hymes, Lawrence
Kadish, Sheldon & Rosenfeld, Mary Ann
Kalis, Murray & Fannie
Katz, David
Katz, George
Katz, Monroe
Kholodovskiy, Boris & Karimova, Tamara
Kleinman, Alan & Sharon
Kleinman, Sabina
Kolodny, Jack
Krutonog, Boris
Kunstler, Evelyn
Kunstler, Peter & Karen
Lempert, Philip & Gray, Laura
Levine, Gerald
Lewitt, Marilyn
Lieberman, Donna
Lindau, Susan
Lipsky, Allan & Marilyn
Loberman, Loetitia
Lotan, Shuli
Louria, Ken & Bilson, Meredith
Lustman, Nathan
Matian, Pedram
Maurer, Todd & Kaplan, Natasha
Metzger, Daniel & Nancy
Mingail, Eli
Mollin, Pauline
Morris, Donald
Myman, Frances
Neiter, Margie & Jerry
Ortasse, Solomon & Urbaitis, Marleen
Osser, Patricia & Irving
Paley, Andrew
Panush, Rachel & Grant, Will
Panush, Rena & Richard
Paradise, Mitch
Paris, David & Cowen, Nancy
Podus, Deborah
Pomerantz, Earl & Myra
Portnoy, Caryl
Portnoy, Sarah & Singer, Ben
Prince, Michele & Jeffrey
Rankin, Bonnie
Raz, Shifra & Rubinstein, Benny
Sager, David
Samuel, Yael & Jacob
Schlei, Brad & Metcalf, Lisa
Schrag, Morton & Lorraine
Schreck, Rhona & Ira
Schwartz, Robert & Greenspan, Dayna
Schwartz, Russell & Goland, Susan
Shepnick, Ira & Ninette
Silver, Rosalind
Slesaranksy, Eduardo
Smith, Cassandra
Smith, Howard J. & Levine, Victoria
Sneh, Louis & Dina
Sorter, Thomas & Phyllis
Spevak, Albert
Starer, Lois B.
Steckler, Lisa & Morgan
Stein, David & Carole
Steinberg, Barry & Ann
Stern, Arthur A.
Tarsky, Melissa & Brian
Tepper, Robert & Anita
Tishman, Roberta
Vagley, Sharon
Waterstone, Harry & Ilene
Wechsler, Irene & Chase, Richard
Weissler, Eric
Wemischner, Robert & Raffel, Leslie
Willis, Saundra Fay
Wilson, Stephen & Claudia
Wrobel, Avi & Chiang, Nora
Thanking You for Your Generosity
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L’Shanah Tovah
Wishing you good health, happiness, and peace—Hannah Hamovitch
May all our friends, relatives and book club members have a year
filled with happiness and good health. From Rich and Rena Panush
Best wishes for a happy and healthy New Year.
Carol Felixson and Bernardo Jaduszliwer
Wishing you a year of Peace & Joy
Judy Gordon
Shana Tova, peace & blessing
to the Mishkon Staff & Kehillah.
Fredricka Martin & Jeff Gornbein
Mazel Tov, Mishkon
–The Bells–
Shanah Tovah
Brian, Melissa, Elizabeth and Sarah Tarsky
wish everyone a sweet New Year.
L’Shanah Tovah Tikatevu
To Our Mishkon Community
Raymond, Sara, Ben, Harry and Eliana Goldstein
Thank you, Mishkon community,
for your love and support
during our recent
bereavements.
Russell, Susan, Nora and Molly
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People Who Want to Hear From You
Rabbi: Dan Shevitz President: Judy Gordon
Vice Presidents: Lonnie Friedman, Cindy Goldstein
Secretary: Dayna Greenspan Treasurer: Myron Lieberman
Board Member: Phil Bell, Carol Felixson, Jeff Fleck, Michael
Kirschbaum, Itai Klein, Rena Panush, Michele Prince, Roz Silver
Past President: Melissa Tarsky
Committee Chairs:
Building & Grounds: Stacy Feinberg Tephila: Jeff Gornbein
Membership: Rena Panush Communications: Marvin J. Wolf
Fundraising: Lonnie Friedman Kiddush: Andy Bender
Social Action: Aliza Wine Cemetery: Ben Singer
Adult Education: Phil Bell
Staff:
Executive Director: Kelley Courtney
Office Assistant & Galim Designer: Lisa Anne Klein
Bookkeeper: Nicole Saacks Preschool Director: Elisa Coburn
Religious School Director: Hazzan Laurie Rimland-Bonn
Rabbinic Intern: Jeremy Szczepanski
Custodian: Ruben Carrillo
Mishkon Tephilo has a limited number of burial plots
in cemeteries in the Los Angeles area – Eden (on
Sepulveda) and Home of Peace (on Whittier Ave.). If
you are interested, please call the Mishkon office at
(310) 392-3029, and someone will get back to you.
Scott Wine welcomed
Ryder Duke Wine
into the world
in 5775.
Mazel tov!
Our renovated Social Hall is a great place for your next
event. Please check out our website www.mishkon.org
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GALIM, the name of this magazine, means waves in Hebrew. At Mishkon, we make waves for a better shul and a better world.
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