April 2013—5773 - Beth Shir Shalom

April 2013—5773
Dear Friends,
By the time you receive this newsletter, it will be
nearly four months since the shootings in New Town,
Connecticut. In these ensuing weeks we did not fall
off the fiscal cliff, we have been sequestered, the
Academy Awards created a lot of fashion buzz, and
there have been over two-thousand six-hundred people
killed by gun violence in America. There have been at
least five shootings at schools since Sandy Hook, the
most recent in a spate of school shootings in this country, the first of which happened in 1764. It is called the
Enoch Brown School massacre. A teacher and nine
students were shot and killed with a weapon that was
certainly not semi-automatic. There have been nineteen mass shootings in the last five years and Congress
has done essentially nothing. Still, as I write, a Universal Background Check Bill, an Anti-“Straw” Weapon
Purchase Bill and a Partial Assault Weapons Ban Bill
and a School Safety Bill have all passed the Senate
Judiciary Committee. They will all go to the Senate
floor for consideration. If they aren’t road-blocked
there, they will eventually go to the House. More roadblocks to come.
I’m certain that my attitude is fueled by my naiveté, but it really amazes me that there are those in
this country, among them Senators and Members of
Congress, who believe that allowing “shills” to purchase weapons for those who are forbidden to do so
should NOT be a federal offense! I’m flabbergasted
that there are those in this country, among them Senators and Members of Congress, who believe that private citizens should be allowed to own assault weapons (The NRA is trying to trick Americans that these
weapons are not so bad by calling them “assault-style
weapons”. Like a kosher-style restaurant, when it
really comes down to it, there isn’t any such thing!).
I’m dumbfounded that there are those in this country,
among them Senators and Members of Congress, who
believe that private American citizens should be able
to legally purchase magazines for their weapons that
hold more than ten rounds. Ten rounds are OK?! I
must remind you again that John Hinkley, Jr, who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Regan, got off
all six rounds in his revolver in…1.7 seconds! Ten
rounds are obviously MORE than enough.
Here’s the Jewish part. When we perceive a
wrong happening or about to happen, we are
REQUIRED to rebuke those involved
in the wrongdoing:
“…You will definitely surely rebuke
your fellow human
being and not be
complicit because
[you did not rebuke] him/
her” (Leviticus
19:17).” Here’s
more from the preceding verse: “Do
not stand idly by the
Rabbi Neil Coblood (or the POTENTIAL spilled
blood) of your neighbor.” (Leviticus 19:16). There it
is, Jewish justification, a Jewish MANDATE to call
Capitol Hill! Here’s whom to call (list provided by
Women Against Gun Violence):
Let These Senators Know That You Want
Sensible Gun Regulation!
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA): (202) 224-3744
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT): (202) 224-5251
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL): (202) 224-4124
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC): (202) 224-5972
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX): (202) 224-2934
Senator Michael Lee: (R-UT): (202) 224-5444
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX): (202) 224-5922
Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ): (202) 224-4521
Call To Let These Senators Know You
Support Their Efforts!
Patrick J. Leahy Chairman, Vermont: (202) 224-4242
Dianne Feinstein, California: (202) 224-3841
Chuck Schumer, New York: (202) 224-6542
Dick Durbin, Illinois: (202) 224-2152
Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island: (202) 224-2921
Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota: (202) 224-3244
Al Franken, Minnesota: (202) 224-5641
Christopher A. Coons, Delaware: (202) 224-5042
Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut: (202) 224-2823
Mazie Hirono, Hawaii: (202) 224-6361
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Beth Shir Shalom
Board of Directors
President
Mark Litvack
Vice-President, Education
Helen Nightengale
Vice-President,
Membership
Alan Pick
Vice-President, Facilities
Cantor Ken Cohen
Stephanie Waisler Rubin
Secretary
Wendy Fleishman
Immediate Past Presidents
Alicia Garey
Clifford Neuman
At Large
Steve Berliner
Drew Brody
Ellen Cox
George Guttman
Laura Kanofsky
Michael Miller
Danny Mordujovich
Cheryl Rosenthal
Steven Schneider
Nancy Wender
Lifetime Member
Blanche Davidson
Beth Shir Shalom
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Presidents’ Message
Mark Litvack
As we approach Passover I want to take
this opportunity to wish all a Happy
Pesach. As the oldest son, of the oldest son
– the holiday has always had a special
meaning to me. Having said that, as I have
grown older, the story troubles me
more. Why did God repeatedly harden
Pharaoh’s heart? Did God believe he had
to punish Pharaoh more? Why did God
decide to kill all of the first born of the
Egyptians? If the goal was to punish Pharaoh, why not only punish him by killing his
son? And even more troubling, why kill
the son? Why not strike Pharaoh
dead? No righteous person can reasonably
argue that if someone violates the law, the
punishment should be meted out to his
young son. However, it appears that the
Lord had no trouble inflicting this horrific
penalty on thousands of truly innocent
young men. And why wait for the Egyptian army to be in the middle of the Red
Sea, before God restored the waters. Clearly He could have restored the
waters before the Egyptians were in the
middle of it.
American jurisprudence is built on the
foundation that better 100 guilty men be
freed that one innocent man go to
jail. This Jeffersonian principle is deeply
ingrained in American
history. If as a people
we so believe in this
rule of justice, why
would God be so willing to rule in the reverse? Why should
thousands of innocent young Egyptian men
die so that one arguably guilty man can
feel the pain of losing his own son? If an
all-powerful God could do all, why harden
a heart that would inevitably lead to the
killing of thousands?
I wish I could answer these questions
for you. It is part of the reason I still listen
to sermons, to try and get answers to my
questions. It is part of the reason that I go
to Schul, to give me different – and hopefully better – ways to view issues. In the
meantime I guess I will need to keep it
simpler. Perhaps to be a little kinder to
people. To soften, rather than harden, people’s hearts. To not publicly judge people,
and certainly not to use my “old fashioned”
ways of viewing issues and burden others
with my opinions. To accept that the reason that people are doing something is for
the best of reasons, and not for the worst of
reasons. Well, it is a start.
May you enjoy your Matzo balls and
find the Afikomen.
Temple Manager: Gaye Lowenstein
when one people’s
freedom will not deOne of the many things I love about
Beth Shir Shalom is how we tell the story pend on another people’s defeat.”
of Passover. Passover is one of, if not
WOW! How wonTHE, seminal moments in Jewish history
derful
is that! This sim– our peoples’ Exodus from Egypt. Yet,
every year when I sit down to a Seder and ple acknowledgement
hear the retelling of the story of our jour- that there is a HUGE
distinction between celebrating our freeney to freedom, I feel a little torn.
The reason I feel this way is because of dom and celebrating the death of the
all of the Egyptians who died in the wake Egyptians, to me, is what being a member
of our path to freedom. Yet in our Siddur of Beth Shir Shalom is all about. The fact
that we are all ONE PEOPLE… “One for
at Beth Shir Shalom, there’s a passage,
All and All for One!”
before we sing, ‘Mi Chamocha’, that
So, this Passover as you celebrate and
reads:
tell
the story of our People’s path to free“At the very moment when the Egypdom,
I hope you’ll keep this in your
tian armies were perishing in the sea, the
thoughts
and possibly even mention it at
ministering angels were about to sing to
your
Seder.
Because who knows… if God
God in jubilation. God silenced them and
can split the Red Sea for the Jewish peosaid:
ple, maybe God can make this day - a day
“My creatures are drowning; how
can you sing?” (Talmud Sanhedrin 39b) when one people’s freedom will not depend on another people’s defeat - come
When we sing our people’s ancient
to pass.
song of freedom, let us pray for a day
ALL FOR ONE…
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A note from Cantor Diane
In religious school, in preparation for Passover, I was in charge of teaching a group of
kids about the end of the Exodus story. The end of this story, which is also the end of
the Torah, is a dramatic, tragic tale of betrayal, punishment, and opportunity
lost. Moses (along with the rest of the people who had escaped slavery in Egypt) is forbidden to enter the land of Canaan. All of them are to die, except for two. The children
of the ex-slaves will be the ones to inherit the land promised to the people... not themselves. None, except for Caleb and Joshua, who had travelled so far, facing doubts and
fears and the harshness of the wilderness, will enter... not even Moses. Moses climbs a
mountain to look upon the land he will never touch, and dies. The future is not his to
hold.
Why does this happen? God is annoyed with the Jewish people. Once again, they have doubted Him
(as an aside -- I would never normally call any God-concept “Him”, but I have to in order to tell the
story!). God feels that He has done enough for the people that He should have earned their trust. After
all, didn’t He save them from slavery? Orchestrate their escape? Provide for their basic needs while in
the wilderness? Why do the people keep doubting Him when He says He will protect them? God reminds me of a parent who has “had it” with a child. The parent says something like, “Do I feed you? Do
I clothe you? Don’t I send you to a good school? Didn’t I give up everything for you? You could at
least...(fill in blank)” So, God doesn't allow the Jewish people into the land as punishment for not trusting Him. The people get the ultimate “time out.” God only allows Caleb and Joshua to enter because
they were able to trust.
My students, of course, saw this as totally unfair. Not even Moses gets to enjoy the new land? I agree
with them. It doesn’t seem fair. Rabbi Neil often calls the Torah our “wrestling partner,” so I’d like to
wrestle with this fairness for a moment. I actually see a whole other side as to why God didn’t allow the
people into the new land. This idea has nothing to do with punishment. It is about baggage.
Whenever the people doubted God, they would say, “Why were we brought here? Maybe we should
just go back to Egypt!” It seems inconceivable that anyone would want to return to slavery, even in the
face of danger and the unknown. Yet, if slavery was all they knew, perhaps in some ways the known
quantity of slavery was more comforting and understandable than the unknown quantity that lay
ahead. Perhaps the people were refused entry to the land of Canaan not because they had to be punished
for not trusting and believing, but because they were UNABLE to trust and believe. They were too damaged by their collective past to give themselves fully. Perhaps the mistrust was the symptom, not the
cause of their final consequence. Only the children, who were free of the memory of slavery, and Caleb
and Joshua who were not as burdened by that memory, would be able to fully embrace the promise of the
future.
All of us have had times when we almost luxuriate in our own problems. The troubles give our lives definition, meaning, direction, and
purpose. Sometimes we even avoid actions that could heal our pain
because we are kind of addicted to our own difficulties or sadness. Our circumstances may not be our fault or our doing, but there
we are... too afraid to let them go. I've been there. It is really difficult
to break free. Maybe the lesson from this Torah story is that sometimes we have to let go of our familiar pain before we can step into the
future. We have to put down our bags. We have to lighten before we
can be enlightened.
The song “Carry On” by the group Fun says:
Though I've never been through hell like that
I've closed enough windows
To know you can never look back
If you're lost and alone
Or you're sinking like a stone
Carry on
May your past be the sound
Of your feet upon the ground
Carry on
Give yourself the right to walk into your new land. Don’t forget, but don’t look back, and don’t doubt
your ability to be strong. Keep walking. Carry on.
Cantor Diane
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Invitations From the Rabbi
Friday, March 1
Shabbat is a Picnic 5:00 pm
Family Shabbat Celebration—5:45pm
Shabbat for the rest of us—7:00pm
Wednesday, April 3
Intro to Judaism—LAST CLASS
Congratulations to all on the culmination of 18
weeks of learning with Rabbi Neil.
Monday April 8
Israeli Dance begins with Beginner Class!
All beginners can now come at 7:00pm to learn
with David Katz. Then stay for dancing with the
regular class at 7:30pm.
Thursday April 18
Book Chavurah—Potluck at 6:30pm
Discussion at 7:00pm
ALL ARE WELCOME ( You don’t even need
to read the book, just love good discussion!)
The book for the April meeting is "Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit" by Gary Wills. 256 pages, Random
House, 2002. Andrea King will lead the discussion.
Garry Wills is a Catholic, a former seminarian, a
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, and a professor at
Northwestern University.
For a complete review of "Papal Sin" see:
http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/06/11/
reviews/000611.11rortyt.html
Join us for these B’ney Mitvah in April
Jacob Cohen April 6th at 4:00 pm
Friday April 12—Ice Cream Shabbat 7:00 pm
Come for the Shabbat celebration and Rabbi’s story.
Stay for the Ice Cream!
Edan Millstein April 20th at 9:30 am
Ryan Rubinstein April 27th at 9:30 am
Save the Date
May 11, 2013
Annual Fundraiser
“The Wrecking Ball”
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Mitzvah of the Month
Count the Omer (in a Beth Shir Shalom way!)
One of the 613 commandments is to “count the Omer”.
The Omer was an offering of a sheaf of wheat brought to
the Temple in Jerusalem on the second day of Passover.
There is a further commandment that from the day of the
Omer offering we are to count 49 days (of the Omer’s
continued “echoing”) until the 50th day which is the festival of Shavuot, celebrating the giving of the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai. As such the counting of the
Omer is often referred to as our journey from physical
freedom (Passover/Exodus) to spiritual freedom (Shavuot/
Ten Commandments).
We Jewish-Americans have a great deal of freedom to
recognize during these 49 days and a great deal of freedom still to realize for us and all Americans. I suggest that
this year during the Omer we recognize and strive for
freedom by:
Calling a Senator or Member of Congress every day
expressing our desire for comprehensive gun violence
prevention (see my column)
Writing to President Obama urging him to make peace
between Israel and Palestine a priority in his second term.
Working to avoid a nuclear arms race with Iran and
North Korea. Tensions are definitely escalating. I am old
enough to remember nuclear attack “drop drills” in elementary school and the Cuban Missile Crisis. I once gave
a sermon equating the previous nuclear arms race to me
putting a nuclear device around the neck of my child
while a father in the then Soviet Union did the same with
his. Each of has had a remote to explode the device – my
remote exploded the device on his child and his remote
explode the device on my child. Let’s use our freedom to
prevent our children (and ourselves!) from this fear.
Working to create the “freedom” brought about by a
minimum wage that brings full time workers a little bit
closer to a living wage. Please view this video by Robert
Reich. http://www.moveon.org/r?r=288101&id=6430421157480-jPC2zgx&t=6
Working to keep the nuclear reactors at San Onofre off
-line and support President Obama’s initiative for alternative fuel research.
Voting! For those of us in Los Angeles, a run-off election for mayor (and other races) has been scheduled for
May 21st. Vote – in this election and all others. How many
people in the world get to vote in truly free elections?
Giving to the Westside Food Bank (http://
www.westsidefoodbankca.org/) and/or Mazon (http://
mazon.org/) . Homelessness and hunger are slavery.
Engaging in any other kind of “freedom-supporting” or
“freedom-generating” actions and activities.
Happy Omer!
If you care about cookies…Sponsor an Oneg!
The Temple no longer serves up those delicious cookies from Beverlywood Bakery at Shabbat Onegs UNLESS
someone sponsors them.
As part of their celebration, the families of a B’nai Mitzvah DO sponsor the Oneg on their child’s B’nai Mitzvah Shabbat.
So, pick a date(s) - (maybe your birthday, your anniversary, your son’s wedding, your grandchild’s first tooth...or just
because) and call Melissa in the office or drop her a note with a check letting her know the date(s) of your sponsorship.
You will be mightily thanked in the Friday night handout and by your fellow Shabbat celebrants. Of course, there will
always be coffee, juice and challah….and good schmoozing . But it’s always so much sweeter with a cookie!
April Anniversaries
Gaby and Mike Spivak
Shervin & Camilla Shamtaub
Gaye Lowenstein & Dori Friedman
Stan Brooks & Tanya (Brooks) Lopez
Lorianne & Chuck Corcoran
Jeff & Tam Smith
Eron Ben-Yehuda & Marlene Cole
Rick & Nancy Kurshner
Candyce Kornblum Anger & Adam Rosenstein
Mark & Shelley Dornfeld
Cynthia & Steve Barzilai
Marc Sallus & Devora Cohen
Daniel Feingold & Mara Eaton Feingold
Nancy & Richard Golden
April Birthdays
David Williams
Alber Kohanzadeh
Michael Rapkin
Lillian Roth
Ellen Volovik-Gurevich
William Farasat
Roger Kerr
Laura Pomerantz
Joezen Punongbayan
Merle Minkoff-Singer
Kristene Perry
Len Chesler
Lauren Pagano (Adler)
Helen Vine
Maura Zagor
Stephen Esmond
Alan Silverman
Ri Lustman
George Stanley
Shawn Thompson
Robert Elliott
Marjorie Loring Gauley
Christopher Evan Miller
Rosanna Blumenberg
Ed Levine
Robin Engelman
Claudia Lopez
Tina Abdollah
Steve Rubin
Heidi Solz
Devora Cohen
Marcy Elkind
Mayra Antonio
Brad Goodman
Karen Graham
Susan Stein
Tamara Anderson
Brian Gabrich
Peter Quentin
Dennis Richardson
Dr. Alan Solomon
Neil Comess-Daniels
Daniel Jacobson
Howard Kuperberg
Norman Levine
Janine Bush
Judy Litvack
Jennifer GoodmanTrachtenberg
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Marsha Newstat,
ECC Director
“Every child is an artist. The
problem is how to remain an artist once he/she grows up.”
Pablo Picasso
One of my main goals here at
Beth Shir Shalom is teacher training
and development. Who would question the importance of having
trained, loving and knowledgeable educators staffing our
Early Childhood Center? For many young families, the
ECC is also the gateway to congregational life, beginning
what becomes a continuing relationship, lasting well beyond Bar/Bat Mitzvah and Confirmation.
Early Childhood teachers are the gate openers. It is
critical that we create an environment where teachers, like
children, learn through play. When a child is learning
through play he/she gets to explore. He/she has an idea of a
direction she would like to pursue and she is free within
broad limits to do so. The motivation comes from within as
she interacts with the possibilities in the environment. As
an Early Childhood Director who is responsible for training
staff, I often find myself trying to motivate the teachers to
learn what has been predetermined that they must learn.
But, since I want my staff to stay excited about their jobs, I
need to give them the opportunity to explore, to be decision
makers, to say, “This is what I want to do next.” That’s
playful in the very best sense. Children become active
learners through play; and so do adults.
The ECC teachers and I want to thank the Board of Directors, Rabbi Neil, Cantor Diane, Gaye, Bill and the rest of
the Synagogue staff for making it possible to take the entire
ECC staff to San Jose for the CAEYC (California Association of the Young Child) Conference. We all came back
motivated and excited. A big thank you to our ECC families for giving us the opportunity to remain artists (creative)
as adults!
Now is the time to be registering for Fall 2013 and
Summer Camp! Spring Mini-Camp filled up very
quickly! We are also starting a “Running Start Kindergarten” for children who miss the new deadline (October
1st this year) for Kindergarten. This will be an opportunity
for your children to continue their journey in a fun, Reggio
style, play based and Jewish curriculum. Additionally they
will be growing socially and emotionally in a safe and
comfortable environment. For more information
please call the ECC office 310-829-2517.
Religious School Notes
As you read this, we have just about
finished Pesach, and are ready to begin the final push towards the end of
the school year. I have begun to compile the results of the recent survey
that was sent to our school parents,
and have also begun to upgrade the
curriculum to be more project-based,
with school wide themes that will incorporate projects at
every age level, K-6, and will coordinate these projects to
culmination with school-wide and family events. Watch
for more information as the summer approaches!
The rest of the year will include, among other things, a
Yom Hatzma-oot (Israeli Independence Day) celebration
for the Sunday school, a Family Education Family
Scrapbook making project for the 2nd and 3rd grades, an
open house for the incoming Kindergarten class, a field
trip for the 6th graders to the Museum of the Holocaust,
our first Family Day at Camp Shalom in Malibu, and a
fun celebration on the last day of school.
April schedule highlights:
April 7 – School resumes (no Hebrew and Teen Academy
on April 2)
April 14 - Yom Hatzma-oot celebration with our Sunday
school students
April 21 -Family Education Scrapbook making –
9:00am-12:00pm
April 28 - 6th Grade trip to Museum of the Holocaust
Open house for new Kindergarten families
….And a special note – thanks to all of the students who
participated in the Israeli Dance Marathon, and to all the
teachers who put in extra hours, and to all the parents who
volunteered to help out, and even sleep over. Thanks to
your efforts, we netted over $2200 in donations. A great
big thanks to all of you for a weekend well danced!!!!
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April 5
Harry Eagle
Sam Gerson
Brakha Horn
Rose Schwartz
Irene Sender
Pearl Skolnick
William Geller
Charles Smolin
Rose Friedman 2
Hermine Gerendasy
George Joachim
Salomon Katz
David Brimm
Ben Cherniak
Martin Feld
Martin Luther King Jr
Norman Phillips
Maurice Pierce
Samuel Smirlock
Toby Waldner
Sophia Willens
Minnie Hibshman
April 12
Sarah Bernstein
Zelda Braman
Minnie Hirsch
Judy Lopez
Barnett Malsin
Doreen Norton
Melvin Henry Novegrod
Rouholah Aframian
Michael Epstein
Ethel & Leisor Heller family
Peretz Kaniger
F. H. Rupeiks
Tara Schadlow
Mel Richman
Shirley Solomon
Mike Perlin
Jack Zatlyn
Yankl Fainshtain
Mary Ann Galizi
Allen Jacobs
Rebecca Betty Offer
Albert Jay Rosenthal
Goldie Freda Sachs
Meyer Price Stern
Samuel Weiss
Pauline Barban
Magdolna (Mugdolna) Katona
Esther Nedelman
Joseph Michaels
Nathan Paul
David Tulchin
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April 19
Estelle Dreyfus
Georgine Pazol
Celia Bellman
Rose Sylvia Bonvaser
Charlotte Galton
Susan Goldman
Jeff Malkin
Julien Weiss
Leo Goodfriend
Alfred Kass
Edna Vogel
Charles Greener
Stephen Pick
Edgar Serin
Forrest Cole
Joseph Fields
Gerald Fink
Madeleine Kahn
Ruth Morton
Sydelle Willis
April 26
Leah Daniels
Henrietta Gottesman Strauss
Florence Kaufman
Goldie Slutzky
Bess King
Robert Kliegman
Ramon Lloyd Ashley
Bertha Cohen
Ida Schulman
Ida Green
Helene Gross
Seymour Kanter
Nana" Bella Rosenberg"
Robert S Zatlyn
May 3
Irving Feinlieb
Shirley E Moskowitz Gruber
Morris Hibshman
Celia Tolmach
Dr Benjamin Weiss
Marilyn Faucheux
Gertrude Israel
William Joachim
Al Mehlman
Arie Melzer
Marilyn Beleznay
Herbert Garber
Albert Silberman
Bessie Katz
Arthur R Livingston
Tributes
Tributes/Yahrzeits
Sharon Atlas
Candace Baker
In memory of Bessie Rush
Candace Baker
In honor of Gaye Lowenstein and Dori Friedman
Gail & Robert Boyle
In memory of Elizabeth Boyle
Marcia Futowsky
In memory of Jean Futowsky
Alex Hakim D. M. D. & Niaz Hakim
In memory of Anayat (Tony) Bakhshian
Ari Kleiman & Laura Kanofsky
In memory of Sam Kanofsky
Barbara & Murray Mills
In memory of Morton Kahn
Isaac Mizraki
In memory of Ann Smith Lofsky
Steven & Nancy Schneider
In honor of Roselee Packham
Judith Seeds
Roberta Spero
In memory of Gary Dennis Spero
Fredrick Goldberg
George Guttman & Shana Epstein- Guttman
Bima Flowers
Josh Raphaelson & Kelly Syers
In honor of Joshuah Raphaelson's Birthday
Judy Stearn Fund
Joyce Hinricksen
In memory of Bernice Goldstein
Pam Rosenberg
In memory of Alan M Rosenberg, Alfred H Rosenberg &
Ida M Thomas
Ted & Lillian Roth
In memory of Margot Guttman
Matthew Mezza Fund
Jerry & Rita Schneir
Music Resource Fund
Stan & Linda Hoffman
In memory of Olympia Anita Francisconi Johnson
Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Cheryl Diamond
In memory of Estelle Diamond
Marjorie Gauley
In honor of Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels
Anne & Jeff Grimaldo
Harold & Vivian Hirsch
In memory of George Hirsch
Larry & Ruth Rosen,
In memory of Mildred Gilbert
Leonard & Helen Vine
In memory of Rose Vine
Marilyn & Steve Wiener
In memory of Leonard Taylor
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Save the Date
May 11, 2013
Beth Shir Shalom
Annual
Fundraiser
Online and Live Auction
Dining and Drinking! It could lead to Dancing!
Money for the Temple!
Fun for us!
We’ll have a BLAST!!!
1827 California Avenue
Santa Monica, California 90403