September - December 2013

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Temple Beth El
of South Orange County
The Samueli Center for Progressive Judaism
2A Liberty ● Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 ● 949.362.3999 ●www.tbesoc.org
Temple e-Talk
Septe m b er • Oct ob e r • No v e mb e r • De c e mb e r 2 0 13
Clergy Corner
Jewish By Choice
Four Perspectives
by Rabbi Peter Levi
People often ask: “Why did you want to
become a rabbi?” For me, the decision
to become a rabbi
was easy. The
tough decision
was whether
I would be
Jewish—that is,
whether or not
Judaism would
be an active part
of my life. I was
always a Jew, but
no part of my
life was Jewish,
except perhaps for my affection for
bagels & lox and Woody Allen movies.
This began to change in my mid-twenties
when a friend of mine said: “Peter, you’re
Jewish. You should do Jewish things.”
Being a reasonable person, this made
sense. For example, I call myself a tennis
player not just because I like the idea
of tennis, but because I in fact go out
and play tennis. Similarly, I had always
called myself Jewish, but I wasn’t doing
anything Jewish. So I began to check it o
out.
continued on page 21
In our contemporary world, there are many, many ways to be
Jewish: religious, ethnic, cultural, national, spiritual, genetic,
gastronomic…and some folks born to Jewish parents opt out
completely. You can say, everyone is “Jewish” by choice these days.
Your clergy share their reflections on when they made the choice to
be Jewish.
by Rabbi Rachel Kort
I want to honor my parents for working
hard to instill a rock solid Jewish identity
in me and my sister. The synagogue
where I grew up was my second home,
Jewish education (even post bat mitzvah)
was not an option, Shabbat dinner each
week as a family was mandatory, and my
parents sacrificed
personal and family
vacations to send
me and my sister
to Jewish summer
camp and to Israel
as teens. My Jewish
identity was a huge
priority for my
parents and their
hard work paid off. I
have never considered being Jewish as a
choice, but how I choose to be Jewish is
another story.
by Rabbi K’vod Wieder
Growing up in Orange County in
the 1980’s, I learned quickly that this
incomprehensible
part of me, called
Jewish, was not
desirable in the
eyes of my peers.
Hebrew school
was alienating and
irrelevant and I
quickly learned to
not only hide this
part of my identity, but to imagine that
it was like a garment of clothing that I
could choose not to wear.
by Cantor Natalie Young
As long as I can remember, being Jewish
was not something I had to decide on.
It was always an integral part of my
identity. I never felt that I needed to do
anything special to “be” Jewish though
I certainly grew up with Jewish rituals
and traditions that
infused spirituality
and meaning
into my life. I
never considered
myself particularly
religious, but
identified more
with the spiritual
and communal
aspects of the
Jewish faith. While halacha (Jewish
law) was never a guiding force in how
I connected to Judaism and the Jewish
people, I have looked to create my own
meanings from tradition. I have never
felt compelled to follow traditions just
because they are there. I want to have an
understanding of my practices. I feel that
traditions are there to help us connect to
the world around us and bring sanctity
into our lives.
Check out Upcoming Adult Learning Opportunities on Page 9!
SCHEDULE OF WORSHIP SERVICES
Here is an overview of the many opportunities we provide at Temple Beth El for spiritual connection and worship services:
On Shabbat
During the Week
Friday Evening Shabbat Services in the Sanctuary
6pm Kabbalat Shabbat: A multi-generational joyous and
participatory service, music, welcoming Shabbat with dancing,
community, opportunities for reflection and inspiration.
5:30pm Pre-service Oneg (hors d’oeuvres)
7:30pm Traditional Reform Shabbat Service: A beautiful
worship service in the mainstream Reform model using
a variety of musical styles with piano accompaniment to
create a warm and inviting worship experience. Our rabbis
offer inspirational learning with their sermons. Includes
opportunities for reflection and inspiration. This service is
followed by an Oneg Shabbat (savory treats and socializing!)
Every Saturday at 9am: Torah Study in room 214/215
Exploration of the weekly portion in a warm and welcoming
atmosphere where each participant has the opportunity to
learn, listen and share. Every 3rd Shabbat of the month one of
our rabbis leads the discussion. A brief lay-led service follows
the study.
Every Saturday at 9:30am: Shabbat morning Conservative
prayer in the Chapel. Ivdu Et Hashem B’simcha (Serve the
Holy One with Joy) blends high energy, joyous, participatory
service with opportunities for meditation and contemplation
in a warm and intimate community. Return to that moment at
Mt. Sinai through traditional Torah reading while we explore
its personal relevance to each one of us. Led by our rabbis and
lay leadership. Preliminary prayers start at 9:15am.
Refuat HaNefesh: Healing of the Soul Minyan:
Tuesdays at 6:30 pm
A prayer gathering held each and every Tuesday evening
in the Sidney Eisenberg Chapel. This service enables our
members who are in mourning or observing a Yahrzeit to join
with their Temple Beth El family for a 30 minute service filled
with prayer, song and quiet moments of reflection to recite
the Mourner’s Kaddish. The service is a fusion of prayers both
in Hebrew and English, using the weekday prayer book, Siddur
Eit Ratzon, which has all the Hebrew transliterated for the
non-speaker, and beautiful (and relevant) explanations of the
intentions behind the prayers.
Every Thursday at 7am Weekday Minyan in the Sidney
Eisenberg Chapel...start your day with a mitzvah! Come and
be part of this community minyan. Your attendance could
enable congregants to recite Kaddish for their departed
loved ones. If you are able to commit to attend even only
now & then, please sign up at www.SignUpGenius.com/
go/70A0D4CA5A622A31-weekday.
Mark your calendars and let’s share this lovely service and
ongoing mitzvah project together!
Yizkor Services:
Special memorial services honoring our loved ones
Saturday, September 14, during Yom Kippur
services (1pm Conservative Service,
4pm Reform Service)
Thursday, September 26, 9:15am
Shemini Atzeret
September 2013
Wednesday, September 4 - Friday, September 6
See entire Rosh Hashanah service schedule on page 5.
Friday, September 6
5:30pm Oneg*
6pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Saturday, September 7 Parashat Ha’azinu: Deuteronomy 32:1-32:52
9am Torah Study
Saturday, September 21
Parashat Chol Hamoed Sukkot: Exodus 33:12-34:26 & Numbers 29:23-31
Conservative Service in the Eisenberg Chapel with Kiddush community
lunch to follow.
9:15am Ivdu Et Hashem B’simcha (Serve the Holy One with Joy)
lunch in the sukkah to follow.
Friday, September 13 - Erev Yom Kippur
5pm Kol Nidre Multi-Generational Service
6:15 Conservative Mincha and 6:30pm Kol Nidre Service
7:30 Reform Kol Nidre Adult Service
Thursday, September 26
9:15am Shemini Atzeret with Yizkor Service
5:30pm Tot Service & Celebration
6:00pm Bring-Your-Own-Dinner to enjoy in our sukkah
7:00pm Simchat Torah dancing and celebration for all ages (more details
on page 6)
See Yom Kippur Service Schedule on page 5
9am Conservative Sukkot Service
Friday, September 20
9:15am Conservative Sukkot Service at Heritage Pointe (27356
Bellogente, Mission Viejo 92691)
5:30 Oneg*
6pm Multi-generational Kabbalat Shabbat Chol Hamoed Sukkot Service
Bring Your Own Dairy Dinner to eat in the Sukkah following services.
9am Conservative Simchat Torah Service
7:30pm Shabbat Service
Followed by an Oneg*
After the opening hymn, we will ask God’s blessing on behalf of those
who have celebrated a wedding anniversary during September. If you
are observing an anniversary this month and plan to attend this service,
please RSVP to Kathryn at ext. 103.
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SCHEDULE OF WORSHIP SERVICES continued
Parashat Bereshit: Genesis 1:1-6:8
lunch to follow.
8:30am Exploring Jewish Prayer
Saturday, October 19
Parashat Vayera: Genesis 18:1-22:24
10am Reform Sabbath Morning Service in the Pasternack Family
Sanctuary.
LEA PACKER will be called to the Torah on this Sabbath of her becoming a
Bat Mitzvah. We invite everyone to worship with us.
BENJAMIN TEE and PENNY TEE will be called to the Torah on this
Sabbath of their becoming B’nai Mitzvah. We invite everyone to worship
with us.
lunch to follow.
Friday, October 25
who have celebrated a wedding anniversary during October. If you are
observing an anniversary this month and plan to attend this service,
October 2013
Friday, October 4
5:30 Oneg*
Saturday, October 5
Parashat Noach: Genesis 6:9-11:32
Parashat Chaye Sarah: Genesis 23:1-25:18
lunch to follow.
lunch to follow.
9:15am Jerusalem Shabbat** (details below)
10:30am Tot Shabbat
November 2013
Friday, October 11
Friday, November 1
5:30 Oneg*
Parashat Lech Lecha: Genesis 12:1-17:27
Saturday, November 2
Parashat Toldot: Genesis 25:19-28:9
lunch to follow.
lunch to follow.
9:15am Jerusalem Shabbat** (details on page 3)
10:30am Tot Shabbat
Sanctuary.
RYAN ARZU will be called to the Torah on this Sabbath of his becoming a
Bar Mitzvah. We invite everyone to worship with us.
Friday, October 18
5:30 Oneg*
Sanctuary.
HAILEY ECKHAUS will be called to the Torah on this Sabbath of her
becoming a Bat Mitzvah. We invite everyone to worship with us.
Friday, November 8
Jerusalem Shabbat
Returns This Fall: October 5, November 2, December 7
On the streets of Jerusalem on Shabbat morning, the dew
on the trees reflects sunlight sparkling diamonds, the air is
crisp and still, and the peace is palatable. Joyous prayer pours
out of the houses and little shteibls - the human song and
the song of creation intertwined. Friends and family come
together to eat, to share, and to become immersed in words of
life-giving Torah. One can’t imagine a Torah more relevant and
real. Join us for a taste of the sweetness of this special Shabbat
morning. Come for all or any part of the morning’s events.
A typical Jerusalem Shabbat schedule:
9:15am - Preliminary prayers
9:30am - Ivdu Hashem B’simcha (Serve the Holy One with Joy)
begins with l’chaims (toasts of whisky and sparkling juice).
Conservative Shacharit and Torah Service filled with
Jerusalem melodies. For those who are new to traditional
prayer, email Rabbi K’vod at [email protected] to set up a “mentor” to
help you through the prayerbook.
11:30 - Kiddush and full Shabbat Brunch
11:50 - D’var Torah and Community Study (over Brunch)
12:30 - Musaf Meditation and Chant Experience
Tot Shabbat Playspace
Returns This Fall: October 5, November 2, December 7 at 10:30am
Children ages 3 and up are invited to attend the Shabbat Playspace with one of our rabbis, Miss Terry & Miss Beth in Early Childhood Center room 112.
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SCHEDULE OF WORSHIP SERVICES continued
December 2013
Parashat Vayetze: Genesis 28:10-32:3
Friday, December 6
5:30 Oneg*
6pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service featuring music by Mattan Klein, world
renowned jazz flautist, our very own Daniel Steingart on mandolin, and
accompanist Chris Winn
lunch to follow.
Saturday, December 7
Parashat Vayigash: Genesis 44:18-47:27
Sanctuary.
MATTHEW SPECTOR will be called to the Torah on this Sabbath of his
becoming a Bar Mitzvah. We invite everyone to worship with us.
lunch to follow.
9:15am Jerusalem Shabbat** (details on page 3)
10:30am Tot Shabbat
Friday, November 15
5:30 Oneg*
Friday, December 13
Parashat Vayishlach: Genesis 32:4-36:43
Parashat Veyechi: Genesis 47:28-50:26
lunch to follow.
lunch to follow.
Friday, November 22
Parashat Vayeshev: Genesis 37:1-40:23
Friday, December 20
5:30 Oneg*
lunch to follow.
Parashat Shemot: Exodus 1:1-6:1
Friday, November 29
5pm Hanukkah Fun for the Whole Family
6pm Shabbat Dinner
7pm Shabbat Service & Shining Lights Honored (more details on page 6 )
who have celebrated a wedding anniversary during November. If you
Parashat Miketz: Genesis 41:1-44:17
lunch to follow.
*Oneg is a time for the community to come together and visit,
with savory eats!
lunch to follow.
Sanctuary.
NADAV WINOGRAD will be called to the Torah on this Sabbath of his
becoming a Bar Mitzvah. We invite everyone to worship with us.
Friday, December 27
who have celebrated a wedding anniversary during December. If you
Parashat Va’era: Exodus 6:2-9:35
lunch to follow.
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HIGH HOLY DAYS
First Day Rosh Hashanah: Thursday, September 5
Apples, Honey, Challah & Shmoozing
Immediately following first day Rosh Hashanah services, meet in the
parking lot just outside the main entrance for shmoozing, getting to
see old friends, and making new ones!
High Holy Days 2013/5774 Service Schedule
We have wonderful opportunities for worship on these upcoming High Holy Days. In addition to our beautiful evening services for both
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur/Kol Nidre, there will be a Multi-Generational Service appropriate for elementary school children, parents,
and grandparents. And, while adults are in the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur morning worship services, there will be age-appropriate
programs and services for children in kindergarten through fifth grades so your family can come to Temple together. Babysitting (Kids
Club for younger children age 2-Pre-K) will also be available, and afternoon Tot Services will wrap up the day.
st
Saturday, August 31
Reform
MultiGenerational
Conservative
(Sanctuary)
(Sanctuary)
(Chapel)
8:30pm (dessert reception at 8pm)
S’lichot
th
Erev Rosh Hashanah
7:30pm
Rosh Hashanah Day 1
10am
Thursday, September 5th
Tashlich
Wednesday, September 4
th
th
Friday, September 6
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Rosh Hashanah Day 2
Kol Nidre
Saturday, September 14th
Yom Kippur
Children
5pm
7:30pm
8:30am
10am (K-5th grades)
3pm Tot (age 1-6)
4:30pm (Laguna Niguel Regional Park)
10am
7:30pm
10am
4pm Afternoon/
Neilah/Yizkor
8:30am
5pm
6:15pm Mincha,
6:30pm
8:30am
10am (K-5th grades)
Yizkor 1pm, Study 2pm, 3pm Tot (age 1-6)
Avodah Meditation
4pm, Mincha 4:30pm,
Neilah 6pm, Sounding
of Shofar 7:36pm
From our house to yours,
wishing you a very sweet New Year
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HOLIDAYS / SPECIAL SERVICES
Sukkot
Shemini Atzeret
We need your help to set up Sukkah City!
To get involved, please contact Al Welland.
Thursday, September 26, 9am
Shemini Atzeret & Yizkor Service in the Sidney Eisenberg Chapel
Erev Sukkot We encourage everyone to share time with
their families at their home celebrations, as there will not
be an Erev Sukkot Service. Join our community for dinner
in the sukkah on Friday.
Simchat Torah
Sukkot Services 9am on Thursday, September 19 at the
temple & 9:30am Friday, September 20 at Heritage Pointe
Simchat Torah is
The biggest celebration of
Torah the world has ever seen!
singing dancing celebrating
Torah
Chol Hamoed Sukkot Friday, September 20
5:30pm Oneg
5:45pm Families with young children BYO dairy dinner
6pm Multi-generational Sukkot and Shabbat Celebration
7pm Bring your own dairy dinner to eat in Sukkah City
5:30pm Tot Service & Celebration
6:00pm Bring–Your-Own-Dinner to Sukkah City—our temple’s
sukkah...the largest sukkah in Orange County!
7:00pm Simchat Torah dancing and
celebration for all ages
Saturday, September 21, 9:15am Conservative Service
in the Eisenberg Chapel with Kiddush community lunch in
the sukkah to follow.
Want to eat in the sukkah during Sukkot?
Friday, September 27, 9:15am
Conservative Simchat Torah Service
Call the temple (24 hours ahead) to reserve a spot, then
bring your dinner & enjoy!
Hanukkah: Shining Lights Synaplex
Bring your Menorah & Candles and get ready for fun!
In addition to a great celebration, we tell the tale of our
ancestors’ heroism, bravery, and courage to embrace
Judaism in a hostile world. We kindle candles to
light the way for our world to move from darkness
to light. In addition to telling the ancient tale, our
congregation honors eight of our own Temple Beth
El members who also embrace Jewish values in
their lives outside the walls of the synagogue and
add a little light and holiness to a world in need.
Friday, November 29th
5-6pm Hanukkah Activities for all ages from games
and crafts for kids to engaging learning for
adults
6-7pm Shabbat Dinner ($10 w/advance reservations)
www.tbesoc.org - click on Hanukkah 2013
7pm Kabbalat Shabbat Services, including
honoring our Shining Lights
Want to nominate a Shining Light?
Go to www.TBESOC.org - click on HANUKKAH 2013 or
contact Rabbi Peter Levi.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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UPCOMING EVENTS
book
clubs
Daytime Book Club
Our Daytime Book Club provides the opportunity to
discuss Jewish-themed books selected on the 3rd
Tuesday of each month. Upcoming dates and book
selections include:
September 17: The World Without You by Joshua
Henkin
October 15: Nazi Officer’s Wife by Edith Hahn Beer
November 19: Jacob’s Folly by Rebecca Miller
December 17: Mazel by Rebecca Goldstein
Time: 11:30am -1pm in the Adult Library
Coordinators: Sharon Wolfson [email protected] &
Claire Stein [email protected]
People of the Book
All are welcome to join us on the 2nd Wednesday of
each month at 7pm! We recently opened our book
selections to all types of books not limited to Jewish
themes or authors. Please come for our interesting
and lively discussions. RSVP to Helen. Upcoming
dates and book selections are:
September 11: The Pages In Between by Erin Einhorn
October 9: Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
November 13: Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
December 11: Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean by
Edward Kritzer
Time: 7pm in the Adult Library
Coordinator: Helen Rasner at [email protected]
or cell 949-233-2606
USCJ Centennial Conference
Baltimore, October 11-15, 2013
http://www.uscj100.org/
Be part of the CONVERSATION OF
THE CENTURY, an open gathering of
21st Century Jews and today’s most
innovative leaders, teachers and
performers. No labels, no boundaries
- just expansive learning, joyful prayer, music, celebration,
and passionate discussions about building a vibrant
Jewish future. Be a part of a TBESOC contingent to this
exciting conference.
URJ Biennial Conference
San Diego Convention Center, December 11-15, 2013
http://urj.org/biennial13/
Biennial is where Reform Jews gather to learn, pray,
share ideas, dance and sing, hear from inspiring guest
speakers, reunite with old friends, make new connections,
and make decisions about the policies of the Reform
Movement.
BE Sisters Upcoming Events
Sushi and Sake under the Sukkah September 22, 7-9pm
Community Couples Night - Get Social, Get Together, Get Sushi
& Sake in the Temple Beth El Sukkah. Music & Dancing under the
Stars! Want the Insiders VIP Event Scoop? Email us
at BESISTERS@GMAIL .COM
Mark Your Calendars...
October 20:
Women’s Health Event
November 30: Latkes, Laughs and Vodka
(couples event!)
December 15: Ladies Game Night
Men’s Club Upcoming
Events
Breakfast We hope to see the ‘regular’
TBE Men’s “Breakfast Club’ers” and welcome
any new Men’s Club members who have not
yet come by to our monthly breakfast at Coco’s at 23760 Alicia! Join
us on any or all of the upcoming dates (please note: no breakfast
on September 12) October 10, November 14, December 12...all
at 9:30am. Please email Mel Zimmerman at InOtherWords@msn.
com if you plan on attending so that he can reserve enough tables.
Shmooze Night Join us on the 3rd Monday of the month at
6:30pm in the Teen Lounge! Upcoming dates include: September
16, October 21, November 18, and December 16. Guest speaker
Diane Wegener will join us at the September 16th Men’s Club
Schmooze Night. Ms. Wegener’s topic will be, “Take Stock in the
Market.” She will explore some market basics, including the basis
structure of the stock market in general and some principles that
can help in stock investing. This event is open to all male members
of the temple. Please RSVP to Warren Hoffunug at warren@
mywrapper.com
Variety Show Save the date: Saturday, November 16, 7-9pm!
TBE Connections Luncheons
Did you know we have a group of congregants age 55+ who get
together every other month to enjoy lunch together and a featured
speaker or presentation? This group, formerly known as TB Elders,
has expanded to include baby boomers. The planning Committee
has been working hard scheduling events for the coming year.
Upcoming programs will be both entertaining and thoughtprovoking, so please mark the following dates on your calendar,
Mondays at 11:30am:
• October 14, 2013 [Note Date Change]
Rabbi Levi is speaking about his recent stay in Israel and an update
on Israeli Concerns.
• December 2, 2013
Daisy Miller joins us. She is a principle officer in the Steven
Speilberg Shoah Foundation and will speak about the foundation
and how important it is to maintaining and preserving the records
of the Holacaust.
Questions? Please contact Lew Einbund at [email protected]
or 949-443-5435.
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For more information regarding the
Hineinu Caring Committee, or to sign
up for our September 29th orientation/
brunch, please contact either Shirley
Einbund at 443-5435 (sleinbund@
cox.net) or Wendy Levin at 380-0236
([email protected]).
Hineinu Caring Committee
The Hineinu Caring Committee is looking forward to another
year of enhancing our caring for one another and further
developing a true feeling of community and family here at
Temple Beth El.
How do we accomplish this? Our volunteers choose to
participate in any of the following: Help prepare and deliver
meals to congregants recovering from illness or surgery, visit
and "schmooz" with our senior members who are homebound,
attend Shiva Minyans where more members are needed,
help set up the "Meal of Consolation" after a funeral, drive
those who either temporarily or permanently cannot drive
themselves to doctor appointments or grocery shopping.
If you know of a congregant who is
homebound and would benefit from regular visits from a
temple member who is one of our committee's friendly visitors,
please inform Rabbi K'vod.
In addition, the Jewish
Family Service's Silverstreak
Transportation program is
always in need of volunteer
drivers. Please contact Marcia
Marchenko at 949-435-4600 or
email her at [email protected] to
become a valued volunteer.
If you are interested in becoming a member or are a current
member of the committee, please mark the following dates on
your calendar:
ar::
Sunday, September 29th, 10am-1pm
Our Volunteer Appreciation Brunch and Orientation
Thursday Evening, October 3rd, 7pm
Bikkur Cholim (Visiting and reaching out to those who are ill.)
Thursday Evening, October 10th, 7pm
Matters relating to Shiva and Death
Interfaith Thanksgiving Sunday
Service & Community Project
Kol Isha Shabbat Service –
The KISS Tradition
Continues
Mark your calendars and watch for
notices soliciting your involvement in
one of the year’s most anticipated events
when our women lead the Shabbat
morning Conservative service followed by a sumptuous
Kiddush lunch. KISS will be Saturday morning, January 11, 2014
in the Eisenberg Chapel. To sign-up for a part, donate or for info
please contact Wendy Lupul at
[email protected] or call her at 949-425-9365.
Chicken
Soup
wishing a full & speedy
recovery to...
Sunday, November 24th at the Mission Viejo Mosque (23581
Madero)
Join Temple Beth El, Orange County Islamic Foundation, and
Shepherd of the Hills Church for an afternoon of building
relationships, serving people in need, and coming together in
prayer and song. This event will take the place of our annual
Wednesday night Interfaith Service before Thanksgiving
because it coincides with the first night of Hannukah.
Cooking for Connection
Thursdays October 3, November 7, December 5th at 7 pm
Want to shmooze a bit with other congregants while preparing
a favorite vegetarian recipe for our Saturday morning kiddush
lunch? Join Sandy Rothberg and Rabbi K’vod to give to our
community. We are looking for dishes that can be frozen,
kept in our fridge and taken out when needed for the coming
month. To participate, RSVP to Sandy at [email protected]
and let her know what you’d like to prepare. You bring the
ingredients, we have all the utensils. You are also welcome to
be a prep cook to help out with someone else’s dish.
Kath
hleen Gibney
Leah
h Levy
Jakke Tatell
Bill Korson
Matthew Kutner
Annie Mintz
Joyce Morris
Sue Treshansky
Joanie Triestman
Mary & Al Leavitt
Lucille Sacks
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Submissions for the next
Temple e-Talk are due
by December 5th
(email them to
[email protected])
Adult Education
Please consider making a donation when you join a club or attend a series of classes.
We suggest a $36 donation for non-members, and an $18 for members.
RSVP to Kathryn Eastman at [email protected] or 949-362-3999 ext 103 two weeks prior to the class.
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself:
Cookin’ Up Some Midrash
Judaism, Justice & Global Responsibility
Rabbi Kort invites you to two evenings filled with two of her
favorite things: cooking and midrash.
with Rabbi Peter Levi
Tuesdays 7:30-9pm
October 1: The
Universe of
Obligation: Explore
what Judaism
teaches about
obligations to self,
family, people,
others…
October 8: Justice
in Israel and
the Territories:
Rabbi Levi will explore Jewish values with his sabbatical
experiences in Israel and in his visit with Palestinian leaders
in the West Bank.
October 15: A Jewish Response to Global Justice: Rabbi
Levi will explore Jewish values with his experience on an
American Jewish World Service rabbinic delegation to
India.
We’ll cook up recipes inspired by biblical stories, enjoy some
study while the food is in the oven, and then enjoy a nosh.
No prior cooking or Torah study experience necessary.
Bring an apron (and wine if you would like).
Tuesday, December 3, 7-9pm: Naughty Savory Baked Apples
From Eve to the Exodus: What went on under that
apple tree?
Monday, December 16, 7-9pm: Lentil Stew Worthy of a
Birthright. The Story of Jacob and Esau
The Magic of Hebrew Chant:
Maps of Reality:
Learning To Stay Sane In A World That
Doesn’t Always Make Sense
with Rabbi K’vod Wieder
Tuesdays
October 22, November 5, November 12th
7-9pm
In these classes, we’ll explore what profound spiritual
thinkers have to say about the paradoxes of this beautiful
and crazy world and the human experience. Through
these reflections, we hope to experience each one of our
unique journeys in a more rich and meaningful context.
We’ll be exploring early rabbinic thought through the eyes
of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Kabbalah, modern
Jewish mysticism, and the integral system of Ken Wilber. To
deepen our conversations, we will assign some preparatory
reading between classes.
Healing the Spirit, Transforming the Mind,
Deepening Love with Rabbi Shefa Gold
Rabbi Shefa Gold, is director of C-DEEP: The Center for Devotional, Energy
and Ecstatic Practice. She composes and performs spiritual music, has
produced several recordings, and her liturgies have been published in
many prayer books. Shefa, who is on the faculty of the Institute for Jewish
Spirituality, combines her grounding in Judaism with a background in
Buddhist, Christian, Islamic and Native American spiritual traditions to
make her uniquely qualified as a spiritual bridge celebrating the shared
path of devotion.
Thursday, December 12 at 7pm
Suggested donation: $10
It turns out that the magic words of creation, transformation,
healing and the expression of our infinite depths have been
hidden in plain sight in the words of our inheritance – words
that lie sleeping on the page, just waiting for our love to
arouse them. So many words, buried in books, seem all but
dead. When I find the divine breath within me and resuscitate
those words, they come alive and become vehicle of power
and healing. They become incantations. In this workshop,
we will explore the power and magic of Hebrew Chant as we
transform the words of prayer into spiritual practice.
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Adult Education
The Ultimate Journey
Let’s Write a Sermon Together
Tuesday, September 10, 7-8:30pm
at the Temple
Friday night, November 8, 7:30 pm
MORAL OBLIGATION IN THE WORLD TODAY
During the month of October, Rabbi Levi will facilitate a
conversation on the two texts below using social media so the
congregation together can contribute to the sermon that evening.
Dr. William G. (Bill) Hoy, nationally acclaimed
bereavement and end-of-life eductional consultant will
lead an interactive workshop
The Ultimate Journey:
Finding Your Way Through Grief
What Research and Personal Experience
Teach Us
This workshop will focus on:
• An overview and contemporary understanding of the
grief process
• Supporting and caring for the grieving soul
• Social, family & self pressure to “get over it”
~Brought to us by O’Connor Mortuary,
VITAS Innovative Hospice Care and
Temple Beth El~
Light Refreshments will be served
-Workshop is Free of Charge
“It must be hard living in a country where the rich and powerful
completely ignore the needs of the less fortunate.”
RSVP by September 3rd, 2013 to
Becky Lomaka at [email protected] or
(949) 581-4300 ext. 229
Attendees must be 18 years or older.
TEXT 1. Consider the following imaginary example from New York
University philosopher Peter Unger’s 1996 book Living High and
Letting Die:
Bob has invested most of his savings in a very rare car which he
cannot insure. He derives much pleasure from driving and caring
for his classic car. The car’s rising market value means that he
will always be able to sell it and live comfortably when he retires
shortly. One day, Bob is out for a drive and parks by a railroad
siding and goes for a walk up the track. He sees a runaway train
with no one on board. Looking down the track he sees a child far
in the distance who will very likely be killed by the runaway train.
He can’t stop the train and the child is too far away to warn, BUT he
can throw a switch that will divert the train down the siding where
his rare classic car is parked. Then nobody will be killed but the train
will destroy his beloved car and the financial security it
Exploring Jewish Prayer
with Rabbi K’vod Wieder
The silent Amidah is the centerpiece of all Jewish prayer. The
rabbis envisioned this prayer as an opportunity to connect
with the deepest part of us. In this short class, we’ll explore
how this prayer can be a vehicle for this kind of spiritual
connection.
Dates: Saturday mornings September 28, November 9,
December 14
Time: 8:30am-9:15am in the Chapel
Adult B’nai Mitzvah/Adult Confirmation
Brush Up on Your Synagogue Skills & Knowledge
Weekly on Tuesday evening, starting January 21st for 16
months ($360). Classes take place 7:30-8:45pm [optional
Hebrew 6:45-7:30pm for those interested in an adult bar/bat
mitzvah]
Your rabbis will lead you on an in-depth and spiritual uplifting
text study of the Jewish tradition including meanings,
history, theology, and practice. This dynamic community of
learning will help you take greater ownership of your Jewish
experience.
This is a wonderful opportunity to learn with your rabbis if
you:
• haven’t been in any formal education since your own bar/
bat mitzvah,
• have not had a bar/bat mitzvah,
• would like to continue your own Jewish education,
• hated religious school as a kid,
• are looking for a wonderful way to connect with other
congregants.
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Two Great
Opportunities to
Go to Israel
with your
Temple Beth El
community
Family Israel Trip
Touching the Soul of Israel
June 25 - July 9, 2014
With a Bar/Bat Mitzvah Option
October 19-29, 2014
A great way to revisit Israel… with alternate
activities for first time visitors
Join Rabbi Peter and Ruth Levi and their family on Temple Beth
El’s family oriented trip to Israel. We will see the old and new,
build a relationship with our historic and modern homeland,
meet the people, and deepen our sense of Jewishness. For
those who like there will be an opportunity for a Bar/ Bat
Mitzvah service with your own rabbi in Israel!
We will dig beneath the surface of the emerging spirit of Israel,
Judaism, and the Jewish People. With ancient and modern texts
in hand, lead by leading scholars, thinkers and doers in Israel
today, we will see and experience an exciting and vibrant Israel
like you have never seen before.
For itinerary, cost, & registration, go to:
keshetisrael.co.il/groups/3587
This is a great opportunity for those who have been to Israel before
to experience a Israel anew. There will be dynamic options for first
time visitors to experience the must-see sites.
shabbat in jerusalem Î wander the streets of the old city Î
walk the footsteps of the pioneering zionists and share their
dreams Î meander in the mystical city of tzfat Î
and so much much more…
Here’s what folks are saying:
“This is just the best vacation our family has ever taken. I didn’t
expect it…and we’ve been to some fabulous places. Israel has
just blown me away.”
“I don’t understand why people are still having Bar Mitzvahs
in America--ITS SO MEANINGFUL AND POWERFUL HERE. We
need to work at getting more people here to celebrate their
bar/bat mitzvahs and stop having expensive parties that only
last a few hours. These trips here last a lifetime!”
“Probably the best family vacation ever. Not only was it
educational and spiritual, but very bonding. I’m so glad you
talked me into going.”
“It’s a trip of a lifetime with a lifetime of memories.”
“The Israel trip last year was hands down the best trip of
my life. I had never been to Israel before. I felt a connection
so strong that words cannot give justice to the bond I
experienced with my wife and children in tow. Being Jewish
and being home, there is no more special feeling than that.”
“The itinerary was incredible. The sites, the people, the tours,
the food and the activities were meaningful beyond words.
Every day was a fun, new adventure. The diversity of activities
was over-the-top INCREDIBLE, from Jerusalem to Mount
Masada to camel rides, a lecture from a retired intelligence
officer to…”
“As the plane landed in the States after our trip, we couldn’t
help but think about our next trip back to Israel.”
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Join the Club!
Get to know
Temple Families
while helping
fix the world!
Who
• Club Tikkun Olam is an opt-in family-based learning community for all of our Temple families with elementary age kids.
You don’t have to be a Shabbat Chai family to participate. (In fact, if you are not, this is a great opportunity to connect with
other Temple Beth El families.)
• The program is geared towards K-5th graders, but older and younger siblings are invited to lend helping hands.
• Opt-in means your family is choosing to be a part of the community. We ask that you make a commitment and mark your
calendars in advance.
What
We will come together about once a month to celebrate being Jewish and do Tikkun Olam (help fix our broken world). We will
begin our year as one big Club Tikkum Olam community to get to know one another, find out what is important to us and start to
learn about Social Action from a Jewish perspective. Later in the year, we will break up into smaller cohorts to delve into handson volunteer projects with different local organizations (like Illumination Foundation and Jewish World Watch) based on families’
interests. Each cohort will be led by a different member of our professional team.
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The goals of Club Tikkun Olam
• Families will foster deep relationships with other Temple families
• Our community will work together on hands-on tikkun olam projects
• Parents and kids will learn together
• Of course we will celebrate Shabbat and our Jewish calendar!
When
Friday evenings and Sunday mornings. See calendar below
Cost
There is no participation fee for Club Tikkun Olam. Families will be asked to cover meal costs and activity fees associated with the
program (like cooking materials for providing a meal at Ronald McDonald House)
How do I get involved?
Attend our kick-off event on October 11th at 5pm! RSVP at http://tbesoc.org/school.htm
Dinner is $10 per family (which includes salad, lasagna, plain pasta & sauce, and ice cream)
Every family brings 2 toppings to share: 1 topping for the salad, 1 topping for ice cream sundaes. (No nuts or meat, please.)
Questions?
Contact: Rabbi Kort at 949-362-3999, ext. 102; [email protected]
Club Tikkun Olam 2013-14 Calendar
Shabbat Dinner Kick-Off: Who are we?
Friday, October 11th
5-7 pm
Sunday, November 17th
10am–12 pm
Family Experience: What do we care about?
Friday, December 20th
5:15pm (at the end of Shabbat Chai)
Meet your Project Cohort
January
Time determined as cohort based on family schedules Meet with Volunteer Organization
February
Time determined as cohort based on family schedules Work on Hands-on Project
Sunday, March 16th
10 am – 1 pm
April
Time determined as cohort based on family schedules Hands-on Project
May 9th
5-7pm
Help run a mitzvah booth at our Purim
carnival
Shabbat Dinner: Share Projects and
Celebrate Success
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UPCOMING EVENTS: Kids’ Corner!
Gordon & Sklar
Early Childhood Center
Temple Beth El….
...Where Jewish learning is fun. Join us!
Serving children 7 months through Kindergarten
Registration for the 2013-14 School Year is Open
Get your registration materials and information online at
www.tbesoc.org/childhoodcenter.htm.
Save These Upcoming Dates:
Open House
September 3 at 10-11am
Fall Program Begins
September 9
Bagel Nosh
September 16 at 9:15am
For families with young children...
Here Comes Shabbat!
Mitzvah Day
5:25-5:45pm on the following Fridays: September 20,
October 4 & 18, November 1 & 15, December 6 & 20
Join other families with young children on October 13th
for a family Mitzvah Day! We’ll learn about caring for God’s
earth, learn about caring for marine life from a marine
biologist, and help keep one of our local beaches clean.
Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy after the clean-up. 10am
– noon at Dana Point Harbor (meet near the Ocean
Institute). Please RSVP at [email protected]; 949362-3999, ext. 214
Join us in the Sanctuary on the following Fridays for a
special service tailored for PreK-2nd graders. This is a
special Shabbat ritual every Shabbat Chai Friday from
5:25-5:45pm (just before our community nosh and
Shabbat Service) and includes singing, stories, tzedakah
collection, and time to say goodbye to the week and
welcome in Shabbat. All of our Families with young kids
are welcome to participate.
Shabbat Dinner
Friday, December 6th at 5:45pm
(immediately after Here Comes Shabbat Service)
Enjoy dinner and celebrate Shabbat with other families with
young kids. Meet new friends, connect with old friends.
Tasty food for adults and kids. $10 for adults, $5 for kids.
Please RSVP at [email protected]; 949-362-3999,
ext. 214
Tot Shabbat Playspace
Children ages 3 and up are invited to attend the Shabbat
Playspace with one of our rabbis, Miss Terry, and Miss
Beth beginning at 10:30am in ECC room 103. We start
with Shabbat Stories and move on to a Torah parade and
full brunch with the congregation. Then there will be a
Shabbat felt board story, and playtime. Join us on the
following Saturdays at 10:30am: October 5, November 2,
December 7
PJ Library: Sign up today!
Shabbat Dinner in the Sukkah
Friday, Sept 20th at 5:45pm (after Here Comes Shabbat
Service) Enjoy dinner and celebrate Sukkot with other
families with young kids. Bring your own dairy dinner, help
decorate our sukkah, meet new friends, connect with old
friends.
It’s never too early to create
treasured Jewish memories with
your family. Sign up your family
and tell your friends about the PJ
Library. Introduce a new generation
to the richness and depth of
our Jewish heritage. For more
information, see the brochure that
was mailed out over the summer or
go to www.facebook.com/JFFSPJ.
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Shabbat Chai
Chai-lights
Google Calendars
Community, Torah, Shabbat
All of our events are on a Google Calendar - ready
for your mobile device, etc! Shabbat Chai dates, Hebrew
Our ancient Rabbis taught that the world stands on
three things: Torah, Worship, and Acts of Lovingkindness (Pirkei Avot 1:2.) Our Shabbat Chai Fridays
stand on three things: Community Building, Torah,
and Shabbat. Each component of our Friday program
works to uphold, strengthen, and nourish our children’s
Jewish identities in unique but equally important ways.
School Dates, Parent Events...sync everything today!
tbesoc.org/calendar.html
Calendar of Fall Dates
Shabbat Chai
Hebrew School
Mondays, 4:30-6:30pm
Aug. 9
5:15pm
By building community with each other and creating
bonds of friendship, our kids develop a sense of
belonging to our Temple community and the Jewish
People. By engaging in Torah with our faculty, our
children learn about our tradition and how it can make
their lives more meaningful. By celebrating Shabbat
with parents, our kids have an opportunity to sing, pray
and dance and feel the joy of Shabbat as a family.
Sept. 5
10am
Oct. 7
Sept. 14
10am
Oct. 14
Sept. 20
4-7pm
Oct. 21
Sept. 26
6pm
Oct. 28
Oct. 4
4-7pm
Nov. 4
Oct. 18
4-7pm
Nov. 18
Nov. 1
4-7pm
Dec. 2
Shabbat Chai Fridays meet from 4–7 pm on the
1st & 3rd Fridays of the month. This time includes
community Shabbat Services at 6pm. Shabbat Services
are an integral part of the Shabbat Chai Curriculum.
In addition to our regular Shabbat Chai Fridays, our
Shabbat Chai program includes Mitzvah Days and
holiday celebrations.
Nov. 15
4-7pm
Dec. 9
Dec. 6
4-7pm
Dec. 16
Dec. 20
4-7pm
Jan. 6
Jan. 17
4-7pm
New this year is our Club Tikkun Olam, an opt-in familybased learning community that will come together
about once a month to celebrate being Jewish and do
Tikkun Olam (help fix our broken world). Read more
about the program on page 11 and if you are interested
in participating in this family learning community,
attend our kick-off event on October 11th at 5pm!
RSVP at http://tbesoc.org/school.htm There is no
participation fee for Club Tikkun Olam. Families will be
asked to cover meal costs and activity fees associated
with the program (like cooking materials for providing a
meal at Ronald McDonald House).
If you have any questions about Shabbat Chai, Hebrew
School, or your family’s Jewish journey, please don’t
hesitate to reach out to me at 949-362-3999, ext. 102;
[email protected].
L’Shana HaBa’ah
B’Yachad—To
the Coming Year
Together,
Rabbi Rachel Kort,
Director of Jewish
Engagement
Sept. 30
Strengthening Our Community:
YOU make the difference.
As we embark on a new school year, we will again work with our
incredible parent task force. They have worked diligently to create
a calendar of opportunities to build relationships among all our
stakeholders.
If you would like to pledge your time to help us strengthen our
community, please be in touch with Bonni
([email protected] or 949-362-3999 ext 213).
Some opportunities to help include:
• Call or Email families about upcoming events
• Work the school desk (answer phones, direct traffic, help
others) during Shabbat Chai & Hebrew School
• Serve on our advisory board
• Host an event
• Plan an event for other adults
Want to help plan our
2013-14 school year
community-building
events?
Join the effort!
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UPCOMING EVENTS: BESTY Teen Community Year-Long Programs
8th Grade Tzedakah Board
The 8th Grade Tzedakah Board is a philanthropic foundation
of eighth graders who are willing to commit time outside of
school to engage in questions of how to fix our broken world.
In this influential and dynamic program, participants will learn
about Jewish wisdom on charitable giving and social change,
financial literacy, and modern philanthropy, and then award
$4,000 - $10,000 to organizations that they deem effective in
making the world a better place.
In addition, teens who choose to be Madrikhim (leaders in
the Shabbat Chai classrooms) will have the opportunity to
use this second hour to create a Shabbat Chai lesson with a
partner to prepare for a pre-planned date in the school year;
and teens who choose to be songleaders will also contribute to
our Shabbat Chai community by working with Cantor Natalie
Young.
The Project Development and Execution hour has three phases
that repeat twice (Fall and Winter/Spring) during the year.
Phase #1 - Choosing an Event/Project - Through a
Being part of the 8th Grade Tzedakah
group consensus process, teens choose a project/
Board will give you the following:
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• Deeper knowledge about how the
Beth El Community.
wisdom of Judaism can inform your decisions
Phase #2 - Project Role Specialization
about money and how to use it for prosperity
and Development - Teens will have
for all.
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• Connection to other
following “tracks” to learn about specific
TBE teens around the
project roles through doing. The work
mission of making a
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difference in the world.
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Besides registration, participation will entail a student
contribution of $100 to a group fund. While you as parents may
need to help with this amount, it is our hope that your child be
able to contribute some or all of the amount from their own
resources. The group fund will be matched by an anonymous
donor and students will have the opportunity to participate in
a group fundraising activity to increase the fund amount.
9-12th Grade Teen Leadership
The Teen Leadership Program is open to 9th-12th grade teens
who want to learn how to transform vision into action while
playing a significant role in our synagogue community. Each
Tuesday night session is composed of two components,
Leadership Education and Project Development and Execution:
Leadership Education: In the first hour, teens will have the
opportunity to learn leadership skills such as effective
communication, public speaking, leading a discussion,
planning an age-appropriate lesson or program, time
management, and creative brainstorming while continuing
to develop Jewish knowledge that is personally relevant and
meaningful.
Project Development and Execution: The second hour will
be devoted to creating two events/projects for the Temple
Beth El community - one in December and one in May/June.
Executive Leadership Track (11th and 12th Graders Only)
- Learn project management, facilitation, how to influence,
engage, and inspire others. Learn about delegation, giving
feedback, and keeping people accountable to their tasks. This
track will be responsible for the overall management of the
project.
Arts and Media Track - Learn about communications and
networking through visual arts, effective print materials, online
media including Facebook and email, and publicity strategies.
Programming and Education Track - Learn how to identify
programmatic goals and create activities and experiences
to meet those goals, whether a
Shabbat Chai lesson, a BESTY youth
group event, or wider Temple
Beth El community event. Also
learn skills in public speaking,
group management, discussion
facilitation, and inclusion.
Songleading Track - Learn how to
engage groups of different sizes in
song.
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Calling all 8th-12th graders
who play the guitar, another
instrument, or sing:
Teen Community
Calendar of Upcoming Teen Events
Want to be a song leader?
Bring your gift of music to our community!
Contact Cantor Young for more info:
949-362-3999 ext 105
[email protected]
September
10 - Extreme Board Game Lounge Night, 6:30-8:30pm
15 - BESTY Board Meeting
20 - Shabbat Club (In the Sukkah)
29 - BBQ and Basketball Tournament (with the Men’s Club)
(BESTY)
October
5 - Laser Tag
8 - Tzedakah Board/Teen Leadership
13 - Board Meeting
18 - Shabbat Club
22 - Pumpkin Carving/LEAD Preparation Lounge Night
24-27 Fall Kallah (NFTY)
25-27 9th-10th Grade Retreat/TALIT Retreat #1
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Planning one last summer trip?
Support the Temple & do it online!
December
1 - Hanukkah Party (BESTY)
6-8 - 12th Grade Kinnus (USY)
12-15 - NFTY goes to URJ Biennial
14 - BESTY Club Night (BESTY)
24 - Knott’s Berry Farm (BESTY)
22-26 - International Convention in New Orleans (USY)
Amazon, HotWire, Beauty/Drugstore.com,
Dollar and Thrifty car rentals, Buy.com,
World of Watches...and more!
Share this info with
family & friends!
The more people using the
links,
the greater the Temple’s
earnings!
1. Go to http://tbesoc.org/escrip.htm
2. Save it as either:
a. A Favorite. On the top of your screen click on
favorites, then click on add favorites.
b. A Shortcut on your desktop (recommended).
Click on the word “File” on the top of your screen.
Click where it says “Send,” and then click on
“Shortcut to desktop”. A shortcut will be placed on
your desktop to open each time you shop.
A portion of every purchase goes to the Temple!
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TZEDAKAH OPPORTUNITIES
The Fenning Family Tree of Life
Our SIMCHA Tree of Life is blooming at Temple Beth El. Gold leaves are available to celebrate a special
simcha in your family’s life. The stones at the roots of the tree are symbolic of the 12 tribes of Israel.
The golden leaves and stones may be inscribed to highlight or commemorate such joyous events as births,
weddings, anniversaries, graduations or to honor parents, family or friends. Share the joy by inscribing
your family’s simchas on our synagogue’s Tree of Life – a permanent dedication to the meaningful happy
events that touch our lives.
On each Tree of Life leaf you have four lines of 20 characters each to inscribe your message.
The fifth line may contain a date.
Date of order___________Contributed by___________________________________
Address _______________________________________________________________
City/Zip_______________________________________________________________
Phone_____________________Email________________________________________
I wish to inscribe:
_______Leaves at $180 each (10 chai) = $______ _________________
Amount enclosed $________________ ( ) Cash ( ) Check
M/C-VISA _________________________________________________
_______Stones at $720 each (40 chai) = $______ _________________
Exp________CVV_____Signature
Here is my message:
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
The
Kirschenbaum
Family
Yahrzeit
Remembrance
Memorial Wall
or those of our Temple members who want to
remember loved ones on the dates of their yahrzeits,
a plaque on our Memorial wall is available for purchase.
A light will be lit on the Friday preceding the anniversary
of your loved one’s death and kept lit for the following
week, and on Yom Kippur, Shemini Atzeret, the last day of
Passover and on Shavuot Day 2.
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Please use this order form or come to the Temple office
during regular office hours for assistance. If you need
any help with Hebrew names or Hebrew dates, Rabbi
Levi, Rabbi Kort, or Rabbi K’vod Wieder will be happy to
assist you.
YAHRZEIT REMEMBRANCE PLAQUE ORDER FORM
Date of order ________________________________________________
Member’s name _______________________________________________
English name on plaque _________________________________________
Hebrew name on plaque ________________________________________
Relation to member ____________________________________________
Julian calendar anniversary of death ______________________________
Jewish Calendar anniversary of death _____________________________
Preference: Julian ( ) Jewish ( ) calendar
If you do not have this information, we will be happy to help you complete this form.
[ ] I need help completing the form.
Phone_______________________Email______________________________
Amount enclosed $375 / Members - $550 / Non-members
( ) Cash ( ) Check
M/C-VISA_______________________________________Exp___________CVV____
Signature _____________________________________________________________
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ANNIVERSARIES
September
October
Philip and Nichole Arzu (18 years)
Steven and Karen Anapoell (16 years)
Jason and Rachel Baker (8 years)
Katie and Katherine Andersen (9 years)
Todd and Jeri Berger (26 years)
Allen and Amy Blank (23 years)
Jerome and Patricia Bloom (32 years)
Edward and Lori Block (34 years)
Daniel and Sandi Brager (24 years)
Larry and Jill Drechsler (29 years)
David and Jennifer Burlison (18 years)
Gilda and Frank Drotman-Bierman (3 years)
Lloyd and Stella Charton (32 years)
Mark and Terry Fierle (39 years)
Marc and Barbara Chasman (24 years)
Judd and Mary Frank (29 years)
Art and Melanie Coble (22 years)
Matthew and Debbie Goldberg (15 years)
Steven and Lynda Cohen (18 years)
Mike and Ruth Goldman (26 years)
Paul and Laura DePerry (22 years)
Adam and Sara Goodman (7 years)
Adam and Dawn Elovitz (13 years)
Adam and Kim Gubner (18 years)
Timothy and Robin Gibbs (21 years)
Steve and Lynn Kagel (33 years)
Aaron and Wendy Glatman (19 years)
Chris and Carolyn Kappes (20 years)
Jordan and Susan Glazer (34 years)
Sid and Bev Kritzstein (33 years)
Todd and Adi Glonek (7 years)
Charlie and Wendy Lupul (14 years)
Timothy and Ellen Gravitt (26 years)
Jerry and Sharon Manko (33 years)
Geoffrey and Karen Gray (27 years)
Thomas and Susanne McGill (27 years)
Jeff Greer and Keary Gregg (5 years)
Orren and Michelle Merton (8 years)
Jiri Herrmann and Heather Coman (8 years)
Greg and Robin Meyer (15 years)
Michael and Gail Isen (40 years)
Laurie and Richard Mills (32 years)
Steven and Sarah Jaeger (10 years)
Rich and Ellen Moldawsky (35 years)
Douglas and Christine Karpf (15 years)
Michael and Melissa Pearl (14 years)
Jeff and Lori Koff (23 years)
Jeff and Leslie Reisner (22 years)
Gennady Kolodenker and Lynda Kappelman
Sunny and Sue Riesz (46 years)
(4 years)
Mel and Laura Robbins (22 years)
Stephen and Mollie Lazarus
Arthur and Elly Rosen (53 years)
(28 years)
Gail and Michael Rosiak (46 years)
Eric and Linda Michelman
Michael and Natalie Rosin (21 years)
(29 years)
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Wishing a Warm Welcome
to our Newest Members!
April & Daniel Akiva of Laguna Niguel and their children:
Adina (age 4) and Aaron (1 year old)
H Charton of Laguna Hills
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represents. Thinking of his joy and the financial security his car brings, he decides not to throw the switch. The child is killed. Bob enjoys
his car for many years.
Most of us have no difficulty saying Bob was seriously wrong in his conduct. Peter Unger agrees with that moral condemnation.
He also reminds us that we too have the opportunities to save child’s life by giving $200 to organizations like Unicef [800-3675437] or Oxfam America [800-77-OXFAM]. Now you can save a child’s at a much lesser cost than Bob’s. How do you judge yourself
if you don’t do it?
By doing nothing, are we as morally corrupt as Bob?
TEXT 2. Rav Joseph taught: “If you lend money to any of my people that is poor by you” (Exodus 22:24): [this teaches, if the choice
lies between] a Jew and a non-Jew, the Jew has preference; the poor or the rich — the poor takes precedence; your poor [i.e. your
relatives] and the [general] poor of your town — your poor come first; the poor of your city and the poor of another town — the
poor of your own town have prior rights. (Babylonian Talmud, Baba Metzia 71a)
The text spells out who should be helped first in many but not all situations.
(i) Who should one help between a Jewish out-of-towner and a local poor non-Jew?
(ii) How does this text define or shape your universe of obligation?
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Many Thanks To Our Donors!
Cantor’s Discretionary Fund
Miriam Harris
• In memory of Raymond Schatz
Endowment Fund
Roberta Gregerman
• In memory of Warren Kaplan
Bonni Pomush & Patti Holliday
Cedarbaum & Mitchell adult Library • In memory of Elizabeth Pomush
Audrey Grider
• In memory of Doris Jaffa
General Fund
Anna & Mark Gross
Conservative Service Kiddush Fund • In memory of Milton Gross
Elly & Arthur Rosen
Carole & Stuart Fels
• Speedy recovery & good health
• In memory of Max Eis
wishes for Jake Tatel
Cindy Greenberg
• In memory of Ethel Kravitz
• In memory of William Smith
Linda & Howard Goldman
Eigemoa & Yury Igolnikov
• In memory of Jack Goldman
• In memory of Sofia Vats
Norbert Kaufman
Irwin Rosenfeld
• In memory of Adele Kaufman
• On occasion of Wendy & Andy
• In memory of Arthur Kaufman
Schwartz’s 40th Anniversary
• In memory of Fanny Kaufman
Jane & Pete Moss
• In memory of Sylvia Chabinsky
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• In memory of Samual Chabinsky
Jo Ann Simon
• In memory of Nathan Kaufman
• In memory of Leon Schwartz
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• In memory of Robert Gerenraich
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Early Childhood Center Fund
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Sharon Cohen
• In memory of I. William Fishman
• In honor of Daniel, Danielle, Dylan
& Gavin Cohen
The Olsheim Family
• In honor of Dr. Ken James
Iris & Marshall Miller Memorial
Shiva Fund
Polly Sloan
• In memory of Sarah Sloan
Rabbi K’vod Wieder’s
Discretionary Fund
Amy & Albert Gazzar
• In memroy of Tobias Eliahou
Claire & Arnie Stein
Mirsky TBESOC Religious School
• In memory of Jack Beitstock
Scholarship Fund
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Sue & Sunny Riesz
• In memory of Albert Welland
• In memory of Sidney
• In memory of Jack Sickle
Goldschmidt
• On occasion of Edith Kramer’s
Birthday
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Scholar-in-Residence Fund
• On occasion of Sherman LeVine’s
Florence & Bernard Garwin
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Kathy & Robert DeLiema
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• In memory of Howard Ledeen
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• In memory of Charles Lazarus
Rabbi Kort’s Discretionary Fund
Cindy & David Mirsky
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• In memory of William Gilson
Charlene & Ken Zuckerman
Jane & Pete Moss
• In memory of Harry Gertz
• In memory of Edith Davidson
Mollie Lazarus
Raymond Plotkin Campership Fund
• In memory of Taylor Bennell
Cheryl & Allan Waterman
• In memory of Miriam Bennell
• In memory of David Waterman
Neil Rozen
Kim & Adam Gubner
• In honor of Rabbi Kort
• In memory of Rose Brown
The Sorsher Family
• In memory of Joseph Brown
• On occasion of Michelle’s Bat
Mitzvah
Religious School Education Fund
The Toretto Family
Christine & Douglas Karpf
• On occasion of Courtney & Steven • In memory of Lewis Karpf
Gibson’s wedding
Jeff, Iris & Lara Ameen
Tina & Buddy Freedman
• On occasion of Wendy & Andy
• In memory of Max Freedman
Schwartz’s 40th Anniversary
Marlene Beach
• In memory of Lillian Greengus
Sandy Hutto
• In memory of Rose Slutsky
This list includes donations from July 2, 2013 through August 19, 2013.
The Kritzstein Family
We apologize for any omissions.
• In memory of Edith Davidson
Rabbi Peter Levi continued from page 1 At this stage, I loved
teaching and had left high school mathematics to pursue
a Ph.D. in Analytic Philosophy. While my weeks were spent
in the world of rational philosophic argument, come Friday
night, I threw reason aside and made room for revelation with
the campus Hillel and food, friends, eating, drinking, praying,
singing, and dancing. Eventually I began learning with some
rabbis and found much greater growth and meaning relevant
to my own life in Judaism than in philosophy.
done. Reason had failed me. I decided to be guided by the
on-going revelation our people began experiencing at Mount
Sinai. I decided to be Jewish. And since I was already a teacher,
becoming a rabbi followed naturally.
Rabbi Rachel Kort continued from page 1 I spent the
summer before my senior year in high school as a Bronfman
Youth Fellow studying in Jerusalem with twenty or so Jewish
teens representing the rich tapestry of the American Jewish
community. It was the first time I had been exposed to different
expressions of Judaism. Rich conversations with friends
inspired by our teachers, Orthodox, Reform, and Conservative
rabbis, invited me to ask questions about how I had always
practiced Judaism and thought about God and the Jewish
People. These conversations and questions were the catalyst for
One afternoon while talking with a brilliant professor about
a paper I was writing concerning the indexicality of locatives
(don’t fret if you have no idea what that is), I asked the
question: “what is the purpose of philosophy?” He gave me a
wonderful response perfectly appropriate for academic world.
When he saw the dissatisfaction on my face, he added, “Well,
we are not curing cancer if that is what you mean.” And I was
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Rabbi Kort continued from page 21
my choosing to explore Judaism on a deep level in college and
now as an adult.
While Judaism isn’t a choice in my life, each and every day I
choose how to be a Jew. My work as a rabbi and educator is
a tribute to my mom and dad. It is my passion and purpose
to help create a strong sense of Jewish being in our Temple’s
children and then offer adults and teens guidance to help make
thoughtful, personal Jewish choices in their lives.
Rabbi K’vod Wieder continued from page 1 During my last
years of high school I became a seeker of truth. I started to
sense the presence of God in my life and became obsessed
with trying to understand this mystery that I was beginning
to experience. With all of its anthropomorphic descriptions of
God in the Torah and patriarchal language of the prayerbook,
Judaism clearly didn’t seem to offer me anything on my journey
and for a while I didn’t even consider exploring this aspect
of my heritage. Instead, the pathways of yoga and eastern
meditation practices spoke more directly to this unfolding
experience of Presence in my life.
In my third or fourth year of college, I had an experience in
deep meditation that changed the course of my life. All of those
“irrelevant” prayers and melodies that I had begrudgingly sung
at my Bar Mitzvah started to reverberate through my body.
I began to experience God in a way I had never experienced
before - as a Presence that wanted me to be close to Him.
This Presence cared about me and who I was becoming. With
tears streaming down my face and the forgotten melodies on
my lips, I had a vision of ancestors, both in a distant past and
present with me at the same time, gazing at me approvingly at
that moment, saying “It’s time you finally came home.”
From that moment on, I knew that there was a deep dimension
of my being, maybe called “soul,” that was Jewish. I had no idea
what that meant. I still don’t know what it means. All I know
is that the truth of who I am is drawn to the Torah, the Jewish
people, and sharing our unique light with the world. Choosing
Judaism means choosing to be myself.
Cantor Natalie Young continued from page 1 When I think
about what it is that makes me feel Jewish, I realize that many
things I took from my experiences at camp. Jewish music and
dancing, communal meals, Havdalah under the stars, being
out in nature alone or with friends and thinking about my
relationship with God. Truth be told, just being with other
folks who identify as Jews makes me feel Jewish. As an adult,
sharing a meal and a bottle of wine with good friends who
are Jewish is a relevant Jewish experience for me. While
we might not be doing anything other than enjoying each
other’s company, we share an unspoken bond. The sense of
community we have passed down to our children has been
nurtured by the welcoming communities at our various
congregations. Our children love coming to the synagogue
just so they can see their friends and take in the joy of Shabbat
and other holidays.
Our Condolences to...
Jill Birch and family on the loss of her mother, Ethel Kravitz
Linda Kutner, Matthew Kutner and family on the loss of their father and grandfather,
Alvin Feinberg
Linda Lander and family on the loss of her mother, Edith Davidson
In Memoriam
The following yahrzeits will be observed during the coming months:
August 30/31
Piba Bonder, aunt of Nora Keisman
Jeffrey Moses, brother of Ken Moses
Bernie Saul, uncle of Sherry Mencher
Sofya Shevelyova, mother of Alexander
Levitin
Jerry Karver, brother in-law of Joan Karver
Lillian Ledeen, grandmother of Kathy
DeLiema
William Gormin, uncle of Jeff Gormin
Esther Steinsapir, mother of Joan Rubel
Sylvia Farber, aunt of Sharon Devor
Laurene Hutson, mother of Gerene Levy
Rabbi Joseph Kalir*, father of Shula KalirMerton and grandfather of Orren Merton
Arnold Keats, brother of Mildred Levine
Selma Locke, mother of Honey Locke
William Smith, father of Cindy Greenberg
Joe Tawil*, father of Lara Engler and husband
of Fortunee Tawil
Rebecca Wall, mother of Nancy Blum
Maurice Westerman, father of Fay Zeramby
Bella Blake, mother of Debra Traub
Lawrence Cohen, grandfather of Beth
Faskowitz
Marion Goldfader, grandmother of Michael
Goldfader
Dorothy Korngold, mother of Wendy
Rothenberg
Raymond Schatz, father of Miriam Harris
Rahel Shamas, mother of Albert Gazzar
Pearl Weinstein*, mother of Sandy Weinstein
Bernard Cooper, father of Peggy Skulsky
Elaine Rabe, aunt of Joanie Triestman
September 6/7
Irene Brass, aunt of Julia Ribak
Sol Cogan, father of Elinor Jacobs
Gerry Covey, father of Richard Covey
Judy Aronson, sister-in-law of Marla
Greenwald
David Askin, father of Jerry Askin
Abraham Greenberg, grandfather of Deborah
Green
Yvonne Grinberg, sister of Rosalind Gantman
Manny Needle, father of Geraldine Weiss
Elizabeth Pomush, grandmother of Bonni
Pomush
“May their memories be for a blessing.”
Yahrzeits are observed at the Shabbat Service that falls on or before the anniversary dates.
* / ** In loving memory, a light will be lit on the Temple’s Memorial Board (* rotunda, ** chapel)
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In Memoriam (continued)
Sam Cherman, father of Nancy Fine
Harry Keith, remembered by Robin Keith
Vita Elisha, brother of Amy Gazzar
Esther Flier, grandmother of Neal Engler
Ernest Greenthal, father of Melissa Stillman
Jean Hurley, mother in-law of Wendi Hurley
Morris Katz, father of Mildred Levine
Joseph Neufeld, uncle of George Pollak
Aaron Seligsohn**, remembered by Bruce
Seligsohn
Mary Glass, mother of Eleanore Rosen
Sylvia Hillman*, grandmother of Dennis Kite
Beatrice Konheim, mother of Jon Konheim
Ed Paskoff, grandfather of Jody Sandberg
Miriam Paskoff, grandmother of Jody
Sandberg
Dennis Weiss, father of Samantha Flores and
husband of Lois Weiss
Yoseph Winograd, father of Gil Winograd
William Disman*, father of Mark Disman
Robert Gerenriach, brother of Kenneth
Gerenraich
Harry Gertz, father of Charlene Zuckerman
Sidney Goldschmidt, grandfather of Susan
Riesz
George Podorson, father of Alice Schultz
Julius Savlov, father of Gary Savlov
Ruth Inslee, mother of Rosemary Stevens
Sidney Sokol, grandfather of Karen Schindler
Theodore Tessell*, father of Linda Kirsch
Marlene Traub, mother of Adam Traub
Jerome Weinberg, father of Mark Weinberg
September 13/14
Lilian Gutell, mother-in-law of Mitch Gutell
George Klein, father of Ina Welland
Eleanor Evans, aunt of Miriam Harris
Jakob Frank, father of Deborah Brown
Esther Levy, mother-in-law of Gerene Levy
Rita Pearlman*, mother of Michael Pearlman
Paula Pizante, aunt of Gary Rothman
Rabbi Steven Schatz, brother of Miriam Harris
Betty Stahl, grandmother of Marla Silva
Alice Warshaw, grandmother of Linda
Goldman
Taylor Bennell, nephew of Mollie Lazarus
Louis Brownstein, grandfather of Linda
Goldman
Ada Karver*, mother in-law of Joan Karver
Estelle Podorson, mother of Alice Schultz
Marc Cyr, brother of April Szopa
Martin Brass*, husband of Ruth Brass
Dorit Shapiro, Wife of Jeffrey Shapiro
Abraham Silverman*, father of Jackie Burtness
David Bloom, grandfather of Kimberly Gubner
Ivan Hill, father of Lisa Fenning
Jeff Kincaid, father of Heather Davis
Richard Santell, father of Lisa Cheng
Geraldine Wolf, mother of Steven Wolf
Eddie Yudell, father of Cynthia Ross
Abraham Friedman, father of Miles Friedman
Hyman Glazer, father of Jordan Glazer
Henry Glickman, father of Anita Gold
Lawrence Greenwald, father of Glenn
Greenwald
Dorothy Pine, mother of William Pine
Harold Weiss**, father of Allan Weiss
September 20/21
Joseph Cirel, father of Deidre Greenberger
Irving Goldman, father of Howard Goldman
Bertha Greenfield, grandmother of Ruth
Blumenfeld
Irving Schandling, father of Renee Adler
Jerry Sherman, father of Steven Sherman
Leonardf Dreyer, father of Robert Dreyer
Ira Leon, grandparent of Wendy Glatman
Charles Levine*, father of Phyllis Blanc
Sidney Roth, father of Howard Roth
Max Eis, father of Carole Fels
Judith Frank, mother of Deborah Brown
Mali Frankel, mother of Susan Goldman
Nettie Gold*, grandmother of Barbara
Goodman
Mary Misemer, sister of Steve Birch
Alma Rosen, mother of Nancy Felsenfeld
Eytan Talby, father of Nitza Talby
Rosalie Block, cousin of Claire Stein
Barbara Bloomberg, sister of Anita Gold
Cornelia Hajnal, grandmother of Natalie
Young
Richard Howard, uncle of Claire Stein
John Klima, grandfather of Catherine Peck
Helen Visnov*, mother of Bev Kritzstein
Arlene Brandais, mother of Amy Eckhaus
Milton Gross, father of Mark Gross
Gerald Scherer, uncle of Arthur Wiederman
Martin Barnett, father of Jonathan Barnett
September 27/28
Joe Engle, father of Robin Cohen
Corinne Van Boemel, mother of Cheryl
Waterman
Joey Finkelstein**, sister of Floris Pittler
Israel Gerlicki, father-in-law of Barbara Gerlicki
Joseph Harris, grandfather of Lonnie Tee
Josephine Leish, mother of Brian Leish
Marshall Meyer Ben Yitzhak, father of Robin
Ijams
Catherine Orrison, mother of Alannah
Rosenberg
Saul Weinberg, father of Sue Duenas
Sidney Eisenberg, father of Susan Samueli
Jack Kipnis, father of Rochelle Pazornik
Louis Levy, father-in-law of Gerene Levy
Sylvia Tilove*, mother of David Tilove
Louis Bleeman, father in Law of Ira Manesse
Rella Kuhn, grandmother of Larry Kuhn
Stanley Sacks*, husband of Lucille Sacks
Ruth Weiss*, mother of David Weiss
Jessie Firestone, mother of Jeanne Ruhl
Isadore Greenberg, father-in-law of Claire
Greenberg
Jacob Kline, uncle of Avery Schlesenberg
Benny Lorin*, father of Kenneth Lorin
Pauline Shapiro*, mother of Flo Barker
Betty Vieux, grandmother of Barry Kriegstein
Barbara Covey, mother of Richard Covey
Violet Olin, mother of Sherry Mencher
Leena Goldstein, grandmother of Wendi
Hurley
Charles Lazarus, father of Stephen Lazarus
Clement Politis, nephew of Fortunee Tawil
Stanley Rosen*, husband of Glenda Rosen
Morse Rosenblum, father of Patricia Bloom
October 4/5
Marjorie Rice, mother of Rochelle Zagalsky
Elaine Rubel**, mother of Michael Rubel
Doretta Sherman, mother of Mark Tanner
Rose Silverman*, mother of Jackie Burtness
Margalith Taylor, mother of Michelle Lazerson
Ruth Warshaw**, mother of Linda Goldman
Ann Gibbs, mother of Timothy Gibbs
Harry Mark, grandfather of Rikki Landoff
Abraham Silverman*, grandfather of Richard
Shulman
Jerome Waiman, grandfather of Jill Klein
Jerome Waiman, father of Helen Rasner
Murray Weiss, father-in-law of Lois Weiss
Jean Yudell, mother of Cynthia Ross
June Briskin*, mother of Dennis Kite
Jack Otchis, husband of Ethel Otchis z”l
David Reisch**, brother of Sidney Reisch
Frankie Riccardi, nephew of Cindy Greenberg
Faye Rose, mother of Marsha Bisheff
Howard Sheldon, grandfather of H Charton
Bessie Stein*, mother of Arnold Stein
William Bryan, husband of Phoebe Bryan
Louis Dortort, father of Suzanne Glantz
Harriet Kuhn*, mother of Larry Kuhn
Michael Lubin, cousin of Susan Dull and
nephew of Audrey Shieldkret
Claire Sherman*, mother of Susan Sherman
Esther Zimmerman, mother of Mel
Zimmerman
Martin Joel, brother of Ruth Blumenfeld
Shaun Sacks, son of Marc and Judith Sacks
Isadore Silverman*, brother-in-law of Marilyn
Silverman
Molly Alexander, mother of Sandra Greenberg
Sol Brown, father of Dennis Brown
Hermina Katz, mother of Mildred Levine
Rosa Redlich, aunt of Nora Keisman
Leon Samueli, brother of Henry Samueli
Arthur Shapiro, uncle of Brad Shapiro
Tavous Younessi, grandmother of Eli Marcus
October 11/12
Rita Gecht*, mother of Ellen Bornstein
Franklin Gold*, father of Kerry and Kathie
Gold
Bradley Isen**, brother of Bruce Isen
Joseph Riesz, father of Michael Riesz
Edna Rosen, mother of Claire Greenberg
Madeline Schwartz, mother of Andrew
Schwartz
Israel Shadkin, grandfather of Fay Zeramby
Rose Silverman*, grandmother of Richard
Shulman
Joseph Weisberg, father of Jacob Weisberg
Ann Blitz, grandmother of Howard Galperson
Barney Bloom, father of David Bloom
Richard Penkava, father of Richard Penkava
Sandra Roth, mother of Mary Church
Marian Solomon, mother-in-law of Sherri
Krause
Barbara Hahn, relative of Teena Robinson
Esther Harris, mother of Arlene Holtzman
Calvin Light, brother of Roslyn Zuckerman
Esther Steiglitz*, sister-in-law of Marilyn
Silverman
Carl Weinberger, father of Wendy Schwartz
Giselle Dortort, mother of Suzanne Glantz
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Mildred Glass, mother of Mel Glass
Rabbi Fred Krinsky, father of David Krinsky
Claire Reisner, mother of Jeffrey Reisner
Stan Silverstein, father of Mark Silverstein
Lillian Swack, remembered by Barbara
Lebovitz
Elaine Tichey, mother of April Szopa
Dorothy Greenberg, mother-in-law of Claire
Greenberg
Michael Horan*, husband of Allyn JaffreyShulman
William Kurzman, brother of Stanley Levy
Hyman Rubin, father of Susan Treshansky
October 18/19
Michael Brager, father of Daniel Brager
Leonore Crane*, mother of Avi and Shiffra
Crane
Paul Schur, father of Jody Margolis
Charlotte Siegenfeld, grandmother of Adam
Neufeld
Francis Atkins*, father of Lisa Blumstein
Joseph Fish, father of Natalie Mangini
Lionel Hillburn*, father of David Hillburn
Herbert Sandler, father of Frances Gale
Anna Shapiro, grandmother of Beth Faskowitz
Ben Wafel, father-in-law of Gale Schlesinger
Louis Wohl**, husband of Beatrice Wohl and
father of Evan Wohl
Abraham Keisman, father of Victor Keisman
Morris Osen, father of Claire Greenberg
Arnold Silva, father of Marla Silva
Juan Tabachnick, brother-in-law of Victor
Keisman
Ruth Wolotsky, mother of Paul Wolotsky
Jack Zoller, father of Curt Zoller
Marcus Ribak, father of Charles Ribak
Aaron Treshansky, father-in-law of Susan
Treshansky
Ida Feldman, grandmother of Cheryl
Waterman
Anna Goldschmidt, grandmother of Susan
Riesz
Sidney Goldstein, grandfather of Wendi
Hurley
Arthur Greenfield*, husband of Sue Greenfield
and father of Carolyn Kappes
Hubert Hutson, father of Gerene Levy
Jacqueline Illingworth, mother of Linda Brenn
Lydia Kirsch*, mother of Arthur Kirsch
Harvey Konheim, father of Jon Konheim
Rhea Rappaport, grandmother of Penny Tee
Larry Weintraub, father of Gerald Weintraub
Enid Berman, mother of Ronald Berman
Sarah Mintz, mother-in-law of Annie Mintz
Becky Schnitzer, mother of George Schnitzer
Millie Stewart, mother of Kellye Moses
Norton Baran, father of Julie Eggen
Leslie Olin, niece of Sherry Mencher
Arnie Press, uncle of Sharon Devor
Ruby Reicher*, grandfather of Jodie Reinharz
Ida Rosen, mother of Arthur Rosen
October 25/26
David Allame, father of Eleanor Cohen
Abraham Aronoff, father of Barbara Dervitz
Leon Bornstein*, father of Irwin Bornstein
Roger Dull, brother of David Dull
Jack Goldstein*, father of Rob Goldstein
Harry Kritzstein, father of Sid Kritzstein
Fanny Muller de Keisman, mother of Victor
Keisman
Esther Tann Soble, mother of Linda Danto
Joseph Tanner, father of Mark Tanner
Sylvia Freedman**, mother of Bernard
Freedman
Scott Moss, father of Pete Moss
Donna Tatel, mother of Jake Tatel
Marjorie Brager, mother of Daniel Brager
Arnold Hahn*, husband of Teena Robinson
Phillip Leibson, father of Norman Leibson
Henriette Movshin, mother of Jill Singer
Tillie Pollack, mother of Judith Schneyer
S. Allan Roof*, father of Rob Roof
Sidney Schindler, father of Paul Schindler
Jeffrey Stern*, father of Kymberly Spector
Louis Wayne, father of Sharon Naiman
Janice Lazerson*, mother of Jeff Lazerson
Israel Nachshen*, father of Avi and Shiffra
Crane
Margaret Zoller, mother of Curt Zoller
Richard Davis, loved one of Henrietta
Henderstein
Sarah Rosoff, remembered by Kathy DeLiema
Paul Zimmerman, father of Mel Zimmerman
Fanny Galperson, grandmother of Howard
Galperson
Robert Pepper, father of Jill Haveson
William Robinson, father of Lois Weiss
Sanford Silverman, father of Cari Upchurch
Samuel Zuckerman, father of Sol Zuckerman
Jack Cohen*, father of Lee Barker
Lewis Friend, brother of Sunny Mandel
Laverne Grant, mother of Linda Stein
Morris Hoffman, grandfather of Beth
Faskowitz
Solomon Igolnikov, brother of Yury Igolnikov
Estelle Stern, mother of Paul Stern
Morris Swirin*, step-father of Linda Kirsch
November 1/2
Sherry Berns, daughter of Melford and Suzan
Berns
Shirley Handman, mother of Sam Hahn
JoAnn Margolis**, 1st wife of Myron Margolis
Norman Segal, father-in-law of Sheldon
Eskow
Malcolm Warner, father of April Wachtenheim
Lorraine Wyler, aunt of Robin Brandes-Gibbs
Joseph Gordon*, father of Marvin Gordon
Lillian Lasher, mother of Christina Freedman
David Reisch**, father of Tamar Salis
Nate Sacks, father of Marc Sacks
Leonard Golkin, father of Randie Golkin
Shahnaz Helfer, sister of Mojgan Lustig
Louis Rosen, father-in-law of Glenda Rosen
Israel Singer, father of Howard Singer
George Gorvine, father of Sharon Manko
Ginny Schecter-Weisberg**, mother of Terry
Hanna and wife of Jacob Weisberg
David Malk, father of Kimberly Cherney
Leah Goldberg, mother of Dan Goldberg
Morris Goldberg, grandfather of Sharon Devor
November 8/9
Rose Felsenfeld, grandmother of Robert
Felsenfeld
Russell Schwartzman*, husband of Rita
Schwartzman
Ellis Bloom, father of Jerome Bloom
Jeanette Goldberg, remembered by Barbara
Cherry
Esther Ripps*, aunt of Glenda Rosen
Fred Hochberg, father of Leslie Hochberg
Jennie Manson, mother of Michael Manson
Benjamin Sloan, father-in-law of Pauline Sloan
Randy Binder, son of Ann Binder
Esther Lertzman, grandmother of Susan
Samueli
Raymond Plotkin*, nephew of Phyllis Blanc
Jean Schatz, mother of Miriam Harris
Harry Spiegel, father of Marc Spiegel
Frances Tomovich, mother of Nicholas
Tomovich
Herbert Goldman, father of Rochelle Rotter
Pesia Igolnikov, mother of Yury Igolnikov
Jose Ines, father of Gilberto Ines
Herman Bennett, brother of Arnold Bennett
Sidney Horwitz, brother of Phyllis Kramer
Herman Salz, uncle of Paulina Pollak
November 15/16
Anita Levine, sister of Mark Sobol
Miriam Manko, mother of Jerry Manko
Ann Miller, mother of Stuart Wolfe
Celia Shadkin, grandmother of Fay Zeramby
Hilda Cogan, mother of Elinor Jacobs
Murray Levine**, father of Joel Levine
Dr. Daniel Nachshen*, brother of Shiffra Crane
Eli Shapiro*, father of Brad Shapiro
Bert Wollkind, father of Alan Wollkind
Eleanor Weintraub, mother of Anne
Weintraub
Pauline Zuckerman, mother of Sol Zuckerman
Cheryl Gluck, sister of Ron Chazen
Robert Goldman, father-in-law of Nancy
Goldman
Daniel Nash, brother of Evelyn Nash
Jack Rubenstein, father of Paul Rubenstein
Maury Amdur, step-father of Julie Ficke
Charles Engler, father of Neal Engler
Selma Levine**, mother of Larry Levine
Barton Glaser**, father of Leslie Tatel
Sarah Axelrod*, grandmother of Shirley
Einbund and great-grandmother of Karen
Gray
Albert Kanner, grandfather of Joanie
Triestman
Eileen Paris, mother of Jodi Oz
Pauline Reisch**, sister-in-law of Sidney
Reisch
Charles Rosoff, remembered by Kathy
DeLiema
Jerry Rudman, father of Alane Dolensky
Hy Sunshine, father of Andy Sunshine
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November 22/23
Abram Silverman*, father-in-law of Marilyn
Silverman
Sol Sloan, husband of Pauline Sloan
Reba Mogilkin, great aunt of Howard
Landman
Sarah Neiman, aunt of Nora Keisman
Jerry Sherwin, father of Gary Sherwin
Ben Katz, grandfather of Lori Chazen
Edith Last, grandmother of Wendi Hurley
Dorothy Nathanson, mother of Ivan
Nathanson
Barbara Stein, mother of Martin Stein
Alex Genson, father of Lisa Pine
Jay Goldstein, father of Wendi Hurley
Sam Lustig, grandfather of Mojgan Lustig
Natti Schacht, aunt of Ken Moses
George Bennett, brother of Arnold Bennett
Lynne Arkin*, aunt of Susan Dull
Lynne Arkin*, sister of Audrey Shieldkret
Louis Freeman, father of Elaine Rosen
Ida Pollack, mother of Muriel Sachs
November 29/30
Stella Barr, aunt of Barbara Queen
Charles Goldman, grandfather of Jodi Oz
Al Hechinger, step-father of Lori Harris
Ada Kirschenbaum*, mother of Allen
Kirschenbaum and Joan Kirschenbaum
Ellen Schlesinger, sister of Gale Schlesinger
Ethel Fischer, grandmother of Howard
Landman
Jane Salcer**, mother of Caryl Stein
William Tatel, father of Jake Tatel
Samuel Friend, brother of Sunny Mandel
Eve Hellman, great-grandmother of Debra
Kulick
Aron Samueli, father of Henry Samueli
Joseph Weinberg*, brother of Shirley Einbund
Isabel Cohen, beloved friend of Jeri Leibson
Sherri Landsman, sister of Lori Lazerson
Bennett Leemon, brother of Stan Leemon
Joey Rosenbaum*, Son of Daniel and Laura
Rosenbaum
Stanley Simon*, father of Robert Simon
Ethel Widisky, aunt of Fay Zeramby
Diane Cramin, mother of Corey Cramin
William Lewis, husband of Sandi Brager
Theodore Asner*, father of Bart Asner
Petra Dean, sister of Cornelia Klahn
William Horwitz, brother of Phyllis Kramer
Frances Waltzman, mother of Herbert
Waltzman
Lawrence Bonin*, father of Sharon Pratt
Stephen Coblens, brother of Carrie Chotiner
Joseph Dunne, father of Peter Dunne
Irving Friedman, father of Nancy Joseph
Laura Rogovin*, grandmother of Susan Dull
and mother of Audrey Shieldkret
Florence Salz*, mother of Paulina Pollak
December 6/7
Louis Ershler, grandfather of Miriam Harris
Lester Goldman, father of Steven Goldman
Julius Korn, father of Lori Koff
Harold Levin, father of Alan Levin
Abraham Malk, grandfather of Kimberly
Cherney
Ida Pittler, mother of Carl Pittler
Sadie Rosen, grandmother of Laurie Mills
Sarah Cole, mother of Joyce Morris
Esther Feldman, grandmother of Sharri Coker
Harvey Margolis**, brother of Myron Margolis
Raylee Fenning*, mother of Alan Fenning
Emanuel Kornhauser, father of Elliott
Kornhauser
Jack Pearlman, father of Sherri Weisinger
Faye Schacht, grandmother of Ken Moses
Mae Schubb*, aunt of Sue Greenfield and
great aunt of Carolyn Kappes
Ethel Sommer, grandmother of Terry Hanna
Durwood Barngrover, father of Lucille
Galperson
Irving Marshack, father of Richard Marshack
Elizabeth Neil, grandmother of Kimberly
Cherney
James Whaley, father of Mark Whaley
Zelda Fishenfeld, mother of Hymie Fishenfeld
Reuben Kershaw, husband of Norma Kershaw
Milton Wolfson, father of Sharon Wolfson
Bea Eisman, aunt of Sharon Devor
Harry Heskin, grandfather of Jay Greenberg
Fred Lapin*, step-father of Claire Stein
Max Drexler, step-father of Gertrude Zoller
Carol Levin**, mother of Deborah Robinson
Abraham Rogovin*, grandfather of Susan Dull
and father of Audrey Shieldkret
Mary Schneyer, mother of Martin Schneyer
Lee Wortman, mother of Allen Wortman
December 13/14
Aziz Firouzbakhsh, father of Mojgan Lustig
Herbert Israel, father of Susan Wollkind
Sylvia Marshack, mother of Richard Marshack
Sidney Salkin, grandfather of Andrew Greber
Tobey Balaban, father of Richard Balaban
Alex Kirsch*, father of Arthur Kirsch
Doris Lyman, mother of Gretchen Waltzman
Zosia Waiman, grandmother of Jill Klein and
mother of Helen Rasner
Howard Bachrach, father of Kenneth Bachrach
Eleanor Finkel, mother of Marilyn Brody
Jess Katzberg, grandfather of Michael Rubin
Sylvia Knapp, mother of Sharon Messinger
Janice Lipsitz, aunt of Linda Lander
Edith Podbere, grandmother of Susanna
Wolfe
Bob (Robert) Barker, brother of Lee Barker
Miriam Feder, aunt of Miriam Hillburn
Sanford Feld, father of James Feld
Joe Isen, father of Michael Isen
Hilda Reichman, grandmother of Debra Traub
Amy Shapin, daughter of Audrey Shapin
Dean Eggen, father of Mark Eggen
Edythe Glickman, mother of Anita Gold
Marcos Bonder, father of Nora Keisman
Brian Day*, Fiance of Mary Church
Pauline Reisch**, mother of Tamar Salis
Christopher Gibney, nephew of Kathleen
Gibney
Leonard Kupferman, father of Ellis Kupferman
December 20/21
Max Stein, uncle of Raymond Stein
Esther Stein*, mother of Sue Greenfield and
grandmother of Carolyn Kappes
Leah Stivelman, grandmother of Marc Spiegel
Lillian Weinberg, mother of Sue Duenas
Miriam Newman, Friend of Linda Lander
Pearl Ostrowsky*, grandmother of Miriam
Hillburn
Sara Gordon*, mother of Marvin Gordon
Sigmund Gubner, grandfather of Adam
Gubner
Rosalind Kirby, mother of Neal Kirby
David Mintz, father-in-law of Annie Mintz
Isidore Bezansky**, grandfather of Fred
Pardes
Stanley Rosen*, father of Linda Eisenberg
Selma Schwartz, mother-in-law of Harriet
Schwartz
Ralph Binder, husband of Ann Binder
Bernard Karver*, husband of Joan Karver
Norman Lesman, husband of Rita Lesman
Barbara Tustin, sister of Cindy Greenberg
Al Yellen, father of Gay Rams
Fred Young, father of Ivan Young
Molly Hersch*, mother of Barbara Queen
Saul Schacht, grandfather of Ken Moses
Samuel Schultz, father of Donald Schultz
December 27/28
Barbara Baran, mother of Julie Eggen
Isaac Feldman, grandfather of Cheryl
Waterman
David Knapp, father of Sharon Messinger
Lew Kranz*, uncle of Avi and Shiffra Crane
Rodney Petroff, father of Cindy Needleman
Jack Amber*, father of Jeri Leibson
Bella Bassin, mother of Sharon Diskin and
Sheldon Eskow
Charles Dortort**, brother of Suzanne Glantz
and uncle of Michelle Pardes
Evelyn Lazar, mother of Linda Dater
Martin Moldawsky, father of Rich Moldawsky
Tillie Nahan, grandmother of Betty Drader
Karen Spivack, wife of David Spivack
Harold Steingold, father of Ruth Levi
Harold Storch, father of Deborah Hallgarten
Clifford Altschuler, brother-in-law of Ina
Welland
Max Galatz, father of Pauline Sloan
Albert Wendruck*, father of Julia Ribak
Jay Grossman, friend of Joan Kirschenbaum
Alice Efron, grandmother of Robin Cohen*
and mother in-law of Leatrice Efron
Leona Hoffman, grandmother of Beth
Faskowitz
Madeleine Nussen, mother of Joy Timsit
Lewis Seligsohn**, father of Bruce Seligsohn
Alan Chalfin, husband of Eta Chalfin
Rebecca Lesser, grandmother of Michael
Goldfader
Jakov Rosenbaum, father of Daniel
Rosenbaum
Ethel Rubin, mother of Susan Treshansky
Odette Glueck, grandmother of Stewart
Weston
George Kappes*, father of Chris Kappes
Bernice Leon, grandparent of Wendy Glatman
Alice Needle, mother of Geraldine Weiss
Ida Glazer, mother of Jordan Glazer
Irene Gross, aunt of Bruce Seligsohn
William Marr, father of James Marr
Pearl Morris, mother of Robert Morris
Rubin Rosenfeld, father of Iris Rosenfeld and
Irwin Rosenfeld
“May their memories be for a blessing.” Yahrzeits are observed at the Shabbat Service that falls on or before the
anniversary dates. * / ** In loving memory, a light will be lit on the Temple’s Memorial Board (* rotunda, ** chapel)
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Sunday
1
Monday
Tuesday
2 Labor Day
3
Temple Offices &
Schools Closed
10am ECC Open
House
6:30pm Healing of
the Soul Minyan
Wednesday
4 Erev Rosh
Hashanah
5pm MultiGenerational
Service
7:30pm Reform
& Conservative
Service
8
9
10
1st Day ECC
6:30pm Healing of
the Soul Minyan
11
Thursday
6 Rosh Hashanah II
Offices Closed
8:30am
Conservative
Service
12
7am Minyan
13 Erev Yom Kippur/
Kol Nidre, Offices
Close at 12:30pm
5pm MultiGenerational Service
6:15pm Mincha,
6:30pm Conservative
Service
7:30pm Reform
Service
14 Yom Kippur
8:30am
Conservative
Service
10am Reform
Service & PreK-5th
grade programs/
club
3pm Tot Service
19 Sukkot
Temple offices &
schools closed
9am Conservative
Sukkot Service
9:45am Ancient
Expressions of
Gratitude & Joy
10:15am Brunch in
sukkah & learning
11am Torah Service
20 Sukkot
9:30am Sukkot Service
(at Heritage Pt.)
4pm Shabbat Chai
5:45pm Shabbat
Dinner in the sukkah
(Families w/young
children)
6pm Kabbalat
Shabbat Service
7pm BYO Shabbat
Dinner & BESTY
Shabbat Club
21 Sukkot
26 Erev Simchat
Torah
Temple offices &
schools closed
9:15am Shemini
Atzeret & Yizkor
Service
5:30pm Tot Service
6pm Simchat Torah
BYO Dinner in the
Sukkah
7pm Simchat Torah
celebration
27 Simchat Torah
9am Simchat
Torah Conservative
Service
9:45am Singing &
dancing
10:30am The End &
The Beginning
11:15am Torah
Journeys
11:45am Musaf
7:30pm Shabbat
Service
28
9am Torah Study
BESTY Extreme
6:30pm People of
Board Game Lounge the Book
Night
16
17
18 Erev Sukkot
BESTY Board
Meeting
9:15am ECC Bagel
Nosh
11:30am Daytime
Book Club
12:30pm Temple
offices close
6:30pm Men’s Club
Shmooze Night
6:30pm Healing of
the Soul Minyan
23 Sukkot
24 Sukkot
22 Sukkot
7pm BE Sisters Sushi
& Sake under the
Sukkah
29
10am-1pm
Hineinu Caring
Committee Brunch
& Orientation
25 Erev Shemini
Atzeret
6:30pm Healing of
the Soul Minyan
30
4:30pm Hebrew
School starts
BESTY BBQ &
Basketball Tourn.
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Saturday
5 Rosh Hashanah
Offices Closed
8:30am Conservative
Service
10am Reform Service
& Pre-K-5th grade
programs/Kids Club
3pm Tot Service
4:30pm Tashlich (at
LN Regional Park)
7pm The Ultimate
Journey Class
15
Friday
7
9am Torah Study
9:15am Conservative
Service
10am Reform
Service
6pm Kabbalat
Shabbat Service
9am Torah Study
9:15am Conservative
Service
9:15am Conservative
Service
10am Reform
Service & Lea Packer
Bat Mitzvah
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
6:30pm Healing of
the Soul Minyan
Thursday
3
4
7am Minyan
4pm Shabbat Chai
7pm HCC Training:
Bikkur Cholim
7:30pm Love Your
Neighbor as Yourself
class
Friday
Saturday
5
9am Torah Study
9:15am Jerusalem
5:25pm Here Comes Shabbat
Shabbat
10:30am Tot
6pm Kabbalat
Shabbat
Shabbat Service
7:30pm Showcase
Singers Event
BESTY Laser Tag
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
6:30pm Tzedakah
Board & Teen
Leadership starts
6:30pm People of
the Book
7am Minyan
USCJ Conference
Begins (10/11-15)
9am Torah Study
6:30pm Healing of
the Soul Minyan
7pm HCC Training:
Shiva/Death
7:30pm Love Your
class
13
14
15
10am-12pm
Mitzvah Day (Dana
Point Harbor, near
Ocean Institute)
11:30am TBE
Connections
Luncheon
11:30am Daytime
Book Club
9:30am Men’s Club
Breakfast (Coco’s at
23760 Alicia)
16
21
22
BE Sisters Women’s
Health Event
6:30pm Men’s Club
Shmooze Night
6:30pm Healing of
the Soul Minyan
19
7am Minyan
4pm Shabbat Chai
9am Torah Study
5:25pm Here Comes 9:15am Conservative
Shabbat
Service
6pm Kabbalat
Shabbat Service
10am Reform
Service & Benjamin
Tee & Penny Tee
7pm BESTY Shabbat B’nai Mitzvah
Club
23
24
25
26
7am Minyan
9am-3pm ECC Fall
Boutique
9am Torah Study
7pm Maps of Reality
Class
7:30pm Shabbat
Service
BESTY Pumpkin
Carving/LEAD Prep
Lounge Night
27
28
29
7:30pm Shabbat
Service
18
7:30pm Love Your
class
20
9:15am Conservative
Service
17
6:30pm Healing of
the Soul Minyan
BESTY Board
Meeting
5-7pm Club Tikkun
Olam Kick-Off
Shabbat Dinner
30
31
6:30pm Healing of
the Soul Minyan
7am Minyan
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9:15am Conservative
Service
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
4pm Shabbat Chai
9am Torah Study
5:25pm Here Comes 9:15am Jerusalem
Shabbat
Shabbat
6pm Kabbalat
Shabbat Service
10:30am Tot
Shabbat
10am Reform
Service & Hailey
Eckhaus Bat Mitzvah
3
4
5
6
6:30pm Healing of
the Soul Minyan
7
8
9
7am Minyan
7:30pm Shabbat
Service & Let’s Write
a Sermon Together
9am Torah Study
7pm Maps of Reality
Class
9:15am Conservative
Service
10am Reform
Service & Matthew
Spector Bar Mitzvah
10
11 Veterans Day
12
13
14
15
16
Temple offices &
schools closed
6:30pm Healing of
the Soul Minyan
6:30pm People of
the Book
7am Minyan
4pm Shabbat Chai
9am Torah Study
9:30am Men’s Club
23760 Alicia)
5:25pm Here Comes 9:15am Conservative
Shabbat
Service
7pm Maps of Reality
Class
6pm Kabbalat
Shabbat Service
BESTY Lounge Night
17
18
19
10am-12pm Club
Tikkun Olam Family
Experience
6:30pm Men’s Club
Shmooze Night
11:30am Daytime
Book Club
Interfaith
Thanksgiving
Service
21
22
7am Minyan
6pm BESTY Shabbat 9am Torah Study
Club
9:15am Conservative
7:30pm Shabbat
Service
Service
28 Hanukkah - 2nd
Candle
29 Hanukkah - 3rd
Candle
30 Hanukkah - 4th
Candle
Thanksgiving
Temple offices &
schools closed
9am Torah Study
9am Minyan
9:15am Conservative
5pm Hanukkah Fun Service
for the Whole Family
BE Sisters Latkes,
6pm Shabbat
Laughs & Vodka
Dinner
6:30pm Healing of
the Soul Minyan
BESTY Interfaith
Activity
24
20
25
26
27 Hanukkah - 1st
Candle
6:30pm Healing of
the Soul Minyan
Temple offices &
schools closed
7pm Shabbat
Service & Shining
Lights Honored
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23
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
1 Hanukkah - 5th
Candle
2 Hanukkah - 6th
Candle
3 Hanukkah - 7th
Candle
BESTY Hanukkah
Party
11:30am TBE
Connections
Luncheon
6:30pm Healing of
the Soul Minyan
Wednesday
4 Hanukkah - 8th
Candle
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
5 Hanukkah
6
7
7am Minyan
4pm Shabbat Chai
9am Torah Study
5:25pm Here Comes 9:15am Jerusalem
Shabbat
Shabbat
7pm Cookin’ Up
Some Midrash Class
5:45pm Shabbat
Dinner (Families w/
young children)
10:30am Tot
Shabbat
6pm Kabbalat
Shabbat Service
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
6:30pm Healing of
the Soul Minyan
URJ Conference
Begins (12/11-15)
7am Minyan
7:30pm Shabbat
Service
9am Torah Study
7pm Cookin’ Up
Some Midrash Class
6:30pm People of
the Book
9:30am Men’s Club
23760 Alicia)
9:15am Conservative
Service
BESTY Club Night
7pm The Magic of
Hebrew Chant Class
15
BE Sisters Ladies
Game Night
16
6:30pm Men’s Club
Shmooze Night
17
18
11:30am Daytime
Book Club
19
20
21
7am Minyan
4pm Shabbat Chai
9am Torah Study
5:15pm Club Tikkun
Olam
9:15am Conservative
Service
6:30pm Healing of
the Soul Minyan
5:25pm Here Comes 10am Reform
Shabbat
Service & Nadav
Winograd Bar
6pm Kabbalat
Mitzvah
Shabbat Service
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
6:30pm Healing of
the Soul Minyan
Temple offices &
schools closed
7am Minyan
7:30pm Shabbat
Service
9am Torah Study
9:15am Conservative
Service
BESTY Knott’s Berry
Farm
29
30
31
6:30pm Healing of
the Soul Minyan
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Temple Beth El
of South Orange County
The Samueli Center for Progressive Judaism
2A Liberty ~ Aliso Viejo, CA 92656-3372 ~ Phone: 949.362.3999 ~ fax: 949.362.5323 ~ www.TBESOC.org
OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm. Closed Legal and Religious Holidays.
Although the office may be closed, our voice mail system is always on.
Please leave your name, telephone number and a brief message and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
President*
Michael Goldfader
BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Continued)
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BE Sisters Co-Presidents
Alane Dolensky
Ezina LeBlanc-Hoff
[email protected]
[email protected]
VP Governance*
Ross Klein
[email protected]
Men’s Club President
Marv Chotiner
[email protected]
VP Development & Finance*
Michael Bogdanovic
[email protected]
VP Judaism in Action*
Miriam Hillburn
[email protected]
*Indicates an Executive Committee Member
VP Membership & Communication*
STAFF
Rabbi Peter Levi
Stuart Wolfe
[email protected]
VP Education*
Firuzeh Claar
[email protected]
Director of Jewish Engagement
Rabbi Rachel Kort
ext 102 [email protected]
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Assistant Rabbi
K’vod Wieder
Treasurer
Brad Shapiro
Secretary*
Rosemary Stevens
Trustee at Large
Glenn Bier
Cantor Natalie Young
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Executive Director
Al Welland
Trustee at Large
Phyllis Blanc
[email protected]
Director, Early Childhood Center
Terry Fierle
Trustee at Large
Shirley Einbund
[email protected]
ECC Assistant
Tania Suares
Trustee at Large
Rob Fecher
[email protected]
Administrative Assistant
Kathryn Eastman
[email protected]
Accounting Manager
Pam Uber
[email protected]
Education, Teen Leadership,
Communications
Bonni Pomush
ext 213
[email protected]
Religious School Assistant
Nina Brody
[email protected]
Event Coordinators
Linda Lander
Rochelle Pazornik
Trustee at Large
Lois Weiss
[email protected]
Youth Group Advisor
Sammy Seid
Trustee at Large
Evan Wohl
[email protected]
Trustee at Large
Sarah Wood
[email protected]
Trustee at Large
Howie Fox
Trustee at Large
Jody Margolis
Trustee at Large
Sheri Saladow
Trustee at Large
Brian Selvan
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