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 Who by Fire, and Who by Water?
By Rabbi Sari Laufer
For many in this community, that question—and the melody to which it is often set—is a hallmark of the High Holy Days. Amidst the majesty and awe of the Unetaneh Tokef, these stark questions are meant to bring us to the heart of these days, questions about the lives we live and the choices we make. The words, which are meant to inspire—and maybe intimidate—us with a dramatic reminder of God’s power, end on a note of human agency. We are taught that prayer, repentance, and righteous deeds can change our experience in life and in the world.
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 Guide to Totally Owning the High Holy Days Like A Champ
Shanah Tovah! As the High Holy Days are now less than ONE WEEK AWAY (it’s impressive in all caps like that, right?) we wanted to share some special information that may help you prepare. Here are some questions you may have about our venues and our services along with some answers that will help you handle the High Holy Days like a BOSS.
READ OUR GUIDE TO THE HIGH HOLY DAYS
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 Foundations: A Life-Changing Experience for Parents of Young Children
Fall class forming now – VERY few spots left!
Wise Melton School invites parents of young children Foundations, a life-changing curriculum that can deepen your own understanding of Jewish rituals, holidays, and lifecycle events. This course has received rave reviews from its students. “Foundations opened my eyes, helping me thoughtfully articulate my specific values and beliefs in a way that lingers throughout the days and weeks to come,” says Golareh Ramin. “Understanding Jewish texts and tradition has made me a better man,” says Mario Muller, “It’s like an intellectual and spiritual coffee klatch for the soul.” Contact [email protected] or call 310.889.2291 to learn more.
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 Wise Announces New Catering Addition: Cornucopia
Adding to an already diverse and robust collection of caterers for Wise Events, we are pleased to announce that Cornucopia has joined our list of available options. Providing modern, seasonal, and creative catering for 26 years, Cornucopia specializes in weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, and is sure to take your special occasion to the next level.
Visit WiseLA.org/WiseEvents to book your next event with Wise.
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 This Week’s Torah Portion: S’lichot
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
5:30 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Nosh | Udko Annex
6:15 p.m. Shabbat Service | Plotkin Chapel
Led by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, Rabbi Ron Stern, and Cantor Emma Lutz
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
Saturday Morning Services and Torah Study
9 a.m. Torah Study
10 a.m. Morning Service followed by potluck lunch
Led by Rabbi David Woznica and Cantor Paul Dorman
Please join us for our learning session at 9 a.m. in the Parenting Center. All are welcome!
Standing at the Gates: A S’lichot Experience
7 p.m. at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Glazer Campus in Koreatown
Rabbis, cantors, and choirs of five congregations will join together for music, worship, study, food, and prayers of forgiveness. Stephen Wise Temple clergy will team up with clergy from Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Kehillat Israel, Temple Isaiah, and University Synagogue for this evening of reflection and learning.
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Religious School Begins This Sunday!
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Next Week:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
6:15 p.m. Shabbat Service | Plotkin Chapel
Led by Rabbi Ron Stern and Cantor Emma Lutz
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Learning Opportunities with Clergy
Bible Study with Rabbi Ron Stern: Monday, September 18 at 9 a.m. | Temple Conference Room
Talmud Study with Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback: Wednesday, October 4 at 12 p.m. | Taub Annex
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Have you received your High Holy Days Tickets?
Tickets have been mailed out to all members in good standing with a High Holy Days venue selected. If you have not made a payment towards your 2017/18 membership, please call us now at 310.476.8561 to make a payment. Also, if you have paid, but have not selected a venue, please email your preference to [email protected] now to trigger the mailing of your tickets. Select one of our three venues: Sanctuary (morning or late services), Skirball Center, and Bel Air Church. For reference, the schedule is online here: wisela.org/highholydays
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Tashlich at the Beach
Sunday, September 24 at 3 p.m. | Santa Monica Beach
Bring a blanket to the beach for an uplifting gathering of song and inspiration as we prepare for the coming of the new year. Hear the sound of the shofar resonating against the crashing waves as we cast our misdeeds into the sea. This beautifully symbolic ritual is a cherished tradition for all ages!
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Family High Holy Days Services
Experience the joy of the High Holy Days as a family with our musical, story-filled services. Our family services have become a favorite way to celebrate the High Holy Days with your Stephen Wise Temple community. Adults and kids of all generations will love the upbeat music, complete involvement, and enchanting stories presented by the Stephen Wise Temple clergy.
These services are open to the public.
Tickets are required but there is no charge to attend.
Erev Rosh Hashanah Family Soulful Service
Wednesday, September 20 at 5 p.m. | Wise Campus
Appropriate for all ages
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Rosh Hashanah Young Family Service
Thursday, September 21 at 4 p.m. | Wise Campus
Recommended for parents and children up to 5 years old
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Yom Kippur Young Family Service
Saturday, September 30 at 3 p.m. | Bel Air Church
Recommended for parents and children up to 5 years old
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Rosh Hashanah Gifts for Our College Students
Do you have a student in college? We’d love to reach out to them to wish them Shana Tova and send a small gift for a sweet new year. If you would your student to receive a gift from the Temple, please email their name and current mailing address to [email protected] by Friday, September 15.
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Wise Parenting Center offers Shabbat Saturday Morning Classes for Working Parents
Connect with other working families in this weekly parent-and-me class offered on Saturday mornings! Our excellent facilitators will kick off your weekend with fun, music, stories, and a taste of Shabbat. Our class will meet 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. this fall.
Saturdays: October 7 — December 9
Cost: $400 (charged at the time of confirmation)
For additional information, please call us at 310.889.2365
SIGN UP HERE
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Wise Religious School and WTY Registration
Religious School begins this Sunday, September 17, and we have so much to look forward to this year! For information about our program, please call us at 310.889.2211 or email us.
ENROLL HERE
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Jewish Women’s Theatre presents: Matzo Ball Diaries
Pre-show reception: 6 p.m. | Performance: 7 p.m.
This hilarious and thought-provoking performance tells the delicious, secret stories of food and home. Laugh and cry as we discover the power of food to nourish, heal or move us to action. Beloved by women and men alike, Jewish Women’s Theatre never fails to delight, inspire, and create exciting theatrical experiences.
Pre-show reception generously sponsored by Susan and Mel Plutsky.
TICKETS: $20 in advance / $25 at the door
Buy online at WiseLA.org/Sukkot
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Mindfulness & Meditation Fall 2017
Mondays, October 16 – November 13
8:15-9:30 a.m.
Come learn Mindfulness and Meditation at the Stephen Wise Temple! This course is designed to teach and practice the fundamentals of Mindfulness. Each Course is different. Open to all levels. Come learn or deepen your practice. In this 5-week series, you will learn how to bring mindfulness into your everyday life. For more information or to sign up for this course email Jillian Moore or call 310.889.2300.
REGISTER NOW
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Center for Jewish Life presents
Classical Hebrew Beginning 1 (Hebrew for Beginners)
9 Mondays – October 23 – December 18, 2017
7-9 p.m.
Would you like to follow along in the prayer-book during services or while hearing the Torah read? This class is for students with no prior knowledge of Hebrew, focuses on reading the siddur (prayerbook).You will delight in how much you will learn in 9 weeks.
REGISTER HERE
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Center for Tikkun Olam presents
Monthly Mitzvah Day with Rabbi Ron Stern: Tour de Summer Camps
Sunday, October 29 | Begins at Camp Alonim on the Brandeis-Bardin Campus of AJU
Support Jewish camping by riding or hiking in the Tour De Summer camps with Rabbi Stern. The Jewish Federation’s Tour de Summer Camps is a community cycling and hiking event that will raise significant funds to send more kids to Jewish summer camp, helping them build a lifelong connection to Jewish identity and values. Cyclists and adventurers of all kinds (from beginner to expert level) can take on the challenge of a 18-mile, 36-mile, 62-mile (Metric Century), or 100-mile (Century) ride. Rabbi Stern is doing the 62 mile ride. Join him! Or, join our team and do any of the other rides or the hike to raise money. Either way, make sure to register through the Wise Team: Wise Wheels!
REGISTER HERE
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The Challenges of Trump’s America:
Two Jewish Pundits’ Perspectives, Right and Left
with David Frum and Peter Beinart
Tuesday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m. | Valley Beth Shalom
Two of the most thoughtful pundits on the American scene — Peter Beinart and David Frum — will discuss the implications of Trump and Trumpism for America and the American Jewish community. A first-time dialogue between these two thinkers moderated by Valley Beth Shalom’s Rabbi Ed Feinstein is a rare opportunity.
Sponsored by Stephen Wise Temple, Community Advocates, Valley Beth Shalom, Jews United for Democracy and Justice, Jewish Journal
RSVP HERE
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We observe the yahrzeits of:
Michael Abramson, Lillian Ruth Adler*, Nathan Alpert*, Albert L. Appel*, Isaac Berger*, Louis Berkus*, Barry Bordofsky*, Barbara Brockman*, Charles Robert Cohen*, Gladys Berres Cole*, Tillie Cytron*, Oscar William Daniels*, Irving Geldin*, Mary Glick*, Roberta Goldberg*, Rudolph Goldman*, Sol Gordon*, Stanley Norman Gore*, Samuel Grant, Ella Hill, William Hill, Archie Jacobs*, Doris Jacobs, Howard Kaish*, Sally Kaplan, Nathan Levin*, Rubin Levin*, Harriet Lloyd, Martin Lubarsky*, Samuel Ontman*, Sylvia Klein Rose*, Ben Roth*, Sylvia Rubin*, Khalil (Abraham) Salim, Edith Seehoff, Rose Seligman*, Hannah Sharpe*, Meyer Snookal*, Sarah Leah Stein*, Betty Haberman Summers*, Richard Teperson, Dinah Wallach*, Morris Weiss*, Augusta Wolfson*
*Designated on our memorial walls
We remember with love those who died in recent days and weeks:
Frieda Chase, Alexander Indich, Richard Levy, Susan Tanzman, Meg Zweiback
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Shehechianu Moment
Do you have a milestone birthday or anniversary approaching? We’d like to celebrate your special day on the bima during Friday evening Shabbat Services! Invite your family, join your Wise community, make it a “shehechianu moment” – a time to give thanks for life, health, and the blessings that enable you to reach this great moment in your life. Let us know by emailing Arlene Spiegelman or calling 310.889.2272 and she’ll make sure to schedule a date that works for you. We’d love to share your celebration!
Wishing you a future filled with joy and blessings.
Mazal tov to:
Farzaneh Neman on the birth of her first grandchild Liv Hunter Hakimfar to son and daughter-in-law Benjamin and Brittany Hakimfar.
To our B’nai Mitzvah — may the Torah guide and inspire you every day of your adult life.
Mazal tov to:
Holly and Bob Binafard on their son Conner becoming Bar Mitzvah.
Michelle and Brad Ducorsky on their son Zachary becoming Bar Mitzvah.
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We reach out as a community and offer our support and deepest sympathy to those among us who are mourning the loss of a loved one.
Jackie Chase on the loss of her mother Frieda Chase.
Yoshi Zweiback and Jacqueline Hantgan and family on the loss of their cousin Meg Zweiback.
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We honor people through charitable giving.
CANTORS’ DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Irving Geldin, by Lorraine Zeidler
AFSANEH YOUSEFZADEH MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT SCHOLARSHIP FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Doris Jacobs, by Linda and David Salzman
LIFELONG LEARNING ENDOWMENT
IN MEMORY OF:
Alex Indich, by Terrie and Richard Baumann
SUMMER CAMP SCHOLARSHIP FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Michael Abramson, by The Abramson Family
MAX HESS LIBRARY FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Steven Weinstein, by Michele and Jeffrey Glass
Sarah Baumann, by Terrie and Richard Baumann
WISE HEARTS FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Anna Williams, by Sunny Caine
Barry Spiegelman, by Arlene Spiegelman
Sylvia Rubin, by Lori Rubin and Rachel Rubin
Bernie Hanes, by Sharon Spira-Cushnir
HOMES FOR HEROES FUND
IN HONOR OF:
our 59th wedding anniversary, by Shirley and Phil Sniderman
YAHRZEIT FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Morris Feinberg, by Marilyn Sobelman
Richard Teperson, by Madelene Teperson
Sally Kaplan, by Terri and Charles Stern
To make a donation in someone’s honor or in memory of a loved one, please visit wisela.org/giving.
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Temple Gift Shop
The high holidays are just around the corner. The Gift Shop will be offering all honey jars and new years cards at 50% off for the month of August. Have a bar or Bat Mitzvah coming up in the new year? The gift shop is fully stocked with lots of tallits from Israel. Receive a 25% discount on all tallits for your special event. Do you have two hours free a week? The Gift Shop is looking for volunteers. A great way to meet people and contribute to the Temple.
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We appreciate our wonderful volunteers:
Gift Shop Volunteers:
Terrie Baumann
Emil Cobar
Lori Rubin
Carol Sookman
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Have a great idea? Share it with us by submitting it to our online suggestion box.
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Would you like to get involved? Check out upcoming Temple and School events.
Shabbat Shalom
Stephen Wise Temple | 15500 Stephen S. Wise Drive | Los Angeles, CA 90077
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