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Shanah Tovah from your Stephen Wise Temple community.
May you and yours be inscribed for blessings and goodness in this New Year of 5778.
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 A Special High Holy Days Message
By Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback
We gather once again as a community to welcome the New Year and to participate in the most important work of our lives: reflecting on how we can be our best selves so that we can do our part to make our world a better place.
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 The Most Chilling Words of the High Holy Days
by Rabbi David Woznica
This week, Rabbi Woznica penned a column for the Jewish Journal about the hefty words we recite during the High Holy Days: “On Rosh Hashanah it is written and on Yom Kippur it is sealed.” Follow the link to read his commentary about how we can effect change in our lives, even when it seems too daunting to approach.
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 Guide to Totally Owning the High Holy Days Like A Champ
Shanah Tovah! As the High Holy Days are now upon us, 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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 View the full schedule of High Holy Days services
This Week’s Torah Portion: Haazinu
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
5:30 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Nosh | Udko Annex
6:15 p.m. Shabbat Service | Plotkin Chapel
Led by Rabbi Ron Stern and Cantor Emma Lutz
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
Saturday Morning Services and Torah Study
9 a.m. Torah Study
10 a.m. Morning Service followed by potluck lunch
Led by Rabbi Joshua Knobel and Sarah Gurian
Please join us for our learning session at 9 a.m. in Plotkin Chapel. All are welcome!
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
Tashlich at the Beach
3 p.m. at Santa Monica Beach | Tower 24
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! Meet at Crescent Bay Park parking lot.
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Learning Opportunities with Clergy
Bible Study with Rabbi Ron Stern: Monday, October 2 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?
Members in good standing who have not yet received High Holy Days tickets can rest assured that we will have your tickets waiting for you at the will call table at your selected venue. If you have not made a payment towards your 2017/18 membership, please call us now at 310.476.8561.
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Family High Holy Days Services
Tonight! 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
GET TICKETS
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What are the DAYS OF AWESOME?
Stephen Wise Temple is enhancing our children’s programming throughout the High Holy Days, celebrating the new year with Wise kids in exciting, fun, and interactive ways… all with some favorite Wise School, CYE, and Camp Wise faculty and teen counselors!
We are offering the following, tailor-made for a variety of age groups.
For kids in grades 1 – 6:
- activities and crafts
- meaningful t’filah
- social time inside and outside
- learning and song sessions
For teens:
- special services with teen participation
- guided discussions and learning
- hangout time
REGISTER NOW
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Thursday, October 5
10 a.m.
Sukkot Festival Services
Celebrate the joy of the harvest festival with warmth and meaning.
Saturday, October 7
9 a.m. | Torah Study
10 a.m. | Sukkot Shabbat Morning Services
Reflect on the meaning of Sukkot through worship and lay-led learning.
Saturday, October 7
10 a.m.
Tot Shabbat
Tiny worshippers will love the music, stories, and the wonder of Sukkot!
Sunday, October 8
11:30 a.m.
CYE Picnic
Parents and students will end our Religious School morning with a potluck lunch and celebration.
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Jewish Women’s Theatre presents: Matzo Ball Diaries
Tuesday, October 10
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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Thursday, October 12
10 a.m.
Sh’mini Atzeret/Yizkor Services
Commemorate the end of Sukkot and remember loved ones with meaning and kavod.
Friday, October 13
8 a.m.
Wise School Simchat Torah Celebration
Our entire community is invited to mark the end of our Torah cycle (and the start of a new one) during this joyful celebration with our students.
Friday, October 13
6:15 p.m.
Simchat Torah Celebration and Shabbat Services
Close out our festival week with beautiful music and worship as part of our Shabbat services.
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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 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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Jewish Women’s Theatre presents: Matzo Ball Diaries
Tuesday, October 10
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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Prayer Vigil for America’s Future
Monday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Stephen Wise Temple will be the proud hosts and leader of a Westside interfaith vigil In support of the American values of tolerance, pluralism, and security for immigrants. Join Wise clergy and clergy from our friends and partner congregations of many faiths to celebrate the deep respect we have for each other and the respect we have for multiple paths to God, spirituality, and meaning. This special evening will honor our belief that the commandment to “love your neighbor as yourself” is core to our faiths, as our traditions call us to: “do justly, love mercy, walk humbly with God.”
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Soulful Shabbat
Friday, October 20
Dinner: 6:30 p.m. | Services: 8 p.m.
Soulful Shabbat is a one-of-a-kind musical service, one of Wise’s most popular traditions. Join our clergy and our Soulful Shabbat musicians and singers for a spiritual evening featuring the rhythms and melodies our members have come to love. In the past we have celebrated Israeli music, sounds of Americana, jazz, gospel, and many other musical styles that enliven and invigorate our prayer experience.
REGISTER FOR DINNER
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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:
Marry Martin Adler*, Eva Bass, Mollie Berman, Sadie Biegel*, Simcha Cohen-Sitt, Tena Corenson*, Annie Dubman*, Hans Erlanger*, Jennie Federgreen*, Morris Feinberg, Joyce Freed*, Sadie Goldberg*, Jean Greenbaum*, Carol Greenberg*, Minnie Greenberg*, Louis Jarcho, Lillian Katz, Jack Klein, Bernard J. Kurtin*, Sally Leventhal*, Louis R. Rizzo*, Albert Rosen*, Henry Rosenberg*, Elliot Rosman*, Robert Joel Sackler*, Sam Shapiro*, Birdie Sharpe*, Herbert Shultz*, Joseph Teperson*, Steven Wachtin*, Anna Williams
*Designated on our memorial walls
We remember with love those who died in recent days and weeks:
Frieda Chase, Barton J. Feldmar, Alexander Indich, Richard Levy, Simon Light, Lillian Rosen, Susan Tanzman, Bernard Weitzman, 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:
Karen and Sean Denvir on the birth of their daughter Regan Orly Denvir.
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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.
Jason and Andrea Feldmar on the loss of Jason’s father Barton J. Feldmar.
Myrna and Irving Margol on the loss of Myrna’s brother Richard Levy.
Cindy and David Pasternak on the loss of Cindy’s mother Lillian Rosen.
Earl and Sondra Goldstein on the loss of Earl’s uncle Simon Light.
Barbara Weitzman on the loss of her husband Bernard Weitzman.
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We honor people through charitable giving.
RABBIS’ DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Rabbi Sari Laufer and Ben Cutter and their children Koby and Orli becoming part of the Stephen Wise Temple community, by Lori and Rob Goodman and family
IN MEMORY OF:
Bernie Hanes, by Podie Rosenfeld
CANTORS’ DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Cantor Nathan Lam officiating at the marriage of our daughter Jen Winston to Jordan Dinenberg, by Jan and Stephen Winston
MAX HESS LIBRARY FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Charlotte Cohen, by The Drobnick Family
SHALOM GARDEN
IN HONOR OF:
Rabbi Eli Herscher for officiating at our wedding, by Linda and Michael Wachtell
WISE SCHOOL GENERATIONS ENDOWMENT
IN HONOR OF:
Carin and Glenn Freeman on the birth of their grandson and Lauren, Andrew and Sam Felder on the birth of their son, Gabriel, by Lori and Rob Goodman and family
IN MEMORY OF:
Rhoda Long, by Debbie and Michael Gordon
Alex Indich, by Roberta and Bart Kaufman
SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Carole and Beryl Farfel on the marriage of their nephews, Benny and Annie Goldenberg and Will and Kat Goldenberg, by Lori and Rob Goodman and family
DONNA AND NATHAN LAM MUSIC LAB
IN HONOR OF:
Cantor Nathan Lam for officiating at our wedding, by Linda and Michael Wachtell
SOL AND ESTHER SMITH LIBRARY FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Irene and David Smith on the marriage of their daughter, Alana and Jonathan Dintzer, by Lori and Rob Goodman and family
METUKA BENJAMIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Jerome Ettinger, M.D., F.A.C.S, by Virginia Ettinger
Jeff Rhodes, by Lori and Rob Goodman and family
FUNDS SUPPORTING ISRAEL
IN MEMORY OF:
Mollie Berman, by Linda and Jeffrey Linden
YAHRZEIT FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Bernard Kurtin, by Eve Kurtin-Steinberg
Louis Jarcho, by Marjorie, Bob, Allie and Caroline Gross
Mike Daitch, by Judy Daitch
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:
Nosh Volunteer:
Susan Firestone
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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