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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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 Mooring in the Storm: How Faith Helps Us Stand Firm
By Rabbi Ron Stern
The last lines of the Haftarah reading for Yom Kippur are embroidered across the collar of my Tallit. They are:
אָ֣ז יִבָּקַ֤ע כַּשַּׁ֙חַר֙ אוֹרֶ֔ךָ וַאֲרֻכָתְךָ֖ מְהֵרָ֣ה תִצְמָ֑ח
“Then shall your light burst through like the dawn and your healing spring up quickly;”
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 Jewish Women’s Theatre brings uplifting stories of family (and food) to life
Tuesday, October 10
Pre-show reception at 6 p.m.
Performance at 7 p.m.
A beloved Los Angeles institution and a fixture at Stephen Wise Temple, Jewish Women’s Theatre will return to our home to put on their fan-favorite collection of stories and scenes The Matzo Ball Diaries. A treat for women and men alike, JWT performances are known for heartwarming tales of the Jewish cultural experience which also capture the universal experience across cultural and religious lines.
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Relief Efforts and Resources
It has been an incredibly difficult time for millions of American citizens and our neighbors to the south. Hurricanes and subsequent flooding have destroyed homes and neighborhoods, earthquakes have caused mass destruction. Lives have been lost. And countless lives are now in need of rebuilding. We will continue to endeavor to provide information on how you can help those in desperate need.
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 View the full schedule of High Holy Days services
This Week’s Torah Portion: Yom Kippur
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
Erev Yom Kippur Services
Stephen Wise Temple Campus
Early : 6 p.m.
Late 9 p.m.
Skirball Cultural Center
Early: 6 p.m.
Late: 9 p.m.
Bel-Air Presbyterian Church
8 p.m.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
Yom Kippur Services
Stephen Wise Temple Campus
Early: 8:45 a.m.
Late: 12:15 p.m.
Skirball Cultural Center
Early: 8:45 a.m.
Late: 12:15 p.m.
Bel-Air Presbyterian Church
10 a.m.
Yizkor and Neilah Services
All Venues
Yizkor: 4:15 p.m.
Neilah: 5:15 p.m. (Approximate starting time)
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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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Family High Holy Days Services
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
NOTE: This service will be held at Bel Air Church, NOT the Skirball Center
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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
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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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Announcing 2017-18 Center for Jewish Life Events
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Registration for Center for Jewish Life events is now live! Our calendar includes another exciting array of speakers, dialogues, classes, and a new series celebrating and exploring Judaism through the arts. Learn more about these events and register at WiseLA.org/CJL.
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 Become a Bar/Bat Mitzvah as an Adult
Special informational meeting at Stephen Wise Temple
Friday, October 6 at 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Have you ever wanted to become a bar or bat mitzvah for the first time? Or, would you like to have the experience once again many years later. We begin with the study of Hebrew and then with your Stephen Wise Clergy you will study, liturgy, Jewish life, texts and values, and Jewish history. It culminates with your Bar or Bat mitzvah in May with fellow congregants surrounded by your loved ones. What would be better? We’ll even serve you a taste of lox.
Call Shari Ramsey to reserve your spot, 310.889.2228.
REGISTER HERE
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 A Jewish Journey Through Painting
with Jan Navah
5 Mondays October 23-November 20
7-8:30 p.m. | Tyberg Art Studio
Hiddur Mitzvah is the Jewish idea of bringing beauty to a mitzvah. Explore your artistic talents as you learn the basics of painting and paint a Jewish ritual object (Kiddush cup, candle sticks, mezuzah, tallit, hanukiah, etc.) You will be painting oil on canvas. If you wish, you may bring in one of your personal ritual objects as the subject. This class is for those who have never picked up a brush as well as those with some experience. If you have ever wanted to explore your artistic talents and learn about Jewish ritual objects, this is your chance.
REGISTER HERE
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 Classical Hebrew Beginning 1
(Hebrew for Beginners)
Instructor: Alisa Lottati, American Jewish University
9 Mondays: October 23-December 18
7 – 9 p.m. at Stephen Wise Temple.
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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 Los Angeles Jewish Songwriters Corner
Conversations about creativity and innovation in Jewish life
Wednesday, October 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback in conversation with Rabbi Ken Chasen
Jewish musicians, from composers to instrumentalists, often see their music as a way to bring joy as well as a way to inspire living a deeper and more meaningful Jewish life. Join Rabbi Zweiback as he speaks with three influential Los Angeles based composers and singers about their music and the lessons they hope to convey. Rabbi Ken Chasen is Senior Rabbi of Leo Baeck Temple. A talented songwriter, composer and singer, Rabbi Chasen plays guitar, piano and bass.
November’s guests will be Julie Silver and Craig Taubman.
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Kol HaKavod to Wise member Dr. Michael Steinberg, who has received the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2017 Gold Medal for his outstanding lifetime contributions in the field of radiation oncology. The award is the highest honor bestowed upon members of the world’s largest radiation oncology society.
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Have exciting news to share about someone in your family or another member of the Wise community? Email [email protected] and you may see them in an upcoming Kavod Corner!
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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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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.
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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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We observe the yahrzeits of:
Morris I. Aronoff, David Benson*, Harry Berman, Louis Berman*, Irwin Berton*, Jonas Bienenfeld*, Gloria Storch Broder*, Robert Caplan*, Marian Chais-Shulman, J.D.*, Harry Chayt*, Charlotte Cohen, Irving H. Cypress*, Rebecca Cyperstein*, Herschel Davis*, Raymond E. Finkel*, Lilyan Frank*, Robert Franks, Sadie Goldberg*, Fay E. Goldfarb*, Rose Gordon*, Boris Gutman*, Albert Korngute, Karen Korngute, Nan Korngute, Irene Koss*, Sam Kramer*, Saul Leff*, Michael A. Levin*, Wayne Alan Levin*, Ruth Anna Lippman*, Natalie Lyla, Theodore Morris*, Ruth Nudelman*, Harry Oswaks*, Steven Mark Pushkin*, Robert A. Resnick*, Joel Robbins*, Abraham Rosenberg*, Richard Joseph Schlesinger*, Belle Schneider, Louis Sharpe*, Sol Smith* John Sobel, Hyman Solocheck*, Barry Spiegelman*, Frieda Weisman*, Ada Williams*, Ben Yousem*, Hermene Zweiback, Aaron I. Zeigerson, Esther Zeldin*
*Designated on our memorial walls
We remember with love those who died in recent days and weeks:
Frieda Chase, Barton J. Feldmar, Allyn Cipinko Fine, Alexander Indich, Richard Levy, Simon Light, Lillian Rosen, Marvin Rosenberg, 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:
Lauren and Jordan Teller on the birth of their son Liam Teller. Mazal Tov also to proud grandparents Ilyse and Steven Teller.
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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.
Susan Fine Kroll and Howard Kroll on the loss of Howard’s mother Allyn Cipinko Fine.
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We honor people through charitable giving.
RABBIS’ DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Rabbi Herscher, by Abe Sassoon
Laurie Ackerman, by Renee and Bob Siragusa
IN MEMORY OF:
Michael Levin, by Nancy Levin and family
Allyn Fine, by Bonnie and Allan Duboff
WISE SCHOOL GENERATIONS ENDOWMENT
IN HONOR OF:
Robert Glassman on your installation to the Stephen Wise Temple Board, by Judy and Rick Glassman
Carol Horowitz, wishing you speedy good health, by Harriet and Myron Kusnitz
Karen and Allan Entous on their 80th birthdays, by Harriet and Myron Kusnitz
Dr. Michael Steinberg for receiving the Gold Medal for his Outstanding Lifetime Achievement by the American Society for Radiation Oncology, by Sussan and Michael Shore
IN MEMORY OF:
Herschel Davis, by Ruth Davis and Carol Rosen and families
Alex Indich, by Sussan and Michael Shore
PRAYER BOOK FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Harry Chayt, by Jerry, Scott, Emily, Charlotte, and Finley Otelsberg and Michelle and Eric Massi
DONNA AND CANTOR NATHAN LAM MUSIC LAB
IN MEMORY OF:
Steven Pushkin, by Sheila Burman and Richard Laurence
AFSANEH YOUSEFZADEH MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT SCHOLARSHIP FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Tovran Sahim, by Faramarz Yousefzadeh and family
AVI EFRAIM GESUNDHEIT FUND FOR MUSIC
IN HONOR OF:
Ilyse and Steven Teller on the birth of their grandson, Lauren and Jordan Teller on the birth of their son, and to Courtney on the birth of her nephew, Liam, by Lori and Rob Goodman and family
READERS TO LEADERS FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Bernie Weitzman, by Susan and Jon Berger
LIFELONG LEARNING ENDOWMENT
IN MEMORY OF:
Morris Chernow, by Arlene and Eli Chernow
SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Ruth Nudelman, by Nancy Norris and family
SOL AND ESTHER SMITH LIBRARY FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Sol Smith, by Marcia, Mark J., Alex, and Amanda Smith
SUMMER CAMP SCHOLARSHIP FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Harry Berman, by Linda and Jeff Linden
YAHRZEIT FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Sadie Goldberg and Jonas Bienenfeld, by Robert Bienenfeld
Sam Shapiro, by Marilyn and Errol Segal
John Sobel, by The Sobel Family
Robert Resnick, by Carol Sookman
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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Shabbat Shalom
Stephen Wise Temple | 15500 Stephen S. Wise Drive | Los Angeles, CA 90077
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