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 Prayers For Our Earth
By Cantor Emma Lutz
This sweet and meaningful season of our 5778 High Holy Days has now come to an end. From Selichot to Yom Kippur, from Sukkot to Simchat Torah, our community has engaged in wonderful prayer and fellowship together on so many special occasions these past four weeks.
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Wise Travel Announces Trips to Eastern Europe and Israel
Info Session for Eastern Europe: Wednesday, November 8 at 6 p.m.
Info Session for Israel: Wednesday, November 8 at 7:30 p.m.
RSVP FOR OUR INFO SESSIONS
In June and July of 2018, Wise Travel will tour Eastern Europe and Israel with Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Cantor Nathan Lam. Both trips will offer wonderful experiences that will create memories for a lifetime. We will learn, we will tour, we will visit, we will create new friendships and enjoy the sights and sounds with friends we know. And let’s not forget, we will enjoy the incredible foods of the places we visit. READ MORE |
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 Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback to Speak at Israel Consulate Event with Ambassador Ron Dermer
Monday, October 23 at 7 p.m. | Stephen Wise Temple
The Consulate General of Israel, the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, and Stephen Wise Temple invite you to join us for an evening with the Ambassador of Israe l to the United States Ron Dermer, who will discuss the challenges facing Israel today. Rabbi Yoshi will offer words of welcome to the assembly. Security lines open at 6 p.m.
RSVP REQUIRED FOR SECURITY PURPOSES
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Worship
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This Week’s Torah Portion: Noach
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20
6:15 p.m. Simchat Torah Celebration and Shabbat Services
Led by Rabbi Ron Stern and Cantor Emma Lutz
Please Note: Due to Soulful Shabbat, there will be no pre-service nosh.
Soulful Shabbat
Led by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Cantor Nathan Lam
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.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21
Saturday Morning Services and Torah Study
9 a.m. Torah Study
10 a.m. Morning Service followed by potluck lunch
Led by Cantor Nathan Lam
Next Week:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27
CYE Soulful Shabbat at 6:15 p.m. |
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Learning Opportunities with Clergy
Women’s Rosh Chodesh Minyan
with Rabbi Sari Laufer and Cantor Emma Lutz: Wednesday, October 25 at 8:15 a.m. | Sanctuary
Talmud Study with Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback: Wednesday, October 25 at 12 p.m. | Taub Annex
Bible Study with Rabbi Ron Stern: Monday, October 30 at 9 a.m. | Temple Conference Room
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Seeking Stories from Our Veterans
During November, in honor of the Veterans Day holiday, we will holding a special Shabbat service honoring those in our community who have served. If you are a veteran, please share your story with us. We would love to know more about your service.
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Seeking Auction Items for the Wise Gala
We are gearing up for our Wise Gala on Saturday, February 3, 2018 and need your help to identify companies to participate in our auction by donating goods, services, and gift cards. You can help make our Wise Gala Auction a huge success by contacting businesses who are interested in participating with a tax-deductible auction item donation. Examples include once-in-a-lifetime unique experiences, hotels and vacation homes, concert and sports tickets, restaurants, and much more! You can get involved too by offering your vacation home for use (e.g. Aspen, Paris, Tuscany). Every donation is completely tax deductible. Donors will be acknowledged in our catalogue and in promotional materials. Thank you in advance for helping to make our online auction a success! For questions or item ideas contact [email protected].
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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.
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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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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.
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#TheBigFill is in Full Swing
We are working with Save the Syrian Children, an organization started by Wise members Tamar and Phil Koosed to fill a giant shipping container with life-saving medical supplies and wishlist items that will be shipped to Syria. Following the lead of Israel’s government, we will help doctors care for innocent children wounded in the fighting. On Mitzvah Day our Wise kids will write letters and draw messages of love and kindness to Syrian children that they will read when the container is safely delivered halfway around the world.
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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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Upcoming Events
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Chaya Inspired: A Challah and Yoga Experience
Upcoming Sessions:
Friday, November 10 at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, November 11 at 10 a.m.
Learn the artful traditions of making challah, practicing yoga, and setting intention with Chaya Inspired classes. Small groups participate in a 1-hour guided challah making lesson and a 1-hour all-levels yoga class. Everyone leaves with braided challah ready to bake at home, a scrumptious gift bag, and a renewed spirit.
Cost: $55 for Wise members, $65 for general public
REGISTER HERE
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Middle East Security: Challenges and Opportunities for the US, Israel, and the Broader Region
Sunday, October 29 at 10 a.m. | Sinai Temple
An extraordinary dialogue with leading experts and former officials on an array of issues including Iran’s nuclear program, ISIS and the Syrian Civil War, the prospects for a sustainable two-state solution, Israel’s relations with the wider Arab world, and more. Featuring General John Allen, former Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL and HRH Prince Turki al-Faisal, former Saudi Chief of Intelligence.
REGISTER HERE
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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Gala and Concert
Monday, October 30 at 8 p.m. | Walt Disney Concert Hall
Join American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for a magnificent musical encounter honoring Zubin Mehta for his decades of visionary leadership and unwavering dedication to the cultural life of Israel. The program will include Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 and Schubert’s Symphony N. 9 in C major, D. 944 (“The Great”). Post-concert dessert reception with Zubin Mehta (Underwriter, Vice Chairman, Principal Benefactor and Virtuoso.
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Film Screening and Benefit for Save the Syrian Children
Thursday, November 2 at 7 p.m. | Landmark Theatre, Westside Pavilion
Save the Syrian Children is pleased to invite you to a special screening of the award winning HBO documentary Cries from Syria, followed by a discussion with the filmmaker and Academy Award-nominated Director Evgeny Afineevsky. This is an exclusive screening to benefit Save the Syrian Children. Your suggested $50 donation per ticket helps doctors in Syria and our partners in Israel save the lives of innocent children. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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David’s Quilt presented by UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Sunday, November 5 at 7 p.m. | Stephen Wise Temple
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies will present the world premiere of “David’s Quilt,” an original libretto about biblical King David“. This performance features the premiere of a new work by Los Angeles based composers and UCLA faculty and students working together with the Max Helfman Institute. David’s Quilt is the result of 15 very different composers joining together to tell the story of David through their own artistic lens. The Quilt explores different episodes of David’s life, composed in a variety of musical idioms.
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| Kavod Corner |
 Kol HaKavod to Wise member Shel Pink on the publication of her first book Slow Beauty, Rituals and Recipes to Nourish the Body and Feed the Soul. In this book (published by Running Press), Shel shares her philosophical approach to beauty and how to find one’s personal beauty rhythm through recipes, rituals and reflection. |
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Lifecycle • Yahrzeits
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We observe the yahrzeits of:
Ida Alpert*, Warren Appel, Naomi Attie*, Mollie Barron,Madeline L. Bergman, Eugene Berman, Dorine Bider*, Shimon Dor*, Hy Glick, Ruth Espelle Goldstein*, Abraham Goodwein, Samuel Greenberg*, Samuel A. Haberman*, Julius Hartman*, Herbert Jacobs*, Miriam Kahn, Vera Kossman, Sidney Kossman*, A.Frederick Lamken*, Edward Levin, Madeline Lewis, Shirley Marie Marks*, Eva Miller*, Susan Richards Morris*, Mason Nairin*, Gershon Lazarus Oliensis*,Florence Rosen, Anna Rosenberg*, Rose K.Schwartz*, Eleanor Schwartz*,Flora Silton*, Paul K. Singer, Albert Tomin*, Albert Tuch*, Merlie Vidette, Sarah Wachtell, Tillie Theresa Wald, William Walton, Benjamin Zelonky
*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, Richard Levy,
Simon Light, Myrna Magit, Glenn Rosen, Lillian Rosen, Fred Silton, Marvin Rosenberg, 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!
Joanna Kabat and Dave Castle on the birth of their son Isaiah Caleb Kabat-Castle (“Shaya”). Mazal Too to proud grandparents Diane and Jules Kabat
To our B’nai Mitzvah — may the Torah guide and inspire you every day of your adult life.
Mazal tov to:
Pamela and Ben Morovati on their daughter Sabrina becoming Bat Mitzvah.
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We honor people through charitable giving.
RABBIS’ DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback for leading Shiva for her mother Allyn Fine, by Susan Fine Kroll
Rabbi Ron Stern for leading Shiva for her mother Allyn Fine, by Susan Fine Kroll
IN MEMORY OF:
Sidney Kossman, by Anna Mae & Ted Haas
YAHRZEIT FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Audrey Lucas by Marvin Lucas
Jack Spillman by Eric Spillman
Sam Tugentman by Shirley Sniderman
Osias “Ozzie” Goren by Dorothy Goren
Mollie Barron by Arnold & Barbara Barron
Shimon Dor by The Dor Family
Madeline Lewis by Linda Wachtell
Miriam Kahn by Arthur & Ginny Kahn
Eugene Berman by Helen Berman
Abraham Goodwein by Eleanora Goodwein
Warren Appel by Loretta Appel, Larry Toomin & Lance Toomin
Sarah Wachtell by Michael Wachtell
Edward Levin by Susi Levin
Paul K. Singer by Sydell Singer
William Walton by Linda Robbins
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
Hanukkah is closer than you think! The gift shop has a beautiful line of vintage Hanukkiahs. Stop by to see our new collection, there is something for everybody! Need a tallit? Receive 25% off of all tallit purchases. 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:
October Lunch Bunch Volunteers:
Jackie Chase
Dianna Davidson
Ann Ellenson
Zita Fortman
Ilene Jacobs
Harry Jacobs
Diane Kabat
Sally Levine
Sheila Rosenberg
Shirley Sniderman
Lana Sternberg
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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