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A Death in the Family
by Rabbi Josh Knobel
As an immigrant to Southern California from a rural community, I felt relatively disconnected from the palpable shock and sorrow felt throughout the city this past weekend, as Los Angeles grieved for the much-too-early passing of Kobe Bryant. I marveled at the profound impact experienced by so many, watching with curiosity as friends wept… as television and radio broadcasts eulogized… as journals and websites offered advice for coping with grief associated with his loss.
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Z3 Conference at Wise Brings Over 300 Members, Guests, Speakers, Influencers to Connect on Israel
by Rabbi Ron Stern
It’s not every day that one is given a chance to gaze into the future but Wise’s Zionism 3.0 (Z3) Conference allowed us to do just that. Together with some of the deepest thinkers in the Jewish world we set the stage for the future of the world Jewish community. The next generation of Zionism envisions a strong and permanent American Jewish community and a strong and enduring Israel—it seeks to define the nature of that relationship so that both communities benefit from each of our strengths and shared wisdom. Participants were inspired, uplifted, and challenged to open the doors to a Zionism that embraces unity without demanding uniformity and celebrates the rich diversity of world Judaism. If you missed the event, please check out our web site for some more photos and action steps.
VIEW INSTAGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
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Remembering Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin: New Gallery, Interviews Showcase Visionary Legacy
This Friday night, Wise will observe the second yahrzeit of beloved visionary Founding Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin (z”l). Prior to services, visitors are invited to browse a new gallery in Plotkin Chapel Study (formerly Rabbi Zeldin’s office) showcasing his remarkable life. Recently, author Harvey Kubernick (1967: A Complete Rock Music History of the Summer of Love) sat down with Senior Rabbi Emeritus Eli Herscher and Founding President of Milken Community High School Metuka Benjamin to discuss Rabbi Zeldin’s life and legacy for a new article in the Rabbi Zeldin archive.
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The photo gallery will be open in Plotkin Chapel Study on Friday, January 31, 5 p.m. — 8 p.m.
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Send Rabbi Yoshi to the World Zionist Congress in 2020
Voting is Open Now!
Every five years, Jews from around the world get to vote in the World Zionist Organization’s Congressional Elections. Rabbi Yoshi is on the ARZA slate to represent our community and the international Reform Jewish community—your vote can send him to the Congress in October. Voting is simple: follow the link below and the step-by-step instructions to make your voice and the voice of the Reform Jewish community heard.
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 Streaming the D רeam: Reflections from a Virtual Wise Fan
Wise has amassed a number of friends and followers from all over the world thanks to our streaming worship services on Facebook Live. Those friends include Julian Brenman, a young musician and song leader from Pennsylvania who recently met up with Rabbi Yoshi at the URJ Biennial in Chicago. Eyes On Wise asked Julian to share his thoughts on being a virtual member of the Wise family.
Exuberant, intentional, and authentic are all attributes of the compassionate community at Stephen Wise Temple in Los Angeles, from which I have benefited immeasurably…without ever having set foot on the campus. As we say in Hebrew, נָעִים לְהַכִּיר, na-im l’hakir, or “nice to meet you!” My name is Julian, I am a high schooler, and I have the distinct pleasure of streaming Wise’s Shabbat services each week from my abode just outside of Philadelphia. I have a passion for synagogue life, ritual, and Jewish music, and since discovering Wise on the internet about three years ago, it has been a tremendous influence and light on my Jewish journey.
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This Week’s Torah Portion: Bo
Friday, January 31
6:15 p.m. | Shabbat Services | Plotkin Chapel
Led by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Cantor Lam
Tonight we will observe Rabbi Zeldin’s yahrzeit. Join us for stories, memories, and to visit our pop-up gallery celebrating his life. Read more.
Watch live on Friday night: Facebook | WiseLA.org
Saturday, February 1
9 a.m. | Torah Study with Rabbi Ron Stern | Chapel Study
10 a.m. | Shabbat Morning Services | Plotkin Chapel
Led by Rabbi Ron Stern and Cantor Paul Dorman
Wednesday, February 5
12 p.m. | Talmud Study with Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback | Udko Annex
Friday, February 7
6:15 p.m. | Shabbat Services | Plotkin Chapel
Led by Rabbi David Woznica and Cantor Nathan Lam
Saturday, February 8
9 a.m. | Torah Study | Chapel Study
10 a.m. | Shabbat Morning Services | Sanctuary
Led by Rabbinic Intern Megan Brumer and Cantor Paul Dorman
Monday, February 10
9 a.m. | Bible Study with Rabbi Ron Stern | Conference Room
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 Camp Wise presents
Magic Mountain Youth Event
Recommended for Grades 3-7
Saturday, February 1 | 9:30 a.m.
Summer is over, but the fun never ends! Join your favorite Camp Wise staff for a full day of fun at Magic Mountain with your favorite counselors! You don’t want to miss out on the first Camp Wise Youth Event of the year! Limited spaces are available.
Price: Early Bird $115, After January 10 $150
Early Bird ends Friday, January 10, and registration closes on Wednesday, January 29 at 11:59 p.m.
For more information, contact Tatiana Soofer at (310) 889-2263 or email [email protected].
Cancellation Policy: No refunds after January 15. Event will occur, rain or shine.
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 Wise Guys Big Game Party
Sunday, February 2 | 3 p.m.
Join Rabbi Josh to watch the Big Game among friends at a party like no other! With the greatest game in sports displayed in High Definition on a 25×18-foot display, you and your friends from Wise will feel like part of the action. Register here to join our email list for the Big Game!
Refreshments will be provided. Childcare available upon request.
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 Wise Women presents
Tu B’Shevat Seder
Wednesday, February 5 | 7 p.m.
Welcome the coming of spring with food, wine, poetry, and song. Tu B’Shevat is the “birthday of the trees,” and using the fruits of different trees — including grapes (really a vine), figs, almonds, and more, the mystical Tu B’Shevat seder celebrates growth, possibility, and change. Come eat, drink, learn, and set your own intentions for a new season of the year or of life!
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Wise School Climate Change Museum
Monday, February 10 | Exhibit: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Wise School is creating a Climate Change museum for students and visitors to explore following the annual Tu B’Shevat Assembly at 8 a.m. The museum will be open in the Tyberg Arts and Innovation Lab and Project Studio and will include interactive exhibits such as Green Space Prototype, an Irrigation Model, hands-on hydroponic planting activities, theatrical presentations, and much more. Let Wise School students guide you through the ways our Earth is changing and what we can all do to help preserve our environment.
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 Center for Jewish Life presents
Museums with Mario — Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden
Wednesday, February 12 | 1:30 p.m.
This excursion will consist of a curated conversation during a 1.5-mile walk through the Westwood campus of UCLA.
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 Wise Years
Thursday, February 13 | Plotkin Chapel
10 a.m. | Registration Begins
10:30 a.m. | Program Begins
Join us as Dr. Raphael J. Sonenshein; the Executive Director of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs at CSU Los Angeles; former Chair of the Division of Politics, Administration, and Justice at CSU Fullerton; and author of three books on Los Angeles politics and government shares his insights into the political scene.
Alex and Gina Canter are 4th Generation Canter’s family members. They have collected more than 100 stories from the famed LA deli’s patrons and employees, capturing their experiences and memories at Canter’s since it first opened nearly 90 years ago. Gina Canter’s beautiful illustrations celebrate both the place and its patrons, as voices from the past join the present to demonstrate that nostalgia can be very much alive.
Movie: The Farewell —In this funny and heartfelt story, Billi’s (played by Awkwafina) family returns to China under the guise of a fake wedding to stealthily say goodbye to their beloved matriarch—the only person that doesn’t know she only has a few weeks to live.
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 Soulful Shabbat
Friday, February 14
Friday, March 13
6:30 p.m. | Dinner
8 p.m. | Shabbat Service
Our unique musical service is one of Wise’s most popular traditions that creates a spiritual evening featuring the rhythms and melodies our members have come to love.
REGISTER FOR DINNER
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 Lunch Bunch: Caring for the Stranger
Tuesday, February 18 | 5 p.m.
Help our Lunch Bunch care for the stranger by assembling lunches for residents at LA Family Housing’s Irmas Family Campus in North Hollywood.
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Center for Jewish Life presents
The Words of My Father: Yousef Bashir in Dialogue
with Rabbi David Woznica
Tuesday, February 18 | 7:30 p.m.
“[The Words of My Father] is captivating. Full of youthful exuberance, unlikely adventures, and raw discovery.” —The New Yorker
Yousef Bashir is a Palestinian-American from the Gaza Strip, the son of Khalil Bashir, a highly respected educator. Still suffering the effects of a near catastrophic injury at the hands of an anonymous IDF soldier, Yousef made his way to the United States where he became an accomplished author, a vigorous advocate of Israeli-Palestinian peace, and much sought-after public speaker. Learn his incredible life story as he speaks with Rabbi David Woznica about his passion for peace.
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 #UsToo: New Perspectives on Gender and Power in the Jewish Community
with Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi
Friday, February 21 | 6:15 p.m.
Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi is a well-known thought leader, institutional builder, strategic innovator, published author and public speaker. She currently serves as a senior fellow at the Kaplan Center for Jewish Peoplehood. Most recently, Rabbi Sabath led a four-campus team at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC) as the National Director of Recruitment and Admissions. Rabbi Sabath has taught courses on modern Jewish thought, gender, liturgy and theology at HUC for over 16 years as well as at other institutions. Wise is excited to bring this elite scholar to Shabbat services for her thoughtful and insightful remarks on such an important topic.
LEARN MORE ABOUT RABBI SABATH
FOLLOW @RABBISABATH
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Experience an elegant, celebratory atmosphere as we honor Jodie and Steven Fishman and Andrea and Glenn Sonnenberg for their incredible service to the Wise community. Tamar and Philip Koosed will receive the Emerging Leadership Award in recognition of their tireless efforts to repair the world. Read more about all three couples in our Generosity Report.
PURCHASE SPONSORSHIPS AND TICKETS
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 Wise Temple Youth presents
Social Justice & Purim
Grades 7-12
Sunday, February 23 | 6 p.m.
Join WTY in a project designed to give back to our community in the spirit of Purim.
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 Wise Jams
Tuesday, February 25 | 7:30 p.m.
Jam with fellow musicians and singers in our community! Are you an ace on the bass? Get your kicks on the sticks? Bring your axe, your sax, your vox, and your chops. We’ll supply the mics, amps, sheet music, and a rockin’ good time!
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 Wise Guys Men’s Ski Trip to Mammoth
Friday, March 6-8
Join Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Rabbi Ron Stern on the Wise Guys men’s trip to Mammoth Mountain. Winter sports, camaraderie, good food, Shabbat! Cost of the trip includes lodging, two catered dinners, snacks, some wine, and self-prepared breakfasts (lift tickets not included).
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 Cantors Assembly Trip to Italy with Rabbi Yoshi and Cantor Lam
Trip Itinerary: Rome | Florence | Venice: June 22 – July 2, 2020
Following his incredible concert at the Great Synagogue of Rome, Cantor Nathan Lam and the Cantors Assembly are proud to announce a musical journey through Italy in the summer of 2020. Join Rabbi Yoshi, Cantor Lam, and the many voices of the Cantors Assembly for a magical excursion to Rome, Florence, and Venice.
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We remember with love those who died in recent days and weeks:
Larry Field, Lillian Lieberman, Joan Fidler Proffitt, Steven Warshawsky
We observe the yahrzeits of:
Massih Ahdoot, Evelyn Auerbach *, Jean Barbush*, Max Becker*, Steve Beiser, Ida Berger*, Bella Berkman*, Nelson Berr *, Mary Berton*, Bernard Brown*, Sidney C. Caine*, Jack Chap*, Alex Chaplan, Hyman Cohen*, Miriam Cohen*, William Faber*, Dr. Nathaniel Fenmore*, Ida Feuerzeig*, Bella File*, Helene S. Gaines*, Florence Gilman, Davene Ginsburg*, Florence A. Goldstein*,Pauline F. Goldstein*, Rose Goldstein, Sam Gotlieb, John Stanley Horn*, Evelyn Ruth Igdaloff*, Gabriel Kahn*, Marvin Kalin*, Sarah Karp*, Harry B. Koch*, Cecelia Lamberg*, Solomon Landsman*, Florence Lavine*, Celia LeBay, Floyd S. Levy*, Walter Maier*, Liza Marmet, Morris L. Mendelson*, Celia (Cece) Merlis*, Lois Helen Miller*, Stanton Mylon*, Louis Newmark*, Sol Nudelman*, Marsha Kelback Olivier*, Ilona Paul*, Shirley Relzner, George Richter, Jane B. Rosenfeld*, Sam Ross, Max Schlamm*, David Shore*, Betty Silvermintz, Frances Sniderman, Jeanette Snyder, Dolores Rae Taub*, David Lewis Taub*, Elinore Trachtman*, Alan F. Walshin*, Alfredo Widawer*, Robert Wolfson*, Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin
*Designated on our memorial walls
We reach out as a community and offer our support and deepest sympathy:
Lisa Field and Robyn Field (Anthony O’Carroll) on the loss of Lisa’s and Robyn’s father Larry Field
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Rebecca Forouzesh and Raphael Hedwat on the birth of their child Maxine Esme Hedwat
Jordan and Dori Katz on their child Ryder Katz becoming Bar Mitzvah
Ramona Saviss and David Moussighi on their recent wedding
Brad and Julie Shames on the marriage of their daughter Samantha Shames to Evan Weisberger
If you have a birth, wedding, or milestone birthday you would like to share with the Wise community, please email us at [email protected].
To schedule a Shabbat blessing or special reception in honor of a simcha, contact Arlene Spiegelman at 310.889.2272.
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We honor our loved ones, our family simchas, and our communal losses through charitable giving. To give in honor or in memory of a cherished family member or dear friend, please visit WiseLA.org/Giving.
RABBI YOSHI ZWEIBACK DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN HONOR OF
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, by Sussan and Michael Shore
RABBI ELI HERSCHER DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN HONOR OF
Rabbi Eli Herscher, thank you for officiating at the wedding of my granddaughter, Rose Foran to Nick Helton, by Ray Borun
RABBI DAVID WOZNICA DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN MEMORY OF
Massih Ahdoot, by Melinda, Susan, David, Julie, Brendan and Courtney Ahdoot
RABBI RON STERN DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN MEMORY OF
Alex Chaplan and Betty Silvermintz, by The Sagheb’s, Fidler’s and Chaplan’s
CANTOR EMMA LUTZ DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN HONOR OF
Cantor Emma Lutz and Rabbi Adam Lutz, on the birth of Ruby Mira Lutz, by Marty and Sally Levine
MAZAL TOV TO
Cantor Emma Lutz and Rabbi Adam Lutz on the birth of daughter, Ruby Mira Lutz, by Rob and Lori Goodman
AVI EFRAIM GESUNDHEIT FUND FOR MUSIC
IN MEMORY OF
Bernie Shapiro, by Irene and David Smith
METUKA BENJAMIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND
IN MEMORY OF
Marvin Kalin, by Ruth Kalin
MITCH SHAMES SCHOLARSHIP FUND
MAZAL TOV TO
Samantha & Evan Weisberger, by Lori & Rob Goodman
IN HONOR OF
Brad and Julie Shames, congratulations on your daughter, Samantha’s wedding to Evan Weisberger, by Lori and Rob Goodman
SOL AND ESTHER SMITH LIBRARY FUND
IN MEMORY OF
Bella Berkman, by Irene and David Smith
SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND
IN MEMORY OF
Sol Nudelman, by Nancy Norris and Family
WISE HEARTS FUND
IN MEMORY OF
Sidney Caine, by Sunny Caine
YAHRZEIT FUND
IN MEMORY OF
Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin, by Michael Zeldin and Terry Gock
Jeanette Snyder, by Norman Epstein and Family
Shirley Relzner, by Tammy and Joel Steinman
Florence Gilman, by Bobbi and Peter Feinstein
Morris Mendelson and Celia LeBay, by Robert, Arlene, Julie and Stefanie Bush
Getrude Maier and Walter Maier, by The Rosenson Family
Steve Beiser, Rose Goldstein and Louis Newmark, by Stu and Sandra Newmark
Sam Ross, by Shellie and Gary Ross, Dori Katz and Karis Strauss
George Richter, by Lynn Richter
ZELDIN CHAIR
IN MEMORY OF
Don Crasnick, by Sam Chebeir
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