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 Celebrating Adar, A Month of Joy
By Cantor Emma Lutz
This Wednesday evening, we mark Rosh Hodesh Adar, the beginning of the most joyful month on the Jewish calendar. Adar is known as the happiest time because our festive holiday of Purim falls this month. The joy of this both silly and meaningful holiday is meant to extend throughout the entire month of Adar, a time when we rejoice in our freedom as Jews, celebrate the heroism of our matriarch, Esther, and tout our ancestors’ defeat of the evil villain, Haman.
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 Become an Adult B’nai Mitzvah and Connect with Clergy and Community
When a Jewish person turns 13, they automatically become a bar or bat mitzvah, a son or daughter of the commandments. However, many did not have the opportunity or privilege at 13 to be come up to bima in a formal way. Becoming an adult b’nai mitzvah gives you the opportunity to seize this special moment in your life to be called the Torah. One can also become an adult b’nai mitzvah to mark a special anniversary or to honor the memory of a loved one. Connect with your clergy and with an intimate group of learners by becoming part of our Adult B’nai Mitzvah program this year! Our studies will begin this spring and culminate in a service in late 2018. We hope that you will consider joining us for this incredible experience. For questions, please contact Cantor Emma Lutz by email at [email protected] or by phone at 310.889.2270
WATCH AN INTERVIEW WITH ADULT BAT MITZVAH PAM KLEINMAN
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 This Week’s Torah Portion: Teruma
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16
6:15 p.m. Shabbat Services | Plotkin Chapel
Led by Rabbi Ron Stern and Cantor Nathan Lam
Please note: there will be no pre-service nosh this week.
8 p.m. Soulful Shabbat | Sanctuary
Services | 8 p.m.
Led by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, Rabbi Ron Stern, and Cantor Nathan Lam
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17
Saturday Morning Services and Torah Study | Plotkin Chapel
9 a.m. Torah Study
10 a.m. Morning Service followed by potluck lunch
Led by Rabbi Sari Laufer and Cantor Paul Dorman
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NEXT WEEK:
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23
6:15 p.m. Shabbat Services | Sanctuary
Led by Rabbi Sari Laufer and Cantor Nathan Lam
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24
Saturday Morning Services and Torah Study | Plotkin Chapel
9 a.m. Torah Study
10 a.m. Morning Service followed by potluck lunch
Led by Cantor Emma Lutz and Rabbinic Intern Bryan Zive
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Learning Opportunities with Clergy
Talmud Study with Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback: Wednesday, February 21 at 12 p.m. | Taub Annex
Bible Study with Rabbi Ron Stern: Monday, March 5 at 9 a.m. | Temple Conference Room |
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| How to Purim with Wise |
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 Purim Carnival
Sunday, February 25
10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Be here at Wise for the biggest, bestest, most festive carnival in town! Rides, games, attractions, music, performances, costumes, food, and more fun than really anyone has a right to have.
Featuring a special appearance by The Beat Buds on our HollyWise Bowl Stage!
EARLYBIRD TICKETS: $38 for kids aged 4-18
Free admission for parents and kids 3 and younger!
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BUY TICKETS
BECOME A SPONSOR
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 Purim Tikkun Olam Drive
Clean out your kids’ rooms, closets, and toy chests! During the week leading up to our Purim Carnival (February 20 – 23) bins will be placed around campus to collect items benefittng local organizations helping children in need including Baby2Baby, Jewish Family Services, and more! Items needed (new or gently-used) include toys, books, and baby/toddler/kid items such as clothes, bedding, furniture, and more. Questions? Contact Jennifer Smith at [email protected]. |
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 Purim for Grown-Ups
Wednesday, February 28
7 p.m.
Celebrate the magical goofiness of Purim with happy hour cocktails, appetizers, and hors d’oeuvresataschen! (That’s actually the term, we promise. It’s from the Talmud.) Festivities will include music, dancing, food, and plenty of quality schmooze-time.
This is strictly a 21+ event. Free event. RSVP required.
RSVP HERE
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 Send mishloach manot packages to our Wise college kids
Tuesday, February 20 at 10:30 a.m. | Temple Conference Room
Parents of Wise college students are invited to help pack Purim gifts for our kids to bring them a joyful surprise during this festive month. Whether they’re studying in Seattle, hitting the books in Boston, or learning locally in L.A., we want to send them a smile from home! Bagels, coffee, and good company provided. Please RSVP to Lucy Harel, Director of Membership, at [email protected]. |
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 WiseFit Class Registration Now Open
At Wise, we strive daily to help our community make meaning in a variety of ways: through worship, through learning, and now through physical fitness. WiseFit allows you to stretch both body and soul in the comfort and beauty of the Wise campus and experience wholeness in a whole new way!
Registration for our classes is now open!
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REGISTER HERE
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| Center for Tikkun Olam |
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 Knitters Needed! Help Shaare Zedek Medical Hospital in Israel Care for Preemies
Do you love to knit or crochet socks, sweaters, hats, scarves, and baby clothes? Now you have a chance to be creative and craft something truly needed half a world away in Israel. Over 20,000 premature babies are born at Shaare Zedek Medical Hospital each year. Many organizations in California knit/crochet baby hats for these newborns and these colorful and useful items are gathered in one place and delivered to the Shaare Zedek office in LA. El AL airlines has gratefully agreed to deliver these hats for free.
To learn more contact Lana Sternberg at [email protected] for detailed instructions. |
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 Jewish World Watch Walk to End Genocide
Sunday, April 22, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Pan Pacific Park
Join our Wise Talks team for this annual event that brings thousands of people together to speak out and raise awareness and funds to end worldwide genocide. March with our students, parents, friends, teachers, and clergy as we stand up for the millions of people around the world who cannot stand up for themselves.
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 West Coast Jewish Theatre and Stephen Wise Temple present
The Lyons by Nicky Silver: A Staged Reading
Sunday, February 18 at 3 p.m. | Plotkin Chapel
The team that brought you last month’s uproarious reading of “The Sunshine Boys” now presents the darkly comic off-Broadway hit The Lyons by Nicky Silver, directed by Howard Teichman. The Hollywood Reporter called it “black-comedy perfection” and the New York Observer raved the play is “smart and funny and moving.” Set during a dying patriarch’s last days, the family tragicomedy explores loneliness and familial strife in a “deliciously dark and hilarious” way (Theatremania.com).
Tickets: $25
Call 323.821.2449 to purchase.
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 Center for Jewish Life presents
How to Read the Bible
with Rabbi Ron Stern
Tuesday, February 20 | 7:30-9 p.m.
The most sacred text of the Jewish people stands at the center of our identity as Jews. For centuries it has been read as the revealed word of God and a source of history for our people from ancient days. Modern research and archeology are constantly providing us with insights that challenge the traditional view of the Bible by providing us with a rich context for understanding its origin. However, far from undermining the meaning and significance of the Bible, our expanded knowledge actually makes the text more inspiring by explaining how our ancestors captured some of their deepest ideas in this most complex text.
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 Jews United for Democracy and Justice and co-sponsor Stephen Wise Temple present
The Challenges of Trump’s America: A Conservative’s View on Trump
Tuesday, February 20 at 7:30 p.m. | Temple Israel of Hollywood
Jennifer Rubin of The Washington Post will moderate a conversation with Honorable Mel Levine and Honorable Zev Yaroslavsky, exploring what it means to be a conservative in today’s political climate. This ongoing series is presented by Jews United for Democracy and Justice, Community Advocates, Inc., the Jewish Journal, Valley Beth Shalom, Temple Israel of Hollywood, and Stephen Wise Temple.
Free admission.
RSVP HERE
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 Lunch Bunch: Caring for the Stranger
Tuesday, February 27 at 5 p.m. | Sanctuary Building
Help our Lunch Bunch care for the stranger by assembling lunches for residents at LA Family Housing’s valley shelter on Tuesday, February 27. Delivery of the lunches will take place on Wednesday, February 28. To RSVP for Tuesday’s food preparation or if you have questions, contact Diane Kabat at 818.981.5485.
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 Shloshim in Memory of Rabbi Zeldin
Friday, March 2 at 6:15 p.m.
Please join us for a special Shabbat service and oneg in memory of Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin.
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 Passover Second Night Seder
Saturday, March 31 at 6 p.m.
Led by Rabbi David Woznica and Cantor Emma Lutz
Celebrate one of the monumental turning points in Jewish and world history as we commemorate our liberation by God from slavery to freedom. We will journey back to our time in Egypt, make a quick stop at the Red Sea, and then… onward. Along the way, enjoy Jewish teachings and songs. We look forward to an uplifting evening of music, a special Kosher for Passover dinner catered by Cornucopia, and to creating wonderful memories together as a community.
Prices: $65 for Wise members; $75 for guests; $30 for children 12 and under
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Nefesh B’Nefesh presents:
Aliyah Fair 2018
Sunday, March 18 | Shalhevet High School, 910 S. Fairfax
Now is your chance to learn about Aliyah, your opportunity to meet other Aliyah-minded people, and your day to explore opportunities in Israel.
LEARN MORE AND REGISTER
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 Jews United for Democracy and Justice presents
Bans, Walls and Dreamers: Immigration in America
with Senator George Mitchell
Sunday, March 18 at 7 p.m. | Leo Baeck Temple
Senator George Mitchell served for several years as Chairman of DLA Piper, now Chairman Emeritus. Before that he served as a federal judge; as Majority Leader of the United States Senate; as Chairman of peace negotiations in Northern Ireland, which resulted in an agreement that ended an historic conflict; and most recently as U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East. In 2008, Time Magazine described him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Free admission.
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Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health and Cedars-Sinai present
Jewish Wisdom and Wellness: A Festival of Learning
April 15 — April 29
Learn about health and wellness at this annual community-wide series of events, lectures, workshops, and experiential classes hosted by community organizations and synagogues throughout Los Angeles and Southern California. Jewish Wisdom & Wellness is intentionally multidenominational and interdisciplinary, and programs will be offered across the streams of Jewish life.
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 Purim Sale at the Temple Gift Shop!
Make some NOISE! Purim is just around the corner. Visit the Gift Shop for Purim groggers and all your holiday needs.
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| Lifecycle • Yahrzeits |
We remember with love those who died in recent days and weeks:
Sidney M. Alpert, Miriam Bick, Alex Chaplan, Richard Cohen, Norman Ira Eichberg, Alan Gottschalk, Abraham Oberg, Fred Rosen, Cyrus Yavneh, Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin
We observe the yahrzeits of:
Lillian Zacks Abracen*, Benjamin Klein*, Irving N. Bloomgarden*, Arline Borteck*, Herman Brown*, William Buchalter*, Bessie Burman*, Benjamin Chernyk*, Rose Lee Citron*, Hyman Cohen*, Miriam Cohen*, Shirley Diamond*, Helen D. Fine*, Irving Finkelstein, Herman Frankel*, Betty Glickman*, Dora Glickman, Pearl Golden*, Edna Goldstein*, Jessie Joseph, Julius Kingsdale*, Michael Kornweiser, Esther Kramer*, Paul Kramer*, Goldy Labovitch, Gertrude Maier*, Walter Maier*, Hilda Melnick*, Barbara Mezoff, Caroline Oster, Michael Perla, Larry Pollack, Doreen Rolf*, Berna Lee Landsman Rosenthal, Tonia Rosenblatt, Chloe Camille Sampson*, Babette Joyce Seklar*, Samuel Simms*, Charlotte Simon, Lillian Shy*, Esther Rose Smith*, Herman Sobel*, Sarah Stein, Louis Trattner*, Alan Vee, Bessie R. Waldman*, Sylvia Williams, Simon David Wolston*, Dr. Charles William Zilz, Joseph Zilz
*Designated on our memorial walls
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| Lifecycle • Condolences |
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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.
Harvey and Laura Alpert on the loss of Harvey’s father Sidney Alpert.
Ofer and Antoinette Bick on the loss of Ofer’s mother Miriam Bick.
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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:
David and Cheryl Stern on the birth of their granddaughter Yael Fisch to proud parents Rabbi Jonathan and Abby Reifman-Fisch. Mazal Tov also to Yael’s great grandmother Ruth Winthrop and her great uncle and great aunt Gary and Ellen Michel.
David and Cheryl Stern; Karen Stern on the birth of their granddaughter Sophia Ann Stern Enquist to proud parents Ilana Stern and Jeff Enquist.
Kathy Karp on her granddaughter Elizabeth Epstein becoming Bat Mitzvah in New Jersey.
To our B’nai Mitzvah — may the Torah guide and inspire you every day of your adult life.
Mazal tov to:
Elizabeth Kopple and Chuck Gillman on their son Teddy Gillman becoming Bar Mitzvah.
Lauren and Michael Mannheim on their son Jonah Mannheim becoming Bar Mitzvah.
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| Lifecycle • Tributes |
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We honor people through charitable giving.
RABBIS’ DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback in gratitude for a wonderful Gala, by Linda and Rick Cohn
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, by Knesset B’nai B’rith
Rabbi Ron Stern for officiating at the Shiva for Frederick Rosen, by Audrey and Fred Rosen
Rabbi David Woznica for officiating at the unveiling of Elliott Markoff, by Carole Markoff
Rabbi Josh Knobel, for being there for us on the passing of Bella Adler, by Joan and Sid Marantz
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback for performing the upsherin for Daniel, by Sarah Javaherforoush and Pejman Behkar
IN MEMORY OF:
Barbara Mezoff, by Beth and John Wilson
Jessie Joseph and Larry Pollack, by Seema Pollack
Alan Vee, by Candace and Abbey Konowitch
Ellen Lucas, by The Lucas Family
CANTORS’ DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Alex Chaplan, by The Family of Alex Chaplan
MELTON SCHOOL
IN HONOR OF:
Melton School, by Marilyn Alper
METUKA BENJAMIN SCHORLARSHIP FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin, by Sussan and Michael Shore
Bernice Lee and Caroline Oster, by Andee and Ken Lee
ZELDIN CHAIR FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin, by Susan and Jon Berger, Maxine Dunitz, Elaine Asa, Sheila Rosenberg, Sherry and Michael Newman, Barbara and Joel Marcus, Carole Markoff, Judy Tamkin, Helen and Frank Ponder, Margie Schwartz and family, Ruth Kalin, Ruth and Arnold Colman, and Donna and Gary Freedman
SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Alex Chaplan, by Susan, Jon, Sami, and Carly Berger
SOL AND ESTHER SMITH LIBRARY FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Esther Smith, by Irene, David, Erin, and Alana Smith, Marcia, Mark J., Amanda, and Alex Smith, and Carolynne and Ze’ev Drori
HOMES FOR HEROES
IN HONOR OF:
our heroes, by Anonymous
IN MEMORY OF:
Michael Steinore, by Norma Cooper
LIFELONG LEARNING ENDOWMENT
IN MEMORY OF:
Pearl Golden, by Patti and Roger Golden
READERS TO LEADERS FUND
IN HONOR OF:
the birth of my granddaughter, Sophia Anne Stern Enquist, by Karen Stern
IN MEMORY OF:
Samuel Rosenthal, by Karen Stern, Ari Stern, and Ilana Stern
YAHRZEIT FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Afsaneh Yousefzadeh, by Faramarz, Michelle, Celine, and Alan Yousefzadeh
Joseph William Zilz, Dr. Charles Zilz, and Goldy Labovitch, by Jackie Sunshine and family
Shirley Golden, by Sharyn Klein
Tonia Rosenblatt, by Libby Markowitz
Michael Kornweiser, by Roberta Marshall
Dora Glickman, by Diane and Morris Glickman
Stanton Mylon, by Lillian Mylon
Robert Gans, by The Koppelman Family
William Buchalter, by Mildred Pecora
Michael Perla, by Randy and Eric Gordon
Sylvia Williams, by Lynne and Leon Kosdon
Erwin Goldenberg, by Carole and Beryl Farfel
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| Thank You |
| We appreciate our wonderful volunteers:
Nosh Volunteer:
Susan Firestone
Gift Shop Volunteers:
Terrie Baumann
Rochelle Fox
Lori Rubin
Carol Sookman
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| A Welcoming Community |
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