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 Responsibility vs. the Rush to Judgment
by Rabbi Ron Stern
Every Torah portion is given its name by the first important word in the first one or two lines of the parasha. The same goes for the Hebrew names of the books of the Torah. Bereishit, Shemot, Vayikra…all are named by the first meaningful word in the first line of the book. Most times, the name is either benign or resonant with the content of the portion. With apologies to all those who carry the Hebrew name, unfortunately, this week’s parasha is called Pinchas. Surely there was a time when that name and the actions associated with it were less disturbing to students of Torah, but these days it’s a bit more problematic. You see, Pinchas was a zealot, not just any zealot, but one who, inflamed by Moses’ words, took matters into his own hands and summarily killed those whose actions offended him. For details of the event, click here. (Numbers 25:6-13)
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Wise Readers to Leaders Exceeds Goal, Raises Over $62,000 to Support Scholars
Thanks to the generosity of the Wise community, Wise Readers to Leaders’ annual fundraiser Rock the Clock far exceeded its goal and raised over $62,000 for the program’s very deserving young scholars! Through these amazing efforts, this important literacy program will be able to make a deeper and broader impact on the underserved children of Los Angeles. If you did not have a chance to show your support on Tuesday or Wednesday, you may still make a contribution on the Wise Readers to Leaders web site, where you can also learn more about the amazing summer our scholars are having on our many campuses across Los Angeles.
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Wise Students Become Bat/Bar Mitzvah in Israel
Kol HaKavod to our Wise students Aidan Hashem, Ryan Khalili, Lauren Messian, Aiden Mertzel, Eliana Schaffer, and Sophia Schaffer who became Bar and Bat Mitzvah in Israel this summer. Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Cantor Nathan Lam were on hand for the simchas at the Kotel. Mazal Tov to the Hashem, Khalili, Messian, Mertzel, and Schaffer families on celebrating these meaningful milestones!
Did you have a special simcha in Israel or elsewhere around the world this summer? Submit your photos to [email protected] for possible posting here or on Facebook!
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This Week’s Torah Portion: Pinchas
Friday, July 26
6:15 p.m. | Shabbat Services | Geldin Chapel
Led by Rabbi Ron Stern and Cantorial Intern Sara Anderson
Watch live on Friday night: Facebook | WiseLA.org
Saturday, July 27
9 a.m. | Lay-led Torah Study | Chapel Study
10 a.m. | Shabbat Morning Services | Plotkin Chapel
Led by Rabbi David Woznica and Cantorial Intern Sara Anderson
Wednesday, July 31
12 p.m. | Talmud Study with Rabbi Sari Laufer | Udko Annex
Friday, August 2
6:15 p.m. | Shabbat Services | Geldin Chapel
Led by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, Cantor Nathan Lam and Cantorial Intern Sara Anderson
Saturday, August 3
9 a.m. | Lay-led Torah Study | Chapel Study
10 a.m. | Shabbat Morning Services | Plotkin Chapel
Led by Rabbi Sari Laufer and Cantorial Intern Sara Anderson
Monday, August 5
9 a.m. | Bible Study with Rabbi Ron Stern | Conference Room
Saturday, August 10
7 p.m. | Tisha B’Av
Learn more in upcoming events below
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Cantor Nathan Lam and the Cantors Assembly to Lead Musical Journey Through Italy
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 spring of 2020. Join Rabbi Yoshi, Cantor Lam, and the many voices of the Cantors Assembly for a magical excursion to Rome, Florence, and Venice.
Be a part of this extraordinary adventure!
• Delight in Jewish Music with an operatic Italian flare, featuring the soaring voices of the Cantors
Assembly.
• Explore Italian history through a Jewish prism, with scholarly presentations by noted scholar Prof.
Stephen Berk throughout.
• Enjoy a gondola ride through Venice, visit Rome’s old Jewish Ghetto in the Trastevere area, meet the
director of the new Jewish Museum in Ferrara and tour the gorgeous Duomo of Florence…and so much
more!
REGISTER NOW
*Please choose the Super Deluxe category when registering to join this group.
Also next spring: Adult March of the Living with Rabbi Yoshi and Rabbi Ron Stern.
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 Wise Jams
Tuesday, July 30 | 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 Women presents
Mahj and More
Wednesdays, August 7 | 1 p.m. | Udko Annex
Wise members and guests are invited to join other Wise Women for our monthly open play day: Mah Jongg, Canasta, Bridge, or any other game you’d like! Groups or single players and all levels (beginners to experts) are welcome and encouraged! If you have a Mah Jongg set, please bring it along. Snacks and light refreshments will be served. While this is a free event, we kindly ask for your RSVP.
AUGUST 7
*Mahj and More will return after High Holy Days in November as a bi-monthly occurrence.
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 Shabbat by the Shore
with Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Cantor Emma Lutz
Friday, August 9 | 6:30 p.m. | Crescent Bay Park, Santa Monica
Our seaside service has become a beloved summer tradition, bringing together friends from all over Los Angeles for a sunset Shabbat full of meaningful prayer and uplifting music. As always, arrive early to stake out a spot for your blanket and picnic “pre-neg” and be sure to pack your frisbees and beach balls for an after-service hangout!
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Tisha B’Av
Saturday, August 10 | 7 p.m.
Join us for an observance of Tisha B’Av unique to Los Angeles in 2019 as we connect our ancient texts with the blight of homelessness now facing our community. In coordination with the Religious Action Center of California, Temple Kol Ami, Temple Israel of Hollywood, Temple Beth Hillel, Kol Tikvah, and Beth Shir Shalom, we will gather to recall our people’s history of displacement and reflect on its continuing imperative to end the homelessness of others.
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WiseStock: Two Nights of Shalom and Music
Thursday, August 15 | 6 p.m. | Beverly Cañon Gardens
Friday, August 16 | 6:15 p.m. | Wise Campus
Celebrate Woodstock’s 50th anniversary with two extraordinary summer nights of shalom, ahavah, and music. Wise clergy, musicians, singers, and special guests will lead a singalong with Mayor John Mirisch in Beverly Hills’ beautiful Cañon Gardens on Thursday evening. On Friday night, we will celebrate a Shabbat service inspired by music from Woodstock. Featuring hits by beloved artists that performed at Woodstock in the glorious summer of ’69, this two-night celebration will bring all of our voices together to offer more peace, love, and music into the world.
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 Lunch Bunch: Caring for the Stranger
Tuesday, August 20 | 5 p.m.
Help our Lunch Bunch care for the stranger by assembling lunches for residents at LA Family Housing’s Valley Shelter.
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 Adult March of the Living Trip with Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Rabbi Ron Stern
INFO SESSION: August 22 | 7:30 p.m.
In April 2020, join Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Rabbi Ron Stern on the most iconic and unforgettable walk through the darkest time in Jewish history by participating in the Adult March of the Living. The group will visit some of the deeply significant locales in Poland including Krakow and Warsaw as well as the concentration camps in the vicinity and will encounter the amazing resurgence of Jewish life in Poland. Finally, the group will join thousands of high school students from across the globe in making an epic trek of freedom out of Auschwitz concentration camp. Afterwards there, will be an optional add-on visit to Israel highlighting those experiences rarely available on standard tours: cultural experiences, regional tours, and complex political conversations.
CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR SPOT NOW
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 Tot Shabbat
Saturday, September 7 | 10 a.m. | Wise Woods
Gather together with our community for a festive service! Our Clergy and song leaders lead our music- and story-filled service that introduces the youngest members of our community to the joy of Shabbat. Parents and grandparents will love it too!
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We remember with love those who died in recent days and weeks:
Harriet Belasco, Sandra Cohen, Ervin Goldstein, Ralph Night, Victoria Sunshine, Stan Tendler
We observe the yahrzeits of:
Hyman Adler*, Joseph Ash, David Berkovitz, Howard Besbris, Herbert S. Bornstein*, Yeugenia Ya Brusilovskaya*, Shirley Dentist*, Kenneth F. Dryfoos*, Abraham Gesundheit*, Ari Ben Glatt-Holtz, Albert Jerome Goodman*, Morris Goodman*, Suzanne Handlin*, Bernie Hanes*, Dana Evynn Haskin *, Yetta Hundert*, Miguel Kahan, Melinda Kaish*, Phineas Kappe*, Isaac Lipen*, Abraham Miller*, Z. Steven Petrus*, Charlotte C. Rabin*, Henry Scheinbaum*, Phillip Schwartz*, David Sheinbein*, Philip B. Shubb*, Lily Lee Shumsky*, Maurice H. Stept*, Jerry Tanzer*, Dorothy Tomin*, Maurice C. Verbin*, Albert Waldinger*, Helen Walter, Norman Weitzman*, Randy Williams, Victor M. Williams*, Saul Zucker
*Designated on our memorial walls
We reach out as a community and offer our support and deepest sympathy:
Sabrina Beldner and Jessica Lewis on the loss of Sabrina’s father Ronald Allen Beldner.
Cliff and Marcie Goldstein and their family on the loss of Cliff’s father Ervin Goldstein.
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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, for officiating Molly & Nick’s wedding, by Douglas & Felice Williams
Rabbi Yoshi, for officiating Scarlett’s baby naming, by Adam & Angela Struck
RABBI DAVID WOZNICA DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Aiden Yedbidsion’s Bar Mitzvah, by Parham and Asal Yedidsion
RABBI RON STERN DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Rabbi Stern officiating their wedding, and helping Joey with his conversion, by Joe Camarillo and Rachel Kadar
RABBI SARI LAUFER DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Rabbi Sari, for officiating the funeral of Sandra Cohen, by Patricia Ogden
CANTOR NATHAN LAM DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Isaac Lipen, by Edythe Lipen
Victoria Sunshine, by Abigail Sherkow and Marshall Kaufman
IN HONOR OF:
Aiden Yedidsion’s Bar Mitzvah, by Parham and Asal Yedidsion
Mr. And Mrs. Edward and Carol Horowitz, by Leslie Laxer
Cantor Lam, for officiating Molly & Nick’s wedding, by Douglas & Felice Williams
EARLY CHILDHOOD OPERATIONS SUPPORT
IN MEMORY OF:
Lindsay Bendoni, by Myrna Lieberman
JOSHUA A. LEVY SCHOLARSHIP FUND
IN MEMORY OF
Ralph Night, by Shelly and Don Levy
METUKA BENJAMIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Hyman Adler, by The Adler Family
David Berkovitz, by Israel and Eugenia Salin
SOL AND ESTHER SMITH LIBRARY FUND
IN HONOR OF:
The birth of Irene and David Smith’s grandson, Julian Shay Dintzer, by Heidi and Albert Praw
WISE READERS TO LEADERS FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Carol and Ed Horowitz’s 50th Wedding Anniversary, by Debbie and Mike Gordon
Carol and Ed Horowitz’s 50th Wedding Anniversary, by Harriet and William Zolan
Carol and Ed Horowitz’s 50th Wedding Anniversary, by Susan Firestone
WISE SCHOOL GENERATIONS ENDOWMENT
IN MEMORY OF:
Ralph Night, by Edward and Deena Nahmias
Ralph Night, by Scott and Dana Ehrlich
Ralph Night, by Heidi and Albert Praw
IN HONOR OF:
Jessica Lebovits Mannon and Ryan Mannon, on the birth of their son, Jacob Abraham Mannon, by Heidi and Albert Praw
MAZAL TOV:
To Jessica Lebovits Mannon and Ryan Mannon on the birth of their son, by Scott and Dana Ehrlich
YAHRZEIT FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Joseph Ash, by Arnold and Arlene Newman
Lindsay Bendoni, by Babette Willens
Albert Waldinger, by The Glick and Sheerin Families
Albert Waldinger, by Art Waldinger and Family
Randy Williams, bySunny Caine
Saul Zucker, by Betty, Blair, and Jon
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We appreciate our wonderful volunteers:
Gift Shop Volunteers:
Terrie Baumann
Rochelle Fox
Lori Rubin
Carol Sookman
Nosh Volunteer:
Susan Firestone
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