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 The Blame Game
by Rabbi Josh Knobel
As emergency responders and volunteers still struggle to provide immediate relief to stranded, separated, and grieving families in Houston, an impatient nation has already started to piece together the story of Hurricane Harvey and its devastation. Unfortunately, as is often the case, even before news of those trapped or killed by the hurricane appeared, the on-air pundits of every political persuasion once again began to pound their platforms and transformed a humanitarian crisis into a partisan sideshow by lending their efforts toward finding fault rather than mobilizing an effective response.
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Katz Mystery Photo of the Week
This week’s photo is a bit of a mystery! Can you guess where this picture was taken on the Katz Family Pavilion site? Submit your guess to [email protected].
Dedication Opportunity: The beautiful, innovative design of Katz Family Pavilion includes our dramatic Pavilion Glass Opening Walls. They create a stylish and attractive atmosphere for Wise School athletics or grand events! Visit our website or contact Jessica Lebovits to learn more.
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 Wise Readers to Leaders receives $250,000 Cutting Edge Grant from Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles
Wise Readers to Leadears is proud to be a receipient of a Cutting Edge Grant from Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles among many deserving tikkun olam programs throughout the city. This grant will help Wise Readers to Leaders grow its reach to accommodate even more LAUSD students and Jewish teens throughout the summer and academic year, bringing scholars and leaders together for learning, inspiration, and life-changing experiences.
Read the Jewish Journal article about the announcement
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 This Week’s Torah Portion: Ki Tetze
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
5:30 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Nosh | Udko Annex
6:15 p.m. Shabbat Service | Sanctuary
Led by Rabbi Ron Stern and Cantor Nathan Lam
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Saturday Morning Services and Torah Study
9 a.m. Torah Study
10 a.m. Morning Service followed by potluck lunch
Led by Cantor Emma Lutz and Bryan Zive
Please join us for our learning session at 9 a.m. in Plotkin Chapel. All are welcome!
Next Week:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
6:15 p.m. Shabbat Service | Sanctuary
Led by Rabbi Joshua Knobel and Cantor Nathan Lam
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Tashlich at the Beach
Sunday, September 24 at 3 p.m. | Santa Monica Beach
Bring a blanket to the beach for an uplifting gathering of song and inspiration as we prepare for the coming of the new year. Hear the sound of the shofar resonating against the crashing waves as we cast our misdeeds into the sea. This beautifully symbolic ritual is a cherished tradition for all ages!
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Standing at the Gates: A S’lichot Experience
Saturday, September 16 at 7 p.m. | Wilshire Boulevard Temple
Rabbis, cantors, and choirs of five congregations will join together for music, worship, study, food, and prayers of forgiveness. Stephen Wise Temple clergy will team up with clergy from Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Kehillat Israel, Temple Isaiah, and University Synagogue for this evening of reflection and learning.
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Family High Holy Days Services
Experience the joy of the High Holy Days as a family with our musical, story-filled services. Our family services have become a favorite way to celebrate the High Holy Days with your Stephen Wise Temple community. Adults and kids of all generations will love the upbeat music, complete involvement, and enchanting stories presented by the Stephen Wise Temple clergy.
These services are open to the public.
Tickets are required but there is no charge to attend.
Erev Rosh Hashanah Family Soulful Service
Wednesday, September 20 at 5 p.m. | Wise Campus
Appropriate for all ages
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Rosh Hashanah Young Family Service
Thursday, September 21 at 4 p.m. | Wise Campus
Recommended for parents and children up to 5 years old
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Yom Kippur Young Family Service
Saturday, September 30 at 4 p.m. | Bel Air Church
Recommended for parents and children up to 5 years old
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Wise Raises Over $1,500 for LA Family Housing
Thanks to your generous donations, we’ve collected over $1,500 so far, but our friends at LA Family Housing still need your help to provide more groceries and meals for nearly 100 families. YOU can help by donating gift cards (suggested list in link below) and sending them directly to LAFH in North Hollywood, or drop them off at the Wise Temple office and we’ll make sure they get them ASAP.
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Yizkor Book Submissions – One Week Left
The deadline is nearly here. You may now submit online for our 2017/5778 Yizkor Book of Remembrance. This book is a time-honored and meaningful way to remember your departed loved ones during this year’s High Holy Days and throughout the year. To submit names by phone or request a paper form, please call us at 310.476.8561.
Note: Submissions are due no later than September 8, otherwise we cannot guarantee that your submission will appear.
SUBMIT NAMES NOW
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Rosh Hashanah gifts for our college students
Do you have a student in college? We’d love to reach out to them to wish them Shana Tova and send a small gift for a sweet new year. If you would your student to receive a gift from the Temple, please email their name and current mailing address to [email protected] by September 12.
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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.
REGISTER NOW
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Center for Jewish Life presents
Classical Hebrew Beginning 1 (Hebrew for Beginners)
9 Mondays – October 23 – December 18, 2017
7-9 p.m.
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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Wise Religious School Registration is Now Open
Religious School begins on September 17, and we have so much to look forward to this year! For information about our program, please call us at 310.889.2211 or email us.
ENROLL HERE
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Parenting Center Registration Now Open
We are excited to announce that registration for Fall 2017 Parenting Center classes is now open! To secure your first choice, you must click on the link below, review the Fall schedule and sign up as soon as possible. Classes fill quickly and are on a first-come first-served basis. If, for some reason, your first-choice class is full by the time you go to register, please let us know as we will be keeping waitlists for all classes.
REGISTER HERE
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Call for Wise Ambassadors
Wanted: WISE men and women!
Do you love Stephen Wise Temple? Do you have an intense passion and enthusiasm for our community? We’d love your partnership in engaging and connecting with our congregants through our new Wise Temple Ambassador program. To find out more, please contact Lucy Harel at [email protected].
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Jewish Cuba Fundraiser
Sunday, September 10, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center
Celebrate the indomitable human spirit and witness the struggle, survival, and rebirth of the Jewish Community in Cuba. This fundraiser will support creating a photography book, an international traveling exhibition, and a video documentary. Enjoy appetizers, wine, music by Robert Kyle, and a photo exhibit featuring work by renowned photographers Martin Cohen, Andrew Dunbar, and Liza Asner. RSVP to Liza Asner.
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The Challenges of Trump’s America:
Two Jewish Pundits’ Perspectives, Right and Left
with David Frum and Peter Beinart
Tuesday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m. | Valley Beth Shalom
Two of the most thoughtful pundits on the American scene — Peter Beinart and David Frum — will discuss the implications of Trump and Trumpism for America and the American Jewish community. A first-time dialogue between these two thinkers moderated by Valley Beth Shalom’s Rabbi Ed Feinstein is a rare opportunity.
Sponsored by Stephen Wise Temple, Community Advocates, Valley Beth Shalom, Jews United for Democracy and Justice, Jewish Journal
RSVP HERE
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We observe the yahrzeits of:
Beno Ameti*, Eugen Bergher, Liliana Bergher, Nathan Boasberg*, Jack Bodner*, Rubin P. Braverman*, E. Ruth Brown*, Ann Glassman Cohen*, Bernard Cohen*, Marvin Fischer*, Bennett J. Frankel*, Allan Freeman, Dr. David Harry Friedman*, Gerald Girard* Diane Glatt, Murray Gold*, David S. Goldman*, Helen Goldstein, Edith P. Gordon*, Todd R. Green, Fannie Guttelman, Joseph J. Jacobson*, Bernard Joffee, Gerald Katz, Roy Kaufman, Edith Amster Klein*, Miriam Kogen*, Rose J. Landworth*, Edith J. Markus*, Francisco Martinelli, Jack Mutchnik*, Mollie Neuman*, William A. Perer, M.D.*, Bertha Perlstein*, Ann Barbara Pushkin*, Harold Edwin Ravins*, Jacob Rose*, Michael Alan Rosenaur*, Olge Rudin*, Arthur Taub*, Fanny Roth Taub*, Melanie Beth Tayloe*, Meyer “Mike” Waldman*, Max Winston, Sam Zeldin*
*Designated on our memorial walls
We remember with love those who died in recent days and weeks:
Haile Sandra Plafkin, Ruth Swerdlick
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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:
Newlyweds Sarah Zemore and Mitchell Karno (son of Nort and Loretto Karno) on their recent marriage.
To our B’nai Mitzvah — may the Torah guide and inspire you every day of your adult life.
Mazal tov to:
Donna and Elias Donay on their daughter Sophie becoming Bat Mitzvah.
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We honor people through charitable giving.
RABBIS’ DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN HONOR OF:
the upcoming marriage of their daughter Alexis Berman and Michael Runyan, by Suzanne and Paul Berman
WISE SCHOOL GENERATIONS ENDOWMENT
IN HONOR OF:
the marriage of Linda Silver and Michael Wachtell, by Joyce and Kevin Anderson and Deena and Ed Nahmias
the wedding anniversary of Tami and Robert Weiser, by Dana and Scott Ehrlich
IN MEMORY OF:
Haile Sandra Plafkin, by Dana and Scott Ehrlich
WISE HEARTS FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Beno Ameti, by Ann and Sam Rubinfeld
NAT STOLLER MEMORIAL FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Nat Stoller, by Adele Stoller
DIENER AND KADNER FAMILIES LIBRARY FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Max Winston, by Roberta and Ken Lloyd
CYE SUMMER CAMP FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Miriam Abramson, by Brenda and Alan Abramson
YAHRZEIT FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Howard Gurvitz, by Gloria and Ron Gurvitz
Sydney Kahn, by Ginny and Arthur Kahn
Roy Kaufman, by Jill Kaufman
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:
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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