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Headwinds and Tailwinds
by Rabbi Ron Stern
In life there are headwinds and there are tailwinds. Social scientists tell us that when things don’t feel like they are going right we exaggerate the headwinds blowing against our efforts. When things are going well and we’re on top of the world, we tend to over-credit our success to self-created advantages and minimize things like context, environment, or the support of others.
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 Announcing Hard-Hat Tours of Katz Family Pavilion and Shalom Garden
Come and see what we’ve been up to! We are excited to show you our progress with Katz Family Pavilion and Shalom Garden. You’ve watched our updates and our time-lapse videos of the project, now visit the construction site and see it for yourself. Space is VERY limited, so your RSVP is required. Please note that these tours are just for adults. Only visitors over the age of 18 will be allowed onto our construction site.
VIEW TOUR DATES AND RSVP
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2017-18 Membership Information is Coming Soon!
by Joyce Anderson, VP-Membership
Over the next few weeks, please be on the lookout for email and snail mail information about your membership for 2017-18. We could not be more excited about the coming year at Stephen Wise Temple. Katz Family Pavilion and Shalom Garden will open soon; new faces will join our incredible Board and staff; Wise School will celebrate a huge milestone anniversary; and of course our High Holy Days services will be the perfect way to kick off the next year in our community’s history. In the coming weeks you will receive lots of information about the new year. As always, we encourage you to contact our Director of Membership, Lucy Harel, if you have any questions about your membership or the many ways to get involved here at Stephen Wise Temple!
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This Week’s Torah Portion: Behar-Behukotai
FRIDAY, MAY 19
6:15 p.m. Shabbat Service | Plotkin Chapel
Led by Rabbi David Woznica and Cantor Emma Lutz
CYE Graduation and Confirmation Soulful Shabbat
Service: 8 p.m.
Celebrate our WTY high school graduating class as well as all other graduating seniors in our community at this special Shabbat service. We will also honor and show our gratitude for Andrea Gardenhour and her years of service to our Center for Youth Engagement.
Please Note: There will be no nosh before services this week.
SATURDAY, MAY 20
Saturday Morning Minyan and Torah Study
9 a.m. Torah Study
10 a.m. Minyan Worship Service followed by potluck lunch
Led by Rabbi Ron Stern and Cantor Emma Lutz
Please join us for our lay-leader learning session at 9am in the Chapel Study. All are welcome!
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 Tot Shabbat featuring the Beat Buds
Friday, May 19 at 5:30 p.m. | Plaza
Gather together with our community for a festive service with kid-friendly entertainment from the Beat Buds! Rabbi Josh Knobel and Cantor Emma Lutz will 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!
Recommended for kids up to age 5
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Community Tikkun Leyl Shavuot
Tuesday, May 30 at 7 p.m. | Valley Beth Shalom
Join the Stephen Wise Temple clergy and our friends from eight other Reform and Conservative Synagogues throughout the city as we gather for an evening of learning and a holiday-inspired call to action in celebration of Shavuot. In addition to learning with our clergy and clergy members from all over Los Angeles, guest Mark Hetfield (President of Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society– HIAS) will speak about the work that his organization does throughout the world to provide aid for refugees.
Schedule:
7 p.m.: Blintzes and Nosh
7:30 p.m.: Conversation with Mark Hetfield
9:15 p.m.: Breakout Study Sessions with Clergy
10:15 p.m.: Dessert followed by Late Night Study
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE
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Shavuot Morning and Yizkor Service
Wednesday, May 31 at 10 a.m.
Led by Rabbi Josh Knobel, Cantor Nathan Lam, and Cantor Emma Lutz
Celebrate the Feast of Weeks at our morning Shavuot Service. We will also recite Yizkor prayers and remember our loved ones with kavod and meaning.
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 UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies presents
Israel in 3D: Civil Society in Action
Sunday, May 21, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
UCLA Covel Commons, Grand Horizon Ballroom
Join the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies’ fifth “Israel in 3D” conference! Israeli civil society is vibrant, active, and diverse. Citizens are stepping forward to address critical societal issues, from civil rights and a shared society to economic disparities, gender equality, education, and religious pluralism. Activists from all sectors, including socially-conscious entrepreneurs, are driving change. The conference will feature a diverse and dynamic group of civic leaders, artists, and social impact entrepreneurs. Use code WISELA to receive a special discount for Wise members
LEARN MORE AND REGISTER HERE
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 Israel Air Force Center Foundation Annual Gala
Sunday, May 21 at 5:30 p.m.
Stephen Wise Temple
Featuring a private acoustic concert by Matisyahu. All proceeds will benefit the IAF Center youth leadership training program.
Dinner is included (dietary laws observed) For questions please call 310.274.2314. Space is limited, purchase tickets now!
REGISTER ONLINE
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Balfour Declaration Centennial Trip to Israel and London
October 23 — November 3, 2017
Led by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and President Steven J. Fishman
“His Majesty’s government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people,” begins the momentous Balfour Declaration (November 2, 1917), making world history and changing the story for future generations of Jews. Commemorate the Declaration’s centennial in Israel and in London with your Stephen Wise Temple community.
View the itinerary and pricing
REGISTER NOW
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 Daditude
Sunday, May 21 at 10 a.m.
Hang out with a fun group of Stephen Wise Temple dads who get together on Sunday mornings for a group play-date, some guy time, and a breakfast nosh. This is a fantastic way to spend some quality time with your preschooler (5 years old and younger) in a safe, contained environment. Join Rabbi Josh Knobel for some informal learning. Get your Sunday started right with a little Daditude!
Recommended for kids up to age 5.
RSVP HERE
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 Rosh Chodesh Women’s Minyan
Wednesday, May 24 at 8:15 a.m.
Join us to celebrate Rosh Chodesh at Stephen Wise Temple — a beautiful experience of prayer for women by women filled with Torah, poetry, song, love, community, and friendship. Led by Cantor Emma Lutz, Andrea Gardenhour, MAJE, and our amazing Rosh Hodesh lay leadership. This will be our last Rosh Chodesh Minyan until after the High Holy Days, don’t miss it!
RSVP HERE
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 An Evening with Mary Itri for Performing Arts Alumni and Alumni Parents
Wednesday, May 24 at 5 p.m. | Tyberg Innovation Lab
Celebrate 19 years of Mary Itri’s incredible contribution to performing arts at Wise School over drinks, appetizers, and conversation. Head of School Tami Weiser will also moderate a Q&A with Mary. This event is free. Please RSVP by Friday, May 19.
RSVP HERE
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 West Coast Jewish Theatre presents
Bermuda Avenue Triangle: A Play Reading
Sunday, June 4 at 3 p.m.
As part of the WCJT’s ongoing play reading series, join Cantor Nathan Lam along with an esteemed cast of actors as they read a new work by Renee Taylor and Joe Bologna, directed by Howard Teichman. There will be a cocktail reception following the reading. Tickets for Wise members are just $25.
CALL 323.821.2449 FOR TICKETS
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 Save the Date: Shabbat Services Celebrating Rabbi Zeldin’s 97th Birthday
Friday, June 9 at 6:15 p.m.
Join us for a special celebration of Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin’s 97th birthday! We will also recognize our incoming 2017-18 Board of Directors.
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 The Jewish Future in a Changing America
with Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Bret L. Stephens
Tuesday, June 20 at 7:30 p.m.
For the past six months the American community and the Jewish community have been engaged in introspection and debate about the altered political world we inhabit and the challenges that America’s democratic system seems to be facing. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Bret Stephens has been at the center of that debate. From his perch as a semi-weekly columnist at the Wall Street Journal, where he wrote for eleven years, and now at The New York Times, he has been uniquely positioned to opine on the challenges now facing American journalists and politicans alike: issues of immigration and refugee rights, free speech and a free press, and many other concerns across all political lines. Please join us for this insightful and fascinating evening with a powerful voice in American media.
This event is sponsored in partnership with Community Advocates, Inc., Jews United for Democracy and Justice, the Jewish Journal, Sinai Temple, and Valley Beth Shalom.
RSVP HERE
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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:
Claudia and Bill Brown on the engagement of their son Jonathan Brown to Danielle Feinerman
Michal Kogen-Kress and Rabbinic Intern Alex Kress on the birth of their daughter Aria Rose Kress.
Murray and Susan Levin on the marriage of their son Jason Levin to Jessica Weiss
Sharon Rowe and Ken Gross on the birth of their grandson Emet Bernard Friedman to proud parents Rebecca and Oren Friedman.
To our B’nai Mitzvah — may the Torah guide and inspire you every day of your adult life.
Mazal tov to:
Michelle Vannoy and Steven Foonberg on their daughter Maya Foonberg becoming Bat Mitzvah.
Liat and Eddie Siman on their daughter Carina Siman becoming Bat Mitzvah.
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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.
Sonia and Dr. Martin Bordo on the loss of Sonia’s brother-in-law Richard Polep.
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We honor people through charitable giving.
RABBIS’ DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Frieda Levine, by Sally and Marty Levine
Chuck Posen, by Philip and Jennifer Posen and family
WISE READERS FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Sally Levine on her graduation from Melton School, by Carol and Ed Horowitz
Sheila Rosenberg on completing 5 years of Melton School, by Carol and Ed Horowitz
KATZ FAMILY PAVILION
IN MEMORY OF:
Peggy Walter, by Howard Walter
LIFELONG LEARNING ENDOWMENT
IN MEMORY OF:
Helen and Dr. Alex Billens, by Ilene and Warren Kaufman, and Caroline, Alexander, and Adam Kaufman, and Lauren and Matthew Kaufman
WISE SCHOOL GENERATIONS ENDOWMENT
IN HONOR OF:
Janis Neishuler, thank you for all your love, by Shohreh and Peyman Saadat
SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND
IN HONOR OF:
the marriage of Drazia and Harvey Simod, by Shelly and Don Levy
AFSANEH YOUSEFZADEH MEMORIAL ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Ayoub Yousefzadeh, by Faramarz, Michelle, Celine and Alan Yousefzadeh
YAHRZEIT FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Florence Zeldin, by Michael Zeldin and Terry Gock
Harold Winard and Stephen Winard, by Bobbi and Joel Scherr
Arthur Wright, by Leslie Wright
Edmund Reiss, by Diana Soltesz
Ayoub Yousefzadeh, by Faramarz, Michelle, Celine and Alan Yousefzadeh
Lily Wiseman, by Susan Firestone
Judith Q. Levin, by Ruth Kalin
Dorothy Naftalin, by The Shpall Family
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
Having a Bar or Bat Mitzvah this year? We have new tallitot for boys and girls, as well as new mezuzot and lots of other items. Visit the gift shop for 20% off your tallit and yad purchases and 25% off all Passover items, except Haggadahs. Remember all our proceeds go to our schools to help our children.
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We appreciate our wonderful volunteers:
Mother’s Day Basket Volunteers:
Nasi Bamshad
Lori Tyberg
Thea Klapwald
Jennifer Yadidi
Our 3rd Graders and 3rd Grade Teachers
Gift Shop Volunteers:
Terrie Baumann
Emil Cobar
Lori Rubin
Carol Sookman
Nosh and Greeter Volunteers:
Norma Cooper
Susan Firestone
Peggy Wehrle
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Shabbat Shalom
Stephen Wise Temple | 15500 Stephen S. Wise Drive | Los Angeles, CA 90077
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