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A Single Soul
by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback
In 1971, by act of the United States Congress, the last Monday in May officially became the Federal holiday known as Memorial Day. Its roots, though, go all the way back to just after the Civil War when General John A. Logan, the leader of an organization for Northern Civil War veterans, called for a day of remembrance for all those who had fallen in the war to be held on May 30th of that same year.
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 Student Leaders and Adult Volunteers Honored by Wise Readers to Leaders for their Service
It is our extreme pleasure to announce that last week at a Wise Readers to Leaders event, Sheila Rosenberg was presented with the Summer 2016 Outstanding Volunteer Summer Award by 2015 winner Ann Ellenson. Wise School graduates Sammy Behar, Lindsey Rosenblatt, Lauren Yashouafar, and Riley Banton received the High School Student Leader Award in recognition of the outstanding leaders they are. They have dedicated their summers as well as a great deal of time during the school year to supporting the Wise Readers to Leaders program. Sammy was Teen Board President. Lindsey was the driving force and coordinator of the Remote Reading program – High School Volunteers read bedtime stories to our young LAUSD scholars via Skype or Facetime. Lauren and Riley were the organizers and supporters of every special program that Wise Readers to Leaders ran with scholars throughout the year. These exemplary volunteers and students who help Wise Readers to Leaders scholars are inspiring to the entire Wise community — Mazal Tov and Yasher Koach! To learn how YOU can have an enormous impact on hundreds of deserving Kinder-8th grade kids this Summer, come to our Adult Volunteer Info Session on Thursday, May 25 at 6pm. Contact Olivia LaViolette, Wise Readers to Leaders Program Manager, at [email protected] or by phone at 310-889-2254.
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 Melton Graduation Celebration
This past Tuesday, we had our 6th Melton Graduation Celebration of Learning. Mazel tov to our graduates of the two year Core Curricukum: Ann Cheslaw, Myna Herscher, Ann Kapstrom, Cindy Lederer, Sally Levine, Libby Markowitz, Shelby Notkin, Ira Pianko, Melissa Stein, Barbara Stone, Celia Szew and Vida Tabibian.
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Our Fall classes are filling fast. For information on our offerings or to register, please contact Rabbi Karen Strok at [email protected].
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This Week’s Torah Portion: Bamidbar
FRIDAY, MAY 26
6:15 p.m. Shabbat Service | Sanctuary
Led by Rabbi Ron Stern and Sarah Gurian
The topic of Rabbi Stern’s sermon will be: “Ancient Jewish Martyrs and America’s Memorial Day: Rethinking the Meaning of the Greatest Sacrifice.”
SATURDAY, MAY 27
Saturday Morning Minyan and Torah Study
9 a.m. Torah Study
10 a.m. Minyan Worship Service followed by potluck lunch
Led by Rabbi Joshua Knobel and Cantor Paul Dorman
Please join us for our lay-leader learning session at 9 a.m. in the Parenting Center. All are welcome!
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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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Balfour Declaration Centennial Trip to Israel and London
INFO SESSION: June 22 at 7 p.m. REGISTER HERE
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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 Todah Rabbah to our Religious School Advisory Board
What a great year it has been. Your Leadership in our Community is valued and has afforded us the opportunity to engage in conversation about our excellent programming for our Religious School Families at Stephen Wise. We wish you and all of our Religious School Families a safe, fun and meaningful summer and hope to see you here at Camp Wise! Thank you Sharona Shenassa (Chair), Mary Louise Birch, Iris Mertzel, Ingrid Milkes, Mariya Svilik, Leslye Pas, Shideh Shadi, Genise Fraiman , Nilou Gabbay, AnnDee Levy, and for making Great Happen!
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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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 Dessert Reception Honoring The Reunification of Israel
presented by AMIT LA Leadership Council
Thursday, June 8 at 7:30 p.m. | Hancock Park
A discussion on the key challenges that Israel faces today and
how education is a critical component in dealing with those challenges.
This is an exclusive educational event. No donations will be solicited. To RSVP, please email Michal or call 310.859.4885.
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 Save the Date: Shabbat Services Celebrating Rabbi Zeldin’s 97th Birthday
Friday, June 9 at 8 p.m.
Join us for a special celebration of Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin’s 97th birthday! Rabbi Zeldin will deliver a sermon and we will also recognize our incoming 2017-18 Board of Directors. We also invite you to stay for the Grand Oneg immediately following services.
Please note: We will also have a 6:15 p.m. service in Plotkin Chapel.
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 Are We Still Fit for Democracy?
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!
To our B’nai Mitzvah — may the Torah guide and inspire you every day of your adult life.
Mazal tov to:
Sharleen and Shahpour Mokhtarzadeh on their son Jonathan becoming Bar Mitzvah.
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We honor people through charitable giving.
RABBIS’ DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN HONOR OF:
the marriage of their grandson Dr. Alex Hugo de Castro to Dr. Arissa E. Young, by Isabel and Hugo de Castro
celebrating the life and legacy of Warren Ford Ackerman’s 100th birthday, by Laurie Ackerman and Carly Ackerman-Canning
IN MEMORY OF:
Louis Wilson, by John, Beth, Lindsay and Billy Wilson
Harold Powell, by Selma Kurtzman and family
Sonia Alpert, by Laura and Harvey Alpert
CANTORS’ DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Jess Bass, by Diane Bass, Christine and Ron Bass, Jennifer Lechevallier, and Sasha Bass
WISE SCHOOL GENERATIONS ENDOWMENT
IN HONOR OF:
the marriage of Bettina Shore, daughter of Sussan and Michael Shore to Reed Scharff, by Janine and Rick Kolodny
DIENER AND KADNER FAMILIES LIBRARY FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Donald Leff, M.D. and Sanford Leff, by Barbara Leff
SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
May Shore, by Sussan and Michael Shore
AVI EFRAIM GESUNDHEIT FUND FOR MUSIC
IN MEMORY OF:
Paula Williams, by Cookie and Jerry Zack
TEMPLE GENERAL FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Albert A. Sunshine, by Randi Sunshine
YAHRZEIT FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Saree A. Milstein, by Marshall Glick, Marni Glick, and Heather Glick-Atalla
Rudy Fidler, by Morel Fidler
Morris Levitt, by Audri and Stan Tendler
Norma Hirsch, by Geri and Jim Sherman and family
George Brenner, by Maxine Brenner and Alison and Chet Kronenberg
Joseph Bronstein, by Leslie Wright
Sade First, by Lois Kinzelberg
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:
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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