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 The Light of Wonder Woman
by Cantor Emma Lutz
(No Spoilers! Note: This article contains references to the hit film Wonder Woman. As a courtesy for those who have not yet seen it, we wanted to let you know that Cantor Lutz does not spoil the plot of the movie in her message.)
When we were kids, my brother and I devoured our dad’s old comic books, delighting in the superheroes’ boundless bravery and their inspiring victories in the never-ending battle between the forces of good against evil as imagined by (more often than not) Jewish writers and artists.
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 Celebrating Rabbi Zeldin’s 97th Birthday
If you weren’t able to join us last Friday evening for Rabbi Zeldin’s 97th birthday celebration, you can watch the full service online on our Facebook page. It was an incredible evening including all of our clergy offering words of Torah in Rabbi Zeldin’s honor based on lessons he has taught them over the years. While Rabbi Zeldin was unable to attend, he sent us a video message which you can click here to view. Thank you to all who attended and made it such a special evening!
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This Week’s Torah Portion: Shelah-lekha
FRIDAY, JUNE 16
6:15 p.m. Shabbat Service | Sanctuary
Led by Rabbi David Woznica and Cantor Emma Lutz
The topic of Rabbi Woznica’s sermon will be: “Father’s Day, Sacrifice, and the Ner Tamid (Eternal Light)“
SATURDAY, JUNE 17
Saturday Morning Minyan and Torah Study
9 a.m. Torah Study
10 a.m. Minyan Worship Service followed by potluck lunch
Led by Cantor Nathan Lam
Please join us for our lay-led learning session at 9 a.m. in Plotkin Chapel. All are welcome!
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 Homes for Heroes: Beds Needed and You Can Help!
Did you know that there are veterans who are sleeping on the floor of their new apartment, if they’re even fortunate enough to have a new apartment. Stephen Wise Temple has pledged to buy 15 mattresses, bed frames, and bedding for our heroes. The VA can’t help them as there is no money in their budget at this time! YOU can be a hero too and help us fulfill our promise to get our vets off the floor and into a bed. They were there for us, now we can be there for them.
CLICK HERE TO CONTRIBUTE
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 Monthly Mitzvah Day with Rabbi Knobel
Tuesday, June 20 at 5 p.m.
Help feed those in need by making lunches for LA Family Housing alongside Rabbi Joshua Knobel and our Lunch Bunch. Meet in Udko Annex to pack lunches that will be distributed at the LAFH North Hollywood location. You can also assist w ith delivery on Wednesday, June 21 at 10am. To RSVP to prep or deliver, contact Diane Kabat.
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 Wise Readers to Leaders Summer Volunteers Needed
If you can read this, you can make a difference! Join Wise Readers to Leaders this summer as a volunteer reader at Morning Mahalo. Morning Mahalo is a time for scholars to get excited for the day with group cheering and songs, to listen to a guest reader, and to hone their focus with gratitudes and a mindfulness moment. Morning Mahalo occurs from about 8:45 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and the reading portion is about 10-15 minutes of the session. We encourage our volunteer readers to bring an age-appropriate book of their choosing! Please call 310.889.2254 or email Olivia LaViolette, Program Manager, if you are interested in supporting the program in this capacity.
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 Wise Wildcats Sports Banquet
On Thursday, June 1, we hosted the 21st Annual Wildcats Awards Banquet to celebrate the athletic achievements of our Wise School student athletes. This year, our Wildcats Athletics program boasts some pretty impressive accomplishments. An incredible 91% of students in grades 4-6 competed in at least 1 sport this year, and 72% participated in all 3 sports. In a highly competitive San Fernando Valley Private School League, 14 of our 35 teams finished their seasons as either champions or finalists in their respective divisions—simply amazing! The Stephen Wise Temple community is proud to support the Wise Wildcats. Yasher Koach!
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 Wise School’s Odyssey of the Mind Teams – Top 10 in the World!
Throughout the years, Wise School has sent many teams from our Los Angeles campus to participate in regional, state, and world championships for Odyssey of the Mind, and 2017 was no exception! This year, after winning first place at the regional and state championships, Wise School sent our 4th and 5th grade teams to the World Finals in Michigan over Memorial Day weekend. Working on both their long term and spontaneous problems, Wise School had an amazing finish out of over 850 teams from around the world.
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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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 Mindfulness and Meditation at Stephen Wise Temple
Mondays, June 26, July 10, 17, 24, 31, and August 7
10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Chapel Study
This course is designed to teach and practice the fundamentals of Mindfulness. Open to all levels. Come learn or deepen your practice. Each class will consist of learning a new Mindfulness concept, a Meditation practice, and a group discussion with practical application. For more information email Jillian Moore or call (310) 889-2300.
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Balfour Declaration Centennial Trip to Israel and London
INFO SESSION: June 22 at 7 p.m. RSVP 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
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We observe the yahrzeits of:
Bernice Allenstein, Jerry Angransi*, Parvin Azadegan, Sarah Becker*, Robert Bergman, Harry Berrin*, Louis Bersen, Coleman Bloomfield*, Frances Braverman*, Anna Buchbinder*, Alvin Citron, Ben Cohen*, Maxwell P. Cohen*, Sam Dubman*, Breinah Farbowitz, Julian Fleg*, Theodore Friedman, Sanford Gad, Harvey S. Fromer*, Imre Gardos*, Bertha Glassman, Richard Samuel Glickman*, Julius Goldberg*, William I. Goldstein*, Rose Good*, Barney Gordon*, Sally Gotlieb, Minnie Green*, Wolf J. Gruen*, Murray Handler, Sidney Hersh, Sadie Kimmel*, Gertrude Kornweiser, Henrietta S. Levin*, Selma Lokitz*, Frederic Maas*, Arthur Marsh*, Gertrude Millar*, Samuel A. Miller*, Bernard Eugene Paletz, M.D.*, Daniel C. Panzer*, Ben Prober*, Frieda Reichenthal*, Leona Epstein Rice*, Celly Rosenson*, Madeline Rubin*, Aaron Sharpe*, Willie Siegel, Gittelle Springwater*, Miriam Tokowitz*, Gladys Weinstein,
Lucille L. Wildman*, Esta Wolf*
*Designated on our memorial walls
We remember with love those who died in recent days and weeks:
Donald P. Goodman, Linda Grose, Habib Pournazarian, Eghbal Tavakoli
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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:
Dr. Michael Steinberg and Dr. Eve Kurtin-Steinberg on the birth of their grandson Liam Rhys Steinberg to parents Drew Steinberg and Jesse Aguayo.
To our B’nai Mitzvah — may the Torah guide and inspire you every day of your adult life.
Mazal tov to:
Neda and Raymond Sarraf on their daughter Sasha 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.
Ira Grose on the loss of his wife Linda Grose.
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We honor people through charitable giving.
RABBIS’ DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN HONOR OF:
the marriage of their daughter Bettina Shore to Reed Scharff, by Sussan and Michael Shore
IN MEMORY OF:
Irving Resch, by Laurie and Ron Resch
AFSANEH YOUSEFZADEH MEMORIAL ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Frances Salzman, by Linda and David Salzman
JOSHUA ANDREW LEVY SCHOLARHSIP FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Shelly Levy on her birthday, by Druzia and Harvey Simon
WISE SCHOOL GENERATIONS ENDOWMENT
IN HONOR OF:
Mary Itri, by Josh Ehrlich
IN MEMORY OF:
Habib Pournazarian, by Joyce and Kevin Anderson
Henrietta Levin, by Nancy Levin
SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Theodore Friedman, by Nancy Norris
YAHRZEIT FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Bertha Glassman, by Ruth Winthrop
Louis Bersen and William Siegel, by Renee and Bob Siragusa and family
Albert Davis, by Irene and Marvin Perer
Louis Abrams, by Joan Spiegel
Donald P. Goodman, by Harriet and Myron Kusnitz
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
For the month of June, visit the Temple Gift Shop to receive 20% off all gift shop items. The gift shop is now on summer hours. We will be open Monday-Friday by appointment only, and Friday evenings after Shabbat services.
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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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