This Week at Wise 6.8.17

We have come to the end of a pretty amazing graduation season here at Stephen Wise Temple and Schools! In the past two weeks we’ve celebrated learning for ALL ages, from our adults in the Wise Melton School to our tiniest tots in EC and Pre-K to our Wise Center for Youth Engagement graduating seniors and, today, our Wise School 6th grade graduates. Mazal Tov to all of our lifelong learners!
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Hoops Time with Rabbi Yoshi and Tami Weiser

What’s there to do when you’re a little bored at the office? Rabbi Yoshi and Tami Weiser have some ideas thanks to our newest campus addition! 

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Katz Family Pavilion and Shalom Garden will open this fall. Dedication opportunities are still available! To learn more contact Jessica Lebovits, Director of Development, at 310.889.2276 or by email at [email protected].

Worship

This Week’s Torah Portion: Beha-alotekha

FRIDAY, JUNE 9

6:15 p.m. Shabbat Service | Plotkin Chapel

Led by Rabbi Joshua Knobel and Cantor Emma Lutz

8 p.m. Shabbat Service celebrating Rabbi Zeldin’s 97th Birthday

Join us for a special celebration of Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin’s 97th birthday! Though Rabbi Zeldin will not be in attendance, he will be watching online. Our clergy will be offering words of Torah in Rabbi Zeldin’s honor based on lessons he has taught them over the years. 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:There will be no pre-service nosh.

SATURDAY, JUNE 10

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 Sarah Gurian

Please join us for our lay-led learning session at 9 a.m. in the Plotkin Chapel. All are welcome!

Please note the following schedule changes for the summer:

Rabbi Ron Stern’s Bible Class will resume on Monday, June 12 and continue every other Monday throughout the summer unless otherwise noted.

Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback’s Talmud Study will be held on Wednesday, June 14 and then will be on hiatus until August 2.

Thursday Morning Minyan is now on hiatus until the beginning of the school year.

Wise Travel

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.

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Wise School

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!

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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Community

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.

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

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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Lifecycle • Mazal Tov

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:

Dale and Shimen Claxton on the marriage of their daughter Danielle Claxton to Andrew Goodman.

To our B’nai Mitzvah  —  may the Torah guide and inspire you every day of your adult life.

Mazal tov to:

Dina and Raymond Levy on their daughter Eve becoming Bat Mitzvah.

Heidi and Craig Moss on their daughter Olivia becoming Bat Mitzvah.

Lifecycle • Condolences

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.

Shawn and Sanaz Tavakoli; Marc and Desiree Tavakoli on the loss of Shawn’s and Marc’s father Eghbal Tavakoli.

Rabin and Lora Pournazarian on the loss of Rabin’s father Habib Pournazarian.

Lifecycle • Tributes

We honor people through charitable giving.

RABBIS’ DISCRETIONARY FUND

IN HONOR OF:

the bris of my grandson, Leo Kleinman, by Pam Kleinman

IN MEMORY OF:

Bernice Shanedling Allenstein, by the Joel Marcus Family

Jerome Konowitch, by the Konowitch Family

Parvin Azadegan, by Azadeh, Shahab, Oliver and Tyler Binafard

CANTORS’ DISCRETIONARY FUND

IN MEMORY OF:

Lola Gross, by Sally and Donald Jones

Cyla Blumenfeld, by Miriam and Jack Pitson

Gertrude Kornweiser and Breinah Farbowitz, by Roberta and Paul Marshall

Parvin Azadegan, by Azadeh, Shahab, Oliver and Tyler Binafard

PRAYER BOOK FUND

IN MEMORY OF:

Wendy Otelsberg, by Jerry Otelsberg, Scott, Emily, Charlotte and Finley Otelsberg and Michelle and Eric Massi

METUKA BENJAMIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND

IN MEMORY OF:

Wendy Otelsberg, by Michelle and Eric Massi

CYE SUMMER CAMP SCHOLARSHIP FUND

IN MEMORY OF:

Robert Bergman, by Julie and Eliot Cohen

WISE READERS TO LEADERS FUND

IN MEMORY OF:

Sidney Hersh, by Dana and David Levine

SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND

IN MEMORY OF:

Sanford Gad, by the Gad Family

WISE SCHOOL GENERATIONS ENDOWMENT

IN HONOR OF:

the bris of Leo Kleinman, grandson of Pam Kleinman, by Jessica Lebovits

the Bat Mitzvah of Natalie Melamed and Eve Levy, by Tami and Robert Weiser

DIENER AND KADNER FAMILIES LIBRARY FUND

IN MEMORY OF:

Julius Goldberg, by Robert Bienenfeld

YAHRZEIT FUND

IN MEMORY OF:

David Walter, by Walter and Besbris Family

Murray Handler, by Evelyn Handler

Harry Krasne, by Marilyn and David Williams and Lyn Williams

Saul Cohen, by Edythe Lipen

Cele Richter and Joseph Liebschutz, by Lynne Richter

Tillie Clark, by Shirley Reisman

Sherley Perlman, by Arnold Perlman

To make a donation in someone’s honor or in memory of a loved one, please visit wisela.org/giving.

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.

Thank You

A Welcoming Community