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“And when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this observance?’ you shall say, ‘It is the passover sacrifice to the LORD, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck down the Egyptians but spared our houses.’” – Exodus 12: 26-27 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Clergy Senior Rabbi TAL SESSLER, PhD Associate Rabbi David Cohen-Henriquez Hazan Haim Mizrahi Message from the President ...... 3 Gabbai Ed Mizrahi Rabbi Sessler ...... 4 President Ben Mehdizadeh Adult Education ...... 6 Senior Vice President Alex Rachmanony Rabbi David Cohen-Henriquez ...... 7 Vice Presidents L. Larry Clumeck Cantor Hazan Mizrahi ...... 8 Albert Cohen Rae Cohen Pre-School ...... 9 Leon Hasson Rachel Hasson Talmud Torah ...... 10 Robert Melamed Sharona Sarafian Carnival ...... 12 Hamid Yashar Abraham Yazdi Maurice Amado Merit Award Fund ...... 13 Honorary Vice Presidents Raquel Bensimon Or Chadash Sisterhood ...... 14 Max Candiotty Ted Hasson Los Merecidos ...... 17 Hyman Jebb Levy Corporate Secretary Around the World with LASHA ...... 18 Jacqueline Amira-Slutske Community News ...... 20 Directors Mathilde Kapuano-Abrahams New Members/Bar & Bat Mitzvahs ...... 21 Marie Altchech Hy Arnesty Ron Hecker Jewish History ...... 22 Avi Levy David Lindheim Holocaust Remembrance Day ...... 23 Mireille Mathalon Kamran Nickfardjam In Memoriam ...... 23 Menahem Samrano Raymond Yashouafar Donations ...... 24 Editor Vicki Karmona

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2 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

We at Sephardic Temple Tifereth are very fortunate to be part of such a vibrant congregation, offering countless opportunities for us to connect with each other. As president, I am fulfilled and proud when I notice the exciting changes that have come to our community. It is truly heartwarming to see our members singing beautiful Sephardic melodies, praying at the daily minyans, gathering among other families at the monthly Shabbat dinners, and interacting with each other at our various events. Ensuring that the Temple is a meaningful part of every congregant’s life, Rabbi Sessler, Rabbi David, and Cantor Mizrahi, with help from our staff, our Board of Di - rectors, our committee chairs, our numerous volunteers, Or Chadash Sisterhood and Men’s Club, all put in countless hours to make Sephardic Temple a place that is our spiritual, educational and a communal home. I would also like to acknowl - edge our dedicated preschool director, Eva Wysoki, and her entire staff for their tireless work. After all it’s seeing happy children run around and enjoy their day at Ben Mehdizadeh, President ECC that makes all our efforts for establishing the preschool worthwhile. It truly is a labor of love. I extend my deepest gratitude to all of them. That being said, all the hard work of the above individuals is meaningless unless we have support from you, our members. Open yourselves and play a significant part in this amazing community of ours. There are countless opportunities for you to get involved on so many levels. Attend the daily minyan – it’s only 45 minutes in the morning; Attend the adult education programs; Support the beneficial and fun events that have been so diligently organized; Become a volunteer in your favorite committee. Not only will you be fulfilled by helping your community, but you will also be a role model for your children. There are two ways to look at your temple membership. Membership may be seen as a way to receive services, or it can be viewed as an adoption of the into your daily lives. Look at Sephardic Temple as one of your family’s most valuable belongings. It not only enhances your existence today, but also helps you maintain and preserve in generations to come. It must be nurtured by you so that it survives, strength - ens, flourishes, and provides sustenance to the next generation. L’dor V’ador. It is truly an honor and a privilege to serve as your president. I hope that my passion for all things Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel and my love for our community will inspire others. Passover is a celebration of the freedom our ancestors dreamed of, fought for, and ultimately won. But even as we give thanks, we are called to look to the future, and the future looks bright my friends. Let us take a moment to pause and reflect, to embrace our loved ones, and to give thanks for our countless blessings. My family and I wish you a warm home filled with loved ones, a meaningful Seder, a beautiful spring, and a Passover that reflects the goodness of life. Chag Sameach.

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3 MESSAGE FROM RABBI SESSLER

Passover has many nicknames: the festival of the matzoth (in the Torah), the festival of the spring (in more recent times), and also – “the time of our freedom” (in the prayer book). I am writing these words a day after my return from the AIPAC policy conference, which was a spectacular celebration of the Jewish state’s freedom, independence and fortitude. The speakers at the conference highlighted and stressed Israel’s many achievements, including its economic robustness (Israel was one of the countries least affected by the global economic crisis during the last half a decade). Culturally, Israeli art is diverse and prolific, achieving international recog - nition and acclaim. Militarily, Israel’s strategic alliance with the US is at its peak. Scientifically, Israel is considered one of the world’s most innovative and dynamic information technology centers. With all of Israel’s geo-political challenges and existential threats, she is a regional superpower and a powerful player in the international arena on multiple levels. This year’s AIPAC conference was the best attended in history, with some fourteen thousand people present. One of the things that surprised me, was the diversity of the attendees. There were Hispanic delegates, African-American delegates, Evangelical Christians, and other non-Jewish delegates. I think that these diverse groups attended the conference because Israel is much more than a particularistic national project. Israel is an inspirational and universal story, exemplifying what happens when human beings achieve, through faith and sacrifice, “the victory of possibility over probability”. With scarce natural resources and surrounded by a sea of enemies, Israel is a vibrant and robust state, despite the many voices who throughout the years rejected its very plausibility and viability, be it prior to its establish - ment in 1948, before and during its existential wars of 1948, 1967, and 1973, and to the wrath of those who even today have the temerity to call for its isolation and eventual dissolution. Israel’s political resurrection after some 20 centuries in exile, is an unprecedented phenomenon in the history of humankind. No scriptural passage captures more forcefully and poignantly this miraculous achievement than Ezekiel’s vision of the dry bones (Ezekiel 37), in which this mystical prophet envisages a group of dry bones scattered in a valley miraculously re-gathered, reintegrated, and re-covered with flesh and skin. Not only does Israel exist and survive, Israel thrives. Each time I visit the country I am amazed at how strong it is. As we sit with our relatives and friends around the Seder table, let us recall how incalculably privileged a eneration we are, to live in an era of Jewish political sovereignty in our spiritual homeland. Let us celebrate and cher - ish the many freedoms that we enjoy as Americans and as , and most importantly – let us thank the Almighty.

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4 Let us celebrate the 20th century’s many exoduses of our families from the darkness of oppression and persecution in unfriendly lands. Let us ponder how we can intensify and deepen our bond with the land and the people of Israel, and how we can grow in Torah and mitzvoth – our nation’s ultimate mission statement. And let us remember that what our people achieved collectively – the resurrection of the dry bones as envis - aged by the prophet Ezekiel, is also applicable with regard to our personal lives. We too can resurrect within us shattered emotional limbs and spiritual tissues, reconnect with deadened and numbed aspects of our soul, and start thriving again to the astonishment of others, and despite even our own skepticism and self-doubt. I leave you with President John F. Kennedy’s reflections about Israel, words articulated more than half a century ago, yet they still resonate in their poetic pathos as politically contemporary and pertinent for today: “Israel was not created in order to disappear – Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope, and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity, nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy, and it honors the sword of freedom”. Happy Festival of Freedom, Rabbi Sessler

Rabbi Sessler, Ben Mehdizadeh with Sheriff Lee Baca during a visit with Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.

Rabbi Sessler, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.

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PASSOVER 5774/2014 MESSAGE FROM RABBI DAVID COHEN-HENRIQUEZ

Pesach is the Jewish educator’s holiday ‘par excellence’ The Seder’s main objective is education. We encounter in the Haggadah, multiple approaches to learning: through music, through text study, through legends and parables, through edible symbols and through questions. The most important thing is to always make it new and relevant. That’s why the rabbis devised this incredible pedagogical guide, and even encouraged creativity from the individual families, to add your own ideas to the chain of tradition. The Haggadah tells us about four children; these can be interpreted as four archetypes, or four types of learners, or even four different stages in a person’s life. We have the Wise, the Rebellious, the Simple, and the One who doesn’t know how to ask questions. As principal of our Religious School and Rabbi of the youth I feel everyday is a Pesach Seder. Every day we, the educators, have to be creative in the way we are teaching and continuing our rich traditions. To transmit knowledge from one generation is, of course, our duty as parents and teachers, but to instill the spirit of love to this knowledge, that’s where the challenge lies. The Talmud Torah teachers are always looking to find ways to make our teachings engaging and meaningful to the young generation. We must also appreciate that each child has their own unique experience and they all have their own individual point of view. There are children who love the religious aspects of our traditions while others prefer to study about Israel’s history and the cultural side of Judaism. Both equally interesting, challenging and engaging. There are kids who love the holidays for their traditions and meaning, and there are others who come for the social aspect, to spend fun times with their friends and family. There are also some who come because of obligation to their parents and they have to prepare for their bar or bat mitzvah. These kids are not rebellious or removed from their heritage; these are the ones who haven’t been exposed to the beautiful traditions and have not yet learned the richness of their faith. They will! Modern commentators have added a fifth child: the one who doesn’t come to the Seder anymore. These are the ones that have left the path of Judaism and don’t feel the connection of belonging. It is our duty as parents and educators to teach, instill and learn to love our Judaism. Our attitude and approach can, will and must become our sacred mission to help these children, your children, become wise men and women, God-Searchers, spiritual beings, community leaders and proud Jews. May the knowledge of our ancestors never cease to be transmitted, and may the light of Torah and mitzvot never depart from the House of Israel. May this Pesach and all the holidays to come bring inspiration to you and your family to continue this most sacred commandment of them all: to pass it on from generation to generation. Cynthia and I wish you and all your loved ones a happy and wonderful Seder and may G-d’s blessings give you peace and joy as you celebrate our liberation from slavery. Chag Sameach, Rabbi David Cohen-Henriquez, Talmud Torah Principal

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7 MESSAGE FROM HAZAN MIZRAHI

The Festival of Pesach, the Season of Our Liberation , comes around every year not merely to remind us of the Liberation of our ancestors from Egyptian bondage, but also to inspire us to strive for a greater measure of self-liberation from all limitations and distractions. This is the meaning of the highly significant passage in the Haggadah:

“In every generation a Jew should see himself as though he personally has been liberated from Mitzrayim [Egypt].”

The celebration of the festival of freedom must be connected with the commandment “You shall relate it to your child. ” The formation and existence of the Jewish home, as of the Jewish people as a whole, is dependent upon the upbringing of the young generation, both boys and girls: the wise and the wicked (temporarily), the simple and the one who knows not what to ask. Just as we cannot shirk our responsi - bility towards our child by the excuse that “my child is a wise one; he will find his own way in life therefore no education is necessary for him”; so we must not despair by thinking “the child is a wicked one; no education will help him. ” For, all Jewish children, boys and girls, are “G-d’s children” and it is our sacred duty to see to it that they all live up to their full potential; and this we can achieve only through a kosher Jewish education, in full adherence to G-d’s Torah.

Then we all will merit the realization of our hopes: “In the next year may we be free; in the next year may we be in Jerusalem!” Amen!

I wish you and all your family a Chag Kasher v’Sameach.

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8 PRE-SCHOOL

All of us at the Levy Family Early Education Center wish you happiness, peace, good health and all the joys of Passover! Chag Sameach Our Levy Family Early Childhood Center (ECC) provides passion - ate, knowledgeable and qualified staff members who nurture and inspire the development of young minds. We encourage di - versity and strive to promote a loving environment. Our ECC promotes posi - tive relationships in children, instilling self-esteem and confidence while respecting each child as a unique learner. Our ECC implements a developmentally play-based philosophy, promoting cognitive, social, emotional and physical growth, as well as intellec - tual development of the young child, with special emphasis on Judaic values. Our daily routine of educational activities and playtime is enhanced by enrichment programs such as art, yoga, music and physical activities, as well as a weekly Mommy and Me Program.

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Regina Hirsch, Holocaust Survivor, Talks to the Talmud Torah Students

On Thursday, March 20, 2014, fourth through seventh graders spent over one hour listening to the personal story of survival from Regina Hirsch. For two months now these students have participated in a Holocaust study program each Thursday. They viewed two films, Paper Clips and The Lady in Number 6. They toured the new Anne Frank exhibit at the Tolerance Museum. They have conducted research on the children lost in Terezin and have discussed the hopes and fears children and adults shared each day during the Holo - caust. Regina Hirsch shared her story to the students. Her memory is vivid, picture perfect, as if this experience happened yester - day. Regina has been speaking to groups for over 60 years and feels it so very important to share her story so that future gener - ations will understand what happened to 11,000,000 human beings. Regina was 12 when she and her family went into hid - ing, but in 1943 they were found in the woods and taken to Terezin. She remembers her mother being taken away with her younger sister as they left the train. She worked with two other sisters in an ammunitions fac - tory. After liberation and a few years in a displaced persons camp, she and her two surviving sisters came to America. Today they live near each other on Wilshire. The students asked such wonderful questions and Regina men - tioned that this was the first time she was asked questions by students. The one lesson Regina wants the children and all of us to take with us every day is that we need to love every body. We are all humans no matter what color, size, language or religion. We need to rise above the hatred that caused the mass murder of millions of human beings. Meeting Regina Hirsch was a treat for the students, teachers and parents who attended the talk. We all thank Regina for her time, her story and her grace.

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PASSOVER PURIM CARNIVAL

We thank all of our generous sponsors a for making our Purim Festival possible! a

Raquel & David Bensimon Diana Broumandi a Lea & Larry Clumeck Nancy & Aaron Cohen (z’”l) Arlette & Albert Cohen Cynthia & Rabbi David Cohen-Henriquez Rae Cohen Kathy Halfon Leon Hasson Judith & Ron Hecker Donna & Jebb Levy a Vivi & Julio Maya a Neda & Ben Mehdizadeh Dalia & Robert Melamed Sherry & Kevin Naydavood Debbie & Kamran Nickfardjam Nina & Alex Rachmanony Tanya & Menahem Samrano Zohar Wertheim Fari & Hamid Yashar Alfreda & Abraham Yazdi Elham & Michael Zarrabian LASHA LA Print Santa Monica Glatt Market S.T.A.R STTI Men’s Club a STTI Or Chadash

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12 MAURICE AMADO MERIT AWARD FUND

Completed application should be sent to Vicki Parents: Karmona at the Temple Office or e-mailed to Apply Now for Your Children [email protected]. to Have a Summer of Fun! College Scholarship Awards Did you know that our Sephardic Temple has a for Sephardic Students special fund that makes awards to young people to attend Jewish summer camps and other Jewish Students who are pursuing higher education as programs? Many families enjoy this benefit of undergraduate or graduate students are eligible to Temple membership each year –have you consid - apply for merit-based scholarship awards from our ered being one of those families this year? Temple. Eligibility for these awards is one of the The awards, made from the Maurice Amado Merit significant benefits of membership in our Temple. Award Fund, are designed to encourage our young The awards are not based on financial need. people ages 6 to 24 years old to participate in pro - The funds are distributed according to categories, grams that enrich their Jewish education. The awards with preference going to students who are Temple are not based on financial need. All that is required is members themselves or are children or grandchil - proof of Temple membership and proof of enroll - dren of Temple members. If funds are available, ment in a Jewish day camp, a Jewish residential Sephardic students who do not belong to our camp, an Israel program, or any other organized and Temple may also be granted awards. supervised Jewish program; for example, March of the Living, youth tours to sites of Jewish importance, The scholarship awards come from funds established and youth leadership development programs. through the generosity and vision of some of our Jewish camping has been found to be one of the remarkable Temple members. The majority of the most effective methods of Jewish education, funds come from the Maurice Amado Scholarship ensuring a Jewish identity in adulthood. It is so ef - Fund. Awards are also made from the Maccabean fective because it is a complete immersion experi - Fund, the Sephardic Beth Shalom Fund, and the ence where Jewish values are lived and modeled Aron Cohen Fund. This last fund is directed at by the staff, where the rhythm of the week is students who are pursuing careers as Sephardic anchored by Shabbat, and Jewish culture is clergy or educators. brought to life through song, dance, and experiential Application forms are available on the Temple education. There are many fine Jewish overnight website (www.sephardictemple.org) or by and day camps in California that families may want calling Vicki Karmona at the Temple office to consider. A good place to start your exploration (310-475-7000) or e-mail vicki@sephardcitem - of Jewish summer activities is ple.org. The deadline for filing an application http://www.jkidla.org/home. and all supporting materials for the next aca - Merit Award application forms are available on demic year is June 30. These materials include a the Temple website (www.sephardictemple.org) , letter of acceptance or evidence of enrollment under the heading “Student Awards.” The in an institution of higher education, a personal deadline for applying for this summer is April statement, and a certified copy of the student’s 30. Make sure your family takes advantage of most recent transcript of grades. Scholarship this Temple benefit! awards are announced at the beginning of August.

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13 OR CHADASH SISTERHOOD

Or Chadash and great company as we honored two well Sisterhood deserved ladies of our community, Mrs. Sylvia Kapon has continued the and Mrs. Reggie Arditti. path of making our The Jewish Women’s Theater “Hold Me, Heal Me” community more was well attended as the talented cast left us with active, intellectually tears and laughter once again by their amazing well rounded and performance. They will have two more shows at our more united! temple, so please mark your calendars to join us. We strive to advance Our Book Club gatherings have been welcomed by Jewish values and many as selected books were discussed. We recently traditions with our enjoyed an evening at Frederic Fekkai as we were Sephardic Commu - pampered by stylists for the book signing of the nity, through a range Sisterhood Co-Presidents, famous author, Dora Levy Mossanen’s, “Scent of Sharona Labib and of stimulating pro - Butterflies”. Leeora Moradi grams, both social and educational. Discipline, Communication, Happiness and Relation - ships were the exciting topics as we welcomed our Our cooking series was sold out when our guest brilliant guest speakers, Jacqueline Slutske, Homa Penny Davidi Borsuk amazed us with her culinary Nassirzadeh and Richard Weintraub. skills and cooking secrets. We enjoyed a beautiful Luncheon at the home of Neda Mehdizadeh, who Care packages for Passover will be sent to our college was truly a gracious host. It was an unforgettable day! students far from home. If you have a child away at college, please contact the temple office with their We took part in experiencing an Icon of Ancient updated information. Civilization as we visited the “Cyrus Cylinder Exhibition” at the Getty Villa Museum. Many joined us in a Our upcoming events include a visit to the Museum beautiful Picnic Luncheon prior to the private tour. of Tolerance at Simon Wiesenthal Center , a Gourmet Baking Class taught by Linda Sendowski, and We had our first annual Boutique this year. Date Night- all three events coming up in April, and It was a great day of shopping and socializing. We our Woman of the Year luncheon in May honoring had an amazing turnout of vendors and shoppers. Mrs. Donna Levy. Soon we will announce dates for The boutique made a lot of money for the Or our upcoming events such as the summer Hollywood Chadash Sisterhood and most of all brought young Bowl concerts and more. Please like us on facebook, and old together. Everyone especially enjoyed the or subscribe to our email list so that you can keep up special finds, the baked goods and the delicious with all our new events and happenings. Pomegranate Soup prepared by Flora Nazarian. We look forward to the growth of our sisterhood and Hanukkah Luncheon was fun and entertaining. The our continued support of the temple. amazing sisterhood volunteers cooked delicious foods and we enjoyed humorous entertainment Wishing everyone Hag Sameach!

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Written by Marcia Israel Weingarten What is the thread weaving together the Rue Tigrane Pacha in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria, Shah Street in the cosmopolitan city of Teheran, and the Puerta de la Mar in the Old Town of Rhodes, once a part of Turkey and now a part of Greece? And what do ‘cahk’, ‘toot’' and ‘ashuplados' have in common? These are names of culinary treats and a taste of the neighborhoods we once called home. “Cahk” is an Egyptian egg and biscuit, “toot” a Persian Or Chadash delicacy shaped like white mulberries, and Event Calendar “ashuplados” are meringue clouds from the Island of Rhodes. These recipes and recollections, along with April several hundred other multi-cultural delicacies, will 6th – 10:30 am make up the new edition of Cooking the Sephardic Way, the original lovingly produced by the Sisterhood Simon Wiesenthal Center of Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, in1971. This cook - 7th book has sold several thousand copies throughout the College Outreach Care world during the past 40 years. Packages – Passover Since that time, Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel has 24th – 4:30 pm grown, evolved and become home to a growing num - Cooking Series: ber of Jews from throughout the Ottoman lands and the Middle East, as well as new generations of young fami - Linda Sendowski lies drawn to the warmth and vibrancy of the commu - Gourmet Challah Baking nity. Each group has brought with them a cultural and 29th – 8:30 pm culinary tradition that together create a beautiful ‘salad Date Night bowl’ of diversity that makes Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel such a rich and enriching place to call home. May The ‘Cookbook Group’ has been meeting for the past two years, sharing recipes and traditions from Turkey, 4th – 11:30 am Morocco, Rhodes, Iran, Israel, Egypt and South America. Women of the Year Lunch - Our diversity makes us unique – bringing new flavors eon honoring Donna Levy and traditions to the table; always marveling at the simi - 28th – 7:30 pm larities we share. We continue to collect recipes and are Jewish Women’s Theater beginning the process of testing. We are actively seek - ing and requesting your recipes and holiday/life cycle “Unknown Stories of menus from your respective ‘home’ traditions. Biblical Proportions” The new cookbook, which we anticipate will include photographs and stories of our rich cultures, should be June a volume that all collectors will want for their library… 2nd – 8:00 pm and ‘foodies’ and cooks of all backgrounds will want in Book Club – their kitchen. “Scent of Butterflies” We look forward to sharing the history of this project by Dora Levy Mosannen and the vision for this new edition in future issues of the El Shofar. For now, we ask that you submit your recipes Top: Shabbat dinner Rhodesli Style: for consideration to our editorial committee at Chefs Morrie Angel, Alfreda Yazdi, [email protected]. Esther Cohen, Sarita Fields, Rae Cohen, Marilyn Kaye and Mireille Mathalon. Looking forward, with your input, to a stellar cookbook 4th: Joanne Candiotti & Sylvia Block and the sharing of our rich and beautiful traditions. Bottom: Book Club group at Frederick SEPHARDIC TEMPLE TIFERETH ISRAEL SISTERHOOD Fakkai Salon for the launch of author Dora Levy Mossanen’s new book 10500 Wilshire Boulevard,Los Angeles, CA 90024 “Scent of Butterflies” PASPSAOSVSEORV E5R7 7240/124 014

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Celebrating Sephardic chef, she served Sephardic Sisterhood as Reggie Arditti its president for several terms, treasurer and pro - and Sylvia gram vice president. Joseph Arditti, Reggie’s Kapon husband, served as our temple’s president. Congrat - ulations to Reggie Arditti, a well deserving woman By Katherine Cohen whose contribution to our synagogue community is Our two wonderful immeasurable. and creative friends, Sylvia Kapon, now 95, lives near our synagogue in Reggie Arditti and the same home she and her husband, Mario, shared. Sylvia Kapon, were After Mario passed away in 1982, Sylvia continued honored at a special to live a strong and active life. For years she pre - Sisterhood luncheon pared all the sweet tables for the weekly Oneg Sylvia Kapon with on November 20, Shabbat, ordering the pastries and decorating the Rabbi Sessler and Rabbi David 2013. My memories platters. Sylvia also worked in the Matilda Seror Gift trace back many years with both Reggie Shop every day. Sylvia never hesitated to volunteer and Sylvia. when the Sisterhood needed to prepare a Huevo. It is appropriate that Reggie Arditti, now 103, be Sylvia also has been a speaker many times in our honored as our Sisterhood plans to publish a new Talmud Torah, sharing her stories of growing up in Sephardic cookbook. Reggie, as co-editor, and Pearl Salonika, Greece. She also describes to the children Roseman, as editor, initiated our first cookbook that how she and her husband escaped the Nazis by went to press in 1971. Recipes from women in our hiding in Athens in community welcomed volunteers into their homes hovels until the end to translate non-standard measurements into stan - of the War. Sadly, dard measurements and test recipes so they could her mother and sis - be easily prepared in any home. A half eggshell of ter were killed in the oil became a quarter cup and all the Ladino instruc - concentration tions women had scribbled onto bits of paper camps. They had needed translation into English. Creating this cook - lost everything when book was a work of love and years. The cookbook they returned to Sa - was reviewed in the LA Times over a lunch Reggie lonika after the war, prepared. The menu: boyos, burekas, fritadas, including their soutlatch and ! The cookbook critic could daughter, Rachel, who died in a freak not help being blown away by the Sephardic deli - Reggie Arditti with accident. Sylvia and cacies and Reggie remembers being blown away by Rabbi Sessler and Rabbi David the number of cookbooks sold worldwide. Mario had one Recently, Reggie came into the temple with her daughter, Stella, who was born after the war in Sa - daughter, Louise, to pick up two cookbooks for new lonika and a son, Isaac, who was born in Los Ange - customers! A woman who lost her cookbook in les. Despite the hardships of her early life, Sylvia Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey purchased one. showed the determination and strength to create a Cooking the Sephardic Way continues to be used in fulfilling life for herself in our synagogue. Congratula - many homes. Reggie not only was an extraordinary tions to Sylvia for being honored by Sisterhood. You are a most deserving woman of valor. PASSOVER 5774/2014

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What is Los Merecidos? Los Merecidos is a Ladino phrase which literally means “The Deserved Ones.” Since our community was originally started by Ladino speaking Sephardic Jews from Greece and Turkey the name stuck. In 1981 the first “Los Merecidos” was awarded in recognition of tireless efforts on behalf of our congregation and our Temple. Since then, there have been a number of members who have been recog - nized as leaders of our community for their passion and commitment to volunteer so that this community would continue to strive for future generations. Our 2014 Los Merecidos recipients follow in the foot - NOW ON SALE IN THE steps of all the past honorees and we thank them all MATHILDA SEROR GIFT SHOP for their hard work and commitment. Is the Sephardic Haggadah Published by the Hyman Jebb Levy Foundation Artwork by in gold leaf Raphael Abecassis Commentary by Rabbi Daniel Bouskila

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17 AROUND THE WORLD WITH LASHA

For the last few months, LASHA friends with seniors, meeting them in their homes, and pro - have traveled the world with our new program, viding for their specific needs. WEDNESDAYS WITH LASHA. We have tasted foods LASHA feels blessed and grateful to the President of and have been entertained by the music of different Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, Ben Mehdizadeh, countries. We look forward to this continued the Board of Directors and the office, grounds and adventure as we explore our rich Sephardic cultures security staff for being such gracious hosts for our and history. programs. Levy Hall is the ideal location for our

LASHA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to lunch programs and the last three events have seen promoting the well being of the Sephardic seniors the hall packed to capacity. We feel at home in the in the greater Los Angeles area. In 1953-54 a small synagogue and look forward to a continued and farsighted group of dedicated Sephardic men and long lasting relationship as we bring our seniors to - women predicted the need for our organization gether in this warm and inviting home. and laid the groundwork for LASHA as we know As we continue our Wednesdays with LASHA, we it today. welcome all of you, our temple community, your

LASHA helps us fulfill the commandment “Honor familes and friends to our programs. Travel the World Thy Father and Mother” by providing programs that with LASHA as we fulfill our Founders’ promise of bring our seniors together and acknowledge that “Honoring our Fathers and Mothers”. their lives are important and they are not forgotten. On behalf of LASHA, I wish all of you a warm and

These programs for our seniors include luncheons, delicious Pesach and look forward to meeting many resource assistance and social interaction for home - new friends at our events. bound seniors. Our staff and many volunteers inter - Shalom Haverim, face with seniors who are in need of assistance, Marie Altchech transportation or companionship. We work directly

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Cyrus Cylinder Event in November 2013

At the Hollywood Bowl Hanukkah Bazzar

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Shalom, It has been my honor to serve as the president of the Men’s club of Sephardic Temple for this past year. During the past year, the Men’s club has been reenergized and has accomplished quite a bit. We have our monthly game nights the second Tuesday of every month, book and lecture series, guest speakers, Jewish Chamber of Commerce business networking events, and of course our annual dinner. We have a lot more planned for the coming year and encourage you to join us in helping build a strong Men’s club and Temple Community. Please continue to show your support by becoming engaged in Temple and Men’s club events. On behalf of the Men’s Club, I want to wish all of you a happy and healthy Pesach. Chag Pesach Sameach Alex Rachmanony, President

COMMUNITY NEWS

Andrea Levy has been accepted at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo as a Computer Engineering Major. Andrea was also awarded a Jacket of Excellence at Venice High for high academic achievement.

Esty Bharier Graduating from Providence Country Day School in The Orozco Family and baby Rhode Island with a 4.2 GPA

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New Members Mr. & Mrs John Berookhim Ms. Rashel Dardashti Mr. & Mrs. Fred Farzan Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Hakimi Dr. & Mrs. Steven Kamara Mr. & Mrs. Dan Kohanarieh Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Masjedi Mr. Justin Monem Mr. Maurice Moussavieh Mr. & Mrs. Malek Neman Mrs Farangis Siman Mr. & Mrs. Shahab Vahdat

(not pictured) Raanan Family

John and Loretta, Ryan, Rodney, Matthew and Justin Mazel Tov z

Dr. Shannon Aftalion and Mr. Daniel Khakshouri

Kayla Melamed MARRIED ON Bat Mitzvah - September 28, 2013 DECEMBER 31, 2013 Parashat Bereshith z Ethan Nikfar Bar Mitzvah – January 18, 2014 Parashat Yitro

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21 LOS ANGELES JEWISH HISTORY [THE SEPHARDIC IMMIGRANTS WHO BROUGHT FLOWERS TO L.A.] by EDMON J. RODMAN, Contributing Writer

n Valentine’s Day, as you exit a free- Avenue. His daughter, Rita Azur, ran the now- Grace, sells flowers on Sundays at the Encino he raises amaryllis on his nine-acre ranch in way off-ramp or drive down the shuttered Rita Flora on La Brea Boulevard. Farmers Market. Malibu and remembers the 25 years of having O streets of Los Angeles, the people you In 1943, at age 16, Joseph Cohen’s desire for For Joseph Cohen, selling flowers in traffic breakfast with his brothers at the Flower Mar- see hawking red-and-white holiday bouquets a car drove him back into the business. A buddy proved too hard. In 1946, he moved up in the ket talking about flower prices, fishing and girls on street corners may have more in common has been drafted into the army and was selling business by selling sweet peas on the corner of as “some of the best times of my life.” with you than you might ever imagine. a 1932 Ford roadster for $135 that Cohen just Cahuenga Boulevard and Riverside Drive. “I Other Sephardic florists parlayed their ex- In the early 20th century, Sephardic immi- had to have. “How you going to pay me back?” made $35 a day,” he recalled. periences differently. In the 1930s, according grants, many from the Mediterranean island of asked his brother Al, who eventually to “Sending Flowers Rhodes, as well as from Turkey and Syria, got loaned him the money. to America: Stories their first scent of success in America by selling The answer: selling flowers. of the Los Angeles flowers on L.A. street corners. From poor be- After school, Cohen went to the Flower Market” by ginnings, often speaking only Ladino, they, and intersection of Slauson Avenue and Peggi Ridgeway and eventually their children and grandchildren, Crenshaw Boulevard and sold flowers Jan Works (2008, would go on to establish flower shops dotting in traffic. “It wasn’t long before I could American Florist’s the southland, as well buy real estate, and climb pay him back,” Cohen said. Exchange), Leon the economic ladder. Lou Hasson, whose parents, Joseph Moskatel, an immi- Two brothers, Joseph and Robert Cohen, and Grace, came to Los Angeles from grant from Turkey whose parents were from Syria and Rhodes and Rhodes in 1921, remembers how “Sep- born in 1902, set who started out selling flowers on corners, are hardic Jews would stand on street cor- up a retail flower among those who branched out into real es- ners in downtown L.A. and sell flowers shop on Wall Street tate. Leon Moskatel, from Turkey, started with a or shine shoes,” he said. in downtown Los flower shop downtown that would expand into Hasson’s mother and his brother Angeles, where, to florist supplies. supplement selling Flower shop cut flowers he also owner Victor Levy, began selling floral whose parents were supplies. from Rhodes, would After Sam Ap- become an organi- Moskatel’s during the late 1950s. Photo courtesy of American Florists’ Exchange plebaum, his first zational leader in the cousin, joined the flower business, and In 1950, Cohen opened the La business, the two men shifted their focus to Perry Hasson, son Cienega Flower Shop with his sis- merchandising floral supplies. Eventually pur- of flower-selling im- ter Sue. Finding the going tough, he chased by Michael’s craft supply stores after migrants, also from also started selling roses, carnations Moskatel’s death in 1962, the store remains to Rhodes, would hit and violets on the corner of Barham this day under its original name, Moskatels. upon an innovative Boulevard and Forest Lawn Drive. “They were very generous to each other,” way of selling flow- An old hand in the business advised Ridgeway said of the Jewish immigrants who ers that is still with us that to increase sales, he should did business at the flower market. “Especially today. pour a little cologne into the buckets good to their own countrymen,” she added. But long before holding the violets. Victor Levy, born in 1927, recalls at least that, for many Sep- At La Cienega, after trying his seven Sephardic-owned flower shops in Long hardic families, in- hand at arrangements, Cohen real- Beach, some within just a few blocks of one cluding that of my ized he could do better simply by another. “When one did well, others moved in; wife, Brenda —Perry selling cut flowers. “I was not a flo- most were relatives,” said Levy, who opened Hasson was her fa- rist, but I did know how to buy and Victor’s flower shop in Lakewood in 1954, and, ther — the flower Joe Cohen, corner of Barham and Forest Lawn Drive, circa 1958. Photo courtesy of Joe Cohen sell,” he said. over time, added locations in Cypress, Long business meant ris- “I used to love the flower market, Beach and Norwalk. ing even before the flowers opened their petals Perry, who was born in 1925 and died in 1963, that was my baby,” said Cohen, who enjoyed Levy, who was elected president of both the to trek downtown to the L.A. wholesale flower ran Flowers by Pierre on Whittier Boulevard, the business challenge, especially when flowers Florists’ Transworld Delivery (FTD) in 1980 and markets to start to move those carnations and not far from Home of Peace cemetery. Perry were scarce or the market was flooded. the Southern California Floral Association in roses. Hasson’s wife, Shirley Berko, (my mother-in- “The biggest days were Mother’s Day and 1973, said he “loved the flower business, work- Joseph Cohen, born in Los Angeles in 1927 law) recalls standing on a corner selling mixed Valentine’s Day,” said Cohen, who found a ing with nature and beauty. I didn’t have to and one of seven children, has strong child- bouquets for 52 cents a bunch even when preg- niche by putting out large, colorful displays for wear a necktie,” he said. hood memories of his trips to the flower market nant. “They probably felt sorry for me,” she sur- passersby to see. “The flower business has been good to all with his father. “Afterwards, we would go have mised. In 1964, Cohen purchased a property at La us Sephardics,” said Levy, who retired in 1985 breakfast in the Flower Market Cafe. We would Soon after the Santa Ana Freeway opened Cienega Boulevard and Melrose and whose daughter, Melinda Evans, carries on all get one giant order of hotcakes,” he remem- in mid-1950s, Lou Hasson claims his brother Avenue, where he put up a new building. in the business in Long Beach. “It’s a way for bered. Perry was the first to sell flowers at an off -ramp. Eventually his purchase of a street corner in immigrants, all immigrants, to get into main- “When I was 12, on Sundays, my father had “He hired two teenage Sephardic boys and Beverly Hills for a flower stand led to an even stream America,” he said, noting that many me run his flower stand on Long Beach Boule- dropped them off in the morning and picked larger development on the property. “My stores have now been sold to Koreans. “The vard and Vernon [Avenue],” said Cohen. “One them up at the end of the day,” recalled Has- brother Bobby [also in the flower business] Koreans have taken over where the Sephardics day he came by and saw me playing with the son, a founding partner of Green Hasson Janks, and I built the Four Seasons Hotel,” Cohen left off,” he said. guys. I never worked for him after that,” he a Los Angeles accounting firm. said. Have a lead for an L.A. Jewish history story? said. Cohen spoke from his office above his son Continuing in the family tradition, Susie “I didn’t know anything else. I was just a Contact Edmon Rodman at edmojace@gmail. Morris’ flower shop, Moe’s Flowers, on Melrose Hasson Levey, a granddaughter of Joseph and kid,” Cohen said of his career in flowers. Today, com. I

44 Jewish Journal jewishjournal.com February 14–20, 2014 Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel YOM HASHOAH Please join us as we honor our survivors and their families and remember those who we lost Holocaust Remembrance Day Sunday, April 27, 2014 Service begins at 11:00 am Heavenly angels, forever pray for these martyrs for their souls to rest among the just. Innocent victims eternally etched in our hearts, for you we recite “Yitgadal Veyitkadash Shemei Raba”

IN MEMORIAM

Claudie Oliver August 4, 2013

Estelle Strasser August 7, 2013

Rebecca “Becky” Codron September 28, 2013 Karl Gottesfeld December 6, 2013 Sara Segura December 13, 2013

Esther Siprut February 6, 2014 Captain Jack Scapa December 3, 2013 —

May G-d comfort their families among the Mourners of Zion and Jerusalem

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