WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE BULLETIN Volume 102, Number 1 • January 2015 Letter From Temple President Barry Edwards

t seems like only days ago we they have done for our Iwere together at High Holy Day Temple family during services, yet somehow it is already their 91 collective January. Before the year ends, I want years of service. The to share some important news and Temple clergy and invite your feedback. staff celebrated Nan We are continually working and Nancy Levine at to make your experiences with the their annual Chanukah Temple enjoyable and enriching. celebration. On President Barry Edwards Currently, we are reviewing—with February 20th, we will the intention of improving—the entire honor Nancy Daum High Holy Day experience, from seating options to the times at Shabbat services of the services, parking, and more. We welcome any suggestions followed by a special you may have to help us rethink the way you experience the oneg at the Irmas High Holy Days at the Temple. Feel free to send an email with Campus. All four of Nefesh Shabbat service led by Rabbi Susan Goldberg your suggestions to Donna Nadel, Executive Chief of Staff, at these amazing women [email protected]. will forever be a part of In addition to Rabbi Karen Fox, whose retirement we Wilshire Boulevard Temple, and we hope to see them often at celebrated so lovingly on December 7th, three longtime staff the Temple in the future. members will be retiring soon: Nan Brostoff, Rabbi Leder’s I invite you to join me at the many and varied executive assistant, on December 31st, Nancy Levine, our opportunities we offer for learning, growing, and enjoyment, controller, on December 31st, and Nancy Daum, the cantors’ such as monthly Torah study sessions with Rabbi Leder and assistant, at the end of February. We are so very grateful for all Rabbi Susan Nanus; the high-energy Shabba Dabba family

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Shabbat Deborah Lipstadt speaks on Jewish Women’s Theatre presents:

The New He Said… Anti-Semitism She Said

Friday, January 16 Sunday, January 18 Sunday, January 25 Irmas Campus Glazer Campus Irmas Campus 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. Torah Portion Torah Online: wbtla.org/torahonline To Be a Hero Shemot, Exodus 1:1-6:1

s we begin the Book of Exodus we meet Moses, perhaps It would have been much safer for Shiphrah and Puah Athe single greatest hero in the Torah. But there are to simply obey the Pharaoh’s orders. How easily they could two other heroes in Parashat Shemot without whom Moses have convinced themselves that they could not make a never would have existed—two midwives named Shiphrah difference. But Shiphrah and Puah decided to do the hard and Puah. The Torah explains that Pharoah ordered the thing. They disobeyed an order and put their own lives midwives to kill the male Jewish children they delivered at risk to do what they believed was right and just. And in order to reduce the Israelite population. Shiphrah and because of them Moses survived, and our people survived. Puah refused. Moses should have been killed at birth, but Most of us will never have to decide whether to follow Shiphrah and Puah saved his life. As Rabbi Jill Hammer orders and murder or disobey orders and preserve life, explains in The Jewish Book of Days, “Shiphrah and Puah but sooner or later each of us faces tough moral questions encounter life at its most fragile and act to save life and each of us must decide whether or not to stand up to whenever it is in their power.” injustice. May we draw inspiration from the Torah’s heroines The rabbis of the midrash underscore the heroic Shiphrah and Puah and have the courage to follow our nature of the midwives’ refusal to obey Pharoah’s command conscience and convictions. when they remark that Shiphrah and Puah are considered Rabbi M. Beaumont Shapiro to be identical to Yocheved, Moses’ mother. All three women are equally responsible for giving Moses life.

Cover Story (Continued) Our Temple Family

service the first Friday of the month at the Glazer Campus, and Welcome to new Temple members… the joyful, musical Nefesh Shabbat service the third Friday of Kerry and Robert Benderson and their children, Samuel and Zeja…Eden and the month, also at the Glazer Campus. Don’t forget about our Shawn Ghatan and their son, London…Wendy and Joseph Klein and their upcoming, moving Martin Luther King Jr. Shabbat on January children, Rachel and Josh…Jill Gilman and Seth Klein and their children, Drew and Peyton…Viviana Levi and her children, Andy and Alexis…Susan Ekins and 16th at the Irmas Campus, to name just some of the highlights. Jerry Weintraub… As the new year begins, please accept my heartfelt thanks for all that you and your family do for and give to Wilshire Congratulations to… Boulevard Temple. I, my fellow trustees, and our professional Shana Gerson and Steven Dunner on their recent marriage, and to grandmother, Jeanne Gerson…Talia Inlander and Daniela Gerson on their recent marriage… staff are committed to making certain that the Temple remains Ashley Englander and Jason Kaplan on their recent marriage… a place of great connection for you and your family. Let us Madison Montgomery and Randall Kaplan on their recent marriage, and to know what you like, what you want more of, and how we can his children, Arianna, Bianca, and Charlie… make your Jewish journey a powerful and meaningful one. Condolences to… Wishing you all the best in the coming year and always, Friends and family of Irving Cohen…Michael and Allyce Balsom on the death of his father, Alfred Goldman, and to grandchildren, Brooke and Michelle… Barry Edwards Cydney and Ken Kirschbaum and their children, Hayden and Avery, on the President, Board of Trustees death of her aunt, Betsy E. Marcus…Deana Rosenthal on the death of her beloved husband, Alvin Rosenthal, and to Robert and Catherine Rosenthal and grandson, Matthew; Kenneth Rosenthal, Leslie and grandson, Michael…Beth and Rodney Freeman and their children, Jenna, Gabriel, Maya, and Ava on the death of her aunt, Bonnie Sue Schwartz…Alisa and Craig Farkas on the death of her mother, Patricia Weiner, and to grandchildren, Courtney and Aaron… Susan Williams on the death of her mother, Michelle Zuckerman, and to granddaughter, Arden Williams… And to all immediate and extended family.

2 Israel

Vote for Religious Freedom in Israel

here’s nothing wrong with being Amish, but if it were of seats that ARZA, the Reform Movement’s Zionist Tthe only religion in the world, most people would rather organization, gets, will determine the amount of money be secular. Unfortunately, without the help of non-Orthodox directed and spent in Israel supporting non-Orthodox American Jews, many Israelis will continue to live in a nation Judaism: more seats, greater funds—and less support going to where only Orthodox Judaism is recognized as completely extremist groups who do not believe that Jews like you and me valid and therefore feel they must choose secularism. Believe should have religious freedom in Israel. it or not, the most important help you can provide to create a These elections are the most powerful way for American better Israel right now is your vote, and it’s just a click away. Jews to promote and encourage the ideals of justice, equality, and democracy in Israel, as well as to help build the kind of Without our votes, we will leave to the Jewish state and the kind of Judaism we all know are possible. next generation an Israel that offers A state that recognizes, respects, and funds all types of either Orthodoxy or nothing. Jewish institutions and guarantees the right of every Israeli to practice Judaism as he or she believes. Without our votes, In 2015 the American Zionist Movement (AZM) will we will leave to the next generation an Israel that offers either hold elections to determine American Jewish representation to Orthodoxy or nothing. the World Zionist Congress. The Congress provides a forum For details regarding how and when to vote, go to for all the world’s Jews to come together and deliberate issues www.reformjews4israel.org/about-us. affecting both diaspora Jews and the state of affairs in Israel. Please… One hundred and forty-five seats in the Congress are Rabbi Steven Z. Leder dedicated to American Zionist organizations. The number Senior Rabbi

Adult Opportunities

Rabbi Heschel and Dr. King

t the first conference on religion and race, the main Though Rabbi Heschel did not live to see a national “Aparticipants were Pharaoh and Moses. The outcome of that holiday established in honor of his dear friend, he would have summit meeting has not come to an end.” been deeply gratified to see Americans of all backgrounds With these words, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel joining together to renew their great dream of a nation united opened his address at the 1963 National Conference on Race in justice, peace, and reconciliation. and Religion in Chicago. There, Rabbi Heschel first met It is in this spirit that we invite you to join us on Friday, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The two became friends working January 16, at 6:00 p.m. at our Irmas Campus for a special together until King was assassinated five years later. Shabbat commemoration of Dr. King, featuring Shabbat Though from very different backgrounds, both Rabbi prayers, readings, poetry, and a musical celebration by the Heschel and Dr. King came from prominent religious families Central Bible Church Gospel Choir. Please join our African- and were groomed to take up the mantle of leadership of their American neighbors and follow the example of Rabbi Heschel forebears. Both believed passionately in a God of compassion as we pray, sing, and celebrate our shared legacy of peace, love, and righteousness, who called on humankind to serve as co- and understanding. creators of a world suffused with these values. And both were masterful at awakening people’s consciousness and stirring them Rabbi Susan Nanus to action, marching arm in arm in Selma, Alabama, as Rabbi Director of Adult Programs Heschel put it, “praying with our feet.”

3 Brawerman Elementary School

Thanks and Giving

hanksgiving at Brawerman Classroom activities centered around TElementary School exemplifies the history of the holiday, the practice our integrated curriculum, combining of giving thanks, and carrying on family secular and Jewish values, an important traditions. At West, Grade 1 students component of the school culture. compared their celebration to the first Not only is the American tradition of Thanksgiving in America, while Grade 3 Thanksgiving—offering gratitude for students wrote letters to a special person in blessings we have received—a very Jewish their lives, someone for whom they were idea, but the holiday also provides a West buddies (from left) Darly Murray, Arielle particularly thankful. Incorporating this Meisel, Eden Yadagar, Jesse Perlmutter, wonderful opportunity to carry out the Benjamin Fischler, and David Tofer assemble year’s Grade 2 theme, From Generation equally Jewish idea of sharing our bounty Thanksgiving baskets. to Generation, Brawerman East Grade with those less fortunate. 2 students interviewed their own family For our Thanksgiving observance, students at Brawerman members and created “tradition garlands” to decorate tables. West brought groceries to fill baskets that they then donated East students also prepared for the all-school feast and in order to Home-SAFE (Services Aiding Family Equilibrium, to express their thanks, invited clergy, security staff, and the established by the L.A. National Council of Jewish Women). maintenance crew to share the holiday lunch. Kindergartners with their Grade 6 buddies assembled the It is clear that Thanksgiving, as celebrated at Brawerman, baskets—all the fixings for a Thanksgiving dinner, including reflects treasured Jewish values—real experiences ofThanks a decorative tablecloth and a coupon for a turkey—and wrote and of Giving. greeting cards for the baskets’ recipients.

Religious School

Camp Retreat—A Mom’s-Eye View

f you heard screaming one Thursday night in November, Camp Hess Kramer. Iit may have been my 12-year-old declaring that she was After a fabulous five absolutely not going to the Religious School retreat at Camp minutes of hugs, their Hess Kramer. None of my sales tactics—“But you’ll have a excitement found great time, make friends, eat great food, the chef there can do words: “Mom, I did wonders with a chicken!”—were working. Then my 10-year- this ropes course and old chimed in. Great! I had two disgruntled tweens. I didn’t jumped down—it cave. I put my girls on the bus as scheduled. Rabbi Raff, head was awesome! Mom, of the Religious School, and Jeff Brody, retreat coordinator, let me show you Religious School students enjoying the retreat assured me that they’d have a great time, an experience they’d this crazy dance we long cherish. But as the buses pulled away, I couldn’t help learned! We hiked to worrying: what if they’re miserable and make no friends? the menorah and I spoke to God —I think He was a star! It I spent the weekend with Ben & Jerry’s while time was so cool.” seemed to stand still; finally, Sunday arrived. When the bus My kids, who fought not to go, couldn’t wait to share doors opened, I immediately spotted my girls, each with a each precious moment of their weekend. Thank you, Religious smile bright enough to light up the world. My 12-year-old was School. You were right. It was an experience they’ll never forget. covered in purple paint and my freckled-faced 10-year-old Amy Lord McRae was waving a banner that read WBTY Deux and Jr. WBTY

4 Glazer and Mann Early Childhood Centers

Torah Talk

he teaching of Jewish traditions and than the other. Rabbi Shapiro showed Tvalues is a primary thread running the children that one side was bigger through the Early Childhood Centers’ because we had just started reading the program. Each week we have Torah Talk Torah from the beginning since it was at the Glazer and Mann Family Early just after Simchat Torah. Childhood Centers as part of our Jewish Back in the classroom, Sam learning. One of the rabbis recounts a pointed out the ark in the dramatic Torah story for the children, told at their play center, noting that, like the level, and the children are captivated. sanctuary’s ark, it too had a Torah The Harim class at the Irmas inside and that the words in both

Campus had their first Torah Talk of the Rabbi Eshel teaching Torah to Nursery School students looked the same, although the year in the chapel. Rabbi Shapiro began classroom’s Torah was much smaller. by asking the children why they were Questions arose: Does the size of all gathered there. Logan’s hand shot up and he responded, the Torah make a difference? Are Torahs all the same? Does “We are here for God.” Thus began the discussion in which putting it in the ark make it special? Logan had told us that we Rabbi Shapiro explained that they would be meeting each were in the chapel for God, but do we need to be in the chapel week to examine the physical Torah as well as hear stories for God? Or read the Torah for God? that are written inside it. When the rabbi removed one of the As the children meet with a rabbi each week and study the Torahs from the ark and the teachers unrolled part of it, Sam Torah, we will find answers to these questions, and many more. noticed that one side of the Torah was significantly larger

Tikkun Olam

Legal Aid for Caring Guardians

n October 26, I The day began with introductions. We quickly realized Owas lucky enough that our varied legal practices included experience in intellectual to participate in a free property, trust and estates, family law, and litigation. Ironically, legal clinic for low- the one thing we had in common was that none of us had income neighbors of experience in guardianship law. However, the Alliance staff the Temple. I joined attorneys prepared us well to interview our client families. After a group of 20 other our training, and a quick lunch together, we broke into pairs volunteer lawyers, all and met with our clients, heroic families seeking to assume Temple members, at care and provide stability for children because their biological Our volunteer lawyers received training at the legal clinic session. the Glazer Campus parents are unable or unwilling to care for them. As attorneys, as part of the Temple’s we were in a position to assist these families in taking the first Tikkun Olam outreach, which will expand with the opening of step toward a legally permanent relationship with the children the Karsh Family Social Service Center in 2016. Our goal that in their care. It was a gratifying day for everyone involved. Sunday morning was to initiate the legal guardianship process On January 25, 2015, at the Glazer Campus, we will for families in need. A court-ordered guardianship allows an partner with Asian Americans Advancing Justice for a adult other than a parent to care for a child and have the legal citizenship clinic. If you are an attorney and would like to rights to make day-to-day decisions for that child. Our partner volunteer, please contact Denise Magilnick at for the clinic was the Alliance for Children’s Rights, a nonprofit [email protected] or (424) 208-8930. organization that provides free legal services for children. Jody Kasten

5 Building Lives at Glazer Campus

Help Build the Karsh Center

magine all the activity that Iwill take place on the north end of campus—meeting the needs of our Temple families and our neighbors. Please help us complete these essential additions— gifts of all sizes are welcome and crucial to our success. Contact Karen Schetina in

our Development office at [email protected] or (213) 835-2153 for more information. Thank you!

Have you visited the Glazer Campus recently? The Karsh Family Social Service Center, occupying the ground floor of the parking pavilion with its rooftop sports complex, is very much underway! We urgently need your help to finish it. Please get in touch.

Community News

Celebrating Rabbi Karen Fox Sharing Our Lives Here are a few of the special moments captured at the We are excited to let you know about a new retirement party for Rabbi Fox on December 7. initiative we are launching to deepen the sense of community for all Wilshire Boulevard Temple members. Starting early in 2015, we will regularly send out email notifications to our entire congregation with news of the births of children and grandchildren and the deaths of immediate family members. The emails will contain as much or as little information as a family chooses to share, including, if desired, funeral and shivah details. If you prefer not to receive these email notifications, you Rabbi Fox receives blessings from can simply “opt out” by clicking the opt-out link at the Temple clergy (right) and from women rabbis and congregants (above). bottom of the email. We are confident that by sharing major life-cycle events with our Temple community, we will be able to

support each other better through times of sorrow and more fully celebrate each other’s joys. If you have any questions about this new effort, please don’t hesitate to contact Jodi H. Berman, Director With dear old friends and colleagues, Steve and of Leadership and Engagement, at [email protected] Nadine Breuer or (424) 208-8970.

6 Upcoming Events For our complete calendar of events, please visit wbtla.org/events

TORAH AND LUNCH WITH RABBI LEDER Movie Screening: Friday, January 9, 12:00 p.m. Unacceptable Levels Century City Thursday, January 22 7:00 p.m. Join Rabbi Leder for lunch and Torah study. Bring your The Green Team Presents Movie lunch; Rabbi Leder brings the wisdom of our ancestors. Night: Unacceptable Levels. A film about the chemicals No prior knowledge of Torah or Hebrew is necessary. in our bodies, how they got there and what we can do Series, $36. Future Torah study dates: February 6, about it. March 6, April 17, May 1. Joanna Barra, [email protected], (424) 208-8949 Jamie Geller, [email protected], (213) 835-2121 wbtla.org/unacceptablelevels wbtla.org

Pro-Bono Legal Clinic: Advancing Martin Luther King, Jr. Shabbat Justice Citizenship Workshop Friday, January 16 6:00 p.m. Sunday, January 25 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Don’t miss this special Shabbat commemoration Tikkun Olam teaches us to share responsibility in of Dr. King, now a popular transforming the world. As part of our ongoing tradition at Wilshire outreach efforts, we are proud to partner with Asian Boulevard Temple. With Americans Advancing Justice, the nation’s largest legal readings, poetry and and civil rights organization for Asian-Americans, to a musical celebration host a free citizenship clinic for the neighbors in our by the Central Bible Church Gospel Choir and their community. If you are an attorney and would like to congregants, followed by an “I Have a Dream” volunteer your time for this special event, please Oneg Shabbat. contact Denise Magilnick. Phil Wallace, [email protected], (424) 208-8932 Denise Magilnick, [email protected], (424) 208-8930 wbtla.org wbtla.org

Deborah Lipstadt speaks on The Jewish Women’s Theatre presents: The New Anti-Semitism He Said…She Said A Program in partnership with the United States Sunday, January 25 2:00 p.m. Holocaust Memorial Museum Sunday, January 18 6:30 p.m. A provocative show full of surprises and laughs as men and women bare all about food, family and What are the challenges and threats fooling around. This nationally acclaimed theatre facing the Jewish people today? How company makes us laugh, cry, and look at life from new different is it in America, Europe, Israel, perspectives. Come early for coffee and dessert, and or the world? Will anti-semitism ever meet the actors and writers after the show. be eradicated? Renowned Holocaust COST: $18.00 historian Deborah Lipstadt, author of Denying the Holocaust and The Phil Wallace, [email protected], (424) 208-8932 Eichmann Trial, discusses and analyzes wbtla.org the situation. Followed by a Q&A with Dr. Lipstadt. Phil Wallace, [email protected], (424) 208-8932 Nancy daum retirement celebration wbtla.org Friday, February 20 6:00 p.m. Please join us for a Youth Choir Shabbat service, followed by a special oneg shabbat honoring Nancy Daum, long-time cantors’ assistant, upon her retirement from Wilshire Boulevard Temple. Jamie Geller, [email protected], (213) 835-2121 wbtla.org

GLAZER Campus Irmas Campus OPCC Santa monica call/email Registration Required online Registration Required Contact For More Information Free of Charge 7 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE CALENDAR OF EVENTS January 2015 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 Shabba Dabba Torah Study Shabbat Service

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Food Pantries Spousal Bereavement Israeli Dancing Torah and Lunch with Torah Study Support Group Rabbi Leder Judaism by Choice Tot Shabbat Women's Torah Study with Rabbi Nanus Shabbat Shacharit Shabbat Services

11 12 13 14 15 16 Shabbat Service 17 Food Pantries Spousal Bereavement Israeli Dancing Martin Luther King, Jr. Torah Study Support Group Salon Shabbat Judaism by Choice Pregnancy and Infant Loss Shabbat Shacharit Support Nefesh "Food for the Soul" Religious School Resumes Religious School—New Orleans Trip

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Food Pantries Spousal Bereavement Israeli Dancing Movie Screening: Women's Torah Study Torah Study Support Group "unacceptable Levels" with Rabbi Nanus Judaism by Choice Shabbat Service Shabbat Services No Religious School - WBTY Event - Off-Site MLK, Jr. Jr. WBTY Shul-In The New Anti-Semitism Martin Luther King, Jr. 25 Food Pantries 26 27 28 29 30 31 Judaism by Choice Spousal Bereavement Israeli Dancing Shabbat Services Torah Study Pro-Bono Legal Clinic Support Group Religious School K-7 Tot Shabbat Jewish Women's Theatre Religious School Conferences Instead of Shabbat Shacharit Religious School Conferences Instead of Classes Classes Conferences—After School Religious School-WNP- Regular Day

Glazer Campus: 3663 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90010 For more information, including time and location, on all Irmas Campus: 11661 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 90064 of the events in this calendar, visit wbtla.org/events OPCC Annenberg Access Center, Santa Monica Service time different than usual - please check online Tributes

RABBI EDGAR F. MAGNIN FUND Florence R. Graubart by Linda and Jeffrey Graubart AL GOODMAN MEMORIAL Rose Harris by Helen Sherwin In Loving Memory of: CAMPERSHIP FUND Tillie Krevin by Helen Lewis Lawrence Adelman by Joe and Gail Lowenstein Harry Kunin by Stan and Adrienne Rubin In Loving Memory of: Sam Adlen by Paula Hoffman Larry Seewack by Rhoda Goodman Linda Liker by Betty Cohen Celia Adler and Julius Adler, M.D., by Claire and Ellis Landsbaum Sheryl Sherman by Pamela and Daniel Marcus and Family SILLS FAMILY CAMPERSHIP FUND Marie Berman by Susan and David Moyer Samuel Sherwin by Helen Sherwin In Loving Memory of: Claire J. Cantor by Linda Cantor Tsyra Shevitz by Helen Sherwin David J. Golden by Robin and Bob Sills Bernard Citron by Cecile Bartman PRAYER BOOK DEDICATION AND Nathan Sills by Robin and Bob Sills Albert Dorskind by Dorskind Family Foundation PUBLICATION FUND Anson I. Dreisen by Janet Dreisen Rappaport KEHILLAH COMMUNITY CAMP FUND Charles Engler by Myrna Engler In Loving Memory of: Jill and Greg Adler Francine Fainman by Eileen Seidlin Sara Ansill by Jill Gottlieb Robin Aronson Madeline Goodwin by Rini and Arthur Kraus KLEIN FAMILY FUND FOR MANN FAMILY Norma Bubar Madeline Goodwin by Andrea and Steve Lurie Rhea Coskey Richard Heller by Lawrence Heller EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER Jessica Frankel Jenna and Jason Grosfeld David Katz by Rita Harris Macy and Ryan Fujiu Verona Kellman by Barnet Kellman GERI AND RICHARD BRAWERMAN Jeanne Gerson Karl Kossower by Anita Mason ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Steven Gilfenbain Erna Lovice by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schiller Joanne and Jeffrey Grant and Family Caroljean P. Osterweil by Shirley Phillips In Loving Memory of: Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Haft Isador Pugach by Helene Mishlove Mark Fox by Karen and Scott Silver Laurie and James Hurl Dora L. Roddy by Jean Rosenbaum-Katz Linda Komorsky Liker by Lizzie and Gil Harari; Colette and Michael Kramer Harriet and Shelly Markman Sanford Rosenbaum by Jean Rosenbaum-Katz Ian Murray Irwin Rosenbloom by Barry Rosenbloom ANNE AND NATHAN SPILBERG ANNUAL Donna and Paul Nadel Henry Rosewald by Barry Rosenbloom LECTURE ON JEWISH LIFE Mr. and Mrs. Shamy Noily Francine Salter by Arthur Salter Phillip Pansky James L. Shanedling by Jennifer, Adam, and In Honor of: Mary Zoe Phillips Tanner Herschman Sherry Heyman’s birthday by Susan and Bruce Levin Lya and Mark Pinkus Richard Sonnenberg by Barnett and Susan Bergman Mark and Sharon Pollock Henry Tronick by Steven Tronick RABBI HARVEY J. AND SYBIL A. FIELDS Bill, Kirith, and Stella Prady Morris Weinstein by Linda and Gene Weiss EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Linda and Peter Rhein Howard Weinstock by Lorin Michaels In Loving Memory of: Dr. and Mrs. David Wark WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE Doris Gotlieb by Jerry Gotlieb Jolie and John Whitesell Sarra Kurtsman by Alla and Leonard Becker REDEVELOPMENT FUND In Honor of: Sarra Kurtsman by Zoya and Efim Rudin Amanda and Nick Nesbitt The marriage of Lisa and Stan Getz by Linda and Zan Calhoun Harry Rosenberg by Dorothy Royce Linda and Peter Rhein Sarah Sager by Leslie and David Bluestone In Loving Memory of: In Honor of: Mannie Kugler by Management Arts, Inc. Our wedding by Madison and Randy Kaplan MUSIC PUBLICATION FUND The Wintrob Family by Susan Brauneiss, Marc Gamsin, and In Honor of: SAUER FAMILY CAMP FUND Family Cantor Gurney, Seth Ettinger, and Nancy Daum by In Loving Memory of: Jayne Behman MAXWELL H. AND RUTH DUBIN Our mother and nanny, Jennie Sauer, by Steve, Micki, Howard Weinstock by Lara Kaplan Jonathan, and Molly Sauer; Marlene Sauer; Angie, Mike, MEMORIAL FUND Robert, and Joey Corritone; Dana, Jon, Andrew, and Micah Goldstein In Loving Memory of: JORDAN EHRLICH FUND FOR PROGRAMS Beloved mother, Ruth Dubin, by Maxine Kleinberg and Family IN BUSINESS ETHICS In Loving Memory of: CLERGY FUND FOOD PANTRIES Jordan Ehrlich by Jared, Sydnee, Jordan, and In Honor of: Samantha Breuer Thank you to those individuals and Peggy and Stephen Davis by Sheila and Stuart Wien families who have chosen either to underwrite ($1,000) or sponsor Rabbi Steve Leder and Cantor Don Gurney for officiating at THE CARING COMMUNITY FUND the wedding of my niece Shana Gersona and Steve Dunner by In Loving Memory of: ($500) a week of food. Linda Gerson Delaney Dorothy Merchasin by Carol Lloyd, Robert Merchasin, and If you are interested in joining this Howard Weinstock by Lara Kaplan Marcia Katz effort, please contact In Loving Memory of: Rabbi M. Beaumont Shapiro at Harold Berlfein by Jan Burns and Family EACH ONE HELP ONE (424) 208-8930 or email Helen Breitbart by Jared, Sydnee, Jordan, and In Loving Memory of: [email protected].

Samantha Breuer Shirley Glick by Joyce and Bob Wolf Mitzvah go’reret mitzvah—doing a mitzvah leads to doing more. Helen Epstein by Monte Gordon Frederick A. Wolf, M.D., by Joyce and Bob Wolf Nathan Fleischer by Leland and Miriam Green Bertha Lapidus by Jerry Gotlieb WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE CAMPS Thank you to Canter’s Deli, Brooklyn Bagel, Noah’s Bagel Larchmont, and Western Bagel West L.A., for their weekly ANN AND SAM BERNSTEIN CHILDREN’S In Honor of: donation of bread to our Food Pantries. The marriage of Lindsay Guren and Brett Goldberg LIBRARY FUND by Donna Goldberg Smith In Loving Memory of: Linda Komorsky Liker by Lisa and Stephen Chorna RABBI ALFRED WOLF CAMP FUND Mark Troy Nancy Schmidt by Peggy and Stephen Davis In Honor of: FOOD PANTRIES FUND Shabsa Landa by Belle Landa and Family Jeanne Gerson Herman Lewin by Belle Landa and Family Gai Klass and Michael Stern Suzanne Rubin and Family In Loving Memory of: Henrietta Breitbart by Jared, Sydnee, Jordan, and In Honor of: Samantha Breuer Bob Gerard by Betty Cohen Maurice Chayo by Karin and Doug Schaer My wonderful mother, Ann Cooper, by Marcia and In Loving Memory of: Joel Markowitz Morris Abrams by Robin and Mark Vogel My wife, Sylvia David, by Eric David Ruth Farr by Helen Sherwin Hanna Wolf by Linda and Larry Wolf Marvin Freedman by Belle Landa and Family

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BERKELEY LEVIN GOLDSCHMIDT AIDAN SAMUEL FREEDMAN January 10, 2015 January 31, 2015 Berkeley, a graduate of Brawerman Elementary Aidan is the son of Debra Diamond and School at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, is the Jeffrey Freedman; the stepson of Karen Silagi; son of Cari Levin and Guy Goldschmidt; the the grandson of Marilyn and Michael Diamond; grandson of Lynda and Phillip Levin; Marion and Dr. Michael Freedman; Debbie and Barbara Goldschmidt and the late Gerald Goldfaden; the step-grandson of Andrea Gunther Goldschmidt. and Moshe Silagi. Tikkun Olam Project: Berkeley volunteers at Family Welcomer: Benjamin Freedman. the Wilshire Boulevard Temple Food Pantry, Tikkun Olam Project: Aidan has been volunteering at Grand View feeding those in need every Sunday. He started at age six. Boulevard Elementary School, teaching young kids “brain games.” The program was designed to support critical thinking practices with the young RYAN BENJAMIN BAER students and teach them new ways of thinking. January 10, 2015 Ryan is the son of Amy and Matthew Baer; ETHAN HARRISON FREEDMAN the grandson of Diane Baer and the late January 31, 2015 Richard Baer; Patricia Bosley and the late Ethan is the son of Debra Diamond and Tom Bosley. Jeffrey Freedman; the stepson of Karen Silagi; Family Welcomer: Ethan Baer, brother. the grandson of Marilyn and Michael Diamond; Marion and Dr. Michael Freedman; Debbie and Tikkun Olam Project: Ryan volunteers at Gerald Goldfaden; the step-grandson of Andrea No Kill Los Angeles Animal Shelter (NKLA), and Moshe Silagi. where he cares for many dogs by walking and playing with them, as well as raising money for the organization by holding lemonade stands and donating Family Welcomer: Benjamin Freedman. the proceeds. Tikkun Olam Project: Ethan is volunteering at his local ASPCA, helping them with abandoned animals. Ethan loves animals and cares very much AMANDA GABRIELLE SWARTZ about making sure that they are safe, have good homes, and are happy. January 17, 2015 Amanda is the daughter of Danielle and ALEXA AVA ZOHAR Michael Swartz; the granddaughter of Regine January 31, 2015 and Alan Weinberg; Laurel Swartz and Alexa is the daughter of Erica and Lior Zohar; Robert Swartz. the granddaughter of Tova and Uzi Zohar; Family Welcomers: Natalie Swartz and Nicole and Dr. Herbert Wertheim. Zachary Swartz. Family Welcomer: Elan Wertheim Zohar, Tikkun Olam Project: Amanda collects clothes brother. and basic necessities for Baby2Baby, an organization that helps children of Tikkun Olam Project: Alexa is volunteering low-income families. at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust and participating in the museum’s Remember Us program, a Holocaust B’nei TALIA JUSTINE GLAZER Mitzvah project, by incorporating the name and story of a lost child into her d’var Torah. January 17, 2015 Talia, a graduate of Brawerman Elementary School at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, is the daughter of Sandra Barrientos and Russell Glazer; the granddaughter of Richard Glazer and the late Judith Glazer; Jesus and Clementina Barrientos. Family Welcomers: Jacob Glazer and Samantha Glazer. Tikkun Olam Project: Talia, with the help of family and friends, is cleaning up her neighborhood, picking up trash surrounding her school and local park.

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10 The Big Give

Michael Abrams & Randye Soref The Gordons Mr. & Mrs. Zvi Plotnik In honor of Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Adashek Jen Gordon Jennifer and Chris Pocino & family The Adelman Family Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Adler Suzanne Gorlick Judith Resnick by Tevin Adelman & Jen Shankman Kimberly & Nathan Agam & family Robert and Lindsay Grant & family Mr. & Mrs. Peter Rhein Eli, Chloe, Irena & Orie Argamany by Mr. and Mrs. Orie Argamany Sharon and David Akhtarzad & family Grant Family Sara and Grant Ross Zach & Ethan Blackman Mr. & Mrs. Barry Alexander G Grossman Cyndi Sarnoff-Ross & Michael Ross by Margy Yuspa & David Blackman Kathy Farkas & Chris Angel Mr. & Mrs. William Grueber Leah and Jacob Rothman & family Brawerman Elementary School Mr. and Mrs. Orie Argamany Judy Reidel & Alan Hamburger Jonathan and Gina Rudnick by Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Breuer Zoe and Elijah Aron Eric Hamermesh Mr. & Mrs. Mark Rudolph Lola Marcus by Pamela Burnett Mr. & Mrs. David Babbush Joan Harrison & Michael Janofsky Stephanie & Craig Rutenberg & family Traci Fleiss by Marilyn Fleiss Tasha and Andy Baum & family Robert S. Harris Ms. Francine Sanders Nadine & Maxine! Beat Advisory LLC Hausberg Family Betsy & Scott Sandler by Julie Monkarsh Gadinsky Mrs. Jayne Behman Ryan Herman Mr. & Mrs. Rene Santaella Samuel, Henry & Grace Glucksman by Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Glucksman Marlene Berro Cheryl Hertz Mr. & Mrs. David Sarnoff Misrock and Goldstein Families Bernstein Family Susan Heyman-Grad and Steven Grad Karin & Doug Schaer & family by Kathy Misrock and Adam Goldstein Dr. & Mrs. Robert Berson Mr. & Mrs. David Hilliard Ted Schachter and Susan Gordon Paige & Olive Herman by Mr. Ryan Herman Jenna and Todd Binder & family Mr. Barry Horowitz Lauren and Anton Schiff & family The Israel Family Gabrielle and Michael Bizar David Israel & Jamie Heitner Stephanie and Spencer Schneider by David Israel & Jamie Heitner Margy Yuspa & David Blackman Mr. & Mrs. Glen Janken Amanda and Eric Schrier & family My grandsons, Gavi & Noah Greene by Maxine Keith Mr. & Mrs. Alan Block Gary Jones and Stacey Snider Mr. and Mrs. Jason Schutzer The Laxer Family by Kathy and Kevin Laxer Judy Boasberg & Mark Landry Todd and Jami Kaltman Mr. & Mrs. Paul Schulman Cantor Seth Ettinger by Randy and Daniel Lee Licia and Paul Boaventura-Delanoe David Kaminow Claudia and Mark Schwartz & family Rabbi Beau Shapiro Tal Kahana and Theodore Bookstaver Lara Kaplan Michael Scott & Barbara Fisher by Marsha & Fredrick Levin Joan Borgman Ms. Paula Kaplan Mrs. Kurt Seelman Quincy and Farrah Levine Carol & Dan Bovill Mr. and Mrs. Randall Kaplan Sesar Family by Mr. James & Dr. Suzann Levine Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Breuer Barbara Karrol Brent and Abbe Shapiro The Trow Family by Elina B. 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Clergy Rabbi Steven Z. Leder, Pritzker Chair of Senior Rabbinics Rabbi Elissa Ben-Naim Rabbi David Eshel Rabbi M. Beaumont Shapiro Rabbi Bruce Raff,Head of Religious School Rabbi Rochelle Tulik Rabbi Susan Goldberg Rabbi Susan Nanus, Director of Adult Programs Cantor Don Gurney Cantor Seth M. Ettinger Board of Trustees Barry Edwards, President Brian Shirken, Vice President Steve Sugerman, Vice President Rick Powell, Secretary Philip de Toledo, Treasurer Alan Berro, Dena Bloom, Steven Brown, Stephen Davis, Scott Edelman, Simon Furie, Barbara Grushow, James Hyman, Toni Schulman, Alberto Valner, Dan Wolf Richard Pachulski, Immediate Past President Ronn Davids, Counsel Honorary Board Members Lionel Bell, Howard M. Bernstein, Audrey Irmas Administration Howard G. Kaplan, Executive Director Carol Bovill, Director, Early Childhood Centers Nadine Bendit Breuer, Head of Elementary School Cheryl Mandel Garland, Membership Services Director Douglas F. Lynn, Director, Camps & Conference Center The Wilshire Boulevard Temple Bulletin is published monthly by Wilshire Boulevard Temple

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Schedule of Shabbat Worship & Study

Friday, January 2 Tot Shabbat Shabbat Services Friday, January 30 Songleader Jason Mensches Bat Mitzvah of Shabba Dabba 9:30 a.m. Amanda Gabrielle Swartz Shabbat Services Rabbi Goldberg and the Band Rabbi Leder and Cantor Gurney Rabbi Shapiro and Cantor Ettinger 6:00 p.m. Shabbat Services 10:30 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Bar Mitzvah of Shabbat Service Berkeley Levin Goldschmidt Bat Mitzvah of Talia Justine Glazer Rabbi Eshel and Cantor Gurney Rabbi Shapiro and Cantor Ettinger Rabbi Goldberg and Cantor Gurney Rabbi Shapiro and Cantor Ettinger 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 31 Saturday, January 3 Bar Mitzvah of Ryan Benjamin Baer Friday, January 23 Rabbi Eshel and Cantor Ettinger Torah Study Torah Study 10:30 a.m. Shabbat Services Beshalach 13:17 – 17:16 Genesis Vayechi 47:28 – 50:26 Rabbi Leder and Cantor Ettinger Avi Cohen Rabbi Goldberg Friday, January 16 6:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Shabbat Services Rabbi Eshel and Cantor Gurney Tot Shabbat No Shabbat service at either Campus Rabbi Leder and Cantor Ettinger 6:00 p.m. Rabbi Goldberg 6:00 p.m. 9:30 a.m. Friday, January 9 Saturday, January 24 Martin Luther King Jr. Salon Shabbat Shabbat Services Shabbat Services Rabbi Shapiro and Cantor Gurney Torah Study B’nei Mitzvah of Rabbi Goldberg and Cantor Ettinger 6:00 p.m. Exodus Bo 10:1 – 13:16 Aidan Samuel Freedman Youth Choir Avi Cohen and Ethan Harrison Freedman 6:00 p.m. Nefesh “Food for the Soul” 9:00 a.m. Rabbi Shapiro and Cantor Gurney Rabbi Goldberg and the Band 10:30 a.m. Rabbi Eshel and Cantor Gurney 7:30 p.m. Shabbat Service Youth Choir Rabbi Leder and Cantor Gurney Bat Mitzvah of Alexa Ava Zohar 6:00 p.m. Saturday, January 17 10:30 a.m. Rabbi Eshel and Cantor Ettinger 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 10 Torah Study No service at Irmas Campus Exodus Vayera 6:2 – 9:35 Torah Study Student Rabbi Sarah Rensin Exodus Shemot 1:1 – 6:1 9:00 a.m. Avi Cohen 9:00 a.m.

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