WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE BULLETIN Volume 103, Number 10 • November 2016 Reflections of Our Ancestors

he Temple’s current art exhibit, I See Myself in You: TReflections of our Ancestors, added an intimate, visual dimension to our High Holy Days experience with photographs and portraits from the personal collections of Wilshire Boulevard Temple family members. The curated display opened in September in the central hallway in between the Mitchell Promenade and the Irmas Family Courtyard at the Glazer Campus (eastside) to coincide with this season of introspection, contemplation, reflection, and inspiration. Many who walked through the gallery during the High Holy Days remarked that it felt like they were wandering through a home. The faces of our ancestors, their expressions, their wardrobe, the settings—all preserved in these photographs—appear as reflections of ourselves and of our children, of those whose memories are a blessing, and of those whose legacies are our treasures. A special thank you to the congregants who submitted photographs for this exhibition! At a time of year when we consider the present, look to the future, and reflect on the past, the images inI See Myself in You: Reflections of Our Ancestors tell many stories and invite us to see the best of ourselves. If you did not visit the exhibit during the These walls are filled with the faces of our ancestors, guiding us to reflect on High Holy Days, it will be on display through November 30. ourselves, our future, and our past.

This Month ELIE WIESEL SALON SHABBAT: BOOK FAIR 2016 In Remembrance

More on page 7 NOVEMBER 15-18 Friday, November 18 Sunday, November 20 Tuesday-Friday, November 15-18 Irmas Campus Glazer Campus More on page 7 WBTLA.ORG/BOOKFAIRGlazer and Irmas Campuses More on page 4 6:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Torah Portion Righteousness after the Flood Noah Genesis 6:9-11:32

oah is living in a time of great corruption and rampant up to 31 inches of water doused the state in what some are Nlawlessness. Humans have turned their backs on one calling a 1,000-year flood.” Homes and lives were devastated another and are narcissistic and self-absorbed. This leads by this flood. The Jewish people’s legacy of righteousness to God’s disillusionment with humanity, deciding that no and choice to walk with God compelled individuals from one is worth saving—except Noah, who alone possesses the Wilshire Boulevard Temple’s Disaster Response Team to redeeming qualities of righteousness and wholeheartedness. bring hope to those impacted by the flood. Our volunteers Following the great flood that wiped out humanity, walked for a few days on mildew-encrusted floorboards and the quality of righteousness survives with Noah’s lineage. handled mold-saturated insulation. They chose to engage God realizes that in order for the next generation of in backbreaking labor to ensure that our world and our Abraham to meet with success—as the first generation of humanity continue to be leading character traits that compel Jews did—human nature must be grounded in a desire us to act (see more about the trip on page 6). for righteousness. Have we sustained this legacy of The lesson and challenge ofparashat Noah is to find righteousness? Do we, like Noah, walk with God? opportunities for righteousness and wholeheartedness in On September 2, 2016, The Wall Street Journal today’s world. Unlike those in the time of Noah, we need not published: “On the 11th day of the eighth month, the wait for a 1,000-year flood to act in humane ways that inspire floodgates of the heavens opened over Louisiana. others to strive toward righteousness. Rain fell for 32 consecutive hours, and in two days Elissa Ben-Naim

Volunteer Scott Cunningham, “Navigator”

cott Cunningham has been doing for granted,” he said. “Initially you’re dealing with people who Sothers as long as he can remember, have food needs, then once a bit of trust is built, you find out from his youth in Alabama to his law that there are other needs.” school time in Chicago to his career Resolving issues has always been part of his DNA, years in Atlanta, Birmingham, and now he said. It’s been only recently, however, that his DNA . This sense of community has “changed.” Cunningham grew up Protestant with a brought him to Wilshire Boulevard yearning for spiritually something more. While working in Scott Cunningham Temple and the Karsh Family Social Birmingham at a family business, he began studying Service Center, where he volunteers as a at Temple Emanu-El, and last February he converted. “I’m a “navigator,” helping to assess which services clients need, and new Jew,” he said proudly. making sure they are provided. He came to realize that the next chapter in his life was to At least, that’s what navigators are supposed to do. be elsewhere, and once Cunningham decided to move to L.A., Cunningham, 44, has taken it a step further. For example, his Birmingham rabbi recommended Wilshire Boulevard through his work at the Karsh Center, he learned about Temple, telling him, “They do a lot of social justice initiatives, several single-parent families who, because of illness, needed and it’s a great place to go.” We’re happy he listened. food delivered; for the past few months, he has been packing and delivering food to them every Friday. Cunningham For more information on the Karsh Center and found that a family’s food insecurities may be just one part of volunteer opportunities, visit karshcenter.org or contact its social services’ needs. “It’s amazing, the things we take for Stephanie Bressler at [email protected].

2 Glazer and Mann Early Childhood Centers

Picnicking Sukkot Style

nderneath student-decorated sukkahs, the families of Jason Mesches on guitar, ruled the day. Around the sukkah, Uthe Early Childhood Centers came together to usher we enjoyed the sights of the clay nature prints created by the in the new school year and celebrate the holiday of Sukkot. children in their atelier (art studio). Joined by Rabbi Shapiro At the annual Sukkot Picnic, which took place at the Erika and Rabbi Eshel, we engaged other senses by partaking in the J. Glazer ECC on October 19 and at the Mann Family ECC holiday traditions of shaking the lulav and smelling the etrog. on October 20, families experienced the holiday through To honor the concept of harvest, a Farmers Market stand was food, music, and fun activities. At the Glazer Campus, we set up and offered fresh seasonal fruit to take home in reusable partnered with Brawerman Elementary School East to share bags that the children in the festivities. had decorated. We had a great time celebrating Sukkot During the events, holiday spirit and songs, together. accompanied by music specialists Ari Kaplan and

Brawerman Elementary School

Exciting Fall Enrichments

ribbling, passing, innovating, product marketing, robot is the creator of and instructor for Bizainy, in which Dracing, script writing, costume designing, strategizing, schoolchildren become entrepreneurs delving into such team building, shark dissecting, sanding, drilling, sawing, business topics as negotiation, focus groups, logo creation and singing and dancing to The Lion King are just some of and marketing campaigns, new product development, and what one would see when walking through the hallways Invention Conventions. of the Brawerman Elementary School campuses. Activities Participants are excited with the creative and hands-on offered for the fall enrichment program include Lego projects these enrichment programs offer. Students expand their Robotics, Marine and Wildlife Biology, Woodworking, horizons while pursuing personal interests—and have a great Musical Theater, and Cinemagic. deal of fun in the process. It is not odd to hear a Grade 2 student exclaim, “I can’t wait to create a business!” This just means that the student has discovered Bizainy. Temple member Carolyn Enenstein

3 Camps

One Teen’s Journey to Israel

This past summer, 55 teens from Camp Hess Kramer and beast, but I was aware of my mother and grandpa motivating me, Gindling Hilltop Camp spent a transformative four weeks in Israel. and knew that my group was there to support me. As we scaled For many of these youths, this experience would not have been the mountain, it got tougher and tougher. At one point we were possible without the generosity of those who contributed to our Israel climbing almost vertically, hanging on to the guardrail for dear Scholarship Fund. The following is a recollection from one recipient: life. We leaned on one another, literally and figuratively, and our a.m. wake up after sleeping under the stars. It was Mount pulled through as a community. FShlomo day, one of the most difficult climbs of our four- Though exhausted, our group celebrated at the top with day Negev experience. Our counselors handed out Sharpies and hugs and photos. As a final activity, our counselor brought out asked us to write down on our forearms the names of people who onions and lemons. She told us we should never forget this inspired us. After long thought, I remembered the reason I was moment and instructed us to take a bite! Thinking she was crazy, there: my mother had worked endlessly with scholarship funds I sank my teeth into that onion—and understood. I will forever to get me to the Holy Land. I put her name down, along with remember and cherish the feeling of being on top of Shlomo, my late grandpa’s, who would have been thrilled to know I was and on top of the world. climbing the mountains of our ancestors. After trekking to the base of the mountain, I looked up at Shlomo and felt it challenging my will. I was scared to climb the

Adult Opportunities

Elie Wiesel: A Soul on Fire

he described Elie others. For his work, Wiesel received many prizes and honors, TWiesel (1928–2016) as “the most including the Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential important Jew in America.” Writer, Medal of Freedom. political activist, Nobel Laureate, When he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, and Holocaust survivor, he was the the Norwegian Nobel Committee deemed him a “messenger author of 57 books, including Night, to mankind,” stating that through his struggle to come to his renowned autobiographical work terms with “his own personal experience of total humiliation Elie Wiesel based on his experiences as a prisoner and of the utter contempt for humanity shown in Hitler’s in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald death camps,” as well as his “practical work in the cause of concentration camps. peace,” Wiesel had delivered to humanity messages “of peace, Wiesel served as a professor of humanities at Boston atonement, and human dignity.” University, which created the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish On Friday, November 18, we will celebrate Elie Wiesel Studies in his honor. He brought attention to Jewish Salon Shabbat to honor and remember this beacon of hope causes all over the world, including the plight of Soviet and humanity. Please join us at the Irmas Campus beginning and Ethiopian Jews, and helped establish the United States at 6 p.m. for readings, music, and a short film, as we pay Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. A tribute to this extraordinary man and remind ourselves of potent defender of human rights, Wiesel also campaigned for what we too are capable of. victims of oppression in South Africa and Nicaragua and of Rabbi Susan Nanus, Director of Adult Programs the genocide in Sudan and in the former Yugoslavia, among

4 Religious School

Purim with a Purpose

urim, already? Yes! Poland and Israel to learn from the last surviving people who PEven though the High experienced horrors at the hands of the Nazis. Holy Days just ended, and Special high school programs that send teens to Israel, Purim isn’t until March, and those that send them to Washington, D.C., to be a part of we want you to save the the Religious Action Center of to lobby on date, Sunday, March Capitol Hill. Imagine your child celebrating Havdalah along 12, 2017; it’s the day we with 250 other Jewish teens in front of the Lincoln Memorial! will come together as a The funds raised through the carnival also help underwrite community to celebrate our amazing Wilshire Boulevard Temple Youth Programs: the holiday. Our Religious WBTYdeux, Jr.WBTY, and WBTY. For these groups, Religious School is already hard at School and Brawerman Elementary School students in Grades 3 work making sure that this year’s Purim with a Purpose will be through 12 get together for fun and meaningful programming the most successful ever—from the traditional opening shpeil in which they share their Jewish experiences with their advisors, at 10 a.m. and carnival opening at 11 a.m. to the games, rides, our clergy, and one another. It is important that these programs and food throughout the day. remain low cost to encourage participation; funds from Purim How will the carnival’s success ultimately be determined? with a Purpose help us do this. By a safe and fun-filled day that has allowed us to raise the Notification of sponsorship opportunities for Purim with money necessary to keep costs of participating in our school a Purpose will be coming soon. If you have not yet received an and youth programs down, as well as providing funding to help email from us, please check your in-boxes today! Get involved families in need. The Purim Carnival is the only fundraising and help make sure our students have the chance to participate activity for our Religious School each year, and we need your in all of our amazing year-round programming. Our goal is support to help our young people participate in programs that 100-percent participation—whether you donate, volunteer, and/ they otherwise couldn’t afford. or attend. For additional information, visit wbtla.org/purim. For example, the March of the Living, for which our Rabbi Bruce Raff students—together with Holocaust survivors—travel to

5 Community News

Meet Alison Levine Gettleson . . . High Holy Days Thank Yous Alison Gettleson joined our Over 6,000 Wilshire Boulevard Temple staff in people representing May 2016 as the new Annual Fund more than 2,300 Manager. Her focus, which is to grow families observed and strengthen the Each One Help One the High Holy Days Annual Campaign, will allow Temple in many different members to contribute meaningfully to and meaningful

the programs and people that make our ways. Behind the Some of our excellent membership and Temple great. Alison loves getting to know new people and scenes and mostly administrative Temple staff (left to right): believes that each of us can make a difference in our community. unnoticed, a team of Cristina Mauro, Cheryl Garland, Charisse Charley, Lizette Gonzalez, Jessica Gonzalez, Alison Gettleson, Alison comes to Wilshire Boulevard Temple with extensive incredibly dedicated Richell King, and Edna Gonzalez knowledge of fundraising, engagement, relationship building, staff work tirelessly and programming. Prior to joining the Temple staff, she worked to produce the best possible experience. Each person knows how for Hillel International for nine years and most recently served as important these sacred days are for you and they care that each Associate Director at USC Hillel. A Los Angeles native, Alison moment goes well. We want to publicly acknowledge and give earned her master’s degree in Public Administration with an our thanks to Director of Membership Engagement, emphasis on nonprofit development from USC. Randy Fried, Rick Waters and his great facilities team, an Recently married, she is enjoying life both as a newlywed extraordinary security operation led by Cory Wenter, and the and a new member of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple membership and administrative staff pictured above. family. Alison is looking forward to getting to know as many congregants as possible, so don’t hesitate to reach out and say WOW Kickoff Event a Success! hello at [email protected]. Women of Wilshire (WOW), a new group at the Temple composed of women between the ages of 50-70 (ish), and the Disaster Response Team Volunteers in Baton Rouge brainchild of WOW Chairs Marnie Bodek and Cindy Feder, For the 5th time in the last four years, Wilshire Boulevard hosted a successful kickoff event on September 27. The event Temple’s Disaster Response Team deployed to aid in the relief included a delicious dinner, an interesting speaker, and lots of effort in the aftermath of another natural disaster. In mid- time for the women to get to know each other. Nearly 60 women September, a group of eight traveled to Baton Rouge, Louisiana listened as Dr. Caroline Luce explained Mapping Jewish Los to respond to historic flooding that damaged more than 60,000 Angeles, a multimedia digital-archiving project sponsored by the homes. Working with NECHAMA, the only Jewish Disaster UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies. Response organization in the country, the team worked to WOW is planning another great event soon! All of our repair homes devastated by the flood waters and brought hope invitations are via email, so if you didn’t receive an email for the to families in need. last event, please confirm that we have your correct email address so you never miss out! To join the group, please contact Jodi Berman at (424) 208-8970 or [email protected].

Top: Members of the Disaster Response Team that traveled to Louisiana, (left to right), Cory Wenter, David Fishman, Rabbi Shapiro, Rabbi Ben-Naim, Jeremy Wolf, Top: Dr. Caroline Luce speaks to the Women of Wilshire at the Irmas Campus. Maggie Scott, Stephen Matloff, Daniel Weinrot. Bottom left to right: Jeremy Wolf Bottom left: Dr. Luce with WOW members. Bottom right: Women enjoy dinner and Cory Wenter, Jeremy Wolf, Steve Matloff. prior to the speaker.

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

TORAH AND LUNCH BOOK FAIR WITH RABBI LEDER Tuesday, November 15–Friday, November 18 Friday, November 4, 12:00 p.m., Century City Enjoy perusing a great selection of books and potential You bring your lunch; Rabbi Leder brings the Chanukah presents for the children and adults in your wisdom of our ancestors. No prior knowledge life! A percentage of each sale goes to support the of Torah or Hebrew required. Series: $36. scholarship funds for our schools. Jamie Geller, [email protected], (213) 835-2121 Yolanda Ornelas, [email protected], (424) 208-8923 wbtla.org wbtla.org/bookfair

BOOK FAIR 2016 FIRST FRIDAYS: SHABBA DABBA! A PANEL DISCUSSION ON CONVERSIONNOVEMBER 15-18 Friday, November 4 6:00 p.m. WBTLA.ORG/BOOKFAIR Thursday, November 17 7:30 p.m. Family and friends are invited to this soulful, monthly participatory musical service. Stay for pizza and potluck; Thinking of becoming Jewish? Don’t miss this panel bring your favorite dairy or vegetarian sides to add to discussion with some of our very own Wilshire Boulevard the feast. Temple congregants as they share stories about their Jewish journeys and discuss how conversion impacted Ashley Sullivan, [email protected], (213) 835-2146 their families, friends, and themselves. wbtla.org/shabbadabba Phil Wallace, [email protected], (424) 208-8932 wbtla.org/conversion-panel NEFESH Fridays, November 4 and 18 7:30 p.m. THE WILSHIREADERS Join our warm and welcoming Nefesh Thursday, November 17 7:30 p.m. services, led by Rabbi Susan Goldberg with Nefesh musicians Duvid Swirsky, Don’t miss the second meeting of the 2016–17 Sally Dworsky, and Ari Herstand. Come early for the book club season, when we discuss The Noise vegetarian potluck and stay after for drinks and desserts. of Time by Julian Barnes, led by Great Books facilitator Rochelle Ginsburg. Ashley Sullivan, [email protected], (213) 835-2146 Phil Wallace, [email protected], (424) 208-8932 wbtla.org/nefesh wbtla.org/bookclub

WOMEN’S TORAH STUDY ELIE WIESEL SALON SHABBAT WITH RABBI NANUS Friday, November 18 6:00 p.m. Fridays, November 11 and 18 12:30 p.m. Pay tribute as we honor and remember Bring your lunch and join us for a discussion of the the late Elie Wiesel with readings, music, women in the Torah and how they influenced the shaping and a short film. Followed by an Eastern of Judaism. European Oneg Shabbat. Phil Wallace, [email protected], (424) 208-8932 Phil Wallace, [email protected], wbtla.org (424) 208-8932 wbtla.org/salonshabbat VETERANS SALON SHABBAT Friday, November 11 6:00 p.m. THE BIG GIVE AND BLOOD DRIVE The first Salon Shabbat of the 2016-17 year honors our Sunday, November 20 12:30 p.m. veterans with a musical salute, color guard, and special Volunteer with your family as we assemble blessings. Followed by a Red, White, and Blue and distribute meals to some of our city’s most Oneg Shabbat. underprivileged families. You can also give Phil Wallace, [email protected], (424) 208-8932 blood (starting at 10 a.m.) or donate $25 in advance to provide a meal for one family. wbtla.org/salonshabbat Denise Magilnick, [email protected], (424) 208-8930 karshcenter.org/biggive Continued on page 11

Events and times subject to change. GLAZER CAMPUS (EAST) IRMAS CAMPUS (WEST) OPCC SANTA MONICA CAMP HESS KRAMER CALL/EMAIL REGISTRATION REQUIRED ONLINE REGISTRATION REQUIRED CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION FREE OF CHARGE WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE CALENDAR OF EVENTS November 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 Religious School 5 Retreat Religious School Religious School Religious School Retreat Torah and Lunch Spousal Bereavement with Rabbi Leder Torah Study Support Group Shabba Dabba Shabbat Shacharit Shabbat Services Nefesh

6 7 8 9 10 11 Women's Torah Study 12 with Rabbi Nanus Religious School Retreat Religious School Religious School Torah Study Veterans Salon Shabbat / Food Pantries Spousal Bereavement Pregnancy and Infant Loss Youth Choir Shabbat Tot Shabbat Support Group Support Group Youth Choir Shabbat Shabbat Shacharit

Veteran's Day 13 14 15 16 17 18 Book Fair 19 Women's Torah Study Food Pantries BOOK FAIR 2016 Book Fair Book Fair Book Fair Torah Study NOVEMBER 15-18 with Rabbi Nanus Religious School WBTLA.ORG/BOOKFAIR Religious School Religious School A Panel Discussion on Tot Shabbat Conversion Shabbat Services Spousal Bereavement Elie Wiesel Salon Shabbat Shabbat Shacharit Support Group WilshiREADERS Nefesh

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Food Pantries Film Screening—"Defying Spousal Bereavement Shabbat Services Torah Study Support Group Religious School the Nazis: The Sharps' Shabbat Shacharit War" The Big Give

Thanksgiving

27 28 29 Religious School 30 Food Pantries Caring Community Religious School Presents: Alzheimer's Jewish Outreach Program Spousal Bereavement Support Group

For more information, including time and location, on all Glazer Campus (east): 3663 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90010 Irmas Campus (west): 11661 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 90064 of the events in this calendar, visit wbtla.org/events Camp Hess Kramer: 11495 E. Pacifi c Coast Hwy OPCC Annenberg Access Center, Santa Monica Events and times subject to change. Service time different than usual - please check online Tributes

RABBI EDGAR F. MAGNIN FUND Stanley Brown by Lucille Epstein ANAT BEN-ISHAI RELGIOUS SCHOOL Elsie Fogelman by Betty Cohen In Loving Memory of: SCHOLARSHIP FUND Fred Furst and Ruth Furst by Lotte Seelman Marietta Bach by Kenneth Korman Harold Garber by Robert Wolf In Loving Memory of: James Bacon by Rob, Margaret, Ben, Hannah, and Annie Smith Russel Leventhal by Lindsay and Dan Frankel Beverly Gersh by Linda and Ed Brown Gordon Bodek by Janna Harris Lianne Gray by Ann Rubin Robert Borun by Dorothy Straus MUSIC PUBLICATION FUND Lianne Gray by Suzanne Rubin Suzanne Corets by Beth Corets Preston J. Kline by Marian Brown In Honor of: Ben F. Evans by Joanne Reisman Preston J. Kline by Lucille Epstein Cantor Seth Ettinger children’s choir by Jayne Behman Elsie Fogelman by Sherri and John Fogelman Preston J. Kline by Gertrude Kline Lawrence Powell for a speedy recovery by Rae Berger Jack Galindo by Merle Galindo William I. Kline by Gertrude Kline In Loving Memory of: Harold Gelfand by Arline Gelfand Mitchel Lehrner by Joyce and Bob Wolf Pauline Forman by Barry Forman and Andrea Pflug Rose Gilfenbain by Steven Gilfenbain Helen Levin by David Abel and Brenda Levin-Abel Sam Forman by Barry Forman and Andrea Pflug Betty Hadden by Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lynch Howard Lynn by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Motley Andrea Heft by Andrea, Barry, and Emma Forman Robert Haiman by Shirley Haiman Lillian Lynn by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Motley Jerry Hodes by Andrea, Barry, and Emma Forman Claudine V. Keith by Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Keith Robert J. Wunsch by Judy Wunsch Gilbert Robinson by Elaine Robinson Frederick Klein by Barbara Karrol Sheldon Zane by Ann, Steve, Isabel, and Ezra Sunshine Stella Rudnick by Andrea, Barry, and Emma Forman Ida Leemon by Elaine Robinson Rhoda Shralow by Andrea, Barry, and Emma Forman Bloosom Morris by Jared Morris TIKKUN OLAM SOCIAL ACTION FUND Isaac Ullman by Laura Ullman Epstein and Mark Epstein David Nitka by Mr. and Mrs. Michael Moshay In Loving Memory of: Eli Persky by Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Fields Robert Ellison by Jeanne Gerson CARING COMMUNITY Irma Phillips by Shirley Phillips Andrea Heft by Marjorie Blatt Davida Rischall by Carol and Clive Hoffman In Loving Memory of: Minnie Rosenberg by Dorothy Royce Howard Lynn and Lillian Lynn by Constance Burg PRAYER BOOK DEDICATION AND Rhoda Shralow by Robert Klyman and Dena Bloom Alvin Rosenthal by Deana Rosenthal and family PUBLICATION FUND Miriam Rothstein by Nancy Ellin Noorollah Soofer by Ramin Soofer Lea Serlin by Blaire and Aaron Kaplan In Loving Memory of: Scott Sraberg by Brad and Karen Sraberg Elsie Fogelman by Dr. and Mrs. Alan Fogelman Philip Zivetz by Gail and Joe Lowenstein EACH ONE HELP ONE FUND WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE MANN FAMILY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER Todd Friedman REDEVELOPMENT FUND In Loving Memory of: In Honor of: Frank Fenton by the Stein and Goldfeder families Rabbi Leder and Cantor Ettinger for officiating at the wedding In Honor of: of Tahl and Jeremy Powell by Debbie and Rick Powell The birth of Charles Fried by Nan and Allan Goodman Rhoda Shralow by Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kuperstock Rhoda Shralow by Avrum and Fredda Loewenstein In Loving Memory of: In Loving Memory of: Ileene Berkus by Dr. and Mrs. Dean Berkus Elsa L. Kunin by Stanford and Adrienne Rubin KLEIN FAMILY FUND FOR MANN FAMILY EARLY Marsha L. Hervey by Debbie and Rick Powell Sam A. Schwartz by Rhonda Schwartz CHILDHOOD CENTER Britania King by Debbie and Rick Powell Rhoda Shralow by Nan and Allan Goodman In Honor of: Mary Klein by Suzanne Attig CLERGY FUND The birth of Sloane Raquel Kleinman by Jennifer and Ruth Mayerson by Wilma and Victor Stern Cary Kleinman Hanni Novotna by Maskit, Gary, Aiden, and Adam Schiller Lauren Cadish In Loving Memory of: Rhoda Shralow by Nancy Beren In Honor of: Rhoda Shralow by Carol and Dan Bovill Rhoda Shralow by Steve, Linda, Abby, and Tracie Brown Cantor Gurney for his care and support of Ileene Berkus Rhoda Shralow by Laura Stein and Samuel Goldfeder by Cindy and Philip Feder Rhoda Shralow by Heather and Eli Goldsmith Rabbi Leder for his care and support of Ileene Berkus GERI AND RICHARD BRAWERMAN by Cindy and Philip Feder ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Rhoda Shralow by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hahn Karen and Scott Silver Rhoda Shralow by Stanley Iezman and Nancy Stark In Loving Memory of: Rhoda Shralow by Lorin Michaels Frank Freeman by Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kuperstock In Loving Memory of: Rhoda Shralow by Debbie and Rick Powell Himon Galpert by Jerry Gotlieb Pearl Borinstein by Joan Borinstein Rhoda Shralow by Mark Smith and Diane Shader Smith Joni Gordon by Monte Gordon Rhoda Shralow by Rabbi Elissa and Gal Ben-Naim Rhoda Shralow by Cindy Winebaum Mac Gordon by Monte Gordon Rob Weber’s mother by Elaine and Gordon Berman Elizabeth Morgan by Monte Gordon ADULT PROGRAM FUND Myra Nalibotsky by Gillian and Abram Nalibotsky BRAWERMAN ENDOWMENT In Honor of: Mildred R. Sack by Jean Rosenbaum NADINE BREUER FUND Bernhard Kohn’s adult bar mitzvah by Carol and Buz Kohn Zygmunt Stock by Mr. and Mrs. Al Finci Hope Wintner and Ted Meisel In Honor of: PULPIT FLOWER FUND KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE Lizzie Harari’s birthday by Nadine and Steve Breuer CENTER FUND In Loving Memory of: Lizzie and Gil Harari’s 10th Wedding Anniversary MFECC Eshel class of 2016 Jean W. Dreisen by Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Rappaport by Beverly and Mark Feinberg In Honor of: Rose Fischer by Edie and Joe Fischer The Harari Family by Joan Sax and Barry Yukon Martha Karsh’s and Bruce Karsh’s birthdays by Marc Binenfeld In Loving Memory of: and Julie Miller ANN AND SAM BERNSTEIN CHILDREN’S Gladys Ehrlich by Nadine and Steve Breuer LIBRARY FUND In Loving Memory of: Ramon Gerson and Herbert Lindenbaum by Jeanne Gerson In Loving Memory of: ANNE AND NATHAN SPILBERG ANNUAL Andrea Heft by Marilyn Brown Mildred Wien by Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Davis LECTURE ON JEWISH LIFE Ruth C. Perrin by David Abel and Brenda Levin-Abel In Honor of: Rhoda Shralow by Marilyn Brown FOOD PANTRIES FUND Rabbi Steve Leder for officiating at the naming of Jeanne Gerson Sawyer Noah Katz by Myra and Jack Porter WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE CAMPS Gai Klass and Michael Stern In Loving Memory of: Yasmin Luque In Honor of: Alfred Levin by Susan and Bruce Levin MFECC Eshel class of 2016 Allen Tuchman’s birthday by Sheri Tuchman Anne Spilberg by Susan and Bruce Levin John and Lara Rich In Loving Memory of: Schwartz Family LLC RABBI HARVEY J. AND SYBIL A. FIELDS Anne Cohn and Harriet Levi by Lonnie Levi Israel In Honor of: EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Gladys Ehrlich by Susan and Bill Ehrlich Regina Steiner’s birthday by Marian Brown In Loving Memory of: Milton Hoffman by Mr. and Mrs. Allen Tuchman Ruth Mayerson by Linda and Zan Calhoun In Loving Memory of: Dianne Barraco by Julie and Steve Cramer Roz Pinkus by Susan and Robert Roth and family Cliff Ackerman by Norman Chanes and Ronnie Shapiro Richard Epstein by Mr. and Mrs. Burton Epstein Robert Shapiro by Libby, Norm, and Melissa Shapiro Rae Arons by Helen Sherwin Cole Grosflam by Nancy Senter Beloved brother, Marvin Steinholtz, by Sylvia Miller Ileene Berkus by Marc Binenfeld and Julie Miller Joe Pollock by Mark and Shari Pollock Sarah C. Blakeman by Mary Dubrow Henrietta “Danny” Blumer by Lisa Agay Getz and Stan Getz Frances Broidy by Mr. and Mrs. Steven Broidy Dear husband, Stanley Brown, by Marian Brown Continued on Page 11

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RABBI ALFRED WOLF CAMP FUND In Loving Memory of: FILM—“DEFYING THE NAZIS: THE In Honor of: Miguel Kahan by David Saperstein Miguel Kahan by Mr. and Mrs. Ross Winn Rabbi Karen Fox for officiating at the unveiling for SHARPS’ WAR” June Blumkin by Janis Schwartz Ruth Mayerson by LuAnna Brown by Joan and Robert Cohen In Loving Memory of: Monday, November 21 7:30 p.m. by Stephanie and David Eshel June Blumkin by Janis Schwartz by Gerald, Amy, Shayna, and Jordan Freisleben Douglas Delaney by Jeanne Gerson Ken Burns’ newest documentary is an by Lisa Agay Getz and Stan Getz Lillian Gelfond by Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gelfond account of a daring rescue mission that by Peter Hoffenberg Loving father, Ramon Gerson, by Linda Delaney by Neil Katz and Gail Robillard occurred on the precipice of World War II. Harriet Kornblum by Dolph Kornblum by Mr. and Mrs. Steven Lescher Edith Leveson by Linda and Larry Wolf by Francine Peterman Phil Wallace, [email protected], Ruth Mayerson by Norma Bubar by Mark and Shari Pollock (424) 208-8932 Ruth Mayerson by Diane Dresser by Sock ’em Dogs Forum wbtla.org/defying-the-nazis AL GOODMAN MEMORIAL CAMPERSHIP by Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camp Committee by Marion and Bob Wilson In Loving Memory of: Ruth Mayerson by Bruce Perelman and Janis Flax FOOD PANTRIES CARING COMMUNITY PRESENTS: SILLS FAMILY CAMPERSHIP FUND Thank you to those individuals In Loving Memory of: and families who have chosen ALZHEIMER’S JEWISH OUTREACH Rose Sills and Raye Friedman by Susan Casamassima either to underwrite ($1,000) or PROGRAM Thelma Sills by Susan and Tom Casamassima sponsor ($500) a week of food. Thelma Sills by Robin and Robert Sills If you are interested in joining Tuesday, November 29 7:30 p.m. KEHILLAH COMMUNITY CAMP FUND this effort, please contact Julia Finkelstein Rabbi M. Beaumont Shapiro at Alzheimer’s Greater Los Angeles presents (424) 208-8930 or email Eric Freedman an educational program for families and [email protected]. Russell Ghitterman and Julie Harris caregivers about symptoms, treatment, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Greitzer Mitzvah go’reret mitzvah—doing Drs. Robyn and Joshua Mandelberg a mitzvah leads to doing more. and coping with Alzheimer’s Disease. Rusty and Julie Weiss Phil Wallace, [email protected], Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camp Committee Thank you to Canter’s Deli, Brooklyn Bagel, Noah’s Bagel Larchmont, and Western Bagel West L.A., for their weekly (424) 208-8932 In Honor of: donation of bread to our Food Pantries. Nadine Breuer’s retirement by Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Glucksman wbtla.org/alzheimers Britney Gruberger’s career endeavors by Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Glucksman

Our Temple Family

Welcome to new Temple members… Green on their recent marriage and to parents, Leland and Miriam Green… Elizabeth Pour and Zachary Leichtman-Levine and to parents, Arthur Melanie and Michael Alkov…Kimberly Duenas and Shay Birwadkar… Levine and Lauren Leichtman-Levine…Tahl Stein and Jeremy Powell on Karen and Jonathan Brooks and their daughters, Haley and Emily… their recent marriage and to parents, Richard and Debra Powell… Marissa Berman and Yale Chasin…Sharon Gam…Alison and Seth Gettleson…Rachel and Jason Goldberg and their children, Abby and Congratulations to… Jack…Claire and Brian Goldsmith…Laurie Gray and Steven Gordon… Marisa Graiwer and her son, Ryder…Heidi and Lawrence Grey and Rosie and Mario Barajas on the birth of their son, Ace Casey Barajas, and their children, Snowden and Jaxson…Erin and Anthony Harris and to big brother, Ny…Howard Bransky on the birth of his grandson, Jack their children, West and Avery…Cara Sands and James Heckenberg Dylan Bransky…Skip and Joan Kessler on the birth of their grandson, Elliot and their son, Greyson…Oriana Horowitz…Jamie Quinn and Jacob Sampson Kessler…Amanda and Nicholas Nesbitt on the birth of their Itzkowitz…Tatijana and Andrew Janko…Craig Juda and his son, James… daughter, Keaton Leona Nesbitt, and to big sister, Kingsley…Laina and Danielle Karta…Karin and Gregory Klein and their children, Cooper, John Stapleton on the birth of their daughter, Gemma Ivy Jean Stapleton… Campbell, and Chase…Maria Heiner and Ross Klein and their daughter, Diana…Brooke and Jason Kleinman…Valerie and Tommy Krause and Condolences to… their daughters, Penelope and Scarlett…Nancy and Jason Liss and their Cara and Andrew Tapper on the death of her aunt, Rita Tapper Balliot, children, Jenna and Benjamin…Jessie Thurston and Edward Lovett… and to great-niece, Isabella…Debbie and Mark Feldstein on the death of Joelle and Jeremy May and their daughter, Maya…Tara Neuwirth and her her grandmother, Sarah Bloomfield, and to great-grandchildren, Zack daughters, Rachel and Rebecca…Tilly Oren…Natalie Peikoff…Orly and and Cooper…Jennifer and Jamie Rhonheimer on the death of her mother, Craig Renetzky and their children, Heather, Matthew, and Emily…Martin Susan DeMille, and to granddaughter, Nina…Gail and Paul Hellenberg on Rosmarin…Linda Rosner…Molly and Adam Sachs and their children, the death of their son, Matthew Hallenberg, and to brother, Ryan…Carly Abraham and Golda…Milan Schonberger…Jennifer and Farbod Shakouri Handelman on the death of her grandmother, Dolores Handelman… and their daughter, Siena…Stephanie Shawn…Tanya and Todd Soley Howard Bernstein and Bunny Wasser on the death of his sister, Marsha and their daughter, Clara…Michelle and Dan Sorgen and their children, Lois Hervey, to niece, Lori Bernstein, to great-nephew, Max, and to Jasmine and Noah…Rachel and Simon Steinhardt and their son, Bram… nephew, David and Jennifer Bernstein…Jack and Leslie Kavanaugh Gilad Weisner…Kenneth and Justine Wengrod and their daughter, Alexa… on the death of his brother, Russell Kavanaugh, to nephews, Matthew Michelle and Yan Yampolsky and their son, Lev…Daniel Zack… Kavanaugh and Ryan and Jessica Kavanaugh, and to great-nephews, Tommy and Carter...Samuel Mayerson on the death of his wife, Ruth Congratulations to… Mayerson…Reagan Silber on the death of his father, Gerald Silber, and Jordan Scalise and Blake Armstrong on their recent marriage…Alexandra to granddaughter, Rome…Jodi and Christopher Lipe on the death of her Shabtai and Brent Bolthouse on their recent marriage and to parents, Erika father, Richard Tull, and to grandson, Jaden…Rob and Karyn Weber on Glazer and Nikko Shabtai…Natalie Levine and Brian Boren on their recent the death of his mother, Hermine “Honey” Weber, and to grandchildren, marriage and to parents, Susan and Michael Levine… Jessica Mazin and Tamar and Joshua… Daniel Dubelman on their recent marriage…Jacqueline Wei and Brian And to all immediate and extended family.

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Schedule of Shabbat Worship & Study

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Shabba Dabba Veterans Salon Shabbat/Youth Choir Shabbat Services Shabbat Services Goldberg and Leder Shabbat Services Rabbi Leder and Cantor Ettinger Rabbi Leder and Cantor Ettinger 6:00 p.m. Rabbi Leder and Cantor Ettinger 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Shabbat Services Elie Wiesel Salon Shabbat Rabbi Eshel and Cantor Gurney Rabbi Shapiro and Youth Choir Shabbat Services Rabbi Shapiro and Cantor Gurney 6:00 p.m. Cantors Gurney and Ettinger Rabbi Eshel and Cantor Gurney 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Nefesh Nefesh SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Rabbi Goldberg and the Nefesh Band Torah Study Rabbi Goldberg and the Nefesh Band 7:30 p.m. Genesis Chayei Sarah (23:1-25:18) 7:30 p.m. Torah Study Avi Cohen Genesis Lech L’cha (12:1-17:27) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 9:00 a.m. Avi Cohen SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5 9:00 a.m. Torah Study Shabbat Services Torah Study Genesis Vayeira (18:1-22:24) Rabbi Leder and Cantor Gurney Genesis Noach (6:9-11:32) Tot Shabbat Rabbi Eshel 10:00 a.m. Avi Cohen Rabbi Shapiro 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. No services at Irmas Campus Tot Shabbat Shabbat Services Shabbat Services Rabbi Tulik Rabbi Leder and Cantor Gurney Rabbi Leder and Cantor Gurney 9:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Services Rabbi Shapiro and Cantor Ettinger Rabbi Eshel and Cantor Ettinger Rabbi Leder and Cantor Gurney 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

No services at Irmas Campus

GLAZER CAMPUS IRMAS CAMPUS All Shabbat and worship information 3663 Wilshire Blvd. 11661 W. Olympic Blvd. can be found online at wbtla.org Los Angeles 90010 Los Angeles 90064