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Temple Beth Hillel 9 Month Calendar October 2016/5777–June 2017/5777 Bet ple h H m il e le T l Adult Education and Major Temple Events 70 Est. 1946 Introduction Happy 70th birthday, Temple Beth Hillel. Our history as a congregation in the East San Fernando Valley is varied and rich. So too, for each student who has learned from our community, from two years old to eighty years old, we have made our mark on countless souls. This year, 5777, our Adult Education Calendar is full of learning experiences that explore our past and challenge us to think about our future. We will live the words of Rav Abraham Isaac Kook who said, “the old shall be renewed, and the new shall be made holy.” I invite you to come and learn with us. To study our tradition, ancient and modern, and to make it holy for you. This is a presidential election year and we want to talk about it! Dr. Steven Windmueller will join us on Shabbat, Friday, October 28 following our Kabbalat Shabbat service to talk about “The Jewish Vote and the 2016 Elections: What’s at Stake on November 8th.” On November 11, we will join with our neighbors at Adat Ari El for a Shabbat Service at 6:00pm, a Shabbat Dinner at 7:00pm, and 8:00pm guest speakers and scholars J.J. Goldberg and Jonathan Tobin. RSVP to this event at bethhillel.info We are delighted to bring Ellen Allard to our congregation as scholar–in–residence. Ellen, an internationally recognized Jewish musician and composer, will lead us in musical worship on Friday, November 18 at 6:30pm. Ellen will also lead a special session with Rabbi Sarah Hronsky on Sunday, November 20 called, “Smoothies, Songs and Scripture.” This will be an opportunity to explore texts, sing together, and think about how the things we put in our bodies are expressions of our values. TBH will again participate in the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Los Angeles Synagogue Collaborative. Scholars will present on four Sunday afternoons at a variety of locations. The theme, Visions for a Shared Society: The “Tribes” of Israel and explore questions including, what are the core values of some of the “tribes” that comprise Israel today – Secular, Arab Palestinian Israeli, Religious Zionist, and Ultra–Orthodox? How does a people divided along religious, geographic, and ideological lines build a shared society? What are the challenges and the possibilities for Israel in building a Jewish and Democratic State? Following some of the lectures there will be a dinner, where those in attendance can continue the discussion (there will be a fee for the optional dinner). The lectures are free for members of TBH. Our hallmark programs will happen this year, too. Join us for Torah Tuesday each week or for our monthly TBH Book Club. This year we are also introducing a new monthly Shabbat morning study on the second Shabbat of the month. These are just a few of our amazing adult learning opportunities. Please look through all of our learning opportunities in this Adult Education Calendar. We hope you will join us. To register for any of these programs, please contact the TBH Main office or check out our website, www.tbhla.org I look forward to learning with you. L’shalom, Rabbi Eleanor Steinman Connect With Us Connect with us on one of the Check out our website! world’s most popular platforms to You can find our temple calendar, see what’s happening in the world of event information, group events, Temple Beth Hillel. some of our history, learn about our Find us at: schools and more! www.facebook.com/tbhla Find us at: www.tbhla.org You can also find us on Facebook’s Need to register, make an RSVP or younger cousin, Instagram. purchase tickets to an event? Find us at: Check out our Special Events page at: www.instagram.com/tbhla bethhillel.info Twitter user? Us too! Want to get the scoop on our Find us at: upcoming events? Stay in the loop www.twitter.com/tbhla and get connected to our e–blast! E–mail us at [email protected] to get started. Find us on Youtube for special Have questions about our videos and our 2 Minutes of Torah! Adult Education programs? Find us at: Email us at: Temple Beth Hillel [email protected] Adult Education: Calendar Key Exclusive Events Frequent Happenings Annual Events Special Election Program Adult B’nai Mitzvah Tashlich & Havdalah at the Beach Cost: $3/per person We are in year two of a two year-program. Be on Tashlich starts at 5:00pm, but you may A representative from the League of Women Voters will the lookout for our next class, starting in Fall 2017. arrive as early as 3:00pm to picnic and enjoy present the pros and cons of the November Please contact our main office for more information community. Led by Rabbi Hronsky, Rabbi 8 ballot measures. Sponsored by the Women of TBH. by calling (818)763–9148 or you may e–mail us at Steinman, and Cantor Linsky. To be held at [email protected]. Will Rogers State Beach–Tower #8. Guest Speaker Torah Tuesday Sukkah–Putta–Uppa Cost: Free Join Brotherhood as they put up the Sukkah Smoothies, Songs and Scripture Torah study is the foundation of Jewish life and for the sukkot festival. Cost: $20 TBH members/$40 non–members learning. Come study Torah in a relaxed and Scholar–in–residence, Ellen Allard shares an friendly environment. No prior Torah study or Sukkah–Palooza opportunity to explore texts, sing together, and Hebrew knowledge is required, only a desire to Join us for a special Sukkot celebration think about how the things we put in our bodies are learn. including learning for all ages, blessings, live expressions of our values. music, and food trucks! TBH Book Club Small Classes Cost: Free Purim Feast, Shpiel & Megillah Reading Join us as we spend another year reading and Usher in Purim with a festive meal and a Who would have thunk it? learning together! The TBH Book Club will meet performance at TBH. RSVP for dinner to Cost: $120 TBH members/$240 non–members almost once per month and the discussions will be bethhillel.info Join us as we explore 6 decades of thinking. In each led by our clergy and fellow congregants. Dessert will Purim Carnival class we will explore one great thinker and one follow. There are rides, games, music, food and fun for aspect of their theology or philosophy. the whole family! RSVP to bethhillel.info No previous experience is required. Caring Across Generations Workshops Cost: Free Liturgies of Love Caring Across Generations meets bi–monthly Seder in the Desert XXXVIII A time of reflection, relaxation and community. Cost: $60 TBH members/$120 non–members to learn how to get involved with current issues RSVP to bethhillel.info What does it mean to be loved by an unending facing the generations. Find RSVP information at love, to love your fellow people, to love God, and bethhillel.info to love yourself? Brotherhood Thanksgiving Community Feast Text Study Our congregants rally together to bring a warm Shalom Hartman Institute Cost: Free Thanksgiving meal for those in need. Led by TBH Cost: Lectures are free to Temple Beth Hillel Join Rabbi Hronsky or Rabbi Steinman for a deep dive Brotherhood. members into texts that illuminate our lives today with the wis- Women of TBH Chanukah Boutique Lectures will be held 4:00pm–6:00pm, followed dom of our tradition. Coffee and nosh will be served. Come and shop your hearts out at our annual by a post–lecture dinner and discussion (there Chanukah Boutique. Many items from our will be no dinner on Jan. 22 due to the Valley Shabbat Services Gift Shop will be featured. AIPAC and Beit Teshuvah dinners). The only cost for the Temple Beth Hillel members is if they choose to stay for the post–lecture dinner. Cost for dinners cost $36/each or $100 for the three lectures that do have a post–lecture dinner. Tashlich & Havdalah Sukkah–Putta–Uppa Sukkah Palooza Legend at the Beach Special Election Program TBH Book Club Torah Tuesday Adult B’nai Mitzvah Elul•Tishrei•5777 Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, by Irin Carmon Guest Speaker, Caring Across Text Study Shabbat Services Dr. Steven Windmueller Generations Workshop Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 28 Elul 1 29 Elul 1 Tishrei 2 Tishrei 3 Tishrei 4 Tishrei 5 Tishrei 6 Tishrei Erev Rosh HaShanah Rosh HaShanah Rosh HaShanah II 9:00am Temple Office Closed Temple Office Closed 5:00pm 2 3 4 5 6 6:00pm 7 8 7 Tishrei 8 Tishrei 9 Tishrei 10 Tishrei 11 Tishrei 12 Tishrei 13 Tishrei Erev Yom Kippur Yom Kippur 9:45am Temple Office Closes Temple Office Closed at Noon 9 10 11 12 13 7:00pm 14 15 14 Tishrei 15 Tishrei 16 Tishrei 17 Tishrei 18 Tishrei 19 Tishrei 20 Tishrei Erev Sukkot Sukkot Sukkot II Sukkot III Sukkot IV Sukkot V Sukkot VI 9:00am Temple Office Closed 12:30pm 7:00pm 4:00pm 16 17 18 19 20 7:30pm 21 22 21 Tishrei 22 Tishrei 23 Tishrei 24 Tishrei 25 Tishrei 26 Tishrei 27 Tishrei Simchat Torah Temple Office Closed 6:00pm 8:30am October•2016 12:30pm 7:00pm 12:30pm 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 28 Tishrei 29 Tishrei 8:30am Check tbhla.org to confirm weekly schedule 30 31 For tickets and to RSVP visit bethhillel.info TBH Book Club Text Study Smoothies, Songs Tishrei•Cheshvan•5777 Short Story from The Oxford Book of Legend and Scripture Jewish Stories, edited by Ilan Stavans Torah Tuesday Guest Speaker, Shalom Hartman Institute Brotherhood Thanksgiving J.J.