WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE BULLETIN Volume 103, Number 4 • April 2016 Inside Observations from Rick Powell

ne of the benefits of being or cantors if you find yourself in need of some spiritual Opresident is that I get to spend guidance or a sympathetic ear. You won’t be disappointed. more time at the Temple viewing With the opening of the Karsh Family Social Service how it works from the inside. I Center at the Glazer Campus, we have expanded the definition am pleased to see a great deal of of what it means to be a synagogue; thus, our Board is working forward momentum and to report on the governance issues that are impacted by this exciting new that the Board, our schools’ parent venture. In addition, the Karsh Center provides great volunteer associations, and our congregational opportunities for all of us to truly make a difference in the lives leadership are all working together of our neighbors. Jodi Berman, our Director of Engagement Rick Powell, Temple to examine every possible way to and Leadership, tells me that April is National Volunteer President improve what we do. We continually Appreciation Month, so please contact Jodi at (424) 208-8970 strive to provide the best possible schools, fascinating adult or [email protected] to see how you can help. programs, the most engaging Shabbat services, the finest I look forward to meeting new members and getting to security, and a great community for you to be part of. know each of you. Feel free to email me at Based on my observations, I want to share with you how [email protected] with any questions, comments, or impressed I am by the commitment of our clergy. When a concerns (I’ll take compliments too!). And, of course, I wish family member is sick, when a marriage hits some bumps, when you and your family a very happy Passover! a business goes under—or simply when a congregant’s soul Rick Powell, Temple Board President is burdened—a member of our clergy is right there to help. I urge you to pick up the phone and ask to speak with any of our

This Month Special Film Event: Build-a-Bike ADULT SEDER SECOND SEDER Restoring Tomorrow More on page 7 FAMILY DAY More on page 11

More on page 5 Friday, April 22 Thursday, April 7 Sunday, April 17 Irmas Campus Saturday, April 23 Irmas Campus Irmas Campus 6:30 p.m. Camp Hess Kramer 7:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. More on page 5 11:00 a.m. Torah Portion Tell Your Story Passover

here are two primary mitzvot (commandments) we reformer John Dewey (1859–1952) articulated it this way: Tare obligated to fulfill during Passover: The first is to “We do not learn from experience…we learn from reflecting tell the story of the redemption from Egypt. The second is on experience.” to avoid eating chameitz (leaven). The salty taste of the tears The Passover tradition encourages us to engage in and the sharp horseradish ask us to experience the story now. such reflection in our own lives. When we take our life We eat the story as we tell it to help us fully integrate and experiences, particularly those of challenge and struggle, and understand what it meant for our ancestors then—and what integrate them into a coherent narrative, this act of telling it means in our lives today. The Passover seder is designed our stories becomes the journey of freedom. When we draw to help us embody the telling of our story. The rabbis hoped meaning from our past, we can shape and reshape our present that when we tell the story this way, with intention and and future. This is true for us both collectively, as a people, meaning, the telling would change us. and as individuals. Storytelling itself thus shines a pathway The field of education has taught us that intentional to freedom. efforts to synthesize, abstract, and articulate what we Happy Passover! Chag Sameach! experience make learning more effective. Influential Susan Goldberg American philosopher, psychologist, and education

Save the Date

Shabbat on the Fly with Rabbi Leder This annual trip to Idaho is a sell-out every year! Check out what some of our congregants have been saying about this amazing experience!

July 29 – August 1, 2016 $2,525 per person (all-inclusive except airfare) Limited spots available Email [email protected] to RSVP “If interesting people, spectacular scenery, “It was my first time on a fly-fishing trip world-class lodging, great food, and yes— and I so thoroughly enjoyed being on the we do actually catch fish—sound like fun, river each day. The best part was meeting then this is the trip for you.” – Mike Gilbert the other Temple members, telling jokes around the campfire, and enjoying great wine and food with them each night.” – Lorin Michaels

“It was simply a wonderful confluence of trout, conversation, religion, humor, wine, whiskey, cigars, weather, and “Torah and trout make for a companionship. An experience great vacation.” worthy of annual repetition.” – Thomas Schiff – Andrew Safir

2 Glazer and Mann Early Childhood Centers

Gala 2016

Nursery School Rock, held on February 20 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, raised funds to support scholarships and enrichment for our Early Childhood Centers. Many thanks to all our generous supporters and brilliant committee for this investment in our future.

The Dukes of Doo Wop Parents enjoying the Gala!

Left to right: Stacie Cohen (PA President), Rochelle Glucksman Top Row (left to right): Rebecca Nelken, Cookies by Mann Family parent Caroline Kuperstock and Jennifer Smiley (two of the Gala co-chairs) Behnoosh Farzam, Carrie Rifkin. Bottom Row (left to right): Lauren Lundy, Dina Cohen, Erica Sesar.

Table setting Left to right: Erica Felsenthal, Rochelle Glucksman, Erica Sesar, Left to right: Rochelle Glucksman, Carol Bovill, Lauren Lundy, Jessica Liberman, and Samantha Milner Maria Sussman, Jennifer Smiley

3 Camps

Dr. Mom Volunteers

emple member, camp and Brawerman East mom, and (age 7) and son, Eli (age 5). While her time at camp was spent Tcamp doctor Jenny Zipkin is a wonderful example of the primarily in the infirmary, working with the nursing staff to essence of the word volunteer. Jenny spent a week last summer manage the medical needs of the campers and the counselors, as camp doctor at Camp Hess Jenny was able to join her family for camp activities, including Kramer and returned as Winter Camp Shabbat, meals in the dining hall, song sessions, Israeli Camp doctor at Gindling Hilltop this past December. dancing, campfires, andHavdalah . “It’s a way to give back and be part of the community,” Jenny hopes to return as Jenny explained when asked her reason for filling this camp doctor and looks forward important volunteer position. “I was surprised by how much to sending her own kids to camp too—for experiences she energy the campers and counselors had, and the excitement knows firsthand to be joyful as well the kids felt in celebrating Shabbat at camp.” Jenny and her as transformative. husband, Ronen, both pediatricians at Children’s Hospital Cheri Lauterbach , are the parents of three young children: daughters Camp Alumni and Development Director Talia (age 9) and Maya

Religious School

My Kids Love It!

f you’re ever looking for me on Wednesdays around 6:00 there may be thinking, “What kid loves religious school?!” The Ip.m., you can usually find me at the Marcia Israel Chapel/ answer is: mine. And so do the friends they see there each week. Auditorium at the Irmas Campus, enjoying t’filah with my What Rabbi Raff has accomplished is amazing. Focused kids, Jordana (age 10) and Amelia (age 7), at the end of on ensuring that our kids are spending time with the most their Religious School session. It has become a weekly ritual, lively, warm, and engaging teachers each week, he and his team and I am grateful for the time set aside to share in my kids’ know that religious school has to be both meaningful and fun. experience of community and prayer. With each passing year, And that this can be accomplished in two and a half hours they become stronger at chanting the prayers, and it’s such a once a week, as long as we parents support their efforts, and joy to see them singing the songs I love from my own years of make sure our kids show up. religious school and camp. It is my privilege to support the Temple’s Religious On the ride home afterward, they tell me about their School by sharing my positive experience here. And, as always, classroom debate on whether God should have destroyed I’m looking forward to t’filah this week. If you’re considering Nineveh, or the project they’re working on in the art studio. I enrolling your kids, I hope you’ll join me and check it out. couldn’t be happier to see that even after a long day at school, Deborah Dragon, Religious School parent they’re totally excited about Religious School. The cynics out

4 Brawerman Elementary School

See You on the Pier!

f you want to see a child’s face light up, just ask to play, such as the Goblet Toss and Balloon Bust, to win Ihim or her about the annual Santa Monica Pier stuffed animals, basketballs, and other prizes. To help foster Family Fun-Raiser. This wonderful event, open to the Temple’s tradition of tikkun olam, bins will be located the entire Wilshire Boulevard Temple community, on-site for donations of these prizes to Children’s Bureau, a is painstakingly planned and fully staffed each local charity that distributes such gifts to children in need. And year by Brawerman Elementary School and Erika what’s a “fun-raiser” without food; dinner tickets, which can be J. Glazer and Mann Family Early Childhood used for a variety of meals and treats, are available to purchase. Centers parent volunteers. The event raises money So come and join other Temple families for this to benefit the scholarship funds and programs of both schools— wonderful afternoon/evening of camaraderie and fun—and all thus helping many families partake in the excellent education for a good cause. Admission and meal tickets, scrip packs, and provided by Temple schools. sponsorships can be purchased in advance at wbtla.org/pier. On Tuesday, May 10, from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m., the Pacific See you there! Park area on the Santa Monica Pier—including rides for adults Early Childhood Centers/Elementary School as well as kids, from the Pacific Wheel and West Coaster to Pier Committee Chairs Inkie’s Wave Jumper, Sea Planes, and Frog Hopper—will be reserved for Temple families and staff. There will also be games

Adult Opportunities

Celebrating Today, Restoring Tomorrow

eople often tell me how impressed they are with the adult concert celebrating music from our—Jewish and Black— Pprograms we offer at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, but shared history of slavery and freedom. Cost: $36. Tickets: many are unable to participate in them due to existing conflicts wcce.aju.edu or (310) 440-1572. and busy lives. This month, however, I ask you to make a little Conversation with NPR Host Krista Tippett room in your calendars for some really wonderful experiences Thursday, April 21, 7:30 p.m., Glazer Campus that I know will enrich and delight you—and make you think. Krista Tippett, winner of the National Special Film Event: Restoring Tomorrow Humanities Medal and the Peabody Award, will Thursday, April 7, 7:30 p.m., Irmas Campus discuss both her new book, Becoming Wise: An The documentary about the restoration of our beautiful Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living, and Sanctuary also is the story of director Aaron Wolf ’s personal how to achieve wisdom in our lives. Cost: $29. journey of rediscovering . Q&A Adult Seder with Wolf and reception to follow. Friday, April 22, 6:00 p.m., Irmas Campus Free admission. Reservations required Following a short, spiritual service in the round, we will at wbtla.org/restoringtomorrow. read the Haggadah, share interesting discussions, sing holiday The Meaning of Passover: A Concert to Celebrate Freedom songs, and enjoy a delicious four-course Passover dinner. Older Sunday, April 10, 7:00 p.m., American Jewish University children and teens are welcome. Cost: $40 (includes wine). The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony and the Faithful Reservations required at wbtla.org/adultseder. Central Bible Church choir come together for an exhilarating Rabbi Susan Nanus, Director of Adult Programs

5 Volunteer

Collaborating with Kheir On the northeast corner of 6th Street and Harvard Boulevard, less than 50 feet from the Glazer Campus, sits the Korean Health, Education, Information & Research Center (Kheir). A Federally Qualified Health Center Provider, Kheir is committed to providing linguistically and culturally sensitive quality primary healthcare and human services support to the underserved and uninsured residents of Southern . Since 1986 Kheir has served as a bridge, connecting the low-income, recently immigrated, non-English speaking Korean community to local health and social service providers. Nearly 30,000 patients visit Kheir annually to have their healthcare needs met—and now this includes dental and vision care at the Temple’s Karsh Family Social Service Center. We are proud to have Kheir operating and overseeing the dental and vision clinics at the Karsh Center. The Kheir Center is a trusted resource in the community, and its high levels of expertise and care make it an ideal fit for partnering with the Karsh Center. We look forward to working together Kheir is directly across the street for many years, bringing health and healing to those in need. from the Glazer Campus.

Save these dates FOSTER CARE COUNTS JEWS WITH TOOLS Sunday, May 8 Rescheduled: wbtla.org/fostercarecounts Sunday, May 15 wbtla.org/jewswithtools

Karsh Center Volunteer Orientation a Success! On Sunday, March 13, over 125 congregants attended the Karsh Family Social Service Center volunteer training orientation in Stalford Hall at the Glazer Campus. Congregants learned an overview of the program service areas, ways to be an impactful volunteer, and how to have a rewarding experience. Every person also received a manual and listened as Liz Ross, director of the center, and Rabbi Beau Shapiro, both spoke. If you would like to volunteer at the Karsh Center but could not make orientation, watch for a new training date to be announced soon.

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

FAMILY CAMP WOMEN’S TORAH STUDY Friday, April 1, 4:30 p.m.–Sunday, April 3, 10:30 a.m. WITH RABBI NANUS Temple families with children in Grades K-6 are invited to Fridays, April 8 and 29 12:30 p.m. join camp staff, clergy, and Temple friends for a weekend Bring your lunch and join us for a fascinating exploration of fun quality-family time. of the women in the Torah who influenced the shaping of Erica Feinman, [email protected], (213) 835-2145 Judaism in its early days. wbtla.org/familycamp Phil Wallace, [email protected], (424) 208-8932 wbtla.org FIRST FRIDAYS: SHABBA DABBA! Friday, April 1 6:00 p.m. THE MEANING OF PASSOVER: A CONCERT TO Family and friends are invited to this soulful, monthly CELEBRATE FREEDOM participatory musical service. Stay for pizza and potluck; Sunday, April 10, 7:00 p.m., American Jewish University bring your favorite dairy or vegetarian sides to add to the feast. The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony and the Faithful Central Bible Church choir come together for an Ashley Sullivan, [email protected], (213) 835-2146 exhilarating concert celebrating music from our—Jewish wbtla.org/shabbadabba and Black— shared history of slavery and paths to freedom. (310) 440-1572 NEFESH wcce.aju.edu Fridays, April 1 and 15 7:30 p.m. Join Rabbi Susan Goldberg and the Nefesh Band on THE WILSHIREADERS the first and third Fridays of every month for a moving Thursday, April 14 7:30 p.m. musical Shabbat service that gives your soul the chance to fill up and renew. Come early for potluck and stay after This edition of our book club embarks for dessert and wine. on an exploration of Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning Ashley Sullivan, [email protected], (213) 835-2146 by Timothy Snyder, led by Great Books facilitator wbtla.org/nefesh Rochelle Ginsburg. Phil Wallace, [email protected], (424) 208-8932 SPECIAL FILM EVENT: RESTORING wbtla.org/bookclub TOMORROW Thursday, April 7 7:30 p.m. BUILD-A-BIKE Build-a-Bike This documentary about the restoration Sunday, April 17 1:00 p.m. of our beautiful Sanctuary also follows Help disadvantaged children go director Aaron Wolf (grandson of Alfred places! Sponsor a bicycle (for $50) Wolf, a Temple founding rabbi) on his and/or volunteer with your family journey of rediscovering Judaism. Q&A to assemble bikes. with Aaron and reception follow the screening. Denise Magilnick, Phil Wallace, [email protected], (424) 208-8932 [email protected], (424) 208-8930 wbtla.org/restoringtomorrow wbtla.org/buildabike

TORAH AND LUNCH WITH RABBI LEDER CONVERSATION WITH NPR HOST Friday, April 8, 12:00 p.m., Century City KRISTA TIPPETT Why not mix business and Torah over lunch a few times a Thursday, April 21 7:30 p.m. year? You bring your lunch; the rabbi brings the wisdom of our ancestors. No prior knowledge of Torah or Hebrew Krista Tippett, winner of the National Humanities Medal is necessary. Series: $36. and the Peabody Award, discusses both her new book, Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Jamie Geller, [email protected], (213) 835-2121 Living, and how to achieve wisdom in our lives. $29 wbtla.org Phil Wallace, [email protected], (424) 208-8932 booksoup.com Events and times subject to change. Continued on page 11

GLAZER CAMPUS IRMAS CAMPUS OPCC SANTA MONICA CAMP HESS KRAMER CALL/EMAIL REGISTRATION REQUIRED ONLINE REGISTRATION REQUIRED CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION FREE OF CHARGE 7 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE CALENDAR OF EVENTS April 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 Family Camp Family Camp Shabba Dabba Torah Study Soul Sounds Shabbat Tot Shabbat Nefesh Shabbat Shacharit Jr.WBTY-NFTY 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Family Camp Religious School Religious School Restoring Tomorrow Torah and Lunch with Torah Study Film Screening Rabbi Leder Food Pantries Spousal Bereavement Adult B'nei Mitzvah Tot Shabbat Religious School Support Group Class Women's Torah Study Shabbat Shacharit Morning Minyan Kabbalat Shabbat and Kaddish WBTY - Movie Night Under the Stars 10 Food Pantries 11 12 13 14 15 16 Religious School Religious School Religious School The WilshiREADERS Kabbalat Shabbat Torah Study Morning Minyan and Kaddish Spousal Bereavement Adult B'nei Mitzvah Nefesh Shabbat Shacharit Support Group Class Jr.WBTY Event Pregnancy and Infant Loss The Meaning of Support Group Passover Concert 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Food Pantries Religious School Religious School Conversation Shabbat Pesach/ Torah Study with NPR Host Adult Seder Religious School Spousal Bereavement Adult B'nei Mitzvah Second Seder Build-a-Bike Krista Tippett Morning Minyan Support Group Class Family Day at and Kaddish Camp Build-a-Bike Passover Passover 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Food Pantries Spousal Bereavement Adult B'nei Mitzvah Women's Torah Study Torah Study Support Group Class Morning Minyan Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat Shacharit and Kaddish

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

RABBI EDGAR F. MAGNIN FUND Eddie Michaels by Stacie and Marc Goldman DISASTER RESPONSE FUND Etta Tamkin by Priscilla and Curtis Tamkin In Honor of: In Honor of: Hayward Tamkin by Priscilla and Curtis Tamkin Edna Gonzalez and Jessica Gonzalez by Judith Solomon and Rabbi Beau Shapiro for officiating at Patricia Levin Rice’s Michael Bressler Theodore Wolff by Francine Peterman memorial service by Marsha and Fredrick Levin In Loving Memory of: ANN AND SAM BERNSTEIN CHILDREN’S EACH ONE HELP ONE FUND Anne Abrams and Norman Abrams by Elaine and Earle Cohen LIBRARY FUND My mother, Fen “Fannie” Abrams, by Barbara and Ron Gordon In Honor of: In Loving Memory of: Hermann Adler by Frederic Adler Judy Baar Resnick’s 80th birthday by Michele and Ethel Hoffer by Helene Hoffer Klein Arlen Andelson Beth Benson, Kenny Davis, Kevin Davis, Jerome Jaffe, Annette A. Polland, Bess Powell-Friedman, Lawrence Hirsch David Siegel by Deborah Siegel and Craig Weinstein Amy and Judah Wiedre’s upcoming wedding Powell, Robert M. Powell, Meyer Robbin, and Victoria Robbin by Sindy and Barry Liben by Debbie and Rick Powell FOOD PANTRIES FUND In Loving Memory of: Bennett Berman by David Berman Jeanne Gerson Adored mother and grandmother, Lola Jameson, Anne N. Brock and Edith Wixen by Janice and Daniel Wallace Shanadral King by Ellen Creamer Paul Brock by Janice and Daniel Wallace Patti and Stanley Silver Victor “Vic” Marshall by Donna and Paul Nadel Morris Brooks by Mr. and Mrs. David Hilliard Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stern Abe Rosenberg by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Berkus Florence Burrows by Neil Haas In Loving Memory of: Frank Weirick, father of Temple members Michele and Eve Chervin by Helen and Jack Ross Arlen Andelson, grandfather of Temple members Bobbie Richard Baer by Amy Baer and Sandy Heck and Temple members Amy and Sean Lubens, Minette Cohen by Elaine and Earle Cohen Bernard Brown by Marilyn Brown and great-grandfather of Henry and Benjamin Heck and Eliot Corday by Joanne Kozberg Samuel F. Lubens by Michele and Arlen Andelson Beloved mother, Thelma Checel, by Marlene and Bruce Larson Betty Ann Dancer by Robert Dancer Al Cohen by Betty Cohen Jacques D’Arlin by Michele and Larry Lynch STEVE BREUER CONFERENCE CENTER My beloved father, Max D’ull, by Ann Givon Jane Deverell by Nina Weinstein Frieda Feinstein by Norman Chanes In Loving Memory of: Rebecca M. Engel by Phyllis Kassel John Breuer by Jared, Sydnee, Jordan, and Samantha Breuer Bessie Ginsburg and Evelyn Block by Joyce and Robert Wolf Dorothy Friedman by Nathaniel J. Friedman Bell Gordon by the Chorna Family Esther Galpert by Jerry Gotlieb RABBI ALFRED WOLF CAMP FUND Dear mother, Elizabeth Hartfield, by Marian Brown Julius Gotlieb by Jerry Gotlieb Elizabeth Hartfield by Gertrude Kline In Honor of: Elizabeth Hartfield by Lucille Epstein and Family Beloved husband, Warner Hirsch, by Jane Hirsch Jared Breuer’s birthday by Stephanie and Spencer Schneider Frank Hoffer by Kathi Fenning Switzer and Family Bud Keiter by Marian Brown Louis Jacobs by Michael Jacobs In Loving Memory of: Arthur Levin by Marsha and Fredrick Levin Elisabeth Kahane by Elaine Sterman Herbert Anker by Beatrice Anker Nicholas Lubin by Pamela and Mark Mischel Joseph Kurtsman by Mr. and Mrs. Efim Rudin Phillip Brietbart by Jared, Sydnee, Jordan, and Augusta Marx by Lotte Seelman Samantha Breuer Geraldine Lapides by Susan Lerner Alex Polland by Rae Berger Herman Garden by Linda and Stuart Lubitz Adella Markowitz by Ruth Romoff Kurt D. Seelman by Lotte Seelman Charles Gelfand by Sheila and Don Bernstein Joseph Mason by Anita Mason Georgette Youssefmir by Dina and Jacques Youssefmir Benjamin Gelfond by Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gelfond Morris Melnik by Margery Gould Ethel Hoffer by Katherine Fenning-Switzer and Family Seymour Penchinar by Ronnie Shapiro TIKKUN OLAM SOCIAL ACTION FUND My father, Albert A. Menin, by Lloyd Menin Mary Rosemont by W. Hamlin Emory and Virginia Morris Milan Weiss by Linda and Mike Roberts Sonia Rosenbloom by Dr. and Mrs. Barry Rosenbloom In Loving Memory of: Richard Baer by Amy Baer Roberta Samsky by Anthony and Julie Behrstock SILLS FAMILY CAMPERSHIP Jeremiah Kerner by Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Kerner Morris Savin by Mark Savin In Loving Memory of: Ruth Glabman Savin by Mark Savin PRAYER BOOK DEDICATION AND Eva G. Golden by Robin and Robert Sills Sanford Sigoloff by Betty Sigoloff PUBLICATION FUND Sarah Gordon by Robin and Robert Sills David Sommer by Diana and Bob Grycan Florence Soref by Michael Abrams and Randye Soref In Loving Memory of: KEHILLAH COMMUNITY CAMP FUND Lillian Gottlieb by Jill Gottlieb Arline Susswein by Jerry and Carla Berman Robert and Linda Seltzer Belle G. Tuch by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Tuch Saul Greenberg by Harold Greenberg In Loving Memory of: Aaron Tucker by Nancy Ellin Jack M. Lipson by Lipson Family Charitable Fund Beth Benson, Kenny Davis, Kevin Davis, Jerome Jaffe, Minna Tuller by Shirley Phillips Annette A. Polland, Lawrence Hirsch Powell, Robert M. Powell, Erna Viterbi by Rose and Al Finci MANN FAMILY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER Bess Powell-Friedman, Meyer Robbin, and Victoria Robbin by Dear husband, Alan C. Weinberger, by Dorothy Weinberger In Honor of: Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Powell Rosalie Witz by Dr. and Mrs. Paul Crane Bari Milken Bernstein’s birthday Iris Kent by Rochelle and Jacob Glucksman by Rochelle and Jacob Glucksman Arthur Laub by Rochelle and Jacob Glucksman WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE In Loving Memory of: Robert Shapiro by Susie Cotliar REDEVELOPMENT FUND Pamela H. Holtzman by Ricky P. Rosin by Rochelle and Jacob Glucksman Dr. and Mrs. Barry Rosenbloom by Hayley Parlen Elly and Dan Wolf GERI AND RICHARD BRAWERMAN by Michelle and Peter Vogel ELEMENTARY SCHOOL In Honor of: SCHUSTERMAN ART CAMP FUND Bat mitzvah of Clara Faraut by Mr. and Mrs. Allan Goodman In Loving Memory of: The birth of twins, Abe and Joelle Karatz, Shirley Landsman by Geri Brawerman In Loving Memory of: by Mr. and Mrs. Allan Goodman Beloved father, uncle, and grandfather, David Steinholtz, by Alice Weissman Rosenzweig by Robert, Nancy, Emily, Jane, Sylvia Miller In Loving Memory of: and Zack Lurie Dionne and William Fenning by Helene Hoffer Klein NADINE BREUER ENDOWMENT FUND Lee Freedman by Linda Freedman Nadine and Steve Breuer FOOD PANTRIES Frank Hoffer by Helene Hoffer Klein Margo Freedman and David Goldman Underwritten by: Grandma, Bella Schwartz, by Rhonda Schwartz Marsha and Fredrick Levin Patti and Stanley Silver Mildred Leslie Widson by Dr. and Mrs. David Bluestone Dr. Patricia O. Rice Thank you to those individuals and CLERGY FUND Lauryn Harris and Greg Pimstone families who have chosen either Todd and Lauren Rosenberg Linda and Mark Rosman in memory of Lily Rosman to underwrite ($1,000) or sponsor Marcia Shaikin Kirsten and Brian Shirken ($500) a week of food. In Honor of: ANNE AND NATHAN SPILBERG ANNUAL If you are interested in joining this effort, please contact Rabbi Steve Leder for officiating at the memorial service of LECTURE ON JEWISH LIFE Joan Feder by Frank Feder Rabbi M. Beaumont Shapiro at Jackie Rosenberg’s birthday by Robert Rosenberg In Loving Memory of: (424) 208-8930 or email Julia Rosenberg’s baby naming by Jackie and Nathan Spilberg by Susan and Bruce Levin [email protected]. Robert Rosenberg Rabbi Beau Shapiro by Union for MUSIC PUBLICATION FUND Mitzvah go’reret mitzvah—doing a mitzvah leads to doing more.

In Loving Memory of: In Loving Memory of: Thank you to Canter’s Deli, Brooklyn Bagel, Noah’s Bagel Michael Diamond by Marilyn Diamond Lucy Armel by Merle Galindo Larchmont, and Western Bagel West L.A., for their weekly Ed Raskin by Jared, Sydnee, Jordan, and Samantha Breuer Chayim Kurtsman by Zoya and Efim Rudin donation of bread to our Food Pantries. Rabbi Steve Leder for officiating at the memorial service of Michael Diamond by Marilyn Diamond

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Welcome to new Temple members… Condolences to… Sally and Jack Azad and their children, Avery, Linden, Dean, and Aaron… Stephen and Janine Barasch on the death of his mother, Shirley Varon Barasch, Jayme and Adam Bolden…Randall and Rozanna Fried…Dikla and and to grandchildren, Shawna and Ross…Tammy Brook-Murray on the death Guy Goldshmit and their children, Mia and Illy…Jamie and Paul Kahn and of her mother, Zahava Brook, and to granddaughter, Darly…Sheila and Harold their children, Nicole, Jayden, and Liam…Rebecca and Noah Kaplan and their Rimer on the death of her mother, Ruth Channon…Frank Feder on the death of son, Zachary…Richard Ledwin and his children, Ava and Bryton…Susan and his wife, Joan Feder, to son, Philip and Cindy Feder, and to granddaughters, Emily, Max Lesser and their son, Nathan…Dafna Ben-Gera and Samson Lov and their Lauren, and Stephanie…Edward Goldberg and Myra Model on the death of his children, Ocean and Lennon…Meghan Konecne and Howard Misle and their mother, Naomi Satz Goldberg, and to grandson, Gideon…Steven Dunner and daughter, Bella…Shunit Mor-Barak and her son, Oz…Monique and Shana Gerson-Dunner on the death of his aunt, Bess Gurner…Friends and family Michael Nemiroff and their children, Mila and Maximus…Alessandra and of Pamela Holtzman…Marc and Jane Nathanson on the death of their cousin, Henry Orren and their daughter, Rose…Marilyn and Harvey Schneider… Itamar Ilya, and to cousins, David, Sabrina, Nina, and Alec Nathanson…Leslie Alexandra Nechita and Dimitry Tcharfas and their daughter, Tevva… and Jack Kavanaugh on the death of her mother, Thelma Levin, to grandsons, Teresa Wenke…Elaine Zimmerman… Matthew Kavanaugh and Ryan and Jessica Kavanaugh, and to great-grandsons, Tommy and Carter…Mark and Ellen Lipson on the death of his mother, Anita Congratulations to… Lipson, and to grandchildren, Caren and Matt…Fay Kaplan on the death of her brother, Victor Marshall, MD, to nephew, Howard and Donna Kaplan, and to Elana Pildervaser and Eric Kessler on their recent marriage and to parents, Joan great-nephews, Matthew and Ari…Ian Liebman and Janine Regal on the death and Skip Kessler…Faye van der Fluit and Jacob Krall on their recent marriage and of his mother, Gloria Merrill, and to grandsons, Daniel and Aaron…Dani and to parent, Hedy van der Fluit, and to grandmother, Betty Cohen… Jon Landa on the death of her father, Michael Patterson, and to grandchildren, Congratulations to… Olivia, Chase, and Maya…Lynn and Steven Lescher on the death of her mother, Nora Ruth Reuben, and to grandsons, Michael and Mark Schwartz…Fredrick and Joe and Torre Berro on the birth of their daughter, Cameron Reese Berro, to Marsha Levin on the death of his mother, Patricia Oppenheim Levin Rice, and to grandparents, Marlene Berro and Tim McCracken, and to uncle, Alan Berro… granddaughter, Emily…Robin and Elliott Broidy on the death of her grandmother, Theodore and Heather Karatz on the birth of their twins, Abe Brooks Karatz Alice Rosenzweig, and to great-grandchildren, Rachel, Lauren, and Nathaniel… and Joelle Dearie Karatz, to grandparents, Bruce and Lilly Karatz and Janet Rachel and Ian Fischler on the death of her grandmother, Lillian Dundon Roth, and Herbert Rappaport, to aunt, Elizabeth Faraut, and to Matthew and and to great-grandchildren, Abigail and Benjamin…Friends and family of Marilyn Lindsey Karatz…Desiree and Sasha Rahban on the birth of their daughter, Solow…Susan Wasserman on the death of her mother, Evelyn Wasserman, and to Sienna Ella Rahban, and to big sister, Francesca… granddaughters, Ann and Emma…Robin Zucker and David Fishman on the death of her mother, Dorothy Zucker, and to grandchildren, Resse and Owen… And to all immediate and extended family.

Upcoming Events (cont.) Community News

ADULT SEDER Ketubot Exhibit on Display Friday, April 22 6:00 p.m. The Temple’s first art exhibit by guest curator Michael Bell, Following a short, spiritual Shabbat Behold Thou service in the round, we’ll read the Are Consecrated Unto Me: Weddings and Haggadah, engage in interesting Ketubot at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, discussions, sing holiday songs, debuted on February 26 and will remain on and partake in a delicious four-course Passover dinner catered by John Bard. Older children and teens are display through May. We welcome you to the Glazer Campus’s welcome. Cost: $40 (includes wine). Central Walkway to view the exhibit at your leisure. Phil Wallace, [email protected], (424) 208-8932 wbtla.org/adultseder New Sunday-Morning Service Added Morning Minyan and Kaddish comprises the new service SECOND SEDER FAMILY DAY AT CAMP at the Glazer Campus that begins at 8:45 a.m. in Factor Chapel every Sunday through the remainder of the year. Saturday, April 23 11:00 a.m. Join Rabbi Eshel and his family for a fun, engaging, and meaningful second seder Nefesh Services Now Twice a Month family day at camp. Both lunch and dinner Join Rabbi Goldberg and the Nefesh Band every first will be served. Cost: $36 per adult; $18 and third Friday evening of the month at the Glazer Campus. per child ages 5–8; children 4 and younger free. Congregants are invited to come early Denise Magilnick, [email protected], for the potluck and stay after for drinks (424) 208-8930 and dessert. wbtla.org/familyseder

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Schedule of Shabbat Worship & Study

FRIDAY, APRIL 1 SUNDAY, APRIL 3 Rabbi Shapiro and Rabbi Goldberg and FRIDAY, APRIL 29 Shabba Dabba Morning Minyan and Kaddish Cantor Ettinger Ellen Sugerman Shabbat services Rabbi Goldberg Cantor Ettinger 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Rabbi Susan Nanus and 6:00 p.m. 8:45 a.m. Cantor Ettinger SUNDAY, APRIL 10 SUNDAY, APRIL 17 6:00 p.m. Soul Sounds FRIDAY, APRIL 8 Morning Minyan and Kaddish Morning Minyan and Kaddish Rabbi Shapiro and Rabbi Eshel and Cantor Gurney Shabbat Services Rabbi Shapiro Rabbi Goldberg Cantor Ettinger 8:45 a.m. 8:45 a.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Rabbi Goldberg, Cantor Ettinger, and the Youth Choir FRIDAY, APRIL 15 FRIDAY, APRIL 22 SATURDAY, APRIL 30 Nefesh 6:00 p.m. Rabbi Goldberg and the Shabbat Services Shabbat Pesach/Adult Seder Torah Study Nefesh Band Rabbi Shapiro and Rabbi Goldberg and Rabbi Nanus Acharon Shel Pesach 7:30 p.m. Cantor Gurney Ellen Sugerman 6:00 p.m. Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Cantor Ettinger SATURDAY, APRIL 2 No services at the Glazer 8:30 a.m. SATURDAY, APRIL 9 Rabbi Eshel and Cantor Gurney Campus Torah Study 6:00 p.m. Torah Study, Kaddish, Leviticus Sh’mini 9:1-11:47 Torah Study and Yizkor Leviticus Tazria 12:1-13:59 SATURDAY, APRIL 23 Rabbinical intern Nefesh Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17 Rabbinical intern Allison Sagadencky Rabbi Goldberg and the Torah Study and Kaddish Rabbinical intern Allison Sagadencky 9:00 a.m. Nefesh Band Leviticus 22:26-23:44 Allison Sagadencky 9:00 a.m. 7:30 p.m. Rabbinical intern 9:00 a.m. Tot Shabbat Allison Sagadencky Cantor Ettinger Rabbi Rochelle Tulik SATURDAY, APRIL 16 9:00 a.m. Shabbat Services 9:30 a.m. 8:30 Rabbi Eshel and Torah Study No services at the Glazer and Cantor Ettinger Tot Shabbat Shabbat Services Leviticus M’tzora 14:1-15:33 Irmas Campuses 10:00 a.m. Rabbi Shapiro and Rabbi Eshel Rabbi Eshel Cantor Ettinger 9:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. SUNDAY, APRIL 24 No services at the 10:00 a.m. Glazer Campus Shabbat Services Shabbat Services Morning Minyan and Kaddish No services at the Rabbi Goldberg and Rabbi Eshel and Cantor Gurney Cantor Ettinger Irmas Campus Cantor Gurney 10:00 a.m. 8:45 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

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