September 2015 Chai Times Temple Beth Emet of Burbank “The Temple With A Heart”

“And you shall not wrong one another; for I am the LORD your God.” Lev. 25:17) Once upon a time in a galaxy not so far away, members of a certain tribe told members of another tribe that the leader of the second tribe was not really qualified to lead. The leader’s authority came from a false tribal council and therefore should no longer be Pizza Night resumes on Friday, Oct. 2nd at followed into battle. This rumor of inadequate 6:00 PM. It will be followed by the Family leadership was spread throughout both tribes until Shabbat Service at 7:00 PM. one day, to his honor, one of the second tribal elders confronted the leader. The leader explained to this See Page 6 for mini-flier regarding “Pizza In The elder in quiet and calm terms that he had proper Hut “ for Sukkot. leadership credentials conferred on him by a great leader from another settlement of the tribe in a far, far Service, Saturday, September land. The elder was embarrassed as to his lack of 5th at 7:30 PM at TBE. Please join us. knowledge and never mentioned the “lack of proper services begin at 8:00 PM on leadership authority” again. Unfortunately, the elder Sunday, September 13th, and continue on never apologized for his shameful accusations, either. Monday, September 14th at 10:00 AM. services begin at 8:00 PM on Tuesday, In several days we will begin the year 5776. We will September 22nd, and continue on Wednesday, come to services and say how happy we are to see September 23rd at 10:00AM. Our each other and then, in private, and not so private services will be held at St. Jude’s moments, we will critique, criticize and demean one Anglican Church, 111 S. Sixth Street, another. As ancient as the tallis, as venerated as the , as loving as the Kiddush cup ,GOSSIP has Religious School begins Sunday, always been there, is always there, will always be September 13th, from 9:00 AM to there. It is such as part of that its prohibition Noon. is one of the Ten Commandments,” “Thou shalt not RETURN OF THE MEN’S CLUB! bear false Witness against another” (number 9). The Men’s Club will be holding a Brunch for everyone, Some of our members may say that that refers to a Reorganizational Meeting, and an Open Discussion of “Are God, Religion and Being Spiritual the Same perjury, but I disagree. Publicly questioning and/ or Thing?” Sunday, Sept. 20th - 9:30 AM - repeating statements that question’s a person’s BLUM HALL (See Page 12.) integrity, motives or lack of judgment goes to that Mark is a regular contributor to the In Theory ( Continued on Page 4) column, which appears online at http://www.burbankleader.com/opinion/religion/

Organization—Page 2 President’s Message—Page 3 Calendar—Page 160 Yahrzeits—Page 17

Temple Beth Emet (house of truth) ORGANIZATION

Religious Leadership Committee Chairs Temple Beth Emet Office Hours Rabbi Mark H. Sobel Calendar and Usage Lay Cantor, Kyle Orlemann Victoria Gaffney Monday-Thursday—9:00 AM-noon Music and Choir Director, Communications Friday & Sunday—9:00 AM-1 PM Robyn Kreisberg Andrea McKinnon Saturday closed Education The office is closed in observance of Rabbi Emeritus William M. Kramer Z''L* David Goldstein *His memory will always be a blessing to us. Membership the following holidays: Barbara Bolter New Year’s Day, President’s Day, 2015-2016 Officers and Directors Ritual First day of Pesach, Memorial Day, Officers Ira L. Goldstein Ira L. Goldstein, President Independence Day, Rosh Hashanah, Jack Fishel, Vice President Social Action Yom Kippur, Thanksgiving Jeff Fishel, Treasurer TBD Laura Soroka, Secretary Ways and Means Call the Temple office at (818) 843-4787 to Directors Linda Harrel Shirley Abramson Building and Maintenance contact Temple Staff/volunteers. Your message Barbara Bolter TBD will be forwarded to the appropriate person. David Goldstein Coordinators and Volunteers John Harrel Adult Education Linda Harrel David Goldstein Barbara Lux Chai Times Editor Herbert Murez Barbara Lux CHAI TIMES Ken Watnick Children’s Hospital LA Toys Men’s Club President Shirley Abramson Chai Times is the free, monthly Ron Kurtz Food Drives Sisterhood President TBD newsletter of Temple Beth Emet of Cathy Zitnick Havurahs Burbank, delivered by email to Ruth Glick, (818) 780-9134 Morris Gold Religious School Faculty Library members and available at Rabbi Mark Sobel, Education Director Barbara Lux/Bill Abramson www.TempleBethEmet.com. Shirley Kirschenbaum, Grades K-1 Marquee Tanya Termechi & Barbara Lux, Grades Craig Weisman/Rabbi Mark Sobel 2-3 Mitzvot Mailed hardcopies are available for Tanya Termechi & Barbara Lux, Grades TBD an annual TBE donation payable 4-5 One Call Staff ~ TBD, Grades 6-7 Victoria Gaffney through the Office. Mahnaz Termechi, Bar/Bat Mitzvah Oneg Coordination Preparation Laura Soroka, (818) 582-3077 Editable article submissions, photos Joshua Sobel, Confirmation (Grades 8- Reach Out 10) Craig Weisman/Rabbi Mark Sobel and feedback are encouraged and Robyn Kreisberg, Music Technology due by the 15th of the month and may Rachel Freeman, Teaching Assistant Alan Barlow be emailed to: Historian Religious School Parents Association TBD/Rabbi Mark Sobel [email protected] or David Goldstein, President Youth Group Coordinator (BBYO: AZA & delivered to the Temple office. BBG) Submissions will be published based Office Staff Josh Sobel Office Manager/Secretary, Webmaster on space available, relevant content, Victoria Gaffney Alan Barlow and at the discretion of Editor Religious School Office Assistant, Edith Dague Why not add YOUR talents to those Barbara Lux, Temple Officers and who serve our community? Directors.

Follow Temple Beth Emet Shanah Tova!!! Wishing you a Good Year! Erev Rosh of Burbank Hashanah begins Sunday, September 13th and ends with If you have any View webcasts at Yom Kippur, September 23rd. The gift boxes are being suggestions or ideas on prepared for your High Holy Day’s Gift List by our own http://www.ustream.tv/ how we can better serve Temple Beth Emet Sisterhood. The gift boxes will be ready discovery/live/all? our members, please to ship to your family and friends or give them personally. q=bethemetofburbank call the office or email us They will include: Honey Bear Honey Dispenser, Kosher at: “Like” our Facebook Page at Cookie Packs, Tea Bags, Kosher Candies, Kosher Honey Straws, Recipes for Honey Cookies, and a Honey Cake office@Templebethemet https://www.facebook.com/ Recipe so good you (or your loved ones) will .com TempleBethEmet?fref=ts jump for joy!! And isn’t that a great way to start our new year? (See Page 12.)

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President’s Message

On Rosh Hashanah it is written, and on Yom Kippur it is sealed.

Written some one thousand years ago, the Unetanneh Tokef presents a vision that dominates the High Holidays -- the vision of the unknown year ahead. Many of us see the New Year as full of opportunity and hope, some of us look forward with dread of what might befall us. For most of us, however, the year ahead is an open road waiting to be traveled. We just are not sure who is going to be doing the driving! We hope we will be in control of our destiny, and by our work, our caring for our families, our efforts for causes and organizations we care for, and our being mindful of our own bodies, we will have a healthy, happy, fulfilling year. But there are always the unforeseen bumps, detours, and traffic jams on the road we travel. We have to have the faith and confidence that we can navigate from this New Year to the next, and we won’t always have our GPS or phone apps to guide us. If someone had told me last Rosh Hashanah that my year would take a turn that would take me to the hospital and surgery, I do not think I would have believed them. The turn did come, however, and as with most rough patches of road, I held on firmly to the wheel, followed the signposts, and got back on smooth pavement again. It helped a lot that I had a full tank of love from my family and friends, including my Temple family. The road also took Diane and me to Chicago for our nephew’s wedding and a chance to be with my brothers. It took me to the Hollywood Bowl, Independence Day with one of my oldest friends, a broken water heater (bump!) and a dozen Temple Board meetings (heavy traffic, with occasional road rage). Life is a great road trip, and during the High Holidays we are making a pit stop. We are checking to see we are on the right road. We make sure our spiritual vehicle is fueled up. We change the oil of our conscious, getting rid of the contaminants we picked up during the past year. We clean the windshield of our perception, making sure we can see the road clearly. Where are you going this coming year? Wherever 5776 takes you, I hope you get to see new and exciting things, and that you go places that bring you joy and contentment. May your trip be full of health and prosperity. L’Shanah Tovah, and Happy Motoring!

-- Ira L. Goldstein, President

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Rabbi Mark Sobel’s Column, continued commandment’s prohibitive nature. Even raising the question of these ‘character flaws’ triggers this sin. My emphasis is on the word “false.” It is false in Judaism to speak evilly of a person, especially in public. The viewed embarrassing a person in public as a form of mortal wounding. ” He who publicly shames his neighbor is as though he shed blood (causes the blood to leave the body)” [ Baba Metzia 58B] The Rabbis, more importantly, did not specify that the person had to be there physically to be shamed. The problem with gossip and shame is that it harms the subject, the narrator and the listener. It is often so tantalizing that the listener then becomes the narrator and then there is another listener, and on and on and on. As we enter this period of intense introspection and ask for forgiveness from G-d and each other, let us set aside specific periods of time not just at services but in other situations, as well, to PERSONALLY ask for forgiveness from each other for our repeating of false information, for our poor judgments of others’ characters, for our lack of trust and for our gossiping. May we have the courage to personally ask of people whether the information we have been given was true or false. Then, when this is accomplished , we will have become “righteous” detectives, discovering the righteousness of our neighbors’ behaviors and becoming righteous by our efforts to find out what is right in each other. At that moment we will be eligible to be written in the because we have created a living bond and not a deadly one between us. B’Ahava and Shana Tova,

Rabbi Mark

Attention: To all those interested in a trip to Israel. . . Our trip has been scheduled for January 14, 2016 and return January 26, 2016. We will have a meeting here at Temple to discuss details on September 29, 2016 at 7:30 PM. If you are interested in going, please call the Temple Office to make a reservation. We already have a small, confirmed group, but would like to have more.

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TBE RELIGIOUS SCHOOL NEWS BY DAVID GOLDSTEIN Now that school is back in session for most of the LA area, we are gearing up for the start of the 2015/16 Religious School year. Registration has already taken place (and any parents who have not already had a chance to register their students should contact the Temple office for registration information). This year we decided to give our Religious School families a chance to get to know some of the other members of our congregation, by combining Religious School registration with our Temple Open House events on August 23rd and 25th, and with our Temple field trip to the California Science Center to see the Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit, “The Space Shuttle Endeavor” Exhibit, and a 3D screening of “Jerusalem” by National Geographic Productions in the Science Center’s IMAX Theatre. About 40 of our Religious School and Temple families traveled by chartered bus from the Temple on August 30th, where they spent the day touring the exhibits and the 3D film. This got the Religious School year off to a fun, exciting and educational start. The first day of classroom instruction for our students will be on September 13th at 9:00 AM, which this year falls on the day before Rosh Hashanah.

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passengers on the bus leaving Some of our “intrepid” field trippers lined up to for the Science Center. Others get into the exhibit of the “Endeavor.” A piece drove their cars. of our “race for space” history. So amazing! Rabbi Mark addresses the crowd of TBE Members on the bus giving them instructions regarding our field trip. Note: Photos were not allowed at the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit so, unfortunately, I have none to share with you. Ed. AND NOW A WORD ABOUT OUR ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES. . .

Our 2016/16 Adult Education series will begin on Tuesday, November 10th. Rabbi Sobel has prepared a series of classes on Kabbalah for this year’s series and the topic of our first class will be “Meditation- Lock Out The World When You Need To.” All classes will be held at the Temple in Blum Hall at 7:00 PM. Refreshments will be served. There is a suggested donation of $5 per class (or just $20 for the entire series of 5 classes). Please join us for these lively and informative discussions.

David Goldstein RSPA President

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TBE house of gathering and education ONEG SHABBAT

HELP IS NEEDED!

TEMPLE BETH EMET IS SEEKING SHOPPERS AND SPONSORS TO ASSIST IN MAKING FRIDAY NIGHT ONEG SHABBATS POSSIBLE.

SPONSORS SUPPLY THE DELICIOUS SNACKS THAT CONGREGANTS AND GUEST ENJOY WHILE SOCIALIZING AFTER SERVICES. SHOPPERS PURCHASE THE TASTY SNACKS WITH A SET BUDGET WHEN THE TEMPLE IS THE HOST.

We have a serious shortage of shopping, setup and cleanup volunteers. Can you find it in your heart to contribute your time and/ Do You Have a Son and/or Daughter In College?

or sponsor an Oneg Shabbat? Temple Beth Emet has started a program to connect with our students attending a College. We would like to help them to continue their Jewish way of life and offer them FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT: additional support. This way, they will always have an open line Laura Soroka, TBE Oneg Shabbat Coordinator of communication with our Rabbi, should they have questions or need direction; and we will remind them of their link to Israel and (818) 582-3077 or to keep connected to the Jewish Community. After college, we [email protected] hope to have them join our Temple, as an adult. Please send e-mail and give me the following information: The name of the Student; Class Level; Address; Name of the University, and; If the Student is a member of any organization or club on campus. FRIDAY FUN FOR ALL PIZZA The Temple will send a care-package for each holiday, as a gift NIGHT IS ON HIATUS UNTIL to the Student with a calendar of events at the Temple for each OCTOBER 2ND, FAMILY SERVICE month. The Student will be invited to all events sponsored by the Temple. We would like to encourage the Student to return to THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THE the Temple as often as they wish; as the Temple would like to MONTH CONTINUES, STARTING offer itself as a second home and place of Jewish learning. I AT 7PM. look forward hearing from you! Thank you, Cathy Zitnick TBE Sisterhood, President TBE College Outreach [email protected]

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A Message From Cathy Zitnick, Sisterhood President

SISTERHOOD MESSAGE FOR SEPTEMBER 2015

Dear Members:

Our August fundraiser was at Shakey’s Pizza in North Hollywood. Although, only eleven people showed, we did make some money. I am thankful for those who came, and I appreciate those who have the Sisterhood and the Temple at heart. Please support our Sisterhood and our events.

The “Woman of Valor 2015” Dinner and Fundraiser, in honor Shirley Abramson, was a great success. The Harrell’s provided a fabulous dinner, and their son, Cyrus, created a wonderful chili for those who are vegetarians and gluten-free. We are very blessed to have people, such as the Harrell family, willing to cook on such a large scale for us. I know there are many more Temple members who have dedicated their time and effort for the benefit of the Temple on a large scale, as well. Shirley received gifts from both the Board and the Sisterhood. She exclaimed, “I felt like a bride all over again.” She really is a blessing to all of us. I am thrilled that we all were able to let her know how much all her hard work and support has meant to us.

Religious School Registration will be on Sunday, August 23rd from 10:00 AM to Noon, as well as our annual Open House. We will also have an Open House on the August 25th from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. That brings me to my next fundraiser: Honey Gift Boxes. Every year the Sisterhood makes Honey Gift Boxes, so that members of the Temple can purchase them and give them or send them to family members with wishes of a sweet New Year. Barbara Bolter and I will be at Temple on both dates, she will be greeting possible new members, to inform them about our Temple and all that we do, and I will showcase our Gift Boxes. I will let you know how well we did. I am looking forward to the trip to see the exhibit of The Dead Sea Scrolls on August 30th. I think it will be very interesting and lots of fun. These will be great times to congregate and support each other, as well as the Temple.

We will not be having a Sisterhood Meeting this September due to the scheduled “flurry” of Temple events for this month: the upcoming holidays and Men’s Club Brunch on Sunday, September 20th at 9:30 A.M. Our next meeting will be October 4th at 10:00 AM. I would like everyone to attend. I am sure that there are many of you out there that I have not met. I will look forward to making your acquaintance.

In conclusion, I would like to remind you that your Sisterhood and the Men’s Club will be helping to set up for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur at St. Jude’s Church. This is a time of year when tzedakah is emphasized, either in deeds or dollars, so please remember to give this holiday season whenever possible, and to support both clubs, which in turn helps to support the Temple. I wish you all a joyous and prosperous New Year. L’Shana Tova!

Cathy Zitnick Sisterhood President

This Is Your Personal Invitation to Join Temple Beth Emet’s Sisterhood Sisterhood is a group of friends who work together for our Temple, our children, and our community, in a very tangible way. Our President, Cathy Zitnick, will be happy to hear from you. Call her at (818) 292-7180 or e-mail: [email protected].

She will be happy to acquaint you with what we do and find out what your interests are. We are sure you will fit in and we will be happy to welcome you!

We meet the first Sunday of every month at 10:00 AM in Blum Hall. Please join us. Dues are only $15 per year (commencing September of every year). Please fill out this form, cut it out and send it with your payment to:

TBE Sisterhood, c/o TEMPLE BETH EMET, 600 N. Buena Vista Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505; or just leave it with the Temple Office.

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Havurah Happenings

Havurah Simcha L’Chaim The Sisterhood Gift Shop is filled with products for all your Judaic needs. All Havurah Simcha L'Chaim members are mainly items are reasonably priced and retired people. If you would like to join, please wonderfully thoughtful gifts for let me know. If you would like to be in a new birthdays, bar and bat mitzvot, Havurah, please let me know and we can try to anniversaries, or just to say “I love you.” get a new group started.

Please call me to discuss it.

Remember the sick and bereaved with

cards, calls, and visits. They help heal and comfort. Ruth Glick 818 780 9134

Please call the Temple Office at (818) 843-4787 if a Temple Member is sick or hospitalized.

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TEMPLE BETH EMET MEMBERSHIP “CHAI LIGHTS”

September Birthdays

Barbara Beck September 3 Naomi Aronoff September 26 Allie Besserman September 3 Caleb Lubell September 26 Vickie Feinberg September 4 Ruthe Granat September 27 September 2015 Linda Faden September 5 Michael Heiss September 27 Bruce Bigley September 10 Joyce Feinsilber September 28 Yvonne Beltzer & Daniel Sweeney Tom Bernath September 11 Ian Noureal September 28 Bert & Marla Goldberg Jen Baker Suvalle September 12 Sierra Spencer September 29 Wes & Tisha Paster Brandon Telis September 14 Bonnie Friedman September 30 Sean Miller September 21 Brian Sharaf September 30 Scott & Elaine Fishman Vincent Van Dyk September 21

2 MESSAGES FROM SHIRLEY ABRAMSON

To the Harrel family:

You throw the most wonderful parties! To be awarded the ESHET’ CHAYIL is really a tremendous honor.

I want to take a moment to thank you for making it such a My personal Eshet Chayil was my mother. From her I learned many wonderful experience. I know you spent many months planning valuable lessons even as a baby sitting on her knee. the event and it showed! There was happy chaos everywhere.

The food and the laughter flowed freely and everyone had a good Here at Temple Beth Emet there were many “Women of Valor” who time. What made this so special as well, were all the people who have gone before me and I did my best to follow in their footsteps. showed up. What fun it was to be with you! Today I am more committed than ever to the “Temple With a Heart” A big thank you again Harrel family for putting this on for us. My that has brought me so much joy. problem now is “What to do with the cigar?” I may just have it Shirley Abramson bronzed and hang it up next to the plaque!

Shirley Abramson

Our wonderful Shirley Abramson, our Woman of Valor 2015, receiving a blessing under the chupah from Rabbi Sobel. She is attended by brother Morrie Bolter, Sister-In-Law Barbara Bolter and sons, Paul and Bill Abramson.

(Chai Lights Continues on Page 13)

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September 2015 Elul SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 7:00 PM 2 3 4 7:00 PM 5 Selichot Temple Board Shabbat Family Services at Service Meeting (Pizza (and Salad) Temple begin at Night Resumes 7:30 PM. Next Month!)

6 7 8 9 10 11 7:30 PM 12 Shabbat Service

13 9:00 AM - 14 15 16 17 18 7:30 PM 19 Noon~Religious Shabbat Service School Begins!

Chai Times Erev Rosh Submissions are Due. Hashanah Rosh Hashanah

20 9:00 AM 21 22 23 24 25 7:30 PM 26 Noon~Religious Shabbat Service School

9:30 AM~ Men’s

Club Brunch

Erev Yom Kippur

27 9:00 AM - 28 29 30 1 2 3 Noon~Religious School

Sukkot ~ Feast Sukkot Feast of Sukkot ~ Feast of Sukkot ~ Feast Sukkot ~ Feast of Sukkot ~ Feast Erev Sukkot of Tabernacles Tabernacles Tabernacles of Tabernacles Tabernacles of Tabernacles

Coming Up Soon! In October: Sukkot, aka; “The Feast of Tabernacles” begins September 27th and ends October 4th. Sisterhood will meet on Sunday, October 4th at 10:00 AM in Blum Hall. Also on October 6th: Simchat Torah. Autumn is delicious!!!

Note: Hanukkah begins December 6th through the 14th this year.

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MONTHLY YAHRZEITS HONORING THE MEMORY OF LOVED ONES

NAME REMEMBERED BY DATE NAME REMEMBERED BY DATE At Temple On Sept. 4, 2015 At Temple On Sept. 18, 2015, Continued Joseph Halpern Frances Luben 09/16 Paul Prinz Ruth Prinz 9/010 Alfred Wasserman The Wasserman Family 09/16 Lillian Kleiman Abraham Kleiman 09/01 Melvin David Golden Shari Rosenberg 09/17 Ed Gold Corinne Gold 09/03 Miriam Wise Sandy Einbender 09/18 Ed Gold Judy Kapner 09/03 Joseph Bachelis The Bachelis Familhy 09/18 Sylvia Levine Norma Resnick 09/03 William Oppenheim Jonathan Kramer 09/18 Solomon Rosenbloom Irving Rosenbloom 09/03 Jerry Engelberg The Congregation 09/18 Joseph Saeger Sally Bechelis 09/04 Jennie Dacher Ron Dacher 09/19 Albert Summerfeld Monica & Les Pink 09/19 Gertrude Altman Rabbi Mark Sobel 09/04 Laura D. Summerfeld Monica & Les Pink 09/19 Jo Eileen Fox Jules Fox 09/04 Armin Wolf The Congregation 09/04 At Temple On Sept. 20, 2015 Sam Bermack Bernard Bermack 09/05 Eugene Lewis Ira & Diane Goldstein 09/20 Samuel Schreibman Kim Williams 09/05 Bernice Dacher Ron Dacher 09/21 Albert Green Adele Beckenholdt 09/05 Sophie Pudding Sylvia Morris 09/22 At Temple On Sept. 11, 2015 Theodore Cline Hannah Cline 09/23 Lillian Weiser Helene Weiser 09/06 Sarah Goldberg David Frank 09/23 Max Kapson Pat Bigley 09/06 Lester Klein Cheryl Mundon 09/24 Violet Brandon Kitty Cooper 09/06 Bertha Tanzer Helen Lott 09/25 Morey Cohen LaVerne Cohen 09/07 Miriam Pasternack Peter Golper 09/25 Ethel Hanna Rogers Roxanne Oliver 09/07 Gail Lynn Shapiro Murray & Shirley Shapiro 09/25 Ruth Levy Schill Jill Bornstein 09/07 Sarah Solomon Nisim Ferris 09/25 Irving Hoffman Shirli Carb 09/07 Dr. Harold Resnick Sid Resnick 09/26 Irving Hoffman Todd Carb 09/07 Elsie Rattner Mitzi Rattner 09/26 Debra Lubow Zeid Monica & Les Pink 09/07 At Temple On October 2, 2015 Rebecca Behar Jean Zweier 09/08 Stan Feit Dr. Eric Feit 09/27 Fred Rosenbloom Irving Rosenbloom 09/08 Joe Murez Herbert Murez 09/28 Chana Rosenbloom Irving Rosenbloom 09/09 Donald Ham Kyle Orlemann 09/28 Albert Green Adele Beckenholdt 09/10 Zina Lubow The Lubow Family 09/28 Doris Katchen Beverly Gennereux 09/10 Namie Rocklin Sandie Phillips 09/30 Susan Betnun Moore Margery Brown 09/10 Minnie Berger Stanley Franklin 09/30 Irene Betnun Williams Margery Brown 09/10 Jacob Stacel Leroy Stacel 09/10 Yahrzeit Donations Marvin Lewis Raven Lewis 09/11 Beatrice Freedman Holly Hollander 09/11 Susie Manners remembering her brother, Sidney Friedman Stuart Friedman 09/11 Charlie Manners. Mildred Gold The Gold Family 09/12 At Temple On Sept. 18, 2015 Monica Pink remembering her mother, Michael Beltzer Yvonne Beltzer 09/13 Bella Sommerfeld Mark Abramson Bennett Abramson 09/13 Bessie Steinberg Sandra Phillips 09/13 Monica Pink remembering her maternal grandmother, James Mattis The Congregation 09/13 Fannie Boyaner Yale Dubin Sharon Lasman 09/13 Monica Pink remembering her maternal grandfather, Theodore Cline Hannah Cline 09/14 Morris Boyaner Ruby Epstein Jonathan Kramer 09/14 Jose Salame Rosa Salame Zavalos 09/14 Frieda Weicensang Sylvia Schuster 09/15 Sarah Sedelsky Anne Newman 09/16

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The Men’s Club Wants You!

Temple Beth Emet Men’s Club Invites Everyone to a Bagel Brunch Join Us For Fellowship, Bagels, Coffee, and a Reorganization Meeting Followed By An Open Discussion of: “Are God, Religion and Being Spiritual the Same Thing?”

Location: Blum Hall Temple Beth Emet of Burbank 600 N. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA

Date & Time: Sunday, September 20, 2015 - 9:30 A.M.

We need you to help us be an even more active temple!

Enjoy Faith, Food and Fellowship in a Friendly, Spiritual Atmosphere – Bring a Friend!

Temple Beth Emet of Burbank, 600 N. Buena Vista Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505 L’Shana Tova! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Honey Gift Boxes are now for sale at Honey Gift Boxes are just $13 or for $20. We will TBE through the High Holidays! ship anywhere in the continental United States for you. Thank you for helping support this TBE Sisterhood Fundraiser! “BEE” A SWEETIE & order your Honey Gift Honey Project Co-Chairs: Boxes today through Sisterhood President, Cathy Zitnick Yom Kippur! !!! (818) 292-7180

and

Sisterhood Vice President, Shirley Abramson (818) 430-6050

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Chai Lights, Continued From Page 9

"Family, friends, and Temple Beth Emet congregation helped 90-year-old TBE member Orven Schanzer, as he held his 75- year-old Torah he got in 1940 upon the passing of his father, get blessed at a July Friday night Shabbat service.

This was a life-long dream of Schanzer's to have his beloved childhood Torah blessed and Rabbi Mark Sobel generously and most graciously helped him realize and fulfill that honor. We humbly thank Rabbi for his outpouring of helpfulness & caring to make this event happen.

Further, many heartwarming thanks to everyone at "the Temple with a heart" for a truly beautiful evening!

Special thanks to Cantor Kyle for taking such great photos! The night's moments and memories will surely be treasured by all the family & generations to come!"

We'd like to acknowledge how much it all meant & make known our gratitude!

Best wishes,

Lisa Gilman

SELICHOT SERVICE Saturday, September 5, 2015 7:30 PM

It is the time for the penitential prayers called Selichot (prayers for forgiveness), as we begin the High Holiday season.

Please join Rabbi Mark and Robyn Kreisberg, Cantorial Soloist at Selichot, beginning our traditional period of inner‐personal reflection and contemplation.

Light refreshments will be served after the service.

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Our Sisterhood

LET’S TURN OUR POCKET CHANGE INTO REAL CHANGE!

Who is Just5Club? J5 is a nonprofit organization helping those who are silently struggling financially. In November of 2013, six young professionals came up with a simple idea; a concept that beautifully ties the act of giving with uniting individuals from all corners of the world. At J5, we believe in the power of unity, where each individual has the power to make a difference. When people are united with one common goal in mind, even the smallest amount can make a significant impact in the world we live in today.

Here’s how it works, it’s easy!

1. Log on to www.j5club.org

2. Sign up to become a Just5 member with your credit card

3. Each month, your credit card is charged JUST $5.

4. At the end of every month, all the money is gathered and donated to a family or individual in need of financial assistance. Whether it’s an emergency of being evicted from one’s home or payment for medical bills, such as cancer treatment, J5 is there to help!

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