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BULLETIN Volume 103, Number 6 • June/July 2016 Survivor Scroll #992 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE BULLETIN Volume 103, Number 6 • June/July 2016 Survivor Scroll #992 hen one thinks of the Rabbi Alfred Wolf of Wilshire Boulevard Temple secured WHolocaust and hears Torah #992 on permanent loan. the word survivor, it is a person For the first time ever and in commemoration of Yom that most likely comes to mind. HaShoah, 18 of the Czech scrolls are on display together at the However, people were not the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (LAMOTH)—and ours only survivors of this historic is among them. The exhibit features pictures of the institutions’ tragedy: 1,564 Czech Torah representative clergy holding the scrolls, as well as an audio guide scrolls, which were collected with recordings made by the clergy about their respective scrolls. by the Nazis and placed on I was honored to be photographed extermination lists or earmarked and make the recording for for housing in what Adolf Hitler Wilshire Boulevard Temple. Cantor Ettinger standing next called “a museum to an extinct You can view our Czech to his picture at the Los Angeles race,” also endured. Not only did Torah scroll on exhibit at Museum of the Holocaust. these scrolls survive, they live on LAMOTH until Friday, June 10. as testaments to the failure of Hitler’s plan. Scroll #992 will then be returned Thanks to a gallant effort by Westminster Synagogue to us and will go on display in the in London, these scrolls were saved, repaired, and given new Nettie Wolf Gallery on the first life and purpose by being sent to synagogues all over the floor of the Glazer Campus along world (many of which could not afford to purchase their own with photos from the exhibit. Torahs). Of those scrolls, 103 were sent to California. In 1984 Cantor Seth Ettinger Scroll #992 on display at LAMOTH This Month Holy-wood Bowl ELECTION 2016 SHABBAT AGLOW More info on page 10 AND More info on page 10 THE JEWISH VOTE Friday, June 3 SEPTEMBERS Tuesday, June 7 Thursday, June 16 Irmas Campus OF SHIRAZ Irmas Campus Irmas Campus 6:00 p.m. Film Preview 7:30 p.m. More info on page 11 7:30 p.m. Annual Congregational Meeting June 17. See page 15. Torah Portion Biblical Law’s First Change Parashat Pinchas: Numbers 25:10-30:1 ne of the weaknesses of our tradition is that the Moses takes their plea to God, and God immediately Onarrative of women is often absent from our Torah. responds by telling Moses to give these women a hereditary After all, men wrote the majority of our sacred texts as holding among their father’s kinsmen, and that this shall be reflections of their worldviews and experiences. Which the law from that point on. In other words, God instructs makes the story we find in Parashat Pinchas all the Moses to change the law—to give the daughters the holding more astonishing. that will enable them to bequeath their inheritance to We read about five daughters, known as the daughters their own heirs. This is the very first change ever made to of Zelophehad, whose father has died. They come forward biblical law. and stand before Moses, the high priests, and the entire Women gain the right to inheritance in this Torah community and explain that their father has died and had portion because the daughters of Zelophehad came forward no sons. They beg that their father’s name not be lost and spoke up. Even now, in this day and age, it’s often and that they be allowed to inherit his land. These five easier to sit quietly in silence and accept the status quo, women come forward without being called, to the place whether it’s just or not. It’s much harder to stand up, to step where only the high-ranking men gather, and they speak forward, to speak out. But as the daughters of Zelophehad up for themselves and for what they believe in. And teach us, it is the only way to affect change. what happens? Rabbi M. Beaumont Shapiro Our Temple Family Welcome to new Temple members… on the birth of their son, Jake Sokol Smith, and to big brother, Hudson… Jackie and Adam Winnick on the birth of their son, Theodore Rex Winnick, Scott Cunningham…Nina and Marc Goldberg and their children, Aaron and and to big brothers, Jacob and Benjamin… Lea…Chloe Beckerman and Justin Hardt and their daughter, Summer… Nora Kahenasa and David Heredia and their daughter, Ellanor…Courtney and Condolences to… Bill Mack and their children, William, Daniella, Charles, and Alexis… Shira Efron and Amnon Schwarz and their children, Joel and Emmanuel… Caroline and Alexis Szabo on the death of her grandmother, Elda Azria, and to Kristina and Ryan Stybel and their son, Leo… great-grandchildren, Massimo and Aleksandr…David and Jennifer Bernstein on the death of his mother, Lynn Bernstein, to ex-husband, Howard Bernstein, Congratulations to… and to Bunny Wasser…Shari and Robert Friedman on the death of her mother, Rochelle Bernstein, and to grandchildren, Brooke and Jolie…Freida and Sarah Sly and Cantor Seth Ettinger on their recent marriage, to parents, Ceth Ashendouek on the death of her grandmother, Freida Douek, and to Lloyd Ettinger and Jayne Behman, and to grandmother, Rae Berger… great-grandchildren, Jenna, Maya, Joshua, and Douglas…Trey and Julie Margolis and Lance Jackson on their recent marriage, to parents, Pamela Heisler on the death of his uncle, Arthur Henry Heisler, and to great- Ellen and Steve Jackson, and to grandmother, Muriel Jackson…Amy Bates nephews, Joshua, Jeremiah, Eli, and Adam…Marlene and David Capell on the and Judah Wiedre on their recent marriage… death of her sister, Pamela Lever, to niece, Andi and Malcolm Orland, and to great-nephews, Danny and Adam…Betsy and Rabbi Steve Leder on the death Congratulations to… of her father, Dr. David Goldsmith, to daughter, Sarah and Daniel Grover, Brenda Levin-Abel and David Abel on the birth of their granddaughter, and to grandchildren, Hannah and Aaron Leder and Madeline and Jeremy Nora Elizabeth Abel…Jessica and Matthew Babrick on the birth of their son, Grover…Fredrick and Marsha Levin on the death of his uncle, Charles Lieber… William Ari Babrick, and to big sister and brother, Sydney and Andrew… Sandra Mosk on the death of her husband, Richard Mosk, and to sister, Susan Nicole and Matthew Beresford on the birth of their son, Bryson Connor and Stanley Sokoloff…Susan and Elliot Mahn on the death of her mother, Beresford, to big brother, Brayden, to grandparents, Belinda and Bruce Roslyn Ostrovsky…Reagan Silber on the death of his mother, Gloria Silber, Pansky, and to aunt and uncle, Ellen Pansky and Leland Reicher…Jenna and and to granddaughter, Rome…Bonnie Tucker and Scott Tommey on the death Todd Binder on the birth of their daughter, Giselle Evelyn Binder, and to of her father, Sam Tucker, and to grandchildren, Jacob and Elizabeth…Friends big brothers, Maximilian and Ryan…Anna Harari and Kevin Blum on the and family of Ret Turner...Julia and Kenneth Uslan on the death of her father, birth of their daughter, Madeline Parker Blum…Nahal and Kevin Danesh on Julius Zelman, and to grandchildren, Rachel and Daniel… … the birth of their son, Leo Dariyoush Danesh, to big brother, Walker, and to And to all immediate and extended family. sister, Sloane…Nancy and Jack Ribakoff on the birth of their son, Aiden Yaer Ribakoff, and to big brother, Asher…Caline Khavarani and Jeremy Sokol Smith 2 Brawerman Elementary School Presenting the Class of 2016 . Front row (left to right): Maya Ashendouek, Jared Lewin, Anabelle Sebbag, Theo Mass, Li Yam Kreiz, Jack Baeck, Rachel Lewis, Ava Liatowitsch, Julian Andreone, Amanda Baeck, Micha Rand, Mia Ricanati Middle row (left to right): Desiree Sarraf, Dylan Small, Kate Levy, Caleb Rosenblum, Joshua Klein, Henry Diamond, Rose Gleiberman, Sloane Radoff, Sophia Soller, Nicola Pachulski, Aden Schwartz, Hannah Stein, Samuel Neustadt Back row (left to right): Dylan Bub, Jonah Berghoff, Zack Feldstein, Kate DuFine, Blythe Bub, Max Wimmer, Samuel Marcus, Jack Soller, Joseph Poole, Max Ratner, Aiden Schiller, Nathaniel Broidy, Samantha Sternberg, Wesley Finger Not pictured: Ethan Dula n June 9, 2016, the Marcia Israel Chapel/Auditorium We also congratulate the following Brawerman Oat the Irmas Campus will provide the setting for the Elementary School Class of 2010 alumni who will be attending graduation of Brawerman Elementary School’s Class of 2016. these college and universities: Friends and families will celebrate Grade 6 students as they • Art Center College of • University of Chicago reflect on their years together at Brawerman, sharing memories Design • University of Colorado of travel, projects, teachers, performances, sports, tikkun olam • Eugene Lang College The Boulder holiday celebrations, friendships, and the annual school New School • University of Miami themes…from (our holy community— Kehillah Kedoshah • Northwestern University • University of Michigan Kindergarten) to (hand in hand—Grade 2 ) to Yad b’ Yad • Otis College of Art and • University of Southern (intention—Grade 6). Those in attendance are Kavanah Design California certain to be awed by our graduates’ growth, spirituality, • Parsons School of Design • University of insight, and infinite potential. !! Mazal Tov • Pitzer College Wisconsin-Madison Our Class of 2016 graduates will attend the following • San Jose State University • Vanderbilt University secondary schools: Brentwood School, Campbell Hall, • Santa Monica City College • Washington University Crossroads School for Art & Sciences, El Rodeo School, • Tufts University in St. Louis Harvard-Westlake School, Marlborough School, Milken • University of Arizona • Wesleyan University Community Middle School, Paul Revere Charter Middle • University of California School, The Archer School for Girls, The Buckley School, Berkeley Wildwood School, and Windward School.
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