Shir Notes The Official Newsletter of Congregation Shir Ami Volume 11, Number 3, April 2013 Affiliated with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

Events Rabbi’s Column

of the Month I read recently about the discovery of a treasure trove of old photographs representing the career of a now de-

Shabbat services ceased professional photographer. They were in his attic. at Temple Ramat Zion 20,000 photographs.

Saturday, April 6 10:30 am Birthday Shabbat Big deal! Last week, I took 2,500 photographs of a high Saturday, April 13 10:30 am school swim competition. In three hours. 20,000 in a Saturday, April 20 10:30 am career? I’ll take 20k pictures in a school academic year. Saturday, April 27 10:30 am Anniversary Shabbat And taking so many pictures cost me nothing (but my time to review all of ------them and pick out the best). Jewish World Watch Walk to End Genocide But I can appreciate how different photography is today compared to the Sunday, April 14 9:00 am past, when it was such an expensive process. After all, I spent a year in at Pan Pacific Park in the early 1970s and took about 1,000 slides representing my entire experience. Those were the days a roll of film came in either 24 or 36 Shir Ami’s team led by Rae pictures, and it was important to be very careful about what one shot so film Wazana will again participate in this wasn’t wasted and the developing costs were kept down. important annual Walk. See article on page 5 or call Rae at (818) 881- But having the liberty to take so many photos today with the cost being 5549 to sign up or make a donation negligible has several important advantages. Can you recall a time back in or for more information. the old days when you remembered to bring your camera on a trip and your ------friend forgot his? And asked you to take a picture of him and send him a Free Ice Cream Social & Bingo copy? What an imposition! (members only) Sunday, April 21 2:00 pm Today, to take a picture, later bring it up on the computer screen and email at Ramat Zion Social Hall it costs nothing in time or expense.

We will again combine these But another advantage is this: in the old days, when a kid wanted to borrow popular events for a fun filled after- a camera and take a few pictures, we were hesitant. What if he took terrible noon of ice cream sundaes and a chance to win prizes and socialize pictures, or too many boring ones? Or used up the roll of film? And so we with fellow Shir Ami-ites. See article guarded our camera and allowed a child to take only one or two. Or none. on page 2 and flyer or Call Jerry Zatz at (818) 883-9924. Today, we hand over the camera and let him take as many as he wants. It ------not only costs us nothing, but it might have another by-product: it can kindle Around the Rabbi’s Tisch an interest in photography. And, as we know, walking around the block with Thursdays, April 4, 11, 18, and 25 a camera, looking for interesting angles, unique lighting, or special subjects, at 7:30 pm at the Vorspans’ is an entirely different experience than walking without one.

Our weekly discussion led by Rabbi April is a month that seems designed to provide Kodak Moments! Passover, Vorspan on Jewish wisdom and Yom HaShoah, Israel Independence Day – all are opportunities to create current events continues with its that image that perpetuates and reinforces the memory. 5773 season. You may call Rabbi at (818) 888-9817 for information. So, if you haven’t gotten into the hobby of photography yet, let me know. I’ll be delighted to lend you my camera! Visit our website: www.shirami.com Rabbi David Vorspan Editor’s Note: Congregation Shir Ami receives a donation from Ralphs whenever you shop if you register. See updated instructions on page 9. page 2 April 2013

President’s Report A Special Sunday Sundae Treat Shalom, Is it an Ice Cream Social with Bingo I hope you are having a Happy Pesach a Bingo afternoon with Ice Cream? and your Matzah tastes just as Either way, you’re going to get both delicious on the eighth day as it did at the First Seder. of them together at a very special Shir Ami event. And it’s free! Now it’s time to step into Spring, and I do mean “step!” On Sunday, April 14, we will be joining Jewish That’s right! On April 21 2:00 pm, as World Watch’s Walk to End Genocide. The small, a special treat and thank you to our but mighty, Shir Ami contingent always has room for Shir Ami membership, you are invited more people and sponsors. ito a combined Bingo/Ice Cream Social with free Bingo cards, cash The following Sunday, April 21, we will have our prizes and ice cream with all the “Members Only” Ice Cream Social and Free Bingo. toppings. (Did I say FREE?) (Yes, I said FREE!) This is your big chance to get something for nothing, except your It’s going to be a fun afternoon. Look for details in valuable presence. Such a deal! the Bingo flyer.

And that’s not all that’s FREE this month. Every Be sure to RSVP to Jerry Zatz: (818) 883-9924 or Shabbat, we have our contemporary Shabbat email to [email protected]. Services in Classrooms 7, 8 and 9 at Temple Ramat Zion. And, it’s FREE! In fact, we’ll even give you a לכה דודי sweet nosh as a thank you for coming. And, at no Kabbalat Shabbat: Lecha Dodi further cost to you, we are throwing in Around the by Stan Schroeder Rabbi’s Tisch (and on the Rebbitzen’s Chairs) every Thursday Evening. We know that Kabbalah is the mystical interpretation of Judaism going back to the 1st to 2nd centuries CE. We are also asking for your help in our fundraising It emerged in Medieval times in southwestern Europe for a Parochet (curtain for the Ark). Our Artist-in- and was re-interpreted by Isaac Luria in Safed in the Residence, Bonnie Vorspan, has created wonderful 16th century. During this time Rabbi Shlomo Halevi design representing the Jerusalem skyline. With your Alkabetz, a Safed Kabbalist and poet, composed the help, this design will become a reality. song Lecha Dodi (come, my beloved) that became

the opening prayer of our Friday night Shabbat service As always, we continue our collections for SOVA and prior to the traditional Maariv (evening service.) everything else we do that makes Shir Ami the “Little Shul that DOES!” And Shir Ami “DOES” because we The image of Shabbat as a bride is central to the all “DO!” Kabbalist view that Shabbat brings us closest to the Divine experience in our earthly realm. As always, if you have any questions or want to provide your input, please feel free to email me at As was common at the time, the song is also an [email protected]. acrostic, with the first letter of the first eight stanzas spelling the author's name. The author draws much of Thank you, Jordan Pistol, his phraseology from Isaiah's prophecy of Israel's President restoration, and six of his verses are full of the thoughts to which his vision of Israel as the bride on

that great Shabbat of Messianic deliverance gives rise.

Next time you stand facing the open door for the last verse: Come in peace, crown of her husband ... Come O Bride! Come O Bride [Boi khalah boi khalah] put yourself is the spiritual space of the Kabbalist. Shabbat shalom page 3 April 2013 Birthdays & Anniversaries DONATIONS Congregation Shir Ami wishes to Birthdays

$ acknowledge the following donations: Sylvia Hockmeyer...... 4/5 Ken Bereny...... 4/10 Yahrzeits Lee Dollins...... 4/16 Carol Altshiller...... 4/17 Carol and Irwin Koransky for Blanch Koransky Marian Perlmutter...... 4/17 Carol and Art Altshiller for Martin Altshiller Jerry Zatz...... 4/20 Esther Perez for Josephine Paparo Pat Michaelson...... 4/22 Gloria and Larry Weinstein for Evelyn Soodak Ed Orens...... 4/23 Betty and Harvey Cohen for Bertha Gottesman Marcie Spetner...... 4/25 Florence and Ben Schulkin Betty Cohen...... 4/28 Fran Friedman for H. Glassman Ellie Zatz...... 4/28 Nancy and Lonny Scharf for David Haas Phyllis and Stan Schroeder for Sally Schroeder Anniversaries Ann and Izzy Goldfarb for Rose Rosen and Jay Martin Goldfarb Paula and Lou Loomis...... 3/3 40th (omitted last month) Birthdays Roster Corrections Seymour Potell Howard Levine Anniversaries 11960 Cohasset St No. Hollywood, CA 91605 Rae and Armand Wazana Phone: (818) 759-4622 Paula and Lou Loomis

Sale of Hametz Norman Bressick Cell phone: (818) 590-8583 Audrey and Ed Halem Shirley Esko Paula and Lou Loomis Congregational News Nancy and Lonny Scharf Get well wishes rafuah schleimah to:

Gerry Hochberg hip surgery as a result of a fall Bob Licht broken arm from a fall Ellen Fremed hand surgery Lee Stark aortic valve replacement

May they be blessed with a complete recovery in body and spirit.

Congregation Shir Ami Tribute Cards

Thanks to Phyllis Schroeder for sending your cards celebrating simchas and conveying your get- well and condolence messages.

She is creative with indivualized, artistic cards that include a message and color graphics. Call her at (818) 718-7466. Minimum donation of $5 per card is appreciated.

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Social Action Committee You may mail them directly to Fran at 5139 White Oak Ave. #13, Encino, 91316 or call her at (818) 345-2405. Happy Passover to everyone con- nected with Congregation Shir Ami. We are having our annual Walk Special thanks to those of you who Around Lake Balboa on Sunday, were so very generous with your June 2 to benefit Alzheimers’s donations of Passover 5 lb packages of matzos research. We ask you to send in your and checks to SOVA for Passover 2013 for all the flyer with your generous donation in very needy Jewish families who will benefit from your honor of, or memory of, those suffering special kindness. Personally, I want to thank you for from this cruel disease. We will have a all your help during the year, as well with your SOVA special honor/memory board at the donations. Walk with the names you specify with your donations.

On April 14th Rae Wazana will lead Special tables will be set up for the Congregation Shir Ami Team in the th Operation Gratitude card- 7 annual Walk to End Genocide to writing to our deployed military raise money for Jewish World Watch. under the direction of Esther Perez. Esther collects new Thanks to Rae’s dedication, Shir Ami or gently used books for the military all year long, as well has been a strong supporter of JWW from the begin- as decks of cards, knitted scarves and other items. Call ning. See article on page 5 for more information Esther at (818) 886-7512 for more information. Please

invite your family and friends and remember to sign them Join the Social Action Committee and up in advance. See the flyer with this Shir Notes. Ellie friends at our annual Mothers/Fathers Zatz and Paulette Pistol are co-chairs of the event and Day and Shabbat Celebration at the their phone numbers are on the flyer. The event will West Valley Healthcare Center on Friday, conclude, as usual, with a pot luck brunch. May 10 at 1 pm. We will first bring in the Sabbath with lighting our Sabbath candles, saying prayers The Social Action Committee is already thinking ahead to over the Challah and the wine with the residents. We Mitzvah Day 2013. We are very fortunate to have Leon will share a sing-along too, led by Claire Silverman Nachenberg and Mike Easley as co-chairs again, so we and the newly formed very entertaining Social Action all know it will be very successful. choir. Everyone has fun and it is truly a special mitzvah, so please join us too. We will have one-on- Please remember that the Social Action Committee one visits with those residents who are confined to performs community mitzvot on behalf of our congrega- their rooms, as well as with those who are blessed tion and we invite you to participate. Once you try it, you enough to come to the service. Every resident will will love it! We look forward to seeing you very soon. receive a beautiful plant picked out by Laura Simon and brought to us by Mike Easley. We feel so very Fran Kobulnick, Social Action Vice President blessed to have been able to do this special mitzvah together for so many years, and couldn’t do it so successfully with the dedication of our faithful group Mailbox of Shir Ami-ites. Congregation Shir Ami, We are currently collecting Target I would like to thank the congregation for all $10 gift cards for the moms and its sympathy wishes and cards on the loss of my children in the Domestic Violence husband, Dad and Papa, Steve Klenetsky. Thank you Shelters we help sponsor for to all who came to help us do minyan and kaddish. Mother’s Day. Our goal is to collect 100 gift cards to Steve played an important role at Temple Beth Ami distribute on Friday, May 10 to the women and and Congregation Shir Ami as he was the potato latke children for Mother’s Day. Many use them to buy fryer for over 25 years for the Chanukah Dinner. much needed necessities, such as underwear or Thank you to Rabbi Vorspan and Bonnie for your personal items. We at Congregation Shir Ami have support.and visit. always supported the women and children at Tamar House and Hope Cottage, and we hope that this Irene, Carey, Sarah, Alexandra (Alex) and Ariella year each of you will continue being generous with Klenetsky your gift card donations. page 5 April 2013 Jewish World Watch Walk to End Genocide Shir Ami Parochet Project Update by Rae Wazana by Sherry Dollins and Ellen Fremed, Project Chairs

This is an update to our new Parochet

project that began last month.

As you know, in the past Congregation Shir Ami has always had a parochet (curtain in front of the Torahs) Shir Ami within the ark. Since the move to Temple Ramat Zion, 2012 Team our new ark does not contain a parochet. Our rebbetzin, Bonnie Vorspan, is designing and making a unique parochet for our ark that will be a representation of the Jerusalem skyline. This beautiful design will include Congregation Shir Ami has a Team registered for synagogues and city buildings, fronted by a cobblestone the Seventh Annual Walk to End Genocide street, with the hills of Jerusalem in the background. sponsored by Jewish World Watch. This year’s

Our generous members have already donated a Walk will take place on Sunday morning, April 14, synagogue and several buildings, cobblestones, and 9 am at Pan Pacific Park in Los Angeles. hills, and we have raised over $1800 thus far. All of the We encourage our Congregation members to join money donated will be used to further the life of our synagogue as well as to beautify and enhance the our Walk Team and/or help sponsor our Team by Shabbat experience. You can participate in this fund- making a donation to Jewish World Watch. Please raising mitzvah project by dedicating one or more of the help us take one step closer to a world without design categories described on the enclosed flyer. As a genocide and help us stand up for those suffering donor, your name will be included on a donor plaque from crimes against humanity. Jewish World that will be displayed in the sanctuary. Watch helps raise awareness, support, and hope for the survivors of genocide in the Sudan and in We look forward to dedicating the new parochet by the the Congo. Please join us in not standing idly by! beginning of summer 2013. With your help, this goal will be realized. We are very excited about this endeavor You may join the team or make a donation via the and hope you are too. website www.walktoendgenocide.org. For more information on participating as a walker or making a donation, please contact me at (818) 881-5549. Thank you!

page 6 April 2013 Biography of the Month: and Naftali Bennett by Stan Schroeder

On Monday, March 18 (7 Nisan) Israel swore in a new On April 30 he formally registered his party, Yesh Atid government led by Prime Minister Benyamin Netan- (There's a Future). The final results of the January 2013 yahu and the 19th elected Knesset. This is the first election showed Yesh Atid winning an unexpected 19 governing coalition that does not include the Orthodox seats, making it second-largest party in the 19th Knesset. political parties. The coalition reflects the result of the Lapid was named Minister of Finance March 15. January 22 election in which two new parties led by two very different newcomers to Israeli politics came Naftali Bennett was born in Haifa in second and third behind Netanyahu’s Likud-Yisrael March 25, 1972, one of three sons born Beiteinu party. These two parties commonality was the to Jim and Myrna Bennett, who are need for an emphasis on socio-economic issues and American Jewish immigrants to Israel the desire to integrate the ultra-orthodox (haredim) into who had moved from San Francisco Israel society by requiring young men to serve in the after the Six-Day War. His mother's IDF or perform national service and be educated to parents moved to San Francisco from obtain a higher level of employment. Poland twenty years before the outbreak of World War II and some of his mother's Yair Lapid was born in Novemebr 5, family members who remained in Poland died in the 1963 in to journalist and Holocaust. His maternal grandparents made from politician Yosef "Tommy" Lapid and the United States as seniors and settled in Haifa. His author Shulamit Lapid. His father was father’s Jewish roots come from Poland, Germany, and a Holocaust survivor who came to the Netherlands. Both his parents are Modern Orthodox Israel with his mother from Budapest Jews and are ardent right wing Zionists. in 1948. After a career in journalism in which he served as General Director of the Israel Broadcasting An ambitious child and an avid reader, Naftali is the Authority, he entered politics in the Shinui (Change) youngest son in his family. He attended Yawne Yeshiva party where he became Minister of Justice and Deputy High-School in Haifa and became a youth leader with Prime Minister. Shulamit is a successful novelist religious-Zionist youth organization Bnei Akiva. During his specializing in crime and the role of women. national service in the IDF, he served in the Sayeret units Matkal and Maglan as a company commander and Yair Lapid started his journalism career as a military continues to serve in the reserves today, holding the rank correspondent for the IDF's weekly magazine, Ba- of Major. After his IDF service, Bennett went on to receive Mahaneh ("In the Camp"). He also wrote for the a law degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. mainstream daily Maariv. In 1988, he was appointed editor of the Tel Aviv local newspaper published by the He moved to Upper East Side of Manhattan to build a Yedioth Ahronoth group. In 1991, he began writing a career as a software entrepreneur. In 1999, he co- weekly column in a nationwide newspaper's weekend founded Cyota – an anti-fraud software company and supplement, at first for Maariv and later on for its served as its CEO. The company was sold in 2005 to competitor, Yedioth Ahronoth. His column, called RSA Security for 145 million dollars, making Bennett a "Where's the Money?", became his slogan in seeking multi-millionaire. Though the company was sold in the political office. United States, the deal would include a stipulation where the Israeli arm of Cyota would remain intact. In 1994, he began hosting the leading Friday evening talk show on Israel TV's Channel 1, and in that same He was Netanyahu’s chief-of-staff from 2006 to 2008 and year had an acting role in an Israeli film, “Song of The led a team which developed Netanyahu's educational Siren.” He hosted a talk show on TV's Channel 3, and reform plan. In April 2011, he co-founded My Israel, a since 1999 has hosted a talk show on Channel 2. He movement to increase Zionism among center-right wing has published seven books and written a drama series supporters and increase dialogue between the religious called “War Room” that was aired on Channel 2 in and non-religious communities. He quit Likud and 2004. In January 2008, Lapid was the host of Ulpan became head of HaBayit HaYehudi (The Jewish Home) Shishi (Friday Studio), the Friday night news-maga- party, leading it to 12 seats in the January election, third zine of Channel 2. That year, his first play, The Right highest. He became Minister of Economics and Trade, a Age for Love, was performed by the Cameri Theater. title he created, in the new government. He believes in a free economy and that private businesses are the engine On January 8, 2012 Lapid announced that he would be for economic growth. He also favors support of leaving his journalism career in order to enter politics. vulnerable populations such as the elderly and disabled. page 7 April 2013

Editor’s Note: A version of this article was Attending the weekly classes was not the only aspect of published in the Jewish Journal March 8 -14, 2013. Levine’s conversion process. She had to learn how to Donna Levine is a past president of Shir Ami. read Hebrew and to keep kosher, which she found especially difficult when going out to eat at restaurants. Converting: The Best Decision of Her Life At the end of the five-month learning period, she was required to take a test and translate sentences from a From by Kylie Jane Wakefield prayer book from Hebrew into English. “I was very When Donna Levine told her nervous about it,” she said. “Hebrew is not an easy mother she had converted, the language to learn.” response was that she would On the day of her meeting with the beit din, she burn in hell. A friend encouraged received a certificate. Though she had been nervous Levine to join Jews for Jesus. about going before the rabbis, having Rabbi Vorspan She had to explain to this friend there made her feel more comfortable. After she came that, unfortunately, that wouldn’t work.“ I told her that out of her immersion in the mikveh (ritual bath), she if you are really serious about being Jewish, that you said, she “jumped into synagogue life with both feet,” can’t belong to Jews for Jesus,” Levine said. “I told attending meetings, helping to plan for the holidays, her I wouldn’t feel comfortable with that anyway.” sending out letters and membership packets and Levine, who converted through the Conservative serving as the synagogue board’s vice president and, movement in August 2000, was born in Kansas and finally, its president, from 2006 to 2008. raised in Florida. Judaism, for her, was completely Although Levine’s mother wasn’t accepting of her different than being a Baptist, as she experienced it daughter’s new religion, Levine said she learned not to growing up. “You were not supposed to ask bring up the subject with her. She also got support from questions. When I was in Sunday school, I would get a Catholic friend, and from her own son, who was 23 at into trouble for questioning things. That was the time she converted. “He said whatever made me something I really liked about Judaism. Not only are happy was fine with him.” you allowed to ask questions, but also you are encouraged to ask questions.” By now, Levine has been a Jew for almost 13 years. She said that every day she celebrates her religion by Now 58, Levine lives in Arleta, north of Los Angeles. “trying to treat everyone the way that I would want to be She has lived in Los Angeles for 37 years and treated. That’s one of the main lessons of Judaism: Do managed dental offices for 30 of them. She attends you treat others as you would want to be treated?” And, Congregation Shir Ami in Woodland Hills, and now she said, “I try to be active in my community as far as spends her time working on projects around the doing good work.” house and looking for employment. Judaism has given Levine value that she never found in Levine first became interested in the religion when her former religion, as well as a whole congregation full she attended the bat mitzvah of a former employer’s of new friends. “I feel more spiritual and comfortable in daughter. She then met her future husband (now my religion than when I was a Baptist. I love my former), who was Jewish, and that gave her the synagogue and the people there. It’s like my other push to decide to convert. She went to services with family.” Rabbi David Vorspan of Shir Ami, and started taking classes at the University of Judaism (now She added, “I feel like converting was the best decision American Jewish University). “Rabbi Vorspan let me of my life.” know that if I needed any help or had questions or Hattems’ Son-in-law Official TRZ Caterer anything, that he was available for me,” she said. “I felt really comfortable with him, and he was so Hovav Ben-Tov, son-in-law of longtime members sweet. He didn’t know me, and yet he volunteered to Barbara and Neil Hattem, is now the official caterer help me out, and I thought that was really great.” for Temple Ramat Zion. As part of that arrangement he prepares Shabbat meals-to-go for four or more Levine began her conversion studies in March 2000, each week. The meals must be ordered by Tuesday and decided to take the Conservative route because and picked up at TRZ on Friday afternoon. He she thought that Reform Judaism was too relaxed catered a delicious dinner for us when we were at and Orthodox too strict. Kol Tikvah. See flyer with this Shir Notes for details.

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TREE OF LIFE Congregation Shir Ami Memorial Board

This beautiful Tree of Life, with leaves If you would like to honor the memory of your priced at $100 and rocks at $250 (one loved ones by dedicating plaques on our new remaining), makes a perfect way to Memorial Board, please call Clara Rosenbluth celebrate family occasions and support at (818) 348-1498 so she may mail you an Congregation Shir Ami. order form. The cost of each plaque is $36.

The Tree is on a rosewood background Each plaque may contain up to three lines of and consists of gold-colored leaves and engraving: English name, Hebrew name, and rocks. It is displayed at all Congregation the years of birth and death. Both of our Shir Ami services and events. Memorial Boards are displayed at all our

For more information or to place an order, services. call Sherry Dollins at (818) 886-7590. page 9 April 2013

Shop at Ralphs - Earn Money for Shir Ami 6. If you already have a Ralph’s reward card and by Maralyn Soifer an account, you will see Account Summary when you login. You can change to our Temple Here is an easy way to earn by clicking on Edit within Community Rewards. money for our Temple. We You can do a search for Congregation Shir Ami are now officially a Ralphs’ community agency. All by putting in the number 92785. Our congrega- you have to do is follow these simple instructions to tion will pop up and click on the button next to help earn money for Congregation Shir Ami. the name. Click on the button that saves the

changes. 1. If you don’t have a Ralph’s rewards card already, 7. You should also check the bottom of your go to the store and fill out the application. You can get it from the customer service station or any receipt when you shop. It should say “At your checker. request, Ralph’s is donating to 2. Once you have your card, go to the website: CONGREGATION SHIR AMI”. www.customer.ralphs.com 8. If all else fails, call me in the evening at (818) 3. If you have an account, your email address is your 704-0306. I’ll be happy to walk you through it. account ID. If you forgot your password, select 9. Start Shopping!

Forgot your password? and you will receive an Make sure that the clerk swipes your card each email with instructions to reset it. If you don’t have time you shop. Verify that your receipt shows a an account, select Get started. Sign up today! contribution to Congregation Shir Ami at the Follow the instructions to enter your email address bottom. and create a password. 4. Your 10 digit phone number is your Alternate ID. Important Note: All participants must confirm 5. Enter your ZIP code. Select Find Stores. Then their selection annually starting in Sept. If you select Create Account. haven’t done so since Sept. 2012, please do so.

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Ami Shir Congregation Congregation Shir Ami Invites you to a

“FREE” MEMBERSHIP APPRECIATION EVENT

Sunday, April 21, 2012 - 2:00 PM

Temple Ramat Zion Social Hall 17655 Devonshire St. (at White Oak) Northridge

Please join us, at this members’ only program, for a FREE afternoon of Bingo and Ice Cream. We want all of our members to come and have a good time for FREE. (Yes, it’s FREE.)

To attend you must R.S.V.P. by April 15th to: Jerry Zatz at (818) 883-9924 or email [email protected]

Congregation Shir Ami

Here is your opportunity to participate in the creation of a Parochet (curtain) to adorn our Shabbat Ark. Traditionally our Ark has always had a beautiful curtain in front of the Torah. Since our move to TRZ, our Ark has been without a parochet.

This special Work of Art representing the skyline of Jerusalem will be created by our own Bonnie Vorspan

Your name will be added to the Donor Plaque that will be displayed in the Sanctuary.

DEDICATION OPPORTUNITIES (Please check) A cobblestone in the street: $18 ___ A doorway: $36 ___ A hill: $54 ___ A building: $118 ___ A synagogue: $1000 ___

NAME______PHONE ______

I am/We are excited to participate in this mitzvah of beautifying the Shabbat! Enclosed please find a check in the amount of $______. Please return to Congregation Shir Ami, PO Box 6353, Woodland Hills, CA 91365. For additional information please contact Ellen Fremed (818) 886-8853 or [email protected] or Sherry Dollins (818) 886-7590 or [email protected]

Let’s go for a walk around Lake Balboa!

Join Congregation Shir Ami’s Social Action Committee on Sunday, June 2nd at 9:00 am. All Proceeds go to Alzheimer’s research

Minimum donation: $10 per person, NO MAXIMUM! Following the walk, a brunch will be provided by our Social Action Committee near the lake. Please bring salad, side dish, or dessert to share, and remember to wear your Mitzvah Patrol shirt. Pets are welcome.

Also please bring non-perishable and non-breakable food for SOVA.

Sit-down activities are available for those who don’t walk. Call Ellie Zatz at (818) 883-9924 or Paullette Pistol at (818) 705-8213. Sign up by returning this tear-off with your check for $10 (or more) per person to Congregation Shir Ami, P.O. Box 6353, Woodland Hills, CA 91365. Make your check payable to Congregation Shir Ami. Donations may be made in memory of or in honor of a loved one who had Alzheimer’s or is currently suffering from this horrific disease. Please list. ------Total Donation $______Number of participants ______I will bring: Salad [ ] Dessert [ ] Side dish [ ] Walker Names: Brunch (y/n) 1. ______Donation in honor of ______2. ______Donation in memory of ______3. ______Donation in honor of ______4. ______Donation in memory of ______

Shabbat-To-Go

Friday night Shabbat dinner can allow us to cherish our families, unwind from a long week, and can set a beautiful pace for a relaxing weekend. But sometimes those Friday night dinners can be exhausting to prepare. Hovav Catering wants to do the work for you. Hovav Catering now provides Shabbat-To-Go, these are preordered, pick-up, kosher Shabbat dinners for four or more people. All orders need to be made by Tuesday of each week. Call or pick up a menu for the weekly Shabbat dinner.

Shabbat-To-Go includes:

Fresh challah

Shabbat candles

Grape juice

Shabbat prayers

Sample Menu: Salad: Russian salad with romaine lettuce, apples, carrots, walnuts and raisins. Main: vegetarian fed Black Angus beef stroganoff with mushrooms and shallots. Side 1: tagliatelle pasta. Side 2: roasted beets and carrots.

*vegetarian and dessert available upon request Please order by Tuesday. Pick up time on Friday from 2 pm till 4 pm.

$60 for four, $85 for six, $110 for eight, for parties larger please call for a quote.

We look forward to hearing from you!

www.hovavcatering.com Chef Hovav Ben-Tov (818) 360-1881 ext.8 [email protected] (310) 903-7412