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Leadership, Legacy & Light Voice of the People OGV KUE TEMPLE BETH AM AFFILIATED WITH THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM • VOL 15, NO. 5 • Iyyar - Sivan 5775 • May 2015 From our President Dear Fellow Congregants, LEADERSHIP, LEGACY & LIGHT ecently I have been putting Ra great deal of thought into the way in which our synagogue embraces our youth and their families. It is extremely important that we engage our children when they are young so they feel a commitment to Jewish and synagogue life when they are teens and young adults. The synagogue should be a partner with its families working together to encourage connections and create meaningful Jewish experiences. The outstanding work of our relatively new Youth Learning and Engagement (YLE) Department under the professional leadership of Rabbi Yechiel Hoffman and the lay leadership of YLE Vice President Eric Maman has set the foundation for Temple Beth Am to be successful in this area. The many new and reinvigorated programs within YLE are the talk of our shul! An increasing number of our youth are engaged in our Shabbat programming, USY and other new groups that address their needs and connect them with the shul, Jewish life and their friends. Our new Jewish Learning Community (JLC) is finishing its first year in a position of strength having hired innovative staff and created a new education model. Later this month I look forward to sharing a fun and spiritual weekend at the Temple Beth Am Shabbaton at Camp Ramah with my family and many of yours. As summer planning now begins in earnest, hopefully many of you are sending your children to the redesigned wonderful Camp Keshet. For the first time, children can cater their camp activities to their interests by signing up for a Keshet specialty track in Sherri Cohn & Marshall Temkin Mark Samuel sports, visual arts, performing arts and more! Now is Stuart Tochner Presidents’ Circle Resource Development VP the time to sign-up for a great summer! Co-Chairs YLE is one of the many areas that make me, and should make you, very proud of Temple Beth Am! I look forward to highlighting other exciting things happening in our shul in the future. Have a good May! Mike Cohn, President RSVP and place your Tribute at www.tbala.org/legacy2015 Kol HaRav e’re not going home, we’re going back.” TEMPLE BETH AM “WI remember my abba saying those words 1039 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035 to me as we prepared to return to the States at the 310.652.7354 • 310.652.2384 (fax) end of my first trip to Israel. I wondered how the To reach an operator, contradiction could be true - our house, my school, dial 310.652.7353 my parents’ work were all in the US. And yet, my SCHOOL PHONE LINE father was expressing a deep-seated belief that we 310.652.2002 were connected to our people’s homeland in Israel. School Fax: 310.360.0850 That paradox has held up for me through the years. Somehow, even [email protected] • www.tbala.org though I have chosen to live most of my life in the US, Israel still feels like home. TEMPLE BETH AM is an egalitarian Conservative Our community expresses its commitment to Israel in many different synagogue that is devoted to spiritual and ways. We pray for Israel in our t’fillot; we engage with Israel through religious enrichment and that values Jewish learning and discussion; we celebrate Israel on Yom Ha’atzmaut; we tradition while embracing innovation. Its advocate for Israel’s well-being through political activism. But there’s many programs serve a multi-generational nothing quite like being there - tasting foods, walking paths, connecting congregation. These include multiple to God in holy spaces, meeting people. Which is why I am so excited to opportunities for: worship of god, adult learning, education of children and families, announce that I will be leading a Temple Beth Am trip to Israel next acts of loving kindness, and outreach to those Spring. I hope you’ll join me and experience the transformative power seeking community and meaning in their lives. of experiencing Israel with your rabbi and your fellow community The synagogue is committed to the institutions members. of Conservative Judaism, the broader Jewish I believe we need to go to Israel - now more than ever. Voices in the community, the State of Israel and the advocacy media tell us that there is a historic rift forming between the Jewish of democracy and religious pluralism. community in North America and the Jewish community in Israel. Mike Cohn, President Whether you loved the outcome of the March elections or not, we are Rabbi Adam Kligfeld, Senior Rabbi bound to our brothers and sisters in Israel and now is the time to visit Rabbi Ari Lucas, Associate Rabbi them and continue our engagement in the relationship. Part of what it Rabbi Hillary Chorny, Cantor means to be a member of this big Jewish family is that we hang in there Sheryl Goldman, Executive Director when things get tough; we hold each other accountable; we challenge Rabbi Yechiel Hoffman, one another; and we grow together. Director of Youth Learning & Engagement You’ll be hearing more about the trip in the weeks and months Dr. Erica Rothblum, Head of School to come. I will be speaking about it every chance I get. You’ll see Rabbi Joel E. Rembaum, Emeritus promotional materials in the lobby and throughout the building. You’ll Rabbi Jacob Pressman, Emeritus read about it in our print and electronic publications. There will be Rabbi Harry Silverstein, Emeritus a link on our website for more information and the opportunity to KOL HA’AM register. Copy Editor Ellen L. Jacobs For now, you can save the dates: March 27 - April 6, 2016. It’s after Graphic Designer Jeff Baughman Purim, but we’ll be back in Los Angeles with enough time to prepare Kol Ha’am (USPS 008-599) is published monthly except for Pesah. June/July & November/December The famous poet Judah Halevi wrote “My heart is in the East and I by Temple Beth Am, 1039 South La Cienega Blvd., am at the edge of the West.” Writing in Spain in the 12th century, he Los Angeles, CA 90035-2507 couldn’t have known how resonant those words would be for this Jew in California some 900 years later. I feel at times that I have two hearts Annual Membership Dues include $5.00 subscription - one here and one in Israel. Or maybe it’s one heart split in two. Join Periodicals Postage Paid at Los Angeles, California me in bringing those pieces of our hearts together as we journey with and additional mailing offices. our home community to our homeland. Postmaster – Send address changes to: Rabbi Ari Lucas Temple Beth Am, 1039 South La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035-2507 To register or learn more about the trip, Phone: 310.652.7353 • www.tbala.org visit www.tbala.org/israel2016 Kol Ha’am 2 Temple Beth Am May 2015 YOUTH LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT Rabbi Yechiel Hoffman, Ed.D., Director of Youth Learning and Engagement Eric Maman, Vice President of Youth Learning and Engagement Shabbat Yeladim Teen Engagement Teen Leadership Joey Abeles, Chloe Barroukh, n the coming year, Youth Learning and Engagement (YLE) will launch a new Teen Initiative Rebecca Cohn, Yoni Feldman to expand the depth and breadth of Temple Beth Am’s engagement for our teens. I Greene, Nina Havivi, Our new initiative aims to address three goals: Danit Hetsroni, Sam Hirschhorn, • Empower Teens: Enhance Capacity for Influence | Mastery | Passion-based engagement. Zack Hirschhorn, Jenna Katchen, • Develop Wellness: Cultivate Life Balance | Provide Adult Guides | Secure Safe Spaces Lauren Kurtz, Noah Porjes, • Open a Portal for Engagement: Network Jewish Teens | Open Access | Provide Multiple Moriah Pretsky, Avishai Rabin, Points of Entry | Deliver Multiple Methods of Engagement Noah Rothman We want to celebrate our community’s teens who enrich their Jewish journeys through their engagement in the following Temple Beth Am programs. These teens committed Jewish Learning to and sacrificed for the opportunity to cultivate their leadership skills, foster a deeper Community Madrichim connection to Judaism and develop new relationships with peers and adults. On June 2nd, Rebecca Cohn – Kitah Gimel we will be celebrating these teens at our annual Teen Banquet. Contact Reut Sklar Elianna Kollin – Kitah Daled at [email protected] to RSVP. Leora Swerdlow – Kitah Hay Best, Michelle Hirschhorn – Kitah Vav Rabbi Yechiel Hoffman, EdD Los Angeles Hebrew High Director of Youth Learning and Engagement School’s Temple Beth Am Chapter Joey Abeles, Ariella Amit, Jonathan Amit, David Baum, Barry Moving Traditions: Gibbons, Jeremy Greenstein, Rosh Hodesh: Rosh Hodesh: Danit Hetsroni, Noah Lee, Maia Leventhal, Avishai Melamed, It’s a Girl Thing-7th Grade It’s a Girl Thing-9th Grade Shavit Melamed, Milton Posner, Shayna Becker Mira Berenbaum Samuel Posner, Jonathan Reich, Gabby Cohen Michal Brill Aidan Schechter, Steven Steiner Maia Lefferman Natasha Dveirin Sam Linderman Sara Stolzenberg-Myers Rachel Metzger Mila Tigay Sarah Pretsky Hannah Yaron Maya Tochner Mikayla Weissberg Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing-8th Grade Kaliray Arison Jamie Berman USY Leadership Ellie Ferd Eva Goldstein-Moore (Senior) Lucy Fried Shevet Achim: The Brotherhood Sam Rosenberg (Senior) Hannah Friedman Sara Sobolev (Senior) Yaacov Broidy Yoni Kollin Emilie Gibbons Ariella Vaakil (Senior) Oryah Cohen Jared Kurtz Talya Havivi Laureen Akram, Ariella Amit, Josh Cohn Ari Reder Isabelle Hoffman Sarit Ashkenazi, Mira Berenbaum, Sam Hirschorn Daniel Lepson Rebecca Jacob Oryah Cohen, Danit Hetsroni, Zack Hirschorn Schrager Maddy Tessel Noah Lee, Danielle Lewis, Lior Kaminsky Jacob Serber Nomi Willis Adinah Singer-Frankes Gavi Kollin Sammy Victor 3 Kol Ha’am Full STEAM Ahead: Building and Investing!!! n their book Sparks of Genius, Robert and Michele Root-Bernstein identify that Ithe top 150 scientists of the last 300 years were each as equally accomplished in the fine arts as they were in science.
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