DavidTemple Beth David | July’s August 2019Word Volume 22, Issue 4 MESSAGE FROM THE RABBI RABBI ALAN LACHTMAN OY VEY, IT’S GOING TO merriment and outward celebration. Instead, it is BE LATE THIS TIME! a time of reflection and deep soul searching as jews closeout 5779. We are asked to be mindful am already getting of our shortcomings with resolve to behave questioned in June about better in the coming year. The ten days between when are the High Holy Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur are the Days IDays beginning this year. My of Awe that encourage us to gain a heart of answer does not change from wisdom to better focus ourselves on the year to year. challenges to TEMPLE BETH D AVID OF THE SAN GABRIEL The first day of Tishrei. grow spiritually VALLEY and to become This factually true statement doesn’t always better human help the questioner to pin down the exact dates beings. U^==Q for our ten day cycle of welcoming in the new year! Our Jewish calendar is much different I hope your &D^QU from the calendar of Pope Gregory the 12th that summer *TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS OFFICE began in 1532, nearly 600 years ago! The experiences are WORKS REMOTELY Gregorian calendar is venerable but our faith enriching and Monday: 9am -3:30pm uses a calendar that takes us back to the wonderful. Tuesday:Ê 9am-3:30pmÊ beginning of time nearly 5800 years ago. Wednesday: 9am -3:30pm Thursday: 9am -3:30pm Tradition, Tradition! Our religious practices Friday: 9am -3:30pm Temple Office is Closed Saturday & Sunday Please Call/Email Ahead to Ensure are held precious. The Jewish calendar varies Availability from our Gregorian calendar in that the leap 626-287-9994 [email protected] years are noted differently. The Gregorian calendar has a leap year every four years which Inside this issue: adds a single to the end of February. The Jewish calendar has a leap year seven times in a 19 year Temple Beth David Calendar Page 2 cycle and a full month is added to the month of Adar which is referred to as Adar Shaynee or Union Station Page 3 Adar two. From Gal Kessler Rohs Page 4 Sisterhood Page 6 Renewal, growth and redemption are the Service Calendar Page 7 major themes of our High Holy Days. Our Men’s Club Page 8 Jewish New Year is not full of confetti, TEMPLE BETH DAVID CALENDAR 2019 July, 2019 August, 2019 Mon, 7/1 7:30 pm Sisterhood Meeting Fri, 8/2 6:00 pm Dinner at Shapiro Green Residences Tues, 7/2 7:30 pm Sweet Singers of David Rehearsal 7:30 pm Shabbat Services: Services and Wed, 7/3 6:30 pm TOV CHAI Meeting Candy Making Workshop with Mickey Thur, 7/4 *Temple Office Closed in Observance Adelman at Shapiro Green Residences of 4th of July* Sun, 8/4 9:30 am Mindfulness Meditation Fri, 7/5 *Temple Office Closed* with Victor Herzfeld 6:30 pm American Style Dinner and Meet Mon, 8/5 7:30 pm Sisterhood Meeting and Greet with Cantor Orly and More! Wed, 8/7 6:30 pm TOV CHAI Meeting 7:30 pm Shabbat Services: Cantorial Fri, 8/9 7:30 pm Shabbat Services: Tisha B'Av Candidate Cantor Orly Campbell service Haftarah Service with Doris Sun, 7/7 9:30 am Mindfulness Meditation and Laurie with Victor Herzfeld Sun, 8/11 9:30 am Mindfulness Meditation Tues, 7/9 7:30 pm Sweet Singers of David Rehearsal with Victor Herzfeld Fri, 7/12 9:00 am Challah Bake Tues, 8/13 7:30 pm Sweet Singers of David Rehearsal 7:30 pm Shabbat Service: Fri, 8/16 7:30 pm Shabbat Services: with Leeav Torah Service: Chukat Sofer, Cantor Judy Sofer, Rabbi Sun, 7/14 9:30 am Mindfulness Meditation Lachtman and Elle Sheila Rohs with Victor Herzfeld Helping Lead Tues, 7/16 7:30 pm Sweet Singers of David Rehearsal Sat, 8/17 3:45 pm Bat Mitzvah of Elle Rohs, Fri, 7/19 7:30 pm Shabbat Services: Lee'av Sofer Officiated by Rabbi Lachtman and Sun, 7/21 7:00 am TBD Breakfast Volunteering at Cantor Doug Cotler Union Station Homeless Services Sun, 8/18 7:00 am TBD Breakfast Volunteering at 9:30 am Mindfulness Meditation Union Station Homeless Services with Victor Herzfeld 9:30 am Mindfulness Meditation Tues, 7/23 7:30 pm Sweet Singers of David Rehearsal with Victor Herzfeld Fri, 7/26 7:30 pm Shabbat Services: Ragil Tues, 8/20 7:30 pm Sweet Singers of David Rehearsal Sat 7/27 7:05 pm Men’s Club with the Rancho Fri, 8/23 7:30 pm Shabbat Services: Ragil Quakes Minor League Baseball Sun, 8/25 9:00 am Mindfulness Meditation Sun, 7/28 9:30 am Mindfulness Meditation with Victor Herzfeld with Victor Herzfeld Tues, 8/27 7:30 pm Sweet Singers of David Rehearsal Tues, 7/30 7:30 pm Sweet Singers of David Rehearsal Fri, 8/30 7:30 pm Shabbat Services: Lay-led Would you like to receive a weekly UNION STATION DATES: update on news of the Jewish World? You can receive a free subscription to The Weekly Briefing, an e-mail newsletter about the Union for Reform Judaism and news of the greater Jewish world. Produced in cooperation with JTA: The Global News Service of the Jewish People, the Weekly Briefing is delivered to your inbox every Friday. To subscribe, go to www.urj/org/subscribe. 2 | Calendar For More Info: Jason Young at [email protected] Union Station | 3 UPDATES FROM OUR RELIGIOUS SCHOOL Gal Kessler Rohs, Education Director n reflecting back and mentoring our students. planning forward about our -Walk to End Genocide for Jewish World Watch school year, and the together with TOV CHAI's youth group. Thanking Iaccomplishments of our students Lauren Henson and Joey Angel-Field with their and teachers, yet again we see initiatives in promoting the walk. recurring themes that characterize -Food bank of TBD: an ongoing theme at TBD TBD. Six themes underline what initiated by Rabbi Alan Lachtman. our school is all about: Inter- -Union Station: preparing breakfast for the generational experiences, homeless community of Pasadena. As a school, our parental involvement, engaged faculty, buddy students had two opportunities towards helping. system, hands-on learning, and possibly the theme TBD prepares breakfast once a month at Union that stands out most, is social action. As Rabbi Station. Please reach out to Jason Young if you Lachtman says in our promotional video "we take would like to help. great pride in our social action programs at TBD." -Holocaust learning: students were exposed to Just the other day, in the parking lot, Doris two speakers this year, one last year, and two Robin and I chatted about her heavy bags of coins Holocaust programs advocating for "never again". all to be sent to her class’s charity choices, Jewish This year children lit candles to represent six million World Watch (JWW) and a children’s foster care. Jews who perished in the Holocaust. Thanking the following survivors for their sharing of voices: Trudie Take a look here at this list below. You too, I'm Strobel, Leon Prochnik, and Dr. Anne Warman . sure, will be impressed with our social action endeavors this year. -Yard sale contributing to Rachel Dubin 's mitzvah project towards the Desire to Inspire Foundation, a foundation which helps underserved children in Africa. Thanking Dawn Airhart Witte and Dulce Dubin for their leadership in this project. -Preschool visit to the fire station to appreciate and thank fire fighters who helped save Jewish institutions such as the Shalom Institute, Ilan Ramon Day School, and Camp Ramah. Thanking Aaron Cass for his leadership in this field trip. -High Holiday food collection and sorting, with all proceeds going to Foothill Unity. Thanking Feo Shuttman for her leadership in the food sorting (see also picture above). -Toiletry sorting after HHD- all toiletries went to Friends in Deed's woman's room. Thanking Rabbi Joshua Grater for his leadership as the executive director of Friends in Deed and for 4 | Education Director -I carried the name of TBDRS outside of TBD for their contributions in these sales: Lia Kamhi to a local high school to represent the tikkun olam Stein , Dulce Dubin, Anthony Serio , Jason Moss, theme through the learning about the Holocaust. Jan Robertson, Arlene Bailey This is the school and the mission in which our -Class collection of Tzedakkah money for students carry by attending TBD, and so, in a way, animals, RAICES, Israel Bonds, JWW, Foster Care. they too helped me to carry the mission. Thanking class teachers for their leadership in -Thanking Jason Moss , as the executive collection of Tzeddakah: Susan Grodsky, Doris director of the Jewish Federation SGPV, for Robin, Sarah Evans , Jason Moss. allowing his class to participate in the following Tikkun Olam projects organized by the Federation. This is by no means an exhaustive list, as we are -Every Person Has a Name: reading of survivors still ongoing! Really thanking you all for your help, in Pasadena City Hall. Thanking Jason for your contributions, your participation, and your collaborating with his students in the mission to involvement in doing good. commemorate those who perished in WW2. -SuperSunday: helping fundraise for the With immense pride in our ongoing endeavors, Federation so that they can carry their mission of -Gal Kessler Rohs, Education Director Tikkun Olam. -Jewish Food Festival: helping to advocate for the Federation's mission, partly to do Ttikkun Olam -Shabbaton: where students were exposed to Tikkun Olam through themes projected in Harry Potter -Collection of trick or treat items for homeless pets.