February 2013—5773 There was once was a

February 2013—5773
Purim Month
There was once was a “Haman” named
Ryan
Who thought the election was behind ‘im
‘til Obama spoke strong
And said, “Hey, Ryan, you’re wrong!”
We’re takers – of risks – so stop your whinin’!”
There once was a Haman named O’Reilly
And Obama he spoiled O’Reilly’s party
And he did that fa’ sho’
And he did something mo’
He really was born in Hawaii.
I was in college during the height of the
Viet Nam War. In every Purim shpiel during
those years, President Richard Nixon somehow always came out as Haman. Who
should it be this year? Paul Ryan? Bill
O’Reilly? Ann Coulter? Sean Hannity? How
about Bashar al-Assad? How about the Orthodox right in Israel who keep women from
wearing a tallit and reading Torah at the
Western Wall? How about the settlers who
attacked the peace loving village we support, Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam, spraying graffiti and slashing tires? There are so
many to choose from! I guess you’ll just
have to come to Purim to find out.
Just in case you’re wondering about
Purim crossing the church/state separation
boundary, here’s the explanation. Years ago
I tried to do our Bark Mitzvah at Purim (as
had been my tradition). There was some severe push back. Some thought that it was
inappropriate to make fun of the
“institution” of Bar/Bat Mitzvah. I’ll say
here what I said then: “Purim makes fun of
everything!” It’s sort of like the White
House Correspondents Dinner – everything
Rabbi Neil
is up for grabs! You should see some of the
traditional, medieval prayerbooks for Purim!
Nothing is sacred!
And why, oh why, do we do this at
Purim? In a sense, Purim is the flip side of
our emotions at Pesach. Passover is a joyous, yet serious commemoration of our initial “rescue”, the Exodus from ancient
Egypt. Even Dayeynu (“it would have been
enough”), our most joyous song of the Seder, is (appropriately) tempered by our removing ten drops of wine or grape juice
from our cups. Purim, on the other hand, is
intentionally uncontrolled exuberance in
recollection of our last minute deliverance
from the genocide in ancient Persia, even if
we don’t know it actually occurred!
So come and be happy; after 4,000
years, we’re still here!
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Beth Shir Shalom
Board of Directors
President
Mark Litvack
Vice� President, Education
Helen Nightengale
Vice� President,
Membership
Alan Pick
Vice� President,
Facilities
Cantor Ken Cohen
Stephanie Waisler Rubin
Secretary
Wendy Fleishman
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Clifford Neuman
At Large
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Presidents’ Message
Mark Litvack
OK, so here we are at a New Year, secular as it may be, and I want to take a new
perspective to my monthly article. This
month I turn to tell you a little something
about what makes us special as a community. And I start that process by telling you
a little more about a special person who is
a fellow congregant and fellow Board
Member, and to kvell over her total contributions to society – which makes me proud
to call her my friend and should make you
proud to share our schul with her. Besides
being a mother, a wife and a professional
photographer - as I share below, she is so
much more.
The person whose accomplishment I
want to share is our own Stephanie Waisler
Rubin. For those of you who do not know
her, in 1998, Stephanie Waisler-Rubin was
in Nepal, completing a book of photographic images of underprivileged children. Deeply touched by the realities she
encountered, Stephanie went on to found
the Unatti Foundation
(www.unattifoundation.org), dedicated to
providing food, shelter, and education to
orphaned and underprivileged children in
Nepal. The Unatti Foundation, which
Stephanie is the heart and soul of combines
a three pronged approach to its mission of
providing opportunity for the underprivileged and underserved in Nepal: Education, Self-Sufficiency and Community Outreach.
I personally can tell you more about one
of these prongs, Self Sufficiency. The Unatti Foundation has developed a handicraft
business which employs
women artisans to create beautiful handicrafts
that are sold in the United States. Thus for her
birthday and for this past holiday season
my wife received first a shawl and then a
blanket that I purchased from Stephanie –
literally out of her garage which she uses
as a warehouse. As my wife will vouch, the
colors are stunning and the material is so
soft that we would urge Stephanie to make
a bathrobe out of the material.
Because of her amazing work for 15
years Stephanie has been selected as a
2012 “Women of the World” honoree by
50/50 Leadership and the United Nations
Association-USA of Pasadena. The organizations’ annual awards honor women of all
ages, heritages, nationalities and professions that have an impact in the lives of
women and girls. Stephanie was nominated
by her peers in the non-profit community
and was chosen based on the positive impact The Unatti Foundation has made, and
continues to make, on the lives of orphaned
and underprivileged girls in Nepal. Stephanie will receive her award at the La Cañada
Flintridge Country Club on March 13,
2013.
We should all be proud to have this special person as a member of our schul. And
when you see her, please join me in thanking her for the work she has done and congratulate her on her very well deserved
honor as a 2012 Woman of the World.
Temple Manager: Gaye Lowenstein
Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels
rabbi@bethshirshalom.org
Cantor Diane Rose
cantor@bethshirshalom.org
Temple Manager Gaye Lowenstein
gaye@bethshirshalom.org
Preschool Director Marsha Newstat
marsha.newstat@bethshirshalom.org
RS Principal Bill Concoff
bill.concoff@bethshirshalom.org
Asst Dir ECC/RS Admin
Cynthia Barzilai
cynthia.barzilai@bethshirshalom.org
Bookkeeper Carolyn King
carolyn.king@bethshirshalom.org
Office Admin. Melissa Susser
melissa@bethshirshalom.org
Koleynu Editor Roselee Packham
rozelee@msn.com
A new tradition I’ve begun is attending Torah Study on Saturday mornings
with either Rabbi Neil or Janice Cole leading the study. It’s a lot of fun and of
course a great learning experience.
In this week’s Torah portion we read
about the Jews’ exodus from Egypt. We
all know the story that they were in such a
hurry to leave that they didn’t even have
time to bake bread and so they made Matzah. Now personally I like Matzah, especially with a little butter lathered on it…
but the point here is that even way back
then, we were in a rush. Hurry, hurry and
wait. No, really, come on let’s go… hurry up, hurry up… andddddd wait. 40
years mind you, not 15
minutes or an hour or
even a day… 40
YEARS!
Time does seem to
fly by and certainly even
more so as we get older.
I guess the only thing we
can really do about it is ‘stop and smell the
roses’… every day, every hour, every minute, every second is a gift and our job is
to simply make the most of it.
My goal is to make the most of all of
my days here at Beth Shir Shalom while
cherishing the seconds, minutes and hours
that comprise each day.
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A note from Cantor Diane
Lately, I have had the honor of getting to sit in
on meetings with Rabbi Neil and Bill Concoff
Cantor Diane to talk about curriculum for our religious
school. We have talked at great lengths (and
will be talking much, much more!) not only
about what to teach and how to teach, but
WHY to teach. I’m a big fan of those why’s. Why know the
prayers? Why know about holidays? Why know Torah stories? There are so many reasons!
My favorite reason for Jewish knowledge is to learn that
Judaism is a very useful religion. Every prayer, holiday, and
story has a lesson that can be useful to us... useful in making
our lives better today, in the here and now. Sometimes those
lessons aren’t obvious, but if we look deeply and extract
grander meaning from the texts and traditions, if we think in
3D instead of 2D, we will find tools for a better life at just
about every turn.
Let’s take a few examples. Let’s look at some themes that
are experienced at every service at Beth Shir Shalom, either
evening or morning. Let’s see what wisdom we can extract
from prayers we all know so well. After all, should the kids
get all the cool lesson plans? Here is one for all of you! Don’t
forget to do the homework!
Bar’chu:
We bless the creation of blessings, once described to me as
blessing the “blessing-er.” The prayer leader calls for the
blessing with a bow, we answer with a bow and make the
blessing.
Here is your assignment... The next time you say the
Bar’chu, first allow all of the blessings of your life to flow inside of you and fill you up. When you bend your knees and
bow, hold those blessings inside and around you. As you bow,
let the world disappear for but a moment, and allow the bow to
help you focus on gratitude for your blessings. When you
stand back up, you may find that you have filled the air with a
“thank-you”. Especially when times are tough, try this to invite in some healing from a moment of pure gratitude.
Ma’ariv Aravim/Yotzeir:
We acknowledge and bless the creation of cycles of light
and dark. We are grateful for the coming of evening after a
long day, and grateful for the coming of morning after a long
night. Imagine a world with only light or only dark? Life
would not exist. We need the light to appreciate dark and the
dark to appreciate light. Now, let’s take this back a step and
think about humanity. Would we understand goodness if we
only had goodness? Would we understand evil if we only had
evil? Do we need something negative sometimes to remind us
of all of the positives of the universe? Do we need something
positive to put something negative in perspective?
Here is your assignment... When you encounter something
“dark”, try to use it to understand something else that is
“light”. Maybe that darkness can help you and the world
grow. Maybe it can be a catalyst for change rather only a catalyst for destruction.
Ahavat Olam/Ahava Rabah -- Shema -- V’ahavta:
Both Ahavat Olam and Ahava Rabah speak of an abundant,
everlasting love that comes toward us. It is up to us at to
whether or not we perceive it or receive it. That text flows
uninterrupted into the Shema which proclaims that God is
Oneness, or a One that is Everything, or (this is a new gem
from Rabbi Neil) that God’s name is, in fact, “One”. The Shema flows uninterrupted into the V’ahavta, which speaks of the
love we give. What does this trio offer us? That we are never
alone. That we are a part of Everything, and that this Everything is part of an endless cycle of love that enters us, flows
through us, and returns again. That when other beings or creatures of the earth need care, we are responsible for them because they are part of each of us.
Now, here is your assignment... The next time you feel
afraid or lonely, imagine a cycle (just like you studied in
school about oxygen) of love flowing into you and connecting
you to all other life. Then offer that love back to the Universe
and watch it flow into you again. Breathe and and keep cycling. See if that knowledge soothes you, even just a bit. And
the next time you see someone that needs a hand, think of our
inter-connectivity, and reach your hand out.
Mi Chamocha: We celebrate our freedom, but it came with
a cost. Our freedom wasn’t free, and historically, when people
receive freedom, there was bloodshed to get it. The Mi Chamocha can be an instrument for gratitude for our own freedom,
inspiration to work to make sure that all beings are free, and a
reminder to try to find a way for freedom to come without such
a high price. The Mi Chamocha also reminds us that there is a
bit of negativity that comes with most positive occurrences. Like the Ma’ariv Aravim and Yotzeir, light doesn’t exist
without dark and vice-versa.
Here is your assignment... Do a little research and choose a
part of the world where people are not free to be who they
want to be. Give a little money or time toward a peaceful solution, and let your voice be a contribution to the possibility of
their freedom. While you do this, it is okay to feel wonderful
about your own freedom. Don’t feel guilty! Your strength
from gratitude is the fuel you need to change the world.
Okay, mini-lesson is over. What have we got? We have
gratitude. We have an understanding that accepting the negatives in our lives can lead to positive consequences. We have
an understanding that even wonderful things sometimes have
an element of something not so wonderful. We have reminders to perfect our world (as in Tikkun Olam), inspired by our
own freedom to free others as well and by our connection to
everything. We know that we are never, ever, truly alone.
All of this can hopefully lead to a life of more peace and
completeness for ourselves, which can only lead to healthier
relationships, increased productivity, lower blood pressure and
all around goodness. In other words, a better life, not tomorrow, but right now. Delivered to you, straight from Jewish
knowledge.
I am so, so grateful for the sessions I have had with Rabbi
Neil and Bill. They have really opened up a way for me to dig
deeper into my own Judaism. I hope this article does the same
for you! When I see you at a Shabbat celebration either Friday night or Saturday morning (yes, you are always invited to
the Bar and Bat-Mitzvah ceremonies... no invitation required!),
I will be so glad to share this liturgy with you and perhaps we
can both emerge better people for it!
Wishing you many life lessons that lead a better world and
a better you...
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Invitations From the Rabbi
Friday, February 1
Shabbat is a Pic� a� nic 5:00 pm
Bring your dinner, the entire family and your Shabbat
spirit for a picnic, a special activity with the Rabbi and
Cantor just for kids up to age seven and a family Shabbat
celebration...and a family Shabbat
always finishes with birthday cake!
Also on February 1, 7:00 pm
A very special
Movies that Matter
After brief Shabbat services at 7:00 pm, we will be
screening “Changing the Conversation”, a film about a
radically logical approach to restructuring how we think,
speak and act on gun violence. We will be joined by a
representative from the Brady Campaign. Don’t miss
this!
Thursday, February 21
Book Club Chavurah
6:30� Potluck dinner
7:00� Discussion
This month, Gloria Heller will lead the discussion of
The Finkler Question By Howard Jacobson
Hardcover, 320 pages. Published August 2nd 2010 by
Bloomsbury. The Finkler Question is a 2010 novel written by British author Howard Jacobson. The novel won
the Man Booker Prize in 2010 and was the first comic
novel to win the prize since Kingsley Amis's The Old
Devils in 1986. All are welcome!
Join us for these Bney Mitvahs in February
Jessie Grimaldo
February 9 9:30 am
Nir Ribak
February 16 9:30 am
It’s PURIM!!!!!!!!!
February 2� 3 � DANCE DANCE DANCE!!!
Beginning at 1pm on Saturday and continuing until
1pm on Sunday, participants can come and dance for an
hour or two, or join us for the whole 24 hours, or anything in-between. We will have food, prizes and lots of
fun. And raise money for our Religious School!
Saturday February 16
Dinner with a Stranger� Dessert with Friends
We meet at a temple member’s home for a potluck
dinner with other temple members and get to know each
other with good food and good conversation. Then, as
new friends we join others at the Temple for dessert and
coffee . If you haven’t signed up to join in the fun, there
is still a little time left! Contact Melissa in the office.
Beginning with a crazy, fun, very musical, very Beth
Shir Shalom Purim Shpiel on Friday, February 22 right
after a crazy Purim Shabbat!
Then, on Sunday look out...it’s a rock’n’roll Megillah
followed by
Purim CARNIVAL!!!!!
Booths, Prizes, Games, Fun
Costumes, Groggers, Goodies
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Mitzvah of the Month
Mishloach Manot (you may not be able to pronounce it, but you can do it!)
Even though Purim is kind of crazy (we’re supposed to get so inebriated
that we can’t tell the difference between a curse for Haman and a blessing for
Mordechai – PLEASE DON’T!!!!!), there’s something that often goes unobserved, especially by Reform Jews. Actually it’s the ONLY way in which
we’re told in the Book of Esther to actively observe Purim – “They should
make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions (mishloach
manot) one to another, and gifts to the poor.” Incredible! There’s absolutely
NOTHING that connects giving gifts to each other and the poor in the Purim
story itself! For a day on which we “won” and they “lost”, one would expect a
much more militaristic and chauvinistic response. But there it is – give gifts to
each other! Traditionally, they are gifts of things ready-to-eat foods and/or
drink (for each other) and gifts of money to the poor. Try to do at least one of
each! It’s easy and it’s fun! Kids love it!
February Birthdays
Barbara Siegel & Robert Ellio�
Jon Sklaroff & Laura Myerchin
Michael Rosenberg & Katherine Cow­
ley-Crawford
Gary Weinhouse & Alyssa Ziman
Jeffrey & Brennan Schulweis
Rob Kaptein & Laurie Flieder
Charles & Madeline Leavi�
Logan Palmer & Terry Blecher
Dr. Louis & Melanie Glazer
Jerry & Ba� Cohen
Jeff & Cindy Bernstein
Eithne & David Berger
Tom West
Steve Barzilai
Lev Ginsburg
Gayle Handler
Siow Vigman
Nelly Blustajn
Nancy Brown
Ron Goldman
Phil Ansell
Jean Bellman
Rachel Tramonte
Michael Dubin
Michelle Merson
Tamami Rucka
Albert Courey
Gloria Heller
Dina Murietta
Marc Zussman
Terry Blecher
Lena Kevorkian
Marsha Newstat
Jeff Schadlow
Natalie de Picciotto
Hardy
Marlene Rapkin
Lesley Sive
Gerry Grossman
Mary Kalifon
Melissa Rader
Shari Davis
Ellen Drebin Sondheim
Peter Getoff
Manny Silverman
Stacey Borstein
Kim Israel
Larry Rappoport
Merryl Thompson
Sandy Ginsburg
Rachel Levin
Alison Platt
Sandy Sher
Michele FindlerBuchalter
Bob Gerstein
Michael Gober
Jeff Graham
David Sloop
Daniel Feingold
Jeffrey Jacobs
Raymond Kissack
Susan Reznick
Ted Roth
Natalie Rothenberg
Gayle Gilman
Jack Susser
Susan Addison
Courtney Hamilton
Diane Rose
Alison Freeman
Phillip Loicano
David White
Maria Isabel Lacayo
Ken Cohen
Josh Raphaelson
Robert Ginsburg
Woolf Kanter
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Marsha Newstat,
ECC Director
Who did you plan to be in the coming
year? Did you have a new vision for you
and your family? Are you making plans
to be a new and improved version of
you? Do you plan to be more thoughtful
and less stressed? Healthier? Happier?
More time for the kids?
What did you plan to accomplish? Did
you plan to eat better and exercise more or maybe spend
less time with your IPhone/smart phone and more time with
a book or ebook in your hand? Maybe you plan to run a
marathon, write a book, or take a class?
What kind of attitude and outlook did you plan to have?
Are you planning to be more joyful, more loving, and more
appreciative of your sweetie? Are you planning to look for
the bright side of life?
It is easy to wrap up one year by making grand plans for
the year to come, but it is ever so difficult to make those
plans real as the new year unfolds and the hectic pace of
daily life picks up after the holidays. We get bogged down
in the day-to-day and lose track of our dreams of healthier
and happier living. Our intentions are good when we make
resolutions to change, but memories of those intentions fade
as life gets busy.
Then you end up feeling weak for not transforming your
lofty plans into reality. You feel like a big letter L for loser,
or F for failure should be tattooed on your forehead. Then
maybe you eat some cake, sulk, and feel sad and mad, turning to bad habits for comfort.
I’ve got another plan for you: Throw away the resolutions you made January 1st!
Starting in February:
Don’t make an unachievable list of things you resolve to
do or not do, be or not be, accomplish or avoid, in the coming year.
Do intend to be more intentional during any given moment, especially when you are with your children
The idea of New Year’s Resolutions is so overwhelming that most people don’t make them and most of
the people that make them break them.
Instead of making that list of future failings, I suggest
that you make yourself a little sign that says, “Be More Intentional”. Make a bunch of them. Hang one on the inside
of your medicine cabinet or on the bathroom mirror. Put
one next to your credit card and checkbook. Put it on your
cell phone. Put one on the corner of your laptop and one on
the corner of the TV screen. Put one on the door to the refrigerator or the container of ice-cream. Put a “Be More
Intentional” sign everywhere you might need to see one.
Once that is done, do your best to make thoughtful decisions in any given moment.
All of our actions start with an intention, a thought. The
problem is that it is very easy to put our thinking on autopilot, especially with our children. We want them to feel better so we reach for the ice-cream because ice-cream makes
them feel good. We want to relieve stress so we veg-out in
front of the TV because that calms all of us and takes the
edge off. This auto-pilot thinking leads to bad habits.
This intentional thinking will change your internal dialog from something like this “I’m sad. I want ice-cream” to
something like this “The kids are tired and hungry. Icecream would make them & me feel better right now, but
when I see myself in front of the bathroom mirror later I
will feel worse. What else would make us feel better...maybe we’ll go for a walk.”
Investing time in moment-by-moment thoughtfulness
leads to better decisions. Over time those good decisions
accumulate and add up to big change. Actively thinking
about your intentions instead of running on autopilot can
actually help reprogram neural pathways and create new,
healthier habits.
This process takes practice and is not always easy. There
will be times when you choose the ice-cream, and that is
OK, ice-cream is yummy.
In the end, most of us are not trying to be perfect, we are
just trying to be a bit healthier, a bit happier, a bit less
stressed, and a bit more joyful. In my ex-perience, this process has been a more successful tool for affecting change
than a list of rigid resolutions. Now where’s my ice-cream?
Religious School Notes
This is the month that summer camps
around Southern California, and all over the
country, will begin to fill and then close their
registration periods. Don’t get locked out!!
Give your children the gift of a summer Jewish camp experience, either at resident camp or at day camp.
If you need ideas or recommendations, come join us on February 10th, from 12-1pm, and meet representatives from
some of Southern California’s most popular Jewish camps.
Pizza for all!!!
The month of February is a busy month, with the Dance
Marathon, Camp Fair, Purim, and more. Here is a look at
what the month brings us.
February 2-3 – Dance the Night Away Dance Marathon
for all ages. Sunday school students will enjoy the dancing
as well on Sunday.
February 8 – 5th Grade Shabbat Picnic and Celebration –
Our 5th graders will help lead the service.
February 10 – 4th and 5th Grade Family Education – Jewish Life Cycle 9am-12noon
12noon-1pm - Summer camp Fair . Meet reps from 7
different camps.
February 17 – No School – President’s weekend
February 24 – Purim Megillah and Purim carnival –
school will begin at 9am as usual and then we will all meet
in the Sanctuary for the Megillah followed by the carnival.
Don’t miss out on all the fun!!!!!!
March 1-3 – 4th and 5th grade weekend retreat at Camp
Shalom.
Don’t forget to mark your calendars for May 5 �
Family fun day at camp Shalom in Malibu Canyon
All of the BSS families are invited to join us for a terrific
day of fun, learning and community at Camp Shalom.
Don’t forget the sunscreen!!!!!!
February 8
David Garber
Louise Goldenson
Ann Jefferson
David Kleiman
Bob Littlewood
Sara Neiman
Deborah Potak
Leo J. Rose
Arthur Stein
Ida Smolin
Franky Friedman
Joseph Goldenson
Ida Heller Schwartz
Judy Stearn
Hyman Bolotin
Lawrence Colbert
Clara Epstein
Stella Phillips Holman
Gertrude Huber
Harold Siegel
Sara Piha
Jeanette Stone
Leonard Davidson
George Hirsch
Jean Barnett
Henry Opperman
February 15
Samuel Benkovitz
Stuart (Simcha) Miller
Amrom Katz
William Mann
Irving Prell
Sadie Ress
Estelle Diamond
Olympia Anita Francisconi
Johnson
Theodore Kaufman
Alfred H. Rosenberg
Carl Sbeglia
Herbert Simmons
Rita Cadeau
Russell Everett Davis
Jacob Friedman
Maurice Miller
David Oggins
Candida Palmer
Richard Reznick
Michael Riskind
Meyer Fisher
Sylvia Kurshner
Sarah Amols
Sadie Brimm
Maurice Fredland
February 22
Doris Lehds
Goldie Margolis
Elizabeth Boyle
Clara Gottesman
Raphael Baum
Rhada Dworman
Morton Kahn
Samuel Pascal
Leonard Taylor
Belle Hankin
Eva Rogow
Grayce Domnitz
Ruth Fields
Arnold Hartstein
Nancy J. Lewis
Jill Rose
Rose Vine
Morris M Cohen
George Gallop
Greta Katzenstein
Dorothy Wells
Irving Wender
March 1
Irv Harris
Kitty Heller
Harold Hal" Spector"
Yochevet Urback
Mindy Sajovics
Jacob Steinberg
Dr. Judith Temkin Garber
Rachel Albaum
Herbert Ansell
Fannye M. Davis
Richard Hering
Virginia King
Pfc Allan Katz
Mark Prophet
Ben E Beil
Fred Lemberg
Wilma Schneider
Jennie Winthrop
If you care about
cookies…
Sponsor an Oneg!
The Temple no longer serves
up those delicious cookies
from Beverlywood Bakery at
Shabbat onegs unless someone
sponsors them.
As part of their celebration,
the families of a B’nai Mitzvah
DO sponsor the oneg on their
child’s B’nai Mitzvah Shabbat.
So, pick a date(s) (maybe
your birthday, your anniversary, your son’s wedding, your
grandchild’s first tooth...or just
because) and call Melissa in
the office or drop her a note
with a check letting her know
the date (s) of your sponsorship. You will be mightily
thanked in the Friday night
handout and by your fellow
Shabbat celebrants. Of course,
there will always be coffee,
juice and challah….and good
shmoozing . But it’s always so
much sweeter with a cookie!
Tributes
Tributes/Yahrzeits
Brian Candy
Blanche Davidson
In memory of Larry Gartner
Blanche Davidson
In memory of William Davidson beloved husband of
Blanche Davidson father/grandfather of Gayle & Rachel
Handler
William & Naomi Flieder
In memory of Louis Belkin
William & Naomi Flieder
In memory of Morris Flieder
Fredrick Goldberg
Alex Hakim D. M. D. & Niaz Hakim
In memory of Ghodsieh Hakim
Andrea King
In memory of Sylvia Gross
Peter Mezza & Eleanor (Ellie) Schneir
In memory of Matthew Mezza
Joe Safier & Fern Avidon Safier
Leonard & Phyllis Schlessinger
In memory of HarrySchlessinger, Len's father & Abraham
Epstein, Phyllis Father
Izya & Liza Shlafman
In memory of Pinia, Maria, Shmule, Uosuf, Tsipa, Lenil,
Frima, Caruh, Yankl
Rose & Richard Solomon
In memory of Reuben A. Solomon
Zelda Zinn
Judy Stearn Fund
David & Lauren Reinus
In honor of Mike Stearn's 60th Birthday
RS Contributions
Michael & Corrina Rucka
In honor of Tamami
ECC Donations
Drew Brody & Michelle Merson
Donation to CAEYC Conference
Oneg� Shabbat
Gloria Heller
In memory of Howard Heller
Dori Friedman
In honor of Gaye Lowenstein
Peter Mezza & Eleanor (Ellie) Schneir
In memory of Matthew Mezza
Cantor's Discr Fund
Joseph Grossman
Anita Landecker
Rabbi's Discr Fund
Jana Fein
In memory of Morton Weinberg
Ellen & Andy Friedmann
In honor of Rabbi Neil and Toby
Anita Landecker
Dr. Judith Marlane & Ronald Goldman
In memory of Rose Schlein
Darrin & Sandy Sher
In memory of Robert Tikkanen
Paul & Vicki Sol
In memory of Gertrude and Harold Soll
Roberta Spero
In memory of Gary Spero and Irma Spero
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Dinner with a Stranger
Dessert with Friends
DATE:
Saturday
February 16
2013
Time: 6:30 pm
Dinner will be held at
Temple member’s home.
Dessert will be back at
Beth Shir Shalom.
A wonderful
opportunity to get to
know other Beth Shir
Shalom members!
We’ll match you with
the “perfect”
strangers to share an
intimate potluck
dinner. Following
dinner everyone
meets at the Temple
for dessert!
Phone: 310-453-3361
E-mail: Melissa@bethshirshalom.org
Sign up to bring something for dinner…
or to host!
It’s not too late! Sign up today!
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Santa Monica, California 90403