Chai Times - Temple Beth Emet
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Chai Times - Temple Beth Emet
August 2016 Chai Times Te m p l e B e t h E m e t o f B u r b a n k “The Temple With A Heart” “We have come to take you home.” (Israeli Hostage Rescuer at Entebbe, Uganda, July 4, 1976) This year is the 40th anniversary of the Rescue of Jewish Hostages by elements of the IDF from Entebbe, Uganda. It is seen as a watershed event in the war on International Terror and pretty much ended airplane hijackings until 9/11. But we, Israel and the Jewish world, see it a bit differently. That momentous action sent the word to the whole world that Israel would stop at nothing to rescue Jews. At our temple, we thank G-d, we do not have to rescue hostages from 10,000 miles away. But on several levels, we send the same message. We are here to teach and reach your children. Our School, of which I have been a part of for 30 years, continues to mold lives, preparation for Bar/Bat Mitzvah and Confirmation may be the most dramatic events, but almost every Sunday, our teachers, through their caring and commitment to Judaism, make our children know that this is a safe place for them to be. Don’t misunderstand we have high standards for academics and of behavior. That’s my job to set those standards. Just as the Israeli commandos were well trained and disciplined and were therefore successful, sometimes we have to be “covert” (sneaky) to rescue the kids from what (Continued on Page 4) Organization—Page 2 President’s Message—Page 3 TISHA B’AV ON HIATUS Pizza Night is on the first Friday of each month at 6:00 PM, followed by the Family Shabbat Service at 7:00 PM is on hiatus. It will resume in September. Family Service, however continues at 7:00 PM, as usual. Check out our TBE Book Club!!! On Tuesday, August 28th at 7:00 PM. (See the flyer on Page 12.) We are very close to opening our Early Childhood Center! We plan to open in September, and enrollment is now open! (See the message from our new Director, Elaine Rosenfield on page 6 and the flyer on Page 7.) Religious School’s new school year commences on Sunday, September 11, 2016. We warmly welcome our Students and Parents back to school at TBE! Baruchim Habaim! (See Rabbi Mark’s and David Goldstein’s columns for more details.) Hollywood Bowl Tickets are now available at TBE!! For a limited time, for the Hollywood Bowl for 5 different performances, Concert tickets are free, donation requested. (See flyer on Page 8.) SHABBAT AT THE BOWL AUGUST 12 Rabbi Mark is a regular contributor to the In Theory column, which appears in the Burbank Leader in print and online at: http://www.burbankleader.com/opinion/religion Calendar—Page 16 Yahrzeits—Page 17 Temple Beth Emet (House Of Truth) ORGANIZATION Religious Leadership Rabbi Mark H. Sobel Lay Cantor, Kyle Orlemann Music and Choir Director, Robyn Kreisberg Rabbi Emeritus William M. Kramer Z''L* *His memory will always be a blessing to us. 2015-2016 Officers and Directors Officers Ira L. Goldstein, President David Goldstein, Vice President Cathy Zitnick, Treasurer Eileen Martin, Secretary Directors Shirley Abramson Barbara Bolter Dan Gura Herbert Murez Martin Sultan Ken Watnick Men’s Club President Ron Kurtz Sisterhood President Cathy Zitnick Morris Gold Religious School Faculty Rabbi Mark Sobel, Education Director Shirley Kirschenbaum, Grades K-1 Tanya Termechi & Barbara Lux, Grades 2-3 Tanya Termechi & Barbara Lux, Grades 4-5 Staff - TBD, Grades 6-7 Mahnaz Termechi, Bar/Bat Mitzvah Preparation Joshua Sobel, Confirmation (Grades 810) Robyn Kreisberg, Music Cheyenne Goldfarb, Teaching Asst. Emily Mintz-Kreyns, Teaching Asst. Religious School Parents Association David Goldstein, President Office Staff Office Manager/Secretary, Victoria Gaffney Religious School Office Assistant, Edith Dague Committee Chairs Calendar and Usage Victoria Gaffney Communications Barbara Lux Education David Goldstein Membership Barbara Bolter Ritual Ira L. Goldstein Social Action TBD Ways and Means TBD Building and Maintenance TBD Coordinators and Volunteers Adult Education David Goldstein Chai Times Editor Barbara Lux Children’s Hospital LA Toys Shirley Abramson College Outreach Shirley Abramson Hannah Cline Cathy Zitnick Food Drives TBD Havurahs Ruth Glick, (818) 780-9134 Library Barbara Lux/Bill Abramson/Logan Smith Marquee Craig Weisman/Rabbi Mark Sobel Mitzvot TBD One Call Victoria Gaffney Oneg Coordination TBD Reach Out Craig Weisman/Rabbi Mark Sobel Technology TBD Historian TBD/Rabbi Mark Sobel Youth Group Coordinator (BBYO: AZA & BBG) Josh Sobel Temple Beth Emet Office Hours Monday-Thursday—9:00 AM-noon Friday & Sunday—9:00 AM-1 PM Saturday closed The office is closed in observance of the following holidays: New Year’s Day, President’s Day, First day of Pesach, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Thanksgiving Call the Temple office at (818) 843-4787 to contact Temple Staff/volunteers. Your message will be forwarded to the CHAI TIMES Chai Times is the free, monthly newsletter of Temple Beth Emet of Burbank, delivered by email to members and available at www.TempleBethEmet.com. Mailed hardcopies are available for an annual TBE donation payable through the Office. Editable article submissions, photos and feedback are encouraged and due by the 15th of the month and may be emailed to: chaitimes@TempleBethEmet.com or delivered to the Temple office. Submissions will be published based on space available, relevant content, and at the discretion of Editor Barbara Lux, Temple Officers and Directors. Follow Temple Beth Emet of Burbank View webcasts at http://www.ustream.tv/discovery/live/all? q=bethemetofburbank “Like” our Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/ TempleBethEmet?fref=ts Page 2 Rabbi Mark is a regular contributor to the In Theory column, which appears in the Burbank Leader in print and online at: http://www.burbankleader.com/ opinion/religion www.TempleBethEmet.com If you have any suggestions or ideas on how we can better serve our members, please call the office or email us at: office@Templebethemet.com Office@TempleBethEmet.com 818-843-4787 President’s Message PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE - August 2016 Summer is usually a quiet time at Temple Beth Emet. Religious school is out, families go on vacation, Shabbat services attendance wanes, and there are no holiday celebrations. This summer has been different. In June, our Sisterhood arranged a special gift to the Temple -- new carpeting for Blum Hall and the sanctuary! They worked with Howard Sapper and his family carpet company (plug!) to replace our tired blue carpeting with a beautiful light brown floor covering that really brightens up our two most used and most visible rooms. We thank our Sisterhood for this gift and for everything they do to support the Temple Beth Emet community. We all need to support their efforts so they can continue their work. We are thrilled to welcome Elaine Rosenfield to our Temple family as our new Director of our Preschool, which we plan to open next month. Elaine brings to us her experience as a teacher and director at two thriving local Jewish preschools, as well as an abundance of energy and enthusiasm. All we need now are children ages 2 to 5. We know that there is demand in the Burbank community, but we are offering Temple Beth Emet families priority. Please contact the Temple office and Elaine will get back to you to set up a tour and provide additional information. Hollywood Bowl tickets came in late this year, so we were not able to include concert information in the July issue of the Chai Times. You should have received word by way of One Call. There are three more concerts, including one on Friday, August 12 celebrating the 2016 Olympics in Rio featuring Sergio Mendes and 50 years of Brazil ’66. Yes, FRIDAY evening! We will be holding a brief Shabbat services at the Bowl at 7:00 PM, and the concert starts at 8:00 PM. We did something similar several years ago at Dodger Stadium and it was a great success. Tickets are available in the Temple office. We have two open houses planned. One is Wednesday night, August 17 from 7:00 PM to 9:00PM and the other is Sunday morning, September 11 from 9:00AM to 1:00PM, coinciding with the opening day of Religious School. Who do you know that might enjoy being part of the Temple Beth Emet family? Why not bring them down to see our Temple and meet us? Last year, our Men’s Club decided to take a break. They now want to restart the organization with a fresh outlook, and they are looking for men and women (yes, the Men’s Club welcomes women just as the Sisterhood welcomes men) interested in crafting a program of social, family, intellectual, and service activities. Leave your name and contact information with the Office and the Men’s Club will set up a gettogether. I would like to welcome the new members of our Board of Directors: Our new Treasurer Cathy Zitnick, who is also Sisterhood President, our new Secretary, Eileen Martin, who was elected as a director, and agreed to step into the vacant Secretary position, Dan Gura, and Martin Sultan. Welcome back to those returning to the Board: David Goldstein, who steps up to Vice President, Shirley Abramson, Barbara Bolter, Herb Murez, and Ken Watnick. In Judaism, the number 18 represents chai, life. Thirty-six is “twice chai,” and as we know, when something is repeated in Judaism, it is to be given additional importance. This month, my family observes a “twice chai,” two lives joined together that result in something stronger than the two individual lives, as my wife Diane and I celebrate our 36th wedding anniversary. I know I am indeed blessed to have such a loving and wonderful life partner, and if I ever doubt it, there are plenty of people here at Temple who will remind me! Happy anniversary, sweetheart! -- IRA L. GOLDSTEIN, President www.TempleBethEmet.com Office@TempleBethEmet.com 818-843-4787 Page 3 Rabbi Mark Sobel’s column, continued (Continued from page 1) has hijacked them from being the wonderful manifestation of creations that they truly are. We understand their commitment and their parents’ commitment to our Temple and our commitment can be no less strenuous. When I think of commitment above and beyond what is expected of young adults, I think of our Youth Group. We host an AZA chapter named Knesseth. It is open to young men from 8h grade through High School. They meet here every Wednesday. And, while truthfully, their commitment is first to B’nei Brith, they have made involvement in Temple life a close second. Several times, they have helped us when they could, with as varied activities such as the Passover Seder, the Purim Carnival, and when asked at the last moment moved most of the pews out of the Sanctuary so we could make our Temple shine. Truly, though, the true brilliance comes from them and all our young people’s actions, listening, learning and playing in Judaism, not at Judaism. I always worry when our young people graduate and go to college. College is a bewildering place. If you are not strong in your beliefs, its temptations can be very destructive. So, it is with great pleasure I tell you about a TBE rescue program. It is cochaired by Sisterhood President Cathy Zitnick and Sisterhood member Hannah Clein. They contact our college “kids” and send them TBE Care Packages, on holidays and for birthdays. All you need to do is call the Temple Office and give them the College address of a child you know who could use the “rescue” of a present or food or just a card that says we, like the Israelis, will go anywhere to “bring them home to us,” if only with some candles, a dreidel or some food.” At the other end of the childhood spectrum, our Early Childhood Center, is registering children. Making TBE the home for even younger “potential Ph.D. Scholars” fills me with great joy. But we need your help. Please, if you know of a potential family that is looking for a Temple with a heart and with a commitment to life-long learning, love, care and commitment to young people, bring them to us. Bring all who need a home to us. Forty years ago, the Israelis found a way, don’t worry, so will we. B’ahava and hope, Rabbi Mark Page 4 www.TempleBethEmet.com Office@TempleBethEmet.com 818-843-4787 EDUCATION MATTERS - RSPA President, DAVID GOLDSTEIN I hope that all of our Temple and Religious School families have been enjoying a restful and fun-filled summer. It’s hard to believe that, in just a few short weeks, Fall will be here. We have already been busily preparing for the new Religious School year, which is shaping up to be one of our most exciting ever. I would like extend a warm welcome to our Temple family to Elaine Rosenfield, who has been hired as the Director of our new Temple Beth Emet Preschool. Elaine brings many years of experience to our congregation, having previously served as Director of University Synagogue Early Childhood Learning Center, Chatsworth Hills Academy, Shomrei Torah, as well as having worked at many other area preschools. As many of you know, our Temple Preschool, which has been in the planning stages for quite some time, is now set to open soon. We are currently accepting applications for enrollment from Temple members and their friends and family before we open up enrollment to the rest of the community in a few weeks, so if any of you have or know of families with children ages 2-5, please contact the Temple office as soon as possible for further information. The first day of Religious School for the 2016/17 school year will be Sunday, September 11th, beginning at 9:00 AM. Enrollment information will be emailed to all of our returning families, please watch for the registration forms and other information which will be arriving soon. Please note that parents are being asked to plan on spending at least part of the morning with us the first day, as we are requiring that registration be done in person on the first day of instruction that year, I will be sending out further information about this soon. Also, if you have a child who will be starting Religious School for the first time or know of an interested area family please contact me so that I can make sure that enrollment information gets to everyone who needs it Enjoy the rest of your summer and I look forward to seeing all of you again when classes resume this Fall. September is on the way!!! www.TempleBethEmet.com Office@TempleBethEmet.com 818-843-4787 Page 5 A WORD FROM ELAINE ROSENFIELD, PRESCHOOL DIRECTOR Dear Temple Members, I am very excited to begin a new chapter in, not only my life but, the life of Temple Beth Emet. As your new Preschool Director, I'm thrilled to be able to share the warmth with new families that I have felt from everyone I've met at the synagogue so far. Although the school will be small, we will grow and we will be recognized as Burbank's new "place to be.” In a nurturing environment, rich in Jewish awareness, Temple Beth Emet's littlest learners will gain independence, build on their foundation of self-esteem, grow socially and emotionally and become the unique people they are meant to be. All this while having LOTS of fun! We have all heard and read that it "takes a village" to raise our children. It is an enormous job that parents cannot do alone. For those of us with grown children, we've experienced the importance of extended family and community. For those with young children, you will come to see that importance. I feel confident that the teachers, our Rabbi, this community, and I will be that village. My career in early childhood education began more than twenty years ago. I was a teacher at Temple Ahavat Shalom and, after seven years in the classroom, I moved on to directing. I spent six years as Preschool Director at Chatsworth School Academy, a secular school, that began with two-year-olds and went up through Middle School. I must say, it was a little difficult breaking the habit of saying HaMotzi before snack! I continued my career at University Synagogue in Brentwood. Over these years, I've had the amazing opportunity to touch the lives of so many children and their families and I can honestly say I love this journey! The transformation of classrooms into a preschool setting is beginning. If you are a family with young children, I would love to talk to you or, if you know of families with young children, please send them my way. I can be reached at (818) 389-1977, until I have an office phone. I look forward to meeting my new community and, as a parent of four grown children and six grandchildren, reminding you often... Treasure these years...they go by very quickly! Shalom, Elaine Rosenfield Preschool Director Page 6 www.TempleBethEmet.com Office@TempleBethEmet.com 818-843-4787 TBE Preschool www.TempleBethEmet.com Office@TempleBethEmet.com 818-843-4787 Page 7 Hollywood Bowl Tickets! Page 8 www.TempleBethEmet.com Office@TempleBethEmet.com 818-843-4787 Sisterhood News from President Cathy Zitnick Dear Members: Our July 4th meeting was dark due to the Independence Day holiday and so many people were out of town that weekend. So, our next meeting will be August 7th at 10:00 AM in Blum Hall. I sent out an e-mail blast to find out if you would like to meet at the Temple, or if you would like to meet at the Coral Café again. I had one response, not to meet at the Coral Café again, so the Temple will be open for just us. I would like all of you to attend our next meeting. I am sure that there are many of you out there that I haven’t met yet. I look forward to making your acquaintance. On July 8th, there was an Installation of Officers of the Temple Board and of the Sisterhood at our Shabbat Service at the Temple. (Unfortunately, the Men’s Club is still revitalizing and therefore could not participate.) Of the Sisterhood Board, I was installed as the President of the Sisterhood, Shirley Abramson as the Vice-President, Iris Abrams as the Treasurer, and Hannah Cline as the Recording Secretary. The Board is will begin its new term and, even though I can’t say that we are richer in dollars, I can say that we are richer in membership, with the help of Barbara Bolter, we have tripled our membership from two years ago. My ultimate goal, though, is to get every lady who is a member of the Temple, to also be a member of the Sisterhood. For even though our fundraising efforts eventually go to the good of the Temple, our by-laws state that one does not need to be a member of the Temple to join the Sisterhood. Even though I have yet to schedule anything for the month of August, either a fundraiser or a community service event, I want to remind you all that it is so important to support the activities of the Sisterhood. We are an integral part of the Temple, and the more funds we raise the more we are able to do more nice things at the Temple, like donate carpet, for our members. The Sisterhood’s next fundraiser is to be our Estate Sale, which is scheduled for September 18th. We will be occupying the entire parking lot for the event, with each member having an area to display her items for sale. The ladies voted to provide a catering truck that day to provide lunches for the community and us. Sunday school will be in session then, so we would like the parents to stop, browse, and buy while the kids are in school. The month of September we will be selling our annual Honey Boxes for Rosh Hashanah. The Sisterhood has voted to keep the prices the same as last year; a box for $13, and a box mailed to whomever you designate, for $20. We will again be mailing boxes to service men and women, so if you have a family member or friend in the military, please get your order in to us by August 15th, as it takes a little longer for them to receive it. The June 19th was the beginning of Family Promise Week. Our usual Sunday night donation was changed due to Father’s Day; however, we coordinated Thursday evening, June 23rd, to provide dinner for the families. There was plenty of food that week and St. Jude’s was thrilled with our donations. I would like to thank Iris Abrams for donating bread and desserts twice that week to Family Promise. I believe our next rotation for Family Promise will be in October, but Jeanne Mintz will keep me apprised of when they visit St. Jude’s next. Be well and be in Sisterhood! Until we meet again, Cathy Zitnick, Sisterhood President www.TempleBethEmet.com Office@TempleBethEmet.com 818-843-4787 Page 9 TBE House of Gathering and Education Do You Have a Son and/or Daughter In College? Temple Beth Emet has started a program to connect with our students attending a College. We would like to help them to continue their Jewish way of life and offer them additional support. This way, they will always have an open line of communication with our Rabbi, should they have questions or need direction; and we will remind them of their link to Israel and to keep connected to the Jewish Community. After college, we hope to have them join our Temple, as an adult. Please send e-mail and give me the following information: The name of the Student; Class Level; Address; Name of the University, and; If the Student is a member of any organization or club on campus. The Temple will send a care-package for each holiday, as a gift to the Student with a calendar of events at the Temple for each month. The Student will be invited to all events sponsored by the Temple. We would like to encourage the Student to return to the Temple as often as they wish; as the Temple would like to offer itself as a second home and place of Jewish learning. I look forward hearing from you! Thank you, Cathy Zitnick TBE Sisterhood, President TBE College Outreach Shop at Ralphs? Register your reward card at ralphs.com and add TBE as your organization! Or register with eScrip.com and support TBE when you shop! On or after September 1st, your reward card designation should be renewed. You can renew online, or pick up a “barcode scan” letter at Temple. Thanks Tribute Cards “LIKE” US ON FACEBOOK! Check out the Temple Beth Emet of Burbank Facebook page! Share relevant Jewish issues, timely messages, and pictures with your Temple Family and follow happenings at TBE, as well. Tribute cards are always in order for happy or sad occasions. These cards are a wonderful way to remember or honor someone. Did you know that you can get on an automatic mailing to those in need of well wishes by contacting the office? A card will automatically be sent from you in your name to those in need of healing and an amount of $3 will be added to your bill each time a card is sent in your name. Contact the Temple Office at: 818 843-4787 and happy shopping! Page 10 www.TempleBethEmet.com Office@TempleBethEmet.com 818-843-4787 A Message Regarding The Upcoming High Holidays High Holidays Are Coming Up! Rosh Hashanah begins October 3rd Through Yom Kippur October 12th We are in need of some strong, enthusiastic men and women to assist our Temple in moving, temporarily installing and disassembling our backdrop for the High Holidays this year. Its an excellent time to show your support for our Temple and your efforts will be greatly appreciated. Now is the time for you to do a wonderful mitzvah with your friends and family members who volunteer to help. If you will be willing and available, please contact the Temple Office at (818) 843-4787 and give your name and telephone number. This is a great way to start the new year!!! www.TempleBethEmet.com Office@TempleBethEmet.com 818-843-4787 Page 11 TEMPLE BETH EMET BOOK CLUB - FRAN BOURNE-JOHNSON We have a wonderful new Jewish book club at Temple! Conducted by Fran Bourne-Johnson. Where: Blum Hall at TBE When: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 7:00PM to 8:30 PM What is the book we will read and discuss: Night by Elie Wiesel—We will read this book in Memorial Honor of his passing. Elie Wiesel is a young Jewish boy who is forced into small ghettos by the Nazis during World War II. He and his family are later put on a train to an unknown destination along with other Jews from their town. Elie could not have imagined what he saw when the train stopped. The train stopped at Auschwitz, a concentration camp. When the passengers exit the train the men and women are separated and then the men are sorted into groups based on their health and skills. Elie is separated from his mother and sister immediately and never sees them again. He and his father are given a hint on how to stick together by a stranger who has been at the camp for a long time. Throughout the novel, Elie and his father must stick together in order to survive. The duo manages to stay together even after switching camps. Elie witnesses many atrocities during his time in the concentration camps. Where to get the book: The book is available on Kindle and Amazon.com, as well as local libraries. Please read the book and be prepared to discuss it. Cost of Participating: Free! The Book Club will meet on the 4thTuesday of every month. The group will discuss what the next book will be at the meeting, as well as the format of the discussion group. You may contact Fran at franbourne@gmail.com or call her at (617) 306-3835. Fran Bourne-Johnson is enthusiastically inviting you to attend. She will warmly welcome the readers and a lively discussion is expected. The book she is recommending is both exciting and interesting. What a great way to socialize AND improve your mind! Let’s get together and share a great reading Page 12 www.TempleBethEmet.com Office@TempleBethEmet.com 818-843-4787 TBE House of Gathering Havurah Happenings The Sisterhood Gift Shop is filled with products for all your Judaic needs. All items are reasonably priced and wonderfully thoughtful gifts for birthdays, bar and bat mitzvot, anniversaries, or just to say “I love you.” Havurah Simcha L’Chaim Havurah Simcha L'Chaim members are mainly retired people. If you would like to join, please let me know. If you would like to be in a new Havurah, please let me know and we can try to get a new group started. Please call me to discuss it. Ruth Glick 818 780 9134 Remember the sick and bereaved with cards, calls, and visits. Please say prayers of Refuah Sh’leimah for: Sylvia Sutton George “Gedalia” Davis They help heal and comfort. FAMILY SHABBAT SERVICE IS THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH STARTING AT 7:00 PM. Please call the Temple Office at (818) 843-4787 if a Temple Member is sick or hospitalized. PIZZA NIGHT WILL BE ON HIATUS FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST. IT WILL RESUME IN SEPTEMBER. www.TempleBethEmet.com Office@TempleBethEmet.com 818-843-4787 Page 13 TEMPLE BETH EMET Membership “Chai Lights” August August Anniversaries Jerry & Tzipy Dash Marva & Peter Felchlin William & Isabel Frischman Ira Goldstein & Diane LewisGoldstein Michael R. Speck August 1 Leo Gersh August 7 Nancy Weiner August 7 Matte Wolfson August 7 Mariam Lee August 1 Joshua Speck August 13 Jack Franklin August 16 Melinda Gordon August 20 Maurine Gold August 25 Elias Speck August 30 Michael Vaysman August 31 Join the Sisterhood! This Is Your Personal Invitation to Join Temple Beth Emet’s Sisterhood Sisterhood is a group of friends who work together for our Temple, our children, and our community, in a very tangible way. Our President, Cathy Zitnick, will be happy to hear from you. Call her at (818) 292-7180 or e-mail: cmarriott01@msn.com. She will be happy to acquaint you with what we do and find out what your interests are. We are sure you will fit in and we will be happy to welcome you! We meet the first Sunday of every month at 10:00 AM in Blum Hall. Please join us. Dues are only $15 per year (commencing September of every year). Please fill out this form, cut it out and send it with your payment to: TBE Sisterhood, c/o TEMPLE BETH EMET, 600 N. Buena Vista Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505; or just leave it with the Temple Office. NAME______________________ Page 14 ADDRESS__________________________________________ www.TempleBethEmet.com CELL PHONE______________________ Office@TempleBethEmet.com 818-843-4787 August 2016 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Elul 5776 FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 7:00 PM Shabbat Family Service 6 7 Retirement Luncheon for Fr. Chuck at St. Jude’s Church (if you RSPV’d on or before July 7th, the luncheon begins right after the church service.) 8 9 7:00 PM Board of Directors’ Meeting 10 11 12 7:00 PM 13 14 15 SHABBAT AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL - 7: Erev Tisha B’Av NO SERVICES AT TEMPLE 16 17 18 19 7:30 PM Shabbat Service 20 25 26 7:30 PM Shabbat Service 27 OPEN HOUSE 7 - 9 PM Chai Times Submissions are Due Tisha B’Av 21 22 23 7:00 PM 24 Book Club Meeting Reading Night By Elie Wiesel 28 29 30 31 Pizza Night Resumes September 2nd. Religious School Resumes on September 11, 2016. TBE Preschool Opening Scheduled for September. High Holy Days Begin on Rosh Hashanah, October 3, 2016 & Yom Kippur on October 12, 2016. Sukkot begins October 17, 2016 to October 23, 2016. Hanukkah begins on December 25th this year and ends on January 1st next year!818-843-4787 www.TempleBethEmet.com Office@TempleBethEmet.com Page 15 MONTHLY YAHRZEITS Honoring the Memory of Loved Ones NAME REMEMBERED BY DATE At Temple On August 5, 2016 Moshe Jerzy Reuven Jerzy Annette Abrams Stephen Abrams Helen Blum The Congregation Joseph R. Bayer Fred Bayer Mary Vourn Barbara & Maurie Bolter 8/2 8/4 8/6 8//6 8/6 At Temple On August 12, 2016 Charlotte Kleinberg Carole Eisenberg Abe Goldstein Ira Goldstein Phillip J. Freeman M/M Bernard Robins Brenda Latimore Theida Salazar Harry Abrams Stephen Abrams Anne Kaufman Celia Kaufrman Julia Alexander Adrienne Zahler Morris Rothman Linda Faden Ernest Kramer Jonathan Kramer 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10 8/10 8/10 8/11 8/12 8/13 8/15 8/15 8/15 8/20 At Temple on August 26, 2016 John Laird Robert Bigley Sandra Ditter Ilene & Jeff Oseas Roz Margolin Neil Margolin Louis Paskin Diane Linger Anne Guttentag Rabbi Mark Sobel 8/21 8/21 8/26 8/26 8/27 www.TempleBethEmet.com REMEMBERED BY At Temple on September 2, 2016 Jack Greenhill The Congregation Nathan Kaden Ron Kaden Irma Shuman Carole Eisenger DATE 8/28 8/29 8/30 Yahrzeit Donations Fran Bernstein, in loving memory of her mother, Bertha Yaras Fran Bernstein, in loving memory of her grandfather, Samuel Polakoff Lois Jones, in loving memory of Samuel Sillman At Temple on August 19, 2016 Richard Rothman Linda Faden Moss Feldman Pamela Franklin Hannah Bolter Shirley Abramson Fred Kleiman Matt & Marie Kleiman Page 16 NAME Office@TempleBethEmet.com 818-843-4787 TBE Please support our advertisers Chai Times Ad Rates Ad Size 1/8 page 1/4 page 1/2 page 3/4 page Full page Monthly $7.50 $15 $25 $30 $50 Annually $ 70 $180 $300 $360 $600 Please contact the TBE Office to place your ad! 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