October 1, 2010 - Online Edition

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BOULEVARD
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Volume 97, Number 10 • October 1, 2010
WHAT BASEBALL MEANS TO THE JEWS
W
hy is Wilshire Boulevard Temple holding the Los Angeles
premier of the new movie, “Jews and Baseball: An American
Love Story?” Not only to raise scholarship funds for our school and
camps, but also for more than a century, baseball has been the one
true Jewish American sport… and it still is. “You could look it up!”
Once having arrived on freedom’s shores, many immigrant Jews
sought with unrepentant fervor to become “good Americans.” This
meant learning a new language, acquiring citizenship, and seeking
every opportunity available to grow, prosper and become part of
the American fabric.
No American institution held as honored a place in
the hearts of immigrant Jews than the game of baseball–our
unchallenged national past time, then and now. To love America
was to love baseball, and to love baseball was to be an American!
The game itself relates easily to Jewish culture. Baseball
requires well-practiced skills, strategies, planning ahead, knowing
that many different outcomes are possible on each and every pitch.
Team work is crucial.
And of course there’s the uniform! From the hat, team
insignia, color coded socks and those beautiful gloves, baseball,
like Jewish worship, is filled with intricacies and hidden rituals
cherished by those who know them. And they are often baffling
and boring to those who don’t.
When I was a young boy I ate, drank and slept baseball–
totally smitten with the game. I would often sneak into my
synagogue’s glorious sanctuary (strikingly similar to Wilshire
Boulevard Temple’s), stand on the bima, look out into that vast
expanse, and imagine hitting “Ruthian” homeruns to the deepest
part of the balcony.
The memories of the world series and Yom Kippur are forever
linked by time of year and the bizarre baseball-crazy behavior of
some who sat in services with transistor radios attached to their
ears with primitive earplugs! Those not quite as crazy would gather
outside on the expansive stone stairs of the Temple entrance to
listen to the broadcast outloud (a Yom Kippur ritual for many I’m
certain). When the great Koufax refused to pitch the nineteen
sixty-five world series opener against the Twins, as it fell on Yom
Kippur-we once immigrant Jews had arrived. I can still hear my
mom (of blessed memory) yelling at the top of her lungs after the
last out of the sixty-three series when Koufax beat the Yankees…
”Koufax did it!!! He beat the Yankees!!! He did it!!! He did it!!!”
Baseball and Jews…an American love story!
Cantor Don Gurney
Los Angeles Premier of
“Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story”
November 17, 2010 • 6:30 p.m.
www.wbtla.org/events/item/408/youth_events
In This Issue
I want to be part of the future!
make a legacy gift
to the temple
Meet the Religious School Team
The
Big Give
Torah Portion
Torah Online:
www.wbtla.org
The Final Torah Portion of the Year:
V’Zot HaBracha—And this is the Blessing
L
etting go, separating, individuating is always a challenge.
Over the last couple weeks, I’ve seen nursery school
parents hovering at classroom windows and walking away with
tears streaming down their faces. I’ve noticed kindergarten
parents, even those whose children had spent full days in
nursery school, talking with our school directors, crying.
Similarly, those who have dropped their last child at college
drive home with pride and a heavy heart, even though the
separation is wanted and expected.
On the day that Moses turned 120 and died he said: “I
am one hundred and twenty years old today; I can no longer
go out and return, and God instructed me ‘you shall not cross
over the Jordan.’” This meant that the Israelites would enter
the new Promised Land without their guide and leader.
The 12th century French Torah Commentator
Rashi tells us that God restricts Moses; he is required
to hold back and let the Israelites move forward on their own.
Ibn Ezra reminds us that Moses would not be useful to the
Israelites in battle anymore; better that people rely on God
and on the new leadership. Ramban sees it differently; he says,
Moses was consoling the people and empowering them. “Don’t
worry, don’t be afraid, I won’t be with you, but God, who is the
Ever Present One will always travel with you and inside you.”
For many years I have experienced separation, as a
daughter and mother, and as a rabbi. I believe we build
trust along the way, and with each separation we teach our
children that they will grow and develop while taking with
them the values, the concern and the love we impart. God will
guide and protect, surround and embrace, as each generation
of Israelites takes its steps into the promised land.
That is the Blessing, even and especially for us.
Rabbi Karen L. Fox
Plugged In
Tweet the Leder!
Drum roll please...
Rabbi Leder has joined the Twitter universe
and will be tweeting a few times a week to
his followers. We encourage all of you to find
him and follow him. His tweets are insightful,
interesting and sometimes funny. Find him at
www.twitter.com/rabbileder
And don’t forget to follow the Temple.
You can find us at www.twitter.com/wbtla
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Tikkun Olam
The
mitzvah of a meal
T
he table is set. Family and friends sit down to a beautiful
meal: freshly baked biscuits, green beans, sweet potatoes,
stuffing, cranberry sauce, turkey, gravy, and of pumpkin pie.
Thanksgiving is one of the few times throughout the year that
many of us truly think about all that we have to be thankful for.
All of us are among the luckiest people who have ever lived. We
live in a country that grants us unprecedented freedoms and
fights to protect them. We have the opportunity to build lives
for ourselves that people in most of the world could not even
imagine. We are the lucky ones, but we will never be able to keep
what we have if we do not share it with those who have less.
Sadly, there are thousands of people in Los Angeles who
cannot provide a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for their
families. Some of these families are homeless, while others may
simply have fallen on hard times. Thanksgiving is our opportunity make a difference.
If Thanksgiving is about appreciating all that we have,
we must also recognize those who are in need—those whose
Thanksgiving tables are empty, those who have no table at all. At
this time of the year, when we celebrate the harvest, our Torah
reminds us to remember those who are in need and to feed
them. This Thanksgiving, we will pack and deliver one thousand
complete Thanksgiving dinners to some of the neediest and
most impoverished residents on Skid Row. Don’t miss this opportunity to turn your Thanksgiving into a mitzvah.
Rabbinic Intern Beau Shapiro
The Big Give
November 21 • 1:30 - 5:00 p.m. • Temple Campus
www.wbtla.org/events/item/282/tikkun_events
Adult Opportunities
Spilberg Fund is Music to our Ears
E
very year, thanks to
lifelong congregants
Anne and Nathan Spilberg,
Wilshire Boulevard Temple
is able to bring to our congregants special events that embrace
and expand upon our understanding of modern Jewish life and
culture. The Anne and Nathan Spilberg Fund for Jewish Life and
Values was established in 1998 for the purpose of entertaining
and educating our members, community and future families for
generations to come.
This year – Jewish pop music! There is an extensive history
of Jewish music but we focus on a twist of this genre. Popular
music captures our attention on radio, screen and smartphone,
and Jewish pop is no different.
Later this month, The Spilberg Fund invites Josh Kun, a
daring and insightful professor in the Annenberg School for
Communication at USC, to provide for our members an experience in lost moments of sight and sound in American Jewish pop
history, at the event “Jews on Vinyl.” Complementing the music
and Kun’s presentation will be an abundance of often kitschy and
surprising album art that tells stories of Jews from the 1940s to
the 1980s. He weaves an account of sacred songs into the triumvirate of Neil Diamond, Barbra Streisand and Barry Manilow.
Join in the fun and the visual and aural learning.
We are grateful to the Anne and Nathan Spilberg Fund for
Jewish Life and Values that makes this engaging event possible.
Rabbi Karen L. Fox
Jews on Vinyl
October 21 • 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. • Irmas Campus
RSVP to Phyl Wallace, pwallace@wbtla.org
www.wbtla.org/events/item/406/adult_events
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Brawerman Elementary School
Boker Tov Brawerman
F
rom the first floor to the third, Brawerman students are watching
the news! Each Monday morning classroom SmartBoards display
the highly rated Boker Tov Brawerman, our weekly news broadcast.
Now in its second year, this special program conceived and produced
by third grade teacher Stephanie Liebert, features fifth and sixth
grade news desk anchors who report everything we need to know.
Topics include the weekly schedule, student council news, Brawerman Blaze athletics, holiday celebrations and community birthdays.
Students are invited to share an inspirational quote along with
their original, personal interpretations.
Jane Marcus selected Albert Einstein: “Imagination is more
important than knowledge.” To her this suggests that knowledge
is limited to what we already know, but imagination allows us the
freedom to think and discover new things.
Zachary Weiss chose Scott Adams: “Technology is no place for
wimps.” He understands this to mean if you want to use technology,
you should be strong and believe in yourself.
The program concludes with its own special slogan, reminding
us to “Stay Menchy Brawerman!”
“
Stay Menchy
Brawerman!
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Religious School: “Center for Learning & Engagement”
Meet Our Team!
From left
Rabbi David Eshel – Religious School Rabbi (Temple and Irmas)
Sarah Hanuka – Head of Religious School
Vinny Green – Kindergarten – Grade 6 Administrator
Eric Nicastro – Teen Program Grades 7-12 Administrator
Shira Brown – Administrator
Rabbi Lindy Davidson – Religious School Rabbi (Irmas)
Eran Bar Adon – Hebrew and Family Education Administrator
W
Learn more about our Religious School,
visit www.wbtla.org/pages/religious_school
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e at the Religious School have a wonderful team
of people who work together to create a special
environment for our children. Each of us brings a high level
of talent and experience from the world of Jewish education.
We have been working tirelessly to develop new and exciting
programming for our students from kindergarten through
high school. The dedication of our team can only be
matched by our desire to teach our children to be inspired by
everything Judaism has to offer.
Early Childhood Centers
Our Extraordinary
Early Childhood
Parent Association!
S
chool may have been out for the summer but the Parent
Association was hard at work! The newly elected Parent
Association President, Tasha Baum, and her six Vice Presidents:
Andrea Slutske, Claudia Schwartz, Carla Liber, Erica Friedman,
Roya Milder, and Georgeann Carras, have been overseeing the 30
early childhood committees for both sites. Under the guidance of
Carol Bovill, Director, and Fredda Loewenstein, Associate Director,
the Parent Association has been meeting, planning and gearing up
for an exciting, enriched, new school year. This collaboration is a
primary reason our programs are so special.
Learn more about our Early Childhood Centers,
visit www.wbtla.org/pages/ecc
Camps
changing lives for
Ten Summers
A
t the conclusion of our Shabbat celebration on August 13th,
Camp Director Douglas Lynn acknowledged Rabbi Eshel’s ten
summers at camp by sharing the following…
“The Mystics teach that in the beginning God was everywhere.
There was no space that wasn’t filled with God’s presence. When God
decided to create the world, God had to physically pull back from some
Rabbi Eshel
space to create an emptiness to fill. God created the world and everything
has such a
in it–the earth, the seas, the animals and people; but upon completion
on more than
there was something missing. By pulling back, there was no God left in
1,100 kids each summer
the space now occupied by the world. To fix this, God created massive
vessels, filled them with divine light, and sent them to the world. By some
accident, these vessels shattered. Shards of them along with small sparks
of God were scattered throughout. It has become our job to seek out
these shards and sparks and put them back together, so we can live with
God in our lives. For the past ten summers Rabbi Eshel has been inspiring
our campers, staff, and everyone in our community to find the sacred
shards and the divine sparks, to make our community a better place. We
thank him for being a teacher, a friend, a leader, and for truly changing
the lives of everyone in our community.”
positive impact
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Developments
a legacy gift to the temple
from rabbi magnin’s gatekeeper: esther lewis
G
iving at the office” epitomized
Esther Lewis, who for more than three
decades served as the personal secretary to
Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin and then to Rabbi
Harvey J. Fields. But Esther was much more
than secretary and gatekeeper for them.
She was also their intermediary on the
telephone, their timekeeper for meetings,
quality control officer for their writing and proud guardian of their
records. She was totally devoted to the Wilshire Boulevard Temple, in
whose role and reputation in the community she took great pride.
A “career woman” when it was not the norm, Esther left her
Connecticut home and moved to Washington D.C. where she worked
at the Pentagon. In the early 1950s, she arrived in Los Angeles and
became as prominent a personality as the rabbis she served. Esther
shared many of the qualities we associate with the congregation:
a sense of responsibility, class, reliability, generosity and concern for
congregants and community. Those of her colleagues who forgot these
virtues heard about it from her.
Before she died last year, Esther had many conversations with
Rabbi Leder and was excited about the restoration and redevelopment
project at the Temple campus. To ensure that she would be a part of
the future of this great congregation she loved and served so well, she
left $400,000 of her estate to the Building Lives project.
Like Esther, please consider a gift for the Temple in your estate
plans and let us know of your intentions by using the form below. If
you’d like to discuss a testamentary gift, please call the Development
Office. We can all do our part to continue our Temple’s proud legacy.
Gina Lobaco
Development Director
with special thanks to Steve Breuer and Nan Brostoff
the future
I want to be part of the future!
By
Address
Phone
Email
Signature
Date
In our tradition of mitzvah, I share my blessings with
Wilshire Boulevard Temple
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Within the next
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I have made a provision for Wilshire Boulevard
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months, I will make a
provision for a bequest to Wilshire Boulevard
Temple in my will. Please contact me after
for verification.
Temple in my will.
 A copy of the document is attached.
Feel free to contact my attorney for
 documentation:
Name:
Phone:
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I wish my commitment to remain anonymous.
I give permission to include my name in Wilshire
Boulevard Temple publications to encourage others
to support the Temple through Planned Giving.
I understand I will receive a copy of this
declaration of intention for my files.
Please also send a copy to my
 Attorney 􀂉  Accountant 􀂉  Tax Advisor
Planned Gift Amount: $
(Optional) - Confidential
Return to: Development Office, Wilshire Boulevard Temple,
3663 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010 • (213) 388-2401 x520
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Upcoming Events
sharing with sherrie
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
COFFEE WITH CAROL:
separation—everyone at their own pace
9:30 a.m.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 9:30 a.m.
Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:30 a.m.
Parents of children 2 years and younger come experience a
classic children’s story mixed with games, art and fun. This
brand new program is open to everyone. Come in for a treat:
stories, art and dancing to the beat. Sherrie Zadok is the site
director of the Erika J. Glazer Early Childhood Center.
Carol Bovill, Director of Wilshire Boulevard Temple’s
Early Childhood Centers, will meet monthly with
parents of children ranging in age from newborn
to six, to assist you in being the best parent/s you
can be. She offers expert parenting advice to guide
and empower you on your parenting journey.
Sherrie Zadok, szadok@wbtla.org, (213) 388-2401 x412
www.wbtla.org/events/item/414/youth_events
Caroline Sandman, csandman@wbtla.org, (213) 388-2401 x133
www.wbtla.org/events/item/270/youth_events
Brawerman East Tour
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Friday, October 15, 2010 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Building on the established reputation of Brawerman
Elementary School West, we double the excellence with the
opening of Brawerman Elementary School East at our historic
Temple Campus.
Tricia Pierce, tricia@wbtla.org, (213) 388-2401 x116
www.wbtla.org/events/item/ 398/youth_events
Select Wednesdays, October 13, 20 and 27, 2010
7:00 p.m.
Over the three sessions, Rabbinic Intern Beau Shapiro will
explore the Reform movement’s current statement of principles
in relationship with God, Torah, and Israel. Don’t miss this
opportunity to find out what makes you a Reform Jew.
Phyl Wallace, pwallace@wbtla.org, (213) 388-2401 x269
www.wbtla.org/events/item/411/adult_events
one book, one congregation
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Reform Judaism:
What Do We Believe? What Do We Do?
7:30 p.m.
We are the people of the book. Entering its third year, our
Wilshire Boulevard Temple Book Group is facilitated by Rochelle
Ginsburg, a master educator.
Ruth Stoch, rstoch@wbtla.org, (213) 388-2401 x266
www.wbtla.org/events/item/271/adult_events
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Camp Hess Kramer 4:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Exemplifying the three pillars of the Olympics:
friendship, respect, and excellence, Rabbi Karen Fox,
Robert Kositchek (z”l), Susie Roberts, Steve Sauer and
Sam Tarica will be honored at the 2010 Legends Event for
their impact and involvement with our camps.
raising a jewish child 101
Friday, October 8, 2010 11:00 a.m.
Friday, October 22, 2010
11:00 a.m.
This program is open to all parents in the Nursery School and
Parenting Center. You are invited to share your concerns and
experiences, problem-solve with our rabbi and take a moment
just for yourself.
Caroline Sandman, csandman@wbtla.org, (213) 388-2401 x133
www.wbtla.org/events/item/410/adult_events
2010 Book fairs
Tuesday - Friday, October 12 - 15, 2010
Wednesday - Friday, October 13 - 15, 2010
Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camps
2010 Legends Event
2010
BOOK
FAIR
Hats
off to
books!
Build community as we purchase incredible books
to suit all interests and needs. A percentage of
each sale goes to support the programs and scholarship funds
of our schools.
BRAWERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
and EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS
Cheri Lauterbach, cheri@wbtcamps.org, (213) 388-2401 x521
www.wbtla.org/events/item/405/youth_events
Jews on Vinyl with Josh Kun
Thursday, October 21, 2010
7:30 p.m.
Join Josh Kun as he provides an unprecedented
opportunity to experience lost moments
in American Jewish pop history. Hear and
experience the exhibit through sight and sound. Complementing
the music and Kun’s presentation will be an abundance of often
kitschy and surprising album art to discover and enjoy!
Phyl Wallace, pwallace@wbtla.org, (213) 388-2401 x269
www.wbtla.org/events/item/406/adult_events
Tricia Pierce, tpierce@brawerman.org, (213) 388-2401 x116
www.wbtla.org/events/item/215/youth_events
Temple Campus
Irmas Campus
Registration Required
Contact For More Information
Information Available Online
For a full calendar of events and services, please visit www.wbtla.org/events
Free of Charge
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31- Halloween
31 - Trick or Treat for
our Food Pantries
Food Pantries
24/31
Wilshire Boulevard Temple
Camps 2010 Legends Event
Food Pantries
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Food Pantries
25
18
Columbus Day
11
BOOK
FAIR
Spousal Bereavement
Support Group
26
Spousal Bereavement
Support Group
19
BRAWERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
and EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS
Reform Judaism
27
Reform Judaism
20
Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Support Group
Reform Judaism:
What Do We Believe?
What Do We Do?
Coffee with Carol
Spousal Bereavement
Support Group
Hats
to
off
books!
2010
13
2010 Book Fair
12
2010 Book Fairs
Spousal Bereavement
Support Group
Become an Adult
Bar or Bat Mitzvah
10
6
Brawerman East Tour
5
Sharing with Sherrie
4
Tuesday
Food Pantries
3
monday
OPCC Annenberg Access Center, Santa Monica
Service time different than usual - please check online
Temple Campus
Irmas Campus
Sunday
Wednesday
Raising a Jewish
Child: 101
Torah and Lunch with Rabbi
Leder (Century City)
Gentle Yoga for Breast
Cancer Survivors
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21
Kabbalat Shabbat
29
Kabbalat Shabbat
Youth Choir
Women's Torah Study
with Rabbi Fox
Raising a Jewish
Child: 101
22
No service at Irmas
Torah Study and Service
Combined
30
Shabbat Shacharit
Torah Study
23
For more information, including time and location, on all
of the events in this calendar, visit www.wbtla.org
Jews on Vinyl with
Josh Kun
Kabbalat Shabbat
Tot Shabbat
Shabbat Shacharit
Shabbat Morning
Minyan
Torah Study
Soul Sounds Shabbat
Torah and Lunch with
Rabbi Leder (Downtown)
Coffee with Carol
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Shabbat Shacharit
Tot Shabbat
Torah Study
2010 Book Fair
15
Brawerman East Tour
14
2010 Book Fair
Kabbalat Shabbat
Women's Torah Study with
Rabbi Fox
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7
9
Shabbat Shacharit
Soul Sounds Shabbat
Simchat Torah
2
Torah Study
1
Saturday
20
10
Kabbalat Shabbat
Friday
One Book, One
Congregation
Thursday
10 October
WILSHIRE
BOULEVARD TEMPLE
Torah Study and Service Combined
Kol Rinnah
Contributions
CHARLES BENDIT CAMPERSHIP FUND
In Honor Of:
Dr. Howard Golden’s 95th Birthday by Sara Golden,
Joan & Lee Mandell
Rabbi Steve Leder by Mrs. Shirley Phillips
Preston Kline by Mrs. Lucille Epstein & Family
Ida Kodmur by Kodmur Family
Howard Lynn by Mr. & Mrs. Donald Motley
Hal Ross by Alicia & Robert Levitt
My dear father, Norman A. Rubin by Ms. Ann Rubin
Scott Sraberg by Karen & Brad Sraberg
In Loving Memory Of:
AUDREY AND SYDNEY IRMAS CAMPUS
In Loving Memory Of:
In Loving Memory Of:
Dear husband, Sydney Irmas by Mrs. Audrey Irmas
Sydney Irmas by The Irmas Family
Pauline Menein by The Irmas Family
PRAYER BOOK DEDICATION FUND
In Loving Memory Of:
FOOD PANTRIES
Lou Markman by Lizzie & Gil Harari
Sunday, October 10, 2010
RABBI HARVEY J. AND SYBIL A. FIELDS
EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Underwritten by Ann Rubin
In Loving Memory Of:
Harold Garber by Joyce & Bob Wolf
MUSIC PUBLICATION FUND
In Honor Of:
Cantor Gurney & Cantor Caro for participating in the conversion of
my granddaughter, Shana Gerson by Mrs. Jeanne Gerson
Cantor Gurney for officiating at the wedding of our daughter,
Michelle and Michael Nourmand by Doreen & Alan Kaye
Mitzvah go’reret mitzvah —
doing a mitzvah leads to doing more.
Gladys Ehrlich by Nadine & Steve Breuer
In Honor Of:
In Loving Memory Of:
Linda Bleiweiss by Mrs. Helen Samples
Mel Brown by Mrs. Shirley Kodmur
Leon Feldman by Mrs. Mimi Feldman
Pauline Forman by Barry Forman & Family
Sam Forman by Andrea & Barry Forman
Ruth Furst & Fred Furst by Mrs. Lotte Seelman
Himon Galpert by Evon & Jerry Gotlieb
Leon Kirschner by Mrs. Helen Sherwin
Preston Kline by Marian & Stanley Brown
Thank you to those individuals and families
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or sponsor ($500) a week of food. If you are
interested in joining this effort, please contact
Gina Lobaco at (213) 388-2401 or globaco@wbtla.org.
In Loving Memory Of:
In Loving Memory Of:
In Loving Memory Of:
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JORDAN EHRLICH FUND FOR PROGRAMS IN
BUSINESS ETHICS
In Loving Memory Of:
Shirley Shalman’s 90th Birthday by Mrs. Betty Cohen
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John Blankley by Ms. Margaret Blankley
The baby naming of our grandson Cole Christopher
by Jill & Paul Schulman
Jamie Dodd’s Bat Mitzvah by Laurie & Patrick Dodd
Rabbi Leder for officiating at the conversion of my granddaughter
Shana Gerson by Mrs. Jeanne Gerson
Rabbi Leders’s 50th Birthday by Allison & Larry Berg
Rabbi Leder & Nan Brostoff for making our son Cole Christopher’s
baby naming such a special event for our family by Jessica, Dean,
Logan & Cole Christopher
In Honor Of:
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In Loving Memory Of:
Jordan Breuer’s Bat Mitzvah by Mr. Marshall Zolla
Nadine Breuer and Maxine Keith for their kindness and compassion
by Shelley & Paul Lawrence
Mr. Charles Polep
Mr. Michael Wachs
In Loving Memory Of:
Sylvia & Lewis Stock by Mrs. Shirley Barasch
CLERGY FUND
TIKKUN OLAM SOCIAL ACTION FUND
FOOD PANTRY
RICHARD BARASCH BBQ / PICNIC AREA
FUND
Elsie Fogelman by Elsie & Alan Fogelman
GERI AND RICHARD BRAWERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE CAMPS
Marilyn Stuart Gaynor by Angela & Dan Blatteis
Our beloved mother and grandmother, Doris Altman Gershuny by
Mrs. Betty Denitz
Dr. Morris Grosberg by Mr. Lawrence Grosberg
Dr. Morris Grosberg by Carolyn Winer
Richard Hornichter, M.D. by The Hornichter Family
Jack Kasten by Jody & Jack Kasten
Pola Ritter by Nancy & Eric Ritter and Family
Ellen Rose by Mrs. Lisl Nathan
Thelma Sills by Ms. Susan Casamassima
Samuel Sills M.D. by Robin & Robert Sills
In Loving Memory Of:
My mother, Bertha Bernstein by Mrs. Janet Gross
Dorothy Kellner on anniversary of her passing by Mr. Martin Kellner
In Honor Of:
SILLS CAMPERSHIP FUND
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WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE
REDEVELOPMENT FUND
In Loving Memory Of:
Charles Bendit by Mrs. May Bendit, Breuers and Saltzmans
Eugene Borson by Mrs. Harriet Borson & Family
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David Anker by Mrs. Beatrice Anker
Irving Barshap by Leah Barshap & Family
Bessie Miller Bodek by Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Bodek
Jacob Brody by Mr. & Mrs. Sonny Brody
Frances Broidy by Mr. & Mrs. Steven Broidy
Wolf Davies by Ms. Jo Ann Burton
Harry Dawidoff by Mrs. Fay Kozberg
Ruth Epstein by Eileen & Harold Brown
Davis Factor Sr. by Mrs. Barbara Bentley
Helene Fernbacher by Janice & Arthur Gerry
Elsie Fogelman by Mr. & Mrs. John Fogelman
Leon Ginsberg by Morgan & Adam Feldman
Harry Goldstein by Mrs. Judie Fenton
Ben Grodsky & Joseph Grodsky by Mrs. Lillian Grodsky
Johanna Kahn by Mrs. Janet Jonas
My mother, Lea Lask by Mrs. Lidia Epelbaum
Belle Miller by Mr. James Miller
Albert Miller by Mrs. Jamie Rosenblood
Carl Nathan and Susan Nathan by Mrs. Lisl Nathan
Lester Okum by Dr. Maurice Okum
Edgar Phillips by Mrs. Maxine Bookman
Edgar Phillips by Burton, Bret & Joanna Rosen
Irving Schwartz by Salli & Bernard Harris
Ethel Shanedling by Mr. Curtis Tamkin
Sydney Sher by Ms. Abby Sher
Zygmunt Stock by Rose & Al Finci
Father, Dr. Philip Warsaw by Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Warsaw
Simmone Willig by Mrs. Phoebe Shorr
In Loving Memory Of:
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Mrs. Georgette Bloom
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RABBI EDGAR F. MAGNIN FUND
Genevieve Simmons by Hildy Simmons
Genevieve Simmons by Deborah & Stuart Simmons
RABBI ALFRED WOLF CAMP FUND
In Honor Of:
Rhonda Abrams 60th Birthday by Lillian Fisher, Arlene & Herb Kramer,
Peggy Fisher and The Bobrosky Family
Frances Creamer by Nadine & Steve Breuer
Sadie Greenberg by Susan & Harold Greenberg
Harriet Kornblum by Mr. Dolph Kornblum
Louis Kozberg by Mrs. Fay Kozberg
Florence Lewin by Mrs. Belle Landa
Herta Roberts by Marilyn & Eric Roberts
Grandfather, Sam Schwartz by Ms. Rhonda Schwartz
Miriam Wolf by Teri & Kenneth Hertz
Miriam Wolf by The Knights
Miriam Wolf by Barry Sovel &Carol Newman and Edith Newman
Miriam Wolf and Joan Teller dear friends of our mother Alice Rasleoff
by Betty & Marvin Kazmin, William Raskoff & Carol Tabak
ALLAN CHATKIN CAMPERSHIP FUND
In Loving Memory Of:
Al Fleischman by Mrs. Sandi Chatkin
EVELYN K. KRAMER MEMORIAL CAMP FUND
In Loving Memory Of:
Charlotte Aceveda’s grandmother, Gladys by Mrs. Harriet Burton
JUDITH WOLF LEE MEMORIAL CAMP FUND
In Loving Memory Of:
Miriam Wolf by Drs. Maskit & Gary Schiller
We appreciate your generous donations. An $18 minimum donation is required for each acknowledgment card.
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B’nei Mitzvah continued
Temple Family
Welcome to new Temple members…
Condolences to…
Robert and Robin Cantz and their children, Randy and Dylan…Jill Franklin
and her son, Benjamin…James and Holly Freedman and their sons, Isaiah and
Roy…Jeffrey Greenberg…Afshin and Mahtab Hakim and their daughters,
Lola and Sacha…Rodger and Jennifer Landau and their sons, Joshua and
Samuel…Matthew and Elana Minkin and their children, Michael, Zachary
and Aubrey…Jordan and Sahara Pynes and their daughters, Jessa and Emmy…
Marc and Suzanne Schwartz and their sons, Austin, Tyler and Cooper…
Steven Seigel and Nicole Furman…Steven and Ainslie Sugarman and their
children, Sierra, Hailey and Cole…Adam and Trina Venit and their children,
Olivia, Matthew, Sarah, Michael and Madison…
Kenneth Korman and Susan Schneiderman on the death of his mother,
Marietta Bach and granddaughter, Danielle…Muriel P. Bodek ; Marnie
Bodek , Ed Moss, Mason, Kamber and Will Moss; Janna and Jim Harris,
Emma and Jacob Harris on the death of their husband, father and
grandfather, Gordon S. Bodek…Shira Brown on the death of her grandfather,
Robert Brown…Friends and family of Frances Creamer…Scott and Susan
Edelman on the death of his father, Jerry Edelman and to grandchildren,
Emily, Sarah and Julia...Jennifer and Rafi Gordon on the death of her
grandfather, Morris Grosberg and to great grandchildren, Cy and Maya…
Nancy Senter on the death of her husband, Cole Grosflam…Nancy and
Robert Lurie on the death of her grandmother, Beatrice Lawrence and to
great grandchildren, Zachary, Jane and Emily...Anton and Lauren Schiff on
the death of his father, Harry Schiff and to grandchildren, Jessica and Sam…
Marc and Lyn Cohen on the death of his aunt, Chaike Wilensky…Friends
and family of Daniel and Marjorie Ziskin…
Congratulations to…
Mary Lynn and Howard Gottfried on the birth of their grandson, Graham
Logan Weinstein, son of Norah and Brian Weinstein and congratulations
also on the birth of their granddaughter, Celeste Marie Colling, daughter
of their daughter, Elizabeth, and son-in-law, Stephane Colling…Shauna and
Joshua Markman on the birth of their daughter, Paige Sydney Markman and
to big brother, Blake…Diana and Robert Schildhouse on the naming of their
daughter, Abigail Emily Schildhouse…
And to all immediate and extended family.
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Wilshire Boulevard Temple
3663 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90010
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Clergy
Rabbi Steven Z. Leder, Pritzker Chair of Senior Rabbinics
Rabbi Karen L. Fox, M.F.T.
Rabbi Elissa Ben-Naim
Rabbi David Eshel
Cantor Don Gurney
Cantor Susan Caro
Rabbi Harvey J. Fields, Ph.D., Emeritus
Board of Trustees
Richard Pachulski, President
Alyce de Toledo, Vice President
Andrew E. Haas, Vice President
Teri Hertz, Vice President
Mary Brussell, Secretary
Steven Romick, Treasurer
Susan Adler Jannol, Alan Berro, Stephen Davis, Barry Edwards,
Alan Epstein, Jami Gertz, Barbara Grushow, Michael Halpern,
Richard Kurtzman, Donald Levy, Richard Powell, Steve Sugerman
Julie C. Miller, Immediate Past President
Scott Edelman, Counsel
Honorary Board Members
Lionel Bell, Howard M. Bernstein, Audrey Irmas
Administration
Howard G. Kaplan, Executive Director
Carol Bovill, Director, Early Childhood Centers
Nadine Bendit Breuer, Head of Elementary School
Sarah Hanuka, Director, Center for Learning & Engagement
Douglas F. Lynn, Director, Camps & Conference Center
Gina Lobaco, Director of Development
Jessica Accamando, Director of Communications
Rebecca Sills Nudel, Membership Director
The Wilshire Boulevard Temple Bulletin is published
monthly by Wilshire Boulevard Temple
www.wbtla.org
(213) 388-2401
Printed on recycled paper.
Please remember to recycle it again!
Schedule of Shabbat Worship & Study
Friday, october 1
Saturday, october 9
Shabbat Services
Cantor Caro and
Rabbinic Intern Shapiro
6:00 p.m.
Torah Study
GENESIS Noach 6:9 -11:32
Jonathan Freund
9:00 a.m.
Tot Shabbat
Rabbi Davidson
Soul Sounds Shabbat
Rabbi Eshel and Cantor Gurney
and the Band
6:00 p.m.
Rabbi Leder and Cantorial Soloist Voit
Camp Hess Kramer -10:30 a.m.
Temple Campus
Friday, october 22
Shabbat Services
Rabbi Leder and Cantor Caro
6:00 p.m.
Friday, october 15
Rabbi Eshel and Cantor Caro
10:30 a.m.
Rabbi Eshel and Cantor Gurney
6:00 p.m.
Rabbi Eshel and Cantor Caro
10:30 a.m.
Shabbat Services
Cantor Caro
6:00 p.m.
Rabbnic Intern Shapiro and Cantorial
Soloist Sugerman
6:00 p.m.
Saturday, october 30
Torah Study and Service Combined
GENESIS Chaye Sarah 23:1 – 25:18
Rabbinic Intern Shapiro
9:00 a.m.
Saturday, october 23
Shabbat Service
Rabbi Eshel and Cantor Caro
6:00 p.m.
Torah Study
GENESIS Vayera 18:1 – 22:4
Rabbi Davidson
9:00 a.m.
Saturday, october 16
Shabbat Services
Rabbi Leder and Cantor Gurney
10:30 a.m.
Torah Study
GENESIS Lech Lecha 12:1 – 17:27
9:00 a.m.
Shabbat Morning Minyan
Rabbi Eshel and Rabbinic Intern Shapiro
9:00 a.m.
Irmas Campus
Friday, october 29
Rabbi Fox, Cantor Gurney
and the Youth Choir
6:00 p.m.
Soul Sounds Shabbat
Rabbi Leder and Cantor Gurney
6:00 p.m.
Shabbat Services
Cantor Gurney and
Rabbinic Intern Shapiro
10:30 a.m.
Shabbat Services
Rabbi Leder and Cantor Caro
6:00 p.m.
9:30 a.m.
Rabbi Eshel and Cantor Caro
10:30 a.m.
Torah Study
GENESIS Bereshit 1:1 -6:8
Avi Cohen
9:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
Shabbat Services
Rabbi Leder and Cantor Gurney
10:30 a.m.
Shabbat Services
Rabbi Leder and Cantor Gurney
10:30 a.m.
Saturday, october 2
Friday, october 8
Tot Shabbat
Rabbi Davidson
Rabbi Fox and Cantor Caro
10:30 a.m.
Rabbi Eshel and Cantorial Soloist Voit
Camp Hess Kramer - 10:30 a.m.
All Shabbat and worship information can be found online at www.wbtla.org