April 2012.indd - Kehillat Ma`arav

Voice
April 2012
Nissan / Iyar 5772
JOIN KM FOR OUR SECOND NIGHT
COMMUNITY PASSOVER SEDER AT KM
SATURDAY EVENING APRIL 7, 6:30 PM
Join us for our Second Night Community Seder, held jointly with Mishkon Tephilo, this
year at KM. Catered by Baleboste, our Seder will include all your traditional Passover
favorites. Great food, fun singing and an inspiring Seder led by Rabbi Michael Gotlieb and
Dan Shevitz.
JOIN US FOR OUR FULL ARRAY OF
SERVICES IN CELEBRATION OF THIS
GREAT AND JOYOUS HOLIDAY
All services begin at 9:30 a.m. and will be held jointly with Mishkon Tephilo. 1st Day services are Saturday, April 7, at KM.
2nd Day services are Sunday April 8, at Mishkon. 7th Day Services will be held Friday April 13, at Mishkon.
8th Day Shabbat Passover and Yizkor Services will be Saturday, April 14, at KM. Mishkon Tephilo is located at 201 Hampton Dr. in Venice
A copy of the new Rabbinical
Assembly Pesah Guide can be
found in our KM office or you can
download it directly at http://
www.rabbinicalassembly.org/
jewish-law/kashrut/pesah-guide
From Our Rabbi
“
Passover makes the statement
that humans do not have to, in
fact, should never have to live
under tyrannical rule.
P
assover is fun. Passover is meaningful. Passover is Godfilled. Passover is historic. Passover is universal in its
message. What Passover has done more than anything,
however, was to establish an alternative notion of life, not just
for the Jew, but all humanity. Were it not for the Exodus, we
would have to resolve ourselves to the evils found in life.
The vast majority of human civilization has lived, and continues to live, in poverty and under tyranny. Billions know
the planet as nothing more than a cold and sterile place—indifferent at best.
Passover makes the statement that humans do not have to, in
fact, should never have to, live under tyrannical rule. It is out
of the memories of the Exodus that we—not just us Jews—can
find hope in our lives. Passover asserts that God cares and hears
our cries; Passover empowers human beings to make a difference, to assert moral change.
”
What gives us Jews the fortitude to carry on in a world that
is unredeemed and in sore need of mending given our own
pain-filled narrative? It is our historic consciousness, our historic experience of having broken the shackles of Egyptian
oppression. We are reminded of that act every time we gather
for Shabbat morning services and sing the Oz Yishir, every
time we lift our cups of wine and chant Kiddush and every year
when seated at our Passover meals to not only retell the biblical
account, but to relive it.
So, as you sit down to your Passover Seder tables, singing
and debating, laughing and crying, discussing and eating, don’t
lose sight of the deeper religious and historic significance to
the gathering. And this spring, may the universal message of
Passover bring all of us closer to the fulfillment of a redeemed
world under God’s loving dominion.
Happy Passover!
Voice of Youth
Cindy Roth, Youth Director
S
o how much is a Megillah worth these days? I ask you. Well,
of course, to own a real Megillah scribed by a Sofer or a Soferet goes for thousands of dollars. Like a torah, the scripture is
holy and they way it is written is so unique and valuable. To own
one seems priceless!
Well, on Wednesday, March 7, in a quick 15 minute swoop
the KM Youth kidnapped the Megillah and made around $140 in
singles! During the dramatic telling of our Purim Spiel the Youth
Group kids took the Megillah for ransom and with black top hats
collected the “Ransom Money.” As quick as the Megillah disappeared, it was smoothly returned by members dressed in black
capes all in a blink of an eye, so the formal Megillah reading could
begin! Now some of you may think that $140 these days barely
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Kidnapped Megillah
fills two tanks of gas! In the USY world this amount could go
a long way. This is only the start to this year’s Tikkun Olam
contribution the kids in other chapters have often hosted
events like bagel boxes, car washes, and social events in order
to raise more funds. Then at the end of the year a Jewish
charity is chosen from a Far West Region T.O. bank for the
money to be distributed. A Kol Hakavod to all of those who
helped start this new Purim tradition and helped heist the
Megillah!
In addition to the residual excitement from Purim, we
are equally excited to send Jr. USYer’s to Temple Beth Am
for “Americas Next Top USYer’s Kinnus” hosted by Temple
Beth Am. This program includes a Shabbat program and
social event with the theme being fashion and modesty in
the Jewish world. We are hoping to send several kids, members of our Youth Board to meet with local students of the
same age. If you are still interested, please contact me at
CDRXLA@aol.com. If you are in need of a subsidy, and you
call with ample time, we will be happy to help make that
happen! B’Shalom, hope you all had a Zisen Pesach!
The Cantor’s Voice
“
Why was HaZikaron, this very sad
and poignant day, calendared
so close to one of Israel’s most
happy and joy-filled days?
I
srael’s Yom HaZikaron, or Day of Remembrance, which falls
on 3 Iyar, just 1½ weeks after the conclusion of Passover,
is similar to our own Memorial Day, in that both nations
remember those who have fallen in her defense. Unlike America’s Memorial Day, which is the unofficial kickoff of summertime, celebrated with BBQs and electronics sales, Yom
HaZikaron is a much more serious and somber holiday. In
our own country, and perhaps more acutely here in the Los
Angeles area, most of us would be hard pressed to name
someone whom we knew personally who died in defense of
our country, even after more than 10 years of active wars.
In Israel, the exact opposite is true. Virtually every Israeli
citizen not only knows someone who died in defense of the
State, but can call that soldier a family member. Israel is a small,
intimate country, and most everything is experienced up close
and quite personally.
Early on, there was discussion about the selection of Yom
HaZikaron’s date; it falls just one day before Yom HaAtzmaut,
Israel’s Independence Day. Why was this very sad and poignant
day calendared so close to one of Israel’s most happy and joyfilled days? ”
While this juxtaposition may seem unusual, there is an
underlying wisdom here. Without the sacrifice of the soldiers,
both pre-State and Modern State, Israel would never have come
into being and would not exist. Their extraordinary sacrifices
must not be taken for granted, and by placing Yom HaZikaron
one day before Yom HaAtzmaut, the memory of Israel’s defenders will never be forgotten. But these two holidays, while both
critically important to the modern Zionist, are unique. Much like the juxtaposition of Yom HaZikaron and Yom
HaAtzmaut, many of us have had, at one time or another
experienced emotional extremes, some quite high and others
quite low. While one day we might feel like we’re mountaineering atop Mt. Everest, still other days we feel like we’re stumbling
through Death Valley. We must recognize, however, that this is not
the norm, that our lives should not, in general, be experienced at
the emotional boundaries, but rather, in between those lines. Our
faith tradition demands moderation. Maimonides himself always
preferred a middle of the road approach, in which one is, “neither...easily angered” nor, like the dead, “does not feel.”
Let us resolve to temper our anger, increase our happiness, and
feel renewed during these important spring holidays. Amen.
Book Club
Hi Bookies,
Our next meeting will be Friday, April 27, at 10 AM. Our book will be The
Righteous Men by Sam Bourne. The discussion will be led by Bernice. SM has just
one copy but LA Pub has 10 copies and the county has 26 copies.
Book List Review:
Our pop-cultural obsession with The DaVinci Code continues to breed more
religious-historical thrillers. Bourne’s novel, which draws its inspiration from the
Jewish rather than the Christian tradition, is one of the better ones. Sent to cover
two seemingly unrelated murders—of a New York City pimp and a Montana militiaman—ambitious journalist, Will Monroe, discovers something that piques his
interest: both victims had a secret. Despite brutal deeds in life, each had done
extraordinary good. Then Monroe’s wife is kidnapped. His search for her takes
him into the Hasidic Jewish community of Crown Heights in Brooklyn, where he
first hears the legend of the 36 righteous men whose selfless acts allow the rest of
us to exist—and learns that they are being systematically killed. Always twisting
and turning, Bourne's novel takes readers on a dramatic, full-throttle adventure,
which ultimately offers a timely spin on the question, “Can the end ever justify
the means?”
See you at the meeting.
Happy reading!
Rita Schreiber
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From Our President, Brian Cohen
“
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks is a learned
man, fantastic orator and an
unwavering proponent of Israel and
the Zionist dream.
L
ately I’ve been noticing renewed vigor in our KM community. For instance, the Purim celebration was on a whole
new level of energy, creativity and just plain fun. Participation in our monthly Friday night services is also gathering
momentum. While our weekly Saturday services are nearly
always lively and very well attended, it is the once a month
Friday night service that is gathering momentum. Despite our
rush-hour trafficked streets surrounding KM, more people
have been breaking away from their commute to find closure
on the secular week by welcoming the onset of Shabbat with
friends and fellow congregants.
On a recent Friday evening service when our rabbi was
attending the AIPAC conference in Washington DC, a very
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From Our Ritual Committee
n addition to the cleaning, shopping, organizing, housekeeping and general mayhem of Pesach preparation, we spend
quite some energy inviting (or fishing for an invitation).
Haknesat Orchim, hospitality to guests, is an almost primal
Jewish value, modeled on Abraham’s greeting of the three
angels outside of Beersheva.
This hospitality has particular poignancy during Pesach,
and for the sedarim. One can, of course, have a solo seder. The
rabbis address the issue, wondering, for example, about the
question and response sections of the Haggadah (answer: ask
yourself the questions, and answer, out loud, like preparing
for a classroom test). For most of us, however, a solo seder
is an oxymoron. A seder needs people around, someone to
lead, someone to fall asleep, someone to call for food right after
the four questions, and, certainly in the eyes of the tradition,
children who spill the wine, get cranky, and with whom we
bargain for the afikomen.
This is rather very odd through. In many ways, Pesach
should be a more “spiritual” holiday than Yom Kippur or Rosh
Hashana, the holy days we anoint with almost claustrophobic
gravity. Pesach sets the stage for God’s revelation on Mt. Sinai;
it also commemorates and re-enacts the single most important
moment in our sacred history, that moment when God intervenes directly in the lives of the Jews, and to which our ancestors were witnesses.
One would think in that case of Pesach as moment of great
awe, utter thankfulness, tremendous humility, and sober appreciation—in short, the emotional set we more typically associate
with the High Holy Days.
So it does. The text of the traditional Haggadah crescendos
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accomplished and melodic cantorial soloist led our Friday evening Shabbat service. I don’t think anyone will refute that it
was invigorating for everyone in attendance. With the recent
formation of a cantor search committee, hopefully we will be
having more such vibrant and unique services in the coming
months where we can pray and sing along with prospective
cantorial candidates.
Another draw to the Friday evening service are the different
melodies and niguns that are part of these services, along with
the frequent performances of songs and prayers by our KM
choir, including piano accompaniment.
It’s not a stretch to say that if I had a lousy Friday night (on
the first Friday of the month), then I wasn’t at KM!
with a declaration shortly before we eat: “Therefore, we are
obligated to thank, to praise, to extol, to glorify, to exalt, to
acclaim, to bless, to esteem, and to honor the One who did all
these miracles for our fathers and for us...”
Note the language: We are obligated. Few of our formalized
prayers are in the singular; the Haggadah is a wonderful example of the plural. A seder doesn’t require a minyan (although it
wouldn’t hurt), but it does require a crowd.
The paradox of Jewish “spirituality” is that these deep
moments of cosmic and communal reflection occur, must
occur, in the midst of noisy, demanding crowds. While our
rabbis teach that quiet, private devotions and meditations are
commendable, the overall thrust of our religious life is a “life
with people.”
So we invite guests to our sedarim, or graciously accept invitations. At the seder itself, we have this spiritual-mystical task:
in the midst of the cacophony, with the inevitable chaos of the
moment, the startling echoes of our own messy lives, we are
supposed to experience liberation: liberation from Egypt, liberation from the narrowness of our own lives, liberation from
the mundane, liberation from the oppressively material, and,
through that liberation, arrive at a place and moment of awe,
and hope, and blessing.
Our Jewish spirituality is the spirituality of a messy world,
one in which we as guests make faux-pas, and we as hosts forget
something. And we overlook the failings, and join together in
holy convocation, enjoy the matzoh ball soup, and praise the
Infinite One who is the ultimate liberator.
Dennis Gura
On Behalf of the Ritual Committee
April 2012
SUNDAY
MONDAY
1
2
Spring Vacation Begins
No Classes
8
Passover
9:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
Passover Services
Second Day (at MT)
9
Passover
Nissan / Iyar 5772
TUESDAY
3
Spring Vacation
No Classes
10
Passover
Spring Vacation
No Classes
WEDNESDAY
4
7–8:30 p.m. KM Choir
11
Passover
7–8:30 p.m.
KM Choir
THURSDAY
5
Spring Vacation
No Classes
12
Passover
Spring Vacation
No Classes
6:30–8 p.m.
Membership
Committee mtg.
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
6
Passover
First Seder
Spring Vacation
No Classes
7 p.m.
Candle Lighting
13
Passover
Spring Vacation
No Classes
9:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
Passover Services
Seventh Day (at
Mishkon)
7:05 p.m.
Candle Lighting
15
22
29
Israel Festival—
Rancho Park
16
5:30 p.m. Ways and
Means Committee mtg.
6:30–8 p.m.
Sisterhood mtg.
23
30
17
3:45–6:30 p.m.
Religious School
2–7 Grades
4–6 p.m. Religious
School K/1 Class
24
3:45–6:30 p.m.
Religious School
2–7 Grades
4–6 p.m. Religious
School K/1 Class
6:30 p.m.–7 p.m.
KM Cafe
18
19
7–8:30 p.m.
KM Choir
Holocaust
Remembrance Day
(Yom HaShoah)
3:30–5 p.m.
Rabbi’s Bible Study
25
26
6:30 p.m.
Executive Board mtg.
7:30 p.m.
KM Choir
7:30 p.m.Board of
Trustees mtg.
Shabbat
Club
Shabbat Club meets
each Saturday morning
from 10 a.m.–noon.
Designed for students
in grades 2–6, children
have an opportunity to
study Torah, play games,
perform skits based on the
weekly Torah reading, and
of course: enjoy a snack!
Come out and see what
you’ve been missing.
Israel Independence
Day
(Yom Ha’atzmaut)
3:30–5 p.m.
Rabbi’s Bible Study
20
3–4 p.m. KM Kids
7:11 p.m.
Candle Lighting
27
10 a.m. Book Club
3–4 p.m. KM Kids
7:16 p.m.
Candle Lighting
SARIES
7
Passover
9:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
Shabbat Services
10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Shabbat Club
11 a.m.–12 p.m.
Tot Shabbat
6:30–9:30 p.m.
Community Seder—
Second Night
14
Passover
(except Israel)
9:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
Shabbat Services
10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Shabbat Club
11 a.m.–12 p.m.
Tot Shabbat
21
9:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
Shabbat Services
10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Shabbat Club
11 a.m.–12 p.m.
Tot Shabbat
28
9:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
Shabbat Services
10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Shabbat Club
11 a.m.–12 p.m.
Tot Shabbat
Mazel Tov to Our
April Celebrants
Emanuel and Judith Baker, 40th anniversary
Thomas and Sidne Erdosi, 39th anniversary
Charles and Miriam Hamrell, 40th anniversary
Judi Levine and Benjamin Lewin, 28th anniversary
David and Elizabeth Ricanati, 16th anniversary
David and Libby Silverman, 8th anniversary
Victor and Susan Temkin, 42nd anniversary
Thomas and Shelly Vedres, 49th anniversary
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My special thank you to the team captains who
made the important phone calls that helped
make our Purim event such a success.
Judy Baker
Herb Berger
Toby Brannen
Eileen Cohen
Charles Goldsmith
Kathy Gura
Amy Levine
Stephen Shapiro
Valerie Zim
Much Appreciated:
Jack Topal
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Congratulations and thank you to all who participated in our Purim Megillah Reading and Raffle this
year. What a night it was! ESTHER’S JESTER’S FIESTA was a rousing success with no small thanks to
our fabulous committee chaired this year by our Youth Director, Cindy Roth. Kudos to Cindy and her
committee who worked tirelessly to ensure our success.
We had wonderful volunteers and a Purim spiel; we had egg rolls and noddles in addition to our pizza, we had
real live circus performers performing for our “Queen,” we saw lots of people, in all age and sizes, in costume,
and we sold 502 tickets which were DOUBLE MATCHED by an anonymous donor. WOW WOW WOW.
OH WHAT A NIGHT!! These donations will go toward improving our programs and community. A most
special thank you to our very generous anonymous donors—you inspire us to do even better. Thank you, thank
you, thank you!
We want to thank all our volunteers—those who made phone calls, those who served food, those who helped
decorate and those who pitched in last minute. A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who participated in this
wonderful event.
Mazel Tov To Our Prize Winners!
2 AMC Movie Passes Richard Premack
Visa Gift Card Linda and Jack Topal
Gift Card For On The Border, Chilis. Macaroni
Grill Carole and Sid Meltzner
PF Changs Gift Card Miyako and Larry Berkin
Target Gift Card Dalia Carr
Kindle Sharon and Joel Krischer
Regal Entertainment Movie Passes Alyssa and
David Ganezer
Starbucks Gift Card Roy Morris
Mark Taper Forum Rose Piccirilli
Cheesecake Factory Gail Kramer
CPK Gift Card Judy and Ness Moadeb
Il Moro Gift Certificate Bobbi and Richard Thompson
Regal Entertainment Movie Passes Janine Negrin
Visa Gift Card Esther and Tony Martinez
CPK Gift Card Sue and Paul Hoffman
Starbucks Gift Cards Susan and Randy Ziegler
Dream Dinners Gift Certificate Barbara and
Richard Levy
PF Changs Gift Card Irwin Zim
Ralphs Gift Card Suzanne and Stuart Schweitzer
Vincenzo Restaurante Penny Negrin
Cheesecake Factory Sarah Strassberg
Grand Hyatt San Diego Weekend Rose Piccirilli
iPad Andrew Valdivia
$1800 cash Marian and Charley Goldsmith
$1800 cash Susan and David Oberman
April 2012 • 7
Religious School and
Youth Doings
Manny Baker
V.P. Education
I
n calendar year 2012, the months of March and April have
a great deal of meaning for Jews. Purim was in March, and
Pesach and Israel Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzmaut) fall
in April. Since all three events are synced to the Jewish calendar,
where they fall in the secular calendar varies from year to year.
Purim generally falls in March, which it did this year. Pesach
generally falls in April, which it also does this year, although
every now and then the first seder may fall out at the tail end of
March. Yom Ha'atzmaut commemorates the establishment of
the State of Israel, which occurred in 1948 on the Hebrew date
of 5 Iyar and the secular date of 14 May. Yom Ha'atzmaut will
sometimes fall in April, and sometimes in May.
Our Religious School, of course, observes all three events.
The kids took part in the Purim celebration on March 7 at KM.
A program was set up for them in the Moadan. Prizes were given
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out for the costumes, and the kids also pulled off a “Megillanapping,” where they snatched the Megilla and returned it for
a ransom. In the classes, the kids made mishloach manot packages to give to anyone of their choice. In addition, they also
made up food packages to give to the poor.
No special programs were planned for Pesach. The school has
a break for two weeks which coincides with the spring break for
the public schools and the eight days of Pesach. Nonetheless,
there are class projects for Pesach that the kids will do.
Yom Ha’atzmaut falls on a regularly scheduled school day,
and the celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut will be turned into a
learning moment, so to speak. There will be a virtual tour of
Israel where kids will be assigned to talk to the rest of the school
about the specific places in Israel that have been assigned to
them, describing what is important about these sites.
A Few Words from Kehillat Ma’arav’s
Membership Committee
ust one week ago my wife and I had the pleasure of kvelling as the last of our three daughters was wed at Kehillat
Ma’arav with Rabbi Michael Gotlieb officiating. She stood
under the same KM chuppah as her sisters, the one that hangs
on our sanctuary wall when not in use. To be sure, our daughter’s journey toward creating a Jewish household encountered
some bumps in the road… this was her second marriage. As
her parents we breathed a sigh of relief; today our sons-in-law
are all Jewish, our children are all affiliated with Jewish congregations and our school-aged grandchildren are all enrolled in
religious schools.
Passing our Jewish heritage l’dor v’dor (from generation to
generation) has always been high on our list of priorities. To
reach this point we leaned heavily on the experiences of friends
who succeeded before us. We watched, we asked questions and
we emulated.
Early on we learned that there are no silver bullets and no
guarantees. Some did all the right things yet their children chose
different paths. Nonetheless, there are common threads that
each successful family incorporated that dramatically raised the
odds of their own children keeping the faith. Some of those
strategies are listed here. They worked for us and there’s a good
chance they’ll work for you too.
To be sure, Shabbat played a central theme in each home. Friday
nights meant Shabbat clothes, a festive table, a Kiddush, a blessing
of the children, a Shabbat meal and a departure from weekly activities with electronic devices turned off. On Saturday mornings
the children attended junior congregation (aka Shabbat Club @
KM) while their parents davened in the sanctuary.
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The celebration of Yom
Ha’atzmaut will be turned into
a learning moment.
These homes also placed religious education on par with
secular education. Those who could afford it sent their children
to day schools. Others utilized synagogue Hebrew schools and
sometimes supplemented classes with private tutoring. Children were also expected to continue their religious education
following a b’nai mitzvah. Many were subsequently enrolled
in the Los Angeles Hebrew High School, a supplemental Conservative school that students attend concurrently with secular
high school.
Homes that succeeded in imbuing their children with a
strong Jewish identity also abided by the laws of kashrut. One
of the beauties of a kosher diet is that it is a constant reminder
that we are different (i.e. Jewish) and being different is something to be proud of.
The Conservative Movement operates many affiliates that
empower families to successfully raise Jewish children, including synagogues, day and supplemental schools, the Ramah
camps, the USY (United Synagogue Youth) movement, institutions of higher learning and programs in Israel. Our family
took advantage of many of them. Now that our children are
raising children of their own we have an even greater appreciation for the positive impact that those organizations had
toward helping our family mature Jewishly. If you wish to learn
more you may contact the synagogue office or send an email to
me at leonard_solomon@sbcglobal.net.
On behalf of the Kehillat Ma’arav Membership Committee,
chag Pesach sameach.
Leonard M. Solomon
Membership Committee
APRIL
TRIBUTES
In honor of
• Jackie Kosecoff and Robert
Brook’s 30th Wedding Anniversary by Judy and Les Eber
Thank you to
• Loana and Sandy Rosenblatt
by Marian and Charley
Goldsmith
• Carole and Sid Meltzner
by Marian and Charley
Goldsmith
In memory of
• Barnet Katz, father of Estelle
Gray by Estelle Gray
• Bernard Steinberg, father of
Doug Steinberg by Doug and
Sarah Steinberg
• Bernard Wolfberg, father of
Ted Wolfberg by Ted and
Roselynne Wolfberg
• Bessie Berger, mother of Herb
Berger by Herb and Evelyn
Berger
• Carolyn Scalzo, mother-inheart of Tamara Levenson
by Tamara, Alec and Eve
Levenson
• Charles Abrams, father of
Chuck Abrams by Chuck and
Carol Abrams
• Edna Gould, mother of Mark
Gould by Mark and Shelley
Gould
• Edward Baker, brother of
Manny Baker by Manny and
Judy Baker
• Efim Averbukh, remembered
by Rozalye Averbukh
• Esther Rabb, mother of Kathy
Gura by Kathy and Dennis
Gura
• Flora Shapiro, mother of Steve
Shapiro by Steve and Judy
Shapiro
• Harry Cohen, grandfather of
Beverly Bienstock by Beverly
and Bernie Bienstock
• Henry Baizer, brother of Ed
Baizer by Ed Baizer
• Irving Alter, father of Alan
Alter by Alan and Halina Alter
• Jack Schwartz, father of Elliot
Schwartz by Elliot and Beverly
Schwartz
Men’s Club
Men’s Club Meeting
Monday, April 9
7 PM at KM
as of March 15
• Louis Posternack, father of
Elaine Olken by Elaine and
Sherwin Olken
• Maurice Shapiro, father of
Steve Shapiro by Steve and
Judy Shapiro
• Norman Gottlieb, father of
Karen Gottlieb by Karen
Gottlieb
• Rebecca Gura, daughter of
Kathy and Dennis Gura by
Kathy and Dennis Gura
• Roslyn Dupler Fitch, cousin of
Gaylen Grody by Gaylen and
Wayne Grody
• Sam Stover, grandfather of
Gaylen Grody by Gaylen and
Wayne Grody
• Sam Wolff, father of Sharon
Krischer by Sharon and Joel
Krischer
• Sol Gura, father of Dennis
Gura by Dennis and Kathy
Gura
• Sydney Ducker, father of
Gaylen Grody by Gaylen and
Wayne Grody
• William Strom, father of David
Strom and grandfather of Joel
Strom by David and Shirley
Strom and Joel and Holly
Strom
PRAYERBOOK FUND
In Memory of
• Jack Goldin, father of Sharon
Janks by Sharon and Leon
Janks
RABBI’S
DISCRETIONARY FUND
A Donation by
• Matthew Maibaum
DAYS
The Men’s Club is planning a very interesting and
exciting evening presenting our own Dr. Fern Margolis. Dr. Margolis will talk on the subject of Kabbalah.
What is Kabbalah? Why Kabbalah? Why Now? Think
about Kabbalah in our times and how the desire for Spirituality differs from our everyday life.
Please come, listen and learn. Ask questions and gain
insight into another wisdom.
For further information:
Herb Berger 310-458-5565
papaherbi@aol.com
Danielle Elizabeth Bernstein
Sebastian Ben Dayan
Noam Feinberg
Tali Feinberg
Theodore Fleiss
Maya Ariel Geschwind
Kobi Hancz
Roey Kuba
Alexander (Sasha) Lenkin
Spencer Kramer Levin
Naomi Leemor Pearl
Georgia Trester
April 2012 • 9
ZEITS
Kaddish will be recited on
April 7, 2012 for:
Nissan 15, 5772 (4/7/2012)
Max A. Dolnick
father of Shulamit Ash
Rose Scheiner
grandmother of Michael
Savoy
Nissan 16, 5772 (4/8/2012)
Millie Fox
aunt of Irv Rosenfeld
Thelma O'Reilly
stepmother of Loana
Rosenblatt
Fanny Seifert
mother of Jacob Seifert
Nissan 17, 5772 (4/9/2012)
Shirley Feiner
sister of Celeste Erdley,
aunt of Alyssa Ganezer
Leo Kamion
uncle of Matthew
Maibaum
Irwin Schwartz
brother of Elliot Schwartz,
uncle of Andrea
Jussim Jenny Silk
grandmother of Roger Silk
“
The memory of the
righteous is for a blessing.
–Proverbs 10:7
Kaddish will be recited on
April 14, 2012 for:
Nissan 22, 5772 (4/14/2012)
Nissan 23, 5772 (4/15/2012)
Andras Kovacs
uncle of Thomas Vedres
Nissan 24, 5772 (4/16/2012)
Rose First
mother of Mina Solomon
Nissan 27, 5772 (4/19/2012)
Lena Mund
grandmother of Sandy
Rosenblatt
Sidney Roth
father of Cindy Roth
Nissan 28, 5772 (4/20/2012)
Nissan 19, 5772 (4/11/2012)
Max Karchem
father of Norman
Karchem, grandfather of
Debra Silverman
Kaddish will be recited on
April 21, 2012 for:
Nissan 29, 5772 (4/21/2012)
Eric Muller
husband of Lily Muller,
father of Paul Muller
”
Deanna Krieger
sister of Sarah Strassberg
Anne Rosenblatt
mother of Sandy
Rosenblatt
Sadie Berkowitz
Iyar 2, 5772 (4/24/2012)
mother of Martin Berkowitz
Harry Berger
Nissan 25, 5772 (4/17/2012)
father of Herbert Berger
Jesse Raider
David Kramarsky
uncle of Carole Meltzner
uncle of Jonathan
Kramarsky
Nissan 26, 5772 (4/18/2012)
Nissan 18, 5772 (4/10/2012)
Nissan 21, 5772 (4/13/2012)
Nissan 30, 5772 (4/22/2012)
Sally Berkin
Genevieve Barabash
grandmother of Larry
grandmother of Heather
Berkin
Moses
Michael Diamant
Leon Shulkin
father of Sharon Margolin, father of Louis Diamant
grandfather of Laura Miller Beatrice Mikelson
aunt of Michael Menitoff
Chana Weinstein
grandmother of Shelly Vedres Iyar 1, 5772 (4/23/2012)
Nat Karchem
brother of Norman
Karchem, uncle of Debra
Silverman
Daniel H. Andrew
father of Gary Andrew
Ray Zucker
mother of Lou Zucker
George Silverman
father of Ovvie Miller,
grandfather of Cantor
Keith Miller
Iyar 3, 5772 (4/25/2012)
Morris (Moshe) Simon
father of Gilbert Simon
Iyar 4, 5772 (4/26/2012)
Zelma Jankelowitz
mother of Leon Janks
Abram Jay Wolfberg
grandfather of Kathie
Rose
Iyar 5, 5772 (4/27/2012)
Robert Goodman
brother of Celeste Erdley,
uncle of Alyssa Ganezer
Lara Long
niece of Shelly Vedres
Iyar 7, 5772 (4/29/2012)
Rouhollah Louy
father of Charles Louy
Myrtle Weisman
mother of Sandra Diane
Sampson
Iyar 8, 5772 (4/30/2012)
Raymond Charette
father of Susan Charette
Jack DeHovitz
grandfather of Dan
DeHovitz
Iyar 9, 5772 (5/1/2012)
Salomon Bochner
father of Deborah
Bochner Kennel
Iyar 10, 5772 (5/2/2012)
Enta Niselevich
mother of Faina Gelman
Ira Olken
brother of Sherwin Olken
Iyar 11, 5772 (5/3/2012)
Steve Craig
son-in-law of Norma and
Lee Laine
Iyar 12, 5772 (5/4/2012)
Rose Freedman
aunt of Sonya Sultan
Sylvia Katz
sister-in-law of Jack
Nomberg
Kaddish will be recited on
April 28, 2012 for:
Iyar 6, 5772 (4/28/2012)
Minnie Karpel
grandmother of Susan
Karpel
Gift Shop
We just received some very exciting new pieces for us,
Spode Judaica. I have been wanting to bring this line in for
a couple of years, and now we finally have it. They are in the
traditional blue and white patterns and are just gorgeous.
This beautiful china will be a treasure for years to come
and a treasure to pass on from one generation to another.
Something to consider buying for yourself or purchasing
as a gift for someone very special. They also make spectacular wedding gifts. We have a Seder Plate, Salad Bowl,
and Challah Platter which is large enough for a round or
long Challah, and can be used with or without the cutting
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board. Beautiful candlesticks and a spectacular wedding
cup.
We have new mezuzahs as well as many other items.
This is your Gift Shop. If there is something you would
like us to order, just let us know. We are happy to help in any
way possible. You can contact Evelyn through the office or
directly at 310 458-5565 or by e-mail at bubieevey@aol.com.
It is our pleasure to help with any occasion,
Your Gift Shop Staff,
Evelyn Berger and Judy Shapiro
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SAVE THE DATE
Our annual dinner dance and auctions, this year honoring
Sandy and Loana Rosenblatt will be SUNDAY, JUNE 24. Mark your calendar.
You’re Invited
Saturday, April 7
Second Night
Community Seder