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TEMPLE BETH AM AFFILIATED WITH THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM • VOL 2021, NO. 2 • Adar/Nisan/Iyar 5781 • March/April 2021
FROM THE PRESIDENT
A New Spring
S pringtime. For me, this time of year is usually all
about the Dodgers’ spring training in Arizona.
The smell of freshly cut grass, cool mornings
warming to a comfortable breeze. A chance for
the team, and for all of us, to start anew. Eternal
optimism.
With all that has befallen our community-- our
world — over the past year, it can be tempting to
lament our lot. To mark this one year anniversary of the pandemic as a
moment of despair. To mourn all that has been lost.
There’s a time for that, to be sure.
But this season also suggests a different approach. Maybe it’s time to
take a fresh look at our world, our neighbors, our community. Maybe it’s
time to shake off the doldrums of our long winter. Maybe, like the Boys
in Blue, it’s time to help our world get back into shape.
Temple Beth Am is up to the challenge. And to mark the moment,
we are announcing a new way of thinking about our place in the world.
Indeed, a reframing of new and already existing social action projects.
It’s called Olam Hesed Yibaneh. (Building Our World With
Lovingkindness).
Our synagogue has long engaged with the community around us, from
individual social action projects, to our annual Bill Strick Thanksgiving
Luncheon, and all points in between. But now, some of our members
most intimately engaged in these efforts have decided to ramp it up a
notch. We are rebranding all our social action efforts under this single
banner, and thereby presenting our members with different ways of
giving back.
The details of the program can be found on the back cover of this issue.
They’re pretty exciting. We’ve divided the world of social engagement
into three broad categories: Olam (global and international issues), Hesed
(societal issues in our immediate community), and Yibaneh (organizing
direct volunteer efforts).
Examples of our global Olam offerings include opportunities to
get involved with Jewish World Watch, HIAS, and our Refugee Task
Force. Hesed includes our One LA chapter, our racial justice programs,
interfaith programs, as well as our food pantry. Yibaneh includes our
local Operation PB&J, Giving Spirit kits and meals for our homeless
neighbors, as well as the aforementioned Thanksgiving Luncheon.
As we begin to re-engage in our lives, how about doing it in a big,
enormously fulfilling way? Spring brings with it the opportunity to
reinvent ourselves, and this new program is perfectly poised to allow
each of us to give back in a way that fits best.
Check out Olam Hesed Yibaneh here:
tbala.org/get-involved/social-action/olam-hesed-yibaneh
You won’t be disappointed.
Play ball!
Stuart Tochner can be reached at stochner@tbala.org
Kol HaRav By Rabbi Hillary Chorny, Cantor
T he video is about 40 seconds long. In it, a young graduate student pulls a
pile of papers and books from his backpack and sets up a study area on a
TEMPLE BETH AM table in a library. He takes a breath, and reaches once more into his backpack
1039 S. La Cienega Blvd., to pull out a large rock. Nothing remarkable happens: the student leans over
Los Angeles, CA 90035 his paper and apparently begins to read and take notes. Time passes and he
310.652.7354 • 310.652.2384 (fax) sits up, finally, grabs the rock, and puts it back in the bag. Then he cleans up
his station and walks away.
SCHOOL PHONE LINE
310.652.2002 I found this short film in a collection of videos that capture rituals invented
School Fax: 310.360.0850 in the course of an intensive study done in the context of the Stanford Design Lab with a focus on
betham@tbala.org Ritual Design. The rock is a ritual: place an element on your desk that signifies the start of study
www.tbala.org and remove it to connote that study has ended. In the exploration of ritual it turns out that there’s
no mandate that ritual need be fancy or complex. The principles of ritual are:
Temple Beth Am celebrates
• That they have a magical, Je ne sais quoi quality
traditional and innovative • They are done with intentionality
Judaism and inspires • They have a symbolic quality that lends purpose beyond the practical
lifelong learning in a • They evolve over time
warm, embrac ing community. I started developing a curriculum around the art and science of ritual innovation a few years ago
in the course that I teach for the first year students at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies. Each
Stuart Tochner, President
of us become ritual innovators, inventors of new traditions that are authentically linked to those
Rabbi Adam Kligfeld, Senior Rabbi
that are already a part of the Jewish canon. We added to the Stanford principles those which
Rabbi Hillary Chorny, Cantor
we identified as specifically Jewish; for example, one principle of Jewish ritual is that it becomes
Rabbi Rebecca Schatz, Assistant Rabbi
established through repetition.
Sheryl Goldman, Executive Director
There are rituals that belong to our entire family, made precious because their natural evolution
Rabbi Matt Shapiro,
Director of Youth Learning & Engagement is the sweet expression of a long-winded collective story. Years ago on a trip to England, we bought
Dr. Erica Rothblum, Head of School a small set of salt and pepper shakers: the Queen of England (pepper) and her royal corgi (salt). We
Rabbi Joel E. Rembaum, Emeritus would make the dog yip and bark when Ella was little as we passed it across the table. One Friday
Rabbi Jacob Pressman,z”l Emeritus night, we had the dog bark curiously at the challot hiding beneath their cover and pretended that
Rabbi Harry Silverstein,z”l Emeritus he tugged the cloth off to reveal the bread. She erupted in giggles, and the routine stuck, so much
that it became ritual at the Shabbat table. Every Friday night and every Shabbat lunch, that little
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dog has a job guarding our challot and waiting for just the right moment to bark for our attention
Editor Reyna Zack
and pull the cover free.
Editorial Staff Sheryl Goldman
And there are rituals that are sacred because I crafted them and they belong to me, and only to
Ellen L. Jacobs
Ariana Shane me. During the pandemic, I began to lean into the practice of ritualizing the mundane more and
Graphic Designer Jeff Baughman more, particularly when it came to my space. Back in April, I suggested to community members
over Zoom that they create a mikdash me’at, a small temple or altar of memory during Yizkor
beside their digital device so they could speak to pictures of their loved ones and feel surrounded
Kol Ha’am (USPS 008-599) by humanity even if they were otherwise alone. I did this in small private ways, creating a new
is published bi-monthly ritual for making myself a caramel-laced cup of coffee every morning when I gave up my trips to
by Temple Beth Am, the coffee shop. And I began to light a tea tree oil candle before and after my daily meditations as a
1039 South La Cienega Blvd., means of sensory transformation in the office space that otherwise feels like an unchanging cage.
Los Angeles, CA 90035-2507 As we round the corner on a year of COVID, it seems impossible that many of us will be
Annual Membership Dues gathering at seder tables by way of screens. Many of you might, I hope, join my family and me
include $5.00 subscription on the second night of Pesach for the Temple Beth Am Community Virtual Seder -- our second
annual, and hopefully the last. And as I begin preparations for that event I am aware that already
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at Los Angeles, California there is a sense of ritual formation, a bringing back of “what we did last year.” A certain magical
and additional mailing offices. something. An intentionality about the way we’re setting the evening in motion such that it will
be like no other night on Zoom. A night full of symbolism, but one that’s already evolving from its
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2020 version. A night of ritual.
Temple Beth Am,
I invite you to investigate your everyday world and spot the rituals you’ve inadvertently created,
1039 South La Cienega Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA 90035-2507 notice the patterns you set in motion each day or each week. And if you’re feeling creative, you
might venture into the purposeful creation of a new ritual in your world. If you do, I hope these
Join us on Zoom and at
https://youtube.com/TempleBethAm rituals bring you solace, and joy, and a sense of a little bit of magic in the everyday. You have
permission to craft that kind of wonder for yourself.
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YOUTH LEARNING & ENGAGEMENT
To provide dynamic experiences for children, teens and their families to encounter Jewish life
and community, so that they can be empowered to embark on their lifelong Jewish journeys.
Camp Keshet registration opening on March 15th, for more information go to www.tbala.org/camp
JLC Continues to Thrive YLE Parent Voice
in Distance Learning Sima Shimansky
T hough COVID has taken its toll on all of us, The Jewish Learning
Community of Temple Beth Am has really adjusted to virtual
learning, and it is really nice to see our students engaged and actively
T BA Teen programming has
provided my daughter Lila with
a space for community, connection
learning, even if on Zoom. The JLC teachers have all worked tirelessly and Jewish learning. While Covid
to incorporate different tech tools into the learning, and find different has shut down most opportunities
ways to keep the kids engaged virtually. to get together with friends, TBA
On a typical Sunday, you can see: teen programming has introduced
opportunities to spend time with
1st graders dancing and 2nd and 3rd graders exploring
friends, get to know the Pressman
singing along with the different aspects of Jewish
Shin Shin, re-connect with people
amazing Dale Schatz during Ritual on Morah Marcy’s
who are no longer at Pressman,
their Tefilla/song session. virtual classroom.
and make new friends too. In
4th and 5th graders re-enacting the teen lounge, Lila and her peers engage in fun activities like
6th graders exploring their
important events from Jewish playing online Pictionary, Jackbox, Kahoot and get-to-know you
Jewish Identity through
history while wearing costumes games, doing Chanukah gift exchanges, learning about Israel and
Yoga movements, virtual
and utilizing their virtual cooking. It’s a joy to hear laughter and bits of animated discussion
word-clouds, and exciting
background. coming from Lila’s room, especially after a long day of classes. The
games of Kahoot.
Tuesday teen lounge is a highlight of my daughter’s week!
Above all, we are so proud that these kids and their families are – Sima Shimansky, Pressman parent to Lila Shimansky
staying connected to their Jewish community and synagogue life. (7th grade)
That is what the JLC is all about!
How well do YOU know YLE?!
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WITH GRATITUDE TO OUR
JEREMIAH SOCIETY AND HEAD CIRCLE DONORS
I n this time of social distancing, TBA/
JPA were unable to host our usual donor
appreciation events in person. We couldn’t
let the year pass without expressing
gratitude, so staff and volunteers hand-
delivered gift baskets to those at the
Jeremiah Society and Head Circle giving
levels. We thank everyone who contributed
to this year’s Annual Giving Campaign,
which has raised a record amount of over
$950,000 to sustain our Temple and Schools.
of TEMPLE BETH AM
and our PRESSMAN ACADEMY
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Yahrzeit Donations Our B’nei Mitzvah
We thank those who support the synagogue community Mazal tov to the following b’nei mitzvah and their
in memory of their loved ones named below: families who plan to celebrate in the coming months.
Haim Abenhaim, Helen Anbar, William Anderson, Michelle Antignas, Joseph Bainvoll, Fischel Bank, While the exact details of some celebrations are uncertain
Sol Bergstein, Samuel Bloom, Jerome Borak, Harry Breverman, Albert Bryan, Pearl Chazanov,
at this time, we underscore our pride in these students
H. David Cherman, Morris Chorna, Mae Glockner Cohen, Rabbi Ronnie Cohen, Sandra Cohn, Irving Cole,
Ida Modiano De Benadon, Lorraine Drutz, Martin Drutz, David Eisenberg, Herman Feifel, Jacob Feifel, who are emerging as young leaders in our community.
Eva Feinberg, Rabbi Adam Feldman, Max Fine, Max Fineman, Milton Firestone, Leon Fishman,
David Frankel, Helen Frankel, Samuel Garber, Ester Geretz, Victor Geretz, Rita Gerson, Zoltan Gerstel,
Minnette Gibbons, Morris Ginsburg, Leib Giterman, Henry Goldberg, Abe Goldzweig, AVI NOTOWITZ
Gerald Greenberg,Theresa Greenblatt, Emily Greenstein, Sanford Grinel, Warren Grinel, Hannah Grinetz,
Mahlya Grinetz, Sonya Grinetz, Margaret Gross, Gloria Hackman, Flora Haim, Joseph Heller, Son of Laura and Sam Notowitz
Cornelia Herman, Ike Herman, Cheryl Hoffman, Ellen Horner, Gussie Horowitz, Evelyn Horwitz, March 6, 2021
Rose Horwitz, William Horwitz, Morris Istrin, Max Jacobs, Sarah Jacobs, Neima Javaher,
Shlomo Jonathan, Mata Kafka, Fannie Kaplan, Judith Kaplan, Maurice Kaplan, Louis Karasik, Laura Klein,
Lena Klein, Parvin Khoramian, Harold Koenigsberg, George Konheim, Isidor Kraushaar, Abraham Kreiner, ARIEL MAZAR
David Krymer, George Kuhn, Henryka Kunstler, Max Kuperstein, Danny Landres, Morris Langer, Son of Yael Lerman
Marie Lasher, Jack Lashner, Abram Lebedev, Rivka Lechter, Jeanette Lefko, Mark Lefko, Meyer Lepor,
Zena Levinson, Helen Lippman, Nathan Loober, Idell Low, Jerry Lubetkin, Joseph Lumer, Dov Malkin, and Michael Mazar
Oscar Mandel, Marian Mason, Harry Mendelsohn, Bates Metson, Martin Miller, Winston Millet, March 11, 2021
Arnold Minsky, Chaijja Moed, Elie Moed, Enoch Moed, Rose Molasky, Emil Moldovan, Pearl Moldovan,
Melvin Newman, Miriam Nirenberg, Saada Ohayon, Paulo Parras, Marvin Patack, Dorothy Pearlman,
Charles Pilch, Mae Plotnick, Sam Plotnick, Cecile Pogoda, Julius Polan, Charles Post, Tessie Prusky, LUCAS SHANE
Samuel Prusky, Harper Puziss, Anne Rabinow, Rhea Rembaum, Dorothy Richberg, Martin Ritter,
Forrest Roberts, Frances Roher, Abraham Rosen, Alan Rosenberg, Alfred Rosenberg,
Son of Ariana and Matt Shane
Harry Rosenberg, Miriam Mitzi Rosenblatt, Norman Rosenblatt, Marvin Rosenstein, March 13, 2021
Marcia Rubin, Shima Sack, Blanche Salick, Candace Salick, Martin Salick, Moshe Samuel,
Jennifer Sanders, Lillian Scherzer, Adele Schloss, Beatrice Schoenfeld, Leon Schwartz,
Morris Schwartz, Jacob Segel, Pearl Serber, Albert Shain, Jay Shalmoni, Elizabeth Shaps, SASHA KUTNER
Meir Silagi, Ellen Silk, Hilda Silberschein, Eli Silon, Bernice Silver, Laura Silver, Richard Silvera, Daughter of Sheryl Zohn
Barbara Lester Dunn Silverstone, Sheldon H. Sloan, Mary Small, Tanya Snyder, Charles Somers,
Fannie Sommer, Chula Sorger, Ethel Phillips Sperling, Hortense Spieler, Claire Steiner, and Rob Kutner
Ignatz Steiner, Arnold Stengel, Sylvia Stepakoff, Eve Sudar, William Wallace, Emmanuel Wasserman, March 14, 2021
Marjory Waxman, Masha Weissfeld, Edith Wolf, Margaret Wolf, Yitzchak Yaakov ben Moshe,
Ruth Zaiman, Edythe Zeichick, Borouch Zeldis, Georgette Zerbib, Max Zisovic
NOA BERRIN
Daughter of Sonja and Paul Berrin
IN MEMORIAM We mourn the passing of: March 27, 2021
Joe David, Joe was like a father to Farrah Noah (Jeremy Daniel) ELI STOFF
and Papa Joe to Bella and Chloe Daniel.
Son of Vanessa and Kenneth Stoff
Abraham Ehrenhaus, grandfather of Avi (Rachel) Gereboff, great-grandfather of
April 10, 2021
Yonah, Rami and Elan Gereboff.
Philippa Stein Fellheimer, sister-in-law of Ronna Sundy, wife of Leslie Greenberg.
ISABELLA GREENE
Harold Goetz, brother of Marlene (Stanley) Braer, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, Daughter of Elizabeth Cohen
and uncle to many loving family members.
and Wayne Greene
Alan W. Gold, husband of Natalie Gold Lumer, father of Robert Gold and Annette Gold. April 17, 2021
Joseph Kleinert, father of Nina Kleinert Dveirin (Brant Dveirin), Michelle Kleinert Bader (Jeff Bader)
and Jennifer Kleinert Misher (Ross Misher). Grandfather to 8. Husband of Simone Kleinert. NAOMI HEIMANSON
Miriam Gamliel Lebovic, mother of Lilac Lebovic - Pressman Academy teacher, Daughter of Ditza Meles
Sigal (Uri) Lebel and Jacob Yigal Lebovic (Gail Gottesman). and Ilan Heimanson
Malka Mann, grandmother of Jeremy (Samantha) Garelick, Carrie and Jamie. Great-grandmother of 8. April 17, 2021
Arlene Milrad, wife of Stephen Klitzky, mother of Robyn Klitzky, sister of Jeff (Fradelle)
Milrad, aunt and great aunt to many. MIA JACOBS
Nissan Pardo, stepfather of Elan (Dahlia) Carr, husband of Carmella Pardo, Daughter of Jacqui and Alex Jacobs
grandfather of Hannah, Rachelle and Sammy Carr. April 24, 2021
Rebecca Risman, mother of Matthew Risman (Julie Miller), wife of Michael Risman,
grandmother of Maya and Zev Risman.
Joel Sekely, father of Catie (Leon) Hazany, grandfather of Jacob & Laila Hazany.
Bris and Baby Namings
Lotte G Sohn, mother of Ruth Sohn (Reuven Firestone), Peter (Karol) Sohn. Grandmother of
Noah Shai
Rachel (Berenike) Firestone, Noam and Amir Firestone.
Son of Shira & Aaron Feinstein
Edith Swerdlow, mother of Jonathan (Sharon) Swerdlow, bubbe to Leora, Brother of Jacob Zev
Ari and Alexander, as well as 7 other grandchildren. Born January 15, 2021
Stanton Samuel West, father of Pam (Lyle) Kurtz. Grandfather of Lauren, Samantha and Jared Kurtz. Given the name Noah Shai
Alexandra Naomi Benassaya Elon Noah
Granddaughter of Sandra Jaffe Grandson of Sara & Myron Hecht
Engagements & Weddings and Jerry Jaffe and
Josette & Raoul Benassaya
Great-grandson of Esther Hecht
Son of Vivian & Aaron Hecht
Mazal Tov to: Daughter of Alyssa Jaffe
& Julien Benassaya
Born on January 21, 2021
Given the name Elon Noah
Rachel Lisa Weber, daughter of Manya (Don) Beier and Born August 21, 2020
Robert (Roxanne) Weber on her engagement to Spencer Gauthier. Given the name Naomi
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MARCH/APRIL 2021
CLASSES OF THE REMBAUM INSTITUTE OF MARCH
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ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY PROGRAMMING Monday - 5:00 PM
For the months of March and April, we anticipate that all TBA WHAT DOES AUSCHWITZ ALSO HAVE TO
programming will remain virtual. Please check our website at SAY TO OUR WORLD?
tbala.org for zoom links and new class offerings, or email Hear from Executive Director, Thorsten Wagner,
Director of Programming and Engagement Lia Mandelbaum of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of
at lmandelbaum@tbala.org. Professional Ethics (FASPE) and a fellowship participant.
Conversation moderated by Holocaust scholar and
FILM DISCUSSION GROUP TBA member, Michael Berenbaum.
Sundays at 7:30 PM with Dr. Michael Berlin
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Sunday - 7:30 PM
SIDDUR CLASS FILM GROUP WITH MICHAEL BERLIN
Tuesdays at 8:10 AM after morning minyan with Rabbi Avi Havivi Walk on Water
Can be pre-screened on Tubi
CHANTING KOHELET & EICHA WITH RABBI CANTOR CHORNY
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Tuesdays at 12:00 PM Wednesday - 11:00 AM
JEWISH WORLD TRAVEL GROUP
RASHI WITH RABBI KLIGFELD
Immigration, Myths, and Music of Jewish Ireland
Wednesdays at 8:30 AM
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11:00 AM
MEDITATION WITH RABBI KLIGFELD
SISTERHOOD BAGELS B’YACHAD
Wednesdays & Fridays at 12:00 PM
Honoring Ann Istrin, see details on pg. 9
MUSIC & MINDFULNESS WITH RABBI CANTOR CHORNY Sunday - 7:30 PM
Wednesdays at 5:00 PM FILM GROUP WITH DR. MICHAEL BERLIN
Discussion on Little White Lie
SOURCES THROUGH SRUGIM WITH RABBI SCHATZ
Can be pre-screened on Amazon
Wednesdays at 6:15 PM
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MIDRASHA - WOMEN’S STUDY GROUP WITH RABBI SCHATZ Sunday - 11:00 AM
SUGAR & SPICE AND EVERYTHING PASSOVER
Thursdays at 8:30 AM & 7:00 PM
Learn to cook chopped and fried gefilte fish balls
COFFEE WITH THE CLERGY from Jane Willoughby and Passover Sandwich Rolls
Have a question? Want to check in during a hard week? from Sheryl Goldman
Thursdays at 9:30 AM with Rabbi Kligfeld 7:30 PM
FILM GROUP WITH DR. MICHAEL BERLIN
EXPLORING THE PARSHA WITH RABBIS SCHATZ & SHAPIRO
Raid on Entebbe
Fridays at 11:00 AM
Can be pre-screened on Amazon
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Monday 10:00 AM
JEWISH WORLD TRAVEL GROUP
Rebuilding Jewish Life in Berlin from the
Ashes of the Holocaust
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Wednesday - 6:00 PM
SPORTS & SCHMOOZE
The World of Sports Broadcasting
Join us in conversation with Jonah Malkin, co-founder
of J & J Media, and Aaron Goldhammer,
Host/producer at ESPN Cleveland
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Friday
COMMUNITY SHABBAT DINNER @ HOME
Order your Pre-Pesah Shabbat dinner from Balabusta
by March 19. Pick up at TBA (1:00-3:00 PM Friday);
delivery options. www.tbala.org/communityshabbat
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Saturday
EREV PASSOVER - 1ST SEDER
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Sunday - 6:30 PM
1ST DAY PASSOVER
PESAH SECOND NIGHT VIRTUAL SEDER
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CALENDAR To view more details and Zoom links for upcoming
events, visit our Calendar: tbala.org/calendar
APRIL Shabbat & Daily Minyan
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Saturday For information on Daily Minyan, Shabbat and Holiday Services
PASSOVER - 7TH DAY during the months of March and April, please visit our website
at www.tbala.org. We will continue to provide in-person
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Sunday
opportunities for our Shabbat davening, as well as a livestream
PASSOVER - 8TH DAY
and/or zoom option for those who wish to participate from home.
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Monday* - 7:30 PM Email betham@tbala.org for login and password information.
FILM GROUP WITH DR. MICHAEL BERLIN
To Take a Wife MORNING MINYAN ON ZOOM
Screen beforehand on Chai Flicks Weekdays at 7:30 AM; Sundays & Federal Holidays at 8:00 AM
*note special day this week Rosh Hodesh and Chol Hamo’ed: 7:15 AM
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Tuesday - 7:00 PM EVENING MINYAN ON ZOOM
ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY Sunday - Thursday nights - Please check our homepage for
Conversation between Jeffrey Abrams,
updated times. Check the website for Friday and Saturday evening
Regional Director of ADL Los Angeles and
Rabbi Adam Kligfeld schedules - Livestream and/or Zoom
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Thursday - 7:30 PM
YOM HASHOAH SERVICE AND PROGRAM
Led by Rabbi Joel Rembaum
Candle Lighting
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Sunday - 7:30 PM
FILM GROUP WITH DR. MICHAEL BERLIN
Across the Waters March 5 5:36 PM
Screen beforehand on Chai Flicks March 12 5:41 PM
March 19 6:47 PM
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Monday - 10:00 AM
JEWISH WORLD TRAVEL March 26 6:52 PM
Learn about the Jewish history and March 27 7:48 PM - Passover
Modern-day life of Jews in Paris
March 28 7:49 PM - Passover
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Wednesday - 6:30 PM April 2 6:57 PM
MA’AVAR CEREMONY
April 3 7:54 PM - Second days of Passover
Join us in commemorating those who have died as soldiers,
civilians, first responders or in terrorist attacks in Israel April 9 7:03 PM
and bringing us into the celebratory party of Israel’s April 16 7:08 PM
independence. Activities, prayer services, interactive
experience to be announced.
April 23 7:13 PM
April 30 7:19 PM
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Thursday
YOM HA’ATZMAUT - ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE DAY
Torah Portion
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Sunday - 7:30 PM
FILM GROUP WITH DR. MICHAEL BERLIN
Redemption
Screen beforehand on Chai Flicks March 6 Ki Tisa
March 13 Vayakhel-Pekudei
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Thursday - 5:00 PM
March 20 Vayikra
SUGAR & SPICE AND EVERYTHING SHABBOS
Post-Passover bake-along March 27 Tzav
Demonstrations led by TBA member, Annie Spar April 3 Passover
and Samantha Bernstein (Pressman Alum, class of 2012)
Aril 10 Shemini
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Sunday - 7:30 PM April 17 Tazria-Metzora
FILM GROUP WITH DR. MICHAEL BERLIN April 24 Acharei-Kedoshim
Testament
Screen beforehand on Chai Flicks
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100 Days of (PANDEMIC)
SCHOOL!
Pressman Academy always marks the 100th day of school.
But this year, it took on special meaning. On the 100th day,
1st graders dressed up like they were 100 years old, 3rd graders
returned to campus for the first time since March 2020, and
middle schoolers got to use a special virtual background.
We are so grateful for the partnership
of our entire community and look
forward to making the most of
the next 100 days!
Pressman Academy ECC and Day School Applications
We are still accepting applications for the 2021-2022 school year.
T he ECC offers two-year-olds - 4-year-olds a rich curriculum,
an incredible outdoor classroom, and our exceptional Hebrew
Immersion Program. For more information please contact Lesley
emotional, and spiritual learning for children in Kindergarten
through Grade Eight. You can find the application on line at
www.pressmanacademy.org.
Bloom, Director of School Admissions at (310) 652-7354 ext. 227 or Please contact Lesley Bloom at 310-652-7354, ext. 227 or
email her at eccadmissions@pressmanacademy.org lbloom@pressmanacademy.org with any questions about the
The Day School offers academic excellence balanced with social, application or admissions process.
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this is sisterhood
tbala.org/sisterhood
From our Sisterhood President Annie Spar
W ho is the person who has planned the most programs for
Sisterhood? While Jane Willoughby, our current programmer
extraordinaire seems to be planning programs in her sleep, it is not she.
raised by Torah Fund. If you haven’t made your donation to Torah Fund,
that link is also on the Sisterhood page of the website.
I look forward to seeing all of you on zoom at our Bagels B’Yachad
Is it Sandra Braun? Sandra has done many, many things for Sisterhood, brunch honoring Ann. And, Ann, thank you for all you do. Kol Hakavod
but it is not she? By now you must have figured it out, but in case you to you.
haven’t, I’ll tell you: Ann Istrin. Ann Istrin has designed programs, planned Annie
programs, run programs, run them again and
then done some more. Over the years her
dedication and commitment to Sisterhood is
nothing short of herculean.
And so, on March 14th, we will honor Ann
Istrin at the Women’s League Torah Fund
Bagels B’Yachad brunch. By now you will have
received your invitation and registered, but if
you haven’t, do it right now on the Sisterhood
page of the website. In addition to honoring
Ann we will have words of wisdom from
Irene Muzas Calpe, a student at the Zacharias
Frankel College the Masorti Rabbinic College
in Potsdam.
Torah Fund is the philanthropy arm of the
Women’s League of Conservative Judaism.
The funds raised support Conservative Jewish
Education around the world, and our clergy
have personally benefited from the moneys
BARUCH LINK SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
T emple Beth Am is pleased to announce the establishment of the Baruch Link Scholar-
in-Residence program. As many of you know, Baruch was a gifted teacher of Hebrew
literature, as well as an active member of the Library Minyan. His many students and friends,
and people who knew him from the synagogue, miss his presence in their lives every day.
Baruch, himself a poet, blessed us with his reading of great Hebrew poems from the bimah.
His love of Hebrew literature was infectious, and brought meaning to many lives.
As a lasting memorial to Baruch, and as a way of filling the huge gap left by the absence
of this great teacher and friend, we are raising funds for an endowment which will allow the synagogue to invite annually well-known Hebrew
literature scholars for a weekend of sharing and learning with members and guests of our synagogue.
We have already raised more than 60% of the $100,000 endowment
We thank the following TBA members and friends for their generous goal for this project, but we need to raise the remaining balance of our
donations to establish this meaningful fund for our community. goal to make this dream a reality. We hope you can make a meaningful
John & Hilda Arnold Foundation; Oholiav Azaria; Vivian & Ron Alberts; contribution to this very worthwhile project. In doing so, you will honor
Sandra & Robert Braun; Sandy & Mayer Brenner; Rina Carmel; Link Baruch’s memory, and you will bring learning and joy to Beth Am.
Family; Joseph Lipner & Abigail Yasgur; David Cohen & Alisa Shudofsky; To learn more about this exciting project, please contact Eddie Levine
Rabbi Elliot & Marlynn Dorff Fund; Sheryl & Seth Goldman; Karen & (310) 200-5485, or Joel Grossman (310) 993-3342 for further details.
Steven Grey; Andrea & Rick Grossman Fund; Fran & Joel Grossman; You may make a donation at any time on the TBA website by going
Ira Handelman, Lee & Luis Lainer Fund; Pam, Amanda, Lianna & Eddie to www.tbala.org/BaruchLink. Teri and the rest of Baruch’s family
Fund; Virginia & Frank Maas; Judith & Louis Miller Fund; Janice & will be honored and grateful for your donations, and our membership
Benjamin Reznik Fund; David Myers & Nomi Stolzenberg; Wanda & will be richer for the knowledge each scholar in residence weekend will
Avi Peretz; Susan Green & Robert Ring; Philip & Sherrin Rosenthal; bring us. Thank you.
Jessica & Mark Samuel; Seth Schulweis; Stuart & Betty Tochner. 9 Kol Ha’am
Temple Beth Am Gratefully Acknowledges Donations through December 1, 2020
GENERAL FUND IN MEMORY OF
IN HONOR OF Hava Lvovich Semyon Lvovich
The occasion of Shmini Atzeret Yizkor Norm Green
Steve Spronz & Lillian Gelberg Joanna Sasson PRESSMAN ACADEMY DAY SCHOOL
High Holiday online services Sean Muhlstein IN HONOR OF
Temple Beth Am Leon Rogson Arieh Elad’s Bar Mitzvah Jacqui & Alex Jacobs
Chason Samuel’s Bar Mitzvah Nina Reinis Engagement of Eliana Willis Monica & Gabriel Kramer
Donation Alexandra Goldman The birth of Levi Isaac Prager Monica & Gabriel Kramer
Thank you for the Daily Minyan Neora Luria
IN MEMORY OF
Susan Mishler; Melissa & Michael Berenbaum
Arlene Milrad Debbie & Jerry Abeles
Head of BH Parks & Rec Commission
Malka Mann Joanna Kasirer & Josh Kaplan
Matanot L’evyonim - Purim Myra & Bruce Newman
The engagement of Rachel Weber Susan Laemmle & John Antignas
PRESSMAN ACADEMY ECC
Birth of Lisa Feldman & Brian Green’s Melissa & Michael Berenbaum
IN HONOR OF
grandson
The birth of granddaughter, Sandra Sohn Jaffe
Birth of Paula Pearlman & Mark Shapiro’s Melissa & Michael Berenbaum
Alexandra Naomi Benassaya
grandson
Birth of Val & Stan Goldstein’s grandson Melissa & Michael Berenbaum IN MEMORY OF
Jerry Abeles Jeff Kichaven Miriam Lebovic Marnie Stiglitz
Mike Harris & the afternoon minyan Darrell Cozen
PRESSMAN ACADEMY DAY SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
IN MEMORY OF
IN HONOR OF
George Kuhn Caroline & Michael Kuhn Avriella Rosner’s Bat Mitzvah Monica & Gabriel Kramer
Arlene Milrad Susan Laemmle & John Antignas, A speedy recovery for Wanda Peretz Natalie Roberts
Herbert G. Fishler
Stanton Samuel West Celia Somers IN MEMORY OF
Harold Goetz Mayer & Sandy Brenner, Linda Wisotsky Joe David Debbie & Jerry Abeles
Alan W. Gold Mayer & Sandy Brenner, Kathe Pilch Abraham Ehrenhaus Debbie & Jerry Abeles,
Philippa Fellheimer Mayer & Sandy Brenner Joanna Kasirer & Josh Kaplan
Edith Swerdlow Deborah Bernstein, Mayer & Sandy Brenner, Miriam Gamliel Lebovic Joanna Kasirer & Josh Kaplan
Anne-Marie Lamarche, Jennifer Low, Malka Mann Joanna Kasirer & Josh Kaplan
Adrian & Larry Miller
JPA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FUND
BILL STRICK MEMORIAL HELPING HAND FUND IN MEMORY OF
IN HONOR OF Jack Plax Jacqui & Alex Jacobs
The engagement of Eliana Willis Sharon & Brad Grob
The birth of Lisa Feldman & Brain Greene’s grandson Sharon & Brad Grob JEWISH LEARNING COMMUNITY OF TEMPLE BETH AM
Rabbi Daniel Chorny Larry Herman IN HONOR OF
Rabbi Kligfeld’s Humash Class Marshall & Hannah Kramer Thank you for your hard work Danielle & Adam Fogel
Rabbi Avi Havivi’s Siddur Class Marshall & Hannah Kramer
Michael Harris’s Daily Minyan leadership Marshall & Hannah Kramer PILCH SCHOLARSHIP FUND (JLC)
Susan Hetroni’s milestone birthday Mike & Sherri Cohn IN HONOR OF
Mike Harris and Daily Minyan David Klatzker The birth of Shoshi and Izydor Wilchfort’s Rosemary Cohen
Daily Minyan Tzedakah Larry Herman great-grandson
IN MEMORY OF COLKER-KLEIN SHAPIRO SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Mahlya Grinetz Stella Ezros Goldroyz IN HONOR OF
Miriam Nirenberg Rita Korn The birth of great-grandson of Dvorah Colker
Hanna Grinetz Stella Ezros Goldroyz & Family Shoshi & Izydor Wilchfort
Maurice Kaplan David Kaplan
IN MEMORY OF
Stanton Samuel West Vivian & Ron Alberts, Mike & Sherri Cohn
Ruth Diamond Dvorah Colker
Cornelia Herman & Ike Herman Jeanne & David Herman
Ethel Phillips Sperling Leona Sperling
Arlene Milrad Sherri & Mike Cohn, Sharon & Brad Grob
Stanton Samuel West Dvorah Colker
Aunt of Michael Blacher Sherri & Mike Cohn
Sylvia Leinverg Dvorah Colker
Sonya Grinetz Stella Ezros Goldroyz
Harold Goetz Vivian & Ron Alberts, Debbie Rich
CAMP RAMAH SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Lotte G Sohn Vivian & Ron Alberts,
IN MEMORY OF
Sharon & Brad Grob
Dorothy Canter Jana, Bruce, Joshua & Ayla Richland
Edith Swerdlow Vivian & Ron Alberts, Sherri & Mike Cohn
Dr. Adam Feldman Lisa Feldman
Philippa Stein Fellheimer Sharon & Brad Grob
Dr. Bates Metson Janet Urman
Cornelia Herman & Ike Herman Jeanne & David Herman
DAILY MINYAN
IN HONOR OF IN HONOR OF
Mike Harris’ leadership in Daily Minyan Joanna Sasson Benjy Kolieb’s Bar Mitzvah Samantha & Jeremy Garelick
Mike Harris Vered & Dov Hopenstand Sadie Gryczman’s Bat Mitzvah Samantha & Jeremy Garelick
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Kol Ha’am 10Donations ( Continued)
PRAYERBOOK FUND RABBI JOEL REMBAUM’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN HONOR OF IN MEMORY OF
Sheryl Goldman’s support during COVID Jeanne & David Herman Arlene Milrad Richard & Carole Kahn & Family
TORAH CLUB
IN HONOR OF
SISTERHOOD DONATIONS
Past, present and future Torah Club members Dorit & Joel Cooper To place a Sisterhood Tribute, contact Marlene Glaser
IN MEMORY OF at (310) 550-1738 or email: hagesq@aol.com
Lotte G Sohn Sherri and Mike Cohn
MAZEL TOV!
Manya and Don Beier Shoshi and Izydor Wilchfort
HIGH HOLIDAY DONATIONS
Robert and Roxanne Weber Cathy and Jeff Turkell
IN HONOR OF
Engagement of Daughter, Gabriela and Elie Litov
Sisterhood of Temple Beth Am Dorit & Joel Cooper
Rachel Lisa Weber to Spencer Gauthier
Anne Spar, Sisterhood President
Marlene Braer Gabriela and Elie Litov
IN MEMORY OF
Thank you for Your Excellent
Harold Goetz Rosana & Edward Chermisqui,
Leadership of the Mystery Book Club
Anita Happel, Jackie Weiss
Michael Berlin Gabriela and Elie Litov
REMBAUM INSTITUTE OF ADULT & FAMILY PROGRAMS Thank you for your Insightful,
IN HONOR OF Excellent Leadership of the Movie Club
Dr. Michael Berlin Stuart Sloame Lia Mandelbaum Gabriela and Elie Litov
Thank you for your Excellent Organization
RABBI ADAM KLIGFELD’S DISCRETIONARY FUND of TBA Programming
IN MEMORY OF
GET WELL
Adele Schloss Diane & Bob Roosth
Siamac (Sam) Zakhor Marlene and Harvey Glaser
Frida Blumen Miryam & Henry Jannol
Stanton West Norman Lepor & Helen Jacobs-Lepor CONDOLENCES
Meyer Lepor Norman Lepor & Helen Jacobs-Lepor Marlene Braer and Family Gabriela and Elie Litov
Max & Sarah Jacobs Norman Lepor & Helen Jacobs-Lepor Loss of Brother, Harold Goetz Cathy and Jeff Turkell
Yitzchak Yaakov ben Moshe Michael Rubin The Gold Family Gabriela and Elie Litov
IN HONOR OF Loss of Alan Gold
The engagement of Eliana Willis Miryam & Henry Jannol Mindy Goldberg and Family Marlene and Harvey Glaser
Hanukkah & personal thanksgiving Philip Nurenberg Loss of Sister, Rae Schechtman
(for auto repair miracle)
Harry Kamen and Family Marlene and Harvey Glaser
Daily Minyan Benjamin Kushner
Loss of Sister, Rae Schechtman
TBA’s Board of Directors, Clergy, and senior staff Dorit & Joel Cooper
for all their efforts in 2020 Stephen and Robyn Klitzky Gabriela and Elie Litov
Addison Cooper’s Bat Mitzvah Dorit & Joel Cooper Loss of Wife and Mother, Arlene Milrad Shoshi and Izydor Wilchfort
Rabbi Kligfeld’s love, care and support Dov & Vered Hopenstand Pam Kurtz and Family Samuel Family
Jacob Lefferman’s Bar Mitzvah Essia Cartoon Fredman Loss of Father, Stanton Samuel West
Rabbi Kligfeld Julie Drucker Farrah Noah and Family Samuel Family
Loss of Father and Grandfather Joe David
RABBI CANTOR HILLARY CHORNY’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
Bertha Plotnick and Family Marlene and Harvey Glaser
IN HONOR OF
Loss of Sister, Rae Shechtman
Addison Cooper’s Bat Mitzvah Dorit & Joel Cooper
Shirley Saber Mike Bernstein and Jerry Becker
IN MEMORY OF Loss of Sister, Ruth Kendall Marlene and Harvey Glaser
Honey Anita Baron Judy & Arnold Alban Leona Sperling
Arlene Milrad Gail, Avi & Michaly Lahat
Sharon Schur and Family Marlene and Harvey Glaser
Loss of Aunt, Rae Shechtman
RABBI REBECCA SCHATZ’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN HONOR OF Ida Ann Zweig Marlene and Harvey Glaser
Reading Haftarah on my Bat Mitzvah anniversary Debbie Mishek Loss of Husband Harold (Sonny) Zweig
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