Full Temple Calendar

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

Teacher: Janet Liss, Temple Israel Congregant

Have you ever wanted to learn the Alef Bet but thought that you just could not do it? It was too hard. You are not good at languages. You do not want to embarrass yourself. Well, now’s the time to put all those false beliefs to bed. This 10-week Beginning Hebrew class is painless and fun and by the 10th week of study, you will be reading Hebrew! We guarantee it. Come join other adults who, just like you, want to read Hebrew too. This is not your father’s or mother’s Hebrew class!
Cost: $100, plus the cost of textbook

An Interview with Cantor Evan Cohen

Our brothers and sisters in Israel no doubt have been through a very challenging year.Join us for a meaningful Zoom conversation and an opportunity to connect with an everyday Israeli who is facing the blessings and challenges of living in Israel today. Bring your questions and a compassionate heart.

Teacher: Rabbi Scott Fox
This class is especially designed for unaffiliated Jews, intermarried couples, those seeking an initial orientation into an adult approach to the study of Judaism, and all those searching for an entry into Jewish life.

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

10 people, Owls and TV

An encore presentation! From Miriam to Barbara Ostfeld, we will trace the path that Jewish women took to get to the bimah in this course. We will explore the environment that allowed women to finally have their voices heard including the influence of Yiddish theater and vaudeville. Finally, we will learn about the chazantes, women who sang chazzanut, forbidden cantorial music, further opening the door for women to enter the cantorate.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/163280737

Part II: Jewish Communal Leaders
with Cantor Jonathan Friedmann

Learn what happened when European Jews escaped economic despair and social immobility to start new lives in the American Wild West. Free from systemic antisemitism, Jewish immigrants peddled their wares, traded with Native Americans, established multigenerational businesses, founded hospitals and civic institutions, held public office, founded cities, and gave us a woman cantor and “lady rabbi”—all during the nineteenth century!
Cost: $15

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

Teacher: Janet Liss, Temple Israel Congregant

Have you ever wanted to learn the Alef Bet but thought that you just could not do it? It was too hard. You are not good at languages. You do not want to embarrass yourself. Well, now’s the time to put all those false beliefs to bed. This 10-week Beginning Hebrew class is painless and fun and by the 10th week of study, you will be reading Hebrew! We guarantee it. Come join other adults who, just like you, want to read Hebrew too. This is not your father’s or mother’s Hebrew class!
Cost: $100, plus the cost of textbook

Teacher: Rabbi Scott Fox
This class is especially designed for unaffiliated Jews, intermarried couples, those seeking an initial orientation into an adult approach to the study of Judaism, and all those searching for an entry into Jewish life.

Contact:
Judy Peterson: pflaglb@yahoo.com

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

10 people, Owls and TV

In 1993, Deborah Lipstadt and Penguin Books published Denying the Holocaust. Two years later, the English author David Irving sued her for libel on the grounds that her book had ruined his once well-regarded career as an historian by accusing him of deliberately distorting historical facts. The resulting court case puts the onus on her legal team to prove that the Holocaust did indeed take place. Based on a true story.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/163280737

Facilitator: Cantor Kelly Cooper
Come join Cantor Cooper for coffee and conversation and enjoy this opportunity to connect with the clergy and meet other parents. We’ll discuss current events, explore big Jewish questions, and have a little fun along the way.
This opportunity is for current Torah Center parents only.

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

Teacher: Janet Liss, Temple Israel Congregant

Have you ever wanted to learn the Alef Bet but thought that you just could not do it? It was too hard. You are not good at languages. You do not want to embarrass yourself. Well, now’s the time to put all those false beliefs to bed. This 10-week Beginning Hebrew class is painless and fun and by the 10th week of study, you will be reading Hebrew! We guarantee it. Come join other adults who, just like you, want to read Hebrew too. This is not your father’s or mother’s Hebrew class!
Cost: $100, plus the cost of textbook

Teacher: Rabbi Scott Fox
This class is especially designed for unaffiliated Jews, intermarried couples, those seeking an initial orientation into an adult approach to the study of Judaism, and all those searching for an entry into Jewish life.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83964495414?pwd=elB3aXJmV2wwNCt0WGMycWExT2RyZz09

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

10 people, Owls and TV

4th Fridays

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/163280737

Creativity is inherent in each and every one of us. Accessing and activating that creativity is a skill we can practice. Through a mix of discussion and brief, facilitated hands-on experiences with basic art materials, we’ll explore ways in which we might reclaim our creativity – and the reasons why we might want to. Together, we will draw on the Jewish Studio Process – a unique methodology combining practices from the field of art therapy with a reimagined approach to Jewish learning and spirituality – to process, ground, connect, and tap into the joy and possibility that creativity offers.

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

Teacher: Janet Liss, Temple Israel Congregant

Have you ever wanted to learn the Alef Bet but thought that you just could not do it? It was too hard. You are not good at languages. You do not want to embarrass yourself. Well, now’s the time to put all those false beliefs to bed. This 10-week Beginning Hebrew class is painless and fun and by the 10th week of study, you will be reading Hebrew! We guarantee it. Come join other adults who, just like you, want to read Hebrew too. This is not your father’s or mother’s Hebrew class!
Cost: $100, plus the cost of textbook

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/163280737

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

Teacher: Janet Liss, Temple Israel Congregant

Have you ever wanted to learn the Alef Bet but thought that you just could not do it? It was too hard. You are not good at languages. You do not want to embarrass yourself. Well, now’s the time to put all those false beliefs to bed. This 10-week Beginning Hebrew class is painless and fun and by the 10th week of study, you will be reading Hebrew! We guarantee it. Come join other adults who, just like you, want to read Hebrew too. This is not your father’s or mother’s Hebrew class!
Cost: $100, plus the cost of textbook

NAVIGATING THE WILDERNESS OF LOSS: REFRAMING THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OF GRIEF
In partnership with Temple Israel’s Caring Community
Tuesdays at 7:00 pm
December 3 and 17, via Zoom
Teacher: Anne Brenner

Grief is not an illness. It is a journey through a wilderness, where we must make peace with difficult truths about being human. This powerful workshop uses holy Hebrew words to map grief as a spiritual path. As we traverse this landscape, yearning for what has been lost, we find safe places to express grief’s emotions and discover a new spirituality. Using text study, mediation and journal writing, we visit the places in which mourners must dwell, but only temporarily. Participants become fluent in what it means to be human, as we do the holy work prescribed by Psalms: to turn mourning into dancing.

15 people
refreshments

ISRAELI RESILIENCE IN TIMES OF WAR: PERSPECTIVES FROM EVERYDAY PEOPLE
An Interview with Matar Maizel
Wednesday, December 4 at 10:00 am, via Zoom
Our brothers and sisters in Israel have no doubt been through a very challenging year. Join us for a meaningful Zoom conversation and an opportunity to connect with an everyday Israeli who is facing the blessings and challenges of living in Israel today. Bring your questions and a compassionate heart.

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

10 people, Owls and TV

A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE ON MENTORING
Friday, December 6 at 10:15 am
Teacher: Ellen Fox, Congregant and Rabbi Fox’s mother

Parenting, teaching, and mentoring a child or adult of any age is a rewarding yet challenging journey that involves making decisions that shape their future. It requires balancing discipline with freedom, setting boundaries while fostering independence, and navigating modern challenges like technology and societal pressures. In this class, we will explore the wisdom of Jewish scholars who have written about this subject and discuss our thoughts about their writings.

HOLLYWOODLAND: JEWISH FOUNDERS AND THE MAKING OF A MOVIE CAPITAL
Field Trip to Academy of Motion Pictures and
Dinner at Dupar’s at the Original Farmers Market
Saturday, December 7, departing Long Beach at 12:45 pm

The museum’s main exhibit traces the history of filmmaking in Los Angeles back to its roots at the beginning of the 20th century, illustrating how and why the city became a global epicenter of cinema and the Jewish story therein. Don’t miss this fun afternoon and evening in Los Angeles!
Cost: $22/person plus the cost of dinner

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

Teacher: Janet Liss, Temple Israel Congregant

Have you ever wanted to learn the Alef Bet but thought that you just could not do it? It was too hard. You are not good at languages. You do not want to embarrass yourself. Well, now’s the time to put all those false beliefs to bed. This 10-week Beginning Hebrew class is painless and fun and by the 10th week of study, you will be reading Hebrew! We guarantee it. Come join other adults who, just like you, want to read Hebrew too. This is not your father’s or mother’s Hebrew class!
Cost: $100, plus the cost of textbook

TI READS ONE BOOK
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Discussion Session Part 1 – led by Rabbi Fox
Wednesday, December 11 at 7:00 pm, via Zoom

We are very excited for the return of the Temple Israel Reads One Book program! Join Rabbi Fox, other members of our staff, and lots of congregants, as we read the book Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. Throughout the year, we will have opportunities to discuss the book together. This is the first of three facilitated sessions.

In this exhilarating novel, two friends—often in love, but never lovers—come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality.

On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn’t heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won’t protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts.

Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before.

Contact:
Judy Peterson: pflaglb@yahoo.com

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

10 people, Owls and TV

DR. BRUCE THOMPSON: JEWISH CULTURE IN AMERICA
Following Shabbat Services at 7:00 pm
The American Presidents And The Jews
Never more than 3 percent of the population, American Jews have nevertheless played an outsized role in American politics, and in the thoughts of some of our greatest presidents. The two greatest, Washington and Lincoln, offered eloquent defenses of religious liberty, with Jews as their touchstones. And during the twentieth century, two of the giants, FDR and Harry Truman, reacted in very different ways to the Zionist movement’s campaign for American recognition of the State of Israel during the crucial decade of the 1940s. To understand how these four great presidents related to the American Jewish community in moments of crisis is to go a long way toward understanding the larger arc of American Jewish history.

Torah Study at 8:30 am
A Mystery In Genesis
Two of the most fascinating chapters in Genesis occur consecutively, but at first seem to have little to do with each other. In Genesis 37, Joseph’s brothers, by debating whether they should kill him, nearly repeat the crime of Cain: fratricide. In Genesis 38, Joseph’s brother Judah orders the execution of his daughter-in-law, Tamar, for the crime of prostitution. What is the hidden connection between these two bone-chilling chapters? The answer will take us deep into the heart of the book of Genesis.

Study Session and Havdalah at 7:00pm, location TBA
A Fine Romance: Jews and The Broadway Musical
For more than a hundred years, Jewish composers, lyricists, choreographers and performers have been among the dominant creative forces on Broadway. How can we explain this extraordinary domination of a major branch of American popular culture and entertainment by artists of a particular ethnicity over such a long period of time? Perhaps this phenomenon should not surprise us. Ever since Emma Lazarus wrote that famous poem affixed to the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, American Jews have been among the most eloquent and insightful commentators on what it means to be an American and to belong to American society, a question which has been at the core of many great musicals. This talk will examine half a dozen of the greatest Broadway musicals, showing how the energy, talent, and wit that went into their creation came from the heart of the Jewish experience in twentieth-century America.

Afternoon Lunch and Learn at 1:00 pm
American Jews and The Problem Of Espionage
During the golden age of Soviet espionage in the United States, the 1940s, roughly half of the men and women identified as spies working on behalf of the Soviet Union were Jewish, with Julius and Ethel Rosenberg at the top of the list. Why so many? During this lunchtime conversation, we’ll attempt to solve that mystery by examining the biographies of some of the most important spies of that era.
Cost: $15

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

Teacher: Janet Liss, Temple Israel Congregant

Have you ever wanted to learn the Alef Bet but thought that you just could not do it? It was too hard. You are not good at languages. You do not want to embarrass yourself. Well, now’s the time to put all those false beliefs to bed. This 10-week Beginning Hebrew class is painless and fun and by the 10th week of study, you will be reading Hebrew! We guarantee it. Come join other adults who, just like you, want to read Hebrew too. This is not your father’s or mother’s Hebrew class!
Cost: $100, plus the cost of textbook

NAVIGATING THE WILDERNESS OF LOSS: REFRAMING THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OF GRIEF
In partnership with Temple Israel’s Caring Community
Tuesdays at 7:00 pm
December 3 and 17, via Zoom
Teacher: Anne Brenner

Grief is not an illness. It is a journey through a wilderness, where we must make peace with difficult truths about being human. This powerful workshop uses holy Hebrew words to map grief as a spiritual path. As we traverse this landscape, yearning for what has been lost, we find safe places to express grief’s emotions and discover a new spirituality. Using text study, mediation and journal writing, we visit the places in which mourners must dwell, but only temporarily. Participants become fluent in what it means to be human, as we do the holy work prescribed by Psalms: to turn mourning into dancing.

Please email VPRitualPractices@tilb.org for the meeting location

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83964495414?pwd=elB3aXJmV2wwNCt0WGMycWExT2RyZz09

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

10 people, Owls and TV

4th Fridays

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/163280737

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/163280737

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

Facilitator: Ilana Jaffe-Lewis
Creativity is inherent in each and every one of us. Accessing and activating that creativity is a skill we can practice. Through a mix of discussion and brief, facilitated hands-on experiences with basic art materials, we’ll explore ways in which we might reclaim our creativity – and the reasons why we might want to. Together, we will draw on the Jewish Studio Process – a unique methodology combining practices from the field of art therapy with a reimagined approach to Jewish learning and spirituality – to process, ground, connect, and tap into the joy and possibility that creativity offers.

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

15 people
refreshments

Contact:
Judy Peterson: pflaglb@yahoo.com

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/163280737

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83964495414?pwd=elB3aXJmV2wwNCt0WGMycWExT2RyZz09

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/163280737

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

Please email VPRitualPractices@tilb.org for the meeting location

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

4th Fridays

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/163280737

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

Discussion Facilitator: Mark Dressner, Temple Israel Congregant

Faced with the potential of Israel’s complete destruction, Prime Minister Golda Meir must navigate overwhelming odds, a skeptical cabinet and a complex relationship with U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as millions of lives hang in the balance during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973.

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

Tuesday, February 4 at 7:00 pm
Teacher: Amy Lipeles, Temple Israel Congregant

Fridays are busy days! Join us in the kitchen with longtime congregant, teacher, and cook Amy Lipeles to pick up some tips on how to make celebrating Shabbat easier and more accessible to all.
Cost: $15

15 people
refreshments

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

Panel discussion with ChayaLeah Sufrin, Beth Lesen, and Adam Fagin
Moderated by Adolfo Guzman-Lopez
Thursday, February 6 at 7:00 pm

Join us for an interesting evening of discussion about resilience on the college campus. We look forward to welcoming ChayaLeah Sufrin (Executive Director of CSULB Hillel), Beth Lesen (Temple Israel congregant and Vice President of CSULB), and Adam Fagin (Temple Israel Torah Center alumnus and graduate student at CSULB), as they share their perspectives on Jewish life at Cal State Long Beach.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/163280737

Teacher: Rabbi Michal Loving, Temple Israel Congregant
What makes a modern superhero? What makes a modern JEWISH superhero? Explore
the nuances of crazy superpowers and moral determination as we discuss the qualities of
those Jewish heroes we’ve loved throughout the years, both fictional and real. Costumes
are optional, but willingness to have fun is required!

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

Contact:
Judy Peterson: pflaglb@yahoo.com

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/163280737

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

Please email VPRitualPractices@tilb.org for the meeting location

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83964495414?pwd=elB3aXJmV2wwNCt0WGMycWExT2RyZz09

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/163280737

Discussion Facilitator: Beth Sterling, Temple Israel Congregant
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested — with an admonition — to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother (Jane Fonda) and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

4th Fridays

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

RADICAL JEWISH WOMEN
In Celebration of Women’s History Month
Tuesdays at 5:30 pm
March 4, 18, April 1
Teacher: Rabbi Fox

This year, as we lift up the voices of Jews we can look up to, who we are proud of, and that we have the privilege to learn from, join us for a class learning about the histories of some of the most influential women changemakers in our Jewish community and how not only is our community and country a greater place because of them and their work, but how our world has been changed by them radically, sometimes revolutionarily, and all for the better.

15 people
refreshments

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/163280737

A Concert with Cantor Cooper
Sunday, March 9 at 4:00 pm

Join us for an inspiring evening of music that celebrates the enduring spirit of resilience in Judaism. This concert weaves together traditional melodies and contemporary songs highlighting the strength, hope, and perseverance that have sustained the Jewish people through generations. Come experience the resilience of a community that has turned adversity into a song of survival and triumph.

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

Contact:
Judy Peterson: pflaglb@yahoo.com

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

4th Fridays

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/163280737

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

RADICAL JEWISH WOMEN
In Celebration of Women’s History Month
Tuesdays at 5:30 pm
March 4, 18, April 1
Teacher: Rabbi Fox

This year, as we lift up the voices of Jews we can look up to, who we are proud of, and that we have the privilege to learn from, join us for a class learning about the histories of some of the most influential women changemakers in our Jewish community and how not only is our community and country a greater place because of them and their work, but how our world has been changed by them radically, sometimes revolutionarily, and all for the better.

Please email VPRitualPractices@tilb.org for the meeting location

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83964495414?pwd=elB3aXJmV2wwNCt0WGMycWExT2RyZz09

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/163280737

Sunday, March 23 at 9:45 am
Teacher: Amy Lipeles, Temple Israel Congregant
Who doesn’t want to add a new recipe to their Passover Celebration? Our morning together is sure to be educational and delicious!
Cost: $15

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
By Gabrielle Zevin
Sunday, March 30 at 12:30 pm
In person discussion with the author, and celebration of the completion of the book
We are very excited for the return of the Temple Israel Reads One Book program! Join Rabbi Fox, other members of our staff, and lots of congregants, as we read the book
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. Throughout the year, we have had opportunities to discuss the book together. This will be the final of three facilitated sessions.

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

RADICAL JEWISH WOMEN
In Celebration of Women’s History Month
Tuesdays at 5:30 pm
March 4, 18, April 1
Teacher: Rabbi Fox

This year, as we lift up the voices of Jews we can look up to, who we are proud of, and that we have the privilege to learn from, join us for a class learning about the histories of some of the most influential women changemakers in our Jewish community and how not only is our community and country a greater place because of them and their work, but how our world has been changed by them radically, sometimes revolutionarily, and all for the better.

Tuesdays at 7:00 pm
April 1 – June 3
Teacher: Janet Liss, Temple Israel Congregant
Have you ever wanted to learn the Alef Bet but thought that you just could not do it? It was too hard. You are not good at languages. You do not want to embarrass yourself. Well, now’s the time to put all those false beliefs to bed. This 10-week Beginning Hebrew class is painless and fun and by the 10th week of study, you will be reading Hebrew! We guarantee it. Come join other adults who, just like you, want to read Hebrew too. This is not your father’s or mother’s Hebrew class!
Cost: $100, plus the cost of textbook

15 people
refreshments

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

Thursdays, at 7:00 pm
April 3 and 10
Teacher: Student Rabbi Leah Julian
In this two-week mini course, we will explore what ancient rabbinic texts might teach us (or challenge us) about experiencing joy and shame. In each class, we will study rabbinic texts related to each of these emotions and reflect on how they might inform our individual and collective pursuits to living fuller, more resilient lives.

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

Tuesdays at 7:00 pm
April 1 – June 3
Teacher: Janet Liss, Temple Israel Congregant
Have you ever wanted to learn the Alef Bet but thought that you just could not do it? It was too hard. You are not good at languages. You do not want to embarrass yourself. Well, now’s the time to put all those false beliefs to bed. This 10-week Beginning Hebrew class is painless and fun and by the 10th week of study, you will be reading Hebrew! We guarantee it. Come join other adults who, just like you, want to read Hebrew too. This is not your father’s or mother’s Hebrew class!
Cost: $100, plus the cost of textbook

Contact:
Judy Peterson: pflaglb@yahoo.com

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

Thursdays, at 7:00 pm
April 3 and 10
Teacher: Student Rabbi Leah Julian
In this two-week mini course, we will explore what ancient rabbinic texts might teach us (or challenge us) about experiencing joy and shame. In each class, we will study rabbinic texts related to each of these emotions and reflect on how they might inform our individual and collective pursuits to living fuller, more resilient lives.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/163280737

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

Tuesdays at 7:00 pm
April 1 – June 3
Teacher: Janet Liss, Temple Israel Congregant
Have you ever wanted to learn the Alef Bet but thought that you just could not do it? It was too hard. You are not good at languages. You do not want to embarrass yourself. Well, now’s the time to put all those false beliefs to bed. This 10-week Beginning Hebrew class is painless and fun and by the 10th week of study, you will be reading Hebrew! We guarantee it. Come join other adults who, just like you, want to read Hebrew too. This is not your father’s or mother’s Hebrew class!
Cost: $100, plus the cost of textbook

Please email VPRitualPractices@tilb.org for the meeting location

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83964495414?pwd=elB3aXJmV2wwNCt0WGMycWExT2RyZz09

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/163280737

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

In Observance of Yom HaShoah
The nonprofit If You Heard What I Heard seeks to share the stories heard by third generation Holocaust survivors, the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors. Executive Director Carolyn Siegel shares, “We are the last generation to ever hear our grandparents’ stories firsthand, over the course of decades of our lives. We are the witnesses to our grandparents’ loss, physical and emotional scars, and the lucky beneficiaries of their resilience. We are the ones who will make sure the world will #NeverForget about the Holocaust.”

Tuesdays at 7:00 pm
April 1 – June 3
Teacher: Janet Liss, Temple Israel Congregant
Have you ever wanted to learn the Alef Bet but thought that you just could not do it? It was too hard. You are not good at languages. You do not want to embarrass yourself. Well, now’s the time to put all those false beliefs to bed. This 10-week Beginning Hebrew class is painless and fun and by the 10th week of study, you will be reading Hebrew! We guarantee it. Come join other adults who, just like you, want to read Hebrew too. This is not your father’s or mother’s Hebrew class!
Cost: $100, plus the cost of textbook

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net

Rabbi Korngold our Lapid-Shapiro Scholar is the author of 11 books, included the PJ Library favorites in the Sadie
series (Sadie and the Big Mountain, Sadie’s Sukkah Breakfast, Sadie, Ori, and Nuggles Go to Camp, and more) Rabbi Korngold will join our clergy at tonight’s service and share with us one of her books. We will project the book on the big screen, so all the kids can follow along. After the service, join us for pizza and crafts. Rabbi Jamie will be bringing some of the stuffies from the book series; please bring your stuffed animal, so we can welcome “Nuggles” and friends.

Rabbi Korngold is the author of God In The Wilderness, (Doubleday Religion). In tonight’s sermon, she will talk about the connections between Judaism and nature and share some lessons gleaned from 24 years of leading Jewish outdoor trips.

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Join us, as we study Parashat Shmini, Leviticus 9:1-11:47. The parasha begins with the animal and meal sacrifices made to God. For centuries, this is how our people communicated with God, but today we no longer believe sacrifices are necessary or efficacious. The Jewish concept of God has changed over time. Join author Rabbi Jamie Korngold, as we discuss her book The God Upgrade (Jewish Lights). We will explore different Jewish God concepts, how and why they have changed through time and which is most compelling to each of us.

Join the Adventure Rabbi for a 2-mile hike in the Dominguez Gap Wetlands, along the LA River. We will explore how to use the outdoors as a spiritual springboard to enhance our Jewish experience and build community. We will stop frequently to explore questions such as “What is your most spiritual place,” “How does being outside feel differently than being inside,” “Why do so many people say nature is ‘their temple’ and What do they mean?” We will close our time together with havdalah.

Bring a water bottle, snack, and appropriate shoes and clothing. Please check the weather before you pack!

Walk from Temple Israel at 9:30 am or meet under the Belmont Pier at 9:45 am

In the Torah, God generally appears next to water, by tall trees, or on mountains. This is not because there weren’t cities; there were. Join Adventure Rabbi, Rabbi Jamie Korngold, at the beach! We will read Torah texts in which God appears and discuss why we think these locations were chosen.

Bring a blanket or chair to sit on, water bottle, and dress comfortably.

9:00 am – Service in sanctuary
9:30 am – Discussion Social Hall

Organizer: Barry Mitnick

Teacher: Eve Lunt, Temple Israel Congregant
Come and learn some easy hacks on cheesecakes and blintzes. See how easy it is to take traditional Shavuot dairy dishes like blintz souffle and turn them into bite size apps and desserts, with this demo class with Chef Eve.
Cost: $10

Tuesdays at 7:00 pm
April 1 – June 3
Teacher: Janet Liss, Temple Israel Congregant
Have you ever wanted to learn the Alef Bet but thought that you just could not do it? It was too hard. You are not good at languages. You do not want to embarrass yourself. Well, now’s the time to put all those false beliefs to bed. This 10-week Beginning Hebrew class is painless and fun and by the 10th week of study, you will be reading Hebrew! We guarantee it. Come join other adults who, just like you, want to read Hebrew too. This is not your father’s or mother’s Hebrew class!
Cost: $100, plus the cost of textbook

Contact
John Snyder: john.snyder26@verizon.net