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We Are a Strong and Healthy Community By Sharon Kenigsberg, Director of Endowments & Community Development
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ur Jewish Community Partnership agencies, including the Alpert Jewish Community Center (AJCC) and Jewish Family and Children’s Service (JFCS) of Greater Long Beach/West Orange County, play a significant role in promoting and guarding the health and wellness of our community, whether that be physical, spiritual or emotional. In addition, one of our partner overseas agencies, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) also provides a variety of incredible health and wellness programs in Israel and around the world.
learn to differentiate between “go” foods (healthy) and “whoa” foods (less healthy— approach with caution). They learn the importance of gardening and growing their own healthy fruits and vegetables. “We are teaching the children the Jewish value of Sh’mirat Ha’Guf - taking care and protecting your body by eating healthy foods and exercising every day,” states Shlomit Jackson, AJCC Jewish Educator. “Together, through Discover CATCH: Early Childhood, we can create an environment where physical activity, health education, and healthy eating behaviors are valued and taught and help Emotional Wellness put the community’s youngest members on JFCS provides individual counseling As part of the AJCC’s “Discover CATCH” program, ECE children are growing their own garden a lifelong path of health and caring for to people of all ages, facing emotional of vegetables their bodies.” challenges such as grief and loss, The AJCC also offers a modern relationship issues, depression, and anxiety, as fitness center featuring state of the art equipment seniors, complete with entertainment and social and personal trainers, an array of fitness classes well as counseling couples and families who events on days like New Year’s Day, when other and sports leagues. The aquatics department may be facing stressful life challenges. Support senior centers are closed for the holiday. groups are also offered at a very low cost, or in offers swim classes, water aerobics, lap swimming, JFCS Older Adult Services has also received water polo teams and more. According to some cases, free of charge for those who benefit funding from HOPE (Housing Opportunities Cindi Massengale, AJCC Fitness and Wellness by sharing their thoughts and ideas with others Program for the Elderly) to provide Medic-Alert Manager, “For the AJCC, wellness is much more in a similar life situation. JFCS also has on-site Safe Return bracelets for older adults who suffer than merely physical health, exercise or nutrition. counseling at the Hebrew Academy, Los Alamitos from Alzheimer’s Disease and who may wander It is the full integration of states of physical, Elementary School, and at all K-8 schools in the away from home and become lost or disoriented. mental, and spiritual well-being. We offer guided Downey Unified School District. These bracelets have identification and emergency imagery and meditation workshops and classes JFCS works with clients from very diverse contact information that is registered with a 24- with Health & Wellness Coach Del Leon. The backgrounds and life experiences. One client, hour emergency response service, that when center has a massage room and AJCC Certified Francisco, credits JFCS and its compassionate called, activates a community support network to massage therapists provide an escape that offers and experienced staff and clinicians, with literally assist in locating the lost individual. saving him from the depths of depression that holistic nurturing and rejuvenation, a healing time Through a grant from the Jewish Federation, the for regeneration and self-preservation, and restful started when he was a victim of assault, and Older Adult Services staff is reactivating a JFCS time for gratification.” spiraled downward to drug addiction. He writes, program to provide weekly friendly visits to seniors “With the help of everyone at JFCS, I started to who are home-bound due to mobility or health Safeguarding Health for Those in Need find myself, my life purpose, I started to find who challenges. Volunteers are needed to become Around the World I really am, I started to take back the reins of my Friendly Visitors, and the goal is to mobilize 30 Our overseas partner, JDC looks after people life and become again the architect of my own volunteers. For more information, please call Chris in over 60 countries around the world. The JDC is destiny. Each and every therapist I worked with Goldman, Director of Older Adult Services, at the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian assistance guided me through different stages of my recovery. JFCS, at 562-427-7916. They created for me a place without judgment, a organization, since 1914. They improve the wellsafe place where I could come and talk about being of vulnerable people around the world. This New Child Wellness Program me, my life, my problems and my issues, as long includes many health and wellness programs for With the premise that it’s much easier to create youth, the elderly, immigrants and people with as I was willing to do the work.” good healthy habits, than it is to change bad disabilities. Another important area of service for JFCS is ones, the AJCC Early Childhood Education (ECE) For example, they have a pre-school the older adult community. They work with the elDepartment is implementing “Discover CATCH” gardening program in Israel to teach the values derly to create a safe physical environment in their (Coordinated Approach to Child Health), a new of good nutrition, counseling and support for home so that they can safely “age in place” for child-wellness program from the JCC Association. dementia patients and their caregivers in Israel, as long as possible. JFCS caseworkers assist seThis program (which is also aligned with National and a Women’s Health Empowerment Program niors with managing their money so that they can Health Fitness and Nutrition Standards, such in Bosnia and Herzegovina to help transform the pay their bills on time and avoid becoming victims as myplate.gov and letsmove.gov - First Lady lives of women with breast cancer. Visit www.jdc. of fraud. Transportation to doctor’s appointments Michelle Obama’s Initiative) was created to help org for more information about all the programs and for grocery shopping, in-home assistance with address our nation’s critical obesity problem. house cleaning and meal preparation, and opoffered by JDC. “Discover CATCH” employs a holistic All this incredible programming and support is tions for socialization are other services that JFCS approach to child health by engaging teachers, greatly assisted through your gift to the Federation’s coordinates for older adults. Through a collaborachildren and families to work together to build Annual Community Campaign. What we give tion with the AJCC and the Jewish Federation, the healthy habits. Children learn to have fun collectively allows us to support ourselves here in Active Adult Community Connection, funded by while exercising and developing loco-motor Greater Long Beach & West Orange County and grants from the Archstone Foundation, St. Mary’s and manipulative skills in a series of age- around the world. The strength of a people. The Medical Center/Dignity Health Foundation and appropriate, non-competitive activities. They power of community. SCAN Healthcare, includes weekly luncheons for 2 | JEWISH COMMUNITY CHRONICLE | AV-ELUL | 5774
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A Great Beginning, With More to Come By Danny Levy, Director of Development
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A Great Beginning, With More to Come By Danny Levy, Director of Development
Where We Are as of 7/03/14
Shilo McGrew utilizing the refurbished stretch room
As one of the campaigns from the Power of Two, our Fund for the Future campaign was created to secure the sustainability of our partners, programs, services and facilities. We established three funds to which you can contribute: the Capital Refurbishment Fund, raising money for the Weinberg Jewish Federation Campus refurbishment and maintenance; the Program Innovation Fund, which is for innovative local community programs and services; and the Current & Future Endowment Funds, which is to endow a program or need, for now and into the future. We have had a strong start to the Fund for the Future, although still a distance to
The Falk Family Playground will soon be refurbished, thanks to a generous gift to our Fund for our Future campaign by Barbara & Ray* Alpert
go to reach our goals. We can do it with your help. We have shared numerous ways in which you can participate. The opportunities are endless and can benefit any of the agencies of the Jewish Community Partnership and local synagogues. Here is a summary of what we have accomplished in such a short amount of time. Imagine where we could be if everyone participated at a level comfortable for themselves. Weinberg Jewish Federation Campus/Gym refurbishment in the Tilly & Hans Weil Health Wing locker rooms, stretch room, Club JCC locker rooms and 1st floor restrooms. Jewish Federation Campus
A production of Hairspray by the Michael Stuhlbarg Summer Stock Program
refurbishment of the Amy & Richard Lipeles Auditorium floor, walls, ceiling tiles, dance floor, chairs, bar area and projector, as well as the Breslauer Auditorium Lobby walls, all through a gift made possible by Barbara & Ray* Alpert. Jewish Federation Campus refurbishment of the Falk Family Playground, updating the play structure and creating a Sports Court, also through a gift made possible by Barbara & Ray* Alpert. Jewish Federation Campus outside Holocaust Memorial in honor of Gerda Seifer’s parents who perished in the Holocaust, made possible through a gift from Gerda & Harold Seifer.
Creation of the Morton & Susan Stuhlbarg Alpert Jewish Community Center Summer Stock future endowment, which will support the Michael Stuhlbarg Summer Stock Program, as well as the Morton & Susan Stuhlbarg Alpert Jewish Community Center Summer Camp Scholarship future endowment, which will offer scholarships to the Alpert Jewish Community Center Summer Camp. We would be happy to meet with you to discuss how you can do your part. Please contact Deborah K. Goldfarb, Chief Executive Officer at 562-426-7601 to get started.
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The Fund for our Future PRIORITIES
TEENS & YOUNG ADULTS
OLDER ADULT SERVICES
CAPITAL
• Clinical Services
JEWISH EDUCATION and IDENTITY
• Leadership Development
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ECE Playground
• Social Engagement
• Senior Lunch Program
• Family Engagement
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Security Upgrades
• Israel Connection
• Home Base Case Mgmnt
• Israel Education
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Pool Area Enhancement
• Maccabi Games
• Engagement Activities
• Scholarships
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• Counselors in Training
• Holiday Outreach
• Art & Culture
Reserve/Replacement HVAC; Roof; Boiler
2014 Annual Community Campaign $1,540,000 to date $1,412,900
goal of
Fund for our Future Capital Refurbishment Fund goal of $3,000,000 to date $614,230 Program Innovation Fund goal of $3,000,000 to date $513,403 Current & Future Endowment Funds goal of $10,000,000 to date $3,540,000
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WHO WE ARE The Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach & West Orange County connects those who can help, to those who need it most. We change lives. We care for Jews in need. We ensure the Jewish future. To do this is no easy task. It takes money. It takes community. We get there with your support.
FEDERATION PROGRAMS ALPERT NEW LEADERS FORUM ANNUAL COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN Beneficiary Agencies & Synagogues Priority Grants Operations Allocations Major Donor Recognition Events Men’s Philanthropy Division Above & Beyond Event Shield of David Society Magen David Society Solomon Society Opening Night & Long Beach Jewish Film Festival Super Sunday Phone-a-thon Women’s Philanthropy Division Arlene Solomon VISIONS Event Lion of Judah Society Pomegranate Society BIG MITZVAH DAY COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS Yom HaShoah Commemoration Long Beach Jewish Film Festival Purim Carnival CONNECTION TO ISRAEL JCP CORPORATE PARTNERS JEWISH COMMUNITY CHRONICLE KEHILLAH COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL PJ LIBRARY YOUNG ADULT DIVISION Tribefest
Here are some very simple ways we connect the money, the community and the support. We invite you to participate at any level, in any program and help sustain our community here and around the world.
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HIGHLIGHTS ALPERT NEW LEADERS FORUM 80% of Alpert New Leaders Forum graduates have served in various local organizations & synagogues. 5 Alumni events were held to re-engage, network and give back to the community. ANNUAL COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN Connecting those who can help, to those who need it most Federation allocated $985,000 to local and overseas partner agencies, some of which include the AJCC, JFCS, Hebrew Academy, Hillel, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Jewish Agency for Israel, and World ORT. Federation Priority Grants of $58,179 strengthened Jewish children, teen & young adult outreach and provided support for economically and emotionally vulnerable Jews: AJCC Gesher City, Young Adult Shabbaton Weekend AJCC, Maccabi Sports Program Hebrew Academy, Sunday Soccer League Hillel, Taglit-Birthright Israel Hillel, Making a Mensch: Providing Opportunities for Emerging Leaders JFCS, Friendly Visitor Revitalization JFCS, Hebrew Academy Counseling Services 150 men pledged close to $350,000 at the Inaugural Men’s Philanthropy Division Above & Beyond event. 250 women pledged nearly $300,000 at the Women’s Philanthropy Division Arlene Solomon VISIONS event. Federation allocated $35,000 towards synagogue Jewish education programs. BIG MITZVAH DAY 4,000 acts of kindness, with the help of almost 400 volunteers, were performed on this day of mitzvot and giving back. CONNECTION TO ISRAEL 30 community members participated in a joint Alpert Jewish Community Center and Federation Community Trip to Poland and Israel. PJ LIBRARY 2,422 Jewish themed-books were delivered to 173 families in our community free of charge through PJ Library. The program helps parents and children increase their Jewish identity, their awareness of Jewish traditions, and creates opportunities to talk about Jewish concepts & values as a family. Partnering with the Alpert Jewish Community Center and Temple Israel. GRANT MAKING 8 students received grants to travel and study in Israel through the Foundation’s Bob Baldwin Memorial Fund for Israel Experience.
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Six Local Community Projects Receive Grants to Help Fulfill Their Mission By Sharon Kenigsberg, Director of Endowments & Community Development
Jewish Community Foundation 2014 Grant Awards Alpert JCC - Tween Shabbat Experience The Alpert Jewish Community Center (AJCC) Youth, Teen & Camp Department currently serves children, tweens and teens. The AJCC has made a concentrated effort to increase Jewish programming for all age groups with a special concentration on tweens and teens. This grant will allow them to partner with BBYO and local synagogues and offer a Tween Shabbat Experience for all 6th-9th graders.
Shabbat programming for tweens, empowering our youth to confront anti-Semitism and bullying, strategic planning and leadership training for volunteers, increasing participation in Israel experience programs, special needs education at Torah school, strengthening Jewish identity through pre-school library programs…these are among the range of projects receiving grants this year from the Jewish Community Foundation Unrestricted Fund. The role of the Foundation is to assist individuals, organizations, and various Jewish agencies in fulfilling their missions today, and for the future. The Foundation accomplishes this goal through the development and management of permanent endowment funds, lifetime gifts, bequests in wills and trusts, charitable gift annuities, donor advised funds, family funds, and donations of other appreciated assets. In addition to providing tax benefits to the donors, community member participation in the Foundation provides income to the Jewish Community Foundation Unrestricted Fund
which is available for grants. Grant applications are sent to all local Jewish agencies and organizations. The requests are reviewed by the Foundation Grants committee and the Grants Committee recommendations are then approved by the Foundation Board. The goal is to strengthen our Jewish Community by providing funds for projects that: meet emergency situations; establish innovative or experimental new programs; assure provision of quality Jewish education; enhance the provision of health and social services; recruit and train volunteer and professional leadership; and establish programs which maintain and strengthen Jewish identity, commitment and continuity. “This year we were so pleased to be able to give some funds to each agency/ organization that applied,” said Larry Nemirow, chair of the Foundation Grants Committee. “We hope that as the Foundation grows in the future, more funds will be available for the community. Every one of us wants to add meaning to our life, and every one
of us has an obligation to care for the generations that come after us. I invite everyone to learn about the Foundation and participate so that we can continue to strengthen our entire community.” For over 40 years, the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Long Beach and West Orange County has been partnering with donors and community organizations to help them meet their individual philanthropic goals, while ensuring the future of the vibrant network of programs and services provided by our communal agencies. The Foundation currently has $15.6 million of assets under management. We offer professional investment management, a variety of Endowment Fund options, a Donor Advised Philanthropic Fund program, and pride ourselves on the ability to help each individual donor leave a personal legacy. For more information or to speak with a Foundation staff member, please call 562-426-7601 x1008.
ADL - Confronting Anti-Semitism & All Forms of Hate This grant will allow the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to start an ongoing 3-hour program to educate and empower youth to counter not just anti-Semitism but other expressions of bullying as well. Participants will have the tools to move from being bystanders to becoming allies. For students in grades 5-9 who attend torah schools, Jewish day school and the AJCC or Hebrew Academy summer camps. BJE - Programming to Promote Teen Travel to Israel The Bureau of Jewish Education’s (BJE) Israel Savings Partnership is an effort to increase demand and participation in Israel experience programs. The grant will help fund informational meetings, as well as the marketing of the program in order to promote teen travel to Israel. All local synagogues and agencies will be able to participate in these informational programs. Hebrew Academy - Preschool Library This grant will help the Hebrew Academy establish an innovative and enriching pre-school library that will serve the entire local Jewish community and bring in more Jewish families to visit the school. The school plans to offer various programs from the library that will complement the Jewish educational programming already going on in the community. The library will help provide quality Jewish education and establish a program that maintains and strengthens Jewish identity. JFCS - Board Development Workshop Jewish Family & Children’s Service (JFCS) plans to create a customized board development workshop focused on financial management, leadership development, and strategic fundraising. This grant will assist JFCS in cultivating leadership and improving governance. If successful, the result will be improved understanding of the fiscal management of the organization, increased participation in fundraising efforts, and a realistic picture of the potential for growth. Temple Israel - Special Needs Education at Torah Center Increasingly, many of the students in Temple Israel’s religious school program function at the regular weekday schools within the parameters of Individual Education Programs (IEPs). These IEPs are designed to provide special education services for those students diagnosed with some sort of learning, social, or processing disability. This grant will allow Temple Israel to hire a credentialed special education teacher, who would work to formalize an experimental special needs education program for the growing number of students for whom such a religious school program would be beneficial. Helping to assist individuals, organizations, and various Jewish agencies in fulfilling their missions today, and for the future.
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CONGREGATIONS
R A B B I N I C Arise Like a Lion
R E F L E C T I O N S
By Rabbi Drew Kaplan
Summertime brings with it an earlier sunrise Rabbi Drew Kaplan and a later sunset, resulting in (thank God) a lot more daylight. Here in Long Beach, we have been typically receiving the morning marine layer, giving way to a hopefully mildly sunny afternoon, which can be some really delightful weather. It’s my favorite weather of the year; you get the best of both worlds, cool and cloudy, as well as warm and sunny (but not too hot). Now as we all know, in the summer, the morning is going to be much brighter than that of the winter, so this sunniness can really shine a light onto our activities, as well as our waking up. The very beginning of Rabbi Joseph Karo’s classic 16th century work on Jewish behavior, “Set Table,” discusses exactly this: “Arise like a lion to serve your Creator in the morning” (OH 1:1). This arising like a lion, in what would seem to be a
Synagogue Directory Chabad of Los Alamitos (O) 12340 Seal Beach Blvd. Suite B-219 Seal Beach, CA 90740 Contact: Rabbi Shmuel Marcus Phone: 714-828-1851 Email: smarcus@jewishcypress.com Website: www.chabadlosal.com
Chabad of West Orange County/ Congregation Adat Israel (O) 5052 Warner Ave. Huntington Beach, CA 92649 Contact: Rabbi Aron David Berkowitz Phone: 714-846-2285 Email: info@chabadhb.com Website: www.chabadhb.com Congregation Lubavitch (O) 3981 Atlantic Ave. Long Beach, CA 90807 Contact: Rabbi Newman Phone: 562-426-5480 Email: yitzyg@aol.com Congregation Shir Chadash (I) 6440 Del Amo Blvd. Lakewood, CA 90713 Contact Rabbi Howard Laibson Phone: 562-429-0715 Email:csclakewood@dslextreme.com Website: www.CongregationShirChadash.org
strong fashion, seems obviously difficult, as we all have experienced! In our hypnopompic stage - that is, our state of consciousness as we emerge from sleep - we have what feels to be sleep inertia, still waking up. So how do we arise strongly? Rabbi Karo really means this in a metaphorical way, since even lions wake up groggily (just look on YouTube for lions waking up). We should really strive to not simply “deal with the day,” but actually have some gusto
as we approach our day. Of course not only that, but to do it in the service of God, which generates purpose for us in our activities, our day, and our life. Rabbi Karo actually derives his opening line from the Mishnah: “Yehudah, son of Teima, says, ‘Be bold as a leopard, light as an eagle, run like a deer, and strong as a lion, to carry out the will of your Father in Heaven.’” (Avot 5:23). We see that this earlier piece of wisdom gives us an aesthetic aspect of four differ-
ent animals to which we can aspire. It is this physicality that we can strive to achieve, even if not in our actual abilities, but in how we go about living our days. Rabbi Drew Kaplan is the Rabbi & Director for SoCal Jewish Student Services and the Rabbi & Director for SoCal Jewish Young Adult Enrichment. He also serves as the rabbi for Long Beach Hillel. He is on Twitter at @ RabbiDrew.
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Congregation Sholom Leisure World, Seal Beach (C) P. O. Box 2901 Seal Beach, CA 90740 Contact: Rabbi Galit Levy-Slater 562-493-2680 Email: duets@icloud.com Website: www.galityomtov.com P’nai Or (I) Long Beach, CA Contact: Cantor Steven Puzarne Email: cantor@pnaior.org Website: www.PnaiOr.org Phone 562-364-5154 Shul By The Shore (O) Seaport Marina Hotel 6400 Pacific Coast Highway Long Beach, California 90803 Contact: Rabbi Abba Perelmuter Phone: 562-621-9828 Email: rabbi@shulbytheshore.org Website: www.shulbytheshore.org Surf City Synagogue (C) Services held at the HB Central Library 7111 Talbert Ave. Huntington Beach Phone: 714-596-2220 E-Mail: info@surfcitysynagogue.org Temple Beth David (R) 6100 Hefley St. Westminster, CA 92683 Contact: Rabbi Nancy Myers Phone: 714-892-6623 Email: tbdavid@templebethdavid.org Website: www.templebethdavid.org Temple Beth Ohr (R) 15721 E. Rosecrans Ave. La Mirada, CA 90638 Contact: Rabbi Mark Goldfarb Phone: 714-521-6765 Email:tmplbthohr@aol.com Website: www.templebethohr.com Temple Beth Shalom (C) 3635 Elm Ave. Long Beach, CA 90807 Contact: Rabbi David Cantor Phone: 562-726-4116 Email: rabbi@tbslb.org Website: www.tbslb.org Temple Israel (R) 269 Loma Ave. Long Beach, CA 90803 Contact: Rabbi Steven Moskowitz Phone: 562-434-0996 Email: info@tilb.org Website: www.tilb.org Temple Ner Tamid of Downey (R) 10629 Lakewood Boulevard Downey, CA 90241 Contact: Rabbi Daniel Mehlman Phone: 562-861-9276 Email: templenertamid1@dslextreme.com Website: www.downeytemplenertamid.org (R)=Reform (O)=Orthodox
(C)=Conservative (I)=Independent
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Yiddish Language & Culture . . . . . . . . . 2a Shabbat 101 Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2a The Jewish Vote Lecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2a
AJCC Annual Appeal 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . 2a Poker Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2a GesherCity Weekend Retreat . . . . . . . . . 3a
Soccer, Martial Arts & Dance Camps . . 3a ECE Parent Participation Classes . . . . . 4a Kids University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4a
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JEWISH LIFE & CULTURE
Annual Appeal 2014
Yiddish Language & Culture Taught by Sima Nachshon, Hebrew & Judaica Teacher Sundays, Aug 3 - Sept 21, 1-2pm Sima Nachshon has been teaching Hebrew and Judaic studies in California for over 20 years at various synagogues, including Temple Beth David in Westminster and Temple Beth Sholom in Santa Ana. She has a teacher's certificate from the Ulpan program in Israel and taught Hebrew to hundreds of immigrants in Israel for 8 years at various Ulpan programs. $95; $80/MVP
Shabbat 101 Workshop Thur, August 14, 11am-12pm or 6-7pm Come to this workshop led by Shlomit Jackson and learn: • What does Shabbat really mean? • What are the elements of Shabbat? • How can you bring Shabbat into your home? FREE - Everyone is welcome
The Jewish Vote Thur, September 4 & 18, 7pm FREE two-part lecture, led by Michelle Newman
You’ll learn answers to these questions and more: • Are stereotypes about the Jewish vote true? • Are Jewish voting patterns changing? • What part does Israel play in the Jewish vote? • Do Jews vote Democratic? • Do politicians “court” the Jewish vote?
Your Center for Life… Ever Think About That? At the Alpert JCC, we like to say that we’re “Your Center for Life.” Have you ever thought about what that means? We think of it as a kind of promise that says, “We will be there for you.” And we try hard to keep that promise to everyone. It takes a lot to live up to our promise. It means being there with a broad range of programs and services at every one of life’s many stages. Whether it’s our no-cost “From the Beginning” class for newborns and their parents, our highly acclaimed Early Childhood Education program that gives young children an Ethical Start® to learning, our many programs, movies, art exhibitions and lectures designed to broaden our cultural perspective, or even our popular Senior Adult lunch. The Alpert JCC is there, ensuring that important continuity of Jewish values, culture and practice through all the stages of life, while opening our doors widely enough so that no person, no child, no family ever feels left out. That’s why we’re counting on your support in this year’s Annual Appeal. As a non-profit agency, the Alpert JCC provides over $225,000 each year in scholarships and financial aid. This ensures that there is always a place for anyone with a desire to be a part of the Alpert JCC community. And so we are asking once again that you allow us to continue being that “Center for Life” for so many others by visiting www.alpertjcc.org/donate and making a generous donation to our Annual Appeal.
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Contact Shlomit Jackson, sjackson@alpertjcc.org (562) 426-7601, ext. 1067
Dr. Susan Mathieu, smathieu@alpertjcc.org • (562) 426-7601, ext. 1721
Movie Night at the “J”
Senior Adult Lunch
Sun, September 21, 7pm
Wed, August 6, 12pm
A poor Orthodox couple in Jerusalem just want to have a nice Sukkot holiday, and to honor the tradition of hospitality by inviting esteemed guests, or “Ushpizin,” to their sukkah. What they get instead is what makes this comedy a heartfelt story about faith and love. Rated PG
Enjoy a great & sassy salad luncheon followed with entertainment by Dance 2 Your Door, starring Ella Farrell. $6; $5/MVP RSVP to Susan Mathieu
Happiness & Humor Group
(Recommended ages 10 and above).
FREE to the community
Kabbalah Class Wednesdays, 12pm Rabbi Abba Perelmuter teaches this ongoing class where you'll add a new dimension to your life, renew your spirituality and learn something new. FREE
Weekly Shabbat Candle Lighting
Fri, August 1, 11am Normally meets on the 1st Friday of each month. This FREE ongoing monthly group, led by Dr. Susan Mathieu, will help you find the positive side of life. You’ll learn how to deal with difficult people and situations, steps to increase happiness in your own life, and the secret to a happy life. All senior adults are invited, so bring your friends and be ready to laugh. Coffee and light refreshments will be served. RSVP to Susan Mathieu
Fridays, 3:30pm
Sr. Adult Luncheon & Medicare/Medical Secrets You Always Wanted to Know
Join Shlomit Jackson, AJCC Jewish Educator, and the AJCC community for Shabbat candle lighting, Kiddush and HaMotzi. Grape juice & Challah provided.
Wed, August 13, 12pm
ADULTS AJCC Poker Club Tue, August 19, 6:30-10:30pm
Rosa Phillips, MBA, will tell us about the Medicare/Medical secrets you always wanted to know. The lecture will follow our luncheon program. Lunch will be farmer's salad, lemon roasted chicken with BBQ beans and roasted corn. $6; $5/MVP RSVP to Susan Mathieu
Join our friendly Texas Hold’Em Poker Club. Poker will be played, snacks & beverages will be served & cash prizes will be won.
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$25; $20/MVP (Cash Only) Contact Katie Clowdus, kclowdus@alpertjcc.org • (562)426-7601, ext. 1024
MVP: The MVP price is the "Member Value Price" that gives our members an automatic discount to the fee we charge for our programs and events., If you’re not a member of the AJCC speak with one of our Membership Services specialists and learn how you can start benefiting from MVP pricing today.
Ongoing Alpert JCC Senior Activities Knit Wits: Mon, 1-3pm • Senior Lunch: Wed, 12-2pm Bridge Lessons: Wed, 1:30pm • Mah Jongg: Thur, 11:30-3pm
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Cindi Massengale, cmassengale@alpertjcc.org • (562) 426-7601, ext. 1056
Having a busy summer? Take some time for yourself! Massage therapy is more than relaxing “me time”. Studies continue to prove the physical, and emotional benefits of even a single massage therapy session. Experts estimate that upwards of ninety percent of disease is stress related. And perhaps nothing ages us faster, internally and externally, than high stress. While eliminating anxiety and pressure altogether in this fast-paced world may be idealistic, massage can, without a doubt, help manage stress. Regardless of the adjectives we assign to it (pampering, rejuvenating, therapeutic) or the reasons we seek it out (a luxurious treat, stress relief, pain management), massage therapy can be a powerful ally in your healthcare regimen.
Tuesday Nights at the Pool: 5:30-8:30pm This summer, pool guests can expect a line-up of extra good times as the Alpert JCC membership department presents Tuesday Nights at the Pool. Come to swim and stay for the fun. For AJCC Members Only!
•August 5: Beach Party •August 12: 80s Night •August 19: FREE AJCC Member Poolside BBQ
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WELLNESS & FITNESS
Food will be available for purchase and themes are subject to change
Get $5 off a 1 hour massage or $10 off our already discounted prepaid Massage Packages.
GESHERCITY YOUNG ADULTS
Offer is only good July 4th - Aug. 31st, 2014, so call today or sign up at the PE desk to take advantage of this awesome special!!
Sponsored by the Alpert JCC & Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach
Susanne Katz, skatz@alpertjcc.org • (562) 426-7601, ext. 1625
AQUATICS PE Courtesy Desk (562) 426-7601, ext. 1051
GesherCity Weekend Retreat Fri-Sun, September 12-14 Spend a weekend with friends at beautiful Camp Hess Kramer in Malibu. Enjoy sports, games, discussion groups, music, Shabbat services and more. Includes 6 meals. Check on Facebook at GesherCity Lb for updates on pricing, availability, and registration.
Group Swim Lessons
Year Round Youth Swim Team
Mon & Wed or Tue & Thur
Ages 6-14 This is a competitive swim team, so all participants must tryout and be able to swim 25 yards with all 4 swim strokes. $90; $75/MVP (per month)
Ages 3-8 • 30 minute lessons •Tiny Tots (3-5): 1:30pm, 4pm •Beginner (4-6): 2pm, 3pm •Adv. Beginner (5-8): 3:30pm $95; $80/MVP(8 lessons, 4 wks)
SPORTS & RECREATION PE Courtesy Desk (562) 426-7601, ext. 1051
Challenger Sports British Soccer Camp at Stearns Park August 18-22 • Monday-Friday
Prep Swim Team
Water Polo Mon & Wed, 4:15-5pm Ages 5-11 Come learn water polo fundamentals. We offer a Free tryout day the first week of class, call for details. 60; $50/MVP ( 4 wks)
Ages 5-12 The goal of this program is to get kids ready for a swim team, water polo or Junior Lifeguard program. $60; $45/MVP (per month)
Ages 3-16 (Time depends on age) The Alpert JCC and Challenger Sports have joined together to offer soccer camps for kids. In this unique cross-cultural experience, our British coaching staff help kids enjoy soccer as never before, with an emphasis on individual skill development, a daily World Cup-style Tournament, and much more. To register, contact Natalie Chernik at ext. 1205 or nchernik@alpertjcc.org
Mixed Martial Arts with Sensei Mac: July 28-August 1 Jiu Jitsu: August 4-8 Choose one week or both
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri • 9am-Noon Ages 3-12 Two weeks of martial arts instruction led by the JCC’s own Sensei Mac. To register, contact Natalie Chernik at ext. 1205 or nchernik@alpertjcc.org
Pool Deck and Playground Rentals in the Summer The AJCC offers its members two convenient outdoor locations that would be perfect for birthday parties and many other types of similar gatherings.
Alpert JCC/Webby Beginning Hip Hop/Jazz Dance Camp
Pool Rentals: $95 per hour / 2 hr. minimum / 40-person max / Weekends Only With this rental, you get reserved table space beside the pool, the pool is not exclusively reserved for the renter. For larger parties, or for after-hour events, people can contact Irene Velasquez or Dan Howe at (562)426-7601.
August 11-15 Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri • 9am-Noon Ages 6-12 Professional instructors teach dancers beginning hip hop and jazz techniques to age-appropriate music in this action packed class. Kids will enjoy grooving to their favorite tunes!
Playground: $125 for a 4-hour block / 40-person max / Weekends Only This rental comes with tables, chairs, and easy-up canopies. The Playground is made available to the renter exclusively. Call for more info. (562) 426-7601.
To register, contact Natalie Chernik at ext. 1205 or nchernik@alpertjcc.org
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Early Childhood Education
YOUTH & TEENS
Linda Keiles,lkeiles@alpertjcc.org • (562) 426-7601, ext. 1092
Natalie Chernik, nchernik@alpertjcc.org • (562)426-7601, ext. 1205
Fun with your baby or toddler? Start the new year off right with your baby or toddler by becoming a part of our excellent parent/child participation classes. Meet new friends, enjoy fun & learning for families with children from birth through toddler in a welcoming Jewish atmosphere.
From the Beginning Wednesday Mornings, 9:30am Newborn through walking, with an adult Begin your new life with us at the AJCC; this class for new mothers and their infants will help you discover the joys and face the challenges that are part of transitioning your family when a new baby arrives, whether it’s your first or your fourth. Class is facilitated by a caring and experienced ECE staff member.
Moving On
This is a FREE class
Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:30am-12:30pm
Yad b’ Yad (Hand in Hand)
18-28 months with an adult Parents enjoy playing with their child for the first hour, and then leave them in the nurturing care of experienced ECE staff. The children will learn through guided group play, participating in music, rhythm, stories and dramatic play and other hands-on activities. The emphasis of this class is on social skills and development which will provide a great transition into pre-school.
Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:15-10:45am For children 9-23 months, with an adult Your child will experience development and discovery through hands-on learning, including music, arts & crafts, manipulatives, table and playground time. This class is a great way to make friends you and your family will keep for a lifetime.
ECE Enrichment Classes add a little something extra to the day! Even if your pre-school aged child isn’t enrolled in our program, they can still enjoy much of what we have to offer with our enrichment programs. Check out our classes below, and contact Danielle Putnam for information and registration:
Spanish Language Classes Conversational Spanish class where children learn colors, shapes, numbers, days of the week and so much more. Class times vary.
Chaverim Connection For children 2-3 ½ yrs Mon-Fri, 1-2:30pm: Choose one day or choose them all This program offers younger students the opportunity to learn important social and emotional skills such as conflict resolution, problem solving, and cooperative play through an extra hour of thematic structured activities.
Chugim For Children 3 ½-5 yrs Mon-Fri, 1-2:30pm: Choose one day or choose them all Chugim classes allow older student the opportunity to experience thematically based activities such as dance, swimming, gymnastics, theatre arts, crafts and literature.
Webby Dance at the J Intro to basics of tap, jazz, & ballet with Webby Dance, the leaders in early childhood dance instruction; class times vary. Contact the AJCC ECE Dept for more info at (562)426-7601, ext. 1090
Kids’ University The Blueprint for Your Child’s Success What makes Kids University, the Alpert JCC’s popular afterschool enrichment program, so successful? It probably starts with the fact that our buses are waiting at many Long Beach area schools when that final bell rings. The fact that we have trained experienced staff on hand to work with each child is certainly a plus. And the safety and security that parents have come to expect from the AJCC is one more reason. Supervised homework assistance means that each child is focused on what’s most important. The enrichment classes that range from computer lab, to swimming, theater arts, dance, Judaic studies and more – well, they all make up the so-called icing on the cake! Make an appointment to discuss Kids’ University with Program Director Natalie Chernik, and you’ll be able to make your own assessment of how the Alpert JCC’s Kids’ University is truly designed to make each and every child more successful in, and out, of the classroom.
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Register Today! (562) 426-7601, ext. 1205
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JFCS
Call Today! We’re Here to Help! 3801 E. WILLOW STREET LONG BEACH, CA 90815 WEB: www.jfcslongbeach.org EMAIL: jfcs@jfcslongbeach.org PHONE: 562-427-7916
You can be a model at “RUNWAY”
Many women have long dreamed of being a fashion model, sporting the latest, most flattering apparel at a New York fashion show. This wish can come true on the evening of September 11 at RUNWAY: The Beauty of Helping Others, a fashion show and fundraiser benefitting JFCS. Special modeling opportunities are offered to sponsors who commit at the Designer level ($1,000) or higher, and they will join a bevy of professional models
for a walk down the runway in one of the latest looks. The show will have the look and feel of a New York event, with Macy’s of Los Cerritos Center providing the latest new looks for fall, winter, and the holiday season. Veteran fashion editor Bonnie McCarthy will provide commentary from the runway. Unique, exclusive experiences will be auctioned off to the highest bidder during the fashion show, and former clients of JFCS will share their journeys to healing and will experience a makeover during the show that will then be shown to the audience. RUNWAY: The Beauty of Helping Others is underwritten and produced by
Wendy Manasse and David Wiese, “Proceeds from ticket sales and sponsorships will go directly to JFCS. It is our dream to produce a fashion show that also serves a worthy cause, and as longtime
RUNWAY: The Beauty of Helping Others WHAT: A New York-style fashion show, networking event, and fundraiser all wrapped into one great event. Drinks & nibbles, followed by a fashion show, live auction, & several past clients of JFCS sharing their stories & undergoing makeovers. WHERE: Jewish Federation Campus WHEN: Thursday, September 11, from 5:00-7:30 pm WHY: All proceeds benefit JFCS HOW MUCH: $40 pre-purchase; $60 at the door; $75 VIP with reserved seating & swag bag. Sponsorships start at $250.
Friendly Visitor Program Needs Volunteers Are you interested in giving back by volunteering your time? The JFCS Friendly Visitor program may be a perfect fit for those who are passionate about the welfare of seniors in the greater Long Beach community. The program matches frail, isolated, and home-bound seniors with volunteers who provide companionship through weekly visits or phone calls.
“The goal of the Friendly Visitor program is to help home-bound seniors remain engaged in the community and to lessen the feelings of social isolation, which is often the situation when seniors live alone at home and family members are not nearby,” explained Chris Goldman, Director of Older Adult Services for JFCS. Volunteers must fill out an
supporters of JFCS who believe strongly in their vision and mission, it was a natural fit,” said Manasse, a veteran of the fashion industry who owns her own swimwear line, Quenchwear.
application, come in for an interview, complete and pass a background screening, and attend an orientation. “This program fills a need that is not currently being met with other programs in our Older Adult Services portfolio. We are grateful to the Jewish Federation for their grant award to help JFCS reinstate this program, as it provides a much needed service in our
community,” added Kathryn Miles, JFCS Executive Director. If you are interested in learning more about this volunteer opportunity, please call the JFCS office to request an application. JFCS is accepting 30 friendly visitors for the upcoming orientation, which will be held in September.
Over 40 parents & caregivers participated in the JFCS Autism/ADHD Forum on June 10 at the Weinberg Jewish Federation Campus. The event was sponsored by Binnie & Jack Berro and family and was moderated by Debbie Freeman, MFT, JFCS Director of Clinical Services, left. Participants were able to ask questions of the five panelists after their presentations on various topics of interest to the audience.
From Our Team Kathryn Miles JFCS Executive Director
Sustainability is clearly a buzz word in the nonprofit world these days because it is a challenge for many organizations to raise enough dollars for their programs and also keep the doors open year after year. In fact, if you google “nonprofit sustainability”, your search will render more than 6 million results including books, articles, flowcharts, matrices, and plans. This is why I was so intrigued to receive a call from the Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership (LBNP) asking if JFCS would be interested in participating in a new sustainability program. JFCS is one of five nonprofits participating from June —October. During the first phase, each organization will conduct an in-depth audit of actual and potential resources in order to create goals and strategies for achieving greater financial strength. At the end of this phase, JFCS will have completed a 2-year sustainability plan that will serve as a roadmap to ensure we are here to serve our community, now and in the future. During the second phase, matching grant funds will be available for the five organizations to implement pieces of their plan. The success of the program really lies not in the creation of the plan, but the implementation. We have started our resource audit, and I’m looking forward to having that roadmap to share with our stakeholders, donors and partners in the community.
OUR MISSION: Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Long Beach/West Orange County is a nonprofit agency that provides a wide range of professional counseling and support services to assist all individuals regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, disability or sexual orientation in facing life’s challenges.
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HEBREW ACADEMY
Award Winning Academics in a Genuine Jewish Environment 14401 WILLOW LANE HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92647 WEB: www.hebrewacademyhb.com PHONE: 714-898-0051 CAMP SILVER GAN ISRAEL: www.campsgi.com
The Hebrew Academy: A Year in Review We had a wonderful 2013 – 2014 school year. As the summer comes to a close, we reflect on our successes and our goals for the future. Of note, enrollment grew, which is always a great sign. To top that metric off, our new families were strong matches for the school; they were attracted by our mission and offered academically curious and capable children for us to educate. What attracted great candidates and retained amazing families? Most importantly, we have the highest quality staff around. All general studies teachers have post-bachelor’s degrees and
teaching credentials (one credential is in process this summer). All Judaic studies teachers have expertise in the Judaic topics and all are cultural leaders in their home communities. All teachers received high-quality professional development coaching, thanks to a significant grant from the Alevy Family, in the area of engaged learning and project-based instruction. To top all this off, our new front office staff is friendly, welcoming and capable. Finally, we would like to share the “meat and potatoes” of our education. These programs have a significant impact on our young schol-
ars’ educational environment. Here are a few highlights from this year: • Alumni Reunion: More than 45 alumni came to visit with old friends and teachers. • Animation: Middle school boys learned how to create amazing animated documentaries. • Book Fairs: Were well-attended and raised more money than usual. • Counseling: A JFCS intern helped our students under the guidance of our school counselor, Clara Cohen. • Climbing Walls: A parent donated two mechanical climbing walls.
Class of 2014 Prepares to Embark On Their Next Venture
er for well over a decade. Not only have they grown to become scholars in the full sense, but more importantly they have learned how to apply their academics to their everyday lives in order to make a positive contribuAnticipation and excite- tion to this fast changing and ment was in the air at the complex world. Hebrew Academy as the The Academy has five year came to a close and core values and four main the middle school and high tenets. The school strives to school students prepared for help our students develop their graduation. The Acade- intellectually, emotionally, somy is a preschool thru twelfth cially and spiritually. When grade Jewish day school, our alumni are asked what which means that many of they remember from their our graduates have been Hebrew Academy days, their learning and growing togeth- answers always include a
sense of pride for their teachers, administrators, rabbis and the parents. Even an alumnus who only spent a year with us will frequently say that it was the best year of their childhood life. The Hebrew Academy is very proud of our graduates who celebrated their completion of studies on June 17th. We know that they will have the tools to be successful to go on with any pursuit they desire and become strong members of the Jewish community. We wish them the best and look forward to hear about their adult pursuits.
WE ARE THE HEBREW ACADEMY “Signing our son to a Jewish preschool was mainly the reason we picked The Hebrew Academy Preschool, but we are so thankful that we did, because we received so much more. My child loves coming to school, he is nurtured and taught in a safe and fun environment. He is happy to come to school and we feel as if we are part of a big family, and it is wonderful to be part of the Hebrew Academy community.” – Michael & Tehila Hatheway (Jonathan, 4 & Emma, 1)
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• Fieldtrips: Trips to local & national locations, all based on curriculum, cultural, and educational needs. • Gardening: Mr. Berger worked with students to help plant & maintain gardens around the campus. • Homework Club: Held 3 days a week and expanding next year to become a tutoring center. • iPad Integration: Thanks to the Alevy Family, an iPad cart was added to the teach ing & learning repertoire. • Jog-a-thon: Held for the 2nd time with amazing turnout and support for the school. • Library Remodel: Thanks to the Greenspan family, our students got a chance to study in a new library. • Solar Panels: We added 955 panels to become totally self-sufficient in our energy consumption.
• Strategic Planning: We hired a consultant, gained lots of strong data and are now working on developing the action plans for the focus groups. • Uniforms: New uniforms helped bring branding, discipline and pride to the school. • Violin Lessons: With the sup port of the Zechter Music Foundation and JFFS, we were able to offer violin lessons to our students at NO COST to them. • Yearbook: Our beloved Deborah “Coach” Wilcoxson, who has since retired, advised the high school girls and helped create a beautiful yearbook. If you are interested in touring our beautiful campus, please contact Alexandra Greenberg at agreenberg@ hacds.org or 714-898-0051.
Partnering with AYSO Soccer The Hebrew Academy and Alpert Jewish Community Center have partnered with the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) Region 143. We chose AYSO because it is a child-first and child-focused organization where every decision, rule and program has “what’s good for kids” as its basis. This program is open to boys and girls ages 4-14 whose birth dates fall between August 1, 2000 and August 31, 2010. Games will be played on Sunday mornings at the Hebrew Academy. The first game is scheduled for Sunday, September 7 and practices will begin mid-August. You may ask, why is it important to have a soccer program? We believe it’s
because every girl and boy stepping on a soccer field for the first time can have fun. You can set a soccer ball down on any corner in the world and have friends. It is a global sport that Americans have embraced in record numbers because it’s fun even with a beginner’s skill. It is also a game you can play and enjoy for the rest of your life. If you wish to register your child, please apply online at www.ayso143.org. The cost is $90 for the first child and $80 for each sibling registered at the same time. Should you have any problems registering online, please call 866-588-2976 or email to eaysosupport@ ayso.org.
Lana Ishqair Lana will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on August 16. Lana is going into the 9th grade at Los Alamitos High School and enjoys photography, swimming and babysitting. For her mitzvah project, Lana is having a diaper & baby wipe drive for the local Precious Life Shelter in Los Alamitos.
Mazel Tov
CONGREGATION SHIR CHADASH Mazel Tov to Toby and Mark Zotstein who will celebrate their 68th anniversary on August 10, 2014. In 1943 Toby, just 16 years of age, was dating David Zotstein. David asked her to find a date for his brother Mark who was on leave from the Army. No sooner than they met, Mark announced that they were switching dates immediately. It was love at first sight! They did not talk about marriage; they talked about what their children would look like. Toby waited two years for her precious love Mark to return. Mark was fighting in Japan and took part in the Invasion of Manila. They still have every letter they wrote each other during that time. Toby’s quote: “If you open that satchel there will be steam rising out of it.” What’s the greatest gift Mark ever gave her? “Himself.”
From the Jewish Federation Board, Leadership & Staff •Mazel Tov to Shelly SpiegelColeman & Marc Coleman on the birth of your granddaughter, Adina Chani Coleman
•Mazel Tov to Andrea & Don Kaiser, on celebrating 50 years of marriage •Mazel Tov to Phyllis & Joe Parmet, on celebrating 50 years of marriage
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•Mazel Tov to Rosalind & Ned Bassin, on celebrating 50 years of marriage •Mazel Tov to Judith & Burt Dubowy, on celebrating 50 years of marriage
•Mazel Tov to Cantor Finnley, on celebrating 30 years of dedicated service as Cantor of Temple Israel •Happy Birthday to Harold Seifer
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CONGREGATION SHIR CHADASH Ahmad Ishqair Ahmad will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on August 16. Ahmad is going into the 11th grade at Los Alamitos High School, enjoys being in Drama and Choir and spending time with his friends. For his mitzvah project, Ahmad is collecting new/slightly used towels & blankets, toys for cats & dogs, and food for cats & dogs to donate to the Long Beach Animal Shelter.
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When It Comes To Healthy Resolutions, Just KIS(S) It! By Stuart Fischer, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI
Whether born for the New Year, or hatched somewhere in between, most resolutions involve losing weight, Stuart Fischer, dieting and getMD, FACC, ting more exerFACP, FSCAI cise — all of which happily contribute to better heart health. Unfortunately, a few months after making those “new you” promises, many of us are left wondering what went wrong. Though medical interventions abound, the personal steps we take toward our own cardiovascular well-being can be key to living longer and healthier lives. That’s why making those resolutions a reality is so important to us all and our loved ones. Oddly enough, what seems to work best in helping my patients get the right results from their fitness resolutions is not something I learned in medical school, but rather out on the
baseball field. Many of you know me as a general and interventional cardiologist. In my practice I frequently see patients who are overweight with significant hypertension not controlled by standard medications. Often, those patients are also very sedentary. To a great degree, improvements to their health are contingent upon personal resolve and an understanding that their poorly controlled hypertension is related to controllable environmental factors such as overeating and lack of exercise. In counseling them, I use an approach given to me by former Brooklyn-LA Dodger, Duke Snyder. A few years ago my wife enrolled me in Dodger fantasy camp, and Duke was my coach. During batting practice he would yell out, “Fischer KISS the ball. KISS IT!” Since I was hitting the ball, I did not completely understand what he meant by “KISS IT!” He fi-
nally explained, “Just Keep It Simple Stupid.” Coach Snyder wanted me to simplify my approach to hitting, and, of course, he was correct. As it turns out, the “KISS IT” approach (minus the last “s”) works extremely well for a lot of life’s challenges — like one’s health, diet and exercise. By combining the goals of weight loss, healthy eating and exercise into one resolution, it’s much easier for any one of us to achieve a satisfying measure of success. In working with those overweight, hypertensive patients, we Keep It Simple, by not discussing diets or exercise programs, but by focusing on living a healthy lifestyle. We frequently discuss modes of exercise and changes in eating habits that should lead to weight loss. When those patients begin to “move their bodies,” lose weight and eat healthier, we often see their blood pressure come under
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better control. Consequently, the patient may be able to lower, and possibly discontinue, their medications entirely. We discuss moving their bodies by walking, swimming, and, yes, if possible, joining a gym. We talk about healthy eating, not dieting. It is a slightly different approach, but one that I have seen work many times, and as a physician, there is nothing more rewarding than seeing a patient take responsibility for their healthcare by living a healthier life. So, with new resolutions comes new hope. It is never too late to start practicing a healthy lifestyle. Just keep your approach simple… • Don’t diet: Change the way you eat by making healthier choices and decreasing the total volume of food consumption. • Move your bodies: Park away from mall entrances, take daily walks, join a gym. It takes work to live a
healthier lifestyle, but the rewards are great: Your good health! And, remember, just “KIS(S) IT!” About the Author: Stuart Fischer, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI is board certified in Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease and Internal Medicine. He also holds a special certification in Cardiac Pacing. Dr. Fischer is a co-founder of Los Alamitos Cardiovascular and a proud sponsor of the Jewish Federation and Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Long Beach and West Orange County. During his career, Dr. Fischer has held numerous chair and director positions at Los Alamitos Medical Center and at Long Beach Memorial Center, where he is a Founding Fellow of the Memorial Heart Institute. Learn more about Dr. Fischer and the other cardiologists at Los Alamitos Cardiovascular by visiting www.losalcardio.com.
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I loved to walk. Beginning in early 2001, I decided I needed to get in some regular exercise. So I created a scenic and convenient 3-mile route that began and ended at our home every day. For many years, you could find me in the early morning hours power-walking from here to there, and back again. It was one of the smartest things I’d ever done to maintain my heart-health and weight, and it would clear my mind. Late in 2011, I began to feel a weakness in my left ankle. I saw my orthopedic surgeon who advised that I take it a bit easier. I was told there would be a good likelihood that some perceived, slight irritation to a spinal nerve would heal itself, and that soon, I would wake up feeling just fine with no more ankle weakness. So I geared down to 2-miles per day. But the weakness got worse. It became so distracting that after falling too many times, my walks came to an end, and I thought it wise to consult a neurologist. My Long Beach neurologist examined me and referred me to a neurology clinic in Los Angeles where, in December 2012, after an exhaustive (and exhausting) 3-hour examination from head-to-toe, I was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), or more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Melanie, my wife, and I both being baseball fans, we knew exactly what we were up against, and were clear as to the nature of the diagnosis and prognosis. When we began looking
deeper into this disease, we learned that ALS was discovered in 1869, but it wasn’t until 1939 when Lou Gehrig was diagnosed that national attention was brought to the disease. ALS can strike at any time, at any age, and occurs throughout the world with no racial, ethnic, or socio-economic boundaries. Approximately 5,600 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with ALS annually, and it is estimated that approximately 30,000 Americans are living with the disease at any given time. In less than 3% of these cases, the disease is carried by one’s DNA, and the doctors do not know where it comes from. And this may be the worst part — they do not know its cure. Over the course of the eighteen months, from diagnosis to present, ALS has taken me from being a vital, healthy, and invested member of our community and profession, to an individual with a disability retirement, who requires assistance in mostly all routine daily activities. Melanie and I are committed to helping other people who are dealing with the ravages of this terrible disease. Please join us as we embark on this very personal fundraising campaign to raise money in support of a most remarkable team of doctors and scientists involved in the on-going research and the kind and thorough treatment offered at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Robert H. Baloh, MD is the Director of Neuromuscular Medicine in the Department of Neurology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and he is a member of the Brain Program at the Regenerative Medicine Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, under the direction and leadership of Clive Svendsen, PhD. Dr. Baloh is also the Director of the Cedars-
Sinai Multidisciplinary ALS Program, and, most importantly, Dr. Baloh is my personal physician. Dr. Baloh and his team have the combined desire to learn more about this disease through continued research and the application of stellar patient care. Their work has tremendous potential to make critical differences for all patients with ALS. Through their work, Dr. Baloh and his team are developing new and unique therapeutic approaches to treat, and eventually cure, ALS. Their research has the power to change lives, to save lives - but they need our help to raise the funds that make this research possible. I do not believe that I will be able to enjoy the fruits of Dr. Baloh’s and Dr. Svendsen’s research, but I DO BELIEVE that you, your children, your children’s children, and generations to follow will have the opportunity to take advantage of the hard work, forward-thinking, and success that is flourishing in the Neuromuscular and Regenerative
Medicine Laboratories at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Every gift helps and is a gesture that will change future lives affected by this insidious disease. We are deeply grateful not only for the care that I have received, but also for the science that is being conducted by this fine group of individuals. That is why Melanie and I choose to commit to match the first $10,004 raised by this particular campaign; the additional $4 represents, recognizes, and honors the man and the uniform number worn by Lou Gehrig during his record-setting years with the New York Yankees. We challenge others to commit to matching funds of any amount, as well. Your tax deductible donation goes directly to the research for the treatment and eventual cure of ALS at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Donations can be made by mailing a check to Cedars Sinai Medical Center, c/o Paola Villar Werstler, 8700 Beverly Blvd., Suite 2416, Los Angeles, CA 90048. Please
make checks payable to Cedars-Sinai, and print “ALS Research in honor of Melanie & Dan Spellens” on the memo line. To make your gift by credit card, please visit https:// giving.cedars-sinai.edu/ make-a-gift, and select “Other” under Designation and enter “ALS Research in honor of Melanie & Dan Spellens” in the special instructions box. If you have any questions whatsoever regarding this fundraising program, the research team, or the nature of the research being conducted please do not hesitate to contact Paola Villar Werstler, Associate Director of Development, Neurosciences at Cedars-Sinai at 310-4232474. With your help and support, and in partnership with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the ALS Association, Golden West Chapter, on this, the 75th anniversary of Lou Gehrig’s “Luckiest Man” speech, let us all be partners in our common goal to “Strike out ALS!”
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GENERAL FUND •To Barbara Alpert & family, in memory of your beloved Ray, from: o Jan & Eric Albert o Liz & Jim Breslauer o Brad Brooks & family o Lea & Dennis Gerber o Annette Kashiwabara & Marty Isozaki o Cynthia Persky & family o Sheila & Norman Pokras o Charles & Dorothy Samuel o Leslie Shiffman o Rose Wolfe & family •To Linda Simmons, happy 65th birthday, from: o Barbara, Ben, Jay, & Lee Alhadeff o Adele Banner o Rosalind Bassin o Eileen Braeman o Marsha Chait o Judith & Burt Dubowy o Linda R. Fox o Joan Glassman o Lory Glickman o Helen Gomez o Phyllis & Jesse Metzger o Nanette Minow o Rita Moore o Roberta Rabin o Doreen Shuldiner o Diane Switzky o Phyllis Wallis o Ann West •To Alan Alpert, in memory of your beloved father Ray, from George & Bonnie Ribet •To Alan & Sophie Alpert, in memory of your beloved father and father-in-law Ray, from Rose Wolfe & family •To Gene & Shirley Ross, in honor of two wonderful human beings who share their passion & wealth with the Jewish Community of Greater Long Beach, from Gerda & Harold Seifer •To a real mensch, Jim Breslauer, mazel tov on receiving an honorary PhD from Ben Gurion University for many years of work in the promotion of economic development in Israel, from Gerda & Harold Seifer •To Matt Simmons, in honor of receiving the Fred Neuburger Young Leadership Award, from Rosalind & Ned Bassin and Linda & Sanford Simmons (Mom & Dad) •To Andrea & Don Kaiser, in honor of your 50th Anniversa-
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