Jewish Community Chronicle - October 2016 High Holy Days Issue

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Federation President’s New Year Message Daryl Phillips

IT ’ S A LWAYS S O M E TH I N G .

Jewish Federation Board President

THAT’S WHY THERE’S The High Holy Days signify a new beginning.

They give us a special, sometimes even holy, time to reflect on the past, and to contemplate our future. As your newly installed Jewish Federation President, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately.

I’ve been thinking about all of the positive things that are happening around us – across our campus and throughout our community. And I’ve also been considering all that there is for us to accomplish together in the days, weeks, and months ahead.

Recently, someone asked me how I became Federation’s new President. While we were on the subject, they asked me what makes a good leader. Having been born here in Long Beach, my introduction to the Jewish Community Center (recognized today as the Alpert Jewish Community Center) started during the mid-1950’s with youth programs and activities at our then newly formed Federation and Jewish Community Center. Years later, my wife and I joined Young Leadership, which led to volunteering for committee, program, agency and board positions. Infusing these experiences with my business management experience, I was able to further hone my leadership skills. I worked on developing my practical skills and my people skills. I focused on developing a long term vision based upon a strong value system. And I learned that good leadership can help guide organizations into the future.

The Weinberg Jewish Federation Campus But enough about me... Let us talk about the state of our community! The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Jewish Federation Campus serves as a beautiful hub for Jewish life throughout Long Beach and the western part of Orange County.

However, even though it’s just 17 years old, there is already a need for updating our facilities and making improvements to our infrastructure.

Gaining input from a professional consultant, staff, and lay leaders, the Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach & West Orange County has begun to identify community, building, and agency needs and areas for improvement. It’s been a real eye-opening experience for me, and here is what I’ve already learned during this process: Did you know that five agencies share the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Jewish Federation Campus building space? They are: (1) the Jewish Federation, the professional fundraising arm of the community, (2) the Jewish Community Foundation, which provides professional financial management of endowment gifts and legacy

FEDERATION gifts from our donors, (3) the Alpert Jewish Community Center, which serves over 10,000 members, (4) Jewish Family & Children’s Service, which offers professional counseling and support to individuals and families in need, and (5) Long Beach Hillel, which provides our local university students with events & activities and, most importantly, a sense of Jewish identity and community as they pursue their studies.

Why Federation?

Did you know that when the Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach & West Orange County has an annual community-wide fundraising campaign, every one of these vital agencies along with the Hebrew Academy and local synagogues are the beneficiaries? Our Federation’s fundraising events include Opening Night, Super Sunday Phone-a-thon, Legacy of Leadership, and the events staged by the Federation’s Men’s and Women’s Philanthropy divisions.

Did you know that monies raised from our annual campaign is allocated to the agencies, synagogues, and even overseas through Federation grants? All of these allocations are made to ensure that our community infrastructure serves us well today, and is positioned to serve us well in the future. Funds are allocated for property management, capital and structural improvements, agency operations and community services, playground and auditorium upkeep and improvements, and our young leadership programs.

As our agencies focus their efforts on the important work of creating and implementing the many programs that benefit our children, our seniors, our families, and our community at large, the Jewish Federation will tend to the business of building and infrastructure management, as well as providing necessary funding for our agencies.

As we look toward the coming year, here are just some of the exciting developments that are already in work: • In an effort to “green” our buildings and campus, our Campus Operations Committee is working with the Alpert Jewish Community Center and Jewish Federation to install rooftop and parking lot solar panels, projecting a $100K, or more, annual utility savings.

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• The recently launched Lentzner Leadership Fellows Program will provide in-depth training and mentoring for a select group of emerging Jewish Federation Leaders, building upon the work of the Alpert New Leaders Forum, which recruits and trains leaders for all of our community agencies.

• The Federation’s Men’s Philanthropy division and Solomon Society are kicking off the new year with exciting plans for a Men Only Israel mission, a mission trip to Cuba, supper club evenings for socializing and networking, unique local and international guest speaker forums, and other outreach programs, focused on leadership and philanthropy here locally, in Israel, and around the world.

• Our Legacy of Leadership event will take place in January, recognizing and honoring our community leaders with Lifetime of Service and Pursuer of Justice awards, and is projected to raise over $120,000 to help our partner agencies and our shared campus facility.

Please watch for further announcements and read about all of our upcoming community happenings in the Jewish Community Chronicle, the Jewish Federation and Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Long Beach & West Orange County’s website, Facebook, and Twitter accounts.

As your new Jewish Federation President, that’s what I’ve been thinking about. If it sounds like a lot, it is! And my hope is that our entire community can come together in support of planning our future. If you would like to be a part of this important and exciting process, this is where you come in because there’s plenty to be done! Our community and our agencies are stronger and better with the benefit of your voice and your support. By working together and communicating openly and honestly, we can guide our community toward a future that we will all be proud of.

L’Shanah Tovah and best wishes to all of your families for a healthy and prosperous new year.

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Temple Beth David

Your reform Jewish home for the High Holy Days and all year long!

H igh Holy Days Selichot, Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur in our beautiful sanctuary Children’s program and babysitting both RH and YK; call for reservations Tashlich at Bolsa Chica State Beach nd 2 day Rosh Hashanah at the Huntington Beach Pier Sukkot under the best sukkah in Orange County Dance and unroll the Torah at Simchat Torah Call the temple office for times and event details

Our congregat ional communi ty is  Inclusive and welcoming  Spiritual  Musical  Active in our community

Early C hildhood Learning C enter (Preschool) 

For over 30 years, our ECLC has welcomed children of all religious backgrounds and cultures.

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The Jewish traditions and values woven into the program add to the highest standards of curriculum taught in amazingly innovative ways.

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More info at www.ocpreschool.org

Pre-kindergarteners learn math using Hula Hoops

Don’ t miss our annual C antor’s C oncer t !

Featuring excerpts from Les Misérables with Ivan Rutherford 

Did we mention that we are known as "the musical congregation"?

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Cantorial Soloist Nancy Linder will be joined by the incomparable Ivan Rutherford (Jean Valjean in over 2,300 performances of Les Misérables on Broadway and national tours!) and the award-winning Los Alamitos HS Show Choir.

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November 5, 7:00 pm at Temple Beth David. Call today for tickets!

Temple Beth David

6100 Hefley Street, Westminster, CA 92683 www.templebethdavid.org (714) 892-6623 ◊ tbdavid@templebethdavid.org

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R E F L E C T I O N S

Refusing Shallowness During the High Holy Days

By Rabbi Howard Laibson

Dear Friends, This is that time of year when according to our tradition, we are urged to Rabbi Howard review the year Laibson that is ending and, more importantly, our interactions with others during that time. If we take this task at all seriously -- as I hope we all do -- we are led to ask ourselves questions as individuals and as a community. Questions such as: · Have I devoted adequate time to the cultivation of my soul -- my spiritual and moral center? What more can I do? How can I do so?

When will I do so? · Have I effectively and sincerely demonstrated my love for those closest to me?

What more can I do? How

can I do so? When will I do so? · Have I been truthful in my relationships with the people around me, at work, school or at home? What more can I do? How can I do so?

When will I do so? · Have I been honest in my business and professional dealings? What more can I do? How can I do so?

When will I do so?

As participants in our community, we might ask: · Have we demonstrated adequate care, concern and responsibility for the needy and disadvantaged among us? Both Jewish and nonJewish? What more can we do? How can we do so?

When will I join the effort?

· Have we fulfilled the mitzvah of g’milut chasadim (deeds of loving kindness) by adequately supporting -through tzedakah (righteous giving) and through collective volunteerism -- our synagogue, the Jewish Federation and the local, national and international Jewish communal organizations it serves? What more can we do? How can we do so?

When will I join the effort? · Have we done our very best to act and speak out on behalf of the State of Israel and it’s security? What more can we do? How can we do so? When will I join the effort? · Have we properly remained vigilant regarding the growing world-wide threat of anti-Semitism? What more can we do? How can we

Area Synagogue Upcoming Events Please contact the synagogue directly with any questions using the Synagogue Directory (right) and see our Community Calendar at jewishlongbeach.org for more community event listings.

BEIT HALEV Tuesday, 10/25, 9:30 am: Torah Dedication. Beit HaLev will be dedicating their Torah on Simchat Torah and inviting the public to come & join in the celebration.

CONGREGATION SHIR CHADASH Sunday, 10/23, 12:00 pm: Annual Sukkot Pizza in the Hut. Enjoy salad, pizza & dessert in Congregation Shir Chadash’s lovely decorated Sukkah. Visit the website or call for Sukkot, Hoshana Raba, Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah service dates & times.

Friday, 10/28, 7:00 pm: Meditation Shabbat.

do so? When will I join the effort?

These are only a fraction of the serious questions which we ought to be asking ourselves during this High Holy Day season. Doing so requires sincerity, a genuine effort to be self-aware and self-critical, and an absolute refusal to hide behind shallowness.

Synagogue Directory

CONGREGATIONS

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Beit HaLev (I) 13044 Del Monte Drive Seal Beach, CA 90740 Contact: Rabbi Galit Levy-Slater Phone: 562-493-2680 Email: duets@icloud.com Website: www.galityomtov.com­­­ 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

May we all take full advantage of this season.

Congregation Lubavitch (O) 3981 Atlantic Ave. Long Beach, CA 90807 Contact: Rabbi Yitzchok Newman Phone: 562-426-5480 Email: yitzyg@aol.com

Ellen, Ariela, Miriam and Randy join me in wishing each of you a shanah tovah u-m’tukah -- a sweet and good New Year!

Congregation Shir Chadash (I) 6440 Del Amo Blvd.

Lakewood, CA 90713 Contact: Rabbi Mariana Gindlin Phone: 562-429-0715 Email: csclakewood@dslextreme.com Website: www.CongregationShirChadash.org

L’shalom, Rabbi Laibson Rabbi Howard O. Laibson is Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Shir Chadash in Lakewood, CA. He also serves as Chair of the Jewish Federation’s Kehillah Leadership Council.

B’nai Mitzvah

TEMPLE BETH SHALOM Caleb Michael Rudman

Congregation Sholom of Leisure World, Seal Beach (C) 13044 Del Monte Drive Seal Beach, CA 90740 Contact & Phone: President - 562-431-0113 Phone: Membership - 562-296-5567 Email: congsholomlwsb@gmail.com P’nai Or (I) 3955 N. Studebaker Road Long Beach, CA 90808 Phone: 562-364-5154 Email: info@pnaior.org Website: www.pnaior.org 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

and Cantor Marla Barugel.

All services will take place in Clubhouse 3 of Leisure World Seal Beach. For exact dates & times of services, go to Page 20.

P’NAIR OR High Holy Days, Services will be led by guest, Rabbi Howard Laibson. For exact dates & times of services, go to Page 20.

CONGREGATION SHOLOM OF LEISURE WORLD, SEAL BEACH High Holy Days, Services are conducted by Rabbinical SHUL BY THE SHORE Student Zachary Golden Sunday, 10/2, 7:30 pm:

Festive Rosh Hashanah Dinner.

RSVP is required. $30 per person. $10 per child (under 12 years old). To RSVP for Rosh Hashanah Dinner, call (562) 621-9828 or visit the website.

TEMPLE ISRAEL Sunday, 10/23, 5:00 pm: Simchat Torah Celebration.

Come celebrate with Rabbi Steven Moskowitz, Cantor Sara Hass, Kendra Cogert, and the Shabbatones.

Caleb Michael Rudman will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, October 29th, 2016 at 10:00 am. Caleb is a student in the GATE program at Stanford Middle School, where he also enjoys singing in the Choir and learning the clarinet in Band. He’s actively involved in Boy Scouts where he’s currently working to achieve his First Class with his ‘high adventure’ troop, Troop 212. At the same time, Caleb works a paper route delivering to businesses and residences for a local Long Beach newspaper.

Caleb’s Mitzvah project will be collecting gently used video games, board games, and books for children receiving care at Millers Children’s Hospital.

Temple Beth Ohr (R) 15721 E. Rosecrans Ave. La Mirada, CA 90638 Contact: Rabbi Mark Goldfarb Phone: 714-521-6765 Email:office@templebethohr.com Website: www.templebethohr.com Temple Beth Shalom (C) 3635 Elm Avenue Long Beach, CA 90807 Contact: Rabbi David Cantor Phone: 562-426-6413 Fax: 562-426-7824 Email: office@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 (C)=Conservative (I)=Independent (O)=Orthodox (R)=Reform

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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

JFCS and 24Hr HomeCare to Collaborate on In-Home Services Program

Mike Huntley, JFCS Encore Fellow (standing left), and Elaine Porzucki, JFCS Care Manager (standing center) join 24Hr HomeCare Account Executive Jesse Thomas (standing right) at the office of 24Hr HomeCare to introduce JFCS to their staff.

JFCS is pleased to announce the launch of atHome, a new collaboration between JFCS and 24Hr HomeCare, a premier non-medical home care company. This new program

will quickly link those who need expert, reliable, and competitively-priced in-home assistance for themselves or for a family member with 24Hr HomeCare, a top-rated, reputable provider of nonmedical in-home services.

“As an agency working with many older adults and people with temporary or permanent physical or cognitive challenges, we want to be able to quickly respond to their needs. By collaborating closely with 24Hr HomeCare, we will be able to set appointments for clients and their families or circles of support to assess their needs quickly and begin

services right away. Our program will offer flexibility for clients so that they can utilize services for as short or as long a period of time as they need, “ said Kathryn Miles, JFCS Executive Director. “Our staff will be in contact with the team at 24Hr HomeCare to consistently review the status of our clients and to address feedback or changes in their situation,” added Miles. atHome will connect 24Hr HomeCare’s full range of in-home care services such as personal care, companionship, transportation services, light housekeeping, incontinence care, medication reminders, meal preparation,

and Philips Lifeline Emergency Response System to JFCS’ array of services, including assessments, support groups, case management, money management, counseling, and Friendly Visitor Program. “Our collaboration truly provides the majority of our clients with the care and attention they need to recover from a medical procedure at home, or to avoid a move to unfamiliar surroundings when they can no longer live at home safely without support. Through 24Hr HomeCare, there is always someone on duty, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, should a problem arise. This level of attention will ease the minds of

family members who may live far away and not be able to provide hands-on care,” noted Miles. “While we respect the desire for choice and have other referral options if our clients want to compare services and pricing, we have found that 24Hr HomeCare rises above all others because of their experienced and compassionate licensed caregivers.”

For more information about atHome, please contact Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Long Beach & West Orange County at (562) 427-7916 or visit the JFCS website at www.jfcslongbeach.org.

RUNWAY 2016 Reflections

By Wendy Manasse Wiese, RUNWAY Chief Visionary & Jewish Family & Children’s Service Board Member

Wendy Manasse Wiese RUNWAY Chief Visionary & JFCS Board Member

As I write this, RUNWAY: The Art of Design is just a few days from now. As a career fashion design professional, it is personally exciting for me that we are able to feature designs from fashion students attending

LBCC and CSULB. It’s also a wonderful opportunity to expose JFCS to an audience who is unaware of the agency and the wonderful work we do.

This year RUNWAY is appropriately sandwiched between our memories of September 11, now fifteen years behind us but never forgotten, and the Jewish High Holy Days, where each of us, in our own way, self-assesses

our life to see where we lived up to high expectations, and where we missed the mark.

David and I are so grateful for our many blessings and for the opportunity we have to apply our passions and means to produce the wonderful event that RUNWAY has become.

Its success is especially significant to us because we support the important work of JFCS as the agency

empowers people to make positive life changes through professional,----affordable counseling, and support services. RUNWAY will raise over $40,000 for JFCS, and we are grateful to so many of you who are sponsors, who attend the event, who purchase opportunity drawing tickets for the priceless New York Experience, and/or who donate to the event in a

meaningful way.

Also, I want to thank the RUNWAY Committee for the time and dedication they devote to the event. These incredible individuals bring talent, creativity, experience and focus to RUNWAY... making it more successful with each year.

Thanks so much to all of you who support RUNWAY and JFCS!

themselves and their children and how to characterize a relationship as healthy.

JFCS also offers Healing Through Art, where art projects are used as tools for expressing feelings and facilitating recovery. During each monthly session, clinicians guide the participants through processing their thoughts and feelings as they utilize the unique art projects that channel inner creativity and foster the participants’ self worth.

Domestic violence is not

just a topic that is discussed once a year at JFCS. As one of our core programs, our counselors understand the deep impacts that all forms of domestic abuse have on victims and their children. True to our mission, we empower people to make positive changes through counseling and group programs carefully designed for them, and by providing social services to help fulfill some of their basic needs as they create a new life for themselves and their families.

JFCS Helps Victims of Domestic Violence October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic violence is not an easy subject to discuss.. In fact, it’s much more comfortable to not think about it. After all, it does not affect our family, nor any of our neighbors—right? There is at least a one in four chance that this assumption is incorrect, because according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, one in three women and one in four men have been victims

of domestic violence in this country.

Domestic violence can take on many forms. We are all familiar with physical abuse, but verbal abuse from a partner who also feels the need to monitor the activities of the other partner, or to control finances of the home so that a partner has no means to take care of basic needs for herself or her children—these too are forms of abuse that cause feelings of fear while at home.

At JFCS, we work with

victims of domestic violence of all forms. In addition to our counseling services, our courtapproved 14-week program, Healthy Relationships, Healthy Kids, is free of charge and is facilitated by our clinical staff.

As part of a small, supportive group of women who share a common problem, participants are comfortable processing their emotions as they are guided through the topics of the program. The outcome is that they understand how to make good choices for

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AJCC STAFF SPOTLIGHT

Message from the Executive Director

On behalf of everyone on the entire team here at the Alpert Jewish Community Center, I'd like to wish you a happy, healthful, and peaceful New Year! Please remember that the Alpert JCC will be closing at 6pm on Sunday, October 2, and will remain closed on Monday, October 3, in observance of Rosh Hashanah. We will also close at 6pm on Tuesday, October 11 and remain closed on Wednesday, October 12, in observance of Yom Kippur.

There is so much happening here at the Alpert JCC to celebrate the holidays! Please have a look at all the great programs we have for you in these pages of Around the J, and of course keep checking the website and your weekly Monday emails for the latest updates.

Be sure to stop in the promenade on Tuesday, October 4, for apples and honey, and on Wednesday, October 5, we will be having our senior Rosh Hashanah lunch. The following week is Sukkot, and you’ll see our festive sukkah complete with decorations from our kids in ECE and Kids’ University. Tuesday night, October 18, at 5:30 we will be hosting PJ Library’s Dinner & Storytime in the sukkah. The kids have a great time, so be sure to sign up!

Gayle Ehrenberg

Director of Youth and Family Programs Gayle Ehrenberg has been a part of the Alpert Jewish Community Center since she came here with friends when she was in middle school.

She always thought it was a great place to hang out, and she enjoyed being a part of the community. When she had her first son, Asher, she enrolled him in the Early Childhood Education program, and that’s when the fun began! In 1999, Gayle was offered an administrative position with Lynne Rosenstein in the adult department. She has a degree in instrumental music (she plays the sax!) from Cal State Long Beach with an emphasis in Special Education, so it was natural that she eventually became a part of the ECE staff. She began as an assistant teacher and then eventually taught full time. She also taught in the ECE parent-participation class From the Beginning. Shortly after her second son, Nate, was born in 2001, she became the Volunteer Coordinator for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, a position she held for eight years, until 2009, when she took a leave of absence to care for her ailing parents.

Knowing what a great job she would do, Jeffrey Rips asked Gayle to come back and work as the interim director for the RSVP program last December after we lost Diane Johnson. A few months in, she accepted the position as the new RSVP Director. Because Gayle wanted to have a more integral part of the AJCC, Gayle was offered the position of Director of Youth and Family Programs when Natalie Chernik accepted the position of Director of Membership Services at the end of August.

Also that week is our first Women’s Shabbat Dinner in the sukkah on Friday, October 21, at 6pm. It will be a lively evening of song and prayer with our very own Shlomit Jackson and Maureen Lawrence (ShloMo) leading the service.

“The AJCC has always held a place of comfort for me,” Gayle explains, “Working here feels like a win-win situation. It serves as my home away from home, a place where I can be myself. Not only am I surrounded by the Jewish community my kids and I grew up in, but we are also fortunate to be encircled by such an amazingly diverse population. People from all walks of life have a place in our center. This makes the AJCC a very unique place to be.

The High Holidays are a time of reflection and gratitude, and as always, I am so blessed to be a part of the thriving community that is the Alpert JCC. Around the Jewish holidays and the rest of the year, we strive to give our members a place that feels like a home away from home and a place that you feel will always be Your Center For Life.

L’Shalom

Jeffrey Rips

AJCC Executive Director

“The AJCC Youth, Teen and Camp Program already have a remarkable reputation in our community as a safe haven for our children to play, learn and thrive in. As Director, I hope to build on this already strong platform, adding new and dynamic programming, not only for our youth and teens, but for our families as well. I look forward to the ongoing opportunity to work with a dynamic staff and to be in integral part of the vibrant growth and

development of the AJCC.”

- Interview by Erika Hillinger

2a 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.

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Italian Cooking with Eileen Gelso

Alpert Jewish Community Center

High Holiday Programs

Wednesday, October 19, 7pm

Learn about and sample foods popular in Italy. Get hands-on cooking experience with Eileen Gelso, gourmet chef.

Cost is $25 per person.

Please RSVP early so we know how much food to prepare.

Shlomit Jackson, (562) 426-7601 x1067 or sjackson@alpertjcc.org

Rosh Hashanah Holiday Table

Rosh Chodesh with Chaya Leah

Join us in the AJCC promenade for apples and honey, which signify our wish for a sweet new year. Shanah Tovah!

Tuesday, November 1, 6pm

Cook a Shabbat meal in an hour!

We will make chicken soup and more in preparation for Shabbat. FREE Contact Shlomit Jackson, (562) 426-7601 x1067 or sjackson@alpertjcc.org

The Ethical Life: Jewish Values in an Age of Choice

November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, December 6; at 7pm

Final 6 classes on Ethics from the Jewish Theological Seminary.

Led by Rabbi David Cantor $18/Per session, includes six classes and materials.

Contact Shlomit Jackson, (562) 426-7601 x1067 or sjackson@alpertjcc.org

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 Fridays, 3:30pm

Tuesday, October 4, 9am

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Rosh Hashanah Senior Luncheon Wed, October 5, 12pm

Please join us for a wonderful traditional meal for a Sweet New Year! Free lunch includes the best chicken soup in town, tzimmes, gefilte fish, and apple and honey-roasted chicken.

RSVP to Dr. Susan Mathieu (562) 426-7601 x1721 • mathieu@alpertjcc.org

PJ Library Storytime & Dinner in the Sukkah Tuesday, October 18, 5:30pm

Join ShloMo (Shlomit Jackson & Maureen Lawrence) for blessings, singing and storytime in the sukkah. Vegetarian dinner will be served.

RSVP required. $25 per family; $8 per person

Women’s Shabbat Dinner Friday, October 21, 6pm

Join us for a special Women's Shabbat Dinner, with candle lighting, services, great vegetarian food, and Shabbat singing with ShloMo. $18 per person

Join Shlomit Jackson, AJCC Jewish Educator, and the AJCC community for Shabbat candle lighting, Kiddush and HaMotzi. Grape juice & Challah provided.

SENIORS Dr. Susan Mathieu, smathieu@alpertjcc.org • (562) 426-7601 x1721

Happiness & Humor Group

Friday, October 7, 11:30am You Can Have the Best Life Ever!

Join the Happy Professor for an hour of "Oy, Have I Got Joy!"

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. Newcomers are always welcome. RSVP to Dr. Susan Mathieu.

Medicare 101 and Sr. Adult Luncheon Wednesday, October 19, 12:30pm

Thomas Grajeda will answer your many questions. $5

Senior Adult Lunch

Every Wednesday, 12pm

Enjoy a great lunch that is followed by entertainment or a guest speaker. $6; $5/MVP RSVP to Susan Mathieu

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

The Barbara & Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center

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early childhood education

Ignacio Berumen, iberumen@alpertjcc.org • (562) 426-7601 x1020

Alayna Cosores, acosores@alpertjcc.org • (562) 426-7601 x1090

Prep Swim Team

From the Beginning

Want a great way to connect with your baby in a fun and educational way?

Wednesdays, 9:30-10:30am

Newborn-Walking with an adult We’d love to see you and your little one in our free From the Beginning program.

It is the perfect place to bond with your baby, share your experiences, ask questions, get advice, and make lifelong friends. The teacher will set up a play area for the babies and parents to explore together. FREE

Monday & Wednesday / tuesday & thursday / 4:30-5:15pm

The Prep Swim Team is a perfect stepping stone to the more advanced Competitive Youth Swim Team. The goal of the program is to get kids ready for a swim team, Junior Lifeguard programs, and/or water polo. Freestyle, back stroke, butterfly and breast stroke are all taught and refined. Participants must be able to swim 25 yards freestyle with side breathing to qualify for Prep Team.

Group Swim Lessons

Mon & Wed or tues & thurs (30-minute lessons) tiny tots: 1pm | 1:30pm | 3pm | 3:30pm Beginner: 1pm | 1:30pm | 2pm | 2:30pm | 5pm | 5:30pm Adv. Beginner: 2pm | 3:30pm

WeLLneSS & FitneSS Fred Johnson, fjohnson@alpertjcc.org • (562) 426-7601 x1056

Adult Group Swim Lessons

6pm, Monday & Wednesday (30-Min. • Fundamentals)

Kids and Adults Private Swim Lessons one-on-one Lessons for All Ages

Our instructors are Red Cross lifeguards and Water Safety Instructor trained and certified. (4) 15-Min: $120; $95/MVP • (4) 30-Min: $180; $150/MVP

Wake Up With AJCC Morning Fitness Classes Get your workouts in early and then have the rest of the day to play.

The below early-morning fitness classes are Free to AJCC members.

AJCC Member Spotlight

Jax Cole

FitFast

When Jax Cole was looking for a pool to train in for her swim across the Catalina Channel, she decided that the Alpert Jewish Community Center would be perfect for her needs. She went to Pre-K and Kindergarten here at the AJCC circa 1983-84, so she was already connected to the Center.

Monday & Wednesday, 6am

Burn fat, gain strength, be done in time to start your day’s adventures.

BodyBlitz

Monday & Wednesday, 6:30am Maximize your workout with 30 minutes strength, core, and flexibility for a very efficient and total-body workout.

Pump and Pedal thursday, 6am

This workout combines 20 - 30 minutes of indoor cycling to improve your cardiovascular fitness level with 20 - 30 minutes of strength training exercises to increase muscle tone and strength.

“And I love the feeling here. It brings back great memories of when I was growing up. If I have to belong someplace, I want it to be someplace that I can feel good about contributing to. I love how the AJCC gives back to the community and is so generous.”

Morning Fitness Classes are FREE for AJCC Members

Jax explains that she got the gift of swimming from her maternal grandfather: “He was a swimmer, and I’m named for him. I feel like his spirit is a part of me. He died June 14 a few years before I was born, and I was also born on June 14. My grandfather would regularly swim across the Rhine River, and when he needed to flee Nazi Germany, he swam across the river into France.

He saw the Holocaust coming and urged his family to get out of there.

After swimming across the Rhine, he then rode a bike across France, ran barefoot across the mountains to a seaport where he stowed away in a barrel on a ship to America. Once he was in the New York harbor, he dove overboard and swam to Ellis Island!” It’s clear that Jax has swimming in her blood.

SPortS & recreAtion Member Relations Desk (562) 426-7601 x1051

Youth and Adults Martial Arts with Sensei Mac

Boxing • Jiu Jitsu • Mixed Martial Arts Wrestling • Youth Sparring • Youth Martial Arts Private Lessons

Mixed Martial Arts/Self Defense

Sundays, 1:30-2:30pm • Wednesday, 6-7pm

Mixed Martial Arts is for pre-teens, teens, and adults. This class will challenge students in every way -- mentally, physically and psychologically.

Your "A" game is a requirement. Beginners are welcome.

Contact Sensei Mac at (562) 688-9994 if you have any questions.

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Jax says she loves being a member here.

“It’s convenient to where I live, and it’s a pleasant environment. There is usually a lot of space in the pool and the people are very friendly. There’s a great locker room, and I can lift weights and stretch anytime. I really wanted a place with clean locker rooms and a clean pool.

Those are so important. It’s amazing how many places don’t have them.

Visit alpertjcc.org for more info, or contact the Member Relations Desk (562) 426-7601 x1051

Swimming to Catalina involves a lot more than just diving in and hoping for the best. There are people to help her at every step, from her coach, to the volunteers who feed her, to the official observers on the escort boat. “I am fortunate that I have a lot of support from friends, and that has helped a lot with the costs. My father is my doctor, one of my friends is my personal trainer, and my coach is from my Pomona-Pitzer swimming days—Penny Lee Dean, who still holds the record 40 years later for swimming the Catalina Channel.”

The swim starts at 11pm on October 7. “The distance of the swim from Doctor's Cove on Catalina Island to Terranea Cove in Palos Verdes is 21 miles,” Jax explains, “The average successful attempt takes 11h 30 min. I will be very happy to simply complete the crossing successfully. Mother Nature has the first and last word, but my aim is to cross it in 9 hours or faster.”

Jax swims at the AJCC pool twice a week—each workout is 5000-6000 yards (200-250 laps)—and she is up to 41 miles of ocean swimming a week. If you would like to support Jax on her swim to Catalina, you can find information at gofundme.com/jaxswimscatalina.

If you see Jax working out at the pool, be sure to say hello and wish her luck!

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.

- Interview by Erika Hillinger

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HILLEL AT CSULB FOR MORE INFORMATION: WEB: www.beachhillel.org EMAIL: info@beachhillel.org PHONE: 562-426-7601 ext 1424

JLI: Empowering the Next Generation of CSU Jewish Student Leaders Applications were opened up last month for Beach Hillel’s Jewish Leadership Initiative (JLI) in which students will go through a series of monthly trainings, workshops, and professional events to learn how to become effective Jewish leaders on campus! Goals of the Jewish Leadership Initiative include: (1) providing students with an enriching experience that will prepare them for leadership within the Jewish community and beyond, (2) facilitating individual student growth through the application of Jewish leadership techniques within the scope of Beach Hillel, and (3) encouraging innovative thinking and practice for Jewish student leaders. If you are interested in applying for the program, visit beachhillel.org/programs/JLI!

Sukkah Hop Brings Beach Hillel Together

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Beach Hillel’s female college students smiling before they “hop” to the next Sukkah.

This year, Beach Hillel put on our annual Sukkah Hop, an event that brings students together with members of the Long Beach Jewish Community for the festive holiday of Sukkot. The Sukkah Hop is our annual program where community members open their home and as a

group, students go from from one home to the next. At each Sukkah, students enjoy snacks, learn songs, and socialize with each other.

Beach Hillel partnered with Chabad of Irvine and Chapman Hillel to join us for this year’s Sukkah Hop festivities.

Thanks to our generous community members, this year we were able to visit Sukkahs and say the blessings over the lulav and etrog under the stars. Many students say that our Sukkah Hop is one of their favorite Beach Hillel events of the year!

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HEBREW ACADEMY

Award Winning Academics in a Genuine Jewish Environment 14401 WILLOW LANE, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92647 WEB: www.hacds.org PHONE: 714-898-0051 CAMP SILVER GAN ISRAEL: www.campsgi.com

BIG NEWS: Meet the New Principal

The Hebrew Academy is proud to announce the appointment of our new principal, Dr. Brenda Harari.

Dr. Harari has been passionately committed to excellence in education for 25 years. She received her BA in psychology from University of California, San Diego, and completed a Master’s in Education, followed by a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology. Her professional experience spans administrative leadership, research, teacher training in colleges and universities, curriculum development, and program design.

As an educational leader, Dr. Harari is dedicated to providing an environment where students are inspired to reach their academic and human potential

while supporting teachers and families, to create a highly effective learning environment that embraces high expectations together with connection, joy, and compassion. She believes that achievement is realized when teachers and parents maintain high expectations and create supportive learning environments that address the individual needs of each child, and the community at large.

Dr. Harari was raised in Southern California with a strong commitment to authentic learning, social justice, and a love and appreciation for diverse cultures. She is a world traveler and a life-long learner, fascinated by culture, sociology, and history. She, her husband, and her 3 sons enjoy hiking, beach walking, skiing, travelling, reading, and learning together.

According to Dr. Harari, the Hebrew Academy of Orange County is such an exciting place to be! Student achievement is what drives our outstanding and highlyqualified teachers, while the warm, inclusive community is what makes the school their

second home! Our rigorous dual curriculum cultivates a love of learning, while blending timeless traditions with state-ofthe art instructional strategies.

The extensive offerings in enrichment activities ensure that every student has the opportunity to discover his/ her passion and cultivate creativity!

This community is truly unique in its academic excellence, diversity of offerings, commitment to educating the whole child, and its wholesome values that provide a sense of safety and belonging for children and their families! “I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to lend my leadership as the school embarks on the next phase of growth and development.”

“Through a talented administration and staff, my kids get all the benefits of a rigorous academic program, within a loving and caring environment that feels like a big hug!”, remarked Alea Katan a parent in Hebrew Academy.

We invite you to meet our new principal and explore our award-winning program.

From Our Alumni Corner: Leah Paley With 34 second generation families (alumni who have chosen to send their children to The Hebrew Academy), The Hebrew Academy still feels like family.

One alumna, Leah Paley, is sending her 9th grade daughter across the country to experience the same outstanding education that she did. She writes to us, “It’s hard to believe that it’s actually 33 years since we last were all together at The Hebrew Academy. Hard to believe because, although a lot of time has passed, our Hebrew Academy friendships

have remained a big part of our lives. Together we have celebrated our simchas (happy events), even flying across the country to be with each other in times of joy, and we have been able to be a support for each other during our times of sadness and loss.

There is a special bond, a

glue, that has held us together all these years. So although the time has passed, the memories of our days at The Hebrew Academy continue into the future.

The education and tools to navigate through life that we received from the Hebrew Academy are solid. I hope to be able to pass on to the future generation, the love of Judaism, Torah, and Mitzvot that were ingrained and woven through our studies at The Hebrew Academy. I am blessed to be able to send my own daughter to The Hebrew Academy. Thank you HA family.”

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From the Board of Directors & Staff of

L’Shanah Tovah Jessie Butler & Family Ruimy’s, Gold’s, Hoffman’s, & Hardy’s

Wishing You A New Year of Health, Happiness & Peace Shirley & Gene Ross

Wishing You A New Year of Health, Happiness & Peace Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Gershon & Our Entire Family

‫כאן בלונג ביץ‬ ‫טובה לכולם‬ ‫שנה‬ David & Shari Alpern & Family

Wishing You A New Year of Health, Happiness & Peace Marc, Sybil, Rachael, David & Deborah Tamaroff

L’Shanah Tovah

Best Wishes For A Year of Peace, Health & Happiness

Sandy & Jerry Horwitz

Lee & Barbara Shoag

L’Shanah Tovah

Wishing You A New Year of Health, Happiness & Shalom

Susan & Mark Paletz

Joanne & Jerry Levy, Gabrielle & Benjamin Levy

L’Shanah Tovah Carol Klein & Family

L’Shanah Tovah

Best Wishes For A Happy and Healthy New Year

Bob & Sandy Rips

Barbara & Ben Alhadeff and Jay & Lee Alhadeff

Wishing You A New Year of Health, Happiness & Peace Rick & Arlene Freeman

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HIGH HOLY DAYS GREETINGS

Wishing You A New Year of Health, Happiness & Peace

HIGH HOLY DAYS GREETINGS

Happy New Year From The Zavatsky Family Marvin & Jenny Zavatsky

L’Shanah Tovah Dodie Robbins & Family

L’Shanah Tovah Renee Simon & Jack Blecher

L’Shanah Tovah Dr. David & Sadie Sacks

L’Shanah Tovah Barbara & The Wolfe Family

L’Shanah Tovah

Wishing You A New Year of Health, Happiness & Peace Jeffrey, Lauren, Ellie, Joshua & Jacob Rips

Wishing You A New Year of Health, Happiness & Peace Bobby Kronick, Jann Kronick-Gath & Chance Gath

Jean Feldman

Wishing You A New Year of Health, Happiness & Peace Don & Andrea Kaiser Best Wishes For A Happy and Healthy New Year Daryl & Sandy Phillips Jamie & Joshua Holzman Sara, Rich & Max Brown

Wishing You A New Year of Health, Happiness & Peace Esther & Jay

Wishing You A New Year of Health, Happiness & Peace

Myrna & Leonard Simon

Laurie & Robert Raykoff, Jennifer, Rochelle & Marissa

Wishing You A New Year of Health, Happiness & Peace

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COMMUNITY

Celebrate Rosh Hashanah with Gelson’s Kosher Parve Dinners 2016 — 5777 As it says in the Talmud: “There can be no joy without food and drink.”

potatoes, and a raisin challah loaf.

Pick up is available October 1–5.

A 48-hour notice is required.

Autumn ushers in the Jewish High Holidays. While this is a time of celebration and prayer, it also means traditional meals for family and friends.

“Kosher Style” Dinners with a choice of rotisserie chicken or beef brisket along with matzo balls in chicken broth, noodle kugel, herb roasted potatoes, tzimmes, and chopped beef liver with egg.

Pick up is available September 30–October 12. A 48-hour notice is required.

To make life easier for your busy schedule, Gelson’s presents two special offers: Kosher/Parve Dinners under the supervision of Emuna Inc. and certification from the Rabbinical Council of California. Dinners include roasted salmon, haricot vert with cremini mushrooms, baby squash with peppers, wild rice medley, tri-colored roasted

$5 off

Happy New Year!

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Both dinners serve four. Order dinners online at www.gelsons.com or call our Service Deli at any of our 25 locations.

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any High Holiday Dinner*

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Lion of Judah Recap

Wishing You A Sweet New Year with Peace & Happiness Rosecarrie & Alan Brooks l: Joyce Feldman was chosen as the Long Beach recipient of the National Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award at the International Lion of Judah Conference in Washington, D.C. r: (l-r) Leslie Kern, Shari Nemirow, and Joyce Feldman in front of the Capitol.

Playground Dedication l: The Falk Family Playground Refurbishment Dedication was held on August 21st, 2016, honoring all of the contributors who donated to the Fund for our Future campaign, which raised a total amount of $330,000 for new playground equipment and enhancements. The event started with an ice cream social, followed by speeches from Deborah Goldfarb (CEO of the Jewish Federation), Judith Lentzner (Chair of the Fund for our Future campaign), Alyana Cosores (Early Childhood Education Director), and Jeffrey Rips (Executive Director of the Alpert Jewish Community Center). r: Students from the Early Childhood Education preschool program having fun in one of the new playhouses.

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HIGH HOLY DAYS SERVICE TIMES

High Holy Days Service Times

EREV ROSH HASHANAH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 Beit HaLev 7:00 pm Evening Service Congregation Shir Chadash 7:00 pm Evening Service Congregation Sholom 6:30 pm Service in Clubhouse 3, Room 1 P’nai Or 7:30 pm Followed by Oneg Shul By The Shore 6:17 pm Candle Lighting & Evening Service 7:30 pm Festive Rosh Hashanah Dinner Temple Beth David 7:30 pm Temple Beth Ohr 7:30 pm Evening Worship Temple Beth Shalom 7:45 pm Rosh Hashanah Evening Services Temple Israel 4:30 pm Pre-Service Oneg 5:30 pm First Service 5:30 pm Teen Service 8:00 pm Second Service Temple Ner Tamid 8:00 pm Erev Rosh Hashanah Service ROSH HASHANAH MONDAY, OCTOBER 3 Beit HaLev 9:30 am Morning Service 7:00 pm Evening Service Chabad of Los Alamitos 9:00 am Morning Services & Torah Reading 11:00 am Shofar & Tashlich Chabad of West Orange County 11:15 am Shofar Blowing 5:50 pm Mincha at Park & Tashlich Congregation Shir Chadash 9:30 am Rosh Hashanah First Day Congregation Sholom 9:30 am Service in Clubhouse 3, Lobby, Room 9 P’nai Or 9:00 am Meditation and/or Torah Study 10:00 am Shacharit Service 2:00 pm Tashlich at El Dorado Park Duck Pond Shul By The Shore 9:30 am Morning Service 11:00 am Teen Service 11:30 am Tot Service 12:00 pm Shofar Blowing 6:00 pm Afternoon & Tashlich Services with Candle Lighting Temple Beth David 10:00 am 4:00 pm Tashlich at Bolsa Chica State Beach Huntington Beach Pier Temple Beth Ohr 9:00 am Children & Family Worship 10:00 am Morning Worship 1:30 pm Tashlich at L.M. Regional Park (RSVP by 9/26 for sack lunch) Temple Beth Shalom 9:00 am Rosh Hashanah - Shaharit (Morning) Services 9:30 am Sisterhood Baby Childcare 10:00 am Torah Service & Children’s Program 10:45 am Shofar Service 11:00 am Blessing the Babies & Sermon Temple Israel 10:00 am Service | Children’s Service Adventure at El Dorado Park 3:30 pm Tashlich at The Beach at Belmont Pier (Ocean & 39th Place) Temple Ner Tamid 10:00 am Rosh Hashanah Morning Service 2:00 pm Rosh Hashanah Tot Service 5:00 pm Rosh Hashanah Tashlich Service 2ND DAY ROSH HASHANAH TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 Beit HaLev 9:30 am Morning Service Chabad of Los Alamitos 9:00 am Morning Services & Torah Reading 11:00 am Shofar Chabad of West Orange County 11:15 am Shofar Blowing Congregation Shir Chadash 9:30 am Rosh Hashanah Second Day Congregation Sholom 9:30 am Service in Clubhouse 3, Lobby, Room 9 Shul By The Shore 9:30 am Morning Service 12:00 pm Shofar Blowing 6:00 pm Afternoon Services Temple Beth David 10:30 am Temple Beth Shalom 9:00 am Rosh Hashanah - Shaharit (Morning) Services 10:00 am Torah Service 10:45 am Shofar Service 11:00 am Sermon Temple Ner Tamid 10:00 am Rosh Hashanah, Day 2 Morning Service 1:00 pm Community Luncheon EREV YOM KIPPUR/ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 KOL NIDRE Beit HaLev 7:00 pm Evening Service Chabad of West Orange County 9:00 am Torah Class Congregation Shir Chadash 6:45 pm Mincha 7:00 pm Kol Nidre Congregation Sholom 6:30 pm Service in Clubhouse 3, Lobby, Room 9 P’nai Or 7:30 pm Shul By The Shore 6:05 pm Candle Lighting & Kol Nidre/Evening Service Temple Beth David 7:30 pm Temple Beth Ohr 7:30 pm Evening Worship Temple Beth Shalom 6:00 pm Erev Yom Kippur/Kol Nidre Services Temple Israel 6:00 pm First Service 8:30 pm Second Service Temple Ner Tamid 7:00 pm Erev Yom Kippur/Kol Nidre Service YOM KIPPUR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12 Beit HaLev 9:30 am Shacharit/Musaf Service 12:30 pm Yizkor 5:00 pm Mincha 6:00 pm Ne’ila 7:00 pm Break Fast Chabad of Los Alamitos 9:00 am Morning Services & Torah Reading 11:30 am Yizkor 12:00 pm Musaf, Mincha & Ne’ila Services Congregation Shir Chadash 9:30 am Yom Kippur 12:00 pm Yizkor Congregation Sholom 9:30 am Yizkor in Clubhouse 3, Lobby, Room 9 P’nai Or 9:00 am Meditation / Torah Study 10:00 am Shacharit Service

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1:00 pm Yizkor (time approximately) 5:00 pm Meditation / Torah Study 6:00 pm Mincha/Ne’ila Closing Service & Potluck Break Fast Shul By The Shore 9:30 am Morning Service 11:00 am Teen Service 12:00 pm Yizkor Service 4:30 pm Mincha & Ne’ila/Closing Service 7:00 pm Fast Ends Temple Beth David 10:00 am Morning Service 1:00 pm Intermediary Programs 2:15 pm Afternoon Service 3:30 pm Yizkor Service 5:15 pm Ne’ila Service Temple Beth Ohr 9:00 am Children & Family Worship 10:00 am Morning Worship 1:00 pm Study Session 2:30 pm Afternoon Worship 4:30 pm Yizkor/Ne’ila Temple Beth Shalom 9:00 am Yom Kippur - Shaharit (Morning) Service 9:30 am Sisterhood Baby Childcare 10:00 am Children’s Program 10:15 am Torah Service 11:15 am Yizkor Memorial Service 2:00 pm Afternoon Study: The Power of Repentance

(Eleazar b. Dordia & other Talmudic Tales) 3:30 pm Avodah Service 3:30 pm Mincha (Afternoon) Service 5:30 pm Ne’ila Closing Services 7:00 pm Maariv (Evening Prayers) & Havdallah Ritual Temple Israel 8:15 am First Service 10:30 am Morning Study Session 11:00 am Second Service 1:15 pm Yom Kippur Forums 2:00 pm Family Service 3:30 pm Yizkor Service 4:15 pm Afternoon Service 6:00 pm Ne’ila Service 7:00 pm Havdallah Temple Ner Tamid 10:00 am Yom Kippur Morning Service 1:00 pm Yom Kippur Torah Discussion & Study 2:00 pm Yom Kippur Tot Service 2:00 pm Yom Kippur Yizkor Service 4:00 pm Yom Kippur Mincha & Ne’ila Services 6:00 pm Yom Kippur Break Fast EREV SUKKOT SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 Beit HaLev 7:00 am Evening Service Temple Beth David 6:00 pm Erev Sukkot Dinner 7:00 pm Evening Service Temple Beth Shalom 9:00 am Men’s Club Sukkah Building & Decorating Temple Israel 5:30 pm Wine & Cheese Service SUKKOT MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 Beit HaLev 9:30 am Morning Service 7:00 pm Evening Service Chabad of Los Alamitos 10:00 am Morning Services & Lulav Shaking Congregation Sholom 9:30 am Service in Clubhouse 3, Lobby, Room 9 Temple Beth David 6:00 pm Dinner 7:30 pm Temple Israel 10:30 am Sukkot Service 2ND DAY SUKKOT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18 Beit HaLev 9:30 am Morning Service Chabad of Los Alamitos 10:00 am Morning Services & Lulav Shaking CHOL HAMOED/ MIDDLE OF SUKKOT WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 Temple Beth Ohr 5:30 pm Pizza in the Hut 7:00 pm Sukkot Under the Stars CHOL HAMOED/3RD DAY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 OF INTERMEDIATE SUKKOT Temple Beth Ohr 6:00 pm Traditional Shabbat Dinner 7:30 pm Shabbat Worship Temple Beth Shalom 6:00 pm Sisterhood Sukkot - Shabbat Dinner & Service EREV SHEMINI ATZERET/ END OF SUKKOT Beit HaLev Temple Beth David Temple Israel

SUNDAY OCTOBER 23 7:00 pm Evening Service 7:30 pm Torah Service 5:00 pm Consecration & Got Simchat Torah Service

SHEMINI ATZERET MONDAY, OCTOBER 24 Beit HaLev 9:30 am Morning Service 7:00 pm Evening Service Chabad of Los Alamitos 10:00 am Morning Services 11:30 am Yizkor Temple Israel 10:30 am Simchat Torah Service & Yizkor Observance SIMCHAT TORAH Beit HaLev Chabad of Los Alamitos Congregation Sholom

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25 9:30 am Morning Service 11:00 am Dancing with Torahs 9:30 am Yizkor in Clubhouse 3, Lobby, Room 9

*Please call each synagogue or visit their website for additional program information.

See Synagogue Directory on page 9 for their contact information.

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Porter Gilberg

Heather Green

Join the California Conference for Equality & Justice (CCEJ) for a memorable evening as they honor Porter Gilberg, Heather Green and Mary L. Zendejas for their contributions in the areas of social justice and human relations.

This year’s Keynote Speaker is Dr. Sabrina Sanders, Director of Student Affairs Projects and Initiatives California State University Office of the Chancellor.

We will also be honoring Mary White with the City of Long Beach Human Dignity Award.

The event will take place on Thursday, October 20th, 2016 at the Keeseal, Young & Logan offices on 400 Oceangate, Long Beach, CA 90802. Heavy hors

Mary L. Zendejas

d’ouerves and cocktails will be served at 5:00 pm, with the program following right after at 6:00 pm.

The Gene Lentzner Human Relations Awards is a celebration of individuals who have made significant contributions to improving human relations at grassroots levels. They have shown a commitment to social justice, inter-group cooperation and better communication across ethnic, cultural, gender and religious lines in the greater Long Beach and Los Angeles areas.

Please RSVP by October 11th, 2016. To learn more information about the event, or to make a reservation, contact Katherine McIlquham at kmcilquham@cacej.org or (562) 435-8184 ext. 228.

Jewish Community Foundation OF GREATER LONG BEACH & WEST ORANGE COUNTY

Educational Workshop Please save the date of Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 at 7:00 pm. The Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Long Beach & West Orange County will host an educational workshop with Rabbi Abba Perlmuter. The workshop is free and open to the entire community. For more information, please email Sharon Kenigsberg at sharonk@jewishlongbeach.org.

Dr. Edna Nahshon will present the history of late 19th to mid 20th century Manhattan’s Second Avenue, also known as “Yiddish Broadway.” The Yiddish theater and arts culture flourished in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, bringing in audiences of over 1.5 million first and second generation Eastern-European Jewish immigrants.

The CSULB Jewish Studies Program is very excited to welcome Dr. Edna Nahshon to Long Beach to discuss the recent exhibition she curated at the Museum of the City of New York on Yiddish theater in America. Her talk will take place on Thursday, October 27th, at 7:30 pm, in the Alpert Jewish Community Center on the Weinberg Jewish Federation Campus.

As the New York Times stated in its review of her exhibition, “a definite if wobbly line connects the

Yiddish theater of 19thcentury Eastern Europe and the Lower East Side to the giants of modern American entertainment. It traces a long road from the ghettos and shtetls to Broadway and Hollywood and the likes of Marlon Brando and Barbra Streisand.”

This should be a fascinating talk, covering both the largerthan-life personalities of the Yiddish theater as well as the powerful legacy of this incredibly important cultural center. It is not only part of the

heritage of Jews in general and of American Jews in particular, but very much a major part of American theater and culture.

Like all CSULB Jewish Lecture Studies talks, this concert and discussion is free and open to the public.

There is no need to reserve a space.

For more information on this talk or upcoming spring semester events, please contact Dr. Jeffrey Blutinger at jeffrey.blutinger@csulb.edu.

Hadassah’s “Make It and Take “Games Day” It Holiday Plates” Event with NCJW Sharon Carmel Hadassah presents “Make It and Take It Holiday Plates”. Come make a lovely fabric covered plate that is great for gift giving or can be use as table setting.

All things needed will be supplied for you for only $7..00 per plate. Chanukah,

Thanksgiving, Halloween, or other holiday materials are all made available at the event.

Join the fun with the Sharon Carmel Hadassah group on Wednesday, October 19th at 7:00 pm at the Alpert Jewish Community Center on the Weinberg Jewish Federation Campus.

Please RSVP with your choice of holiday material to Gail Ross at ross.gp@verizon.net or call (562) 926-7187.

NCJW will be hosting a “Games Day” of Mahjong, Gin..Rummy,..Bridge, RummyQ, Scrabble, etc. at SeaCliff Country Club, 6501 Palm Ave., Huntington Beach, CA 92648 on Thursday, October 20th, starting at 10:00 am. RSVP with $46 to Judy Leff, before October 13th, at 3011 Hillrose Drive, Rossmoor, CA 90720. Reservations after the 13th is $55. Proceeds go to upcoming NCJW programs.

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