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Margot Abergel Lucy Almeleh Juda Barber Lilly Barenhotz Eda Bassuk Joan Blumberg Emily Bolotin Samuel Braun, M.D. Gilbert Bronstein Dorothy Brown Patty Cagan Elliott Charnow Jeffrey Cotton Harry Drexler Sarah Drucker Sara Elkan Sophie Feinstein Bertha Felbein Arnold Fingarette Riva Freeman Sylvia Fried Greta Gaspar Arthur Gershman Elfriede Glancy Dorothy Goldberg Mildred Goldberg Max Green Ruth Greinetz Joseph Gurevitch Vivian Herp Itzhak Herscowitz Louis Hertz Harry Horn Rose Isacson Janka Kalmanovits Marvin Kanner Ann Kashare Sara Klitsner Aaron Kommel Bernard Kornblau Robert Kushner Samuel Lank Joe LaPittus Ignatz Lebovic Bernice Klamon Lomasky Shirley Maliniak Joseph Mandelberg Samuel Markman Abraham Mendelsohn Helen Miller Sam Nahoum Marion Nessenbaum Marlene Nusgart Richard Ogner Nathan Reback Aberleen Reich Rosalyn Robinson Morris Rose Betty Ross Robert Rothman Ellen Rothstein Edith Schreier Anne Schuman Ruth Shafton Ruth Sigal Rivkah Silberman Phillip Singer Muriel Smith William Sparr Helen Spill Nathan Spill Herbert Stein Tina Stuckelman Yetta Tarasofsky Edward Weber Rose Weiner Gussie Weiss Zelda Wine Ben Wiseman Samuel Wolfson Paul Worona David Zier YAHRZEITS - 16-22 KISLEV, 5776 W e recall in reverence those who have been gathered unto their people Comfort and strength to those who mourn Upcoming Shabbat Services December 4-5, 2015 | 16 Kislev, 5776 Candle Lighting 4:26 p.m. Havdalah 5:56 p.m. Candle Lighting 4:26 p.m. Havdalah 5:56 p.m. Graphic Designer: Janet Djalilmand VBS LEADERSHIP Rabbi Edward M. Feinstein Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis [z”l] Rabbi Joshua Hoffman Rabbi Noah Zvi Farkas Rabbi Avi Taff Cantor Herschel Fox Cantor Phil Baron Yossi Dresner, Ritual Dir. Chris Hardin, Music Dir. Nancy Sher Cohen, President Bart Pachino, Exec. Dir. 15739 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA 91436 (818) 788-6000 | vbs.org | [email protected] FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 EARLY MINYAN SERVICE: 5:00 p.m. in Winer Chapel SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Torah Portion: Va-yishlah | Genesis: 32:4-36:43 | Page: 198 TORAH STUDY: 9:00 a.m. in Winer Chapel with Rabbi Ed Feinstein OPENING PRAYERS: 9:30 a.m. in Niznick Sanctuary LIBRARY MINYAN: 9:30 a.m. in Bernstein Balcony Seminar D’var Torah: Olivia Herstein SHABBAT MORNING SERVICE: 9:45 a.m. in Niznick Sanctuary Rabbi Joshua Hoffman officiates at the Bar Mitzvah of Jack Kleinman We celebrate: The Baby Naming of Gabriel Seth Dubey, Son of James Marc Dubey The Shabbat Khatan of Camie Fakheri & Sami Kohanim The Baby Naming of Naomi Modarresi, Daughter of Ghazaleh & Shawn Modarresi TOT SHABBAT: 10:00 a.m. in Burdorf Hall Singing and praying for the family with Julie Lockman Supported by the Linda & Harvey Kulber Family Endowment Fund PARSHA DISCUSSION: 12:15 p.m. in Sher-Lopaty Chapel II DAILY SERVICES IN WINER BETH MIDRASH Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. Sunday 8:30 a.m. Daily 5:00 p.m. On Fridays, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 Minyan will be held at 8:30 a.m. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4 EARLY MINYAN SERVICE: 5:00 p.m. in Winer Chapel VBS SISTERHOOD N’SHAMA MINYAN : 7:30 p.m. in Sher-Lopaty Chapel The Women's Jewish Theatre presents He Said, She Said Led by Rabbi Nina Bieber Feinstein with Cindy Paley Aboody, Cantorial Soloist SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 Torah Portion: Va-yeishev | Genesis: 37:1-40:23 | Page: 226 TORAH STUDY: 9:00 a.m. in Winer Chapel with Rabbi Ed Feinstein OPENING PRAYERS: 9:30 a.m. in Niznick Sanctuary PLAYGROUND MINYAN: 9:30 a.m. in ECC Rooms 114 and 115 Led by Rabbi Noah Farkas SHABBAT MORNING SERVICE: 9:45 a.m. in Niznick Sanctuary Rabbi Ed Feinstein officiates at the Bat Mitzvah of Sydney Goldflam PARSHA DISCUSSION: 12:15 p.m. in Bernstein Balcony Seminar MINCHA SERVICE: 4:00 p.m. in Sher-Lopaty Chapel Rabbis Ed Feinstein and Joshua Hoffman officiates at the Bar Mitzvah of Nathan Moore SHABBATON SHABBATON November 27-28, 2015 16 Kislev, 5776 Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Friday: 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. VBS SISTERHOOD JUDAICA GIFT SHOP HOURS
Transcript of Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) YAHRZEITS · Robert Kushner Samuel Lank ... Muriel Smith...
Margot AbergelLucy AlmelehJuda BarberLilly BarenhotzEda BassukJoan BlumbergEmily BolotinSamuel Braun, M.D.Gilbert BronsteinDorothy BrownPatty CaganElliott CharnowJeffrey CottonHarry DrexlerSarah DruckerSara ElkanSophie FeinsteinBertha FelbeinArnold FingaretteRiva FreemanSylvia FriedGreta GasparArthur GershmanElfriede GlancyDorothy GoldbergMildred GoldbergMax GreenRuth GreinetzJoseph GurevitchVivian HerpItzhak HerscowitzLouis HertzHarry HornRose IsacsonJanka KalmanovitsMarvin KannerAnn KashareSara KlitsnerAaron KommelBernard KornblauRobert Kushner
Samuel LankJoe LaPittusIgnatz LebovicBernice Klamon LomaskyShirley MaliniakJoseph MandelbergSamuel MarkmanAbraham MendelsohnHelen MillerSam NahoumMarion NessenbaumMarlene NusgartRichard OgnerNathan RebackAberleen ReichRosalyn RobinsonMorris RoseBetty RossRobert RothmanEllen RothsteinEdith SchreierAnne SchumanRuth ShaftonRuth SigalRivkah SilbermanPhillip SingerMuriel SmithWilliam SparrHelen SpillNathan SpillHerbert SteinTina StuckelmanYetta TarasofskyEdward WeberRose WeinerGussie WeissZelda WineBen WisemanSamuel WolfsonPaul WoronaDavid Zier
YA H R Z E I T S - 16-22 Kislev, 5776
W e recall in reverence those who have been gathered unto their people
Comfort and strength to those who mourn
Upcoming Shabbat Services December 4-5, 2015 | 16 Kislev, 5776
Scholar-in-Residence: Professor David Ellenson, Chancellor Emeritus at Hebrew Union College
Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR)
Candle Lighting 4:26 p.m.Havdalah 5:56 p.m.
Candle Lighting 4:26 p.m.
Havdalah 5:56 p.m.
Graphic Designer: Janet Djalilmand
V b s L e a d e r s h i pRabbi Edward M. Feinstein Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis [z”l]Rabbi Joshua HoffmanRabbi Noah Zvi FarkasRabbi Avi Taff
Cantor Herschel FoxCantor Phil BaronYossi Dresner, Ritual Dir.Chris Hardin, Music Dir.Nancy Sher Cohen, President Bart Pachino, Exec. Dir.
15739 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA 91436 (818) 788-6000 | vbs.org | [email protected]
FRIDAY, NovEmbER 27Early minyan SErvicE: 5:00 p.m. in Winer Chapel
SATURDAY, NovEmbER 28Torah Portion: va-yishlah | Genesis: 32:4-36:43 | Page: 198
Torah STuDy: 9:00 a.m. in Winer Chapel with rabbi Ed Feinstein
oPEning PrayErS: 9:30 a.m. in Niznick Sanctuary
liBrary minyan: 9:30 a.m. in Bernstein Balcony SeminarD’var Torah: olivia herstein
ShaBBaT morning SErvicE: 9:45 a.m. in Niznick Sanctuaryrabbi Joshua hoffman officiates
at the Bar Mitzvah of Jack Kleinman
We celebrate: The Baby Naming of Gabriel Seth Dubey,
Son of James Marc Dubey The Shabbat Khatan of Camie Fakheri & Sami Kohanim The Baby Naming of Naomi Modarresi,
Daughter of Ghazaleh & Shawn Modarresi
ToT ShaBBaT: 10:00 a.m. in Burdorf HallSinging and praying for the family with Julie lockman
Supported by the Linda & Harvey Kulber Family Endowment Fund
ParSha DiScuSSion: 12:15 p.m. in Sher-Lopaty Chapel II
D A I LY S E R v I C E S IN WINER BETH MIDRASH
Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.
Sunday 8:30 a.m. Daily 5:00 p.m.
On Fridays, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1Minyan will be held at 8:30 a.m.
FRIDAY, DECEmbER 4Early minyan SErvicE: 5:00 p.m. in Winer Chapel
vBS SiSTErhooD n’Shama minyan : 7:30 p.m. in Sher-Lopaty Chapel
The Women's Jewish Theatre presents He Said, She Said Led by rabbi nina Bieber Feinstein
with cindy Paley aboody, Cantorial Soloist
SATURDAY, DECEmbER 5Torah Portion: va-yeishev | Genesis: 37:1-40:23 | Page: 226
Torah STuDy: 9:00 a.m. in Winer Chapel with rabbi Ed Feinstein
oPEning PrayErS: 9:30 a.m. in Niznick Sanctuary
PlaygrounD minyan: 9:30 a.m. in ECC Rooms 114 and 115Led by rabbi noah Farkas
ShaBBaT morning SErvicE: 9:45 a.m. in Niznick Sanctuaryrabbi Ed Feinstein officiates at the Bat Mitzvah of
Sydney Goldflam
ParSha DiScuSSion: 12:15 p.m. in Bernstein Balcony Seminar
mincha SErvicE: 4:00 p.m. in Sher-Lopaty Chapel rabbis Ed Feinstein and Joshua hoffman officiates
at the Bar Mitzvah of Nathan Moore
S H A b b AT o NS H A b b A T o NNovember 27-28, 2015 16 Kislev, 5776
Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Friday: 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
v b S S I S T E R H o o D JUDAICA GIFT SHoP
HoURS
U P C o m I N G P R o G R A m S A T v A L L E Y b E T H S H A L o m
Kosher food available. RSVP online at www.vbsbrotherhood.com or e-mail Jason Stern at [email protected]
vBS SiSTErhooD ë TEa anD Torah with rabbi Feinstein — Tuesday, December 1, 7:30 p.m. ë laTkES anD voDka — Thursday, December 10, 7:30 p.m. with comedian, Seinfeld writer and best
selling author carol leifer.REgISTRaTIONS REquIRED FOR aLL THE SISTERHOOD PROgRaMS:
Visit: vbs.org/Sisterhood | E-mail: [email protected] | Call: 530-4087
vbS HAZAK
Mon., Dec. 7, 10:00 a.m. Choice of: The Death of Klinghoffer with Steve kohn or What Are
We Going to Do About the Other Generation? with Dr. ron reiter, mS, 11:15 a.m. The Plight of the Jewish Community in Cuba with randi
Simenhoff. 12:45 p.m. activities: Learning with the Rabbis and Cantors, Mah Jongg, and other
activities. For more information, contact 530-4096
bRoTHERHooD mEN'S CLUbThursday, Dec. 10, 6:30 p.m., Poker Night, at the Home of Ronen Kleinman
Cost: $20.00 person pre-paid, $25.00 at-door Registration required, visit: www.vbsbrotherhood.com, or e-mail: [email protected]
ECC − A SPECIAL DEDICATIoN oF SARAH'S PLACETuesday, Dec. 1, 11:00 a.m., on the ECC Play Yard. Sarah Wapner was a cherished member of the ECC staff until her passing last year. She worked as a beloved teacher’s assistant in many ECC
classrooms. To honor her memory, the Wapner family has generously funded Sarah’s Place, a beautiful garden and tree house on the ECC play yard.
n’Shama minyan rETrEaT | Fri., Feb. 26 - Sat., Feb. 27, 2015 Life Transitions
at Brandeis Bardin institute in Simi Valley, facilitated by rabbi nina Bieber Feinstein and Cantorial Soloist cindy Paley aboody. afternoon workshops to enhance body movement and
explore aspects of life transitions. Special guest: Deanna neil, Writer, Producer, Singer, Actor and Jewish Educator. Fee. For more info, contact Jean Blumin
at 222-0192 or e-mail: [email protected]. To register online and pay by credit card, please visitvbs.org/nShamaretreat. To pay by check, please mail it to VBS, attention: Wendy Perlmutter
presenting THE JEwISH CULTURAL REvIvAL bAND moSTly koShErwith guest Vocalist: hazzan Faith Steinsnyder
Opening with Jewish community children’s choir, Dr. michelle green Willner, Musical Director.
admission: $10 prepaid; $15 at the door; children (ages 5-13): $5;
hanukkah cElEBraTion with Jmc! Sunday, December 13, 3:00 p.m. at vbS
children (age 4 or under): no charge. To RSVP by Fri., Dec. 11 at 12 noon, contact 788-6000
CommUNITY HANUKKAH CANDLE LIGHTING and HoLIDAY CELEbRATIoN
Candle Lighting begins promptly at 5:30 p.m. followed by crafts, dinner and Hanukkah activities. Bring your own Menorahs and candles.
DinnEr availaBlE By PrE-orDEr only: $8.00 for 2 Pieces of Pizza, latkes and Salad | $3.00 for individual Slices of PizzaRSVP by Dec. 7 at 10:00 a.m. online: vbs.org/hanukkahprogram or call: 530-4091
Please bring unwrapped new toys and books for children of all ages. Your much needed donations will be distributed by The adopt a child abuse caseworker (acac) Program,
part of the Department of children and Family Services. and the L.a. Fire Dept. (a fire truck and firefighters will be on site)
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 5:15 p.m. - Please join Valley Beth Shalom, the VBS Harold M. Schulweis Day School, VBS ECLC and VBS ECC as we celebrate Hanukkah.
ThE vBS communiTy rEmEmBErS raBBi harolD SchulWEiS [z"l] S cholar- in-residence Shabbaton:
chancellor arnold Eisen, The Jewish Theological Seminary
December 11 6:00 p.m. - community Shabbat Dinner. RSVP required, by Dec. 7 Fee: adults: $40 per person, Children (ages 3-13): $25 per person RSVP online: vbs.org/communitydinner or call allison: 530-4008
8:00 p.m. - Shabbat Services: chancellor Eisen Speaks on From god to godliness − rabbi Schulweis’ Way to the Sacred
December 12 9:00 a.m. - Torah Study with chancellor Eisen and rabbi Feinstein
12:30 p.m. - Shabbat Shiur: a Dialogue Between chancellor Eisen and rabbi Feinstein, Does Conservative Judaism Have a Future?
vbS booK CLUbTues., Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m. Spirited monthly group discussions. This month: The Aleppo Codex by
matti Friedman. For a list of our books, visit: vbs.org/bookclub
LUNCH AND LEARNWed., Dec. 2, 12:00 noon, have lunch & study
with rabbi Ed Feinstein. Bring your own dairy lunch. Coffee and tea provided
DEcEmBEr 2 rabbi mark Borovitz, Beit T’Shuvah
DEcEmBEr 9 The Theology of Rabbi Harold Schulweis, rabbi Ed Feinstein
The vBS collEgE oF JEWiSh STuDiES presents —ThE goD i knoW
wednesday Nights, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Hosted by rabbi Ed Feinstein and rabbi noah Farkas
