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332 West Alejo Road, Palm Springs, CA 92262 ! www.templeisaiahps.com ! 760-325-2281

NOVEMBER 2016 ! TISHREI/CHESHVAN 5777 RABBI DAVID LAZAR

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If you would like to place an ad to honorand congratulate Rabbi David Lazar, or haveyour name listed on the Tribute page, pleasecomplete the form to the right, then scan &email it to me at [email protected] orprint out and mail to the Temple, to myattention. We must receive the insertion orderand the ad artwork no later thanNovember 10, 2016. No artwork is required for the namelisting in the Tribute Page. Artwork forfull-page and half-page ads should besent in digital format as a pdf or jpeg file.Please let us know if you need to useother formats. I hope to see you at the wonderfulconcert on the 27th. Yours truly,

Ira Helf Ira Helf Vice President

� From Our President’s Desk Gary Miller

Fellow congregants, There are many exciting eventscoming up in the next six weeks, and Ihope you will take advantage of asmany as possible. We have twofascinating lectures during November. We have a rummage sale onNovember 20th. On the 27th is Jews Dothe Blues, celebrating Rabbi Lazar’sinstallation as our Rabbi. But I reallywant to turn your attention to two weeks further down theline, to December 10th, when we will have the opportunity to

hear one of the best cabaret performers around. LindaLavin and her arranger/accompanist, Billy Stritch, will beperforming at the Annenberg Theater. This program wasput together by Carol Fragen to offer our community someadditional high quality entertainment and a chance tofurther support Temple Isaiah. You may remember Lindafrom her TV series Alice where she demonstrated hersuperb comedic talent. Now we have an opportunity to hearher in a very different medium. Linda’s highly regarded asa cabaret performer, and all the reviews of her shows havebeen extraordinarily positive. It’s a great opportunity for afabulous evening and to support Temple Isaiah. Order yourtickets by going to the Annenberg theater website or calltheir box office (see ad). Shalom,

Dear Members and Friends of Temple Isaiah,

We will be honoring Rabbi David Lazar on November 27, 2016, at 4 PM. At this event, called "Jews Do the Blues",Rabbi Lazar will be officially welcomed to Palm Springs by Mayor Robert Moon. There will be a jazz musical performancefeaturing Deanna Bogart and Musical Friends. Rabbi Lazar will be an important part of the musical performance too! I hope you will be able to attend the event. While there is no fee for attending, we will have a high-quality program bookas part of the event and as a way to pay tribute to Rabbi Lazar. There are several ways to advertise or list your name:

Full Price Temple Member (non-members) (10% discount)! Premium placement Full-page color ad: (8 ½" H X 5 ½" W) $1,800 $1,620

! Full-page ad Black & White (8 ½" H X 5 ½" W): $500 $450! Half page ad Black & White (4¼H x 5½” W) $300 $270! List name in Members & Friends Tribute Page: $50 $45

COMPLETE AND RETURN TO TEMPLE ISAIAH/JCC OF PALM SPRINGS332 West Alejo Road, Palm Springs, CA 92262 (760) 325-2281

or email to IRA HELF at [email protected]

JEWS DO THE BLUES PROGRAM BOOK

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�From the Rabbi’s Study

Rabbi David Lazar

Come gather around peopleWherever you roamAnd admit that the watersAround you have grownAnd accept it that soonYou'll be drenched to the boneAnd if your breath to you is worth savingThen you better start swimming or you'll sink like a stoneFor the times they are a-changin’

These words were an important part of the soundtrackfor many of us growing up in the ‘60s. They validated ourfeelings that not all was well with our world and gave ushope that things could, and indeed would, change. So it was with great joy that many of us received thenews that Bob Dylan will be receiving this year’s NobelPrize for literature next month in Stockholm. We all have our favorite Dylan songs. One of mine isGotta Serve Somebody:

You may be an ambassador to England or FranceYou may like to gamble, you might like to danceYou may be the heavyweight champion of the worldYou may be a socialite with a long string of pearlsBut you're gonna have to serve somebody, yesIndeed you're gonna have to serve somebodyWell, it may be the devil or it may be the LordBut you're gonna have to serve somebody

For me, this is a song about each of us being part of agreater picture, a larger plan. So often we delude ourselvesinto thinking that we by ourselves, or even our relationshipswith others, exist in a vacuum. Whatever decisions wethink we’re making, says Dylan, will in one way or anothersupport all sorts of things going on around us. It is that, Ibelieve, which we should constantly strive to keep in mindin all that we do. A Nobel Prize for Bob Dylan? Well indeed, the timesthey are a changin’… One of the musicians who played with Dylan in the 60’swas a young Jewish guy named Mike Bloomfield. He laterwent on to become one of the best known blues guitaristsin the United States though his life – like too many talentedmusicians of the late 20th century – ended in tragedy. Anewly revised edition of Michael Bloomfield: The Rise andFall of an American Guitar Hero, by Ed Ward and BillyGibbons just came out last month. In it, we read that at anearly age on the North side of Chicago, Bloomfield found away to express a deep sense of spiritualism at his barmitzvah ceremony. This is how his father Allen Bloomfieldlater recalled:

“It’s like his first performance, if you will,” Allensaid. “He goes beyond the call of duty of justreciting the Haftorah, which is the part you have tomemorize. .... Michael added certain dramatics to

it for— I don’t know, we’ll just call it ‘theatricaleffect.’ He would look up at the ceiling, raise hiseyes, and sort of have a dialogue with, if you will,or speak directly to, the Absolute…”

Soon after, with the help of the family’s African-American maid, he began visiting some of the blues clubson the southern side of town. It was there that heeventually got a chance to jam with some of the greatestblues legends like Muddy Waters. Bloomfield laterremembered:

“I would go down there thinking I was really somehot stuff, you know, ’cause I had some fast fingersand I had plenty of licks, but I didn’t have no soulor nothing. All I had was that speed and somebrash Jewboy confidence.”

Indeed, it was a bit strange that this upper middle classJewish kid was getting involved in this form of music thatwas so intrinsic to the African-American experience. Yethe did, and he got really good at it. Al Kooper, whocollaborated with both Bloomfield and Dylan oncereminisced:

Michael used to say, 'It's a natural. Black peoplesuffer externally in this country. Jewish peoplesuffer internally. The suffering's the mutualfulcrum for the blues.”

Whether or not you agree with this way of looking atour two peoples’ historical narratives, it can not be deniedthat the blues have played a central role in so much of themusic we all listen to today. We are blessed here in the Coachella Valley with ourown Jewish blues virtuoso, Deanna Bogart. You mighthave seen her holding court at Woody’s over the lastcouple of years on Experimental Wednesdays or havelistened to one of her many albums. While she plays awide range of music, the blues – in so many varied andwonderful forms – are at the heart of her work. And so with great pleasure we look forward to hostingDeanna, together with some of the most talented localmusicians: Chuck Alvarez, Rabbi Andrew Bentley, BobGross, Bob Hamilton and Jeff Olson at the Jews Do theBlues concert in honor of my official installation (by MayorRobert Moon) as Rabbi of Temple Isaiah. We promise awide range of music – not just the blues – and some of myown commentary on each of the songs through which Ihope to share my vision of the future for us as acommunity. I know that for many of you the question still remains:A blues concert in lieu of a proper rabbinic installation,complete with long speeches, pomp and a gala dinner?My answer is: You bet! For indeed, “the times they are achangin’!” Looking forward to seeing everyone here at theTemple on November 27 at 4:00!

�From the Executive Director

Doug Morton

Dear Friends,

What a great ‘yontif’ this has been! TheRabbi’s sermons were current, pertinentand compelling. The music was incredible!Attendance was great. The break-fast wasdelicious and everyone there enjoyed beingable to end the holiday at a meal together.

As always, there were so many whoworked so very hard to make the servicesrun smoothly. I want to take a minute and thank everyonewho participated. (Somehow I know I’ll miss someone andfor that, my heartfelt apologies in advance!).

Thank you to Harold Clumeck, Richard Jeffrey, IrwinSacks, Chris Spellman, Gary Stone, Jake Wright, GilGold, Spencer Howard, Ron Martinez, Soo Borson, RoniSpetalnick, Kerry Turner, Peter Gordon, Alan Moss, Pollyand Avi Showalter, Lyle Sachs, Shoshana Barer, BrendaCastano, Bob Fey, Shelley Miller-Mantell and Ira Helf,You made members and guests feel welcome, helped peoplefind seats, helped keep the foyer quiet during services andhelped to make walking into our Temple a pleasantexperience. Thank you to all who helped pass out herbsduring Havdallah, making it an even nicer start to 5777. Sandie Ovesen, you were here helping to greet and solveproblems and make our guests feel welcome. ChristopherGreene and Larea Pettersen, yes, you are staff members,but you both went above and beyond. Thank you! And, ofcourse, all of us that received an aliyah, had a reading orplayed a part in the service know that we are so thankful forMiriam Bent. It is thanks to Miriam that we know when to beprepared, what we need to do and generally help to make ourcongregants look together and polished. Thank You ALL!

I want to remind you that if for some reason you forgot tocomplete your Kol Nidre pledge card you can still do it online,call the office, or fill out the card that we will send you in themail. Thanks to all of you we expect a higher goal that we’vehit in a long time and this will certainly help us tighten the gapin our budget.

We have two very interesting lecturescoming up in November. On Sunday,November 6 at 4:00 pm, here at the Temple,we will have Dr. Ted Merwin, Author of“Pastrami On Rye” speak about “Homelandfor the Jewish Soul: the History of the JewishDeli in America”. And there will be a chanceto sample some pastrami after the lecture! Ayelet Tsabari, Author of “The Best Placeon Earth” will speak about “Stories about Mizrahi Jews in Israel: Children, Soldiers &Bohemian Lovers” at the UC Riverside/PalmDesert Campus auditorium on Sunday,November 20 at 4:00 P.M. These should bothbe great lectures and I hope you’ll comesupport our lecture series and meet a fewpeople afterwards.

Please take a minute to help our “RummageSale in Memory of Dottie Fields” Committee bylooking around and see what kinds of thingsyou can donate to the Temple for the sale onSunday morning November 20 being held in ourparking lot here at the Temple. There is moreinformation in this Chai Lights, and you can alsocontact Ron Martinez at 323-251-5250.

During November we will finally officiallywelcome our wonderful spiritual leader,Rabbi David Lazar. Instead of a typicalinstallation, we will be honoring him with aJews Do the Blues Concert on Sunday,November 27th. Rabbi will be officiallywelcomed to our community by PalmSprings Mayor, Robert Moon. Details ofthe event are on the cover and page 2 ofthis Chai Lights, There will be no entry fee.

Instead we will have a high-quality program book as part ofthe event and, as a way to pay tribute to Rabbi Lazar, therewill be several ways to advertise or list your name. Detailsare on page 2 and on our website, templeisaiahps.com orjust call the office at 760-325-2281.

We have a member of the board who isworking so hard to make our fundraiser anincredible success this year. Carol Fragen,on behalf of the entire congregation, THANKYOU! On December 10 we will have aconcert with Linda Lavin and Billy Stritch atthe Annenberg Theatre at the Palm SpringsArt Museum.

While my favorite performance of LindaLavin was her guest appearance on the new series “Mom,”many of you know her from her movies, television showsand Broadway musicals. If you aren’t familiar with her, takea minute and look her up. She is awesome. Honestly, the30 minutes on the sitcom “Mom” is the most hilarious 30minutes I’ve ever spent watching television (and I watchlots!). Did you know that Billy Stritch has also performed asthe pianist for Liza Minelli (amongst many other things). Let’s support Carol Fragen’s hard work, support theTemple and treat yourself to a marvelous evening byattending! Purchase your tickets by going online to Annenbergtheatre.org or by calling 760-325-4490. I lookforward to seeing you all there!

Shalom,

Douglas

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SUKKOT & SIMCHAT TORAH

Kiddush in the Sukkah

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

November 2016

1 22-3 pm Hebrewwith Ella Ohana

3-4:15 pmExploraTorah

3 46:30 pmInterfaithKabbalatShabbatService

510 am ShabbatServices

6 4 pmTed Merwinlecture

Temple officeclosed

7

Temple office closed

8 9 1:30 pm TIWA meeting in lobby

2-3 pm Hebrewwith Ella Ohana


10 117:30 pmShabbatServices


13


14


15 162-3 pm Hebrewwith Ella Ohana


17 187:30 pmShabbatServices


20 7 am- 2 pmRummage salein parking lot

4 pm AyeletTsabari Lectureat UC Riverside/Palm DesertCampus

21


22 23No classestoday

24Thanksgiving


25


7:30 pmShabbatServices


27 4 pm‘JEWS DOTHE BLUES’

ConcertcelebratingRabbi Lazar’sInstallation

28


29 30

2-3 pm Hebrewwith Ella Ohana


Ted MerwinNovember 6

Ayelet TsabariNovember 20

Candlelighting times:Friday, November 4 Shabbat Noach 5:10 pmFriday, November 11 Shabbat Lech Lecha 4:04 pmFriday, November 18 Shabbat Vayera 4:00 pmFriday, November 25 Shabbat Chaye Sarah 3:57 pm

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

December 2016

12 6:30 pmKabbalatShabbatservice

3 10 am Shabbatservices.

4


5


6 7


8 3-5 pmMemory Café


10 10 amShabbatservices.

Temple Fundraiser:6:30 pm LindaLavin in Concert

11 4 pmLecture RabbiMark Borovitz

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13 14

2-3 LearnHebrew with EllaOhana


15 16 7:30 pmKabbalatShabbatservice


18 9:30 am

FEAST OF JEWISHLEARNING


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20 21



22 23 7:30 pmKabbalatShabbatservice

24 10 amShabbatservices. Bar Mitzvah ofChristopherGreene

1st nt. Chanukah

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2nd nt. Chanukah

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3rd nt. Chanukah

27

4th nt. Chanukah

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6th nt. Chanukah


7th nt.


8th nt. Chanukah

Candlelighting Times

Friday, December 2 Shabbat Toldot 3:56 pmFriday, December 9 Shabbat Vayetze 3:56 pmFriday, December 16 Shabbat Vayislach 3:58 pmFriday, December 23 Shabbat Vayeshev 4:01 pmFriday, December 30 Shabbat Miketz 4:05 pm

Planning MeetingWednesday, November 9th in the lobby by the new

Gift Shop. RSVP toShoshana Barer

760-323-8025

Thank you to everyone whoparticipated in our Temple’sMitzvah Drive over the HighHolidays by bringing toiletriesand laundry items for Well inthe Desert. Brian and Windy ofWell in the Desert, pictured

here with Rabbi Lazar, picked up 86 bags of items forWell’s clients.

In Memory of: Yahrzeit Fund

Kate Hauswirth in loving memory ofher husband, Fred

Milt Levinson in loving memory ofhis mother, Anna Levinson

Heddy Ferber in loving memory ofher husband, Imre Ferber

Kate Hauswirth in loving memory ofher sister-in-law, Jenny Ament

Alan and Shelli Solomon in lovingmemory of Alan’s mother, RachelSolomon

Sharon Kosbie Moss in lovingmemory of her father, Jacob Kosbie

Mae Cohen in loving memory of herfather, Ben Honigman

Joy Goldstein in loving memory ofher sister, Yvette Anderson

Del and Sandey Fields in lovingmemory of their beloved sister,Dottie Fields

Joy Goldstein in loving memory ofher son, Andy Alderman

Del and Sandey Fields in lovingmemory of their niece, Lisa Rhodes

Bob and Cheryl Fey in memory ofSteven Graff-Radford

Ann Lewin in loving memory of hermother, Betty Zuckerman

Beatrice Julien in loving memory ofher mother, Anna Lomberg

Harold Clumeck in loving memory ofhis mother, Joan Clumeck

Lila Blane in loving memory of herfather, Joseph Karo

Shirley Randolph in loving memoryof her father, Louis Haas

Shaun Anderson in loving memoryof his spouse, Dr. Arnold W. Klein,M.D.

Bill and Gail Kanter in lovingmemory of Bill’s grandmother, SarahDavis

Sandie Ovesen in loving memory of herpartner, Harry Dean

Kathy Block in loving memory of herhusband, Judge Arthur Block

Douglas Morton in loving memory of hisgrandfather, Carl Sherr

Phyllis Enet, in loving memory of herhusband, George Enet

Robin Burg in loving memory of hermother, Marian Crane

Helen Gottschalk in loving memory ofher mother-in-law, Julie Gerson.

General Contribution

In Honor of Gary and Vicki Miller’s Wedding: Nat & Miriam Bent, Richard Jeffery, Bill and Gail Kanter, Norma Lovitz, Doug Morton, Jackie Smason, and Morris and June Sussman

Basil Bernstein

David Feltman

Douglas Morton in honor of his aliyah on

Yom Kippur

Phyllis and Marvin Eisenberg in honor of

Pearl White’s 100th Birthday

Pearl White in honor of Bill and Rita

Claire Thom’s wedding anniversary

Gail Nassi in honor of Cantor Caren

Taubman Glasser

Bill and Gail Kanter in honor of

Christopher Greene’s Bar Mitzvah

Stanley Vitt

Bob & Cheryl Fey and Ron & Carol

Fragen have purchased a leaf in

honor of Gary and Vicki Miller’s

wedding

Sandie Ovesen purchased a leaf in

honor of Gary and Vicki Miller’s

wedding

Sandie Ovesen purchased a leaf in

honor of Rabbi David Lazar’s first

year at Temple Isaiah

November 2016 Yahrzeits * Names Inscribed on Memorial Board

Shabbat Services: Friday nights at 7:30 pm (first Friday @ 6:30 pm) & Saturdays at 10:00 am. We will attempt to provide a morning minyan for a yahrzeit if given several days notice.

November 1-5, Listed November 4 & 5*Meyer Beck*Freda Berkinblitt*Able GreenbergJoseph Herman*Riska Herman*Mac Isaacs*Rose Kates*Alan Kopelson*Edith Kopelson*Isadore Nelson*Leslie NicholsonLucille Paskin*Zachary PittsIsaac Rosenberg*Cecile Ross*Charles Rubin*Maurine SandersFanny Solovay*Elfreda Tarler*Thelma TashJulie Thomason

November 6-12; Listed November 11 & 12*Dora AlpertFrances Blindman

*Erna Bochner*Harry Boscoe*Jack DemboIrene Fink*Jacob GreenbergGertrude JaffeEdith David JaminAlbert Karp*Israel Kates*Pat Kerzen*Nettie E. Klein*Rose C. Levy*Max Lulla*Alan Mayer*Shirley Pearlman*Hyimen PittsGoldie Rittberg*Marvin Robinson*Abram RozenMalka Sandowsky*Morris B. Saske*Edith SchmalzCarl SherrHannah Shimberg*Esther Silverman*Barbara J. Widman

November 13-19, Listed November 18 & 19*Marcia Adass*Morris Baker*Solmon Bruson*Mollie Buxbaum*Jeffrey CarsonNathan CohenDaniel CohenSid Donenfeld*Roy Fey*Marjorie Foster

*Herman Frank*Molly GalantCyril Halter*Anne Hodes*Frances Kates*Sandra Krainess*Charles M. Lane*Jules Litke*Max Malk*Laeh Klein MartinAnna Roshcovsky*Adolph RothbardtRoman Ryterband*Murdie Saltman*Jennie Schmulowitz*Eva Slutzky*Sidney Tomach*Rose Wein*Sylvan I. Zeiden

November 20-26, Listed November 25 & 26*Leon M. Bornstein*Charles L. Cohen*Hannah Felzer Collins*Golda EinsteinGussie Freedman*Perry H. Freeman*Harry FreibergDr. David FriemanLeonard GoldsteinBenjamin Gordon*Ethel Green*Max Grone*Joseph Hain*Saul Horowitz*Eugene Jamin*David Kirshbaum*Ben Krasnow

Betty Kroker*Sadie LevySarah Levy*Lillian C. LitkeHaurice J. Missner*Sophia Phillips*Sarah Priesont*Betty S. Reissman*Irwin Rubenstein*Munzika ShweidGustav Steinberger*Helen Sueker*Rita SundellJeffrey Thomason*Freda Valenstein*George Weill*Jessie Winter*Leo Wittenbrg*James Alan WolfsonNathan Wolowitz*Morry Zolonz

November 27-30, Listed December 2 & 3*Arthur ApplemanMilton HinkisEva Kaminsky*Herbert Zeppo Marx*Benjamin J. Mindess*Bruce J. Pinto*Molly Rabinowitz*Jeanne Robinson*Leib RosenRoseAnn RubensteinMartin Tax*Richard Willencheck

May their memories endure for a blessing.

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