Thank you to all the congregants who contributed to our cover series, “More Than A Temple.”

WILSHIREBOULEVARDTEMPLEBULLETIN

Upon reflection, I realize that I have not given a great deal of thought as to what Wilshire Boulevard Temple means

to me. The reason for this is, because having been a member for more than 40 years, the Temple has become like my left arm (I am left handed). The Temple feels like it has always been there.

My husband Ted and I joined the Temple in 1969 when our daughter, Ronni, started grade one in the Religious School. In 1986, Rabbi Alfred Wolf officiated at the marriage of Ronni and my son-in-law, Michael Kopulsky. During the next six years they had two children, Craig and Tracy—our family is third generation at the Temple. And each generation is strongly connected to the Temple in its own right. Ronni is an active member of the Temple’s Chaver Caring Community. Michael grew up going to our camps, and as an adult sits on the camps’ advisory board. For many years, he was also a beloved grade seven Religious School teacher. Both Craig and Tracy grew up through our camps, Religious School and as active members of our youth programs. They will be returning to camp this summer as a unit head and counselor respectively.

As for me, in addition to being a mother and grandmother of active members of our congregation, I have been volunteering for the past ten years, first at the Religious School, and more recently, at Brawerman Elementary School East. One day a week, I have the privilege of reading to the wonderful Kindergartners who comprise the Brawerman East charter class. A sense of awe comes over me as I sit in that now state-of-the-art classroom, where once my daughter and then my grandchildren spent their early years of Religious School. L’dor V’dor.

The Temple, its clergy and staff have been at the core of our family’s joys as well as its sorrows. The members of the clergy and staff are amazing; always ready to celebrate or sympathize with a Temple family, with grace, compassion, warmth and dignity. The Temple is as much a part of me as my body. I, we, are very blessed.

Francine Peterman

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More Than A TempleHow one family’s multi-generation, multi-campus relationship is still going strong.

Sunday, April 15 Irmas Campus 2:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 29 Temple Campus 4:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 7 Irmas Campus 5:00 p.m.

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A lot goes on at Wilshire Boulevard Temple. A LOT. So much, it’s difficult to keep up. Our responsibility is to

make sure you don’t miss a thing. Of course, most important is to make you aware of what we have to offer in advance of our offering it, so you can participate. We do this via our biannual Experience Brochure, our monthly Temple Bulletin and, most up to date, via our website. In addition, we’ve increased our effort to publicize our happenings through social media, such as Facebook and Twitter.

It is important that you receive the latest news from us in a timely fashion. Perhaps you were unable to attend the Women of Wilshire afternoon salon, but you’d like to know how it went, so that you know what to expect for the next one. Did you see that our Warner Mural restoration was a blog feature on the LA Weekly website? You’ve heard about Big Sunday but forgot to inquire about date and time? We have a post for that.

We don’t want you to miss an opportunity to feel connected to your Temple. And you can help us help you by “liking” the Temple on Facebook and following us on Twitter. Soon we launch our new website, which will allow even easier access to all news items and any information about the goings on at the Temple, the schools, the camps and the community. More Wilshire Boulevard Temple news is always good news.

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The first time I took my daughter to Disneyland all she wanted to do was go on Dumbo. We get in line, slowly

weaving our way for an hour and a half. Finally at the front, my daughter takes one look at the elephant and says, “Nope, no way am I going up there!” But I held her close and told her I would be right by her side. She enjoyed every minute of it.

In this month’s parasha, Shemini, our wilderness scene is set. The Mishkan, our traveling sanctuary, is completed. The time has finally come to offer the first sacrifices; and

Aaron, the one bestowed with this great honor, looks to Moses and stops. The text states, “And Moses said to Aaron, ‘Approach the altar and perform your sin offering

and your burnt offering,’” The rabbis ask, why would Moses need to instruct Aaron to both approach and perform the offering—would not performing the offering imply the

approaching? Aaron hesitates because he is afraid, overwhelmed by the task. And he feels alone.

Of course, he is not. Moses, his brother, is actually right by his side. Life can be daunting, scary and isolating. But like Aaron, we are not alone. We come together every week standing together shoulder to shoulder. We read in our prayerbook:

We still believe what we were taught before ever we stood at Sinai’s foot; that wherever we go, it is eternally Egypt, that there is a better place, a promised land; that the winding way to that promise passes through the wilderness. That there is no way to get from here to there except by joining hands, marching together.

No matter the challenge is, from Disneyland to the Promised Land, none are too great if we face them together.

Rabbi David Eshel

Torah Portion

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And In Other News

Shemini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47)From Disneyland to the Promised Land

Big Sunday Sunday, May 6 at 9:00 a.m. www.wbtla.org/events/item/295/tikkun_events

April 19, 1943. It was the first day of Pesach. It was also the day that the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto rose up against the

Nazis, choosing to die fighting, rather than be sent to Treblinka where 300,000 others had already perished. Many of us are familiar with this heroic, but ultimately doomed battle that lasted almost four weeks. But how many of us are aware of what life was like in the Ghetto before the Uprising? Not just a life filled with squalor, disease and despair, but also with resilience, resourcefulness and determination to maintain Jewish cultural and religious values under the worst conditions imaginable.

Public prayer was punishable by severe beatings or execution. Nevertheless, prayer services were held in secret in hundreds of hidden locations. Though any kind of schooling was forbidden, clandestine classes were taught in soup kitchens and private homes throughout the Ghetto.

Literary societies sponsored literary evenings and poetry readings. There were concerts by an 80-member symphony orchestra, as well as several string quartets and choral groups.

Theater productions were staged in Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew. Amateur performances of comedy, satire and cafe music served to give momentary respite from the harsh realities of daily existence.

Even under the shadow of death, Jewish life not only survived, it prevailed. How can we do anything less in Los Angeles, 2012? In honor of the Jews of Warsaw, we dedicate this month to our cherished Jewish values because they define who we are:

• Celebrating Pesach in our homes or as a community• Cherishing education with our Basic Jewish Marathon• Fostering culture and remembering Yom HaShoah with our concert, The Four Cantors

• Celebrating the State of Israel with our Israeli Independence Day/Israel Bonds Maccabeats concert

Susan Nanus Director of Adult Programs

Tikkun Olam

Adult Opportunities

Our Values, Ourselves

A Big Day for the Greater GoodBig Sunday is a huge opportunity for all of California to get

involved in community service. Started by Temple Israel of Hollywood as a Mitzvah Day in the late 90’s, Big Sunday—now an entire weekend—has expanded across the city of Los Angeles, and the state of California, with over 50,000 people a year participating. For the past three years our Religious School has spearheaded the Temple’s involvement in this event.

They make it easy. The Religious School provides the resources and lays the groundwork—coordinating with local community service institutions, gathering supplies, etc.—you, too, simply show up on the day and dig in. For the last two years, the Temple’s Tikkun Olam Committee, led by Dena Bloom, increased its involvement, mobilizing the congregation’s forces for maximum outreach. Both Brawerman Elementary School and the Early Childhood Centers participate, with additional activities for congregants who do not have children in the schools.

So what happens on Big Sunday? The Religious School’s Vinny Green explains, “The Temple becomes almost our own city. We do a lot for Angelenos, Israel and often wherever there

has been a recent catastrophe. For example, we’ve given to Japan after the Tsunami, Haiti after the earthquake, Joplin, Missouri after the tornado and so on.” Temple volunteers have given blood to Cedars Sinai Hospital’s blood bank; collected clothing for People Assisting the Homeless (PATH); assembled and distributed high protein meals, essential clothing and reflective, hopeful messages from children to the city’s homeless; challah covers and kind notes to participants in the Temple’s Chaver Caring Community; planted a garden and painted the preschool at Alexandria House—transitional housing for women and children forced out of their homes; as well as assembling care packages and writing letters to Marines in Afghanistan. And much, much more. Says Vinny, “It’s transformative. It takes you out of being insular and into thinking of others.”

Vist our website for Pesach resources, www.wbtla.org/pages/pesach

The Second Graders at the Religious School recently took part in a Parent and Child Education program that

explored different aspects of Purim. Highlights included Eran Bar-Adon, PACE and Hebrew Administrator animatedly telling the Purim story, with its customs, colorful characters and the many levels of meaning for us at different ages. Children made simple graggers (noisemakers), which they decorated elaborately, and they baked and ate the most delicious hamentaschen (thanks to long time volunteer/parent/Temple member Stella Plotnik’s recipe!). And of course, the making of bagged sandwich lunches!

Lunches, you say? What does Purim have to do with lunches? Well, just about everything! One of the most important Purim customs is social justice. We are commanded to be merry, to enjoy ourselves AND to think of others through the mitzvot of matanot l’evyonim and tzedakah. Our school has an on-going partnership with Alexandria House, a transitional living shelter for women and children in Los Angeles. For Big Sunday every year, we send a crew to paint the preschool

building, and to play and entertain the youngest children who live there. We plant their garden and work in the yard, beautifully elevating its standard with a lawn and an inviting play-area. For the Big Give at Thanksgiving, we send pies and make new toiletry kits for the women; and several times during the year we provide snacks for afterschool, games and books for entertainment and Purim and, best of all, nutritious lunches for the residents. We love supporting their good work, and they love seeing us walk up to their door or drive up with our cars, to give them the sustenance to carry on. Friends helping friends is a great mitzvah!

Vinny Green Grades K- 6 Administrator

Religious School

Brawerman Elementary School

Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”

- Albert SchweitzerWhile we at Brawerman Elementary School recognize

how blessed we are to work with a team of educators who light many flames on a daily basis, it is especially gratifying when the Los Angeles community extends its appreciation. Just this year three faculty members have been so honored.

Pressman Academy commended Mia Pardo, a Brawerman Delet Fellow and grade one assistant, with a Teacher Recognition Award at its annual gala. Mia has been working at Pressman as a teacher in their religious school for five years, and was an assistant in their elementary school for two years. These experiences inspired her to enter the Delet program at Hebrew Union College to earn her teaching credential and certificate as a Jewish Educator.

Grade five teacher Samantha Auerbach was chosen as one of the educators to receive a 20/20 award by the Jewish Educators Assembly. This award honors 20 emerging leaders

in their 20’s from the Greater Los Angeles Jewish Community. Samantha has been inspiring Brawerman fifth graders for the past two years.

Lisa Niver Rajna, Brawerman science specialist, has been nominated for a 2012 Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching Math and Science; an award for educators who are models for colleagues, inspirational to their communities and leaders in improving mathematics and science education. She was also selected to appear on the KTLA Career Day Series.

We are grateful for all of our hard working, committed and forward thinking faculty members who nurture and guide children each day. They kindle the lights and sustain them as well.

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Honors Abound for Brawerman Faculty

The Gift that Keeps On GivingIt means so much to us to have

your ongoing support.- Alexandria House

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Camps

Early Childhood Centers

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This Magic Moment

Foundation for Jewish Camp Yitro Fellow

An evening among the stars, a celebration with friends, a wonderful cause, delicious food and magnificent sounds.

Jazz, Strings and Stars, the Annual Gala benefiting the Early Childhood Centers, brought together over 340 guests on Saturday, January 28 at the Bookbindery in Culver City, in a truly magical event.

With proceeds going to the Early Childhood Centers including scholarships, silent and live auction items were bid upon. The live jazz band played traditional standards, and later a DJ spun contemporary crowd pleasers while guests ate, danced, schmoozed and pursued their desired auction items. There was much to choose from, including tickets to the season finales of American Idol and The Voice, celebrity chef catered home dinner parties, restaurant and vacation packages and much, much more. The gift baskets were a particular delight. Each had a theme and clever name such as Geffen Aleph Basket—The Art of Appreciation (filled with art supplies), and Nitzanim—Shaken, Not Stirred (a full bartender’s kit), with parents contributing items to the basket, related to the theme. In addition, each class

produced an amazing, creative of artwork on a large canvass for the auction.

Gala Chair Samantha Sackler, with Co-Chairs Lori Glass Berk, Nicole Frank and Rachel Wintner produced a hugely successful evening, thoroughly enjoyed and certainly long remembered. The Early Childhood Centers is grateful for their hard work, and for the work of all the many volunteers who contributed. Many thanks also to Kevin and Hillary Lynch for donating their time and extraordinarily beautiful photographs of each individual Early Childhood Center student that were sold to parents, helping raise money for our worthy cause.

A favorite event every year, the Annual Gala is not only our most important fundraising event, it’s our special opportunity to celebrate. We celebrate our children, our endeavors and each other. For one evening, we take the time to appreciate this magical moment in all our lives.

In his fourth year as Assistant Director of Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camps,

(and in his tenth year as a camp staff member), Seth Toybes has been selected as one of 20 individuals from a diverse cross section of residential Jewish summer

camps to be part of the Yitro program, through the Foundation for Jewish Camp.

Participants will convene for five sessions for a total of 19 days of intensive training with experts and recognized leaders from various disciplines. The program will challenge the fellows to widen their perspectives of Jewish leadership in order to enhance the staff culture and experience at their home camps, improving the product of Jewish summer camp. Furthermore, the Yitro Leadership Program will build a network of camp assistants, senior assistants and associate directors who will support one another in becoming Jewish leaders and educators.

The curriculum will include organizational principles based upon the assistant director’s role and responsibilities at camp such as staff management, assessing and creating change in communities, large group management and delivering and receiving feedback; as well as facilitating meetings, problem analysis and resolution and mission-based decision making.

Yitro Participants will also experience personal and professional growth in order to improve camp training. This includes real focus on integrating Jewish content, and improving and honing skills regarding camp staff leadership development; in addition, exploring the Jewish foundations of these skills in their approach to summer staff leadership development. Also, participants create and implement an individual action plan.

The training Seth will receive through the Yitro program will further enhance his outstanding abilities as the Assistant Camp Director at Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camps.

Cheri Lauterbach

Camp Alumni & Development Director

Visit our microsite for the latest updates,www.buildinglives.wbtla.org

I f you have been to the Temple Campus lately, or simply driven by, you are aware that our massive, historic

reconstruction and redevelopment is well underway. You may not, however, be aware of what specifically we

are doing today. Were you to peak into the Sanctuary, you would see the

pews removed, the floor and walls covered in protective wood boards (including the murals), scaffolding reaching above the windows that are draped in sheets of plastic—with stained glass removed and sent to the conservators at Judson Studios.

Most recently, we’ve lowered the bimah by jack hammering and removing the forward portion, installing steel beams in the subfloor to support the new bimah level, and pouring a reinforced concrete slab at the lowered elevation.

This brings the clergy closer to the congregation, with ramps built on either side for easy access. Now anyone can participate directly on the bimah with their b’nei mitzvah child, or in a special blessing at the pulpit, regardless of physical limitations.

Perhaps while parking in the lot off Hobart you’ve noticed a new structure being built just outside the Erika J. Glazer Early Childhood Center. This is the new central plant, a concrete enclosure housing the chillers and water towers as part of the system to handle cooling for the Sanctuary and the first school facility. Sweltering heat during High Holy Day services will be a thing of the past.

And the reason for all that scaffolding outside the dome? We’ve stripped the paint off the Temple’s exterior in preparation for a complete repaint, and to clean and repair all the exterior cast stone, marble and granite. We’re making certain the Temple will be as magnificent as the day it was built.

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In Case You’re Wondering What We’re Up To

Photo By: Dave Bullock | www.davebullock.com

We’re making certain the Temple will be as magnificent

as the day it was built.

Upcoming Events

For a full calendar of events and services, please visit www.wbtla.org/events

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FamIlY seder: seCond nIghT oF pesaCh Saturday, April 7, 2012

5:00 p.m. Join your Wilshire Boulevard Temple family for a special second night of Pesach seder. Suitable for adults and children of all ages, we will follow a Haggadah and sing our way through a lively participatory seder. Retell the story of our slavery and freedom in a new and exciting way. A full kosher dinner and Haggadah will be provided.

Denise Magilnick, dmagilnick@wbtla.org, (424) 208-8930 www.wbtla.org/events/item/439/worship_events

men oF wIlshIre – The Ten plagues oF The jewIsh man Thursday, April 12, 2012

7:00 p.m. This unique Seder is an opportunity to explore the story of Exodus in ways relevant to the lives of men—tackling challenging issues related to family, health, career and relationships. Great food and a great time.

Denise Magilnick, dmagilnick@wbtla.org, (424) 208-8930 www.wbtla.org/events/item/478/adult_events

The basIC judaIsm maraThon Sunday, April 15, 2012

2:00 - 7:00 p.m.Finally: Everything you always wanted to know about Judaism, but were afraid to ask.Five hours of class in one day that covers the basics: The Core Beliefs of Judaism The Meanings of the Prayers and How to Pray The Meanings, Customs and Rituals of the Jewish Holidays The Meanings and Rituals of the Jewish Life Cycle Plus Snacks and Dinner Taught by Rabbis Steve Leder, Beau Shapiro, David Eshel and Cantor Don Gurney Cost: $36

Phil Wallace, pwallace@wbtla.org, (424) 208-8932 www.wbtla.org/events/item/429/adult_events

CoFFee wITh Carol: overprogrammIng Your ChIldren Thurday, April 19, 2012

9:30 a.m.Carol Bovill, Director of Wilshire Boulevard Temple’s Early Childhood Centers, offers expert parenting advice to guide and empower you on your parenting journey.

Heidi Overturf, hoverturf@wbtla.org, (213) 835-2158 www.wbtla.org/events/item/270/youth_events

Camp 60Th evenIng CelebraTIon Saturday, April 21, 2012 Private ResidenceOur kickoff event, an evening of celebration and memories at an alumni home in Brentwood

Cheri Lauterbach, cheri@wbtcamps.org, (213) 835-2135 www.wbtla.org/events/item/469/youth_events

The maCCabeaTs are ComIng To wIlshIre boulevard Temple Sunday, April 29, 2012

4:00 p.m.Yom HaAtzma-ut: Israel Independence Day CelebrationIn celebration of Israel Independence Day and in honor of Israel Bonds, join us for a “Jew”bilant concert of the world famous Hip Hop Yeshiva boys.

Phil Wallace, pwallace@wbtla.org, (424) 208-8932 www.wbtla.org/events/item/473/adult_events

The wIlshIreaders Thursday, May 3, 2012

7:00 p.m. Join enthusiastic readers in a yearlong journey as we explore universal themes through the minds of acclaimed Jewish authors. This month’s book is The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diana Ackerman.

Phil Wallace, pwallace@wbtla.org, (424) 208-8932 www.wbtla.org/events/item/271/adult_events

shabbaT on The FlY wITh rabbI leder August 9-12, 2012 Lodge at Palisades Creek, IdahoWe are going to take over the Lodge at Palisades Creek from August 9 -12, 2012 for three days of fishing, with a little Torah and Shabbat thrown in for good measure and good luck.

Nan Brostoff, nan@wbtla.org, (213) 835-2121 www.wbtla.org/events/item/400/events

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RABBI EDGAR F. MAGNIN FUNDIn Honor Of:Carol Clayman’s 60th Birthday by Hannah & Larry HeinemanRabbi Steve Leder’s book “More Money Than God” by Zachary LawrenceIn Loving Memory Of:Maury Abrams by Judd Abrams Herman Adler by Frederic AdlerLucy Armel by Merle GalindoJack Armel by Merle GalindoJerry Bernstein by Sheila & Donald BernsteinArnold & Mathilda Bernstein by Sheila & Donald BernsteinPaul Borden by Ruth & Harold BordenEliot Corday by Lindsey KozbergRebecca Engel by Phyllis KasselWarner Heineman by Hannah and Larry HeinemanKenneth Fox by Helen MacKinnonBenjamin Gelfond by Mr. and Mrs. Gordon GelfondHarry Gilfenbain by Steven GilfenbainLillian Laya Green by Judith GreenLouis Label Green by Judith GreenBarney Greenberg by Molly GreenbergJerome Heller by Louise Heller & Robert SchwabLawrence Horn by Minette HornAlbert Horwits by Sue & Sonny BrodyBeloved mother, Sibyl Hyman by Janice & Arthur GerryLouis Jacobs by Michael JacobsGary Kress by Erik Holmberg and Ronna KressAnn Loeb by Jonathan Silberman and Debra FieldsTimothy Magnin by Gayle & Harold LeventhalJoseph Mason by Anita MasonPeter Mellos by Stephen ChornaAlfred Naumburg by Betty & Marvin HoffenbergMollie Rosenbaum by Jean RosenbaumSanford Sigoloff by Betty SigoloffBertha Tabach by Julius TabachBelle Tuch by Judith & Eugene TuchSonia Rosenbloom by Barry RosenbloomSylvan Rosenthal and Lorraine Weger by Deana & Alvin RosenthalAnne Weisman by Elaine LiptonEtta Weisman by Lynn WeismanHyman Winn by Betty & Ross WinnAnne Brock and Edith Wixen by Janice & Daniel Wallace

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CLERGY FUNDIn Honor Of:The baby naming of Jackson Benay by Jane & David LewineIn Loving Memory Of:Anne and Bernie Ceazan by Barbara & Gary CeazanMorrie Grosberg by Lawrence GrosbergMorrie Grosberg by Carolyn WinerJoseph Kurtsman by Zoya RudinBarbara Zolla by Jane & David Lewine

SISTERHOOD PULPIT FLOWER FUNDIn Loving Memory Of:Simon Grant by Arthur, Steven, Andrea, Douglas, Chloe and Matthew GardnerHarold Greenberg by Elaine Greenberg

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FOOD PANTRIES FUNDJeanne Gerson

In Honor Of:Matthew Velkes’s 50th Birthday by Linda & Steven BrownIn Loving Memory Of:Gweneth Cannon by Greg LowdenThelma Checel by Marlene & Bruce LarsonAl Cohen by Betty CohenMy beloved husband, Marcus Labe by Ann LabeSidney Loeb by Ruthie & Stephen LoebBeloved mother, Augusta Marx by Lotte SeelmanEtta Tamkin by Priscilla & Curtis TamkinShirley Weinstein by Nina Weinstein

MANN FAMILY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERCamras FamilyIn Honor Of:Eleanor Yuspa’s Birthday by Henry Hecht

GERI AND RICHARD BRAWERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLIn Honor Of:Eleanor Yuspa’s Birthday by Henry HechtIn Loving Memory Of:Shirley Landsman by Geri Brawerman

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MUSIC PUBLICATION FUNDIn Honor Of:Cantor Gurney on the occasion of our daughter, Liza Rosen’s Bat Mitzvah by Lori & Barney RosenIn Loving Memory Of:Billy Young and Eric Nass by Gloria Young

WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE CAMPSIn Loving Memory Of:Al Mandel by Steve SauerOur father and papa, Joseph Sauer by Steve, Micki, Jonathan & Molly Sauer; Marlene Sauer; Angie, Mike, Robert & Joey Corritone; Dana, Jonathan, Andrew & Micah GoldsteinHoward Solomon by Steve Sauer

RABBI ALFRED WOLF CAMP FUNDSamuel Goldfeder and Laura SteinIn Loving Memory Of:Fannie Blatt by Marjorie BlattHerman Garden by Linda & Stuart LubitzDavid Steinholz by Sylvia Miller

EVELYN K. KRAMER MEMORIAL CAMP FUNDIn Loving Memory Of:John Lear by Harriet Burton & Family

MARK GREENSTEIN CAMP FUNDIn Loving Memory Of:My mother, Sarah Tisherman by Pauline Greenstein

RICHARD BARASCH BBQ/ PICNIC AREA FUNDIn Loving Memory Of:Myron Varon by Shirley Barasch

KEHILLAH COMMUNITY CAMP FUNDRobin & Alan AronsonRandall FriedmanJudi & Randy JoyceCharles PolepIn Loving Memory Of:Al Mandel by Stephanie & David EshelAl Mandel by Stephanie & Leon Vahn

WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE CAMPS 60TH ANNIVERSARY ENDOWED CAMPERSHIP FUNDLisa Agay and Stany GetzDanielle and Marvin AppelElaine and Philip BenditsonNadine and Steve BreuerLes BronteJulie and Mark BrownHolly Brock Cohn and Gary CohnPatricia and Robert DickmanKarin Davis and Daniel FaiginMarci and Greg FosterAmy and Jerry FreislebenRoss FruithandlerJody and Daniel FurieAnthony FurmanMaureen and Grant GelbergAllison and Randall GingoldBeth and Jan GorenTeri and Ken HertzSusan Adler Jannol and Marty JannolJudith and Randall JoyceDeborah and Ivan KallickRonni and Michael KopulskyThe Kurtzman and Lonner FamiliesCheri and Bob LauterbachJamie and Doug LynnSheri and Steve MakoffWendy Marantz Levine and Eric LevineLeslie and Matt MayersonRuth and Samuel MayersonAmy and Donald MillerJulie Miller and Marc BinenfeldRoss MillerValerie and Brian MonkarshSharon and Mark PollockJulie and Fred ReiszLaurie RittenbergThe Roberts-Mettler FamilyKarin and Doug SchaerAndrea Schall-HammerJoan and Todd SilerAndrea and Adam SlutskeVickie and Keith StamlerFlorence and Mayo StarkJoel SwedloveDiane and Mark TaricaMiryam and Samuel TaricaMarci and Rudy ValnerStacy and Arthur ValnerJudi and Larry WalleyBettyJo WaxmanWebb WeimanMerle and Arnold WeinerFarnaz and Mark WeinsteinBrigitta and Rick WisotskyElly and Dan WolfKaren and Richard WolfenIn Honor Of:Susan and Marty Jannol by Teri and Ken HertzIn Loving Memory Of:Brenda Cane by Elaine and Philip BenditsonMitchell Dresser by Diane and Lawrence Dresser

FOOD PANTRIESSunday, April 8, 2012 Underwritten by Banky La Rocque FoundationSponsored by Greg LowdenThank you to those individuals and families who have chosen either to underwrite ($1,000) or sponsor ($500) a week of food. If you are interested in joining this effort, please contact Bruce Berman at (213) 388-2401 or bberman@wbtla.org.Mitzvah go’reret mitzvah — doing a mitzvah leads to doing more.Thank you to Canter’s Deli, Brooklyn Bagel, Noah’s Bagel Larchmont, and Western Bagel West L.A., for their weekly donation of bread to our Food Pantries.

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TIKKUN OLAMREPAIRING THE WORLDWILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE

I f you have looked at the pictures sent with the Master Plan in Motion updates, you know we won’t be back in our

Sanctuary until High Holy Days 2013. So where will we pray for High Holy Days 2012?

We are pleased to announce that we have secured the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for High Holy Day services this year. In our search for an appropriate venue, we looked at a number of factors including the ability to hold all services at one facility, parking, etc.

With over 3,000 seats, we will be able to hold one service for the entire congregation on Erev Rosh HaShanah and Kol Nidrei. For Rosh HaShanah day and Yom Kippur day, we will have one family service in the morning (for families with children K-8) followed by one adult service. Services for families with nursery school–age children will be held in the Stern Grand Hall (on the 2nd floor of the Dorothy Chandler

Pavilion) at the same time as the family service. We will use the Stern Grand Hall for the informal teaching session after Yom Kippur morning services as well.

This year, all seats will be assigned. While we are still working on details, congregants will receive tickets with assigned seats for each service, which the folks at the Music Center refer to as a “show.” There is plenty of parking at the Music Center, and we are working to see if we can arrange reduced rates for our congregants.

We look forward to a wonderful High Holy Days experience this year. We are fortunate to be able to pray together in such a great facility.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Howard Kaplan, hkaplan@wbtla.org or (213) 835-2133

Welcome to new Temple members…Justin and Larissa Block and their daughter, Jaelyn…Greg Dawley and Erica Broido and their daughter, Jemma…Hooman and Debbie Emanuel and their children, Doran and Delila…Adam and Gillian Feldman and their son, Leo…Rachel Fleischer…Sam and Camellia Naim and their son, Ashton…Congratulations to…Caroline and Evan Sandman on the birth of their daughter, Kylie Phoenyx Sandman…Arin and Lee Weissmann on the birth of their son, Gavin Parker Weissmann and to big brother, Mason…

Condolences to…Jerry Gotlieb on the death of his wife, Evon Gotlieb...Paul and Laura Zimmerman on the death of his mother, Susan Geiger and grandchildren, Eli and Jack…Jill Gottlieb on the death of her mother, Lillian Gottlieb…Ellen Creamer on the death of her mother, Lola Jameson, and to son John and Kirstin Jameson and grandchildren Alissa, Matthew and Lauren…Stephanie and Jeremiah Heisler on the death of her grandfather, Morris Lachman and to Pam and Trey Heisler…John and Jane Mass on the death of his father, Arnold Mass and grandchildren, Annabelle, Lila and Henry…Kenneth and Samara Fabrick on the death of his grandmother, Sylvia Taylor, and to grandchildren, Zach and Eli…Dorothy Weinberger on the death of her husband, Alan Weinberger, and to children Irving and Nancy Weinberger and Judy and Wim Lubeek… And to all immediate and extended family.

Temple Family

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Special Announcement

High Holy Days 5773/2012

NONPROFIT ORG U.S. POSTAGE

PAID LOS ANGELES, CA PERMIT NO. 785

Schedule of Shabbat Worship & StudyFRIDAY, APRIL 6 First Seder for Passover

No Shabbat service at either Temple or Irmas Campus

SATURDAY, APRIL 7 First Day of Passover

Torah Study and Service Combined Exodus 12:21 – 51; Numbers 28:16 – 25 Cantor Caro

9:00 a.m.No Service at Irmas Campus

FRIDAY, APRIL 13Shabbat Services Rabbi Shapiro and Cantor Caro

6:00 p.m.Rabbi Leder, Cantor Gurney

6:00 p.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 14 Passover Yizkor

Torah Study Deuteronomy 15:19 – 16:17 Numbers 28:19 – 25 Rabbi Shapiro

9:00 a.m.

Shabbat Services Rabbi Shapiro and Cantor Gurney

10:30 a.m.Rabbi Leder and Cantor Caro

10:30 a.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 20Shabbat Service Rabbi Fox

6:00 p.m. 4 Cantors Rabbi Leder, Cantors Gurney, Caro, Lam and Frenkel

6:00 p.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 21Torah Study Leviticus Shemini 9:1 – 11:47 Avi Cohen

9:00 a.m.Experience Shabbat! Cantor Rosenbloom

9:15 a.m.Tot Shabbat Rabbi Leder

9:30 a.m.

Shabbat Services

Rabbi Fox and Cantor Gurney 10:30 a.m.

Rabbi Leder and Cantor Caro 10:30 a.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 27Shabbat Services Rabbi Leder and Cantorial Soloist Sugerman

6:00 p.m.Rabbi Shapiro, Cantor Gurney and Youth Choir

6:00 p.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 28Torah Study Leviticus Tazria-Metzora 12:1 – 15:33 Avi Cohen

9:00 a.m.Tot Shabbat Rabbi Davidson

9:30 a.m.Shabbat Services Rabbi Leder and Cantorial Soloist Sugerman

10:30 a.m.

Rabbi Shapiro and Cantor Gurney 10:30 a.m.

Rabbi Leder and Cantor Caro Camp Hess Kramer – Malibu 10:30 a.m.

all shabbat and worship information can be found online at www.wbtla.org

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Clergy Rabbi Steven Z. Leder, Pritzker Chair of Senior Rabbinics Rabbi Karen L. Fox, M.F.T. Rabbi Elissa Ben-Naim Rabbi David Eshel Rabbi M. Beaumont Shapiro Rabbi Lindy Davidson Cantor Don Gurney Cantor Susan Caro Rabbi Harvey J. Fields, Ph.D., EmeritusBoard of Trustees Richard Pachulski, President Andrew E. Haas, Vice President Teri Hertz, Vice President Alan Epstein, Vice President Rick Powell, Secretary Philip De Toledo, Treasurer Susan Adler Jannol, Alan Berro, Steven Brown, Stephen Davis, Barry Edwards, Barbara Grushow, Michael Halpern, Richard Kurtzman, Brian Shirken, Steve Sugerman, Dan Wolf Julie C. Miller, Immediate Past President Scott Edelman, CounselHonorary Board Members Lionel Bell, Howard M. Bernstein, Audrey IrmasAdministration Howard G. Kaplan, Executive Director Carol Bovill, Director, Early Childhood Centers Nadine Bendit Breuer, Head of Elementary School Sarah Hanuka, Director, Center for Learning & Engagement Douglas F. Lynn, Director, Camps & Conference Center Bruce Berman, Chief Development Officer Jessica Accamando, Director of Communications Cheryl Mandel Garland, Membership Services Director

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