temple beth el shofarchester smith, father of nesta aharoni 12/11 holly udahl, daughter of stan...

December, 2019 Kislev/Tevet 5780 Volume 77, Issue 4

Shofar

Temple Beth El

“Where Judaism Lives”

Friday, December 6 & 27 @ 7:30 PM

Shabbat Worship Service

Sunday, December 1 & 15 @ 9:30 AM

Religious School

Sunday, December 8 @ 7:00 AM

8K Run & 2K Latke Loop Fun Run

Friday, December 13 @ 6:00 PM

Family Potluck Shabbat

Tuesday, December 10 @ 7:00 PM

Board Meeting

Sunday, December 15 @ 11:30 AM

Latke Brunch


Chardonnay Shabbat


Kids Night Out

Monday, December 23

Hanukkah

2

President Schechter’s Perspectives

Dear Chevrie, October and November brought in many wonderful blessings to our Jewish Community. We had the children wave the etrog and luluv in the Sukkot as well as having dinner there too. We celebrated Charlotte Abrams’ 90th birthday and celebrated Judy Strauss’ 80th birthday. We had Tim Fromm and James Hugo lead a children’s service with the youth in our congre-gation. It was entertaining and exciting. We experienced the final reading of the Torah by Avital Anders and the beginning of the To-rah by Isabella Rudnick. Irvin Pike compared the similarities between Genesis and the Torah and Science! It was very moving. The Young Professionals led a beautiful and exciting Friday night service. We had the lovely Rabbi Lisa Lipco Levine lead a beautiful and entertaining service with new melodies and her melodic voice and guitar. We had a sign posted in the kitchen honoring the late Norma Schwartz, “Norma’s Kitchen.” A new stove and shelves were donated to Temple Beth El by the Schwartz Family. Thank you so much for these generous and wonderful gifts! Paint night was very enjoyable. I’m not a painter but it was a lot of fun! Our Caring Committee is working hard at keeping in contact and visiting with the ill congre-gants. Please call the Temple if there is someone you know that is in need of our assistance. We are all looking forward to the Latke Brunch and the 8K Krazy Kilometers. The Sisterhood and Mensch Club (Men’s Club) and the Fundraising Committees are working very hard at organizing these events! Our participation is necessary to make these events successful! I look around each Friday night and see a community of exceptional people who care for one another like a family does. It’s a feeling of love, respect and friendship that I would hope to last a lifetime. Yasher Koach to everyone that has been involved in our Temple these past two months! Shalom, Ilene Schechter

3

HEAR YE! HEAR YE! ALL YOU LATKE LOVERS AND LATKE EATERS

Come One - Come All!

To our annual Latke-Ball Eat Latkes ‘til you’re full

And see our children perform with skill The price is reasonable - You can’t miss

So stay after religious school; Don’t pass up a chance like this!

DATE: Sunday, December 15 MENU: Latkes with sour cream & 11:30 AM applesauce Cheese Souffle

COST: Adults $ 10 Sliced tomato & orange Children Ages 5-10 $ 5 Coffee, Tea & Punch Children Under 5 Free Dessert

We also have a wonderful basket donated by the Judaica Shop to raffle off So, mark your calendars. This is the place to be. Come & Enjoy!

Please, Please make and pay for your reservations with Lorrie in the Temple

office by December 8 or email Kathleen Arnold-Chambers at [email protected].

SEE YOU AT THE LATKE BRUNCH!

More news soon about NEW menu items!

Oneg

December

6 Steve & Gail Magnus/Larry Elman

13

20 Susie Simrin & Amy Knight

27 Ahron & Linda Hakimi

If you are unable to host your scheduled night, please find a replacement; then call the office at

322-7607 so that our Shabbat Worship Service cards are updated accordingly. Reminder: Part of

clean-up includes washing and putting away dishes and utensils.

5

1 Steven Jacobs

2 Francine Coplan-Avery

2 James Hugo

5 Isla Dulcie Friedman 8th

6 Michael Greenberg

11 Benjamin Odlin 10th

12 Katie Brennan

13 Ilene Schechter

18 Karlyn Farber

18 Lynne Joseph

18 Indiana Schenkman

21 GeorgieAnna Escobedo

21 Maria Garza

22 Christina Rothberg

22 Hayden Williams 12th

23 Robert Young

24 Heber Cruz Berber

25 Carol Escobedo

27 Robin Feher

28 William Weisman

29 Ross Abarbanell

29 Juane Aggenbach

2 Laura & Ricardo Reyes 31st

2 Mauritz & Annelize Theron 17th

6 Ferdinand & Yolanda Aggenbach 22nd

14 Andy & Diane Andrews 39th

15 Esther & Rogers Brandon 34th

24 Martin & Barbara Kessler 52nd

25 William & Beverly Weisman 62nd

29 Andy & Ella Abrams 29th

29 Carol & Raul Escobedo 29th

30 Glenn & Anita Singer 46th

Temple Beth El

“Chardonnay Shabbat”

Friday, December 20, 2019

“PrOneg” (appetizers and liba-tions) served at 6:00 PM

Shabbat Service at 6:30 PM

Meet your friends and family at Temple, dine out afterward if you so choose!

(Note: No 7:30 PM service that

Need help finding a ride or someone to Carpool with to Temple?

Contact:

Andy Abrams 589-3778

Or email him at [email protected]

7

Service & Pulpit Honors



Service Leaders: Irvin Pike &

Pamela Elisheva

Parashat -

Genesis 28:10-32:3 Haftarah

Hosea 12:13-14:10

Pulpit Assistant

Adison Gartenlaub Candle Blesser

Etel Lewis Torah Bearer

Ferdinant Aggenbach Torah Blesser

Alrich Aggenbach

D’var Torah

Avital Anders Kiddush

Bill Wolfe Oneg Hosts

Steve & Gail Magnus Larry Elman

Usher

Esther Brandon


Family Pot Luck Shabbat

Service Leader: Tim Fromm

Parashat -


Hosea 11:7-12:12 (Obadiah 1:1-21)

Candle Blesser

Adison Gartenlaub Kiddush

Juane Aggenbach Oneg Hosts

Usher

Christopher Jacobson


Chardonnay Shabbat

Service Leader: Irvin Pike &

Pamela Elisheva

Parashat -


Amos 2:6-3:8

Pulpit Assistant


Dorothy Rittenberg Torah Bearer

Josh Rittenberg Torah Blesser

Marc Schulman

D’var Torah &

Torah Reader

Pamela Elisheva

Kiddush

Rosa Barrera Oneg Hosts

Susie Simrin Amy Knight

Usher

Laura Lauria



Service Leader:

Parashat -


I Kings 3:15-4:1

Pulpit Assistant


Ella Abrams Torah Bearer

Leonard Epstein Torah Blesser

Emma Goss

Torah Reader

Eytan Wallace Kiddush

Mark Davis Oneg Hosts

Ahron & Linda Hakimi Usher

Elliott Magnus

8

December 2019 Yahrzeits

12/6 Shabbat Worship Service

Linnie Pearl McCombs, mother of Arthur McCombs 12/7

Mary Ancelet, sister of Andy Andrews 12/8

Bob Christenson, husband of Irene Christenson 12/8

Nathan Feldman, father of Michael Feldman 12/8-Kislev 10

Mitchell Magidow, uncle of Mary Speare 12/8

Kenneth Goodman, father of Vickie Hugo 12/9

Sylvia Miller, mother of Judith Joyce 12/9

Clara Shapiro, great-aunt of Steven Magnus; great-great aunt of Elliott Magnus 12/9

Charles Weisberg, friend of Dan Speare 12/9

John Bridges, uncle of Karen Briefer-Gose 12/10

Joseph Felsenfeld, father of Esther Brandon 12/10

Peggy Fried, mother of Drina Fried 12/10

Stuart Allan Hecht, uncle of Dave Hecht 12/10

Oscar Lipco, grandfather of Sharon Lipco z”l & Lisa Lipco Levine 12/10-Kislev 12

Simon Schiller, uncle of Sylvia Neal z”l; great-uncle of Laurie Henderson 12/10

Erma Hoffmeyer, grandmother of Gail Lipton 12/11-Kislev 13

Dawn Killian, niece of Sheryn Pincoski z”l 12/11

Chester Smith, father of Nesta Aharoni 12/11

Holly Udahl, daughter of Stan & Norma Schwartz z”l; sister of Jeff Schwartz & Helen Armistead

12/11-Kislev 13

Stanley Fram, father of Joe Fram 12/12

Al Miller, father of Judith Joyce 12/12

12/13 Family Pot Luck Shabbat

Jeanette Gintzer, great-aunt of Laura Lauria; great-great aunt of Amanda Garza 12/13-Kislev 15

Frances Bassin Shapiro, cousin of Brenda Neal 12/13

Rita Fromm, step-mother of Tim Fromm 12/14

Bud Simmons, uncle of Bonnie Birch 12/14

Milton Gintzler, great-uncle of Laura Lauria; great-great-uncle of Amanda Garza 12/16

Jack LeMuie, step-father of Bonnie Birch 12/16

Robert W. Neal, step-father of Dan Neal z”l 12/17

Faith Parris, mother of Marcy Smith 12/17-Kislev 19

David Manning White, grandfather of Jill White 12/17

Ann Gross, mother of Hillary Neumeister 12/18

Melvin Magnus, father of Steven Magnus; grandfather of Elliott Magnus 12/18

William Solomon, grandfather of Greg Broida 12/18

Rhoda Wolfson, friend of Lynne Rosenstein 12/18

9

12/20 Chardonnay Shabbat

Rosemarie Azgour, remembered by TBE 12/20

Robert B. Strauss, uncle of Judy Strauss 12/20-Kislev 22

Shirley Lipco-Baker, mother of Sharon Lipco z”l & Lisa Lipco Levine 12/21

Ruth Briefer, grandmother of Karen Briefer-Gose 12/22

Barbara Jacobs, mother of Steven Jacobs 12/22

Edward Schwartz, grandfather of Susie Simrin 12/23

Sol Stone, father of Jenny Hirst 12/3-Kislev 25

Arthur Sachs, father of Shirley Ann Newman z”l; grandfather of Heidi Allison 12/24

Neva Benedict, grandmother of Gail Magnus; great-grandmother of Elliott Magnus 12/25

Dorothy Ernst, aunt of Esther Brandon 12/25

David Isaac, brother-in-law of Sharon Miller 12/25-Kislev 27

Raymond Katzell, father of Ellyn Widelock; grandfather of Jenna Odlin 12/25

Barbara Neal Dulik, sister of Bill Neal 12/25

Ethel K. Bregor, mother of Jackie Rudnick z”l 12/26

Merrilee Bronstein, wife of Stephen Bronstein; mother of Nancy Brennan; grandmother of Rebecca Roldan & Julia Brennan

12/26

Stanley “Aaron” Hoxsie, son of Rebecca Leventhal 12/26

Ebba Jensen, grandmother of Laura Wolfe 12/26

Gladys Kimber, grandmother of Sheryn Pincoski z”l 12/26

Carolyn Larks, aunt of Anita Singer 12/26

Jessie Reason Aikens, mother of Patricia Bell 12/26

Seymour Schechter, father of Ilene Schechter 12/26

12/27 Shabbat Worship Service

Katherine Knight, mother-in-law of Amy Knight 12/27

Manya Schneider, aunt of Norma Schwartz z”l; great-aunt of Jeff Schwartz & Helen Armistead 12/27-Kislev 29

Tony Alfred Chavez, father of Rudie Chavez 12/28

Alfonso Gonzalez, brother of Rose Broida 12/28

N. Alexander Potter, husband of Judy Potter 12/28

Betty Cohn, mother of Susan Cohn; sister of Milton Younger z”l 12/29

Burton Epstein, father of Leonard Epstein 12/29

Bracha Hayoun-Weiss, sister of Haya Klein 12/20-Tevet 1

Augusta Rabinovitz, grandmother of Esther Greenberg 12/30

Dugan Turner, husband of Denise Turner z”l 12/30

Barry Abbott, brother of Rebecca Gottesman z”l 12/31-Tevet 3

Marjorie Joan Atencio, mother of Susie Simrin & Amy Knight 12/31

Thomas Lauria, father of Ronald Lauria; grandfather of Amanda Garza 1/01

Gerald Lewis, husband of Etel Lewis 1/01

Bernice Black, mother of Diane Andrews 1/02

John A. Gose, father of Kathi Briefer-Gose 1/02

10

Jewish tradition prescribes that a meal be

provided for the family following the burial

of a family member. To that end the Caring

Committee of Temple Beth El is prepared

to provide a Meal of Condolence for temple

families who experience the loss of a loved

one. Please consider making a donation in

memory of your loved one to the Caring

Committee so that we may continue to

provide this Mitzvah to others!

Thank you

In honor or in memory… the perfect remembrance…

Bookplates in our prayer books

are available for only $18 each.

To order, send your check paya-

ble to Temple Beth El and in-

clude the wording of your choice

and the manner in which you want your

name to appear. On the envelope,

please write “attn.: bookplates”.

Questions? Call the TBE office:

(661) 322-7607

Own Your Piece of Real Estate

for Eternity

Temple Beth El maintains its own dedicated

section at Greenlawn Memorial Park on River

Blvd. New plot price is $2,795. Plan ahead and

buy yours today. Contact Barry Goldner for

details and purchasing at (661)301-9000.

Temple Beth El Special Funds Tree of Life, Memorials, Prayer Book Plates,

Rabbi’s Discretionary, Vision Committee,

Caring Committee, Shirley Lipco Social

Justice Fund, Building (Torah Learning

Center), Camperships, Library, Paul Bregor

Music Endowment, Kol Nidre (High Holy

Days).

Temple Beth El

Provides a sanctuary for your sacred prayers, a social hall for special celebrations, a library to study

our heritage, a school to teach our eternal values and ways to remember ones who are no longer

with us. One of the traditional ways we honor those who helped shape our lives is by placing a

made-to-order bronze Memorial Plaque which will be added to the walls of the Temple foyer.

For more info, contact Andy Abrams at :

(661) 589-3778 or email him at [email protected]

Publish Your News In The Shofar

Your items of interest are welcomed for publication. Deadline is 12 noon on the 15th of the month.

Call Lorrie at 322-7607

or email at [email protected]

Changes?

Please notify Lorrie in the Temple office with your membership information -- ad-dresses (including email), phone number(s), births, marriage, yahrzeits. Please help up keep our data base and membership directory updated.

11

Contributions (10/15-11/14)

Kol Nidre

Ann Diamond Michael & Judy Feldman Ahron & Linda Hakimi Nancy & Arthur McCombs Laura & Ricardo Reyes Les & Diane Rogers Ilene Schechter Richard & Indiana Schenkman Robert & Marcy Smith Elaine & Douglas White Lawrence & Karen Zanoff Tree of Life

Miriam & John Beam

in honor of Judy Strauss 80th birthday Heber Cruz Berber in honor of Judy Strauss 80th birthday Elliott Magnus in honor of Judy Strauss 80th birthday Steven & Gail Magnus in honor of Judy Strauss 80th birthday Ilene Schechter in honor of Judy Strauss 80th birthday & Elliott Magnus William & Laura Wolfe in honor of Elliott Magnus

Memorials/Yahrzeit

Gretchen Bloch

In memory of Ruth Cronkhite Brent Eastep

Timothy Fromm In memory of Rita Fromm

Amy & John Knight In memory of Katherin Knight,

Marjorie Atencio & Edward Schwartz Ronald & Laura Lauria

In meory of Thomas Lauria & Jeanette Gintzler

Larry Saslaw & Ann Peterson-Saslaw In memory of Morris Katz

Ilene Schechter In memory of Seymour Schechter

Susie Simrin In memory of Marjorie Atencio &

Edward Schwartz Robert & Marcy Smith

In memory of Marilyn Smith & Faith Parris

12

December, 2019 Kislev/Tevet 5780

1

9:30 AM Religious School

2 3 4 5 6

7:30 PM Shabbat Worship Service

7

8

7:00 AM 8K Run & 2K Latke

Loop Fun Run

9 10

7:00 PM Board

Meeting

11 12 13

6:00 PM Family Potluck Shabbat

14

15

9:30 AM Religious School

11:30 AM

Latke Brunch

16 17 18 19 20

6:00 PM Chardonnay

Shabbat

21

6:00 PM Kids

Night Out

22 23 24 25 26 27

7:30 PM Shabbat Worship Service

28

29 30 31

14

E-mail your Shofar submission to the Temple at [email protected]

Deadline for the January Shofar is December 15, 2019

Our monthly Shofar is published by:

TEMPLE BETH EL 2906 Loma Linda Drive Bakersfield, CA 93305 Tel: (661) 322-7607 Fax: (661) 322-7807 Website: www.templebethelbakersfield.org

President Ilene Schechter Vice President Joshua Rudnick Parliamentarian Elliott Magnus Corresponding Secretary Tim Fromm Recording Secretary Esther Brandon Financial Secretary Irvin Pike Treasurer Andy Abrams Administrator Lorrie Larribas

temple beth el shofarchester smith, father of nesta aharoni 12/11 holly udahl, daughter of stan...

Documents