March - Temple Isaiah

MARCH 2013 

ART 

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CELEBRATING CREATIVITY 2 

ART AROUND ISAIAH 4 

TRIBUTE IN TILE 6 

CALENDAR 

BACK COVER

CELEBRATING 

CREATIVITY 

SUPPORTING ARTISTS AND 

ENGAGING WITH THEIR 

WORK IS PART OF A LONG 

LEGACY AT TEMPLE ISAIAH. 

by Rabbi Zoë Klein 

Cantor Evan Kent with the cardboard orchestra created this winter at Temple Isaiah with artist in residence James Grashow. 

Welcome to our special Arts Edition of the 

Isaian. Temple Isaiah has a long history of 

engagement with the arts which goes far 

beyond the incredible projects our students 

and teachers create every day. Wandering 

through our classrooms, you see a wonderful 

variety of colorful materials and textures being 

used as part of experiential learning. What 

you might not know is that our students 

are the inheritors of Isaiah’s great legacy of 

commitment to supporting Jewish artists. 

In 1981, a committee of congregants 

including Jean and Jay Abarbanel and Nancy 

and Fred Golob envisioned and implemented 

the Jewish Artisan’s Festival. “They felt that 

a Jewish Artisan’s Festival could become an 

educational format that would address both 

the needs of the artists to show and sell their 

work and the needs of the general Jewish 

population to learn about the history of Jewish 

art and view and purchase Judaica,” wrote 

Marcia Reines Josephy and Meira Josephy in 

“A Gift to the Community: The Los Angeles 

Temple Isaiah’s Festival of Jewish Artisans, 

The Dream and Reality of Twenty Five Years 

of the Nurturing of Jewish Arts and Artists” 

(published recently in the CCAR Journal). 

Through lectures and discussions, 

Isaiah introduced the concept of 

contemporary Judaica, culminating 

in an opportunity for the community 

to view and purchase items and 

interact with Jewish artists. At the 

time, no venue like it existed. 

Jay Abarbanel, the chair of the 

committee at the time, explained 

that the primary goal was “to educate 

the public to the rich variety and endless 

possibilities of Jewish art.” 

Over the years, the Festival expanded in all 

sorts of ways. There were paper-cutting and 

calligraphy workshops, dance and music 

performances. There were local artists, and 

artists who came from Israel, Brazil and Italy. 

The organizers hosted a breakfast in order 

that the artists might be able to connect with 

one another. 

“The soul is a piano with many 

strings and the artist is the hand 

that plays.” – Kandinsky 

“The development of the Temple Isaiah model, 

the influence it had, the lessons learned and 

the ripple effect it produced in support for 

Judaica artists throughout the world, had an 

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impact beyond the wildest dreams of 

its founders.” - Marcia Reines Josephy 

and Meira Josephy, “A Gift to the 

Community” 

Isaiah’s Jewish Artisan Festival inspired 

other festivals of Jewish artisans all over 

the country. Many founders of other 

festivals came to Isaiah for inspiration 

and guidance. 

After over 25 years, Isaiah’s Jewish 

Artisan’s Festival came to an end. In 

the beginning, Isaiah was visionary 

and became the central hub for Jewish 

art. Now there are so many venues 

and opportunities to share Jewish 

art. According to the Josephys: “The 

organizers hoped to bring recognition, 

artistic and financial, to artists who 

were donating their time, their souls, 

their inspiration, their dreams towards 

producing Jewish art.” 

It is with generous funds from the 

Jewish Artisan Festival Fund – managed 

by Sheila Gan, Susan Needelman and 

Jean Abarbanel – that we are able to 

bring ceramic artist Karen Koblitz this 

year to create an outdoor mural, in 

honor of Cantor Evan Kent, to capture 

the rhythm, joy and spirit of our 

community. 

Art itself is an ongoing revelation. It is 

a courageous search for identity. Jewish 

art magnifies our mitzvahs and elevates 

the ordinary into sacred space. 

We have a proud heritage of Jewish 

art and supporting Jewish artists, from 

those who have dedicated their lives 

to creating meaningful works, to those 

young hearts in our care exploring 

colors and textures with our talented, 

dedicated teachers, and the limitless 

wonder of their own imagination. 

Learn more about 

Karen Koblitz’s 

mural in honor 

of Cantor Kent 

on pages 6-7. 

photos by Jan Birch & 

Josh Rosenberg 


MARCH 2013

ART AROUND 

ISAIAH 

There are wonderful jewels 

hidden around our temple. 

You’ll find meaningful 

paintings and prints in 

offices, classrooms and shared 

spaces. Here are only a few 

of the pieces that elevate and 

enhance our environment, 

and a little of their story. How 

many of these pieces have you 

seen? As you move through 

Isaiah and notice other art 

pieces, know that what makes 

our community a masterpiece 

is you! 

Lobby: Broken Vessels/ 

Sparks of Light 

– Sherry Karver 

From the artist: 

When I first heard the Kabbalistic 

story of “The Shattering of the Vessels” 

in l987, I knew that shattering and 

reconstructing the fired clay would 

become the essential underlying element 

in all of my work, whether the work 

was figurative or totally abstract. It is 

symbolic of repairing the world, and 

since no two pieces ever shatter in the 

exact same way, it also creates unique 

pieces each time, just as each of us is 

completely unique. 

The story begins with the concept that 

since God is infinite, God had to contract 

upon Him/Herself (Tzimtum) in order to 

Then, suddenly something happened, 

perhaps a cosmic accident, and not able 

to contain all of the light, the vessels 

shattered in a great explosion, sending 

sparks of light and broken shards 

throughout the Universe (Shevirat 

HaKayleem). Some of the light retraced 

its path back to its source, but the rest 

was scattered and became trapped in 

the strewn shards, which now littered 

creation. These shards containing divine 

light are the "stuff " of our material world. 

The divine sparks can also represent our 

buried passions that we need to uncover. 

Our job as humanity is to separate the 

sparks of light from the broken shards 

and to repair them (Tikkun Olam), 

thereby going back to the unity and 

wholeness of God's original design. 

In our role as Jews, according to the 

Kabbalah, we help in the repairing the 

world whenever we perform mitzvot. 

Courtyard: War Memorial 

– Jackie Kahn-Trauberman 

Veteran’s Day weekend 2010 we 

consecrated a memorial to soldiers killed 

in Iraq and Afghanistan. Designed by 

Jackie Kahn-Trauberman, it is a very 

simple canopy fastened to the brick 

wall in our front courtyard. The canopy 

looks as if it is silver wind chimes that 

shimmer in the sun and ring in a breeze. 

Upon closer look, one sees that it is made 

up of over 5,000 silver dog tags, one for 

every American soldier that has died 

in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. The 

Hebrew inscription translates as “Spread 

a canopy of peace over them.” Every 

week at services we read the names of 

soldiers who have died and hang dog 

make a space in which the world could 

grow. God wanted to breathe a little 

creative light into this new world but 

was concerned that the intensity of the 

light would be too great for humanity to 

handle, so vessels were created to hold 

the light. 

tags on the memorial in their honor. 

We encourage families to talk about the 

memorial with children. As they grow 

and reflect on these times, they should 

know that we were not immune to these 

tremendous losses. One day we hope 

to plant vines and our memorial will 

become a beautiful shelter of peace. 


MARCH 2013

Sanctuary: Tallit as Art 

– Laurie Gross 

Textile artist Laurie Gross has taken the tallit’s 

image and shape and created a growing body of 

work that merges craft, art, religious symbolism 

and her unique vision into woven sculptures 

which evoke Jewish theology and legend and 

express her views about the Jewish people and 

human spirituality. 

As the sculptures progressed, she recalls, “I 

realized it was a partnership. I knew it wasn’t me 

doing this, there was something else working 

with me. My work is a partnership with God.” 

Lobby: The Days of Creation 

Stained Glass – Michelle and 

David Plachte-Zuieback 

Michelle and David Plachte-Zuieback, stained 

glass artists, create images to contribute to a 

sacred space. They take an interpretive approach, 

trying to create images which are original 

interpretations of Liturgy, Torah and Talmud and 

other books. Their creations involve intensive 

research, reading and discussions. “We produce a 

visual midrash from our readings.” 

The Days of Creation project, originally created 

for a Malibu residence, is an example of the use 

of symbolic imagery drawn from biblical sources. 

According to the artists: “We looked in the Torah 

and read that the universe was created through 

the power of speech. Over the ages, when the 

Rabbis looked at this passage, they determined 

that if God used the power of speech to create the 

universe, what existed before were the words God 

used and the letters that made up those words.” 

are symbols of each day's creation. The letters 

tumble beyond the confines of time and space 

and become a symbol of God's continual act of 

creation. 

All Israel is Responsible, One for the Other: The 

Jewish People is One, just as God is One. 

Our Oneness, our connection with generations 

past, present and future gives us a unique sense 

of family. The colors in the tapestry are as varied 

as the many faces of Jews throughout the world. 

Yet wherever we meet them, they are our brothers 

and sisters. 

Twisting, curving, bending and contorting the 

cloth bands into myriad shapes, Gross evokes 

men and women praying, singing and even 

dying. She assembles the bands into winglike 

shapes to symbolize the Shekihina, God’s 

ephemeral presence. 

“I see the tallit as a visual image for the metaphor 

of the fabric of Jewish life. When I see someone 

wearing a tallit, I see a garment wrapped around 

the body as a covering, a tent, a shelter. It is a 

womb like environment. The tallit enveloping 

the body is an embodiment of the relationship 

between the individual and God. Entering the 

tallit is like entering into the womb of God. 

The tallit also became for me a symbol of the 

continuity, tying the life of the individual into a 

single thread and binding generations together.” 

The artist herself says creating the works is for 

her “a way of renewing each day a sense of the act 

of Creation.” 

The Plachte-Zuiebacks recreate the chaos before 

creation in a stained glass window by “a chaos of 

Hebrew letters.” In the center of the star are two 

words which mean “and God said.” In the corner 

of the window, etched onto glass, is the scientific 

explanation for the creation of the universe: 

Einstein’s equation E=mc2. 

Lobby: “Creation” and 

“All Israel is Responsible” 

– Peachy Levy 

The textile pieces in the lobby are part of “World 

Series: A View of the World Through a Jewish 

Lens” by Los Angeles artist Peachy Levy. 

Creation: There was darkness and void and 

God spoke. The world was created with words. 

Embroidered on the tapestry are letters, not yet 

formed into words, coming from the darkness 

to become the creation of each day. The colors 

A New Addition from our 

Students – On Display Soon 

As part of Emtza, our project-based seventh- and 

eighth-grade program, a group of students spent 

the first semester learning about murals and then 

creating one of their own. Each student contributed 

to an aspect of the process, brainstorming ideas 

and eventually sketching out our final project (the 

picture shown here shows the almost-finished 

mural). The final product has six sections, 

organized around the shape of a Star of David. 

The sections represent different aspects of the 

students’ – and the Temple Isaiah community’s – 

Jewish identities. If you look closely, you’ll see the 

mural includes images from the Bible, depictions 

of moments in Jewish history and Jewish life in 

Los Angeles and illustrations of modern Israel. The 

students also included a dedication to Cantor Kent, 

acknowledged with a picture of a guitar, illustrating 

the importance of music to our community. 


MARCH 2013

Artist Karen Koblitz 

is hard at work 

on an important 

commission: 

an outdoor mural 

in honor of Cantor 

Evan Kent 

By Jean Abarbanel 

For the past 25 years, Temple 

Isaiah has been blessed by our 

remarkable and beloved Cantor 

Evan Kent. He has participated 

in the lives of our families at their 

most joyful moments and at their 

times of need. The memories of 

our journeys together are deeply 

seated and without end. We 

have benefitted from his “sweet 

song,” his deeply spiritual nature, 

his unending creative spark and 

even his zany and fun loving 

personality. 

To honor and celebrate Cantor Kent as 

he begins another part of his journey, 

Karen Koblitz, a well known and widely 

exhibited local ceramic artist, has been 

commissioned to create a hand painted 

5'×20' tile mural wall 

which will be installed 

in the garden entry of 

Temple Isaiah. 

Koblitz is on the faculty of the Roski 

School of Fine Arts at the University 

of Southern California. Her ceramic 

work has been featured in solo 

and group exhibitions, including a 

one woman show at the All Russian 

Museum of Decorative, Applied and 

Folk Arts in Moscow, Russia. She has 

been included in group exhibitions in 

Italy, Switzerland, Australia, Canada 

and Uzbekistan and her work can be 

found in the permanent collections 

of LACMA and The Renwick Gallery 

of American Art at the Smithsonian 

Institution in Washington, D.C. Koblitz 

has been the recipient of many 

grants and fellowships including The 

United States Department of State’s 

ART in Embassies Program, and 

Osaka University of the Arts, Osaka, 

Japan. Her Public Art Projects include 

installations at the Jewish Home for 

the Aging, Grancell Campus and the 

Sunland-Tijunga Public Library through 

the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs 

Department. 

Koblitz has been inspired by the rich 

tradition of Jewish art. Her use of tile 

reflects, for example, the mosaic 

tiled floors of the 5th-6th century Beit 

Alpha Synagogue located in Israel 

with their very colorful motifs of birds, 

shofars and 7 branched menorahs. 

She has also been influenced by the 

richly colored, painted and patterned 

interiors of the 17th and 18th Century 

wooden synagogues from the Polish 

Lithuanian Commonwealth. 

Once the tile mural is installed in the 

courtyard, we will be able to walk up 

the ramp and see a pair of hands in 

the configuration of the “Priestly 

Benediction” welcoming and 

blessing all who enter our sacred 

space. The mural includes images 

of ancient and contemporary 

instruments such as David’s 

lyre, frame drums, tambourines, 

Evan’s guitar and even his violin. 

Flowers and animals such as 

gazelles (Evan’s favorite animal), 

pomegranates, birds (who also 

have a song to sing), and Evan’s 

cats, Merlin and Kokomo all appear. 

According to Koblitz, “The vines 

and the arabesques symbolize the 

rhythm of music and the rhythm 

of life.” A magnificent Tree of Life, 

related to the beautiful coral tree 

that we all see when we enter the 

patio, with its roots and rhythmically 

swaying branches, symbolizes the 

Temple Isaiah community and 

reflects all of the generations of 

congregants whose lives have been 

nurtured by Evan. His rich voice 

inspired Koblitz to use the color of 

deep burgundy as the background 

color of the entire mural. 

Most importantly, Karen Koblitz’s 

creation reflects a personal 

narrative of Evan’s cantorate and 

will welcome all who enter our 

beautiful courtyard. The images 

will serve as an endearing and 

enduring part of our sacred space 

and collective memory, binding us 

together, forever and ever. 


MARCH 2013

Praise be the one 

who makes us able 

to create and enjoy 

works of beauty 

BREAK BREAD AND PLATES 

WITH THE ARTIST! 

SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1:00 P.M. 

Do you have clay coffee mugs and china plates? 

We will be incorporating bits and pieces of 

congregants' chinaware and pottery into a 

permanent mosaic which will be installed in 

our front courtyard. Just like the glass that is 

shattered at the end of a wedding ceremony, as 

the couple transitions to a new stage in their life, 

together we too will ceremoniously break plates 

and teacups in honor of our Cantor's 25 years 

of leadership and his transition to a new stage 

in Israel. Join us and artist Karen Koblitz for this 

special event. Lunch will be served! 

Studio Tours 

Friday, March 15, 10:30 a.m. and 

Sunday, March 30, 11:00 a.m. 

Join us for a tour of Karen’s studio as she 

works on our mural! 

Please RSVP for lunch or tours to 

Gail@templeisaiah.com 

A recent visit to artist Karen 

Koblitz’s studio reveals an 

already-colorful work-in-progress. 


MARCH 2013

In addition to the more prominent 

pieces of visual art around the 

synagogue, you can find some 

“hidden gems” in the offices and 

spaces around Temple Isaiah. Here 

are some favorites – many of them 

the work of Temple Isaiah members 

– as chosen by members of the staff. 

Sunflowers 

(Rabbi Klein’s office) 

I purchased this painting from an 

Israeli artist, Victor Jerusalem, and 

it sits over my desk. It portrays 

sunflowers wilting outside a 

walled city. I know that sunflowers 

always turn to face the sun. If the 

sun is setting in the painting, then 

they are turned away, and they look to me like exiles 

on a long road away from home. However, if the sun 

is rising, I know that the exiles 

will lift their golden heads 

and begin their joyous return. 

(Rabbi Zoë Klein) 

Pomegranates 

(religious school office) 

My first year at Temple Isaiah, 

I began our annual opening 

teacher/staff meeting 

with a midrash about 

pomegranates: “Just like pomegranate seeds clump 

together in rows inside the fruit, children engaged 

in studying Torah clump together in groups” (Shir 

HaShirim Rabbah 6:11). After all of us studied the 

text together, Carla and I gave each member of 

the school staff a gift basket full of pomegranate 

candies, pomegranate gum, pomegranate juice 

and other variations on that theme. Not long 

after, Deb Hurwitz Pitt, our amazingly talented 

religious school art teacher (and a lifelong Temple 

member), gave me this beautiful painting. The visible 

brushstrokes remind me of the artist and the love that 

infuses her teaching. The image of fruit – evoking that 

midrash – will always make me think of our students 

and the amazing learning that goes on here. (Josh 

Mason-Barkin, Director of Congregational Learning) 

Dara’s Window 

(Rabbi Frimmer’s office) 

When I arrived in July 2007, 

Deb Hurwitz Pitt noticed 

that my office had no windows. She offered me 

the gift of one of her sky paintings that could serve 

as a “window” while I was at work. Every now and 

then I think about adding some curtains, but it really 

is lovely on its own. (Rabbi Dara 

Frimmer) 

Underwater Chai 

(Rabbi Klein’s office) 

This painting is by Flori Hendron 

and it was in my home for many 

years. I love it so much that I 

brought it to my office so that 

I could share it with others and 

enjoy it in the space where I spend so much time. 

There is a mermaid, coral, seaweed and a shofar-like 

shell around the Hebrew letters spelling chai, which 

means life. I love the rippling movement and the 

exotic watery colors, and how it reminds me that 

there are hidden coves of magic and beauty that 

are waiting to be discovered. (Rabbi Zoë Klein) 

“Sleepers and the Smoldering Tree” 

(executive director’s office) 

This painting was done by my late sister, Ayala Ben- 

David. She told me that the image was inspired by 

an Amos Oz story. A hollow tree, with reddish-black 

embers glowing inside, dominates the center of 

the painting. Off on the 

margin a man and woman 

nestle together in slumber. 

This work reminds me of 

her strong and organic 

connection to Israel. She 

made aliya to Kibbutz 

Gvulot in 1978 to fulfill her 

Zionist beliefs but over the 

years, as ideology wore 

thin, she stayed in Israel for the most human reasons 

of love and friends and having become rooted in 

Israeli society. This painting also reflects aspects I find 

most compelling in my sister’s artworks: deep colors, 

swirling movement and a quiet, understated current 

of strength. (Eitan Ginsburg, Executive Director) 


MARCH 2013


MARCH 2013

CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEMPLE FUNDS 

A big thank you to those who have contributed to the various Temple funds. Your 

contributions allow us to do so much and give back to the community. A true mitzvah! 

CLERGY DISCRETIONARY FUND 

In Appreciation of 

Rabbi Frimmer by Toby and Howard Wolfberg 

In Honor of 

Rabbi Frimmer’s engagement by Gloria and Eddie Ilan 

In Memory of 

Sandra Elliott by Eva Englander 

Frank Englander by Eva Englander 

Seymour Fabrick by Carolyn Fabrick Saltsman 

Norberto Feldman by Priscilla and Stuart Levine 

Abraham Frazin by Carol Ellis 

Mildred Kessler by Honey K. Amado 

Andrew B. Kornreich by Thelma Kornreich 

Aaron Levine by Toby and Howard Wolfberg 

Ethel Lewis by the Ethel and Robert Lewis Fund 

Richard Mednick by Lisa and Steve Owen 

Selma Pullan by Andrea and Terry Pullan 

Arthur Rubin by Joan and Ephraim Sales 

Herbert Schlesinger by Ruth Miller 

DONNA GROSS 

MEMORIAL FUND 

In Memory of 

Donna Gross by Judy and Jerry Kravitz 

Donna Gross by Gail and Terry Feigenbaum 

Donna Gross by Adelle Gross 

Joel Horowitz by Dena and Michael Horowitz 

Judi Horowitz by Dena and Michael Horowitz 

Josiah Mishne by Adelle Gross 

Harold Shuman by Paula and Larry Shuman 

ELLEN GOLDBERG 

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL 

AND CAMP FUND 

In Memory of 

Isidore Beierfeld by Roberta Gillerman 

George Falke by Evelyn Kwawer 

Herman Kwawer by Allen Kwawer 

Minnie Katz by Cheri and Manny Katz 

Michael Lenvin by Gail Lenvin 

Grisel “Nina” Martin by Evelyn and Allen Kwawer 

Frances Mittelman by Allen Kwawer 

Miriam Wilenker by Deborah Kreingel 

GENERAL FUND 

In Honor of 

Clergy for High Holy Days by Tillie Barnett 

HA SHARIM FUND 

In Memory of 

Blanche Schimmel by Bella Desser 

HUREWITZ FAMILY 

MEMORIAL FUND 

In Memory of 

Hildegarde Burgheim by Renee and Chuck Hurewitz 

Morris Rosengarten by Renee and Chuck Hurewitz 

ISRAEL ACTION FUND 

In Memory of 

Harry I. Stone by Faye Scholnick 

JEAN BRIN PRESCHOOL 

MEMORIAL FUND 

In Support of 

Temple Isaiah Sequoia Trip 

by Jasmine and Michael Danielpour 

LEVINE LIBRARY 

MEMORIAL FUND 

In Appreciation of 

Armand Rogo by Maxine Rogo 

In Memory of 

Lillian Gilbert by Ellen Gilbert Cole 

Maggie Rodriguez by Maxine Rogo 

Blanche Schimmel by Bella Desser 

Rosland Verbelun by Karol Wells 

MEMORIAL FUND 

In Memory of 

Hildegarde Burgheim by Deborah Pitt 

Ruth Canter by Honey and George De Roy 

Jay Cohen by Larry Cohen 

MEMORIAL FUND CONT. 

Sara Eilfort Goz by Claire Tucker 

Harold Levine by Sherrie Zacharius and David Levine 

Zelda Ross by Eldrie Lubick 

Florence Slotkin by Milton Slotkin 

Jennie Smith by Janice Smith 

Anna Tobias by Janice F. Smith 

Joseph Turner by Paul Turner 

PRESCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP 

FUND 

In Memory of 

Ida Rimai by Joanne and Mark Levy 

RABBI EMERITUS 

ROBERT T GAN 

DISCRETIONARY FUND 

In Memory of 

Etta Globenfelt by Betty Wallis 

Richard Oshman by Marcia Oshman 

Richard Rosenblum by Rose Abbott 

Stuart Solig by Suzanne and Marty Solig 

RISHONIM FUND 

In Memory of 

Arthur Richman by Jeni Catch 

ROSALEE LIPMAN 

PRESCHOOL FUND 

In Memory of 

Arthur Katz by Donald Lipman 

SKLAR CAMP 

SCHOLARSHIP FUND 

In Memory of 

Mary Lou Kaplan by Martha Sklar 

ISRAEL'S FUTURE: TWO PERSPECTIVES 

Monday, March 11, 7:15 p.m. 

Join us as Jeremy Ben-Ami, founder and President of J Street, and Roz Rothstein, 

co-founder and CEO of StandWithUs, discuss Israel’s future and the role of 

Diaspora Jews. This event is open to the public. RSVP required. 

Please contact the Temple office or email Gail Minkow at gail@templeisaiah.com. 


MARCH 2013

B'NAI MITZVAHS 

ROBERT SHER 

Son of Rita 

and Igor Sher 

Saturday, March 2 

SOPHIA LEVY 

Daughter of Beth 

and Colin Levy 


MADISON OKMIN 

Daughter of Lori 

Globerman 

and Mitch Okmin 


SOLOMON MARGO 

Son of Laura 

and Noah Margo 


TAYLOR ZIMELMAN 

Daughter of Jodi 

and Steven Zimelman 


Talmud says, “Welcoming guests is greater than receiving the face of the 

divine presence.” We welcome those who have become part of our Temple 

family. Our goal at Temple Isaiah is to encourage your involvement as both 

members and volunteers. 

Laura and Monty Abramov 

Lorna and Michael Belman 

Gina and Ronald Bowman 

Alyse and Andre Farkas 

Marlene and Benjamin Hakakha 

Elissa and Jonathan Hecht 

April Jergens and Donald Rosen 

Merjan and Mehran Kashefi 

Stacey Kivel 

Elisa and Zane Koss 

Amy and Steve Levin 

Sandra and Michael Marvi 

Lori Resnick-Fleishman and Craig Fleishman 

Marissa and Justin Seeple 

Nancy and Howard Shapiro 

WELCOME 

New 

Members 

MARCH MEMORIAL PLAQUES 

March 1 

Rose Sherman 

Mac Altkorn 

Robert Braun 

Herbert Polinsky 

David Levich 

Charles Kimmel 

Henry Kolb 

Lena Weiss 

Joe Gillerman 

Harry Gordon 

Samuel Fink 

Herman Peskay 

Wolf Sales 

Ronald Zsupnik 

Sara Freeman 

Eugene Levine 

Annie Fink 

Samuel Goldstein 

Eva Marx 

Boris Posner 

Jerome Spatz 

Gary Brodsky 


Isaac Harris 

Samuel Sax 

Abraham Pinchasi 

Michael Marshall 

Tillie Walter 

Bess Yettra 

Minnie Freeman 

Sol Ziskind 

Anna Goodman 

Daniel Hinden 

Samuel Kaminker 

Louis Levitz 

Bud Blitzer 


Herman Bayless 

Morris Leinow 

Harriet Jacobs 

Charne Kodimer 

Morris Brounstein 

Morris Davidson 

Jacob Sands 

Celia Radoff 

Louis Shapiro 

Abe Levatter 

Lillian Goldman 

Lawrence Joseph 

Rose Jacobs 

Abraham Jaloff 

Hyman Miller 

Fanny Roth 

Augusta Miller 


Jean Gerber 

Helen Gootkin 

Harold Kreisberg 

Adele Levine 

Rita Clayman 

Morris Fabrick 

Betty Zsupnik 

Herman Birken 

Lucy Bretzfelder 

Muriel Pines 


Nancy Klein 

Lillian Needelman 

Hannah Glassman 

Lottie Firestone 

Flora Siegel 

Gayle Sadofsky 

Betty Soskin 

Rose Subotnick 

Irene Davidson 

Harry Brownstein 

Harry Schechter 

Max Bretzfelder 

Dina Goldfarb 

Anna Freidson 

Leah Rector 

Paul Freedberg 

Harry Arnold 

Diana Stell 

LIFECYCLES 

MILESTONES: Mazel Tov to: Julie and Aaron Kaplan on the birth of their daughter, Olivia; Marissa and Justin Seeple on the birth of their daughter, Skyller; 

Patti Lebeau-Chorn on the birth of her grandson, Luke Allan Chorn. 

SYMPATHY: We would like to express our sympathy to the following Temple members and their families on the recent loss of their loved ones: Aaron 

Etehad on the loss of his mother, Rooha Pouretehad; Melissa Brand on the loss of her grandmother, Frances Edlitz; Dorothy Jonas on the loss of her husband, Allan 

Jonas; Eleanor Padnick on the loss of her mother, Ida Rimai; Judie Rice on the loss of her cousin, E. Buddy Blan; Gary Rosenberg on the loss of his aunt, Fay Gross; 

Phyllis Rosenberg on the loss of her aunt, Fay Gross; Hannah Rubin-Schlansky on the loss of her great-uncle, Chester “Chet” Rubin; Keith Richman on the loss of 

his uncle, Alan Rubin; Ralph Rosner on the loss of his sister, Ruth Schwartz . 

SPEEDY RECOVERY: The following Temple members or their loved ones have been ill and we want to wish them well: Susan Bartholomew; 

Marshall Cole; Renee Cronenwalt; Peggy Engman; Martin Paull; Suzanne Solig; Colin Trauberman. 


MARCH 2013

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MARCH 2013 CALENDAR 

SHABBAT SERVICE SCHEDULE 

Fridays: March 1 + , 8*, 15 and 29 

5:45 P.M. PRE-ONEG 

6:15 P.M. SHABBAT SERVICES 

7:30 P.M. ONEG 

+ March 1 – Shabbat Rising Service 

*March 8 – Jazz Shabbat Service 

Fourth Friday - March 22 

5:30 P.M. FAMILY SHABBAT SERVICE 

5:45 P.M. PRE-ONEG 

6:00 P.M. FAMILY SHABBAT DINNER 

6:15 P.M. SHABBAT SERVICES 

7:30 P.M. ONEG 

Mon 

Wed 

Sat 

CENTER FOR THE WIDOWED 

Every Monday 

DAUGHTERS OF TORAH ~ 

LEARNING CIRCLE 

Every Wednesday | 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 

CANTOR KENT MEDITATION CIRCLE 

Every Wednesday | 6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. 

SHABBAT TORAH STUDY 

Every Saturday | 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 

Study with Rabbi Zoë Klein every Shabbat morning, 

exploring Torah verse by verse 

TEMPLE OFFICE CLOSED: March 26 

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Isaiah Women Hike and Lunch 

Saturday, March 2 I 10:00 a.m. 

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Isaiah Women Lunch Bunch 

Friday, March 15 I 12:00 p.m. 

Engaging Israel: Jewish Values 

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and the Dilemmas of Nationhood 

Sunday, March 3 I 9:30 a.m. 

Limmud Wednesday, March 6 I 6:00 p.m. 

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Post-Holocaust theology with preeminent scholar 

Michael Berenbaum. 

Hearts & Minds: A Torah Roundtable 

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“The Light in Her Eyes” Documentary Screening 

Sunday, March 10 I 1:00 p.m. 

Isaiah Women Seder and Dinner 

Sunday, March 10 I 3:00 p.m. Innovative seder led by 

Rabbi Zoë Klein and Rabbi Maya Leibovich 

Israel's Future: Two Perspectives 

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Monday, March 11 I 7:15 p.m. 

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Limmud Wednesday, March 13 I 6:00 p.m. 

Board Meeting Wednesday, March 13 I 7:15 p.m. 

Community Organizing at Temple Isaiah 

Thursday, March 14 I 7:30 p.m This meeting will include 

an introduction to the community organizing process. Please 

RSVP to rabbinic intern Jason Rodich at jasonrodich@gmail. 

com or speak with Janet Hirsch or Susan Bartholomew. 

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Tot Shabbat 


Break Bread and Plates with the Artist 

Sunday, March 17 I 1:00 p.m. 

T.I.N.G. Meeting 

Tuesday, March 19 I 8:00 a.m. Open to all Temple 

members and those who want to build their business through 

referrals. For questions, call Ivy Rappaport at 323-782-3032. 

ICE Evening 

Wednesday, March 20 I 5:30 p.m. 

Rosh Hodesh with Isaiah Women 

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Thursday, March 21 I 7:00 p.m. 

Please rsvp to ediamond27@hotmail.com 

26 2nd Night Passover Seder 

Tuesday, March 26 I 5:00 p.m. 

RSVP required. Please register online. 

SAVE THE DATE: 

BIG SUNDAY is MAY 5, 2013 

at Palms Middle School. Sign-up for the 

project at www.bigsunday.org in April or 

email cohenapple@aol.com to help with planning.

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