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Justice, Justice Shall You Pursue GLOBAL JUSTICE JOIN US! TEMPLE ISAIAH IS BEING HONORED BY JEWISH WORLD WATCH! On Wednesday, October 31, Jewish World Watch (JWW) is holding a "Survivors' Legacy Lunch" at a lovely home garden in Sherman Oaks. Dr. Stephen Smith, Executive Director of the Steven Spielberg brainchild, the Shoah Foundation, will speak. He will explore how the legacy of Holocaust survivors and the life-saving programs of JWW intersect and allow contemporary genocide survivors to tell their stories. At the event, Temple Isaiah will be honored by JWW as its first "stellar congregation"! As JWW states, "Temple Isaiah exemplifies what it means to engage as Jews in social justice work. The JWW mission is so ingrained in their culture that every year they emerge as community leaders. With passionate rabbinic engagement and exemplary lay leadership, Temple Isaiah offers multiple opportunities for its membership to connect to the anti-genocide movement in a variety of meaningful ways." JWW shall also be honoring Diana Buckhantz, Chair of JWW's Grantmaking Committee, and the Milken Community High School JWW YOZMA Social Action Team. Please come to this event and demonstrate Temple Isaiah's profound and committed support for the life-saving work performed by JWW. Tickets are $150 per person, most of which is tax-deductible. Call JWW at (818) 620-0937, or you may purchase your ticket online at www.jewishworldwatch.org, and click to Events. Please contact Gail Solo, JWW's Chair, at (310) 559-1438 or gailsololaw@aol.com with any questions. HOMELESSNESS BEYOND SHELTER CONTACT: BETH GOSS Beyond Shelter works to develop systemic approaches to combat poverty and homelessness among families with children and enhance family economic security and well-being. Save the Date! Thanksgiving Dinner Market, November 18-20. We are looking for volunteers to help us staff the market and welcome our students, young and old, into a space that will help them think about hunger, poverty, holiday celebrations and gratitude. To volunteer your time or resources, please contact Beth Goss at bethlaurengoss@gmail.com. HUNGER SOVA FOOD PANTRY CONTACT: MICHAEL HIRSCHFELD SOVA - Metro Pantry on La Brea and Santa Monica Blvd is seeking volunteers to assist with client input and food orders on Sunday mornings. Volunteers are asked to work the entire shift from 8:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. For more information, please contact Michael Hirschfeld at Hirschfeld.Michael@gmail.com. OCTOBER COLLECTIONS: Food and Toiletries for SOVA (All Bins) Birthday Bank CONTACT: AMY SACKLER Birthdays are a perfect time to have a conversation about how many blessings there are in our lives and how important it is to share those blessings. At this year’s birthday party, have your child identify one present that he or she would be willing to give to someone whose family cannot afford to buy them presents. Come with your child to the Temple office, and exchange your gift for a beautiful certificate of appreciation, signed by the clergy, recognizing your child’s generosity on his or her birthday. The certificate will be presented at the weekly Shabbat celebration. Gifts will be donated to families at baby2baby. For more information, please contact Amy Sackler at sackler@sbcglobal.net. 6 | THE ISAIAN OCTOBER 2012
LINES FROM THE LIBRARY By Ellen G. Cole, Librarian RESTORING ISRAEL Am Yisrael Chai, proclaims Temple Isaiah. But, what kind of Israel? In a provocative book, historian and journalist Gershom Gorenberg explores The Unmaking of Israel and implores persuasively that we can, we must remake it. “We” means Israelis and Diaspora Jews. This diligently researched volume, a Spine Tingles Book Club selection recommended by Rabbi Bob Gan, is a well written, passionate, easy-read encouraging serious thought. Gorenberg is deeply concerned about existing policies that mushroomed from a formalized plan or accident. He fears these policies threaten a democratic Jewish state. He provides historical background on the biggest issues: settlements, occupations, army demographics and Orthodoxy’s political power tying synagogue to state. He explains why policies were chosen, decries how they got out of hand, then offers practical solutions, which despite their realistic workability are emotional powder kegs. The settlement issue includes coverage of the state education system and the yeshiva/army service program. Gorenberg cites the state subsidized/sanctioned Orthodox curriculum which fails to prepare graduated men to hold a job. The students’ lack of ability to earn ties them in perpetuity to the settlement system, a spiral the author equates with child abuse. Militarily, some Orthodox serve. Most attend a special school system, hesder yeshiva, ensuring the army contends with units with politicized leaders whose policies often contradict those of the IDF. It segregates soldiers rather than achieving the originally intended integration. Politically, the haredi gain their power not from numbers, but because their presence excludes Arab-backed parties, giving them control in laws such as defining who is a Jew. Gorenberg seeks to end extremism. He begs leaders and citizens to recognize shortsighted policies and the unintended consequences threatening their democracy. Share his humane solutions to secure Am Israel Chai. The Unmaking of Israel is in the Library. Library Hours: Tuesday: 2:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.; Thursday: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.; Sunday: 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. YOU CAN GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE … DONATE BLOOD AT TEMPLE ISAIAH AND JOIN THE BONE MARROW DONOR REGISTRY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 9:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M. IN THE SOCIAL HALL WHY SHOULD I GIVE BLOOD? Because every 2 seconds, someone needs blood Because 85% of us will know someone who needs blood Because less than 3% of Southern Californians donate blood Because you can donate even if you are diabetic, have high blood pressure, or are anemic and there are even health benefits to giving blood – donors get a “mini-physical”! Because with each blood donation you can save three lives WHY SHOULD I JOIN THE BONE MARROW REGISTRY? Because each year more than 30,000 people are diagnosed with blood-related diseases like leukemia and lymphoma that are treatable with a bone marrow transplant or blood stem cell donation Because 70% of these people cannot find a match within their families Because their only hope is an unrelated matching donor found through a bone marrow registry Because testing is free, fast and painless Because by joining the registry you may save someone’s life You can stop by any time that day to donate blood or for a bone marrow swab, but advance sign-ups are strongly encouraged. Email (cohenapple@aol.com) or call Martha Cohen at (310- 838-0940) to sign-up or with questions. The Blood Drive is made possible by Saint John’s Health Center; the Bone Marrow Drive is sponsored by the Gift Of Life Bone Marrow Foundation 7 | THE ISAIAN OCTOBER 2012
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