Friday, October 9 - Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills

Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills Living Judaism 

www.tebh.org 

SIMCHAT TORAH SERVICE 

AND CONSECRATION OF NEW STUDENTS 

Friday, October 9, 6:30 PM 

October 2009 

13 Tishrei - 13 Cheshvan

TEMPLE EMANUEL OF BEVERLY HILLS 

CLERGY 

Laura Geller, Senior Rabbi 

Jonathan Aaron, Rabbi/Director of Education 

Jill Zimmerman, Assistant Rabbi/ Director of Membership, 

Programming and Building Community 

Meyer Heller, Rabbi Emeritus 

Yonah Kliger, Cantor 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

Sue Brucker, President 

Joyce Levine, Treasurer 

Hannah Wecker, Secretary 

Scott Shlecter, VP Resource Development 

Dr. Elisa Newman White, VP Religious Activities 

Victor Gold, VP Legal Affairs 

Lisa Rosenblatt, VP Membership 

Gary Yale, VP Education and Youth 

Gordon B. Cutler, Immediate Past President 

Bruce C. Corwin, Co-Chairman 

Jeffrey S. Pop, Co-Chairman 

DIRECTORS 

Barbara Bruser 

Amy Cohen 

Bruce Cole 

Israel Eichenstein 

Steve Factor 

Myra Gabbay 

Josh Goode 

Devorah Hankin 

Eugene Krieger 

Mark Kuperstock 

Lewis Rudzki 

John Stone 

Karl Thurmond 

Diane Vanette 

Brian Weinberg 

Marcie Zelikow 

CONSTITUENT ORGANIZATIONS 

Barbara Bruser, Chair, Endowment Board of Trustees 

Brad Kesner, President, Men’s Club 

Karl Thurmond, President, Board of Regents 

Josh Goode, ECC Council Representative 

Amy Cohen, Religious School Council Representative 

Tania Goldreich, PTH 

Patric Kuh, PTH 

Tharone Pomerantz, PTH 

TEMPLE EMANUEL ADMINISTRATION 

Ellis Kirschenbaum, Executive Director 

Yoni Rosenberg, Director of Operations, Administration and Facilities 

Dan Gordon, Director of Information and Technology 

Penelope Rosenberg, Assistant to the Executive Director 

Lynn Franklin, B’nai Mitzvah Coordinator 

Doug Brown, Controller 

Tova Larsen, Director of Development 

Nancy Throckmorton, Operations, Administration, and Facilities Assistant 

Veronica Charles, Accounts Payable Associate 

Annie Levine, Communications Specialist 

Nattan Hollander, Graphic Designer 

Kevin McCarthy, Receptionist 

Alex Fox, Clergy Assistant 

Shelley Blumenfeld, Accounts Receivable 

TEMPLE EMANUEL SCHOOLS 

Doris Finestone, Principal, Temple Emanuel Academy Day School 

Stacy Kesner, Director, Temple Emanuel Early Childhood Center 

Sara Mason-Barkin , Director, Temple Emanuel Religious School 

Ann Sanguinet, Middle School, High School and Madrichim Coordinator 

Kelley Courtney DeMello, Religious School Office Manager and Adult 

Education Coordinator 

Rachel Sternheim, Assistant Principal, Temple Emanuel Academy Day 

School 

Tanya Stawski, TEADS Director of Admissions 

Orly Akouka, TEADS Administrative Assistant 

Paul Ryan, TEADS Program Coordinator/Registrar 

Ronda Rose, Director, Kosofsky Library 

Contents 

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President’s Perspective 

L’Shalom 

Angella Nazarian’s LIFE AS A VISTOR 

Early Childhood Center 

Temple Emanuel Academy Day School 

Religious School 

Youth & Teen Activities 

Lifelong Learning 

Calendar of Events: October 2009 

Israel Matters 

Social Justice and New Emanuel Minyan 

Services 

B’nai Mitzvah 

Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament 

Our Temple Family 

Contributions 

Pillar Members 

Temple Emanuel’s 

Vision & Mission Statement 

Temple Emanuel is a modern Reform 

congregation where people discover a Jewish 

way of making sense out of the world. We are 

a diverse, intergenerational and multicultural 

community, celebrating that there is more than 

one way to be a Jew. 

Our vision is “Living Judaism” . . . a Judaism that 

is alive, vibrant, innovative and changing. “Living 

Judaism” is also a life journey where our minds 

are stimulated, our souls are stirred, our intellect 

is fed and our hearts are nourished through 

Torah study, arts and culture, social justice and a 

connection with Israel and the Jewish people. 

Join us and help us become a community that 

lives up to its name: 

Emanuel...God is among us. 

PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE 

By Sue Brucker 

As many of you know, Elul is the month leading up to the 

High Holy Days. It is a month of preparation, a time to be 

reflective and introspective, a time to consider the year 

before and a time to pensively think about the year to come. 

Basically, it is a time to dig deeply into our souls and take 

stock of how we live our lives and hopefully learn from and 

apply important life lessons going forward. 

This year, we continued a new program that was launched 

last year . . .Keys to the Door of the High Holy Days: Temple 

Emanuel Elul Reflections. Once again, during each day of 

Elul, a brief story or memory from a congregant was shared 

with our congregational family members and sent via email. 

This year the focus was on “Creating Community” about a 

time when community made a difference in someone’s life. 

The hope and goal of our clergy was that sharing these 

stories would help all of us open the door of the High Holy 

Days by encouraging us to reflect on the meaning that we 

bring to this sacred season, as well as deepening our sense 

of community at Temple Emanuel. 

This year, during the month of Elul, I once again found myself 

looking forward to opening my email (a task I sometimes 

dread) and looking through my inbox to find that day’s Elul 

Reflection. The strong sense of a bond that comes from 

sharing these intimate moments in one’s life, as well as being 

the recipient who reads the story, is an incredibly powerful 

experience. Although you might not know the person 

who shared the story, a feeling of camaraderie is definitely 

apparent. Additionally, these stories allowed me to reflect 

on my life, dig deeper into my soul and helped me do the 

preparatory work that ultimately enriches the High Holy Days. 

Creating a strong sense of community has been and 

continues to be an important goal for your clergy and your 

Board of Directors. It was the main focus at a recent Board 

meeting. I believe that creating a strong sense of community 

requires mutual interaction and participation . . . And to do 

so, effective communication is critical. In this day and age, 

email, Facebook, and Twittering seem to be the standard. 

We recognize that although these tools can be an easy 

substitute for good old fashioned, face-to-face conversations 

and involvement, it is important to keep up with the times 

and realize we need to ensure we communicate effectively. 

For those of you who do not know, Temple Emanuel has a 

website . . .it is www.tebh.org. Did you know there is a weekly 

email sent by Temple Emanuel to our membership that 

hopefully allows you to stay connected to what we hope you 

consider your spiritual home, Temple Emanuel. Did you know 

there is a “Bikkur Holim” email list that keeps you informed 

of those members who are ill or have passed away? These 

are just some of the tools we are trying to use to keep you, 

our members, connected to Temple Emanuel. 

In our quest to create a strong sense of community, and in 

order to communicate effectively, we need to have current 

information from our congregational family. That’s why I am 

asking you to help us update our files and share with us your 

most current contact information . . . phone numbers, email 

addresses, etc. Shortly after Yom Kippur, we will be sending 

you a personalized print out of the information we now have 

in our data base. We ask that you review it, update whatever 

is no longer accurate, and fill in what is now missing, most 

importantly email addresses. 

I promise you, we won’t bombard you with emails and at 

the same time, you will have a new tool that will keep you 

connected and informed with the happenings of TEBH, the 

place I hope you consider your spiritual community and 

home. 

L’Shalom, 

Temple Topics///October 2009 3

L’SHALOM 

By Rabbi Laura Geller 

On Rosh Hashana we invited you to deepen your connection to 

each other and to our temple by joining the Temple Emanuel 

time bank. The idea for the time bank was a response to some 

real challenges that some of our congregants are facing in 

this difficult economy. One congregant, for example, shared 

with me that she wanted to look for a job but couldn’t afford a 

babysitter. I knew there would be people in the congregation 

willing to volunteer an hour to help her out. But I didn’t know 

how to find them. I wasn’t sure how to network people to help 

each other. 

I asked our ONE LA leadership team, the group of congregants 

shepherding our community organizing project called Hineni, 

to help figure it out. 

That question led to the Temple Emanuel time bank. Most 

simply, time banking involves spending an hour doing 

something for somebody in your community. That hour goes 

into the time bank as a time dollar. Then you have a time 

dollar to spend on having someone doing something for you. 

It is like bartering, except in a time bank, every hour has equal 

value. Each of our gifts matter equally… no matter how old 

we are or what we might do for a living. An hour of financial 

planning is of equal value to an hour of baby sitting or a hour 

of driving someone to a doctor’s appointment. 

A talented group of lay leaders of Hineni, including Isa Aron, 

Carol Hyman, Bob Jason, Josh Mason-Barkin, Janet Noah, 

David Silber, Fabienne Struell and Ely Zimmerman, has 

spent months researching time banks, responding to liability 

concerns, securing the software, setting up the website and 

convincing our leadership that this would have a powerful 

impact on our goals of creating a community that matters 

in people’s lives. We are not inventing this idea. Presently 

there are about 200 time banks around the country, mostly 

organized around neighborhoods community groups, 

churches, and non-profits. We might be the first synagogue. 

On Rosh Hashana, I asked you to imagine what Temple 

Emanuel will be like in five years when you know many more 

people because they have baby sat your kids or because 

you have taught them how to plant a vegetable garden. 

Imagine what this congregation will be like when more of us 

have been in each others’ home giving advice on choosing 

the best school for a child with disabilities or helping with 

installing new software. Sure, many of us can pay for these 

services; but imagine how different it will feel if we offer this 

to each other as part of this time bank. Suddenly we are no 

longer isolated individuals taking each other for granted but 

rather members of a community that makes a difference in 

our lives. Imagine that a congregant who sits a few rows from 

you during the High Holidays once gave you a massage and 

someone else walked your dog. And you drove a senior to 

Temple or welcomed people on a Friday night as a greeter. 

Imagine that you taught a widow how to play bridge and your 

high school senior taught someone’s grandfather how to use 

photoshop. Imagine how powerful it will feel to be embraced 

by a community that really matters in people’s lives. 

This month the New Year season draws to an end with the 

holiday of Sukkot. We build a fragile booth and take only 

what is most important with us into the sukkah … we take our 

family and our friends, we take good food and we take the 

memories of those who have come before us. And, on this 

the most universal of all Jewish holidays, we are encouraged 

to invite guests… lots of guests… including people we don’t 

know very well. Sukkot is the holiday that turns strangers 

into friends. Our time bank can be a sukkah for us at Temple 

Emanuel, creating the shelter of a meaningful community. 

Over 175 of you have already signed up to be part of the time 

bank. I want to invite the rest of you to join as well. To learn 

more about the time bank go to the website: 

www.templeemanueltimebank.com; 

email: templeemanueltimebank@gmail.com 

or call us at 310.288.3737 x552. 

And may we together create a sukkat shalom, a shelter of 

peace. 

PEOPLE OF THE BOOK 

Angella Nazarian: Life As A Visitor 

Thursday, October 15 

In Bess P. Maltz Center 

7:00 PM: Reception 

7:30 PM: Conversation 

8:45 PM: Book Signing 

Come hear Angella Nazarian talk about her new book, LIFE AS A VISTOR. 

Angella will be interviewed by Andrea Grossman, who founded the 

prestigious organization, Writer’s Bloc. 

ABOUT LIFE AS A VISTOR: 

Forced to flee to the United States after the violent 

Iranian Revolution of 1979 at age eleven, author Angella 

M. Nazarian takes readers on a physical and emotional 

journey from past to present, from the exotic to the 

familiar, and from a country’s political struggle to her 

own inner struggle in search of home, family and sense 

of belonging. Life as a Visitor chronicles Nazarian’s 

difficult and triumphant journey to blend East and 

West. Incorporating prose, poetry, and stunning visuals, 

Nazarian creates a mosaic of thoughts, emotions and 

locations that allows readers an intimate and inside 

look at what life is like for an immigrant caught between 

two cultures. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 

Angella Nazarian moved to the Los Angeles area when 

she was eleven, and attended Hawthorne Elementary, 

Beverly Hills High School and UCLA. Ms. Nazarian 

earned her graduate degree (Summa Cum Laude) in 

Industrial/Organizational Psychology from California 

State University, Long Beach. Over the next 11 years, 

Ms. Nazarian was a professor of Psychology and faculty 

member at Mount Saint Mary’s College, California State 

University, Long Beach, and Los Angeles Valley College. 

She has also served on a committee to promote 

diversity awareness in the Beverly Hills School District. 

In 1999, Ms. Nazarian co-founded Looking Beyond, 

a charitable organization that promotes awareness 

and creates advancement and enrichment for children 

with disabilities by supporting different programs and 

services. In the past ten years, this organization has 

dispersed over 1.7 million dollars to local organizations, 

schools, and hospitals. 

She and her husband David have two sons. 

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EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER 

By Stacy Kesner, M.A. 

Early Childhood Center Director 

Top 8% 

Clark Yard 

News 

This month the children at the Early Childhood Center are 

exploring the holidays of Sukkot and Simchat Torah. Snacking 

in the Sukkah and creating special Torahs are some of the 

activities you’ll find going on at our ECC. The adventures in 

learning, the ways in which our staff stimulates the children’s 

curiosity, and the way that curiosity stimulates their own 

learning are just glimpses of what you will find while visiting 

our center. 

The end of October will be an exciting month for the ECC. 

The children will be learning about autumn, the harvest 

season, leaves, and Thanksgiving. We are very excited about 

our fifth annual Fall Ball – an ECC harvest festival! Some of 

the Fall Ball activities will be mini-pumpkin painting, wagon 

rides, playing in piles of leaves, corn husking, popping corn, 

and playing with live farm animals in our Clark Yard petting 

zoo! 

Registration for the Early Childhood Center is under way 

for the 2010-2011 school year. We are currently making 

appointments for families to tour the center. If you have a 

child who will be ready to enter our Early Childhood Center 

as of September 2010, please contact Stacy at 310-276-9776 

for a tour of our facilities and registration information. 

Our Early Childhood Center program is accredited by the 

NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young 

Children). Only 8% of early childhood center programs 

nationally are NAEYC accredited. 

Temple Emanuel Early 

Childhood Center 

Our Early Childhood Center offers an innovative, 

developmentally sensitive curriculum. Judaic activities 

foster and reflect basic knowledge of our Jewish heritage. 

Our integrated curriculum includes science, art, dance, 

language arts, music, stories, and water play. Purposeful 

learning comes about as a result of activities organized 

around child-directed play. Our goal is to provide each 

child with an environment that is set up to stimulate 

curiosity, which will in turn stimulate learning and 

imagination. Our Early Childhood Center is accredited 

by both the Bureau of Jewish Education and the National 

Association for the Education of Young Children. 

Baby Emanuel 

A variety of different Baby Emanuel Programs are 

offered at Temple Emanuel. Currently we offer a 12-24 

month Parent and Me class, a Toddler Transition class 

and a Friday Shabbat class. Our Toddler Transition class 

is for children ages 2 years old to 2 years 5 months as 

of September 2009. We are thrilled to present this 

2 hour class 3 days a week. Each program provides 

developmentally appropriate activities within our cozy 

and warm Jewish environment. We have limited space 

available. Please contact Robin Platt at 310.274-6388 

x 514 for further Baby Emanuel information. 

Help raise money for Temple Emanuel just 

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Brooks Shoes for Kids welcomes Temple Emanuel families 

to shop in any of our stores and 20% of the purchase 

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Please mention that you are a Temple member when 

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Publication of an advertisement in Temple Topics is neither an endorsement nor recommendation 

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TEMPLE EMANUEL ACADEMY DAY SCHOOL 

Teaching 

From 

Emanuel 

Academy 

Developing minds... 

Nourishing souls... 

Cultivating creativity... 

www.teads.org 

By Doris Finestone, 

Principal of Temple Emanuel Academy Day School 

In today’s economic climate, with the state budget cuts 

directly affecting the public schools, Temple Emanuel 

Academy Day School (TEADS) is proud of its continued 

academic excellence. This year the sixth grade class scored 

in the 95th percentile on the Educational Research Bureau’s 

(ERBs) National Standardized Testing. TEADS also prides itself 

in keeping technology, the arts, PE, and other enrichment 

programs available and a part of the regular curriculum. 

TEADS has a dynamic and cutting-edge technology program 

which is expanding yearly through generous donations from 

the parent community. The administration strongly supports 

the growth of technology and includes it as a priority in the 

programs at TEADS. The arts infused curriculum expands 

the students’ learning experiences, allowing students to 

explore academics through artistic expression: performing 

arts, fine arts, music, and creative writing are all integral parts 

of the program. The Physical Education program focuses on 

sportsmanship as well as learning skills and athleticism. All 

of the 3rd through 6th graders have passed the Presidential 

Physical Fitness Program for the past four years. 

This year TEADS will be focusing on “Living History.” The 

students will explore how both Jewish and American history 

has influenced their lives. They will explore historical events 

as well as their roots and family history, looking at geographic, 

economic, educational, religious, environmental, and other 

factors that have had a significant impact of where they are 

today. The students, families, and community will all be a part 

of this exciting year-long theme. 

As we enter into the New Year of 5770, may the sound of the 

shofar awaken in us the desire to challenge ourselves, explore 

the unknown, and achieve greater heights and goals that we 

thought possible. 

Temple Emanuel Academy Day School has 

a few spaces still available. Please contact 

Tanya @ 310-288-3737 ext. 246 or 

tanya@tebh.org 

Visit the website at www.teads.org for a taste 

of what makes TEADS so special. 

Report Card 

Name:_________________________________________ 

Temple Emanuel Academy Day School 

Subject Grade 

ACADEMICS 

ERB Scores for the 6th Grade are 

in the top 5th percentile in the 

country. 

Comments 

To join one of our tours or to schedule an individual 

visit, contact Tanya at 310.288.3737 x246 or 

Tanya@tebh.org 

Tour Dates: October 27, 9:30 AM 

November 19, 9:30 AM 

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STUDENTS 

FACULTY 

Our students qualify for the 

John Hopkins Center for Gifted 

Talented Students. 

Teachers recipients of Milken 

Jewish Educator Awards. 

CLASS SIZE 10 to 1 student teacher ratio 

MENSCH 101 Our students are 100% Mensches

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL 

Meet Our 

Text People 

By Sara Mason-Barkin, 

Religious School Director 

Abraham Joshua Heschel, 

influential rabbi and 

teacher wrote, “what we 

need more than anything 

else is not textbooks but text people.” So often, our children 

are inspired by the Jewish role models that they meet 

in religious school. Whether it is a rabbi, a teacher, or a 

madrich, it is the people, not just the books that engage our 

students and really show them what it means to be Jewish. 

At a recent teacher meeting, I asked our incredible faculty 

what one lesson children will not leave their room without 

learning. Their answers were deep, thoughtful, and inspiring. 

I share them with you here so that you can meet the people 

who guide our students towards Jewish life each Sunday and 

Wednesday. 

Lauren Singer, Pre-Kindergarten, teaches the importance 

of family tradition, like coming together on Shabbat and 

Jewish holy days. She says, “when I look back, I remember 

my most happy times being with my family around a big table 

of food, laughing.” 

Lida Kattan, Kindergarten, has lit the lives of so many 

students at Temple Emanuel over the years, showing them 

the joy that comes with Jewish celebration. 

Jodi Shapiro, 1st grade and 7th grade Hebrew, hears her 

students exclaim, “I am proud to be Jewish!” 

Irina Shushelovsky, 2nd grade and Mitkadem Tutor, helps 

students to be excited about learning at Religious School. 

Shelly Kamara, 3rd grade, shares her passion with students, 

and in doing so leads them to develop a love for Judaism and 

Israel that they will pass on to their families and children. 

Bracha Nutovits, 4th grade, inspires pride in Jewish 

heritage, giving students a strong connection to the Jewish 

Diaspora and Israel, and sharing the relevance of Jewish 

studies to modern life. 

Kalanit Kamara, 5th grade, encourages students to learn 

with pleasure. 

Mali Katz, 6th grade, hopes that her 6th graders will be as 

passionate about celebrating holidays and Shabbat with their 

families as she is with her family. 

Jenn Lorch, 7th grade and Mitkadem Coordinator, wants 

students and families to feel a deep connection between 

Jewish community and personal identity. 

Lisa Berney, Mitkadem tutor, teaches that Judaism is not 

just something we learn, but something that we do every day. 

LuAnne Tyzzer, Mitkadem tutor, sees students go beyond 

the curriculum, learning to be text people, like their teachers. 

She helps them to get the skills to apply Jewish learning in 

their lives, so that they are able to enact espoused Jewish 

values. 

Ilana Schachter, Confirmation, hopes to convey that 

questioning and reaffirming one’s Jewish identity is integral 

to being a member of the Jewish community. She hopes 

that introducing them to various theological viewpoints and 

exposing them to different approaches to prayer and practice 

will allow students to place themselves on the wide map of 

Jewish identity and ask what their Judaism means to them. 

Shari Shapiro, Library Reading Specialist, likes to 

teach respect, responsibility and reflection through good 

communication and cooperation. 

Roz Abraham, Art Specialist, reminds us that learning is 

enhanced by a visual and tactile experience. By doing projects 

based on what is going on the religious school classroom, 

lessons are not only reinforced by etched into memory. 

Sara Weiss, Music Specialist, teaches that through Jewish 

music, one can be moved to find places inside of them they 

never knew existed. She says, “Prayer through music is how 

I discovered my passion for Judaism, and I hope that I can 

inspire students to become strong Jewish leaders as well.” 

Ann Sanguinet, Junior High, High School and Madrichim 

Coordinator, reminds students, parents, and colleagues that 

only through asking the tough questions and giving the tough 

answers can learning truly happen! 

Kelley Courtney DeMello, Office Manager, prides herself 

on organization, preparedness and punctuality. She imparts 

these skills to the students of Temple Emanuel Religious 

School so that they may grow and make the most out of their 

Jewish Education. 

Rabbi Laura Geller, Confirmation, says “Confirmation is the 

time when young people really begin to wrestle with God and 

their tradition...it is a privilege to learn with them.” 

Rabbi Jonathan Aaron, Director of Education, teaches 

that Judaism is INSIDE of us, and not just… something we do 

in this building. 

As the Director of the Religious School, I am moved to see 

students learning from these people who are role models 

to us all. They exemplify ‘Living Judaism,’ and teach it to 

our students in innovative and personal ways. It is these 

connections and relationships that makes the Judaism jump 

off the page and become a part of who we are. 

May we all be inspired as Jewish learning comes to life for our 

students, and for each one of us. 

YOUTH & TEEN ACTIVITIES 

Club 456 & 

JETY 

By Annie Levine 

Youth Program Advisor 

This year, there will be 

several great opportunities 

for children in TEADS and 

the Religious School to 

participate in imaginative 

activities that will 

encourage a feeling of 

Jewish community. In order to promote a feeling of greater 

participation, the members of Club 456 and JETY will be 

offered a more active role in helping to design, plan and 

publicize the activities. 

The first Club 456 event is “Harry Potter Havdallah-ween” on 

October 24. A full soiree will include a screening of “Harry 

Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” a costume contest, and a 

celebration of Havdallah. The first JETY event, “Painting and 

Pizza,” will take place on Sunday, October 18. We will have 

lunch at Temple Emanuel, and then make our way to Color 

Me Mine to paint and discuss future JETY activities. We 

need parents who are willing to drive 7th and 8th graders 

to Color Me Mine (conveniently located on Beverly Drive 

and Charleville) at 1:15 PM. To RSVP to either event, ask a 

question, or to volunteer to drive, please contact Annie by 

phone at (310) 288-3737 ext. 228 or by e-mail at 

annie@tebh.org. 

TEMPTY 

By Samantha Orshan 

Teen Program Advisor 

Let TEmPTY tempt you into 

a year filled with leadership, 

laughter, friendship and fun! 

TEmPTY, Temple Emanuel 

Program for Temple Youth, 

is a place where 9th through 

12th graders can come together to create their own home 

within our Emanuel community. 

I’m excited to be working with TEmPTY this year. For me, 

my high school youth group memories and friendships are 

still close to my heart even though its been a decade since 

they were made. TEmPTY can be anything and everything we 

choose to make it. So if you’re interested in being part of this 

great group, please contact me at Samantha@tebh.org or 

310.288.3742 x511 


LIFELONG LEARNING 

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER FOR ANY OF THE CLASSES, 

PLEASE CONTACT KELLEY@TEBH.ORG OR 310.288.3737 X257 

PLEASE REGISTER IN ADVANCE - IT HELPS US IN OUR PLANNING! 

INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM: 

PART ONE 

With Rabbis Geller, Aaron and Zimmerman 

Wednesday Evenings, beginning October 14 

7:00 - 9:00 PM, Davidson-Sheffer Hall 

18 weeks 

Cost: $275 Members, $350 Non-Members. 

Contact URJ.org 

WOMEN’S LEARNING CIRCLE 

With Rabbi Laura Geller 

First Friday of the month, beginning October 2 

Learning from our Biblical Mothers and Each Other 

What Do Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Leah, Bilha, Zilpa, Dina, 

Miriam, Yocheved, Shifra, Puah, Serach bat Asher, Deborah, 

Ruth, Esther, Yael (just to name a few) have to teach us 

about who we are? 

First Cluster: October 2, November 6, December 4 

9:30 - 11:00 AM, Rabbinic Library 

Cost per cluster: $36 for Members or $72 for Non-Members 

CHEWING ON JEWISH ETHICS 

With Rabbi Geller, Rabbi Aaron and Rabbi Zimmerman 

First Friday of the month, beginning October 2 

First Cluster: October 2, November 6, December 4 

12:00 - 1:30 PM, Rabbinic Library 

Cost per cluster: $36 for Members or $72 for Non-Members 

Bring your own lunch 

TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON: 

AN EXPLORATION OF THE MEANING 

OF LIFE: BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES 

With Rabbi Jonathan Aaron 

October 8 - February 11 (5 sessions) 

The second Thursday of the month 

12:00 - 1:30 PM, Rabbinic Library (Clark Drive) 

Bring your own lunch 

Cost Per Year: $36 for Members or $100 for Non-members 

EXPLORING THE BOOK OF EXODUS: 

COMING OUT OF NARROW PLACES 

With Rabbi Laura Geller 

Thursday afternoons, beginning October 8 

4:00 - 5:00 PM, Rabbinic Library (Clark Drive) 

Cost Per Year: $36 for Members or $100 for Non-members 

READING TORAH WITH RASHI 

With Rabbi Geller 

Sunday Mornings 9:30 - 11:00 AM, Rabbinic Library 

Ongoing 

Cost: Free - Members Only 

Join an on-going discussion with the greatest of all classical 

commentators, Rabbi Shlomo Ben Yitzchak, a.k.a. RASHI, as 

we study the entire Torah in English, using his commentary 

as a window into our tradition. No Hebrew is necessary; all 

you need is a willingness to engage with other thoughtful 

adults as we wrestle with Torah, discovering why it is such a 

resource of spiritual and intellectual challenge and delight. 

YOGA 

With Michelle Aaron 

Monday Evenings 4:30 PM, Gentle Yoga, Contact Michelle 

at michelleazar@mac.com to get the location 

Tuesday Evenings 7:00 PM, on Bess P. Maltz Center 

Wednesday Mornings 10:30 AM, in Beyt Midrash 

Thursday Mornings 9:15 - 10:30 AM, in Beyt Midrash 

Classes meet all year long 

Cost: Members- $12 per class or $120 for entire semester 

Non-members- $15 per class or $150 for entire semester 

By stretching and balancing while concentrating and 

visualizing, one can gain greater flexibility, strength, tone, 

control, poise, improved overall health, and peace of 

mind. A variety of postures and relaxation techniques is 

taught. Yoga is famous for reducing stress, tension, back 

problems, and headaches. People practicing yoga become 

revitalized and rejuvenated. Students should not eat directly 

before class, should wear comfortable clothing, and should 

bring a mat. 

Michelle Aaron has been a certified Hatha Yoga instructor 

for three years. She trained at Sacred Movement in Venice. 

Her philosophy is to utilize a fun and spiritual approach in 

strengthening and toning the body. For more information, 

contact Michelle at michelleazar@mac.com. 

LIFELONG LEARNING 

ADULT B’NAI MITZVAH: 

THE FIRST YEAR - DECODING HEBREW 

With Rabbi Jill Zimmerman 

Weekly time to be determined 

Cost Per Year: $36 for Members or $200 for Non-members, 

plus the cost of the materials 

If you have ever wanted to learn Hebrew, deepen your 

understanding of the prayer service or hope to read Torah 

one day, this is the class for you. The first year of the Adult 

B’nai Mitzvah class will focus on basic Hebrew skills, as well 

as fundamentals of the prayer service. Even if you just want 

to sharpen your Hebrew skills, you are welcome to join our 

group. The times and dates will be determined by the class. 

For more information, email: RabbiZimmerman@tebh.org 

NESCAFE OR LATTE? 

A HEBREW CHUG 

Hebrew conversation over coffee 

Third Wednesday of the month, beginning October 21 

8:15 - 9:15 AM, Day School Admissions Office 

Contact Rachel Sternheim at Rachel@tebh.org 

MOTHER-DAUGHTER BOOK CLUBS 

FORMING 

For more information, contact RabbiGeller@tebh.org 

EXPLORING PRAYER 

Saturdays, after the New Emanuel Minyan lunch 

1:00 - 2:00 PM, Bess P. Maltz Center 

We are excited to announce our year-long prayer project 

at the Minyan, led by Dvora Weisberg, a participant in the 

Minyan and Director of the School of Rabbinic Studies at 

HUC. We will engage in study and reflection about prayer, 

and we will look at the elements that make public prayer 

both challenging and uplifting. We hope these studies 

will enrich our understanding and appreciation of prayer 

and help us think about the Minyan’s future both as a 

prayer experience and as a caring community. If you have 

any questions about this project, please contact Dvora at 

dvora4860@sbcglobal.net. 

Entering the Prayer Space 

With Rabbi Jill Zimmerman and Dr. Dvora Weisberg 

Saturday, October 17 

Entering the Prayer Space: Morning Blessings 


November - May: Dates and subjects to be announced 


4 

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 

13 Tishri 

1 14 Tishri 

2 3 

16 Tishri 

Sukkot 

Torah with Rashi 

9:30 AM-11:00 AM, Sanctuary 


9:30 AM - 12:00 PM 

11 

Torah with Rashi 

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM, Sanctuary 


9:30 AM - 12:00 PM 

18 

23 Tishri 

30 Tishri 


9:30 AM - 12:00 PM 

JETY Event: Painting and Pizza 

12:15 PM - 3:15 PM, Color-Me-Mine 

See page 9 for details 

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS AT TEMPLE EMANUEL OCTOBER 2009 TISHRI/CHESHVAN 5770 

7 Cheshvan 


9:30 AM - 12:00 PM 

Men’s Club’s Annual Texas Hold’Em 

Poker Tournament 

5:00 PM - 10:00 PM 

See page 18 details 

5 

Sukkot 

17 Tishri 

6 

12 24 Tishri 13 

19 1 Cheshvan 20 

26 8 Cheshvan 27 

7 

18 Tishri 

19 Tishri 

Sukkot 

Sukkot 

Yoga 

Yoga 

7:00 PM, Bess P. Maltz Center 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM, Beyt Midrash 


4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 

25 Tishri 

Yoga 

7:00 PM, Bess P. Maltz Center 

2 Cheshvan 

Yoga 


9 Cheshvan 

Yoga 


14 

26 Tishri 

Yoga 

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM, Beyt Midrash 


4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 

Introduction To Judaism 


21 

3 Cheshvan 

Nescafe or Latte? 

A Hebrew Chug 

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM, Day School 

Admissions Office 

Yoga 



4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 



10 Cheshvan 

28 

Yoga 



4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 



Yoga 


Erev Sukkot 

Women’s Learning Circle 

9:30 AM, Upper Library 

Chewing on Jewish Ethics 

12:00 - 1:30 PM 

SYNAPLEX 

See page 16 for complete schedule 

Sipping in the Sukkah 

9:00 PM, Clark Yard 


Sukkot 

Sukkot Morning Service 

10:00 AM, Bess P. Maltz Center 

Bat Mitzvah: Phillene Newman 

10:00 AM, Sanctuary 

Muslim Jewish Sukkot Potluck 

7:00 PM, At a private home 


8 

20 Tishri 

Sukkot 

Yoga 


To Everything There Is A Season: 

An Exploration Of The Meaning Of Life: 

Book Of Ecclesiastes 

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Upper Library 

Exploring The Book Of Exodus: 

Coming Out OF Narrow Places 

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Rabbinic Library 

Executive Committee Meeting 

5:30 PM, Beyt Midrash 

Board of Directors Meeting 

7:00 PM, Beyt Midrash 

27 Tishri 

15 

Yoga 




4:00 - 5:00 PM, Rabbinic Library 

Israel Matters: The Dangers From Iran 

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Beyt Midrash 

Angella Nazarian’s Life As A Visitor 



4 Cheshvan 

22 

Yoga 





29 

Yoga 





11 Cheshvan 

9 

Sukkot 

21 Tishri 

Simchat Torah 

Simchat Torah Service and Consecration of 

New Students 

6:30 PM, Sanctuary 

(New students gather at 6:00 PM) 


16 

Shabbat B’Yachad 



23 

28 Tishri 

5 Cheshvan 

Erev Shabbat Services 

6:30 PM, Chapel 

Israel Matter’s presents Yarden Fanta: My 

Journey From Illiteracy to a Harvard PhD 

6:30 PM (During Erev Shabbat Services) 

30 

Erev Shabbat Services 

6:30 PM, Chapel 

With Birthday Blessings 

12 Cheshvan 

10 

15 Tishri 

22 Tishri 

Shemini Atzeret/ Simchat Torah 

Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah 

Services 



Bar Mitzvah: Eric Brook 


Bar Mitzvah: Christopher Freedman 


17 

29 Tishri 

Parashat Berishit: 

Genesis 1:1-6-8 

Haftarah: 1 Samuel 20:18-42 

New Emanuel Minyan service & kiddush 


Bat Mitzvah: Marguerite Alberts 


Mini Class: Entering the Prayer Space 


Taught by Rabbi Zimmerman & Dr. Weisberg 

24 

6 Cheshvan 

Parashat Noah: 

Genesis 6:9-11:32 

Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1-55:5 



Bat Mitzvah: Sarah Watkins 

10:00 AM, Chapel 

Club 456: Harry Potter Havdallah-ween 

2:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Auditorium 


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13 Cheshvan 

Parashat Lekh Lekha: 

Genesis 12:1-17:27 

Haftarah: Isaiah 40:27-41:16 



Bar Mitzvah: Harrison Baseman 


Mini Class: Entering the Prayer Space 

1:00 PM, Bess P. Maltz Center

ISRAEL MATTERS 

Yarden Fanta: My Journey From 

Illiteracy To A Harvard PHD 

Friday, October 23, 6:30 PM 

During Erev Shabbat Services 

Dr. Yarden Fanta-Vagenshtein is 

currently a post-doctoral fellow at 

Harvard University’s Graduate School 

of Education, department of human 

development and psychology. In 1985 

when she emigrated from Ethiopia to 

Israel, she did not know how to read 

or write. In 2005, she completed her 

Ph.D. in education, becoming the first 

Ethiopian woman to earn a doctorate 

in Israel. 

Dr. Fanta-Vagenshtein’s field of research examines how illiterate 

immigrants’ adapt to modern societies, specifically Ethiopian 

assimilation in Israel. Recent publications include: “How Illiterate 

People Learn: The Case of Ethiopian Immigrants,” Journal of Literacy 

and Technology (2008), “Acquisition of Technological Knowledge 

among Illiterate Ethiopian Adults in Israel” (co-authored with D. Chen), 

International Journal or Technology, Knowledge and Society 

(2008), and “Thinking Skills among Illiterate Ethiopian Immigrants in 

Israel,” (co-authored with D. Chen), European Distance and E-Learning 

Network (2007). At present she is investigating the literacy and life skills 

of immigrants in the United States, particularly these factors impact on 

human capital, cognitive skills and literacy acquisition. 

In The Footsteps of Maimonides: 

A Trip To Spain, Morocco and Israel 

With Rabbi Laura Geller and Richard Siegel 

and award winning professor Ross Brann, the Milton 

R. Konvitz Professor of Judeo-Islamic Studies at 

Cornell University. 

Tentative dates: October 3-17, 2010 

Professor Brann is a scholar of Maimonides and the author of The 

Compunctious Poet: Cultural Ambiguity and Hebrew Poetry in 

Muslim Spain. He received the 1992 National Jewish Book Award 

in Sefardic Studies for Power in the Portrayal: Representations of 

Muslims and Jews in Islamic Spain. He has received fellowships 

from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the 

National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Center for 

Advanced Judaic Studies of the University of Pennsylvania. In 

1996 he received the Stephen and Margery Russell Award for 

Distinguished Teaching from the College of Arts and Sciences. In 

2007 he was appointed as a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow. 

If you are interested come to a meeting on Sunday night 

October 18 at the home of Rabbi Geller and Richard Siegel to 

help envision the trip. RSVP to RabbiGeller@tebh.org 

A Message from Michael Oren, 

Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. 

“This past year, Israel has made significant 

accomplishments. Our scientists are unlocking the 

secrets of the human body to discover new cures 

for diseases. Israeli art, film, and literature received 

prestigious recognition from internationally 

renowned institutions. The Israeli economy was one 

of the first 

countries to emerge from the economic recession. 

In spite of a year of many achievements in a variety 

of fields, these are 

challenging times for the State of Israel and the 

Jewish people. The direst threat to Israel-indeed to 

the Middle East and the world-is a nuclear armed 

Iran. 

Iran’s support for terrorism, its commitment to 

Israel’s destruction, and its determination to produce 

nuclear weapons represents the most pressing issue 

of our time. Iran has repeatedly demonstrated its 

refusal to accept norms of 

democracy and civility. Iranian security forces killed 

dozens of their fellow citizens in the aftermath of 

the recent elections and Iranian judges routinely 

sentence juvenile offenders to death. Last month, 

President Ahmadinejad appointed an internationallywanted 

terrorist, the mastermind of the murderous 

attack on the Jewish Center in Buenos Aires in 1994, 

as his defense minister. The president has publicly 

called for a world without Zionism and America. 

While uniting against the Iranian threat, Israel also 

seeks American and international support in moving 

toward a permanent, sustainable peace. Israel will 

continue to reach out to Palestinian leaders without 

preconditions in the hope of realizing this dream in 

our lifetime. 

We are facing a critical juncture in our history. The 

Jewish community must confront this unprecedented 

threat before it is too late. I urge you as leaders of 

the Jewish community to impress this situation on 

your congregations. It is imperative to act now, at 

the start of a new year, and to join our voices in 

doing what absolutely necessary to stop the Iranian 

nuclear threat.” 

Israel Matters invites you to respond to 

Ambassador Oren’s Challenge at: 

The Danger From Iran 


6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Beyt Midrash 

With Representatives of “30 Years After” 

SOCIAL JUSTICE NEW EMANUEL MINYAN 

Seeking Two Male Mentors 

And Positive Role Models 

Thomas, Jeremiah and Melissa Wadding make up the 

previously homeless family that Temple Emanuel is committed 

to help over the next 2 years. 

Statistics have shown that involvement of a “Big Brother” or 

mentor increases the future success of children who come 

from a difficult life situation such as a homeless cycle. With 

this in mind, we are actively seeking a suitable male mentor 

and positive role model for Jeremiah (10) and Thomas (6). The 

key is a person who will be consistent in spending time with 

these boys - anywhere from an hour once a week to meeting 

with them every 2 or 3 weeks. Activities can range from simply 

picking them up from one of their scheduled activities to a 

special outing such as a sporting event or movie. The mentor 

could be a parent with children off at college, a single man, a 

retired man or anyone who has the time and desire to make 

a huge impact and difference in someone else’s life on a long 

term basis. 

If you are interested in this position or if you know of any 

Temple Emanuel members that may be suited for this role, 

please contact Hayley Kaplan at: 

310.920.7790 HayleyDK@aol.com 

*A background check will be run and attendance at a single 2 

hour training session is mandatory prior to mentoring either 

child. 

Temple Emanuel Time Bank 

The Temple Emanuel Time Bank is a non-profit organization 

that helps Temple members share their gifts an hour at a 

time. The time bank has a dual mission: 

• To create a vibrant community of Temple members who 

are actively exchanging their gifts of time, talent, and 

knowledge with one another. 

• To make a diverse set of resources available to Temple 

Members who may be in need. 

For each hour you give, you get a credit to use with another 

member (it doesn’t have to be the person you helped). 

Everyone’s time is valued equally. 

To learn more about the Time Bank: 

Visit www.templeemanueltimebank.com 

or contact us at templeemanueltimebank@gmail.com or 

310.288.3737 x552 

Muslim Jewish Sukkot Potluck 


7:00 PM, At a private home 

For members only. Please contact RabbiGeller@tebh.org for 

more information. 

Rabbi Stacey Blank 

Kehillat Darchei Noam 

Saturday, November 14 

At the New Emanuel Minyan 

10: 00 AM - 12:15 PM and after lunch, 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM 

We welcome Rabbi Stacey Blank, Rabbi of a reform 

synagogue in Israel, “Kehillat Darchei Noam” in Ramat 

Hasharon, a neighborhood between Tel Aviv and Herziliya. 

Rabbi Blank is among our best and brightest reform Rabbis 

in Israel. Rabbi Blank will be accompanied by Jerry Krautman, 

who is the ARZA Pacific Southwest Regional Director 

Rabbi Blank is delighted to come speak with us. She writes, 

“I am familiar with the New Emanuel Minyan as I was a 

student at HUC in LA for 2 years before making aliyah. I really 

enjoyed that service as well as Shabbat Unplugged. I look 

forward to telling the story of Reform Judaism in Israel.” 

Rabbi Blank will teach during the Minyan, and also be with us 

from 1:15 – 2:15 PM to speak more about her congregation 

and the challenges and excitement in Reform Judaism in 

Israel. 

(Rabbi Blank’s visit is being brought to us by the Israel Matters 

Committee of Temple Emanuel. For more information, write 

Rita Eichenstein at: eicr@ymail.com) 

Minyan Kiddush Lunch 

Sponsorships 

Please consider sponsoring a Kiddush luncheon for 

a simcha in your life. It is a wonderful mitzvah to 

sponsor the lunch or make a contribution toward the 

weekly Shabbat lunch. Thank you to everyone who has 

sponsored a lunch these last few months. To make a 

contribution toward our Kiddush luncheons, or sponsor 

a lunch, contact Nancy at nancy@tebh.org 

Year-Long Minyan Classes 

We are excited to announce our year-long prayer 

project at the Minyan, led by Dvora Weisberg, a 

participant in the Minyan and Director of the School of 

Rabbinic Studies at HUC. We will engage in study and 

reflection about prayer, and we will look at the elements 

that make public prayer both challenging and uplifting. 

We hope these studies will enrich our understanding 

and appreciation of prayer and help us think about the 

Minyan’s future both as a prayer experience and as a 

caring community. If you have any questions about this 

project, contact Dvora at dvora4860@sbcglobal.net. 


SERVICES 

SYNAPLEX 

Friday, October 2 

Tot Shabbat 

6:00-6:30 PM, Harrison Chapel 

A service for tots ages 2-5 and their families, including 

stories, learning, and music. With All Temple Emanuel Clergy. 

Includes a special blessing for all new babies born this year. 

Congregational Dinner in the Sukkah 

6:30-7:30 PM, Sukkah 

(at the Early Childhood Center) 

Please RSVP to Alex@tebh.org. 

Cost per person: $10 

Shabbat Unplugged 

7:30-9:00 PM, Bess P. Maltz Center 

An uplifting, spiritual, and musical service-in-the-round. With 

the Temple Emanuel clergy. We will be honoring all Temple 

Emanuel Volunteers. 

Adventures in Babysitting 

7:00-9:00 PM, Room #219 

For children ages 1-6 only. 

Youth Mitzvah Projects 

7:30-9:00 PM, room #205 

Children, grades 2 - 6, participate in a hands-on project and 

learn about mitzvot and social action. With Annie Levine. 

Oneg Shabbat 

9:00 PM, Davidson-Sheffer Hall 

End your Shabbat evening with delicious deserts. 

Israeli Dance Chug 

9:15 PM, Burton Way Lobby 

Come learn traditional Israeli Folk dance, with Michelle 

Aaron. 

Sipping in the Sukkah 

9:00 PM, Clark Yard 

A special Sukkot celebration, for young professionals in their 

20’s and 30’s. Wine tasting will be led by Lisa Rosenblatt. Free 

for members. $5 for non-members. 

Appetizers, music, and great people. Don’t miss this fun 

evening! 

For more information, please e-mail Lisa Rosenblatt at: 

ljblatt@yahoo.com 

Sukkot Morning Service 



New Emanuel Minyan 

Service will be followed by Kiddush lunch in the Sukkah. 

Simchat Torah Service 

Consecration of New 

Students 



(Students meet in the Chapel at 6:00 PM) 

Celebrate as we begin at the beginning all over again... 

We will dance with the Torah, see the entire Torah scroll 

unrolled, and welcome new students beginning their Jewish 

education. The fun continues with a light dinner and live 

music with the Skye Michaels Klezmer Band. 

Service begins at 6:30 PM in the Sanctuary. New students at 

Temple Emanuel Academy Day School and Temple Emanuel 

Religious School meet in the Chapel at 6:00 PM. 

Shemini Atzeret and 

Simchat Torah 



New Emanuel Minyan 

Yizkor will be said at approximately 11:45 AM. 

Service will be followed by a Kiddush lunch. 

Shabbat B’Yachad 



Celebrate Shabbat with the amazing music of Shabbat 

B’Yachad featuring our live Bayit Band, led by Roy Zu- 

Arets, renowned Israeli composer, and Cantor Yonah Kliger. 

Roy has worked with international superstars: Rita, David 

Broza, and Kaveret, Israel’s national theatre and prime-time 

television shows and composed much of the music for 

our Shabbat B’yachad service. Join us on October 16 to 

celebrate the installation of the Board of Directors. 

B’NAI MITZVAH 

Phillene Newman 


Hi! My name is Phillene 

Newman, and I will be called to 

the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on 

October 3, 2009. I have been 

preparing for months now, and 

I am extremely excited and 

nervous as the date creeps 

around the corner. I am in 8th 

grade at “David Saperstein 

Middle School of Milken 

Community Middle School of 

Milken Community High School 

of Stephen S. Wise Temple.” 

I know, it’s a mouthful! I have 

three younger siblings, Gracie, Alix, and Jake. I like to play softball 

and be with friends. My Bat Mitzvah was made possible because of 

my parents, Jason Newman and Staci Wolfe, Rabbi Jonathan Aaron, 

Cantor Yonah Kliger, Jeff Magder, and my mentor Laurie Goodman. 

Thank you all very much. 

Christopher Freedman 


My name is Christopher 

Freedman. I am going into 

8th grade at Berkeley Hall 

School. I recently moved to 

LA from Connecticut but think 

I’ve adapted to life here pretty 

quickly. My two passions are 

surfing and music so I’m now 

a typical California kid. My 

brother Alexander is beginning 

Syracuse University this fall. My 

parents are Andrew and Patty 

Freedman. I will become a Bar 

Mitzvah on Oct 10. 

Sarah Watkins 


I am Sarah Watkins. On 

October 24, 2009, I will become 

a Bat Mitzvah. I am entering 

the eighth grade at El Rodeo 

Elementary School in Beverly 

Hills. I enjoy playing soccer 

and I am the goalkeeper on 

my soccer team. My favorite 

subjects in school are English 

and Spanish. I am really looking 

forward to my Bat Mitzvah and I 

would like to thank my parents, 

Steven B. Stevens and Shirley 

K. Watkins, my stepfather Marty 

Lockwood, and also thank Jeff Magder, Cantor Kliger, and Rabbi 

Geller for helping and supporting me. 

Eric Brook 


My name is Eric Brook and I 

will be called to the torah on 

October 10, 2009. I am in the 

seventh grade at Hawthorne 

School. I have an older brother, 

Adam, who is a junior at Beverly 

Hills High. I enjoy sports, 

especially football and tennis, 

and I also like playing the piano. 

I thank my parents, Renee and 

Harold, for their wonderful 

support during my Bar Mitzvah 

training. I have learned a lot 

during my Bar Mitzvah training 

thanks to the help of Rabbi Aaron, Cantor Kliger and Jeff Magder. I 

am looking forward to having a great Bar Mitzvah! 

Marguerite Alberts 


My name is Marguerite Alberts 

and I will become a Bat Mitzvah 

on October 17, 2009. I am in the 

eighth grade at El Rodeo School. 

I enjoy reading, swimming, 

tennis, biking, watching T.V. 

and hanging out with friends 

and family. I have two brothers; 

Henry, 9 and Jackson, 20. I would 

like to thank my father Richard 

and my step-mother, Debby, for 

all of the hard work they have 

put into making this possible. I 

would also like to thank Rabbi 

Geller, Cantor Kliger, Jeff Madger, and my cousin, Rachel, for 

helping me with my Hebrew. I couldn’t have made the journey. 

Harrison Baseman 


Hello, my name is Harrison 

Baseman and I attend 

Hawthorne Middle School. I will 

be having my Bar Mitzvah on 

October 31, 2009. My hobbies 

include playing guitar and 

playing with my dogs. I am 

looking forward to this event 

at Temple Emanuel and would 

like to give thanks to my family 

and friends for making it a 

worthwhile experience. I also 

want to thank Rabbi Geller for 

her insight and our great talks. 

I’d also like to thank Jeff for being such a good teacher. I am lucky 

to be part of such a terrific community. My family and I are looking 

forward to our adventure in Israel where I’ll be able to meet the kids 

from The Jaffa Institute, which is a terrific place. They offer food, 

games and counseling to kids who need a safe place after school 

and during the summer to learn and play. My mitzvah project is to 

collect art supplies and toys for some of these children. 


TEXAS HOLD ‘EM POKER TOURNAMENT OUR TEMPLE FAMILY 

A Warm Welcome to 

New Temple Members 

Maryam Nassiripour & Moses Babazadeh 

Stephanie & Aaron Baker 

Nadia Bueno & Soli Besharat 

Julie Borman 

Susan Procko Boxer 

Renee Chaba 

Andrea Kune-Clark & Woodrow Clark 

Beverly Stein & Gregory Dubois-Felsman 

Heshanthi Rohanath & Mitchell Federer 

Ezina Le Blanc & Dax Hoff 

Marian Heymsfield 

Avi Leibzon 

Allyson & Art Lipper 

Marie Middleton 

Lisa Moskowitz 

Jacqueline & Brad Rosenblat 

Miriam & Stanley Rothbart 

Lily Silver Schwartz & Richard Schwartz 

Nina & Tony Shamtobi 

Farrah & Eric Singer 

Reva Stark 

Rebecca Trotzky Sirr 

Susan & Ilan Tamir 

Jacqueline Smith & Joshua Zweig 

Thank You To Our Newest 

Pillar Members 

We want to thank all Pillar families who renewed 

their membership for the 2009-10 year as well 

as extend a special thank you to our newest 

Pillar members: 

Charlene Friend 

Milton J. Golden 

Gina Raphael & Jeff Gross 

Charlene & Sanford Kornblum 

Caroline & Mark Kuperstock 

Marcia & Ronald Levenson 

Amy Cohen & Sidney Levinson 

Cathy & Len Unger 

Mazel Tov to... 

Roger and Toby Brooks on the engagement of their 

daughter Ellen to Ari Leisner 

Rita and Izzy Eichenstein on the engagement of their son 

David to Erin Leigh Jones. They will be are married on June 

20, 2010 in New Jersey. 

Laurie Goodman and Don Spetner who are receiving the 

Lenny Somberg Award for their 30 years of leadership and 

are the honorees at the Saban Free Clinic Annual Gala 

Dinner on November 23. 

Ken Moelis who appeared on the cover of Bloomberg 

Magazine and was in the Economist Magazine. 

Jane and Marc Nathanson, on the marriage of their son 

David to Sabina Spigel. 

Jane and Les Trachman, on the marriage of their daughter 

Beth to Alan Goodstein 

Condolences to… 

Jan and Alan Block and Family, on the death of her mother, 

Marika O’Dell 

Pat Gelbart and Family, on the death of her husband, Larry 

Gelbart 

Yitzhak and Taly Ginsberg and Family, on the death of his 

sister, Tova Ginsberg 

Ely Zimmerman and Rabbi Jill Zimmerman and Family, on 

the death of his brother-in-law, Kenny Fuld 

Greeters for Friday 

Night Services 

We are actively working on creating a more welcoming 

presence at Temple Emanuel for people entering 

services. It is a huge mitzvah to greet someone at the 

door - to help make the transition from the everyday 

world into the sacred space that we try to build. Being 

welcomed can make all the difference in someone’s 

experience of our synagogue. If you can volunteer to be 

a greeter, on an occasional or regular basis, it would be 

most appreciated (training included). Please write Rabbi 

Jill Zimmerman at RabbiZimmerman@tebh.org 

Please let us know about simchas, achievements, and condolences in your life so that we can 

include you in “Our Temple Family” section. Email them to Annie@tebh.org 


OUR TEMPLE FAMILY 

A Day 

In The Life 

Of A Rabbi 

By Kimberly Herzog Cohen 

Temple Emanuel Summer 

Intern from Hebrew Union 

College New York 

One of my favorite books 

to explore as a child was A 

Day in the Life of America 

(Harper Collins, 1986). The book sat on the coffee table in the 

living room and I would gaze at the photographs of newborn 

babies, and school children gossiping, Mary Kay sales reps 

in pink Cadillacs, political protesters and grocery shoppers. 

It was the small details and the stories of daily life I found 

intriguing, as well as the diversity of the living drama that 

makes up the whole of what we call “America.” When Rabbi 

Geller asked me to write an article about my observations 

and reflections on what a rabbi does, my imagination drew 

me back to this book, wondering to myself, what would fill 

the pages of A Day in the Life of a Rabbi? What are a few 

snapshots of my experience shadowing the clergy of Temple 

Emanuel that would capture my impressions? 

Snapshot: A creator of teaching moments. One of the goals 

of a rabbi is to reveal that everything we do can be infused 

with a spiritual purpose. Preparing for a son or daughter to go 

to college can be more than the numerous visits to Bed, Bath 

and Beyond; it can also be an opportunity to frame a moment 

with a blessing, and to acknowledge a rite of passage. In one 

memorable moment this summer, I participated in an allwomen’s 

study group and the topic centered on the blessings 

parents offer to children on Shabbat. Sitting around the 

table outside the clergy offices, I was struck by the way Rabbi 

Geller helped lift the Torah text from the pages into a living, 

breathing force within our lives. Rabbis are teachers, and 

like any good teacher that you might remember, the text is 

a vehicle that opens our imagination and illuminates not only 

what was, but also what is, and yet to be. 

Snapshot: A collector of stories. Over the course of the 

summer, I experienced the wide range of questions posed 

and stories shared with Temple Emanuel’s rabbis. From 

marriage and raising children, the pain of loss and finding 

comfort, to the joy of new beginnings, I rediscovered how 

stories are the bedrock of community. Rabbis listen to stories 

all the time, and help determine the role stories play in the 

culture of their synagogue. 

Snapshot: An artist. While rabbis seek to capture a sense of 

the familiar through traditions and melodies carried through 

time, they are also innovators and poets, using the language 

and contours of Judaism to create new rituals and blessings. 

It was inspiring to experience the creative musical and 

liturgical innovations of Temple Emanuel, and the visionary, 

collaborative work that goes into “Living Judaism.” The 

personal, and occasionally spontaneous, blessings offered 

each Shabbat for healing and renewal were given from the 

heart, artfully woven into the moment, and shared by many. 

Snapshot: A human being following a calling. Being a rabbi 

is not just a job; it is a unique role in the shaping of Jewish 

communal life and tradition. And a rabbi is also a person, with 

natural strengths and challenges. They too are on a journey 

of self-discovery, and they too are part of Jewish community- 

-both as leaders central to shaping Jewish community, as 

well as creating the space for others to lead and define. 

Through prayer and music, through being politically attuned 

and active, through humor and intellect, a rabbis’ job is to 

inspire us to become better people, by personal example 

and through the wisdom of Torah. 

The two months of learning at Temple Emanuel were a gift, 

and I am deeply grateful to everyone who helped make this 

summer such a memorable experience. I know that I will 

continue to revisit the memories and snapshots of this unique 

learning opportunity in my mind and heart for years to come. 

Are you interested 

in a Havurah? 

A Havurah is a small friendship group. Several new 

Havurot are forming at the Temple, including: 

• Interfaith Family Havurah 

• Families with Young Children Havurah 

• Empty-Nesters Havurah 

For more information, or if you would like to start 

a new Havurah, write Rabbi Jill Zimmerman at 

rabbizimmerman@tebh.org 

OUR TEMPLE FAMILY 

Please Join Our Efforts to 

Make Temple Emanuel a 

Truly Caring Community 

A central tenet of Jewish community is performing acts of 

loving kindness (gemilut hasadim) for each other, especially in 

times of need. This year, we are making our Caring Community 

a focus. We are interested in finding people who would like 

to serve on our newly forming task force to help us develop 

a vision and a plan for how we can make Temple Emanuel as 

caring as possible. We plan to study Jewish texts and learn 

from other communities. If you are interested in joining us in 

this effort, we want to hear from you. We will start meeting 

soon. (Thank you to Sydney Turk Porter, who has been carrying 

this torch for many years – we want to expand our group – so 

please join us.) 

ALSO – we are asking YOU to let us know if you can do ANY 

of the following. You can also get time bank hours for these 

gifts of time: 

• Deliver a meal to someone in your neighborhood 

who just returned from the hospital or is housebound 

• Read to or visit someone who is home-bound or 

perhaps lonely 

• Give a ride to someone who needs to get to the 

doctor or Temple 

• Make phone calls or visits to elderly members or 

those in distress 

• Provide meals or support for mourners 

• Invite new members over for dinner 

Please contact Rabbi Jill at RabbiZimmerman@tebh.org or 

310.288.3742 x507, or Sydney Turk Porter at 

turk.porter@verizon.net or 310.475.8077. 

On Mark Rios And The 

New Emanuel Campaign 

By Tova Joffe Larsen, Director of Development 

Sukkot is the culmination of the High Holy Days and reminds 

us of the connection between sacred space and holiness. 

It was fitting then that during Rosh Hashanah we heard our 

award-winning architect, Mark Rios, describe the vision 

for Temple Emanuel’s renovations. His presentation, after 

morning services, began with a description of the many 

gems included in the original design of our famous architect, 

Sidney Eisenshtat: the circular courtyard with an opening 

toward heaven, the symbolic rock and two-trunked tree in 

the garden, the strategic placement of works by significant 

mid-century artists, the innovative technology represented in 

the movable wall. He pointed out some of the spaces that, 

with the passage of time, had become dated: the elevated 

bema, the raked sanctuary floor, the cave-like social hall. And 

he shared his understanding of how our space should work, 

coupled with a keen appreciation for how architecture can 

inspire deep feelings of awe and connectedness. Temple 

Emanuel, our spiritual home – physically and metaphorically 

– is deeply in need of renovation and Mark Rios’ focus, 

sensitivity, and enthusiasm for our project is inspiring. He 

gets us; he understands where we are coming from and where 

we want to go. 

We have, indeed, already embarked on this journey. Prior to 

Rosh Hashanah 2008, we began the process of changing the 

landscaping of our campus, changes that build into our final 

program. For Rosh Hashanah 2009, we continued the work, 

executing two significant components of our plan: installing 

a new HVAC system for the sanctuary and Hoffman Hall and 

repairing the roof. In addition, we cleaned and unveiled the 

amazing Perli Pelzig stained glass windows situated along the 

eastern wall of the sanctuary by removing the steel boxes that 

blocked daylight from filtering through them, replacing the 

exterior glass, and adding hi-intensity up lights to illuminate 

the artwork during evening services. These stained glass 

windows, as well as the bronze Lion of Judah, ner tamid, and 

menorah by Tony Rosenthal, were also cleaned and polished. 

A special thank you to Stephanie & John Griswold for donating 

their companies art cleaning services for this project. Finally, 

we re-calibrated the sanctuary lighting to provide more 

effective and balanced light throughout the room. 

If you had the opportunity to sit in the sanctuary I hope you 

noticed the newly revealed beauty and felt the warmth of the 

natural light entering the room. If you have yet to visit the 

sanctuary in this New Year, I encourage you to step inside at 

your next opportunity. And as we progress in our campaign 

to renovate the Temple please join the clergy in imagining a 

sanctuary, social hall, lobby and courtyard that create a sense 

of awe. It is a vision of sacred space that honors our past, as it 

enables the future we dream of creating together. 

For more information on the New Emanuel Campaign, please 

contact Tova at 310.288.3742 x508 or tova@tebh.org. 

For more information on architect Mark Rios, please go to 

http://rios.com. 


CONTRIBUTIONS 

General Fund 

From Rabbi Laura Geller, to Rabbi and Mrs. Moshe 

Nourollah, in honor of the marriage of Simcha and Yaakov 

From Penelope Rosenberg, to Jan Block, in loving memory 

of Marika O’Dell 

Rabbi Geller’s Discretionary Fund 

From Sue and Barry Brucker, to Gordon Cutler, with prayers 

for a continued and full recovery 

From Sue and Barry Brucker, to Kim Gold, with prayers for a 

continued and full recovery 

From Sue and Barry Brucker, to Marcie Zelikow, with prayers 

for a continued and full recovery 

From Mitzi Costin, in loving memory of Gene Costin 

From Afshin and Marjaneh Etebar, in appreciation 

From Fran and Don Kates, in appreciation 

From the Pocrass Family, to Jan and Alan Block, in loving 

memory of Marika O’Dell 

From Casey and Jim Sater, in loving memory of Anita Zekley 

From Roz Schecter, to Rosalie Greenspan, in loving memory 

of Bud Greenspan 

From Ronna and Rick Shpall, and Mitch Locks, to Esther 

Degen, with prayers for a speedy recovery 

From Ronna and Rick Shpall, and Mitch Locks, to Susan Lava, 

in honor of her past Bat Mitzvah 

From Ronna and Rick Shpall, and Mitch Locks, to Phyllis 

Shlecter, in honor of her Bat Mitzvah 

From Ronna, Rick, Jessica, and Elana Shpall, and Rebecca, 

Ron, and Jonah Sandel, to Kim Zeitlin Gold, with prayers 

for a speedy recovery 

From Ann and Rick Tell, in honor of the brit milah of their 

grandson 

From Beth Trachman and Alan Goodstein, in honor of their 

marriage 

From Charlotte Ukra, in appreciation 

Rabbi Aaron’s Discretionary Fund 

From DriveWise, in appreciation 

From Bonnie and Ron Fein, in loving memory of Cary 

Goddard 

From Betty and Al Haagen, in honor of Adam’s Bar Mitzvah 

From Betty and Al Haagen, in honor of Autumn and David’s 

marriage 

From Todd Hasson, in appreciation 

From the Nadel Family, to Susan Babst, in honor of her Bat 

Mitzvah 

From Jim and Ellen Pocrass, in honor of the marriage of their 

daughter Karen to Michael De Vore 

From Scott and Leslie Shlecter, in honor of the Bat Mitzvah 

of Phyllis Shlecter 

From Marc and Fran Wyler, in honor of Lindsay’s Bat Mitzvah 

Cantor Kliger Discretionary Fund 

From DriveWise, in appreciation 

From Jenny Resnik and Bryan Weissman, in appreciation 

From Reba Simon, in appreciation 

Cantor Edward and Mark Krawll Courtyard and 

Garden Memorial Fund 

From Beverly Israel, to Penelope Rosenberg, in appreciation 

From Joyce Krawll, to Lily Kampaniez, in loving memory of 

her son 

From Joyce Krawll, to Irv Kierman, with prayers for a speedy 

recovery 

New Emanuel Minyan Fund 

From Sue and Barry Brucker, to Susan, Vickie, Phyllis, Jerry, 

Jeffrey, and Lindsay, in honor of their Adult B’nai Mitzvah 

From Sue and Barry Brucker, to Rabbi Jill and Ely 

Zimmerman, in loving memory of Kenny Fuld 

The Time Bank Fund 

From Isa and Bill Aron 

Yahrzeit Fund 

Hyman Bachner, from Samuel Bachner 

Sadelle Bernstein, from Marla and Richard Seff 

Benny Borys, from Larry, Tillie, Geoff and Alex Borys 

Dina Borys, from Larry, Tillie, Geoff and Alex Borys 

Larry Burke, from Rick Burke and Adele Lander Burke 

Stanley Burke, from Rick Burke and Adele Lander Burke 

Mack Chirpin, from Charlotte Rosenberg and Family 

Marvin Davis, from Barbara Davis 

Helen Dorn, from Joy and Mal Brook 

Muriel Feinstein, from Dr. Susan and Sascha Shapiro 

Jerome Gottlieb, from Marc and Bonnie Gottlieb 

Hildreth Harrison, from Holly and Ron Toplitzky 

Albert Holzman, from Estelle Krantz 

Dr. Hyman Israel, from Beverly Israel 

Ida Israel, from Beverly Israel 

George Klein, from Jayson and Sylvia Alberts 

Alfred Kline, from Lori Kline 

Rani Walder Lederfine, from Helen Walder Rogaway 

Ben Luffman, from Esther Elfenbaum 

Stanley Muskat, from Belinda and Jeffrey Pop 

Joseph Najdicz, from Eileen, Graham and Lindsey Markley 

Gabriel Nichols, from Diane Solomon 

Ethel Solomon Polsky, from Michael Solomon 

Morris Rosenblatt, from Bonnie and Marc Gottlieb 

Alice Ross, from Bobbie and Al Sapper 

Karl Roth, from Radell and Sydney Brown 

Stella Rozan, from Betty Markowitz 

Judith K. Sacks, from Pearl Councelbaum 

Jack Schwartz, from Lorraine and Irvin Grant 

Mary Sendowski, from Francine and Howard Fisher 

Mary Shanedling, from Ethel Shanedling 

Earl Sheffer, from Hinda Lee Sheffer 

Nathan Siegel, from Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg 

Norman Spetner, from Don Spetner and Laurie Goodman 

Mollie Sternig, from Sandra Sternig-Babcock, Ph.D. 

Marlene Tobin, from Janet and David Suber and Family 

Irwin Topper, from Muriel Kreeger and Family 

Roger Wakefield, from Muriel Kreeger and Family 

Albert Wallen, from Martin Wallen 

Payson Wolff, from Helen Wolff 

PILLAR MEMBERS 

L’dor V’dor 

Jacqueline and Marvin Kosofsky 

Sustaining 

Shelli and Irving Azoff 

Lili and Jon Bosse 

Sue and Barry Brucker 

Toni and Bruce Corwin 

Nadine and Harold Davidson 

Norbert Gehr 

Myra Lurie and David Goldman 

Elyse and Stanley Grinstein 

Blanche Howard 

Joyce and Jeffrey Levine 

Cathy and Steve Needleman 

Shana and Donald Passman 

Lea and Barry Porter 

Stephanie Haymes Roven and Charles Roven 

Paula and Allan Rudnick 

Marcia and Richard Schulman 

Leslie and Scott Shlecter 

Shelley and Ronald Singer 

Laurie Goodman and Don Spetner 

Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg 

Marcie and Howard Zelikow 

Double Chai 

Nanette and Bruce Cole 

Myra and Alain Gabbay 

Kim Zeitlin-Gold and Victor Gold 

Barbara Coyne and Jeffrey Hendel 

Janice White and Eugene Krieger 

Pearle Rae and Mark Levey 

Anne and Harold Mills 

Trinka and Howard Soloway 

Bunny and Jerome Steinbaum 

Elisa Newman White and Andrew White 

Marilyn Weltman Wizenberg and 

Howard Wizenberg 

Linda and Louis Wolff 

Leah Bishop and Gary Yale 


Chai 

Robin and Walter Adler 

Arleen and Samuel Bachner 

Nancy Barth 

Alberta Stahl and Ira Bilson 

Janet and Alan Block 

Barbara and Morton Bowman 

Ronda and Stanley Breitbard 

Renee and Harold Brook 

Toby and Roger Brooks 

Irene and Harvey Crystal 

Iris and Gordon Cutler 

Rita and Israel Eichenstein 

Dorothy Factor 

Lorraine and Gerald Factor 

Bunni and Murray Fischer 

Charlene Friend 

Amy and Noah Furie 

Suzanne and Howard Furst 

Ellen and Richard Gleitman 

Milton J. Golden 

Gina Raphael and Jeff Gross 

Andrea and Larry Harrow 

Anita and Donald Hecht 

Judy and Ronald Kabrins 

Aviva and Goor-Arie Kadosh 

Victoria and Fred Kaplan 

Theresa and Michael Kaplan 

Judith and Mitchell Karlan 

Ruth and Irving Karp 

Shirley Karton 

Frances and Donald Kates 

Joyce and Harvey Kates 

Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg 

Michelle and Alan Kaye 

Susan and Robert Kazdan 

Linda and Ross Kemper 

Lauren and Richard King 

Barbara and Stuart Klabin 

Stacia and Lawrence Kopeikin 

Charlene and Sanford Kornblum 

Joyce Krawll 

Caroline and Mark Kuperstock 

Marci and William Landis 

Ellen and Dennis Lavinthal 

Marcia Gold Levenson 

and Ronald Levenson 

Amy Cohen and Sydney Levinson 

Abby and Alan Levy 

Pamela Skaist Levy and Jefery Levy 

Stacey Mickell 

Jane and Marc Nathanson 

Vicki Reynolds and Murray Pepper 

Alys Pollet 

Belinda and Jeffrey Pop 

John Quinn 

Carol and Jerome Redston 

Claudia and Bruce Resnikoff 

Jeanne Reynolds 

Betty Roach 

Jill and Dennis Roach 

Ronda and Fred Rose 

Sally and Ronald Rosenblatt 

Lois and Ellsworth Roston 

Alissa and Warren Roston 

Mary and Robert Rothman 

Judy and Lewis Rudzki 

Louise and Robert Schwab 

Lisa Kay and Mark Schwartz 

Karen Breslow and Robert Schwartz 

Diane Vanette and Sander Schwartz 

Marla and Richard Seff 

Ethel Shanedling 

Phyllis Shlecter 

Marilyn and Edgar Simon 

Reba Simon 

Riva and Alan Slifka 

Linda Smith 

Terri and Michael Smooke 

Sheryl and Jonathan Sokoloff 

Gary Brown and Scott Stone 

Janet and David Suber 

Susan and Karl Thurmond 

Sarelyn Wager and Robert Turner 

Catherine and Leonard Unger 

Karen and Sanford Weiner 

Barbara and Harold Weinstock 

Estelle Weisberg 

Marilyn and Mark Weiss 

Penelope and Robert White 

A. Charles Wilson 

Pillar members, the “Pillars” of our Temple community, voluntarily contribute an additional amount above full dues. The 

Pillar program is a significant source for the Temple’s support and it enables us to provide important programs and services 

for our members. 

Our Pillar members have all the benefits of full membership, and they also receive a Pillar Pass with priority entrance and 

seating for High Holy Days and complimentary parking. They are invited to special select events during the year as guests 

of Temple Emanuel, have their names displayed in the foyer of the Sanctuary, and receive special acknowledgement in our 

Annual Report. 

If you are interested in becoming a Pillar member, please call Ellis Kirschenbaum at 310.288.3737 x224

Contact Information 

Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills 

8844 Burton Way 

Beverly Hills, CA 90211 

Main Number 310.288.3737 

Main Fax 310.271.4976 

Clergy Office 310.288.3742 

Clergy Fax 310.274.2677 

Temple Emanuel 

Academy Day School 310.288.3737 x244 

Day School Fax 310.859.0778 

Religious School 310.288.3737 x257 

Religious School Fax 310.859.8507 

Early Childhood Center 310.276.9776 

Early Childhood Fax 310.276.6465 

Membership 310.288.3742 x507 

website: www.tebh.org 

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