BEVERLY HILLS COURIER | MAY 20, 2011 Page 10
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Happenings Around Town
•Urth Caffe Founders To Be Honored Downtown Tonight Beverly Hills residents Shallom and Jilla Berkman, cofounders and owners of the Urth Caffe on South Beverly Drive, will be honored tonight with the Arts District Community Luminary award at their downtown Urth Caffe location. The Berkmans are being saluted for their contributions to the Arts District. •Chamber’s Annual Meeting, Business Excellence/Installation Gala June 1 At Beverly Hilton Wednesday, June 1, will be a busy day for the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce at The Beverly Hilton. The chamber’s annual meeting is set from 3 to 4 p.m. This will be followed from 5 p.m. by the Business Excellence & Installation Gala honoring Barron Hilton and the Hilton family plus other awardees: Sprinkles Cupcakes, Sheridan InHome Care, The Cheese Store of B.H. and Mind Therapy Center. Bobby Shriver will emcee. For information, call 310248-1000 or visit www.beverlyhillschamber.com/businessexcellence. •Temple Emanuel’s Laura Geller Named Among America's Most Influential Rabbis By Newsweek In what Newsweek calls “an important snapshot of those at
the forefront of American Jewish leadership,” Laura Geller, senior rabbi at Temple Emanuel on Burton Way, has been named to the magazine’s list of the “Top 50 Influential Rabbis in America.” Bruce Corwin, board chair at Temple Emanuel congratulated her on thishonor, saying: “We have always known that our spiritual leader, Rabbi Geller was extraordinary.” Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills is a multi-cultural Reform congregation, established in 1937. Visit: www.tebh.org. •Jill Black To Receive Beyond Shelter’s Inspiration Award Jill Black of Beverly Hills will be receiving Beyond Shelter’s Inspiration award on Sunday, June 12, at “Sunday Brunch with Jill” to be held in The Mark For Events, 9320 W. Pico Blvd. The daughter of Joyce and Stanley Black is being recognized for her efforts to improve the health and welfare of children and their families in the L.A. area. She is Jill Black director of her parents’ family foundation; on the board of Beyond Shelter, Shane’s
Inspiration, Beit T’Shuvah, and Los Angeles Land; and also involved with The Jewish Federation, Vista Del Mar, and Jewish Vocational Services. Founded in 1988, Beyond Shelter’s core program, “Housing First” helps homeless families and children move from shelters into permanent, affordable, rental housing in neighborhoods located throughout L.A. County. It has helped more that 5,000 homeless move back into permanent housing with an 85 percent success rate. For information on a “Sunday Brunch with Jill” and Beyond Shelter, call Maxine Moshay at 213-252-0772 or go to the website: www.beyondshelter.org. •Women For Women Hula Hoop Fundraiser Saturday Women for Women International is staging “Hoop for Hope” to assist women in the Congo from 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow at Coldwater Canyon Park, 1100 N. Beverly Dr. Sponsors of the hula hoop fundraiser are attempting to set a new record for most people hooping simultaneously in one venue in the U.S.A. There is a $5 registration fee, but additional donations are being solicited. Students will receive 3 hours of community
I M P O R TA N T SALUTE–Beverly Hills resident Jack Carter, a past winner of the Jr. Philharmonic’s Golden Baton award, will pay tribute to pay tribute to the orchestra’s late founder-conductor Dr. Ernst Katz (right), on Sunday June 5 in the Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion as the Jr. Phil presents its 74th Anniversary Concert conducted by Gary S. Greene. For information, visit www.jrphil.org or call 310-2757511.
ADDICTION SEMINARS –More than 300 were on hand at The Beverly Wilshire to hear a presentation on overcoming and healing addictions by Roy Nelson, founder of The Nelson Center for Emotional Healing, which sponsored the event along with attorney/author Stacy D. Phillips. Pictured are (from left): actress Erin Murphy (Bewitched), center President Tricia Greaves, and Suzanne Sena from the TV series Onion News Network. The Nelson Center has slated an Awakening Workshop at The Peninsula Beverly Hills on Saturday, June 4 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Visit: www.thenelsoncenter.com/work shops. service credit. Information is at 7:30 p.m. event will feature an helpcongowomen@gmail.com. eclectic mix of universal music, •Cantor Schwartz Charity Duet poetry, video and the spoken Concert Next Friday word. Cantor Esterleon Schwartz Guests are requested to will join with Ivor Pyres in pre- bring cans for the food bank plus senting a charity duet concert on a donation of $10 for the recepFriday, May 27, at Bodhi Book tion afterwards. Visit: www. Store, 8585 Melrose Ave. The esterleon.com.