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Beit HaLev Welcomes 2022

Friday Ma’ariv and Saturday Shacharit services will continue on Facebook.com/galityomtov and Zoom (contact Rabbi Galit Shirah Levy-Slater duets@ icloud.com for the link). The times are: 5:30pm on Fridays and 10am on Saturdays. We hope to be offering in-person services soon, so check in with the Rabbi for further information in 2022.

Beth David

Thursday, January 13, 12pm – 1pm

Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Myers in person for fully vaccinated individuals. Various topics discussed in a casual environment with Rabbi. Bring your own lunch and meet in the social hall. No cost.

Sunday, January 16 & February 13, 10am – 11:30am

Immersion Into Judaism with Rabbi Nancy Myers in person for fully vaccinated individuals. Intensive study and exploration of Jewish concepts and practice. Cost: Series = $36 members/ $90 non-members. Individual class drop in = $5 members/$10 nonmembers. RSVP required: rabbimyers@templebeth avid.org

Sunday, January 30, 8:00 am

Blood Drive: Make an appointment at redcrossblood.org using sponsor code TBD or Contact Cathy Niederman at cathbowls@gmail.com or 714.826.4374.

Saturday, February 5, 9am – 10am

Torah Study with Rabbi Myers

Sunday, February, 6 – 9am

Annual Brotherhood Poker Tournament, click on QR code for event details.

Saturday, February 12, 7pm – 10pm

Cantor’s Concert “Celebrate Love,” see ad on page 10.

Saturday, February 19, 6pm – 10pm

The Matzo Ball by Brotherhood, see ad on page 3.

Saturday, February 26, 9am – 12pm

Body, Mind & Spirit Shabbat

Jewish Family & Children’s Service (JFCS)

JFCS is pleased to announce that William “Trip” Oldfield III is its new chief executive officer. He joined JFCS on November 15. Trip is a highly experienced, accomplished, and forward-

William “Trip” Oldfield III looking non-profit executive, well-equipped with a strong background in social services serving diverse populations. Most recently, he served as CEO of the Program for Torture Victims (PTV) for over 8 years, and prior to PTV he was president/CEO of AIDS Service Center. With an MBA in Organizational Development from the School of Business and Economics, Redding University, and a BS from University of Nevada Las Vegas, Trip is also a certified fundraising executive. His extensive non-profit background and mental health experience will help JFCS serve its clients today and into the future.

Recent Leisure World Activities

Congregation Sholom of Leisure World helped serve coffee and doughnuts at the Leisure World Menorah Lighting on Tuesday, November 30th at 4:30 in Veteran’s Plaza. The congregation had it’s first in person service Friday night December 3, in Club House 3 Room 9 at 6:30pm. New members were given the honor of lighting Chanukah candles. It’s annual meeting was held on December 6 at 5:00pm, where Murray Pollack was elected president.

NCJW Greater Long Beach & West Orange County

Saturday Jan. 8, 8:30 am - noon

Kindergarten Festival to be held at Dooley Elementary School, vaccinated volunteers needed, Required RSVP communityservice@ncjwlongbeach. org or call 657.235.2511

Thursday, January 13, 6:00 -7:30 pm

HugPacks for Foster Youth at the Alpert JCC Lipeles Auditorium, vaccinated volunteers needed. Required RSVP to communityservice@ncjwlongbeach.org or call 657.235.2511.

Saturday Feb. 5, 8:30 am - noon

Kindergarten Festival to be held at Roosevelt Elementary School, vaccinated volunteers needed. Required RSVP communityservice@ncjwlongbeach. org or call 657.235.2511.

Thursday, February 17, 7:00 - 8:30 pm

NCJW is co-sponsoring with American Association of University Women at Long Beach City College or via Zoom - Childcare and Financial Insecurity Facing Women Post Pandemic: Concerns and Solutions. RSVP to advocacy ncjwlongbeach.org.Speakers are: Suzie Price, Herlinda Chico, Tunua Thrash-Ntuk and Tiffany Alva.

For more information call 657.235.2511, email info@ ncjwlongbeach.org or go to www.ncjwlongbeach.org for updated information.

NCJW Greater Long Beach & West Orange County along with Sharon Carmel Hadassah

Monday, January 24 at 11am

NCJW and Sharon Carmel Hadassah Shirley Stein Book Review (Dressmakers of Auschwitz by Lucy Adlington) will be held at The Grand. This hybrid program cost $40 for attending the luncheon, or donation only for Zoom attendees. Register at www.ncjwlongbeach.org.

Orange County Jewish Genealogical Society

Sunday, January 23, 10 am

Dr. Jeffrey Mark Paull: The Jewish Surname Process in the Russian Empire

The history of adopting, regulating, and using Jewish surnames in the Russian Empire is quite complex. There were many ways that Jewish surnames were created, assigned, or adopted, while tight restrictions were placed on changing or altering surnames. As a result of Russian laws and mandates, many non-related Jewish individuals acquired the same surname, while many related family members acquired different surnames. This situation has created many challenges for genealogists who try to trace the ancestry or locate descendants of a particular Jewish lineage, many of whom have different surnames. It has created similar challenges for those interpreting the results of DNA tests for Jewish descendants.

Dr. Jeffrey Mark Paull is very active in the field of genetic genealogy and has conducted numerous pioneering autosomal and Y-DNA research studies in which he and his research colleagues have identified the unique Y-DNA genetic signature of many of Eastern Europe’s most renowned rabbis and tzaddiks, rabbinical lineages, and Chassidic dynasties, in addition to that of John Hart, the 13th Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and one of America’s Founding Fathers.

Sunday, February 27, 10 am

Daniel Rottenberg wrote “Finding Our Fathers” in 1977, making him arguably the father of the modern Jewish Genealogical movement. This is another episode in our Pioneers of Jewish Genealogy “Series of Conversations.”

Dan Rottenberg For more information and to register in advance for the virtual meetings, go to: ocjgs.org.