22 Shevat - 20 Adar I February 2016
Temple President Faith Segal I cannot believe that it is February already. El Niño has arrived and things are certainly busy at PJTC. The past several months have gone by fast. We have had a lot of change at PJTC recently, but change can be good and we are moving forward. Both our Rabbi Search Committee and Executive Director Search Committee are working hard to identify candidates for both positions and we are so fortunate to have all of these individuals working hard to help PJTC remain a strong, thriving community. Recently, after several years of hard work by many people, the congregation approved the new Bylaws of Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center. These bylaws will enable PJTC to operate effectively for many years to come. Part of these bylaws is a restructuring and reduction in size of the Board of Directors, and a strengthening of our committee structure. These changes will begin to be implemented with the work of our current Nominating Committee, chaired by Judy Callahan. On February 21, we will have a congregational meeting where we will vote to approve the slate for the Board of Directors for the upcoming year. We have just enjoyed a wonderful Shabbat Shirah concert. I would like to thank Cantor Ruth Berman Harris for once again presenting us with such a wonderful, moving, musical evening. I would also like to thank Sandy Hartford for all of her hard work in once again spearheading a very successful fundraiser for PJTC. In June, we will have our major
fundraiser of the year, which will be a Congregant of the Year event. I am happy to let you know that this year, the Congregant of the Year Committee has chosen to honor Phil and Judy Callahan for their many years of service and dedication to PJTC. We will be celebrating Phil and Judy on June 4 with a lovely evening of celebration and thanks for all they have done and continue to do for PJTC. I hope you all will attend and participate in this event. More details will be available soon. Our Adult Education Committee has planned a wonderful Scholar-inResidence program for the weekend of March 4–6. We will be hosting Rabbi Dvora Weisberg, who is the director of the Rabbinical School, HUC-JIR LA. She is also Associate Professor of Rabbinic Texts with a specialty in helping educators teach texts to lay people and to help us understand texts’ relevance in today’s world. She is a great teacher with a tremendous wealth of knowledge. It is sure to be a weekend of learning that you will not want to miss. Our youth have been busy as well the last few months. With programming ranging from religious school classes, USY and Kadima activities, such as a star-gazing party and Hanukkah sleepover, and a night of bowling and pizza, our youth are building relationships with each other and strengthening their ties to our community. In April, our USY will be hosting the USY Heschel Shabbaton at PJTC. This will be a full weekend of events that youth from all over our region will attend. Our
Services Minyan Services are held every Sunday in Knell Chapel, beginning at 9:00 AM. February 5/6
Parashat: Mishpatim
Tot Shabbat 6:45 PM Knell Chapel Fri. New Member Service 7:30 PM Galpert Sanctuary Oneg hosted by Membership Committee Torah Study 9:00 AM Lounge Knell Minyan 9:30 AM Knell Chapel Shabbat in the Round 9:30 AM Social Hall Kiddush hosted by Shabbes Minyan Group February 12/13
Parashat: Terumah
Family Kabbalat Service 6:30 PM Galpert Sanctuary Fri. Service 7:30 PM Galpert Sanctuary Lucie Nortman Bat Mitzvah Shabbat Service 9:00 AM Galpert Sanctuary Oneg and Kiddush hosted by Jodi Kinzler and Peter Nortman February 19/20
Parashat: Tetsavveh
Fri. Service with Rabbi Josh Garroway 7:30 PM Galpert Sanctuary Oneg hosted by the temple in honor of Rabbi Becky and Naomi's wedding Torah Study 9:00 AM Lounge Shabbat Service 9:30 AM Social Hall Knell Chapel 9:30 AM Knell Chapel Kiddush hosted by Shabbes Minyan Group February 26/27
Parashat: Ki tissa
Fri. Service 7:30 PM Social Hall Oneg hosted by Sisterhood Torah Study 9:00 AM Lounge Shabbat in the Round 9:30 AM Social Hall Kiddush hosted by the Shabbes Minyan Group
Congregational Meeting
Sunday, February 21 10:00 AM, Galpert Sanctuary We will have a congregational meeting where we will vote to approve the slate for the Board of Directors for the upcoming year.
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Staff and Officers Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center 1434 N. Altadena Drive Pasadena, California 91107 (626) 798-1161 • (626) 798-8410 (Fax) http://www.pjtc.net/ info@pjtc.net
– PJTC Clergy and Staff – Gilbert Kollin – Rabbi Emeritus Ruth Berman Harris – Cantor Claire Gorfinkel - Caring Community Coordinator Sondra Dreshner - Gabbai Rabbi Becky Silverstein – Education Director Eitan Loewenstein –Religious School Assistant Bruce Applebaum – Operations Manager Melissa Levy – Youth Director Christina Ortega – Clergy Assistant Marian Rosen – Bookkeeper Robert Brown – Facilities Manager
– PJTC Officers – President – Faith Segal Secretary – Erich Schlecht Treasurer – Mickey Bernath Exec. VP Management – Jeff Landau Exec. VP Programs – Noah Golden-Krasner VP Administration – David Lorin VP Adult Programs – Ruth Several VP Youth Programs – Geoff DeBoskey VP Finance – Sandy Hartford VP Membership – Andrea Mark VP Religious Affairs – Jacob Levy Planning Committee Chair – Brian Mark Sisterhood President – Debbie Guest Men's Club President – Andy Schwarz
– Board of Directors – Keri Axel, Liane Herbst,Haley Karish, Carol Rader-Meislin, Amy Richardson, Richard Samuelson, Carolyn Siegal, Nathan Temple, Roberta Tragarz
–Voting Past Presidents –
Phil Callahan, Cathy Krasner Matt Ober, Jonathon Weisz
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Adult Education Committee Scholar-in-Residence March 5-6
Rabbi Dvora Weisberg, Ph.D. will be the Scholar-inResidence at PJTC during the weekend of March 5-6, 2016, Shabbat Shekalim. Rabbi Weisberg will attend and participate in Saturday morning Shabbat services and then speak during the Kiddush lunch after services on Saturday, March 5. She will also be the featured lecturer/teacher on Sunday afternoon, March 6. The 1:00 PM Sunday event, which includes a light lunch buffet, is co-sponsored by PJTC’s Sisterhood. Both programs are open to the entire community. Earlier on Sunday, Rabbi Weisberg will be teaching a special class to LBS Religious School students and teens as part of a regularly scheduled morning learning program. Rabbi Weisberg is Professor of Rabbinics at Hebrew Union CollegeJewish Institute of Religion and a noted Talmudic scholar. In addition, she is director of the School of Rabbinical Studies of the Los Angeles Skirball Campus of the College –Institute. Rabbi Weisberg is an interpreter of classical Jewish texts (Talmud in
particular.) She specializes in connecting the historical ancient world of Jewish texts with contemporary Jewish life today. She has written on gender issues in rabbinic texts, exploring the rabbis’ understanding of family and familial relationships. Her experience includes teaching lay people, frequently in informal settings, as well as enlightening her rabbinic colleagues at regional and national conventions and conferences. Rabbi Weisberg received her BA from Brandeis University and her MA and Ph.D. in Talmud and Rabbinical Literature from the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York. She has taught at JTS, the College of William and Mary and the University of Pittsburgh. She was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Her scholarly program at PJTC will provide a learning opportunity for all who attend. The weekend is sponsored by the PJTC Adult Education Committee. For more information and to RSVP, please call the PJTC office at (626)798-1161 or email carolsofer@yahoo.com.
PJTC Board of Directors Report January 11, 2015 Meeting Mickey Bernath, Treasurer, continues to report that we will have a balanced budget by the end of the fiscal year. The total amount of bank and investment account balances increased to $8,100,000 at the end of December from $8,019,000 at the end of November, primarily as a result of an additional bequest of $75,000 from the Bunisky Trust. The Rabbi Search Committee, headed by Sandy Hartford and Noah GoldenKrasner, completed and submitted a 23-page questionnaire to the Rabbinical Assembly as a first step in the Rabbi recruitment process. Previously, several “listening sessions” were held to gather input from the Congregation. Dates have been scheduled for the Committee to interview candidates either in person or via Skype. Funds were approved for travel expenses. Twenty-five applications have been received for our Executive Director 2
position. Five candidates have been selected and will be interviewed by the Executive Director Search Committee headed by Jeff Landau. The new Bylaws were approved, with two minor amendments, at the Congregational Meeting on December 13. The revised document was approved by the Board and is now official. Any further amendments may be considered by the Board with ample notice to the Congregation. A proposed mission statement for the Congregation was presented to the Board by Keri Axel, representing the Mission Task Force. The Board made several comments that will be considered by the Task Force. The next Board meeting is set for Monday evening, February 22nd. This meeting will include consideration of the proposal for solar power, the slate of candidates for the coming term, and a policy regarding the use of security guards, as well as updates on the hiring process of a Rabbi and an Executive Director February 2016
USY Events
Men's Club News
by Melissa Levy, Youth Director
USY spent Martin Luther King Day out in our community, doing a full day of service, social action, and learning. Our USY chapter joined forces with the USY of Temple Ramat Zion in Northridge, so the teens could meet new people while they made an incredible difference in their community. Twenty-one teens participated in this full day of mitzvot. The day began by picking fruit with Food Forward, a local nonprofit that registers fruit trees from homeowners’ yards, finds volunteers like us to pick the fruit when it is ripe, and then delivers the fruit to local pantries and shelters. I’m proud to report that our teens picked over 480 pounds of fruit, which was then taken to Union Station Homeless Services. It was quite a fun start to the day! Our next step was making cat beds for the Pasadena Humane Society. A little bit of fleece sure goes a long way when it comes to needy cats! We then hopped in our vans and headed to the Museum of Tolerance to visit both the Holocaust and Tolerance exhibits. It was emotional, and the teens’ responses were quite heartfelt. Our fourth project was at the Pasadena Ronald McDonald House. The teens learned about this incredible service of housing and a sense of family being provided to mostly outof-country families whose children are getting muchneeded care at Huntington Hospital and other top-notch facilities. The teens scrubbed the house from top to bottom, did some gardening and weeding, and cooked a delicious dinner for the approximately 30 people living in the two houses on the campus. While we were waiting for the lasagna to cook through, the teens brought out some games to play with the children in the house – many smiles and much laughter ensued as our teenagers attempted to communicate with the mostly Spanish-speaking guests. But they all spoke the universal language of fun, that’s for sure! We were very grateful that Carmela’s Ice Cream gave us a group discount so we could treat the teens to a true local favorite as the day began to wind down. F i n a l l y, t h e d a y ended back at PJTC with s i mu lt a n e ou s s e r v i c e projects: making cat toys for the Humane Society, finishing up the cat beds from earlier in the day; making cards for the elderly, infirmed, and mourning; and pasting copies of the Ladino version of Ein Keloheinu back into our siddurim. As the teens had an opportunity to reflect on the day, they all begged to make “Into the Day” an annual tradition. I couldn’t be prouder of these young menschen. The FLAME
USY/KADIMA/MEN'S CLUB FAMILY SUPERBOWL PARTY Join Us 3:00 PM Sunday, February 7, 2016 FOR THE ANNUAL NFL SUPERBOWL PARTY
Bring the whole family to watch the game on the 72-inch screen or play some lawn games. Activities for the avid-fan and the anti-fan alike, we promise! Kosher chicken wings, hot dogs, dessert and beverages. Vegetarian options available. Kids: FREE! Adults: $10. All proceeds benefit youth activities. RSVP to usy@pjtc.net by Wednesday February 3. Watch the Game in comfort in Wohlmann Hall On our 72-inch Television Set.
We are continuing PJTC Basketball for adults (high school age and above) at 8:00 PM on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month.
Safety and Security At our events and services, kids are great but remember our staff has a lot on its plate. Keeping children safe is an important thing to do but parents and grandparents, it’s up to YOU!
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It's Happening with Sisterhood Purim Greetings: Don’t be left out! This year’s deadline is March 11!
Rosh Chodesh elebration
T h e mit z v ah of g i v i n g Mishloach Manot (Purim bags filled with specific foods) is an old Jewish tradition linked to the story of Purim, recorded in the Book of Esther. Don’t delay! Place your order for the Ricky Calvin Happy Purim greetings program (named in memory of one of our beloved congregants). There are two options to order your greetings: • Send back the paper form included in the mailing that you
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Wednesday, 7:30 PM February 10 Sisterhood welcomes the month of Adar I At the Home of Sue Hogan
Topic: My Jewish Journey with Marcia Alper. Marcia shares highlights that shaped her Jewish life, including “stumbling into firsts for women.” Questions and RSVP to Susan at sauerbach2063@ sbcglobal.net or sisterhood@pjtc.net
How About Hosting an Oneg?
will receive soon, or: • Save the cost of a stamp and save paper by ordering online, using the very user friendly Happy Purim website. By participating in the program, you will be fulfilling the mitzvah to exchange gift bags on Purim. PJTC Sisterhood is creating a fun-filled goody bag of Purim-related food and treats for every household in the PJTC community. This is your chance to send greetings to your friends across the greater PJTC family. You may elect to send greetings to one, some, or all of the names provided on your order forms. Donation levels vary according to the number of greetings you wish sent, and discounts are available for multiple greetings. For a small additional donation, you may elect to have your name appear on the scrolls of those who have sent greetings to you, even if you had not sent greetings to them. (This is the “reciprocation option.”) You need not make a donation to receive your Purim bag. Your bag (and the greetings from you friends) will be waiting for you at the temple on the day of the Purim Carnival (March 20) and evening of the Megillah reading, (March 23). You may also drop by the office any time that week and your bag and greetings will be waiting for you. If you are homebound, please call the office and arrangements will be made to have your Purim bag delivered to you. The deadline for you to return your order form is Friday, March 11, whether you use the website or the hard copy. Paper forms must be filled out and mailed (the entire order form) along with your check made payable to PJTC Sisterhood. It must be mailed to: Ruth Kaye, 170 North Grand Avenue, Apt #306, Pasadena CA. 91103. Please do not mail your order to the temple. Questions? Call Barbara Levinson, (626) 334 7033 or Tami Silver.
Do you have an event you would like to celebrate at one of our Friday night Onegs following Shabbat services? How about a birthday, anniversary, an upcoming or belated engagement or wedding celebration, the birth of a grandchild, a college graduation, a new job or promotion, a book publication or anything else wonderful to share with your PJTC family? Please become one of our Oneg Volunteers. It’s a mitzvah! Are you a member of our meditation group, a Mah Jongg or bridge group, the Theater Havurah, an adult education class or one of the basketball players? Organize your group, you’ll find that it’s fun! Contact Arlene Weiss, Sisterhood Oneg Chair to reserve your date. We will provide you with a set of instructions to guide you through the details. Many dates are still available. Thanks to you all.
- Wanted Bunco Babes Must know how to toss dice. Must know how to add to twenty-one. Must be able to recognize three of a kind. Must be willing to have a great time.
No experience necessary. You are Invited to play Bunco! Wednesday, February 17, 7:00 – 8:30 PM Wohlmann Hall
Bunco babes are welcome to bring appetizers or wine. Please RSVP by February 15 to Aty Rotter at atalya19@aol.com
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DINING OUT?
Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center Sisterhood Invites You to Attend
Join Nite On The Town Get Great Savings At Local Restaurants And help support the Sisterhood of the Pasadena Jewish Temple
YOURS FOR ONLY $25 IT’S EASY TO USE:
The Rae Goodstein Memorial Torah Fund Chay’ay Olam Award Luncheon
* For dinner visit each restaurant up to three times. On each visit with a party of two, your lowest priced entrée is free or substantially reduced in price. With a party of four or more your discount is increased substantially, sometimes even doubled. *Your membership is valid for dinner any evening thru Dec. 30, 2016 * Your membership is valid for unlimited lunch visits at certain restaurants indicated in your directory. * Just include your Nite On The Town Card when paying your check and the restaurant will take care of the rest.
Honoring Carolyn Siegal Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 12:30 PM PJTC Social Hall 1434 North Altadena Drive Pasadena, CA Donation: $28.00
PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS 2016
Akbar, Aro, Avanti, Carmines, Central Park, El Portal, Go China, The Italian Kitchen, La Fiesta Grande, Nikki C’s, Oba Sushi, Rice Thai Tapas, red white+bluezz, Stoney Point, Radhika, Café Mundial, Chang, The Derby, Los Gueros, Matt Denny’s, Opera, Tulipano, Villa Italia
Please send payment and issue check to PJTC Sisterhood $28.00 per person plus additional donation, if desired. KINDLY RESPOND BY February 15, 2015
TO ORDER
Send your check for $25 per membership to: Ruth Kaye, 170 N Grand Ave. # 306, Pasadena CA 91103-3520. Make check payable to: PJTC Sisterhood.
Mail to: Bobbi Sloan, 30 E. Rodell Place, Arcadia, CA 91006 You are invited to the
2016 Annual Women’s Forum “Women Who Make A Difference”
Celebrate the Special Women of our Jewish Community
Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center will be honoring
Andrea Mark
Thursday, March 31, 2016 9:15 am Doubletree Hotel, Monrovia
Keynote Speaker – Dr. Ron Wolfson Ron Wolfson is a visionary Jewish educator whose enthusiasm for Ron Wolfson is a visionary Jewish educator whose enthusiasm for bringing Judaism bringing Judaism alive in homes and synagogues has shaped his work alive in homes and synagogues has shaped his work in the community. He is the author in therecently community. He isJudaism: the author recently of Relational Judaism: most of Relational Usingmost the Power of Relationships to Transform the Under the Power Ron of Relationships Transform the Community. Jewish Community. is currently the to Fingerhut Professor ofJewish Education at the ~ Tributes ~ American Jewish University in Los Angeles. Ron is currently the Fingerhut Professor of Education at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles.
Congratulate a Women’s Forum Honoree in the event program with a single line tribute @ $18 or more. Deadline: March 16 For more information, please contact Marilyn Weintraub at (626) 445-0810, x 304 or mweintraub@jewishsgpv.org Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of the Greater San Gabriel & Pomona Valleys
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All About Bimah Etiquette & Customs of the Torah Service
Adult Education Opportunity! An on-line Learning experience!
Journey Through the Bible:
The Next Best Thing to Time Travel a Hebrew College Me’ah Online offering Internationally renowned Bible scholar Dr. Marc Brettler has planned your itinerary of captivating lectures, selected texts and questions to ponder. Your experience will be enriched by stimulating discussions in the context of a warm and welcoming community of adventurers.
Presented by PJTC Sisterhood Sunday, February 7 10:30 – 11:45 AM., Knell Chapel Ever wonder when to wear a Tallit or what to do when you are given an Aliyah? Do you know what is in the Torah and when it is read? During the session, you will learn the answers to these questions and any others you may have to help you feel more comfortable during the Torah Service. Taught by Marcia Alper A native of Boston, Marcia first joined PJTC in 1958. Marcia has served in many capacities at PJTC including Sisterhood President, Synagogue President and Torah Reader, being the first woman in the last two endeavors.
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Classes begin the week of March 7, 2016 Cost: $310 ($295 tuition; $15 registration fee) 10 Sessions
Registration and more information: http://www.hebrewcollege.edu/meah-online
For questions and reservations, contact Marcia Alper at (626) 796.8620 or twomeas@att.net. Although there is no charge for these classes, donations to Sisterhood are welcome!
Book Club
Please join us in our lively discussions of books and help us make decisions about choosing readings for future meetings. Books are available at Vroman’s at a 20% discount. We are listed as the PJTC Book Club. We meet on the second Thursday of the month, in the Lounge, at 7:30 PM. February 11 – The Secret Chord, a new novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks, focuses on the most legendary warrior of all time, King David. The story is told by Nathan, the prophet through whom God speaks to David, who convinces the King of the wisdom of chronicling his already legendary life. Brooks depicts David as a mystery, complex and fascinating, a man as much caught up in sin as he is in faith and in song. Thursday, March 17 – The Happy Bottom Riding Club by Lauren Kessler. Florence “Pancho” Barnes was a California heiress, a force of nature, and a woman who lived a big, messy, colorful, unconventional life. Kessler tells the story of a high-spirited, headstrong woman who was proud of her successes, unabashed by her failures, and the architect of her own legend. Many thanks and Happy New Year!
by Liz Green, Committee Chair
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From the Eugene and Marilyn Fingerhut Memorial History Project by Michael Several, Project Chair
After a five year lapse, an era at PJTC ended when on May 5, 1979, the Sisterhood performed its last community musical. Rather than an original production, the Sisterhood revived their 1970 production, Mission Improbable with a change in title to Moishe and Mendel, changes in the names of the characters and small changes in the script and lyrics. Just as Mission Improbable was a take-off of the television series Mission Impossible, Moishe and Mendel was a take-off of the name of a popular television show, Mork and Mindy staring Robin Williams. The name of the main male character was changed from Benjamin Taylor to Moishe Ben Pipick, and he was portrayed as a clone from the planet Pipick rather than as an astronaut from 1970 who gets lost in time and space. The hero’s name characterized him as a “Moishe Pipik” which, according to the Daily Forward, is a Yiddish expression describing a person who is “aggravatingly or comically self-important.” The portrait of Moishe in the show, however, did not fit his name. Rather, he was a nice sweet Jewish guy without any seeming brilliance. In contrast to the dramatic changes in women’s roles and selfimage that was portrayed five years earlier in the last original Sisterhood production, Blazing Girdles, the revival took a nostalgic backward glance at women living in the mythological center of Jewish life—the Lower East Side of New York City. This parting glance by Sisterhood at the Lower East Side, with its heavy use of Yiddish, its cultural marker of Jewish food— borscht, herring, brisket, potatoes, and its portrayal of women as yentas, supportive wives, nurturing mothers, and proper young women, was increasingly divorced from an audience that grew up in the post-war years and were influenced and shaped by the dramatic political and social changes that began in the 1960s. This lack of connection was noted by Marcia Alper, who explained that the productions ended because “our humor was New York Jewish… the last time we did it, you could already see that the humor had changed and the knowledge of Yiddish. I don’t speak Yiddish, but I know a lot of the words, and the younger people didn’t know even that much. So that idea of Yiddish humor, of New York tenement humor was gone.” Marilyn Fingerhut, of blessed memory, gave other reasons. “It was too much work and also you can repeat history just so often and then you have to move on and find other projects.” And on they moved. In the 1980s Marilyn became a manager of a pharmaceutical sales office and was the first woman at PJTC to give the Yom Kippur Appeal, while Marcia broke ground at PJTC by becoming the congregation’s first woman Torah reader and the congregation’s first woman president. In hindsight, we might say that the Sisterhood productions mark the end of an era, yet gave us a peek into the future in which women transformed the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center.
There have been some requests for a Yoga & Torah group at PJTC, to be led by PJTC member Ida Unger. If you are interested in participating in a program like this, please contact Carol Sofer at carolsofer@yahoo.com.
Documentary Discussion Group Thursday, February 25 7:00 PM, Lounge The February video is Body and Soul-The State of the Jewish Nation, This film sets the record straight eloquently and comprehensively. It not only shows the undeniable historical connection between the Jewish People and the Land of Israel, but also succeeds in debunking all of the propaganda, myths and misinformation that have become accepted as truth by so many. Dave Peters will be guest moderator and host the Q &A. Please RSVP to ghalpert@ flash.net to assure adequate seating.
We're Sitting Still Here Have you ever wanted to learn about or try Jewish meditation? Every Tuesday morning (except on Jewish holidays) at 7:30 AM, a small group gathers to sit in silence in Wohlmann Hall at PJTC. After about half an hour, we check in and someone brings a brief teaching for us to discuss, or possibly chant. Then we return to silence and close by 8:30 AM. Everyone is welcome; no experience is necessary. Come and try it! For further information or to be added to our email list for updates, please contact Claire Gorfinkel.
Madeline Mark Memorial Morning of Learning
Sunday, February 7 9:30-12:30 All 8th-12th graders are invited to join this morning of reflective learning in honor of Madeline Mark. Students will also be provided with time and assistance working on their essay submissions for the Madeline Mark Award.
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Hosted by: Madeline Mark Award Committee, Louis B. Silver Religious School, USY
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Interfaith Study Group
The PJTC Caring Community Presents: Caring for Ourselves and Those We Love
by Cecilia Fox, PJTC representative on ISG Planning Committee with Norma Pratt.
Thursday, March 17, at 2:00 PM “A Holistic Approach to Medicine; Spirituality and its Role in Healing” Understanding how to find meaning in the setting of illness can bring great comfort and healing to those who are ill and their families. Dr. Jason Mann is a new member of the PJTC community, studying to become a rabbi. He is an oncologist whose current practice focuses on Spiritual Direction, Chaplaincy, and creating effective relationships between patients and their physicians. He will share some thoughts on how he teaches medical providers, patients and their families to provide loving support to others. Monday, April 11, at 7:00 PM “Taking Care of You; Taking Care of Others” Dr. Laura Mosqueda is Professor of Family Medicine and Geriatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. She is a compelling speaker who has a special interest in caring for older adults and in teaching future health care providers how to do so in a holistic and loving way, while maximizing elders’ independence. Her research focuses on the identification and prevention of elder abuse and she is the director of the National Center on Elder Abuse housed at USC. She likes cats. In May and June we will present a program on recognizing and supporting members of our community who are dealing with mental illness in their families, and a program on writing your ethical will. Watch for further announcements. All programs are free and open to the public. They will take place in Wohlmann Hall at the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center. For further information call the PJTC office at (626) 798-1161.
We will meet at 11:00 AM, Sunday, February 14 at All Saints Episcopal Church, 132 N. Euclid, Pasadena for an Interfaith Journey. We will attend Sunday morning service, go on a guided tour of its architecture, learn about Anglican faith traditions and how All Saints lives its mission. There will be time for questions. A light lunch follows in Sweetland Hall. There is no charge. Many religious institutions now offer such opportunities for those who are not members of their faith community. Over the next year, there will be similar events (dates not yet determined) at Islamic Center of Southern California, and Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center. We meet monthly, in rotation, at our three institutions, and revert to our usual schedule for March. Plan to sign up online SOON at All Saints Church’s website, via their Calendar for February 14, because the group is limited to only 50 people and the deadline is Thursday, February 11. Contact Cecilia Fox if you don’t have computer access. Arrive in good time, park in All Saints North Lot or on the street. Sunday, March 13, 5:00 -7:30 PM at Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center, Wohlmann Hall. Monique Saigal, Professor of French, Emerita, who taught for 45 years at Pomona College, Claremont, will speak about her life. As a 3-year-old FrenchJewish child, she was sheltered, hidden, and raised for years by a loving Catholic family in Nazi-occupied SW France, at the risk of their lives. Her father died at 26 in the trenches in WWII, her grandmother was about to be taken to Auschwitz, where she would die, and her mother was in hiding. Dr. Saigal, whose doctorate is from UCLA, will share the stories of 18 little-known women of the French Resistance, whose courage in saving lives during the German Occupation she documents in French Heroines, 1940 - 1945. We look forward to her talk and power-point presentation, and hope that many PJTC and ISG members attend. Our usual vegetarian potluck will follow the presentation. All are welcome at this meeting. Contact Cecilia Fox if you have questions.
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY MARY RODGERS AND MARSHALL BARER; BOOK BY: JAY THOMPSON, MARSHALL BARER AND DEAN FULLER
Directed by: Jenna Vandegrift; Produced by: Cantor Judy Sofer; Music Director: Brian Murphy
Sisterhood’s Ilona E. Fuchs Tablecloths
Set in medieval Europe, “Once Upon a Mattress” is a musical interpretation of the children’s fairy tale “The Princess and the Pea” - but for adults! Featuring: Tina Quick-Snedeker, Norm Gold, Len Vandegrift, Mary Grace Zehnpfennig, Lori McKenna, Michael DiRosa, Neil Brown, John Carlton,.
Do you know about Sisterhood’s Tablecloth Project? Do look at our embroidered tablecloths the next time you attend a kiddush luncheon. We have four of them, all for simchas, and one more for memorials. Our volunteer embroiderer is Paula Waluch. She would love to add the name of your honoree on our cloth; just send Sisterhood a check for $18.00, and keep her busy. If you wish a longer description, send us a little more info. Call Paula at (626) 797-8826 and talk to her about it.
Show dates and times: Saturday, March 26th, 8:00pm Saturday, April 2nd, 8:00pm th Sunday, March 27 , 3:00pm Sunday, April 3rd, 3:00pm Thursday, March 31st, 7:00pm The Clarke Center 400 Rolyn Place Arcadia, CA Tickets: Premium*: $35.00 General Admission: $25.00
Groups (>10): Students (with ID):
$20.00 $15.00
*Premium Tickets: early admission to theatre and 2 free concessions
Special Preview night: Thursday, March 24th, 7:00pm all tickets that evening: $15.00!
Order your tickets now at: www.jewishsgpv.org/event-tickets Or call: 626-445-0810
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Shabbat Service Schedule 9:00 am - Torah Study Every Shabbat, Lounge*
PJTC USYers are helping to plan and implement the weekend. It has been many years since PJTC has hosted a regional event and this is a great step in our growth as a USY chapter. Our Strategic Planning Task forces are hard at work and will soon be making recommendations for changes we can make to help PJTC be everything we all want it to be. You will soon notice some of these changes in things ranging from programming to communications, facilities and spirituality. I would like to thank all of you who have participated in the many goings on at PJTC the last several months: attending services, giving feedback to our Rabbi Search committee, joining the community for the Whitman dinner, enjoying one of our many Sisterhood, Men’s Club or adult education programs, or by bringing your children to Sunday school. You all help to strengthen our wonderful PJTC community.
9:30 AM - Shabbat in the Round Every Shabbat, Social Hall 9:30 AM - Knell Minyan, Knell Chapel February 6 & 20 *Except on b'nai mitzvah or other special occasions
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February 5 Tot Shabbat 6:45 PM -Knell Chapel
A special invitation for a special evening: Friday, February 5, 2016
Service
Please join us for a very special Shabbat on Friday, February 5, and celebrate with us afterward, as we honor our newest members at an especially festive Oneg. During services, instead of a sermon, we will gather in small groups to briefly discuss the week’s Torah portion. Don’t worry, you don’t have to prepare, and no previous experience is necessary! Your children are encouraged to attend this event and will break out into their own discussion group! And after the service, we will enjoy some delicious treats, sweets and fruits PLUS you’ll also be able to make your own sundae on Friday, everything you need to make a mouth-watering sundae. For your kids, too! And for those who like to drink their sweets, there will also be steaming hot apple cider with cinnamon sticks. We are so excited about this pilot program. We look forward to welcoming you, as you nourish your soul and your tummy.
Join Cantor Ruth and Judy Callahan, Director of B’nai Simcha Preschool for a half-hour Shabbat experience filled with music and movement for families with children age seven and under.
Family Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6:30 PM Social Hall
Carolyn Kunin wishes to invite PJTC
Friday February 12
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Members and Friends to an Open House to celebrate Five Years in ~Westminster Cottage ~ Sunday, February 28 1:00 to 6:00 PM 690 Westminster Drive in the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena
Service will include •
Please remember to bring canned food whenever you come to the temple. Be sure to notice the basket on the table in the main lobby. Please bring a couple of cans of food to help fill it. The FLAME
Come for an evening of togetherness, song and prayer!
Singing & Dancing •
Ask the Rabbi •
Torah Story •
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Snack February 2016
Yahrzeits for February (announced Fri/Sat preceding the date) Shevat 22
February 01, 2016
Sterrett Burges Esther Felsinger Theodore Fox Milton Grushkin Ruth Gulkis Frances Kelley Sylvia Rothenberg Shevat 23
February 09, 2016
Adar I 1
February 10, 2016
Adar I 2
Shevat 26
February 05, 2016
Arthur Drelich Mollie Gordon William Phillips Shevat 27
Shevat 29
Adar I 4
Adar I 10
Adar I 11
Estelle Goldby Israel Greenfield Irving Gruman Pearl Kirschen Simon Levy
Adar I 12
Adar I 13
February 14, 2016
Miklos Kohn Samuel Kramer Solomon Landsman Jeanne Mallet Joseph Robin Charles Weinstein Ann White
February 08, 2016
John Beskin Ilya Eizenberg Mannes Glickman Bernice Gurtoff Esther Quint Rebecca Silverstein Mary Sloan Abe Sonies Irma Ungar
February 15, 2016
Adar I 14
Seymour Bernard Kokis Leo Litt Linda Ludwin Henrietta Miller Ada Moss
February 27, 2016
Chiah Applebaum Ray Applebaum Louis Faibish Leroy Lavine Adar I 19
February 28, 2016
Michael Fradkin Sasha Friedland Joseph Goldstein Herman Greenberg Minnie Landau Ruth Scherr Adar I 20
February 29, 2016
Phillip Friedenberg Molly Polokoff Minerva Shapiro Judy Surfas
Adult Class in the Fine Art of MOSAIC
To all Kiddush hosts,
Join Ellen Dinerman in a class learning the art of mosaics. Students may bring a desired project to complete or design and create a tray filled with your own original mosaic. Class will be held at Weizmann Day School Thursdays, 9:30-11:00 AM January 21, 28 & February 4, 11, 18, 25 $125.00 - Includes materials Register in WDS Office, 626-797-0204
Thanks a bunch but there are still many dates without a Kiddush lunch. February 20 and 27 and most of March await. Won't you please call Roz and arrange your date? The FLAME
February 23, 2016
Beatrice Barg Sam Baris Shanna Blackett-Vogel Sam Cohen David Epstein Sophie Greenspan Binya Gruman Joseph Handin William Ingall Erno Kernyi Abram Miller Julius Raphael Samuels Mousa Younessi
A Kiddush Plea
Adar I 18
February 21, 2016
February 22, 2016
February 26, 2016
Anna Baker Celia Fingerhut Rabbi Maurice Galpert Lloyd Gold Rose Jackson Louis Jacobs Abraham Magzamin Esther Oserowsky Anne Rosenthal Murray Schneider
February 20, 2016
Lena Hess Marshall Jaffe
Fannie Chesler Florence Fox Anna Miller Bertha Steinholz Shiraga Tenenbaum Morris Weinstein Adar I 6
Adar I 17
February 19, 2016
Steven Broudy Max Scharf Milton Singer
February 25, 2016
Samuel Braiker Howard Kaplan Leonard Klemer Selma Spira Julius Strauss Boris Tansky Moses Weissfeld
Jennings Braun Arthur Bunin Anselm Kramer Joseph Vicker
February 13, 2016
Adar I 5
Adar I 16
February 17, 2016
February 18, 2016
February 24, 2016
Rose Elbaum Henry Heller Sol Mannes Naum Mintskovsky Walter Pemstein Sanford Sigoloff Ira Zellinger
Arpie Balekjian Rose Sackeroff Norman Shrifter
George Blacher Miriam Dajes Milton Friedman Sam Lash Harris Ziff
February 07, 2016
Shirley Cohen Esther Dreitzer Robert Hoffman Barbara McGrath Dorothy Steinberg
Adar I 9
February 12, 2016
February 06, 2016
Edgar Cott Louis Greenhouse Jack Shapiro Ida Silberberg Jacob Silverstein Shevat 28
Adar I 3
Adar I 15
Joseph Blitz Hyman Dreitzer Jean Orloff Max Schneider
Joseph Gertz Seymour Gottlieb Mary Herczog Bruno Loeb Anna Rubin Irvin Ryder Sarah Sokal Anna Spielberg Bonnie Winter
February 04, 2016
Edward Fentin Belle Kramer Jim Mallinger Ethel Sherman Max Stone Milton Weiss
Adar I 8
February 11, 2016
February 03, 2016
February 16, 2016
Allen Hartford Isadore Jackson Hyman Lampert Paul Mandel Herman Siegel Ruth Siegel Harry Steingold Max Taus Peter Vogel Sidney Weinberg
Galina Gershengoren Samuel Groman Shirley Rothke Clara Sobin Marianne Wolman
Mildred Kasdin Bessie Miller Mina Schleimer Eve Teitelbaum Jeanette Wolfe Shevat 25
Adar I 7
Lena Bayer Anna Bowman Jack Broudy Jeanette Rotter
February 02, 2016
Seymour Bienenfeld Natan Gierowitz Max Rosenberg Israel Scharf Shevat 24
Shevat 30
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January Donations General Fund
Judith Cain Mickey & Lee Segal & family in memory of Dan Leibl, father of Susan Lorin, Barbara David & Todd Leibl
Adult Education Programs
Madeline Mark Fund
From Lois & Michael Mark and Michelle & Tim Mauco: “It is our pleasure to make this donation in honor of Madeline Mark.”
Sim Shalom Large Print Prayerbooks
In memory of Dan Leibl, beloved father of Barbara David, Susan Lorin and Todd Leibl, from Micki Minovitz (2 copies) In memory of Dan Leibl from Miriam & Jack Pitson
Carol & Matt Sofer in honor of the marriage of Andrea Edwards & Brian Mark Carol & Matt Sofer sending return to good health wishes to Rabbi Kollin
Galpert Scholarship Fund
Roza Kuppermann in loving memory of her father, David Davidson
Yahrzeit Donations to General Fund Donated by: Bella Tsarovsky Linda Mazur Jodi Kinzler Peter Nortman Molly Wolveck Molly Wolveck Al Levy Pauline Witkin Pauline Witkin Pauline Witkin Pauline Witkin Barbara McQuiston Sue Hogan Edie Taylor Carin Salter Peter Mendel Ida Unger Rachel Goodman Lorraine Bernstein Felicity Swerdlow Jonathan Swerdlow Jane Monterroso Judith Fox Judith Fox Phillip Weise Hervey Segall Lynn Bienenfeld
Louis B. Silver Religious School
Claire Gorfinkel in honor of Jan Pais’ birthday
Shabbat Shirah
Sylvia Schleimer in loving memory of her son, Gary Schleimer
Sisterhood Tributes
To Rabbi Becky Silverstein and Naomi Sobel in honor of their marriage, from Karen & Neil Brown, Sue & Jim Hogan, Barbara Levinson, Anita & Jeff Landau, Ginny & Ira Blitz, Sue Galpert, Nancy & Craig Copeland, Carolyn & Scott Siegal, and Sheila & Joel Padlipsky To Karen Rosenthal & Clark Linstone in honor of their marriage, from Marcia Alper To Andrea Edwards & Brian Mark in honor of their marriage, from Nancy & John Carlton, Carol & Eric Mills and Ruth Kaye To Karen & Allen Gross in honor of the birth of their new grandson, Oren Patrick Coleman, from Anita & Jeff Landau To Marlene Reichenbach in honor of the birth of her 21st greatgrandchild, Frumit Schreiber, from Anita & Jeff Landau To Marcia Alper in honor of her becoming the new President of our Jewish Federation, from Sheila & Joel Padlipsky, and Nancy & John Carlton To Josh Pais in honor of his being named as our Federation’s Volunteer of the Year, from Sheila & Joel Padlipsky To Cecilia Fox in honor of her birthday, with best wishes from Evelyn & Ernie Robinson To Jan Pais in honor of her special birthday, with best wishes from Janet & Michael Kadin, Nancy & John Carlton, and Carol & Eric Mills To Ruth Several in appreciation of her fabulous Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh Program, from Nancy Carlton To Kathy Kobayashi in appreciation of her hosting the fabulous Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh Program featuring Ruth Several, from Nancy Carlton To Lonne Lane, wishing him a speedy recovery & return to good health, from Marcia Alper To Josh Pais, wishing him a speedy recovery & return to good health, from Evelyn & Ernie Robinson To Len Lipton, wishing him a speedy recovery & return to good health, from Anita & Jeff Landau and Ruth Kaye To Sondra Dreshner, wishing her a speedy recovery & return to good health, from Linda Rourman, Sue & Jim Hogan, Anita & Jeff Landau, and Aty & Howard Rotter To Rabbi Gil Kollin, wishing him a speedy recovery & return to good health, from Bonnie Buratti & Kai Lam, Karen & Neil Brown, Sue & Jim Hogan, Evelyn & Ernie Robinson, Sue Galpert, Sylvia Schleimer, Sheila & Joel Padlipsky, Anita & Jeff Landau, Carolyn & Scott Siegal, Connie & Art Taus, Aty & Howard Rotter, Nancy & John Carlton, Marcia Alper, Linda & Paul Rourman, Kathy Kobayashi & Hal Barron, and Carol & Eric Mills To the Leibl family in memory of their beloved father & grandfather, Dan Leibl, from Anita & Jeff Landau To Josh Pais in memory of his beloved brother, Gregg, from Janet & Michael Kadin To Rob Anderson in memory of his beloved mother, Margaret, from Kathy Kobayashi & Hal Barron, Marcia Alper, Linda Rourman, Anita & Jeff Landau, Sue Galpert, and Edie Taylor To Helene Emmerich in memory of her beloved husband, Allen, from Debbie & John Guest, Stacy & Stu Miller, Edie Taylor, Kathy Kobayashi & Hal Barron, Linda & Paul Rourman and Judy Ungar
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Shabbes Minyan Fund
In Memory of: Mother & Father, Hana & Ilya Eizenberg Father,Walter Schuster Mother, Lois Kinzler Brother, Matthew Nortman Husband, Ralph Wolveck Mother, Esther Sokoloff Father, Harry Levy Brother of Max Polansky, I. Mike Polan Uncle, Charles Finesod Grandfather, Chaim Silberblatt Aunt, Pauline Silberblatt Son, Tim Lopez McQuiston Sister, Barbara Werboff Sister-in-law, Kate Taylor Sherman Mother, Elsa Lerner Grandmother, Terry Freeling Mother, Rose Unger Mother, Ginda Resnick Father, Meyer Cohen Father, Jack Lewis Father, Ruby Swerdlow Mother, Mildred Kasdin Mother-in-law, Eva Fox Husband, Ted Fox Father, Hyman Weise Father, Ben Segall Father, Seymour Bienenfeld
Josette and Paul Bellan on the yahrziets of Josette's parents, Sara and Naftali Rosentweig and her sister Larisse Rosentweig Klein
— Contact for Donations —
Donate to Temple Projects & Funds Order a Memorial Plaque Freeman Passover Fund Order Leaf/Stone on Tree of Life.... Temple Office (626) 798-1161 Shabbat b'Lev Music Fund ....................................... Cantor Ruth MAC Committee.................................................... Claire Gorfinkel PJTC Oral History Project....................................Michael Several Simcha & Memorial Tablecloths............................. Paula Waluch Sisterhood's Lena Berman Tribute Fund................... Roz Scherr Dedicate a Prayer Book....................................... Sheila Padlipsky Large Print Sim Shalom..................................................Roz Scherr Rabbi Galpert Memorial Fund......................................... Jan Pais Shirley Hoffman L.B. Silver Religious School........................................... Jan Pais Torah Fund Donations................................................Bobbi Sloan Judaica Shop................................................................Stacy Miller Sisterhood Kitchen Fund.....................................Nancy Copeland Women's Retreat Fund..........................................Nancy Copeland Madeline Mark Memorial Fund....................................Ruth Several
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February Birthdays February 1..............Karen Gross February 2............ Anne Sigoloff James Younessi February 3......Joshua Garroway Samuel Gulkis John Tyberg February 4...... Suzanne Barston Bella Tsarovsky February 5............ Elliot Blundell Peter Braun Rebekah DeBoskey Samuel Dickter February 6........ Helen Auerbach Jennifer Carter Dina Feinberg Noah Golden-Krasner Stacy Knight Alex Ostroff February 7............... Ada Forster Mark Rothenberg February 8............ Andrea Mark Ayden Hartford Rose Svonkin February 9...........Clark Linstone Sasha Fisher Austin Kahn Michael Rosenzweig Kathryn Zimmerman February 11....... Alexander Miric Hannah Holland-Moritz Joy Zwick February 12......Henry Levenson Kate Rangel Marcia Spira Valerie Weiss February 13.............Justin Okun Beverly Niederman Connie Taus February 14...... Sarah Gierowitz February 15..... Susan Auerbach John Carlton Alexandrea Douglas Jenna Mittman
and Anniversaries
February 16...... Anat Bar-Chaim February 17...... Barbara Hooker Julie Jack February 18..........Melvin Cohen Nathan Lam Anna Mukherjee Bryce Weinberger Charlie Weinberger February 19...........Phil Callahan Neil Weinberger February 20..........Don Diamond Ronnie Kershner Jeffrey Landau Bruce Linden Thomas Rosenbaum February 21....Benjamin Spiegel February 22...........Lauren Black Ava Fogel Kai Lam February 23...............Judith Ellis Brandon Mittman Melvyn Spira Emmanuel Tyberg February 24.......... Candice Earll Robert Jacobs Joshua Levy Bhavani Mann Gary Schwarz February 25..........Steven Balian Connie Friedman Otto Kahn Sasha Monterroso Samuel Mukherjee Guy Zohar February 26..... Lowell Bernstein Cara Failer Elizabeth Kahn Franci Levine Grater Jason Manacker February 27.......... Adam Larson February 28........... Omer Tamuz Carmela Tornek
Eric and Carol Mills ...................................#35..................... 2/1/1981 David and Bobbi Sloan ......................................................... 2/7/1987 Herbert and Zina Phillips .................................................... 2/12/1950 Bradford and Vicky Balmot ................................................. 2/14/1987 Robert Abad and Monica Mitrani ........................................ 2/14/2004 Neil Weinberger and Kathleen Copus ................................ 2/16/2003 Jason and Erin Manacker . ................................................. 2/22/2004 Kirk Brattkus and Erica Fishman ........................................ 2/25/1997 Lenny and Suzy Dalrymple ................................................ 2/28/1998 Robert and Anna Bruck ...................................................... 2/29/2004
Mazel Tov:
Mazel tov to R abbi B ecky Silverstein and Naomi Sobel who were married in Boston on Saturday evening, January 16.
And congratulations to Andrea Edwards and Brian Mark, whose wedding was held here at PJTC on January 17. Andrea is now Mrs. Andrea Mark.
Thanks to Our January Volunteers PJTC offers our members a variety of ways to be of service to the Temple. Those who are able to give of their time are vital to sustaining our community. To host an Oneg, call Arlene Weiss. To host a Kiddush, call Roz Scherr. Jan. 1/2 Jan. 8/9 Jan 15/16 Jan 22/23
Learn to Juggle Tuesdays, 6:15 - 8:45 PM Social Hall
Jan. 29/30
Oneg & Kiddush Hosts
Oneg hosted by Sisterhood Kiddush hosted by Andrea Edwards and Brian Mark in honor of their Aufruf Oneg and Kiddush hosted by Roberta and Mark Tragarz in honor of their son Isaac's bar mitzvah Oneg and Kiddush hosted by Kaileh Pistol and Dave Boesch in honor of their son Buck's bar mitzvah Oneg hosted by Sisterhood Kiddush hosted by Bhavani and Jason Mann in honor of Jason's birthday Oneg hosted by the temple in honor of our volunteers Kiddush hosted by Vicky Balmot
Sondra Dreshner Rabbi Silverstein
Gabbai'im
Jacob Levy Ofer Ho
Roz Scherr
Torah and Haftorah Readers
Marcia Alper Mark Chodos Abby Schlecht Jacob Tragarz Louise Wannier
The South Pasadena Juggling Club is meeting Tuesday evenings at PJTC. Join us and we'll teach you how to juggle, unicycle, and other unmarketable skills. We provide equipment, just show up and have fun. For PJTC members and friends, ages 9 and up. Cost: Free (a small donation to help cover cost would be appreciated) The FLAME
Ryna Aviram Jerry Halpert Marlene Reichenbach Edie Taylor 12
Cantor Ruth Darrell Cozen Ruth Several Mark Tragarz
Jeff Chan Buck Pistol-Boesch Isaac Tragarz Roberta Tragarz
Office Volunteers Ginny Blitz Ruth Kaye George Roegler Arlene Weiss
Judy Ellis Sheila Padlipsky Roz Scherr February 2016
We Are Collecting: By Edie Taylor
Used cell phones – LBSRS is collecting, look for their box Printer ink cartridges - bring to Bruce Used eye glasses, clear and sunglasses, also hearing aids - box in Workroom Toiletries from hotels, all sizes - box in Workroom - goes to Union Station Plastic bottles - recycled by USY, container in the back of main building. Aluminum cans - also recycled by USY, place in blue barrel in back of building Yarn, 4-ply acrylic, all colors, used to make afghans for Huntington Hospital and County/USC Pediatric Dept. Bring to my attention. No wool, please! Remember the Foothill Unity Center barrels near the entrance to Wohlmann Hall. You may drop in canned goods, clothing, household items, and anything that they may be able to sell in their Thrift Shop to raise funds for the food bank. These are all mitzvah makers. Everything is recyclable. Call me if you have larger home furnishings. Edie Taylor, (626)-792-1237 or edie@pjtc.net.
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The Most Fun Night of the Year!! !
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Horse Racing Tournament With Prizes For Winners Buffet Dinner Starts at 6:30 PM First Race - 7:00 PM
Pony up and Get in the Race Number of Adults at $40.00 per person
( If received by February 15, 2016, after $50.00)
What did the horse say when it fell down? I’ve fallen and I can’t giddyup
Number of Young Adults at $18.00 ( Age 14 -18 if received by February 15, 2016, after $25.00)
Groups or individuals can sponsor a race for $50.00 (Eight races, room for eight sponsors) Sponsors get their name in the race program along with a special souvenir trophy Print on line above how you want your listing to appear on the race program and trophy (One trophy per group/individual sponsorship) I am unable to attend but would like to make a donation. TOTAL Check made payable to PJTC Men’s Club Men’s Club is dedicated to enriching our Temple community by presenting social and cultural programs and events while supporting the four educational institutions associated with PJTC.