ETZETERA - August

AUGUST 2024

ISSUE 7

Inside This Issue

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Letters from our leaders

B’nai Mitzvah and Simchas

Updates from our community groups

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Torah Fund

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Letters From Our Leaders

Rabbi Ari Averbach

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B’nai Mitzvah & Simcha

Cantor Noam Fields-Meyer Gould

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TEC Education

Rabbi Emeritus Richard Spiegel

10 TEC Community

Associate Chaplain Benny Sommerfeld Rabbi Emeritus Simon Paskow (z”l)

12 Calendar for August 13 Birthdays and Anniversaries

14 TEC Tributes

Early Childhood Education Director Debbie Blumenthal

16 Upcoming Events

Executive Director Gideon Manzur Religious School Director Joyce Bronstein Early Childhood Education Asst. Director Keri Loventhal

18 Kids’ Corner 20 Support Our Community: Small Business Highlights

Programming & Youth Director Cindy Goldberg Office Manager Shane Silverstein ECE Administrative Assistant Jessica Jacoby RS Administrative Assistant Sarah Karamas Clergy Assistant Jill Rosenberg

Join TEC on Social Media!

Musical Director Mariano Dugatkin

Stay up-to-date with community events, news and happenings. Follow us on your favorite social platform.

Search for @templeetzchaim across all platforms.

President Felicia Toporoff

Vice President Dan Lubetkin Immediate Past President Eric Feigenbaum Treasurer Shira Soria Secretary Sarica Klein Trustee, Bingo Arnie Blitstein

The Mitzvah Committee is here to help...

Trustee, Building and Grounds Steve Plotkin

and remember your loved ones.

Trustee, Inclusion Paula Lefko

Trustee, Early Childhood Education Chad Hampton Trustee, Financial Consideration Neal Arons

MEMORIAL RECEPTION Services offered by Women of TEC Mitzvah Committee

We will be at your house a day or two before the funeral, or as time permits, for planning and any questions. We will arrive at your house half hour to one hour before you leave for the cemetery to receive any last-minute instructions. Our volunteers will be there to accept all deliveries and complete the set-up.

Family provides:

• Handwashing station to be set up outside, in front of the door, including water pitcher, paper towels, TV tray and trash bag • Hard-boiled eggs (12) • Challah, wine and mini wine cups • Large and small paper plates, napkins, and cutlery • Hot and cold cups • Ice cubes in a cooler • Large coffee maker, coffee, tea bags • Sugar, sweeteners, mocha mix • Large plastic trash bags

Trustee, Personnel & Legal Affairs Josh Hopstone Trustee, Programming Evan Robichaud Trustee, Religion and Worship Cheryl Math

What to Expect

We will provide:

Trustee, Membership Rachael Pugh

• Tablecloth, serving platters and utensils • Cold drinks, water bottles • Folding chairs

Have the deli/bakery deliver: • Platters of food, bread, salads, cakes, etc.

Special Instructions for the deli/bakery:

• Be sure to schedule these items to be delivered at the same time the funeral is scheduled to begin.

• Remind them not to mix meat and dairy on the same platter.

To ask questions or make arrangements Contact the Temple Office at

805-497-6891 or inquire via email at Shiva@templeetzchaim.org After hours, please contact Roni Rosen at 818-585-9449

Trustee, Religious Education Adya Riss Trustee, Security Paul Dryman Trustee, Social Action Pam Friedman Trustee, Sustainability Ely Jacobsohn Trustee, Ways and Means Judy Gindi Trustee, Rachel Carmona President, Men’s Club Mark Goldstein President, Women of TEC Phyllis Dankberg & Elissa Lazarus Past President, Board Member Sherri Finn-Werber Past President, Board Member Gary Katz Past President, Board Member Myles Simpson Past President, Board Member Marshall Scherr Past President, Board Member Shari Mark

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Under "Affiliates," write: Temple Etz Chaim.

Under "City" and "State," write: Thousand Oaks, CA You can also make a donation in honor or in memory of someone for any amount ($5 or more) FOR CHECKS: Make out to "Torah Fund" and leave in Temple Main Office Torah Fund box, or mail the check to TEC and indicate Torah Fund on the envelope.

Let Esther or Phyllis know when you make a donation so we can make sure it goes to the correct place and you and TEC are credited.

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QUESTIONS? PLEASE CONTACT:

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Noam Fields-Meyer Gould, Hazzan noam@templeetzchaim.org

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Liam Kerzner

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Hi, I’m Liam Kerzner. I’ll enter 8th grade shortly after my Bar Mitzvah on August 31, 2024.

Math is my favorite subject. I rock out on the electric guitar with my School of Rock band, hang out online with school pals, play basketball, and enjoy going to Camp Mountain Chai every summer. Big shout out to everyone at Etz Chaim who helped me prep for my Bar Mitzvah, especially my teachers, Cantor Ellis, Rabbi Averbach, Joyce Bronstein, and my Hebrew tutor, Rivka Moskovich. Can’t wait to celebrate with my folks, Carolyn and Doug, my siblings, Sean and Tianna, my grandma Sheila, and all my friends and extended family!

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Feed the Hungry

Book Club Dinner

Board Meeting

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Tailgate Shabbat

Liam Kerzner Bar Mitzvah

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1 Jenna Jacoby Lorne Label 2 Ari Averbach Kayli Finley Jonah Kierman Alexis Paiva Steven Rothman Maya Schwartz Nina Wallach Alexa Warren Hattie Wolf 3 Josh Greenbaum Eric Isaacs Josh Lichtman Sarah Moskowitz Diana Rado Sarah Rosenblum 4 Alexis Levin Holly Seery 5 David Abramovicz Daniil Blakely Elizabeth Chase Spencer Miller Jacob Moskowitz Judith Ross Marie Rubens 6 Adeena Cohen Patricia Ryzow Kate Wolfson 7 Hannah Axelrad Mishel Mendelson Joseph Weiss Jonah Yuro 8 Joshua Braverman Harrison Forman Steven Friedman Eric Marks Elizabeth Marks 10 Rachel Ainley Bobbie Black Kayla Dugatkin Lynne Smith 11 Revital Goldreich Evan Milhaupt Jeffrey Raskin www.templeetzchaim.org

12 Daniel Dankberg Allison Greenstein Samantha Greenstein Jonathan Greenstein Milena Hampton Benjamin Jacobs Mark Wolfson 13 Elissa Goodkin Dylan Javinsky Halston Landau Terri Landes Neil Levine William Tenenbaum 14 Paige Averbach Mark Goldstein Tov Lutzker Jerome Ratzan Robert Zuckerman 15 Chloe Crown-Yuro Geoffrey Graham Amy Greenberg Tracy Kitzman Karen Levine Michael Malchicoff Nathan Sharon Michael Zonshine 16 Bonnie Goldenberg Jordan Roberts Penny Sterling Lisa Warren 18 Amy Richman Jessica Schned Brian Smith Nicolette Warren 19 Alexander Bugaisky Allison Cain Rachel Carmona Steven Ormond Ariella Rutschman 20 Michelle DeSalay David Kaye Liam Kerzner Devorah Klein 21 Barry Greenstein William Koepcke 22 Jordan Bader

Shelley Kierman David Marx Joshua Sassoon Georgina Sissman Noah Weintraub Emily Wolfson 23 Marc Breverman Madilyn Domingo Mariano Dugatkin Julie Jacobs Meghann Morris Randee Paller 24 Ethan Brender Alexis Gilbard Alisa Glickman Sam Koutal 24 Ryan Sanders Austyn Schwartz 25 Sara Kaye David Seery 26 Michael David Glen Rose Felicia Toporoff 27 Harriet Sarto Adam Tischler 28 Samuel Dugatkin Robert Peisner 29 Martin Breverman Benjamin Friedman Allison Gerin Ethan Javinsky Logan Nordahl Larry Slomowitz Danielle Wachs Alan Whitman 30 Phyllis Dankberg Jake Rutten Natalie Stock 31 Adam Barukh Jaymee Margolis Adya Riss

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Discover the Hidden Words

Spot 10 Differences

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Color by Number

Find 2 matching jellyfish

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