Rabbi Jerry Ram Cutler

   Rabbi's Message

     A New York taxi driver and a rabbi died on the same day and appeared before the angel in charge of admissions to Heaven. The taxi driver was immediately ushered through the great doors, but the rabbi was asked to wait. The cleric, who had devoted his whole life to good works, was understandably upset.  But the angel had a plausible explanation. "Sometimes your sermons were a little lengthy and the people fell asleep.  However, this man's erratic driving caused scores of people to repent on the spot and to start praying with true fervor."

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Creative Arts Temple

1525 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite E

Los Angeles, CA 90025

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John Carney has written and directed a worthy follow up to his successful, "Once."  The music is there, the performers, dialogue and direction are there, however, it missed the simplicity and innocence of his first endeavor. That's not to say that "Begin Again" with its high end cast (Kiera Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine, Catherine Keener, Hailee Steinfeld and Cee Lo Green), is not worthy of some first class bagels from this reviewer. It is...but a limited amount because of a few misgivings.

On the plus side Levine wears long sleeves covering up his over laden 'garish' tattoos (my opinion); Knightely is mesmerizing and has a wonderful singing voice; there are no gratuitous sex scenes, vomiting or groin jokes. There is some profanity that now seems sleight and inoffensive thanks to our mayor's colorful celebratory descriptive four-letter word during the LA Kings victory celebration.

On the down side is Knightley who writes her songs and doesn't vie for recognition (I don't believe it); Ruffalo, the inebriate who has been let go from the successful music company he started; Catherine Keener, Ruffalo's  unhappy ex wife, Steinfeld as his neglected daughter and Levine as Knightley's rising-star boyfriend.  All are stereotypical characters reciting unconvincing dialogue. I would like to have seen more character development with less time spent on getting to the heart of the story.

With due credit to Mr. Carney, he has done an admirable job directing. The story moves, the music is terrific and the characters likeable. Now that he has done "Once" and once again in "Begin Again," he can begin again in earnest and this time come up with a more compelling and creative story.

Two and a half bagels with a schmear

NEWS FROM    

18 Israeli inventions that could save your life

Posted By ISRAEL21c Staff On May 1, 2014

Every day, ISRAEL21c reports on Israeli innovations that are making life easier and better across the globe, from medical and agricultural advances to social-action initiatives and high-tech wonders.

To celebrate the 66^th Israel Independence Day on May 6, we bring you 18 innovations from Israel specifically designed to save lives - some already on the market and some coming soon. In Hebrew, the number 18 corresponds to the word "chai" ("life"). We're sure you will share our pride in Israeli ingenuity benefiting humankind everywhere.

1. The First Care Emergency Bandage (also known as the "Israeli bandage"), invented by an Israeli military medic, is used to stop bleeding from hemorrhagic wounds in trauma situations. Credited for saving the life of US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in a 2011 shooting, the bandage is widely used by military medics and civilian first-responders the world over.

2. A fatal car crash can happen in a split second. That's why Jerusalem-based Mobileye technology for identifying and alerting to driving hazards is being built into virtually every new vehicle in the world. Mobileye is the largest private high-tech company in Israel and the world's largest R&D center for artificial vision.

3. SensAheart  a product made by the Israeli diagnostic technology company Novamed, can be used at home and in the hospital to detect a heart attack coming on.

4. Tel Aviv's Cheetah Medical invented the NICOM non-invasive cardiac output monitor to prevent sepsis, a life-threatening blood infection that causes one in four hospital deaths and is one of the top 10 causes of death in the United States. Using a patented technology, the NICOM monitors hemodynamics - the movement of blood from the heart to the body's organs - via four sensors and enables medical professionals to better diagnose and treat the patient.

5. The adjustable, disposable Lubo Airway Collar by Inovytec is a novel airway management and cervical collar device for cases of severe trauma to the neck and spine. It is the first-ever non-invasive device that can open an airway by imitating a jaw-thrust maneuver while protecting the cervical spine en route to the hospital.

6. The Agilite Instant Harness, the world's smallest Class II rappelling harness, saved the lives of South African miners trapped underground in 2013, The same Israeli company also makes the Injured Personnel Carrier, a novel hands-free device that allows one rescuer to carry an incapacitated person like a "human backpack."

7. The Babysense breathing monitor by HiSense alerts parents of respiratory cessation (apnea) in babies. The Israeli breakthrough technology has helped protect more than 600,000 babies from crib death around the world, and has been copied by numerous other manufacturers.

8. XSight Systems' award-winning FODetect advanced runway sensors keep runways around the world safe from foreign object debris (FOD), birds and wildlife with a unique hybrid optical-radar remote-sensing technology. Direct damage to aircraft caused by FOD is estimated to cost the aviation industry some $4 billion each year. FOD-related damage caused the supersonic jetliner Concorde to crash in 2000, killing 113 people.

9. Hyginex makes a smart bracelet to be worn by every staff member in a hospital to make sure that all personnel wash their hands after contact with patients. Clean hands can practically eliminate most hospital-borne infections. Nurses, doctors and even candy-stripers know it, but Hyginex enforces it.

10. When the iMayDay iPhone app senses that your car has been in a collision, it sets off an alarm and emails five pre-determined addresses (or generates up to 50 SMS messages) to inform emergency workers and/or loved ones about the accident. It works anywhere in the world. iMayDay App

11. PerSys Medical's Blizzard Survival line of products, including blankets and jackets, leads the market in hypothermia care. The Blizzard Jacket was pivotal last March in the rescue of a mother and son by the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team in Wales. The lifesaving wraps withstand temperatures as low as -4 F/-20 C.

12. Micromedic Technologies specializes in developing and commercializing novel and innovative cancer diagnostic kits enabling early intervention. The company's portfolio spans cancer and cancer-related indications including colorectal cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer, and diagnostic tools for personalized treatment.

13. It started out as a rescue "spider" in 2005, and today the Israeli-made Skysaver is deployed to help evacuate skyscrapers in emergency situations. The device is worn like a backpack and includes a fire-resistant cord that can rappel rescued people to safety.

14. The NowForce smartphone app uses GPS crowd-sourcing tech to rally first-response teams quickly. NowForce was developed jointly with United Hatzalah, a Jerusalem-based non-profit that trains thousands of neighborhood volunteers to respond to emergencies on foot or ambucycle before ambulances arrive. United Hatzalah teaches its model of community-powered call centers throughout the world.

15. Wearable devices are becoming the rage for doing everything from counting calories to counting reps at the gym. The Oxitone watch is a wearable device that could save your life by measuring blood oxygen levels and alerting to a potential heart attack well before it happens. It's expected on the market within a year.

16. Autotalks - maker of the world's first automotive-grade chipset for series-production for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication - aims to keep drivers and passengers safer by allowing cars to exchange data. The technology analyzes data transmitted by the on-board processing units of nearby vehicles and warns drivers of any imminent danger. The Israeli company expects all car manufacturers will integrate its systems by 2015.

17. BiondVax has completed trials of its universal flu vaccine first developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Pending commercial agreements with governments around the world to continue development, the vaccine could be in the market within two years. Influenza can be deadly. Between 1976 and 2006, flu-associated deaths in the United States alone were estimated to be in the thousands, possibly as many as 49,000. The 1918 flu pandemic killed three to five percent of the world's population at the time.

18. Wherever disaster strikes in the world - be it natural or manmade - Israel is always among the first to send medical and search-and-rescue teams and supplies, even when it lacks diplomatic relations with the country in crisis.

 

Cantor Kathy has most generously donated her CD "An Island in Time" featuring Contemporary Music for the Eve of Shabbat to Creative Arts Temple.    

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President - Arne Charitan

Vice President - Fern Field Brooks
Secretary- Julie Gold
Treasurer- Jerry Gold
Board-
Deborah Barnhart  

Malcolm & Barbara Marmorstein 

Marty & Barri Smith

Executive Director: Jeff Cutler

Office Administrator:  Janice Metz
Director Emeritus: Lois Bennett  

Immediate Past President- Joann Roth Oseary
Past presidents:

Lou Milkowski

Arnold Charitan

Norman G. Brooks*
Irving Dersh*
Max Guefen*
deceased *