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Rabbi Jerry Ram Cutler
Rabbi's Message
The New Year of 2014 has already started with a bold move on our part. Hopefully, all will be well, our expectations met and, at long last, our wanderings will come to an end. Like Tevya in Fiddler On The Roof, we are moving, lock, stock and SUV, to new/old quarters that will give us the opportunity to reach out and beyond to many communities with our message of hope and giving.
Our outreach programs will reach a new crescendo as we, together with Temple Beth El, open our hearts to those who are in need both here and abroad.
There will be a blanket of educational programs as well as readings and films of Jewish interest. Our services, surrounded by Jewish artifacts and the memory of Hollywood moguls will be brought back into focus and their dreams of building an ongoing spiritual and creative base will come to fruition.
Our services will be complimented by the presence and participation of current Beth El members who, in turn, cordially invite us to their Shabbat and holiday services. Our Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur services will continue to be held at the Beverly Hills High School Auditorium.
I hope and pray our move to this established spiritual landmark will meet with your approval. Speaking for my family and our board, it can only be a positive transaction as, at long last, we have a permanent "Jewish" and heimish home.
As the New Year approaches, my wish for all of us is a proactive spirit - a spirit that does not wait for the right time thinking when an opportunity would come and fall on our lap, but goes out to grab an opportunity, and prove our worth to the world.
May we all stand up for our own rights this New Year and also the rights of fellow human beings, may nothing stop us from championing a cause that we hold close to our hearts. Amen
Rabbi Jerry Ram Cutler
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Next Service
Friday Night Shabbat Service will be
Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 8:00 PM
Shabbat Service
Note 2nd Friday because of New Years Eve
at
Temple Beth El
1317 Crescent Heights Blvd.
West Hollywood
(Corner Crescent Hts. & Fountain)
If you are celebrating a simcha (happy occasion) and want to honor or memorialize someone special, please consider contributing to the Shabbat Service and receive a blessing from Rabbi Jerry & Cantor Kathy.
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Creative Arts Temple
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Hollywood Temple Beth El
Presents:
SPLIT
A staged reading of a new musical with our own
Cantor Kathy Robbins
Thursday, Jan 9th
7:30pm
at
Temple Beth El
1317 Crescent Heights Blvd.
West Hollywood
(Corner Crescent Hts. & Fountain)
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To view flyer as a pdf and print out to mail in reservations, CLICK HERE |
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Come Join CAT at our Next Shabbat Dinner
Friday, January 17, 2014 at 6:30 p.m.
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Our next Shabbat Dinner will be Friday night,
January 17, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. at Lenny's Deli (formerly Juniors) restaurant on Westwood Boulevard.
There will be the traditional blessing of the candles, challah and wine followed by a dinner with your choice of - Starter: chicken soup or salad Entr�e: Stuffed Cabbage, Ground Beef Patty, Fish De Jour, Grilled Chicken Breast with Steamed Vegetables, Knockwurst & Beans, Pot Cheese & Noodles Entree Served With: Mashed Potato, Boiled Potato, Potato-Pancake or Steamed Vegetables Beverage: Coffee or Tea
Fixed Price: $18.00 Members - $22.00 Non Members
(includes tax and gratuity)
There will be no formal service or sermon. However, pertinent topics concerning our community, Israel and the Kardashians, will be discussed by our Rabbi and special guests at our monthly dinners. We promise you an informative, fun-filled Shabbat. For reservations and more information, please call the Temple office at (310) 470-3888. |
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Arne's Corner
Didja know?
New Iranian Pres.Hassan Rouhani is a veteran insider involved in years of Iranian deception over its covert nuclear weapons program. Also, Rouhani was a member of the Iranian government committee that plotted the July 1994 bombing of the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, in which 85 people were killed and hundreds more were maimed.
In a June 2011 interview for "Foreign Policy" Magazine, Alice Walker said, "I think Israel is the greatest terrorist in that part of the world." Last year, Walker refused to permit her book, The Color Purple, to be translated into Hebrew because, in her view, "Israel is guilty of apartheid and persecution of the Palestinian people, both inside Israel and in the occupied territories."
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has praised the attempted murder of a 9 year old Jewish girl by a member of Fatah. The girl was shot and wounded in the Judean Hills. Her attacker was immediately praised on the official Fatah Facebook page as "the sniper of Palestine." A 9 year old girl?
The last thing the world needs now is yet another anti-American, anti-Jewish, anti-Christian terrorist dictatorship. Yet that is exactly what a Palestinian state would be, judging by the behavior of the PA during the 20 years since its creation.
Arnold Charitan
President
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Your Thoughtfulness is Truly Appreciated
Joe Ingber
In memory of Joel Pressman,
and in honor of Jeff Cutler's Birthday
Norman Kantor
Happy Birthday to Howard Krupnick,
Fran Zigman, Sandy Benson,
and Happy Anniversary to Nat & Elaine Stern
Gail Rund
In memory of Lou and Fran Zigman's mothers
Jeanne Zigman & Beverly Newman
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January Birthdays
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Harvey Schechter
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1/4/2014
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Cleo Fraser
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1/5/2014
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Barbara Mayer Harris
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1/7/2014
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Nicole-Marie Slayton
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1/7/2014
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Barbara Weinger
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1/9/2014
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Ron Fields
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1/11/2014
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Chelsey Sobel
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1/13/2014
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Nicole Rosenthal
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1/14/2014
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Phyllis Spear
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1/14/2014
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Steve Spitz
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1/14/2014
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Alan DuFine
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1/15/2014
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Julie Gold
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1/15/2014
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Larry Crestol
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1/16/2014
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Roxanne Metrano
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1/17/2014
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George Goldberg
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1/18/2014
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Alex Kleiner
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1/18/2014
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Steve Siegman
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1/20/2014
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Debbie Rae George
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1/22/2014
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Mallory Sobel
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1/22/2014
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Arnold Kogen
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1/23/2014
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Allan Rotman
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1/25/2014
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Barry Smith
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1/27/2014
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Lucas Richman
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1/31/2014
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January Anniversaries
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Sherwyn & Edythe Horwitz
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1/4/2014
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Joseph & Roberta Siegman
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1/14/2014
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December Oneg Sponsors
Thank you, Oneg Sponsors who help defray costs of Shabbat Service, hall rental, food, and personnel.
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Ms. Sandy Benson
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In honor of her Birthday
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Arnold & Gladys Charitan
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Annual Oneg Sponsor
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Mrs. June Miller
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Annual Oneg Sponsor
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Marvin & Bettye Donsker
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In honor of Marvin's Birthday
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Louis & Fran Zigman
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In honor of Fran's Birthday
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From L to R: Nolan Porter, Gladys & Arne Charitan, Fran Zigman and Sandy Benson
If you are celebrating a simcha (happy occasion) and want to honor or memorialize someone special, please consider contributing to the Shabbat Service and receive a blessing from Rabbi Jerry and Cantor Kathy.
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December Yahrzeits
Thank You for Your Donation and May You Be Comforted Among the Mourners of Zion
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Ross & Fern Bloom
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In memory of Nathan Bernard Taylor
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Ralph & Cynthia Bovitz
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In memory of Sam Bovitz
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Fern Field Brooks
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In memory of Norman Brooks
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Sophie Caan
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In memory of Arthur Caan
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Arnold & Gladys Charitan
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In memory of Jack Charitan
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Norm & Joanie Crosby
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In memory of Jack Crosby
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Florence Davis
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In memory of Lawrence Simon & Morton Goldberg
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Marvin & Bettye Donsker
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In memory of Lewis Donsker
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Stephen & Leslie Ellman
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In memory of Sarah Ellman
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Jerry & Julie Gold
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In memory of Bernard Gladstein
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Sarah Goldberg
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In memory of Nathaniel Lamm and Charles Goldberg
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Maria Jacobs
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In memory of Simmy Jacobs
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Pamela Kerman/Bill Brandt
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In memory of Anna Brandt
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Marty Kove
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In memory of Frances & Ted Kove
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Caroline Lembeck
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In memory of Harvey Lembeck
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Arlene Rubin
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In memory of Anna Rubin
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Lili Schwarcz
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In memory of Charles Schwarcz
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Rosalie Shulman
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In memory of Charles Rifkin
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Phyllis Spear/ Irwin Schwartzman
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In memory of Delphine Swartzman and Rebecca Gomberg
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Barbara Takamoto
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In memory of Iwao Takamoto and Bessie Kay
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Roy Wallenstein
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In memory of Regina Wallenstein
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Emory & Lucy Weltsch
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In memory of Ron Weltsch and Emory Weltsch
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Louis & Fran Zigman
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In memory of Charles Newman
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View From The Pew
Rabbi Jerry Ram Cutler
August: Osage County
And, I thought at times, my home life was dysfunctional. Compared to the Weston family insults, cussing, fighting, jealousy, lack of compassion, my family and I have led an exemplary life.
Tracy Letts, who adapted the movie from his award winning play of the same title, is an extremely talented writer whose unrelenting dialogue is as bombastic as a pneumatic drill on a crowded street of New York. It is biting, sarcastic, mean spirited and masterful. The two leads, Meryl Streep and Julie Roberts, not only chew up the scenery, but they eat it, digest it and go back for more.
Violet (Streep) has cancer and is hooked on painkillers. Her soft-spoken husband, Charles (Chris Cooper), a published poet, has turned to alcohol to stave off the flow of verbal insults from Vi. When he suddenly disappears, a frightened and desperate Violet reaches out to her adult daughters.
Ivy (Julianne Nicholson), quiet and reserved, has been putting up with her mother's erratic behavior and believes she has finally found happiness with her cousin Charles Jr. (Benedict Cumberbatch), a nebbish who has been brow beaten by his mother, Vi's sister, Mollie Faye (Margo Martindale). Juliette Lewis (Karen) who portrays bimbos better than any true-life bimbo, drives in from Florida with her fianc�e (Dermot Mulroney) and Barbara (Roberts) arrives from Colorado with her estranged husband (Ewan McGregor) and 14 year-old daughter Jean, (Abigail Breslin), who enjoys smoking a weed every so often. Each daughter brings her own psychological baggage but it is Barbara who challenges the overbearing venomous and needy Vi.
It is Roberts' best performance, ever. Thanks to Ms. Streep, who elicits a great performance with her mercurial moods, brilliant delivery of caustic and very funny dialogue, you have the distinct honor of watching two great Mesdames of the American cinema bring their art to euphoric heights.
4 Bagels out of 4
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Last week I responded to former Pink Floyd front man Roger Waters' abhorrent statements comparing Israel to Nazi Germany. My dispute with Waters was picked up by several media outlets, especially my accusation that any man who can compare victims to their murderers is bereft of decency, heart, and soul.
Waters responded to me, via an interview with The Guardian: "If Rabbi Boteach can make a case for the Israel government's policies, I look forward to hearing it." As soon as I read that I challenged Waters to a public debate. And since he claims that Israel's evil is "so crushingly obvious," surely he should avail himself of the opportunity to win an easy debate. I await his response.
The fight for Israel is the great Jewish battle of our time. The Jewish state is now the focal point for the fight for Jewish survival. It is the locus for all the irrational hatred felt for Jewry and in defending Israel we defend the future of our people and Jewish life itself. To fail to stand up for Israel is to suffer a privation of Jewish pride. It is the priori demonstration of Jewish spinelessness and embarrassment.
This week's Torah reading, Shemot, where we discover the quintessential quality of Moses' leadership. Moses might have been just another uppity Egyptian Aristocrat until the day he chanced upon an Israelite slave being beaten. The Bible relates, "And he looked this way and that way and saw there was no man. Then he smote the Egyptian." When Moses saw there was none but him to address this moral outrage, he sacrificed his cushy position in Egyptian society and acted to fight injustice. At that moment he became instantly unpopular in Egyptian society but he also become an audacious leader. It should be noted that the great liberator and lawgiver could not give a public speech. He was a stutterer whose mouthpiece was his brother Aaron. But then, real leadership does not involve having the best mouth but rather the most courageous heart. Real leadership is not found in our immortal soul but in our moral courage.
Emma Thompson is currently starring in the film Saving Mr. Banks about Walt Disney's attempts to secure the rights to Mary Poppins from author P.L. Travers. In 2012 Thomson and three dozen other artists joined the BDS movement by publishing a letter protesting an Israeli theater group's participation in last year's Shakespeare festival in England: "We notice with dismay and regret that Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London has invited Israel's National Theatre, Habima, to perform The Merchant of Venice
in its Globe to Globe festival this coming May."
Yet, the six-week long festival also hosted China's National Theater, but their participation was met without protest from Thompson and the other artists, even though China regularly jails innocent political dissidents like Liu Xiaobo, the 2010 Nobel Peace Laureate, and his wife, Liu Xia, who has been under house arrest for three years and has been held incommunicado even though she has never even been charged.
What made Martin Luther King, Jr. a great spiritual leader was not the fact that he was a mesmerizing speaker. Less so was it the fact that he was a talented writer. Rather, what made King the most influential pastor in America was his fight for his people, his fearlessness in standing up to tyranny, his bravery in confronting the evil of segregation and racial hatred and ultimately bringing it to its knees. King's dream of racial equality was not realized through his soaring rhetoric but through his daring marches, leading children in the face of fire hoses and attack dogs, being bludgeoned by racist cops and corrupt officials. And though he paid with his life, of him it is today written what was said in ancient times of Joseph. On a slab of marble in front of Lorraine Hotel room 306, where he was murdered, the monument so beautifully reads, "Behold here cometh the dreamer. Come let us slay him. And let us see what shall become of his dreams."
Rabbi Boteach
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NEWS FROM 
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World malaria experts look to Israel's past for future solutions
Experts believe the multipronged approach that wiped out the disease in pre-state Israel could be applied to African countries today.
The mosquito-borne parasites that cause malaria were wiped out in Israel several years before the state's founding in 1948. So why did leading malaria experts choose Jerusalem as the place to meet last week to formulate a new strategy for African nations?
Because the tactics that proved successful here in the 1920 and 1930s, coupled with new technologies, could be exactly what sub-Saharan Africa needs to address its malaria epidemic, which causes the death of a child every 30 seconds. Some 250 million people worldwide are infected by the parasite.
Despite billions invested in malaria vaccine research and mosquito netting, the problem persists and may even be getting worse, says public-health and medicine historian Maureen Malowany from the Hebrew University-Hadassah Braun School of Public Health.
"Revisiting Malaria" conference participants are soon to release the Jerusalem Declaration on Malaria Elimination, proposing what Malowany calls "a phenomenal melding of 21st century technology and tools in an old toolbox."
A forgotten strategy
Malowany tells ISRAEL21c that back in the 1920s, Mandatory Palestine faced an enormous malaria epidemic. Quinine could ease symptoms, but nobody knew how to stop the disease at its source.
"In comes Israel J. Kligler, who arrived from the United States in 1921 with a doctorate in microbiology," says Malowany.
Before his death in 1944, Kligler succeeded in eradicating malaria through a multipronged approach that included not only draining marshes, spraying larva-infested areas and introducing new treatments, but also improving housing conditions and mounting a vast community education effort.
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Israel's folding car of the future
The two-seat City Transformer will solve several urban problems, running on a rechargeable battery and taking up no more parking space than a motorcycle.
If you're looking for the future of urban transportation, take a peek inside a workshop near Rosh HaAyin, where a trio of engineers is readying Israel's entry into the folding-car arena.
The City Transformer (www.citytransformer.com) quadricycle is designed as an electric two-seater that folds down with the press of a button from 1.6 meters to just one meter (3.2 feet) in width. Its 2.2-meter (7.2 feet) length matches the size of a motorcycle parking spot.
The entire vehicle will weigh about 400 kilograms (880 pounds), quite a difference from the 1,543-kilo Renault Fluence electric sedan that was sold in Israel through the now-defunct Better Place recharging network.
For now, the City Transformer exists only in virtual space and a wooden model, but the trio is optimistic about securing the $1 million investment needed to construct a prototype in collaboration with industrial design company Yama Design, Research & Development in Netanya.
CEO Asaf Formoza, who recently earned a PhD in mechanical engineering from Ben-Gurion University with a focus on robotics and mechatronics, says he and his partners are hardly the first inventors to design a foldable vehicle. Sketches were floated as long ago as the 1940s, but only today are the right materials and manufacturing capabilities available.
The Israeli company's website even shares video clips of seven "personal transportation" prototypes - not all of them foldable - in various stages of development at the labs of such places as Honda, Toyota and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
"We are not alone out there," Formoza tells ISRAEL21c. And that's fine with him.
"We don't want to compete with anybody. It's a big field, and everyone can play together."
The innovation is in the fold
Formoza's confidence comes from more than Israeli-style chutzpah.
City Transformer stands out from other current designs mainly because of the unique way it folds and other safety features, according to Formoza. It is designed for higher-speed driving (up to 90 km, or 56 miles, per hour) as well as longer-distance driving than potential competitors in this category.
But even more importantly, Formoza envisions manufacturers building their own models on the City Transformer skeleton, in the same way that various brands of computers all have Intel technology inside.
"We can give them the platform and they can build on our chassis. Many cars today have the same chassis," he points out. "This is one of our business models."
Formoza's partners include CTO Gideon Goldwine, a fellow mechanical engineering PhD from Ben-Gurion and co-founder of a student team to build the first Israeli Formula SAE car (w3.bgu.ac.il/sae-car); and CDO Erez Abramov, a practical engineer and rally sport driver experienced in developing motor sport vehicles.
Together, they presented City Transformer at EcoMotion (http://israel21c.org/news/at-ecomotion-no-idea-for-smart-transport-is-too-dumb/) last May, an Israeli government- and industry-sponsored "unconference" aimed at creating a collaborative community from a variety of disciplines to work on alternative smart transportation solutions.
The lightweight quadricycle - a category between two-wheeled vehicles and traditional cars - will have a propulsion system based on an electric engine and battery.
Following the Better Place fiasco, which has left Renault Fluence owners stranded for juice, Formoza stresses that he anticipates no problem with recharging. And because the car will be much smaller, it will eat up less energy and won't need charging as often.
"You will be able to recharge it everywhere - at work, at home and at gas stations," assures Formoza. "Already in Europe there are parking spot chargers."
He does not yet know what type of battery will go into the quadricycle. "Battery technology is developing all the time. We will take the best batteries for our car from off the shelf, and if we work with Honda, for instance, they can put their own battery in the car. We don't see an issue with that."
The City Transformer is expected to sell for NIS 30,000 ($8,500)
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Important Message
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Please note our new address for Friday Night Services:
Temple Beth El
1317 Crescent Heights Blvd.
West Hollywood
(Corner Crescent Hts. & Fountain)
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2014
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Friday, Jan. 10
8:00 PM
Note 2nd Friday because of New Years Eve
at our new location:
Temple Beth El
1317 Crescent Heights Blvd.
West Hollywood
(Corner Crescent Hts. & Fountain)
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Thurs., Jan. 9
7:30 PM
Musical Play Reading of the new show SPLIT
at
Temple Beth El
1317 Crescent Heights Blvd.
West Hollywood
(Corner Crescent Hts. & Fountain)
More information on left.
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Friday, Jan. 17
Shabbat Dinner
at
Lenny's
(Formerly Juniors)
Westwood & Pico Blvd.
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Shabbat Candle Lighting Times
January
3 4:39 p.m.
10 4:45 p.m.
17 4:51 p.m.
24 4:58 p.m.
31 5:05 p.m.
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Learning Center 2014
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COMING SOON we will be holding our adult classes for those interested in learning:
Yiddish
Hebrew
Jewish Customs and Traditions, Jewish History
Israel Old and New
Jewish contributions in music from Tin Pan Alley to Broadway
The Jew In Film
Kabalah
Israeli Dancing
Jewish themed plays over the years
Acting Classes.
We are contacting lecturers and teachers for the aforementioned and other courses.
Your feedback will determine which classes will be given.
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If you have a car that is in working condition, the
Temple would be happy to accept it as a donation and give you a tax deduction.
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Do you need a really good
Handy Man?
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310-827-4316 is your answer! Alex who works with Creative Arts Temple setting up for every Shabbat as well as the High Holidays is honest, trustworthy, and an integral part of the CAT family. |
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CANTOR KATHY ROBBINS' CD
"AN ISLAND IN TIME"
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Cantor Kathy has most generously donated her CD "An Island in Time" featuring Contemporary Music for the Eve of Shabbat to Creative Arts Temple.
The price is $18 and we receive 100% of the profits. We all come out winners!
For orders, please call our office at 310 470-3888 or email us at
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Cantor Kathy Robbins
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Life Cycle Officiation
Baby Naming, Bris, Bar/
Bat Mitzvah, Funeral, Wedding
Music
Singer/Guitarist/Bandleader
Composer/Producer
*All Styles
*Occasions
*Venues...
Concerts, Dances, Private
Parties, Special Events,
Studio Recording
Cell: (760) 707-8112
Fax: (760) 918-9101
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Now You Can Make Donations Online
Securely Through Paypal
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You now can make donations to the Oneg Shabbat Table, Order Tribute Cards, Remember A Yarzheit, Order a Plaque, or Make A Donation through your Temple Talk Email or on our website.
All you have to do is click on the link and choose what kind of donation you would like to make. Paypal is secure and safe. You can choose to use your credit card or through your bank. Once we receive your information, we will send you a confirmation email to let you know that we are in receipt of your donation.
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A Thoughtful Remembrance
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Take a look at the birthdays and anniversaries, if there is someone you would like to remember and honor, call the office and send out a tribute card this month. We all will appreciate it.
Unfortunately, do to the high costs of printing and postage, we are only able to send out cards with a minimum donation of $18.00. We will be happy to post your tribute in Temple Talk no matter what you are able to donate.
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Creative Arts Temple Contact Info:
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Creative Arts Temple
P.O. Box 241831
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Tel: (310) 470-3888
Fax: (310) 470-2949
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Share your Simcha with your Temple Family
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If you are celebrating a birthday, anniversary,
engagement, or any other special occasion, please consider sharing this happy event with your Temple family by donating to the Oneg Shabbat and receive a blessing from the Rabbi and Cantor.
If you are unable to attend services that month, please consider making a donation anyway and we will gladly mention your name and occasion.
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Sends Get Well Wishes and a
Speedy Recovery to:
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Sid Caesar
Marilyn Epstein
Robin Frontieri
Julie Gold
Stuart Glickman
Valerie Harper
Rocky Kalish
Barbara Marmorstein
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Ralph's Community
Contribution
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Enroll your Ralph's Card
If you haven't registered with Ralph's, please do so. You have to renew every year.
Just download and print this letter with the scan bar and take it with you the next time you go grocery shopping. Present it to the cashier as you check out and from that time on, you will be contributing to Creative Arts Temple. Or you can sign up directly on www.ralph's.com .
We hope you will sign up. It doesn't cost you a penny and Creative Arts Temple can use your support.For any questions, please contact the Temple Office at (310) 470-3888
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Creative Arts Temple
Board of Directors
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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
Director Emeritus: Lois Bennett
Immediate Past President- Joann Roth Oseary
Past presidents:
Lou Milkowski
Arnold Charitan
Larry Crestol
Steve Ellman
Stuart Kricun
Norman G. Brooks*
Irving Dersh*
Max Guefen*
deceased *
Lifetime Members
Deborah Barnhardt
Lois Bennett
Joni Berry
Fern Field Brooks
Ross & Fern Bloom
Mitchell & Rochelle Blumenfeld
Ted Blumenfeld
Dorothy Frieband
Artie Butler
Jack & Roxanne Carter
Arnold & Gladys Charitan
Larry & Alexis Crestol
Sidney & Harriet Crestol
Jennifer Crestol
Steven Crestol
Norm & Joanie Crosby
Carol Jean Delmar
Allan & Harriet Diamond
Karel Guefen
Charlotte Heller
Eugene & Marsha Heller
Arthur & Gwen Hiller
Steven Kaplan
Arthur Kassel
Rhea Kimmel
Les & Laura Landau
Joseph & Shirley Leibowitz
Stephen Maitland-Lewis
Dr. Steve Matlin
Art Metrano
Joann & Yossi Oseary
Nolan & Patrice Porter
Harvey & Hope Schechter
Sharon Shaw
Ruth Veprin
Barbara Weinger
Michael & Lynn Zaifert
Call the Temple and find out how to become a Lifetime Member
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Advertising Space
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Please use Temple Talk to advertise your business, a rental you may have, an event, or if you just want to sell something. Our rates are the lowest in town and we reach a large part of the community.
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***NEW***
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Israel's 24-hour English News Television Station
Please spread the word.
Israel has a new 24 hour internet news channel broadcasting in English (also French and Arabic) from Tel Aviv.
It is a 24 hour news feed (from the Israeli perspective) and is intended to rival CNN, Al-Jazeera, BBC, etc. and it covers world news but also has a specific Israel news section.
Here is a link for you to save to your favorites -
http://www.I24news.tv/en/tv/live
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Jewmor
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A group of foreign dignitaries
are visiting Israel. At the end
of the tour, they are taken to
see the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
They look at the tomb and read the following inscription:
ABRAHAM SCHWARTZ
BORN 5694 DIED 5733
A GOOD MAN AND A GREAT FURRIER
The visitors are incredulous.
They ask the guide, "How can this be an unknown soldier if the grave has his name?" Their host responds,
"Sure, as a soldier he was unknown, but as a furrier -- he was the best!"
A Bar Mitzvah is defined as the day when a Jewish boy
comes to the realization that he is more likely to own a professional sports team than he is to play for one.
Two Jews, Morty and Saul, are out one afternoon on a lake when their boat starts sinking.
Saul says to Morty, "So listen, Morty, you know I don't swim so well."
Morty remembered how to carry another swimmer from his lifeguard class when he was just a kid. So Morty begins tugging Saul toward shore. After ten minutes, he begins to tire.
Finally about 100 feet from shore, Morty asks Saul, "So Saul, do you suppose you could float alone?"
Saul replies, "Morty, this is a hell of a time to be asking for money!"
" I had the strangest dream last night," a young Jewish man was telling his psychiatrist.
"I saw my mother but, when she turned around to look at me, I noticed that she had your face. And you can imagine, I found this very disturbing. In fact, I woke up immediately and couldn't get back to sleep. I just lay there in bed waiting for morning to come. Then I got up, drank a Coke, and came right over here for my appointment. I thought you could help me explain the meaning of this strange dream.
The psychiatrist was silent for a full minute before responding:
" A Coke? That's a breakfast?"
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