Upcoming  Programs
LAST CHANCE TO RSVP!
Celebrate Purim in Shushan at TBE
Shushan Purim Gala
This Saturday, March 11
at 6:30 p.m. at TBE
 
Join us for a wonderful night of dinner, dancing, costume contest, silent auction, belly dancers fortune teller and more! 


For questions, please contact:
Gale Swartz (310) 347-7927.
Purim Fun For All Ages at Temple Beth El
THIS Sunday, March 12

9:00 Torah School Begins
 
9:15 a.m. Adult Learning with Rabbi Chuck
 
10:00 a.m.  Purim Shpiel: "Finding Esther"
 
11:00 - 12:30 p.m.
Carnival games, bounce house, face painting, prizes, 
Delicious BBQ LUNCH, (Tri-tip is BACK!!),
hot dogs/veggie dogs, 
beer & wine garden for the adults.
 
RSVP so we know how much yummy food to buy!  Purim Lunch & Carnival

We will also have a baked goods table and we need your help with donations. Any and all baked goods... cookies, cupcakes, etc. Please NO NUTS!

Please contact Debi Rowe to signup to bring your goodies.
Dawn Unity Group presents
Interfaith Panel Discussion including our
Rabbi Charles Briskin
How Has My Religion Changed?
TONIGHT, March 7 at 7:30 p.m.
St. John Fisher Catholic Church
5448 Crest Rd, RPV 

Rabbi Briskin, Temple Beth El
Rev. Krauss, UCLA
Msgr. Sork, St. John Fisher Catholic Church
President Turk, Bayan 
Bob Rothman, Moderator 
Explore Mishkan HaNefesh, the NEW High Holy Days Mahzor (prayer book) for the Reform movement
This Thursday, March 9
4:15 p.m. at TBE

Please join us for "A Look at Sin & Forgiveness."

We will study a different section each time we meet. Investing in your own copy of  Mishkan HaNefesh is helpful but not required. If you'd like to get your own copy now, use  our  TBE Amazon link here  or visit  ccarpress.org . Each two-volume edition is $42.

RSVP to Carrie here to sign up for the class sessions.

Next session is Wednesday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m. at TBE.
Family Havdalah Celebration
Saturday, March 18
4:00 - 7:00 p.m. at TBE 

For families with children from birth through 2nd grade. 

Celebrate the end of Shabbat and the beginning of the new week.

Family program with parents & children learning together,
followed by childcare & pizza for the youngsters  &
adult beverages with hors d'ouvres for the grown ups.

RSVP to Cantor Davidson
Premiere Screening of the Julz Coda original film "Generation seX"
Sunday, March 26
5:00 p.m. at TBE 

Join Julz Coda, in association with, Beyond Beauty School, for a screening of the short documentary, "Generation seX" which explores the modern day sex trade in Cambodia and what the beauty industry is doing to give these victims a second chance at a bright future.

Light refreshments will be served.
Childcare will be available on site.
All are welcome! Bring guests!

MAZON Soup & Salad Dinner at TBE
Friday, March 31
6:30 p.m. MAZON soup & salad dinner. 
7:30 pm. Shabbat Koleinu Service 

Please join us for a light dinner before services to benefit MAZON, a Jewish Response to Hunger. We encourage you to contribute whatever you would normally spend to prepare a Shabbat meal for yourself or your family.


Help MAZON end hunger.   Donate to MAZON 


J
oin us after dinner for Shabbat Koleinu featuring the music of TBE member
Cantor Stephen Richards along with our own Cantor Ilan Davidson. 
In The Community
Social Action Opportunity with Family Promise 
NOW through March 11
San Pedro United Methodist Church
580 W. 6th St., San Pedro

During the week of March 5-12, we will host families in need. To sign up for a volunteer shift, please click the link here.

Masking and Unmasking Ourselves:
Entering into dialogue through the story of Purim 
Sunday, March 12 at 3:00 p.m.
St. Luke's Presbyterian Church
26825 Rolling Hills Rd, RHE

You are invited to an interfaith opportunity to learn about Purim using storytelling, song, and the creative technique of "Bibliodrama." Masks, noisemakers and light refreshments will be provided.


Led by Rabbi Toba August of Temple Shalom of the South Bay and vocalist, Sharon Alexander. Co-sponsored by St. Luke's and Save Our Nation.

To register for this free event, please click here or call
(310) 373-1477.
Reading & Discussion with
award-winning author,
Maggie Anton
Wednesday, March 29
at 7:00 p.m.
at Temple Menorah
1101 Camino Real, Redondo Beach 

Suggested donation: $10 per participant.

Babysitting available for an additional fee.

For more information and to RSVP, please click here or call (310) 316-8444 ext. 101.

Important Notices
Annual Sisterhood Hamantaschen Sale

Get your advanced orders in to make sure you get your favorite flavor!  We have raspberry, chocolate, prune, apple, poppy, apricot and vegan selections, too! 

Advanced Orders are recommended.
$12/dozen
Please contact Marilyn Ortner or Linda Herman with questions.

On-site TBE sales are already underway:
Fridays following Shabbat services.
Thursdays and Sundays before and after Torah School.
Helping Send Your Child To Camp
APPLY NOW!
Deadline is March 31.

Sisterhood Camperships and the Bill Gren Campership Fund are available to our TBE Torah School students who need financial assistance to attend a Jewish summer camp. Please email or write a note to request these scholarships. 

For Sisterhood Camperships,
please contact Susan Goldstein.

For the Bill Gren Campership Fund, contact Rabbi Briskin.
AIPAC 
Policy Conference '17
March 26-28, 2017
Washington, DC 
Act now to join thousands of other pro-Israel activists for three of the most important days impacting Israel's future!

For more information on the Policy Conference, 
click here.
Consultation on Conscience
April 30 - May 2
Washington DC


The most exciting Jewish social justice event in Washington!
Featuring high-level briefings with public policy decision makers
and social action leaders, the Consultation helps those with a
passion for tikkun olam bring Jewish values to modern issues
of civil rights, economic and environmental justice, religious
persecution and more. The Consultation on Conscience is Reform Judaism's flagship social justice conference. 

Early Bird Registration Rate - $399 - Ends April 7, 2017
Register, find schedule of events, and travel information at
  www.rac.org/conc
Copy and Print Services Now Available at TBE
Get your copying and printing done with people you know and trust.. for half the cost!

Temple Beth El has a new copy machine and you can use it! 30¢ for color copies
and 5¢ for black & white. 

Contact Carrie or Shoni with questions.

Cemetery Plots for Sale

 

1 plot in Har Shalom I available at Green Hills Memorial Park.


Ten Minutes of Torah

TBE is delighted to partner with the
Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) to bring opportunities for Jewish study right to your inbox. Five days a week, the URJ publishes Ten Minutes of Torah, a daily email.

Sign up today. Be sure to include our congregation's name and location. It only takes 10 minutes to get started on a lifetime of Jewish learning. Begin today! 

Shop online & raise money for our Torah School at the same time!

 

When you shop at Amazon.com, you can  raise money for our Torah School.


 

Click on the Amazon logo above, or do the same on the home page of our TBE website, and Temple Beth El will earn money for every purchase you make at Amazon.com. This can only happen if you use our special link, so we get the credit for your purchase. 
We raised over $1100 for our Torah School last year!
Lifelong Learning
Torah Study  
Thursdays at Noon
at Vista Sotheby's
608 Silver Spur Road
Rolling Hills Estates

Join us to explore the weekly Torah portion.  No experience is necessary. If you have your own English Torah commentary, please bring it with you.

Class will continue to meet at Vista Sotheby's!

 Sisterhood News

T ribute Card

 

Send a Tribute Card to recognize an event of someone who is important to you! The Sisterhood will send your wishes - on marriage, birth, b'nai mitzvah, bereavement, get well, and more - for $3.50 per card.

 
Contact Audrey Stempel to order a Tribute Card (424) 206-2306 or  family@elroi.com
We hope to see you soon at Temple Beth El.  
Find us on the web at: www.bethelsp.org  
Call the office for more information: 310-833-2467   Or drop by for a visit:   1435 W. 7th Street, San Pedro 90732