June 19, 2020

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Coping Poetry Workshop Showcase Father's Day Service Caring Connections Corner Our Village is Zooming Renew Your Village Membership Content and Connections It's Our Anniversary Virtual Village Events Virtual Shabbat Services Zoom With Us Kehillah

Coping: To Hug or Not to Hug

...That is the Question by Barbara Meltzer Barbara checked in with Village members "mid Pandemic." Her prescription: "Let's all find a way to save the hugs and unseen smiles...There will come a time, hopefully soon, when we can set them free." Read More From Barbara

Poetry Workshop Showcase

"We are featuring some excellent poems from the previous workshop, and I have been very pleased with the progress of all the members." - Ruth Weisberg. This exciting workshop is going into its second installment on June 23. Register Here . Read poems from Ruth Weisberg's Poetry Workshop

Father's Day Service

Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary has created a beautiful pre-recorded virtual service filled with music and storytelling that is available to watch any time after 9:00 AM on Sunday, June 21.  Watch here

Caring Connections Corner

Big thanks to Barry Levine who brought in Sharon and Stanley Karp’s trash cans each week for over two years! Nancy Lewis, his backup, is taking over now that Barry is moving to his new home in Santa Barbara. In Sharon’s words, “Barry, Nancy and ChaiVillageLA have just been wonderful!” Want to be Nancy’s backup? Contact Talia at Admin@ChaiVillageLA.org .

Our Village is Zooming

Tour of the Jewish Balkans

ChaiVillageLA Board Meeting

Renew Your Village Membership

Thanks for Being in Our Village Over 175 of us have renewed our ChaiVillageLA memberships. If you haven't renewed yet, please click the link below or contact the office for help. Renew Here

Content and Connections

Interesting and Useful Websites National Museum of American Jewish History Jewish Book Council Author Talks YIVO Institute Archive of Yiddish Songs

It's Our Anniversary

...And You Are Invited! Put on your dressy attire and pour yourself a cocktail. Join us in a Zoom celebration of 4 wonderful years of ChaiVillageLA featuring fun virtual activities, beautiful music and a chance to celebrate with Village friends.  Sunday, July 5 - 4:00-5:30 PM Register Here

Virtual Village Events

Virtual Israel Adventure with JNF Join ChaiVillageLA and JNF for an immersive virtual tour of Israel, including popular and off-the-beaten-path sites. Registration now open! Click here for more info. Mon-Fri, July 6-10 - 4:00-6:00 PM Register Here

Calm & Creative Workshop Villager Julie Grass is excited to play with you! Join her to create artwork that will help keep you calm. Friday, June 19 - 1:30-2:30 PM Register Here

Film Discussion: Miracle of Miracles Join us for a discussion of Fiddler: Miracle of Miracles about the making of the Fiddler on the Roof movie. NEW DATE AND TIME: Friday, June 19 - 3:00-4:00 PM Register Here

A Virtual Tour of the Jewish Balkans Dr. Joseph Benatov guides us on the final stop of a three-part virtual tour of the Jewish Balkans. Monday, June 22 - 3:00-4:30 PM Register Here

TED Talks to the Village Marcia Albert, Educator and Temple Isaiah member, will lead a discussion of "How Mindset and Grit Are the Keys to a Happy Life." Tuesday, June 23 - 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Register Here

Poetry Workshop with Ruth Weisberg Intimate workshop led by Ruth Weisberg devoted to the thoughtful reading and writing of our own poetry as well as the analysis of modern and contemporary American poetry. A few spots are now available for the workshop's 2nd installment beginning June 23. Tuesdays: June 23 - July 14 - 4:00-5:00 PM Register Here

Israel Then and Now: Steve Zipperstein Steve Zipperstein teaches a fascinating weekly non-partisan, in-depth class about Israel, past and present. This week's topic: The Six-Day War. Wednesday, June 24 - 2:30-3:30 PM Register Here

80's+ Group Virtual Chair Yoga & Salon Shea Andreoni is back to lead a 30-minute Chair Yoga class after we check-in with one another. Each week, one member will be asked to share an inspiring story or written piece to lift our spirits. Fee: $5 per session.  Thursday, June 25 - 1:00-2:00 PM Register Here

Afternoon Tea with the Levines Join Village members Susan & Joel Levine for virtual afternoon tea and friendly conversation. BYO tea! Thursday, June 25 - 4:00-5:00 PM Register Here

Telling Our Stories Oral historian and documentarian Ellie Kahn will show us the best ways to record the priceless stories of our family histories. Monday, June 29 - 3:00-4:30 PM Register Here

Film Discussion: Selma and 13th Take part in a stimulating discussion of two movies dealing with racial issues, Selma and 13th . Monday, June 29 - 7:30-9:30 PM Register Here

Online Bridge Want to play bridge with other members? Contact Sue Silverman at silverman.g@ca.rr.com or 978-760-4805.

Jew It At Home

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Virtual Shabbat Services

Temple Emanuel: Friday Night Service - 6:15 PM Shabbat Morning Service - 10:00 AM Shabbat Morning Torah Study - 11:30 AM - on ZOOM

Temple Isaiah: Friday Night Service - 6:15 PM Shabbat Morning Torah Study - 9:30 AM - on ZOOM, password: 181818

Zoom With Us

Click here to join any ChaiVillageLA virtual program. If you need help with Zoom, contact Talia at Admin@ChaiVillageLA.org or 310.871.2721 or Devorah at Devorah@ChaiVillageLA.org or 310.592.0321 during the "drop-in" hours of 3-4 PM Monday-Friday.

Kehillah

Refuah Shleimah A Full and Complete Healing To:

Rona Berns Sandy Bernstein Gloria Boraz Roberta Gillerman Norma Glickman

Carol Hartmann Debbie Kelly Leonor Kletzky June Miller  Jack Olshansky

Joan Sales David Silber Sandy Trost Claire Tucker David Zarider

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