April 3, 2020

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Director's Corner Virtual Seder Help Coping Jew It At Home Helping Out Lech Lecha Connections and Content Temple Services Virtual Village Events Zoom Kehillah

Director's Corner

From Devorah Servi These tough times illustrate how much sweeter life can be when one is (virtually) surrounded by caring community. Thanks to the board, staff and Caring Connections Committee for making calls to all our members, ensuring that we know who needs grocery deliveries, tech help or more frequent calls. My heart is full with your many examples of compassion and generosity. It is also gratifying to collaborate even more than before with Temple Isaiah and Temple Emanuel. Call me anytime, ChaiVillageLA is here for you.

Recently I came across a very helpful article explaining that what many of us are feeling--a form of grief--is very normal in these times. Read Article Here

Virtual Seder Help

We Would Like to Help our Village Members Set Up and Attend Virtual Seders Would you like an invitation to attend another member's virtual seder? Would you like to invite a ChaiVillageLA member to your virtual seder? Contact Wendy Plottel by April 3 at 310.837.4688 or Wendys49@yahoo.com . Would you like help creating a virtual seder where guests could join you via technology? Contact RabbiGeller@gmail.com for help . Hosts and Guests: Do you need help with the technology needed to put on a virtual seder? Contact Talia Karu between 3-4 PM Monday-Friday at 310.871.2721 or Admin@ChaiVillageLA.org . Would you like a Haggadah that you can email to your virtual guests? Send an email to SusanSRosenblum@gmail.com.

Coping

Looking Out My Window by Terry Pullan My home office looks out to the street where for the past couple of weeks I've spent a lot of time at my computer or watching TV news. When I look outside I see dads on bikes with kids or families walking together or people walking their pets in the middle of the day. Read More From Terry

How are you coping? How are you keeping your spirits up? Please send your thoughts to Idelle Davidson at IdelleDavidson@gmail.com

Jew It At Home

Featured in the Jewish Journal The Jewish Journal wrote about Jew It At Home and how its many contributors are helping the community stay connected and engaged. Read Article Here Visit JewItAtHome.com

Helping Out

Village Member Makes Face Masks Village member Barbara Marom-Pollack is putting her sewing skills to work by making face masks for medical personnel and other members of the community who need them. If you have any 1/4" elastic that you could contribute to Barbara's efforts, please contact her at bigbarbmp@hotmail.com; she will arrange safe pick up. Get Directions for Mask Making Here

Lech Lecha

We're Sending You a Survey We are excited to share a new member-wide survey as part of our Lech Lecha Listening project. This survey will allow us to learn more about your needs. We will be sending the survey to you via email on Sunday, and we thank you in advance for your participation!

Connection and Content

Interesting and Fun FREE Links Chair Yoga with Michelle Azar Aaron New Ways to Stay Connected to Grandchildren and Other Youngsters LA Times Book Club Alvin Ailey Dance Classes

Temple Services

Virtual Seders Temple Isaiah Seder - Thursday, April 9 (4:30-6:00 PM start times) RSVP by April 6. Temple Emanuel Seders - 1st Night Seder Wednesday, April 8 (watch on Vimeo or Facebook); Live Passover Seder Friday, April 10 (6:00 PM). Click here to join on Zoom.

Virtual Shabbat Services Friday night services at 6:15 PM with Temple Emanuel & Temple Isaiah Shabbat morning services at 10:00 AM with Temple Emanuel Shabbat morning Torah Study with Rabbi Zoë at 9:30 AM with Temple Isaiah

NEW EVENT: Virtual Passover Experience

Join in ChaiVillageLA's "Virtual Passover Experience" Join your Village friends via Zoom as we participate in the Virtual Passover Experience with Rabbi Zoë Klein Miles and Rabbi Laura Geller. It won't be a seder; instead we'll have an interesting discussion about Passover, complete with readings and singing. What do you have to do? Register below. If you'd like, gather some Passover objects for the Zoom call: salt water, parsley or any other veggies, a favorite seder plate and, of course, a cup of wine. Tuesday, April 14 - 6:00 PM-7:15 PM Register Here

Plus, register today for a special Pesach program:

The Real Hero(ine)s of the Pesach Story Rabbi Laura Geller will teach a timely class about what we can learn from the true heroes & heroines of the Pesach story. Monday, April 6 - 1:00-2:00 PM Register Here

Virtual Village Events

Thank You Lorna! When our Village had to stop meeting, that didn't faze Program Chair Lorna Belman. She simply worked her program magic and came up with a calendar full of virtual events--movie and book discussions, TED talks, teas, and cocktail parties. If you have an idea for a program, send Lorna an email at LornaBelman@gmail.com.

Calm & Creative Workshop Julie Grass will lead this workshop on how to use art to stay calm and creative. Play with Julie and repurpose everyday things in your house into beautiful art pieces! Friday, April 3 - NEW TIME: 1:00-2:15 PM Register Here

Sunday Supper: What's Cooking? How has physical isolation affected your eating habits? Village member Jeff Ellis hosts this virtual discussion over supper. You are encouraged to log in from your kitchen or dining room -- you can even be prepping your next meal as we chat! Sunday, April 5 - 6:00-7:00 PM Register Here

Short Story Discussion Dean Schenker will lead a discussion on selected short stories from Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung by Nina MacLaughlin. Click "Register Here" to view the stories. Monday, April 6 - 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Register Here

Afternoon Tea with Susan and Joel Join Village members Susan & Joel Levine for virtual afternoon tea and friendly conversation. BYO tea! Thursday, April 9 - 4:00-5:00 PM Register Here

Men's Torah Study Victor Gold and Joel Levine continue their virtual Men's Torah Study: "Top Ten Hits from the Torah." This will be an interactive Zoom call. Friday, April 10 - 10:30-11:30 AM Register Here

TED Talks to the Village Watch engaging TED Talks that will lift us up and make us laugh. Discussion will follow. Friday, April 10 - 1:30-3:00 PM Register Here

Brunch Discussion on Unorthodox Nosh on matzah and lox while discussing Netflix's new binge-worthy mini-series Unorthodox. Led by Loretta Siciliano and Scott Silverman. Sunday, April 12 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Register Here

Film Discussion: Amelie  Join us for an interesting discussion of the beloved French language movie Amelie .  Thursday, April 16 - 7:30-8:30 PM Register Here

Zoom

Link to Village Zoom Events To get on ANY ChaiVillageLA virtual program, you can just click this link at the time of the event: http://zoom.us/j/4626561612.

If you need help connecting to 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 through Friday.

Kehillah

We are saddened by the loss of... Lois Bossin, beloved friend of Renee Cronenwalt. Zecher tzadik livracha . May the memory of the righteous be a blessing and may their memory continue to bless us all.

Refuah Shleimah A Full and Complete Healing To:

Rona Berns Sandy Bernstein Sylvia Fox Roberta Gillerman Norma Glickman

Carol Hartmann Debbie Kelly Leonor Kletzky June Miller  Jack Olshansky Ephraim Sales

Joan Sales David Silber Sandy Trost Claire Tucker David Zarider

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