May 16, 2018 | 29 Lyyar, 5778
This Week
Friday, 5/11
7:30pm
Shabbat Zimrah

Saturday, 5/12
9:00am
Hevrah Torah
Sunday, 5/13
9:00am - 12:00pm
Religious School Classes with Final Assembly and Potluck in Ruby Garden

9:00am - 12:00pm
Big Sunday Beautification!

9:15am - 10:30am
Shavuot learning session followed by light snacks in Beit Midrash
Upcoming Events
Happy Shavuot! Sunday, May 20th
University Synagogue
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FRIDAY, MAY 18
Register for ECLC Summer Camp! Camp begins June 25th!

MONDAY, MAY 21
University Synagogue Annual Congregational Meeting, 7:00pm. The annual meeting is for members of the synagogue only. 
Community
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SUNDAY, MAY 20 - Big Sunday Beautification! Read more below. Please email Bennett Tramer at tramerb@aol.com if you’re interested in participating, or if you have any questions.

FRIDAY, JUNE 22
Hope + Inspiration: Caregiver Wellness Day . If you are caring for someone with Alzheimer's, this free event is for you! Read more below. Please RSVP by email.
Click HERE, or click the banner above, for applications to enroll your child in ECLC Summer Camp! Save money by enrolling before Friday, May 18th!
Bonfire Shabbat

Thank you to all the families who joined us for Bonfire Shabbat! Whether you are 8 or 80 we had a blast singing with Alan Goodis, Hasharim and Teen Choir, roasting jumbo marshmallows and listening to music from years past. What a beautiful way to welcome in Shabbat as a community!

Jessica Shamout, M.Ed.
Director of Jewish Education 
BIG SUNDAY BEAUTIFICATION – MAY 20 th !

This Shavuot, be part of the largest
community service event in the U.S.A.!
Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts
450 N. Grand Ave. L.A. 90012     9:00 a.m.-12 noon 
(Only a half hour drive downtown - think how much farther
and longer our ancestors traveled in the desert…)
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Big Sunday is fast approaching, and University Synagogue is again delighted to partner with our dedicated friends at i-CERV, the Ismaili Muslim Volunteer Service group. We’ll be creating an inspirational garden for the kids at Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts. Put on your gardening clothes, green your thumbs, and help plant new flowers and bushes, raise old flower beds, and make the school’s quad look amazing.

Please email Bennett Tramer at tramerb@aol.com if you’re interested in participating, or if you have any questions. No need to individually register on the Big Sunday website, University Synagogue is already signed up.  We just need a rough head count. So let us know – and see you there for a Jewish-Muslim gardening extravaganza!
Mazal Tov
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Mazal Tov to Doris and Bob Ruvelson whose granddaughter Ella and her team won first place at the Great State Soccer Tournament and are the Breakers Champions.Ella’s parents are Mark and Reeba Ruvelson.




Joanne Loiben Student Rabbi of University Synagogue, received her Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Pictured with her are Resa Davids, incoming Sisterhood President, and Rabbi Stanley Davids, who serves as a member of the Board of Overseers of the Los Angeles campus.
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VOTER REGISTRATION FOR
JUNE 5, 2018 ELECTION

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS
MAY 21, 2018

Use the link below to register online or see Sue Share, Clergy Assistant, to register. Sue has voter registration forms in her office. http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/
The Museum of Tolerance, the Jewish Journal Los Angeles and the Paul E. Singer Foundation invite you to a special evening with Yossi Klein Halevi, author of the new book: LETTERS TO MY PALESTINIAN NEIGHBOR

Thursday, June 7, 2018
7:30 p.m. 
at the Museum of Tolerance

Attempting to break the agonizing impasse between Israelis and Palestinians, the Israeli commentator and award-winning author of Like Dreamers directly addresses his Palestinian neighbors in this taut and provocative book, empathizing with Palestinian suffering and longing for reconciliation as he explores how the conflict looks through Israeli eyes . . .
From "Voices of Hope" at the St. Joseph Center
"We are deeply appreciative of all our friends at University Synagogue and your gift.

Your involvement impacts the lives of more than 7,000 men, women, and children by helping to give them the inner resources and tools to become productive, stable, and self-supporting members of the community. Thank you for partnering with us in the vital work of building Hope Through Empowerment."

Paul Rubenstein
VP, Development & Communications

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From SOVA: Community Food and Resource Program

On behalf of Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles (JFS) and our Board of Directors, we thank you for your generous donation of 242 pounds of food to support JFS {SOVA's hunger relief program . . .
Eli Veitzer
President and CEO

June 1-3, 2018
Making Marriage Work: Marriage For Life Retreat 
Enter promo code ‘Appreciation’ for 25% discount off tuition
We invite couples in your community who are considering marriage, currently engaged, or recently married (less than 2 years) to join this weekend experience in relationship building at our Brandeis-Bardin Campus, located on a 2,700 acre retreat center nestled in the beautiful Santa Susana Mountains.
Open to all couples, it includes workshops with licensed therapists, a rabbi, a genetic counselor, and a financial planner. Regular tuition is $400 per couple with a $100 materials fee (per couple). The Marriage: For Life weekend is made possible through the generosity of the Doris Factor Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation.


Brandeis Collegiate Institute - Apply Now, Limited Spots Remain
Taking place June 26- July 23, 2018 - BCI builds transformative community while nurturing personal and Jewish growth. Offered to young adults aged 20-29, BCI is a 27-day exploration of self and Judaism within a safe, pluralistic community, bringing together young Jews from all over the world with some of our people's most compelling, talented scholars and artists to experience the multifaceted aspects of Jewish life and culture. BCI participants return to their communities with increased self-confidence and leadership skills, a greater sense of who they are as Jewish adults, and new visions to share with their communities. Apply today for highly subsidized tuition rates ($450 + travel subsidies). If they mention your name when registering they will qualify for the early-bird discount even though the deadline has already passed. 
Before this collection of short plays on themes of Jewish love, marriage and family moves on to The Eclectic Company Theater (with some variations in the plays and actors) in June, you are cordially invited to a free performance at Temple Valley Beth Shalom, located at  15739 Ventura Boulevard  (at Densmore), Encino, CA 91436,  starting at 7:30 PM on Thursday, May 17 . One of the plays will be by Mona Deutsch Miller: "Abram and Sarai: My Sister, My Wife."   

No RSVP necessary.
Hope + Inspiration
Caregiver Wellness Day

If you are caring for someone with Alzheimer's, this free event is for you! Please plan to join us...

Friday, June 22
10:00am - 3:00pm
Zev Yaroslavsky Family
Support Center
Van Nuys

Alzheimer's Greater Los Angeles invites you to a day of rest, relaxation, and inspiration. Continental breakfast and lunch are included with registration. A limited number of scholarships for respite care are available.

To sign up, or for additional information, please contact:

Monique Castillo
(818) 830 - 4825
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Mitzvah Corps:
We're Here For You!
University Synagogue Mitzvah Corps is here, and we care!  Dedicated to serving our fellow congregants as they encounter major life cycle events, we will gladly send a welcome gift to a new baby, and provide support for ill or mourning congregants and their families (delivering a hot meal, completing a minyan, running an errand, etc.). 

If you’re in need of some TLC from the Mitzvah Corps, please just inform any clergy member or the synagogue office.   We’d also love to have you join us as a volunteer — the demands are few and the rewards are plentiful!

Please contact Susan Wieder at sdwieder@mac.com .
Oneg Shabbat Sponsorships

Share your special life cycle event with the congregation on Friday night!

Birthday, Anniversary, Engagement, Aufruf or Baby Naming . . .

Click here to see the sponsorships. 

For more information, please contact Bonnie Kebre at BKebre@unisyn.org
Have a Great Week!