September 18, 2019
This Weekend
High Holy Days 2019 / 5780
High Holy Day tickets for members in good standing are being mailed out tomorrow. Still need to renew your membership? Call the Main Office at 818-854-7650.

Our High Holy Day Appeal is on Yom Kippur Day but if you'd like to make your contribution online, you may do so by clicking here .

The deadline for Book of Remembrance and Lulav & Etrog orders is this Friday. To view last year's Book of Remembrance, click here .

For all High Holy Day links, including a revised Service Schedule, click the image below.
Coming Soon - YidLife Crisis
Jamie Elman & Eli Batalion started YidLife Crisis as a passion project but after 3 million video views and 30,000 YouTube subscribers, they're a full-blown internet sensation. In fact, the Jewish Journal ran a piece about them just last week. They're coming to Los Angeles for the first time in five years and we've got them - LIVE and in the fleish! Get your tickets today.
Camras Corner
10 Day Trip to Israel with Rabbi Camras For All Ages - July 2020
Join Rabbi Camras and visit Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Yafo, Tiberias, Tzefat, Golan, and more. Enjoy wine tasting, hiking, kayaking, and art classes, in addition to touring the ancient and modern sites of the Holy Land. A great trip for the entire family! If interested, please email Connie Tassa .

New Adult B'nei Mitzvah Class Now Forming
Tuesdays from 6:45 - 8:00 PM | Starts October 29
Exciting new opportunity for members who never became Bar/Bat Mitzvah!
Rabbi Camras and Cantor Rafii are starting a new 2 year class. Participants will learn to read Hebrew and chant Torah and haftorah trope along with reviewing the big ideas of Judaism, basic practice and customs of the holidays, and life cycle. Class culminates in a B'nei Mitzvah ceremony in June 2021. If interested, please email Connie Tassa .
Shabbat Services
Friday, September 20, 2019
6:00 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Service

Saturday, September 21, 2019
9:00 am
Shabbat Morning Service
Upcoming Events
ECC
We are thrilled to announce a new program at Shomrei Torah Synagogue Early Childhood Center – the Infant-Toddler Parent and Me Program - your first step in engagement in the ECC. We will be offering classes for parents, grandparents, caregivers, babies and toddlers from newborn to 2 years old! Classes begin September 17. For more info, click here .

We're collecting baskets of all shapes & sizes as well as outdoor pillows for the children to sit on while outdoors. Please bring your donations to the ECC office. Thank you!
Community News
Todah Rabah :
To Hy Ness of Platt Village Cleaners (next to Coffee Bean on Platt & Victory) for cleaning all of our talitot in time for the High Holy Days. We are so fortunate to have generous and warm neighbors like him.

Birthright Israel Registration Is Open
Registration is now open for all kids ages 18 - 22 who wish to go on a Birthright 10 day trip to Israel this Winter. This is a great opportunity for any young adult interested in strengthening their bond to the State of Israel.

New Year's Treats For Young Adults
As we send our kids off to college or the military, the STS Men's Club would like to provide your adult child with a New Year's treat as a reminder of their Shomrei Torah community. To do so, we need your help by letting us know your child's name and mailing address. Please respond by emailing the STS Men's Club at mensclub.sts@gmail.com .
Sisterhood Gift Shop
High Holy Day Sale
Caramel Apple Palooza
Oct 9
Kever Avot
Memorial Service
Oct 6
Melton School
Year 1 Class
Oct 29
Let Us Know
If you or a loved one are ill or in the hospital, please call the Main Office so our clergy can visit and provide comfort. Also let us know if you have a life cycle event or simcha to share.
Pictures of the Week
From Apple Farm to Rosh Hashanah Table
Religious School families traveled to Oak Glen Farms last Sunday to make the “farm to table” connection by picking apples for family recipes, which they prepared Tuesday during Religious School.
Todah Rabah
We thank our STS members and friends for their contributions this past week:

Rabbi Camras’ Discretionary Fund
Julianne Grossman-Deme
Gail & Avi Lahat in appreciation of Rabbi Camras for arranging and leading the Mincha service in memory of Avi’s mother, Zisel Leiter.
Barbara & Sheldon Levitt in honor of Liz Levitt.
Judy & Stan Podolsky in honor of Terry and Bob Sutton’s 50 th wedding anniversary.
Maxine Yelin in honor of her dear friend, David Katz’s birthday.

Community of Caring
Sandi & Peter Gilbert in honor of Mika Roth becoming a Bat Mitzvah.

Goldberg Youth Scholarship Fund
Lynn & George Jacobson in honor of Mel Weisz’s 99 th birthday.

Prayer Book Fund (Siddur Lev Shalem)
Howard Cynamon in celebration of Judy and Mort Eichenbaum’s 68 th Wedding Anniversary.
Sandi & Peter Gilbert in honor of Judy Groner for her special birthday.
Kerry Harr and Rachel, Greg, Joseph and Adam McCauley in loving memory of Sandy Harr.
Kerry Harr in honor of the McCauley Family.

Tefillin Fund
Sandy and Steve Shapiro in memory of Steve’s mother, Edith Shapiro.

Yahrzeits
Claire Apparis in memory of her mother, Fannie Lefkowitz.
Barbara Bregman in memory of her mother, Rosalyn Hamu.
Jill Cutler & Elihu Berle in memory of Jill’s grandmother, Lena Cutler.
Randi Ganzfried Alfasso & Al Alfasso in memory of Randi’s father, Melvin Ganzfried.
Reuben Beezy in memory of his wife, Annette Beezy.
Betty & Orrin Kabaker in memory of Betty’s father, Albert A. Hirsch.
Gail & Avi Lahat in memory of Gail’s mother, Selma Wagner.
Cheryl & Bill Niesen in memory of Cheryl’s great-grandmother, Gertrude Greenhut.
Judy & Stan Podolsky in memory of Stan’s father, Hyman Podolsky.
Irene & Nathan Poremba in memory of Nathan’s father, Joseph Poremba and loved ones, Sala, Esther, Natalie and Gustav Poremba.
Jackie & Bruce Rosenblum in memory of Jackie’s mother, Adelle Naticia Schuman.
Barbara Ruben in memory of her cousin, Edith Rosenfeld.

Click here   to learn about our funds, send a tribute card, or make an online contribution.
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Weekday Mornings: Mon-Fri 8:00 am
Weekday Evenings: Mon-Thu 7:30 pm
Sundays: 9:00 am
Sisterhood Judaica Shop
Fridays: 9am-2pm; Sundays 9am-12pm
By appointment: (818) 854-7925 or  email
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7353 Valley Circle Blvd., West Hills, CA 91304
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