UPCOMING SHABBAT SERVICES December 2-3, 2016 | 3 Kislev, 5777

Candle Lighting4:25 p.m.

Havdalah5:24 p.m.

25 HESHVAN - 2 KISLEV, 5777

W e recall in reverence those who have been gathered unto their people

YAHRZEITS

Comfort and strength to those who mourn

Harry AdlerShirley AlpernPhilip AppelMurray BassinRenee BenchayEd BermanEdward BernsSarah BernsteinMilton BleamanAlfred BlonskyAlex BordenHelen BrotmanClarence BrownHerman BurdorfJoseph CalofFrances CannonSam CartinHenry CohenSimon DanielsMary DannDave DavidoffHarold DavisFreddy DiamentMichael Dunn, MDGeorge EilenbergDana Jill ElanMinnie FarbPearl FeldmanLouis FrankSusan FrankHarriet FrazinBernice GetzugBella GoldflamReginald GoldsmithMarilyn GoldsteinMildred GoodmanDavid GottliebSylvia Kagle Greenberg

David HarrisGoldie HeirshbergLea C. HenigsonEmanuel HerzonPenny HowardAda KaishFrances KlatzkerEve F. KraftAlex KraussAnita KremenDavid KrohHenry KulberOscar M. LaskyJanet LeibsonAl Sol LeipzigZelda LesterEstelle LevinMilton LittLillian LittRuth MarkmanJack MaxwellStephen Michael MillerSylvia MinskySamuel MittlemanAli MostinRobert H. NechelesSaul NehorayanIsaac NemanHarry NewhoffAbraham PartnowLenore PearlBenjamin PostCarol RabinovichAbraham RebackPauline RegenHerman ResnikAndreis RoosBenny Rosenblatt

Harold RossHudie (Ida) F. RothenHerman RothenNechoma RothschildJoseph RudermanBen SchallIda SchreiderSol SchwartzAlexander ShapiroSidney ShapiroJacob ShellAaron ShenkmanEvelyn ShippLeah SilverRabbi Aron SinderSheila SlomanBrynie SlomeRita SpivakEdythe StollerMorris SurowitzKaryn SweeneyMildred SwerlingMirza Yehudai TehraniMayer TikotskyMoisey Tumin, M.D.Bernard ValaskyS. Jerome VaronGeorge WalmanHarry WatermanFlorence Skalinsky WeingartenDavid WeisbartJoe E. WeissCharlotte WeissmanMoses WengerSarah WolfJacob YanesAlbert Zimmerman

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Cantor Phil BaronCantor Herschel FoxYossi Dresner, Ritual DirectorChris Hardin, Music DirectorScott Howard, President Bart Pachino, Executive Director

S H A B B A T O NS H A B B AT O N

November 25-26, 2016 25 HESHVAN, 5777

Candle Lighting4:27 p.m.

Havdalah5:24 p.m.

D A I LY M I N YA NI N W I N E R C H A P E L

Monday - Friday7:30 a.m.

Sunday8:30 a.m.

Daily5:00 p.m.

Interested in becoming a member of VBS?Contact our Membership CoordinatorNatasha Benzaken at (818) 530-4008

or email nbenzaken@vbs.org

VBS LEADERSHIP

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2EREV SHABBAT MINYAN 5:00 p.m. in Winer Chapel

ECC COMMUNITY SHABBAT

5:30 p.m. in Sher-Lopaty Chapel

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3Torah Portion: Tol’dot | Genesis 25:19-28:9 | Page: 146

TORAH STUDY 9:00 a.m. in Sher-Lopaty Chapel with Rabbi Ed Feinstein

OPENING PRAYERS 9:30 a.m. in Niznick Sanctuary

SHABBAT MORNING 9:45 a.m. in Niznick Sanctuary

Rabbi Ed Feinstein officiates at the Bat Mitzvah of Elaiya Een

PLAYGROUND MINYAN 9:30 a.m. in ECC Room 115

SHABBAT SHIUR 12:30 p.m. in Winer Chapel

“Reflections from a Southern Jewish

Leader” with Guest SpeakerElliott Levitas, Former Member,

U.S. House of Representatives - Georgia and Rhodes Scholar

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25EREV SHABBAT MINYAN 5:00 p.m. in Winer Chapel

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26Torah Portion: Hayyei Sarah | Genesis 23:1-25:18 | Page: 127

TORAH STUDY 9:00 a.m. in Sher-Lopaty Chapel with Rabbi Ed Feinstein

OPENING PRAYERS & 9:30 a.m. in Sher-Lopaty ChapelSHABBAT MORNING with Rabbi Noah Farkas

LIBRARY MINYAN 9:30 a.m. in Bernstein Balcony Seminar Room. D’var Torah Rabbi Bruce Skolnick

TOT SHABBAT 10:00 a.m. in Burdorf Hall

PARSHA DISCUSSION 12:15 p.m. in Burdorf Hall

UPCOMING EVENTS AND PROGRAMS

The Quest for HappinessIncluding internationally known Maggie Anton who will discuss her new book “50 Shades of Talmud” and special guest performer Annie Korzen from the Jewish Women’s Theater.

n’shama minyan RETREAT

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

JANUARY 27-28, 2017

Register online at vbs.org/NShamaRetreatby January 12, 2017. For more information, please contact

Jean Blumin at (818) 222-0192 or e-mail jean@blumin.com.

VBS HAZAK Monday, November 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

10:00 a.m. Choice of Steve Kohn's Opera “politics” series: the Gilbert and Sullivan favorite H.M.S. Pinafore; Mozart’s La Clemenza De Tito; or VBS member Michael Waterman presents the concluding session in his mini-series of two classes exploring Judaism today and in the future: Where will Conservative Judaism be in the future?

11:15 a.m. Lecture: Maggi Anton, author of the very popular historical novel series, “Rashi’s Daughters,” will introduce us to Talmud After Dark, sharing the best of what she’s learned in her new book, “Fifty Shades of Talmud: What the First Rabbis Had to Say About You-Know- What.”

12:45 p.m. Choice of Afternoon Classes: Torah Portion of the Week with Rabbi Ed Feinstein; Mah Jongg learning and supervised play with Carol Gray; or VBS ORACLE supervised by Marv Leon (active participants only; must pre-register).

For more information visit vbs.org/hazak or call (818) 788-6000.

ADULT ISRAELI DANCE CLASSES Monday, November 28 in Glaser Hall beginning at 7:15 p.m.More information online at vbs.org/dance or contact Susan North Gilboa at sngilboa@vbs.org.

YIDDISH SPEAKERS’ CLUB Tuesday, November 29 at 7:30 p.m. Come to speak and listen to Yiddish. Last Tuesday of the month. For info, call Menashe Bernstein at (818) 784-2100.

VBS BOOK CLUB Tuesday, December 6 at 7:30 p.m. Discussing As A Driven Leaf by Milton Steinberg. For more info, call Phyllis Beim at (818) 905-5113 or email pbeim@yahoo.com. Complete reading list at vbs.org/bookclub.

LUNCH AND LEARN Wednesday, December 7 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.Lecture and discussion with Rabbi Ed Feinstein. Bring your own dairy lunch. Coffee and tea provided.

ADULT EDUCATION - MODERN HEBREW CLASSES Mondays 9:30-11:30 a.m. January 9-March 27Beginners 1 or Intermediate 1 classes. In partnership with the American Jewish University. Tuition: $299 plus cost of textbook. VBS members receive a 10% discount using the code HebrewVBS. Register online at wcce.aju.edu/hebrew or call (310) 440-1572.

TROPE CLASSES Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. through January 3, 2017Learn to read Torah with Cantor Phil Baron. An 8-week session. RSVP to Janet Djalilmand at jdjalilmand@vbs.org or (818) 530-4009.

ADULT B'NAI MITZVAH PREP CLASS Tuesdays 6:30-8:30 p.m. or Thursdays 9:00-11:00 a.m. Prepare for becoming an adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah with VBS Ritual Director Yossi Dresner. Call (818) 530-4012 for more information.

FAMILY & FIRST-TIMERS TRIP TO ISRAEL June 26 - July 9, 2017 with Rabbi Joshua Hoffman. Contact Elana Zimmerman for info at (818) 530-4011 or ezimmerman@vbs.org.

See the full schedule at vbs.org/college

Israel Since the 6-Day War

VBS COLLEGE OF JEWISH STUDIES

Hosted by Rabbi Ed Feinstein

Wednesday, November 30 at 7:00 p.m.

"Middle East Diplomacy: A Playbookfor the New Administration"

Our annual APN Gerald Bubis Lecture

Guest Speaker Daniel Levy

President of the U.S. Middle East Project

Wednesday, December 7 at 7:00 p.m.

"Jewish Aspirations and Israeli Reality"Presented with the Shalom Hartman Institute

Guest Speaker Tal Becker

Legal Adviser and Senior Negotiator,

Israel Foreign Ministry

Tuesday, December 13 at 7:00 p.m.

"Jewish Power, Jewish Responsibility and Jewish Fear in the Age of Trump"

Guest Speaker Peter Beinart

Contributing Editor, The Atlantic and Associate

Professor of Journalism and Political Science at

City University of New York

Additional dates: January 11, 18 and 25, 2017

EAT. DRINK. PLAY.Join us for beer, billiards and bar food. Dinner catered by Starlite. Open to the whole VBS community. Cost: $40/pp. House of Billiards in Sherman Oaks. RSVP by November 25 at vbs.org/fusion or call (818) 530-4000.

FUSIONVBS

SATURDAYDECEMBER 3

7:00 PM

Chairs: Jessica Jablon and Tammy Temkin

vbs.org/sisterhood | sisterhood@vbs.org | (818) 530-4087

VBS SISTERHOOD

A PLACE FOR WOMEN OF ALL AGES AND STAGES

Latka-Vodka Is Back For Hanukkah!

Thursday, December 1 at 7:00 p.m.

Entertainment by performer Stephen

Kramer Glickman of The Comedy Store,

The Laugh Factory, The Hollywood

Improv and NBC's 'Last Comic Standing'.

Price: $20 Members / $25 Non-Members.

RSVP by Nov. 28 at vbs.org/latka-vodka.

Sisterhood Partners with Federation's Festival of Lights

Book & Toy Drive - Donation box across from main office.

Tea & Torah - Tuesday, December 6 at 7:30 p.m.

Evening of Jewish Meditation - Monday, December 12 at 7:00 p.m.

Interested in a daytime bridge group?

Call (818) 530-4087 or email sisterhood@vbs.org.

Daytime Book/Movie Club - Tuesday, December 13 at 10:00 a.m.

The Bridge Ladies by Betsy Lerner. Contact Arlene Zicklin

azippygal@aol.com or call (818) 225-9048.

RETURNSLATKA-

Wednesday, December 7

8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.VBS Glaser Hall

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Elliott LevitasFormer Member, U.S. House of Representatives - Georgia and Rhodes Scholar

SHABBAT SHIUR Beginning at 12:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 3

“Reflections from a

Southern Jewish Leader”

Saturday, December 10

“Eleven Months and Counting:

Equality at the Kotel?”

Barbara KavadiasExecutive Director, Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel

After services, grab a lunch from the Kiddush andbring it to Winer Chapel to hear our guest speakers:

HOLD THE DATE: December 16 & 17, 2016

Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis [z”l] Scholar-in-Residence Shabbat

with Rabbi Avi Weiss.

SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTE SERIESLos Angeles Synagogue Collaborative Lecture Series:

Visions for a Shared Society: The “Tribes” of IsraelSunday, December 11 at 4:00 p.m. at Leo Baeck Temple

“Jews and Arabs in Israel: Identity and Belonging in a Jewish and Democratic State” with speaker Tal Becker. Admission free to VBS

members; $20 for non-members. Post-lecture dinner and discussion by RSVP only. For more info, visit shalomhartman.org/LAcollaborative.