November / December 2019

Cheshvan / Kislev / Tevet 5780

6440 Del Amo Blvd., Lakewood, CA 90713

(562) 429-0715, www. csclakewood.org

Rabbi/Cantor Mariana Gindlin

A Progressive Synagogue, Expressing the Warmth of TraditionA Progressive Synagogue, Expressing the Warmth of TraditionA Progressive Synagogue, Expressing the Warmth of TraditionA Progressive Synagogue, Expressing the Warmth of Tradition

Simchat Shabbat Chanukah & Latkepalooza

6:30 pm. Friday, December 20

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Happy BirthdayHappy BirthdayHappy BirthdayHappy Birthday

Happy AnniversaryHappy AnniversaryHappy AnniversaryHappy Anniversary

Celebrate!

Amanda Flores and Rudy Sanchez purchased their first home. It's located in the Historical area of Ana-heim, which is convenient as she jet work is based in Anaheim and he works in Santa Ana. Mazel Tov to the Newlywed Couple!

Joyce & Edgar Bryan 11/15

Joseph & Hedvig Solymar 11/17

Erwin & Ruth Anisman 11/22

Richard & Rhoda Becker 12/1

Rabbi Mariana Gindlin 11/3

Seth Goldman 11/5

Erin Oster 11/6

Stephanie Judith Yellin-Mednick 11/15

Susan Goldman 11/18

Fran Itkoff 11/20

Caesar Abu1n 11/21

Debra Shefi 11/23

Ariela Laibson 11/28

Eileen Braeman 12/4

Craig Wasserman 12/4

Rhea Eve Yellin Turek 12/6

Jean Fromm 12/8

Pat Spievak 12/10

Isaac Elias Ohayon 12/21

Daniel Gindlin 12/23

Jay Gould 12/26

Cole Goldman 12/30

Happy October Birthdays in the Bryan Clan: Happy October Birthdays in the Bryan Clan: Happy October Birthdays in the Bryan Clan: Happy October Birthdays in the Bryan Clan: Aviv, Amber, Nancy, Adam and Andi.

From Joyce & Edgar Bryan

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We will take out the Torah, chant from it and We will take out the Torah, chant from it and We will take out the Torah, chant from it and We will take out the Torah, chant from it and

learn about the portion of the week. learn about the portion of the week. learn about the portion of the week. learn about the portion of the week.

Come, and let our music inspire you!Come, and let our music inspire you!Come, and let our music inspire you!Come, and let our music inspire you!

Bring your Chanukiah & candles & help usBring your Chanukiah & candles & help usBring your Chanukiah & candles & help usBring your Chanukiah & candles & help us

light up the night!light up the night!light up the night!light up the night!

AAAA ffffeeeessssttttiiiivvvveeee CCCChhhhaaaannnnuuuukkkkaaaahhhh mmmmeeeeaaaallll ttttoooo ffffoooolllllllloooowwww!!!!

A Shabbat Torah Study Circle A Shabbat Torah Study Circle A Shabbat Torah Study Circle A Shabbat Torah Study Circle

For Women…By WomenFor Women…By WomenFor Women…By WomenFor Women…By Women

Coordinated by Ellen Goldsmith & Linda WaltzmanCoordinated by Ellen Goldsmith & Linda WaltzmanCoordinated by Ellen Goldsmith & Linda WaltzmanCoordinated by Ellen Goldsmith & Linda Waltzman

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Classes with Classes with Classes with Classes with

Rabbi / Cantor-Rabbi / Cantor-Rabbi / Cantor-Rabbi / Cantor-

Mariana GindlinMariana GindlinMariana GindlinMariana Gindlin

Wednesdays Wednesdays Wednesdays Wednesdays

Torah Study 1:30 pmTorah Study 1:30 pmTorah Study 1:30 pmTorah Study 1:30 pm Nov. 6, 13, & 20 Nov. 6, 13, & 20 Nov. 6, 13, & 20 Nov. 6, 13, & 20

Dec. 4, 11 & 18Dec. 4, 11 & 18Dec. 4, 11 & 18Dec. 4, 11 & 18

Let us know you will be there!Let us know you will be there!Let us know you will be there!Let us know you will be there!

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6:30 PM6:30 PM6:30 PM6:30 PM

Friday, Dec. 20thFriday, Dec. 20thFriday, Dec. 20thFriday, Dec. 20th

Bring your Chanukiah & Candles, Enjoy Latkes, salads & all the trimmings

RSVP by Dec. 13th

If you would like to help sponsor this evening, please

make your donation out to Shir Chadash Sisterhood.

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A Note from our President Stan Yellin How many members does it take to make our High Holy Days- Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur, followed by our joyous festivals of

Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah take place each year?

The answer is “ALL OF THEM”

Each year we rely on numerous volunteers to ensure we are fully prepared for just those Holy Days alone. We begin with a “To Do

List” updated each year by our Religious chairperson Art Oster.

Over the many years I have been here I have always been, and will always be, in awe of all that our members accomplish. Not

only do our members attend and pray at our services but they have helped to financially support and physically prepare for them as

well.

So I will not pick out some names to say thank you to as you all deserve a standing ovation.

THANK YOU ALL!

Stanley Yellin

President

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Women at War A Chanukah Lesson By Chana Kroll (www.chabad.org)

The hall was packed. This was no ordinary wedding, but the wedding of the daughter of one of Jerusalem’s most prominent families. Leaders in the still quiet and nonviolent rebellion against the Greeks, they were re-spected and loved by Jews throughout the Land of Israel. Not to mention that, as priests in the Temple, the family had been looked up to for generations. Amidst the elegant flowers, soft music, and the con-versations of the guests, the bride suddenly stood up, walked to the center of the room, placed her hand on her chest, and tore open her gown. Shocked, angry, and embarrassed, her brothers rose to drag her from the room. But she stood firmly in place and addressed the room: “You who are so zealous that you would kill me, are not zealous enough to protect me from the hands of the Greek governor who will come here to assault me tonight. “Did you not learn from Shimon and Levi, the broth-ers of Dinah, who, though only two men, killed the entire city of Shechem for her sake? Place your faith in the One Above, and He will help you.” Her five brothers declared their willingness to go to war, and were answered by a voice emanating from the Holy of Holies promising victory.

In her eyes it was a story of the struggle for political freedom The story of the Maccabees’ brave revolt is a familiar one not only to Jews but to most non-Jews as well. I can still remember my second-grade music teach-er in public school giving a brief account of the miracle of the oil before teaching the whole class “Rock of Ag-es.” What was left out of her account were all the details about what the Jews were really fighting for. In her eyes it was a story of the struggle for political freedom, and fit in quite nicely with news accounts of Sakharov, Man-dela, and others struggling for personal and national lib-erty. As I grew older and became more involved with Juda-ism and the Jewish community, details seeped in. Initial-ly, the Greeks treated the Jews with greater respect than they had treated other peoples they conquered. Alexan-der the Great had seen the High Priest, Shimon the Righteous, in a dream, and when Shimon went out to meet his approaching army, Alexander knelt before him and pledged never to harm Jerusalem or the Holy Tem-ple. Years passed. Alexander and Shimon the Righteous both passed away. Some Jews became quite infatuated with Greek culture. But the more they imitated the

Greeks, the less respect the Greeks had for us. They be-gan to mock Judaism and en-act laws against it. First they locked up the synagogues and schools. People prayed and studied in one another’s homes. Then, the Greeks passed a law that all Jews had to write a sentence stating they had no portion in the G‑d of Israel on the horns of their livestock and on their doors. The Jews sold their livestock and removed the doors from their homes. The Greeks passed a law outlawing circumcision. The Jews made up secret signs through which they an-nounced circumcision ceremonies, and guests risked their lives to go wish the new parents “Mazel Tov!”

The Greek soldiers started assaulting Jewish women The Greeks outlawed Shabbat, the celebration of the New Moon, and Torah study. Jews hid in caves and continued to observe all three. The Greeks found hun-dreds of ways to try to stamp out Judaism. Jews found hundreds of ways to quietly rebel and to remain what they had always been. Then the Greek soldiers started assaulting Jewish women. The governor made a de-cree—unfortunately, a common one in ancient cul-tures—called jus primae noctis, “first night rights.” The governor would kidnap and assault every bride on her wedding night.

And then the Jews went to war.

The victory we celebrate on Chanukah is a victory on many levels. It is a victory of the few over the many, of light over darkness, of Jewish continuity in the face of all those who had sought, or would seek to, wipe out Judaism and Jewish history. The Jewish people—men and women—defied every Greek law with enormous self-sacrifice, yet it was largely by and for the sake of Jewish women that the Maccabees were led to declare war. The decisive moment occurred when one Jewish woman looked her brothers in the eye and told them, “You cannot let this happen to me.” It was a war, first and foremost, for sanctity—the sanctity of the Temple, the sanctity of Torah, and the sanctity of every human being. Among the many miracles we acknowledge and commemorate as we kindle the lights of the menorah, we also acknowledge the simple truth of every wom-an’s sanctity and her right to personal safety and digni-ty.

It’s a detail well worth remembering.

Kind Notes Ettie Councilman: A Refuah Sh'laima for Beverly Yellin

Ettie Councilman: A Refuah Sh'laima for Colleen Carver Ettie Councilman: A Refuah Sh'laima for Ed Bryan

Ettie Councilman: A Refuah Sh'laima for Linda Vizzini Ettie Councilman: A Refuah Sh'laima for Mike Berkovitz

Ettie Councilman: A Refuah Sh'laima for Rhonnie Gobas

Esther Falk: A Refuah Sh'laima for Rabbi Howard Laibson

Shain Graham: A Refuah Sh'laima for Linda Vizzini Shain Graham: A Refuah Sh'laima for Mike Berkovitz

Frances Lila Itkoff: A Refuah Sh'laima for Rabbi Howard Laibson

Carol Ann Masters: A Refuah Sh'laima for Rabbi Howard Laibson

Arthur & Sharon Oster: A Refuah Sh'laima for Beverly Yellin

Arthur & Sharon Oster: A Refuah Sh'laima for Colleen Carver Arthur & Sharon Oster: A Refuah Shlaima for Rabbi Howard Laibson

Alicia & Hector Silberman: Condolences in memory of Harry Feinhandler Linda Vizzini: A Refuah Sh'laima for Beverly Yellin

Linda Vizzini: A Refuah Sh'laima for Colleen Carver Linda Vizzini: A Refuah Sh'laima Rhoda Becker Linda Vizzini: A Refuah Sh'laima Rhonnie Gobas

Fern & Benny Wasserman: A Refuah Sh'laima for Linda Vizzini

Chai Fund Arthur & Sharon Oster: Thank you

Alicia & Hector Silberman: Thank you

Memorial Plaques Ruth Rosenblatt: In memory of beloved son Marc Jay Rosenblatt

Tree/Water in Israel Ettie Councilman: In celebration of Sylvia Oster's 90th Birthday

Building Maintenance Anonymous: Air-conditioner Maintainance Donation, thank you

Anonymous: New school gates donation, thank you

Anonymous: Parking lights replacement, thank you

Anonymous: Main sanctuary light replacements and lift.

Office Maintenance & Building Supplies Donation Anonymous: Thank you

Rabbi Gindlin Discretionary Fund Sidney & Ruth Mendlovitz: In memory of beloved daughter Elayne (Chava) Mendlovitz

Sukkot Thank you to everyone that helped make this year’s

Sukkot celebration as lovely as ever. Religious Chairman Art Oster and his team of volunteers who helped put up and take down our Sukkah. Chairwoman Fran Itkoff and her team that decorated our Sukkah and Chairwoman Linda Vizzini & her team for a lovely dinner. Rabbi Gindlin for leading us in pray-er, learning and song.

Kiddush/Oneg Leon Fultheim: In loving memory of Paul Fultheim

Ellen Marizzaldi: In loving memory of beloved father Murray Gordon

Sidney & Ruth Mendlovitz: In memory of beloved daughter Elayne (Chava) Mendlovitz

Thank you!

TZEDAKAH High Holy Day Seat Gary Coppel: Thank you

Ira & Errol Kaget: Thank you

Donald Kane: Thank you

Imelda & Robert Moreno: Thank you

High Holy Day Book of Remembrance Gene Berman, Joyce & Edgar Bryan: Ettie Councilman: Ed & Estte Engel:

Abe & Kimberly Factor: Esther Falk: Eileen Fishman: Jean Fromm & Colleen Carver: Jane George RN & Dr. Alan Erlbaum: Harvey & Rhonda Gobas: Susan Goldman: Shain Graham: Frances Lila Itkoff:

Nadine & Richard Jackman: Maury & Linda Jessner: Donald Kane: Annette Kramer: Bonnie Kroll: Dennis & Elsa Libowitz: Carol Ann Masters: Sidney & Ruth Mendlovitz: Rita Lowy Moore: Sheldon Pordy: Daniel & Fermina Rozsa:

Ernie & Kathy Rubin: Bernie & Sherri Selmanson: Alicia & Hector Silberman: David Silverstein:

Joseph & Hedvig Solymar: Janet Strickland: Rosalie Sussman: Lee & Barbara Ann Van Sluyters: Fern & Benny Wasserman: Janice Wellsteed: THANK YOU ALL!

Yom Kippur Donations Michael Berkovitz: Thank you

Joyce & Edgar Bryan: Thank you

Meg & Mark Fisch: Thank you

Jean Fromm & Colleen Carver: Thank you

Anonymous: Thank you

Ira & Errol Kaget: Thank you

Carol Ann Masters: Thank you

Marilyn Nitikman: Thank you

Arthur & Sharon Oster: Thank you

Dr. Jack Rubin: Thank you

Rosalie Sussman: Thank you

Fern & Benny Wasserman: Thank you

Marla Weisenfeld & Norman Schulman: Thank you

Yahrzeit Donations Michael Berkovitz: In memory of beloved father Leonard M. Berkovitz

Jamie Bolnick: In memory of beloved grandfather Samuel Applebaum

Jamie Bolnick: In memory of beloved grandmother Anna Applebaum

Ed & Estte Engel: In memory of beloved father Henry Jessner Maury & Linda Jessner: In memory of beloved father Henry Jessner Maury & Linda Jessner: In memory of beloved mother Bertha Jessner Donald Kane: In memory of beloved wife Shirley Kane

Sidney & Ruth Mendlovitz: In memory of beloved daughter Elayne (Chava) Mendlovitz

Rita Lowy Moore: In memory of beloved father Louis Panster Alan Papurt: In momory of beloved father Marvin Papurt Mrs. Ruth Rosenblatt: In memory of beloved father Morris Shano

Walter & Arlene Spatz: In memory of beloved grandfather Max Albert Walter & Arlene Spatz: In memory of beloved grandmother Sarah Albert Fern & Benny Wasserman: In memory of beloved father Louis Slutsky

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Please keep those donations coming:Please keep those donations coming:Please keep those donations coming:Please keep those donations coming: We collect food items year round to help address the hidden hunger in our community. Our large donation bin is in the closet between the Lobby and chapel.. When we collect enough food items we will make sure it gets to a proper distribution center.

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6440 Del Amo Blvd.

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Sisterhood welcomes all CSC members to join in supporting and providing services to the CSC community. These services include setting up for Shabbat Kiddush, Special Lunches, Latkepalooza and Baking for Holidays. No experience necessary. Schmoozing, laughing and enjoying one another’s company is required.

We meet every two months. Call Ettie at 562.425.3464 for more information.

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We recall with affection those who no longer walk this earth, grateful to G-d for the gift of their lives, for their

sweet companionship, and for the cherished memories which endure. May G-d comfort all who mourn.

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Yarhzeits to Remember Yahrzeits are listed in the Shofar as a public service for our members. Please attend our religious services as a loving tribute to the memory of your dearly departed. Review our list carefully to ensure that all of your family members and friends are remembered in the most sacred and meaningful manner. Anyone wishing to receive an Aliyah should contact Rabbi Mariana Gindlin at (562) 429-0715, or Art Oster (562) 598-6072.

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Prayer for a Speedy Recovery

For Men: May the One who blessed our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah, bless and heal _(Name)______. May the Holy Blessed One mercifully restore him to health and to vigor. May G-d grant him health of body and health of spirit and mind, along with all others who are stricken. Let us say: Amen.

For Women: May the One who blessed our ancestors Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah, bless and heal _(Name)_______. May the Holy Blessed One mercifully restore her to health and to vigor. May G-d grant her health of body and health of spirit and mind, along with all others who are stricken. Let us say: Amen.

May You Have a Quick & Full Recovery!

Our minyanim during services at Congregation Shir Chadash pray for a speedy and complete recovery for all those listed on our Misheberach list. If you know someone who is ill, please let us know. If you would like to pray for a family member or friend, please see the prayer above.

Memorial Plaques We Honor the memory of our dear departed loved ones by placing their names on the MEMORIAL TABLETS in the Main Sanctuary. The walls on both sides of our Sanctuary contain space for MEMORIAL PLAQUES, which are availa-ble for $400.00 per plaque. Memorial plaques may be reserved,

Rabbi Sidney Guthman 11/1

Yrielle Hirsch 11/1

Irving Jurist 11/3

Louis Lichter 11/4

Harry Lipson 11/5

Fannie Zotstein 11/5

Lillian Feinhandler 11/8

Casey Erin Spievak 11/10

Edward Aronson 11/11

Toby Claire 11/11

Jacob Rosenbla: 11/12

Yael Steingiesser 11/12

Anna Feinhandler 11/13

Hyman Heimowitz 11/13

Dr. Harold Stein 11/13

John Ayala 11/17

Rochelle Koenigsberg 11/17

Louis Silverstein 11/18

Blanche Jurist 11/19

Fannie Sophie Gobas 11/21

Sadie Gross Dover 11/21

Jennie Sobelman 11/21

David M. Alperin 11/25

Harriet Itkoff 11/25

Harry Kane 11/25

Paul David Skolnick 11/26

Elsie Spievak 11/26

Irving Wexler 11/26

Eddie Meyer Kroll 11/27

Zelda Nudelman 11/27

Celia Noah 11/29

Paul Fultheim 11/30

Rose Kroll 11/30

Harrie:e Seltzer 12/3

Rosa Hoffman 12/4

Anna Oster 12/4

Shirley Burns 12/5

Dora Kane 12/8

Dorothy Vizzini 12/10

Ellen (Elke) Bebek 12/11

Dr. Louis Feinhandler 12/11

Morton Alperin 12/12

Goldie Fineman 12/12

Ada Sperr 12/12

Selma Ashley 12/16

Shirley Gla: 12/18

Julia Vogel Saffren 12/18

Fortune Babani 12/19

Baila Govenar 12/19

Doris Meidonick 12/21

Miema Esther Lipson 12/23

Ezekiel Lowy 12/23

Robin Wanger 12/23

Harry Waterman 12/23

Irwin Handler 12/24

Tillie Laibson 12/24

Herman H. Saffren 12/24

Lillian Goldberg 12/25

Hope Braeman 12/27

Florence Gordon 12/27

Jerry Samuel Itkoff 12/27

Phyllis Zimerman 12/28

Edmond Hirsch 12/31

Condolences To the family & friends of Gayle Chapin

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