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December, 2019 Kislev/Tevet 5780 Volume 77, Issue 4
Shofar
Temple Beth El
“Where Judaism Lives”
Friday, December 6 & 27 @ 7:30 PM
Shabbat Worship Service
Sunday, December 1 & 15 @ 9:30 AM
Religious School
Sunday, December 8 @ 7:00 AM
8K Run & 2K Latke Loop Fun Run
Friday, December 13 @ 6:00 PM
Family Potluck Shabbat
Tuesday, December 10 @ 7:00 PM
Board Meeting
Sunday, December 15 @ 11:30 AM
Latke Brunch
Friday, December 20 @ 6:00 PM
Chardonnay Shabbat
Friday, December 21 @ 6:00 PM
Kids Night Out
Monday, December 23
Hanukkah
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President Schechter’s Perspectives
Dear Chevrie, October and November brought in many wonderful blessings to our Jewish Community. We had the children wave the etrog and luluv in the Sukkot as well as having dinner there too. We celebrated Charlotte Abrams’ 90th birthday and celebrated Judy Strauss’ 80th birthday. We had Tim Fromm and James Hugo lead a children’s service with the youth in our congre-gation. It was entertaining and exciting. We experienced the final reading of the Torah by Avital Anders and the beginning of the To-rah by Isabella Rudnick. Irvin Pike compared the similarities between Genesis and the Torah and Science! It was very moving. The Young Professionals led a beautiful and exciting Friday night service. We had the lovely Rabbi Lisa Lipco Levine lead a beautiful and entertaining service with new melodies and her melodic voice and guitar. We had a sign posted in the kitchen honoring the late Norma Schwartz, “Norma’s Kitchen.” A new stove and shelves were donated to Temple Beth El by the Schwartz Family. Thank you so much for these generous and wonderful gifts! Paint night was very enjoyable. I’m not a painter but it was a lot of fun! Our Caring Committee is working hard at keeping in contact and visiting with the ill congre-gants. Please call the Temple if there is someone you know that is in need of our assistance. We are all looking forward to the Latke Brunch and the 8K Krazy Kilometers. The Sisterhood and Mensch Club (Men’s Club) and the Fundraising Committees are working very hard at organizing these events! Our participation is necessary to make these events successful! I look around each Friday night and see a community of exceptional people who care for one another like a family does. It’s a feeling of love, respect and friendship that I would hope to last a lifetime. Yasher Koach to everyone that has been involved in our Temple these past two months! Shalom, Ilene Schechter
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HEAR YE! HEAR YE! ALL YOU LATKE LOVERS AND LATKE EATERS
Come One - Come All!
To our annual Latke-Ball Eat Latkes ‘til you’re full
And see our children perform with skill The price is reasonable - You can’t miss
So stay after religious school; Don’t pass up a chance like this!
DATE: Sunday, December 15 MENU: Latkes with sour cream & 11:30 AM applesauce Cheese Souffle
COST: Adults $ 10 Sliced tomato & orange Children Ages 5-10 $ 5 Coffee, Tea & Punch Children Under 5 Free Dessert
We also have a wonderful basket donated by the Judaica Shop to raffle off So, mark your calendars. This is the place to be. Come & Enjoy!
Please, Please make and pay for your reservations with Lorrie in the Temple
office by December 8 or email Kathleen Arnold-Chambers at [email protected].
SEE YOU AT THE LATKE BRUNCH!
More news soon about NEW menu items!
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December
6 Steve & Gail Magnus/Larry Elman
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20 Susie Simrin & Amy Knight
27 Ahron & Linda Hakimi
If you are unable to host your scheduled night, please find a replacement; then call the office at
322-7607 so that our Shabbat Worship Service cards are updated accordingly. Reminder: Part of
clean-up includes washing and putting away dishes and utensils.
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1 Steven Jacobs
2 Francine Coplan-Avery
2 James Hugo
5 Isla Dulcie Friedman 8th
6 Michael Greenberg
11 Benjamin Odlin 10th
12 Katie Brennan
13 Ilene Schechter
18 Karlyn Farber
18 Lynne Joseph
18 Indiana Schenkman
21 GeorgieAnna Escobedo
21 Maria Garza
22 Christina Rothberg
22 Hayden Williams 12th
23 Robert Young
24 Heber Cruz Berber
25 Carol Escobedo
27 Robin Feher
28 William Weisman
29 Ross Abarbanell
29 Juane Aggenbach
2 Laura & Ricardo Reyes 31st
2 Mauritz & Annelize Theron 17th
6 Ferdinand & Yolanda Aggenbach 22nd
14 Andy & Diane Andrews 39th
15 Esther & Rogers Brandon 34th
24 Martin & Barbara Kessler 52nd
25 William & Beverly Weisman 62nd
29 Andy & Ella Abrams 29th
29 Carol & Raul Escobedo 29th
30 Glenn & Anita Singer 46th
Temple Beth El
“Chardonnay Shabbat”
Friday, December 20, 2019
“PrOneg” (appetizers and liba-tions) served at 6:00 PM
Shabbat Service at 6:30 PM
Meet your friends and family at Temple, dine out afterward if you so choose!
(Note: No 7:30 PM service that
Need help finding a ride or someone to Carpool with to Temple?
Contact:
Andy Abrams 589-3778
Or email him at [email protected]
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Service & Pulpit Honors
Friday, December 6 @ 7:30 PM
Shabbat Worship Service
Service Leaders: Irvin Pike &
Pamela Elisheva
Parashat -
Genesis 28:10-32:3 Haftarah
Hosea 12:13-14:10
Pulpit Assistant
Adison Gartenlaub Candle Blesser
Etel Lewis Torah Bearer
Ferdinant Aggenbach Torah Blesser
Alrich Aggenbach
D’var Torah
Avital Anders Kiddush
Bill Wolfe Oneg Hosts
Steve & Gail Magnus Larry Elman
Usher
Esther Brandon
Friday, December 13 @ 6:00 PM
Family Pot Luck Shabbat
Service Leader: Tim Fromm
Parashat -
Genesis 32:4-26:43 Haftarah
Hosea 11:7-12:12 (Obadiah 1:1-21)
Candle Blesser
Adison Gartenlaub Kiddush
Juane Aggenbach Oneg Hosts
Usher
Christopher Jacobson
Friday, December 20 @ 6:00 PM
Chardonnay Shabbat
Service Leader: Irvin Pike &
Pamela Elisheva
Parashat -
Genesis 37:10-40:23 Haftarah
Amos 2:6-3:8
Pulpit Assistant
Adison Gartenlaub Candle Blesser
Dorothy Rittenberg Torah Bearer
Josh Rittenberg Torah Blesser
Marc Schulman
D’var Torah &
Torah Reader
Pamela Elisheva
Kiddush
Rosa Barrera Oneg Hosts
Susie Simrin Amy Knight
Usher
Laura Lauria
Friday, December 27 @ 7:30 PM
Shabbat Worship Service
Service Leader:
Parashat -
Genesis 41:1-44:17 Haftarah
I Kings 3:15-4:1
Pulpit Assistant
Adison Gartenlaub Candle Blesser
Ella Abrams Torah Bearer
Leonard Epstein Torah Blesser
Emma Goss
Torah Reader
Eytan Wallace Kiddush
Mark Davis Oneg Hosts
Ahron & Linda Hakimi Usher
Elliott Magnus
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December 2019 Yahrzeits
12/6 Shabbat Worship Service
Linnie Pearl McCombs, mother of Arthur McCombs 12/7
Mary Ancelet, sister of Andy Andrews 12/8
Bob Christenson, husband of Irene Christenson 12/8
Nathan Feldman, father of Michael Feldman 12/8-Kislev 10
Mitchell Magidow, uncle of Mary Speare 12/8
Kenneth Goodman, father of Vickie Hugo 12/9
Sylvia Miller, mother of Judith Joyce 12/9
Clara Shapiro, great-aunt of Steven Magnus; great-great aunt of Elliott Magnus 12/9
Charles Weisberg, friend of Dan Speare 12/9
John Bridges, uncle of Karen Briefer-Gose 12/10
Joseph Felsenfeld, father of Esther Brandon 12/10
Peggy Fried, mother of Drina Fried 12/10
Stuart Allan Hecht, uncle of Dave Hecht 12/10
Oscar Lipco, grandfather of Sharon Lipco z”l & Lisa Lipco Levine 12/10-Kislev 12
Simon Schiller, uncle of Sylvia Neal z”l; great-uncle of Laurie Henderson 12/10
Erma Hoffmeyer, grandmother of Gail Lipton 12/11-Kislev 13
Dawn Killian, niece of Sheryn Pincoski z”l 12/11
Chester Smith, father of Nesta Aharoni 12/11
Holly Udahl, daughter of Stan & Norma Schwartz z”l; sister of Jeff Schwartz & Helen Armistead
12/11-Kislev 13
Stanley Fram, father of Joe Fram 12/12
Al Miller, father of Judith Joyce 12/12
12/13 Family Pot Luck Shabbat
Jeanette Gintzer, great-aunt of Laura Lauria; great-great aunt of Amanda Garza 12/13-Kislev 15
Frances Bassin Shapiro, cousin of Brenda Neal 12/13
Rita Fromm, step-mother of Tim Fromm 12/14
Bud Simmons, uncle of Bonnie Birch 12/14
Milton Gintzler, great-uncle of Laura Lauria; great-great-uncle of Amanda Garza 12/16
Jack LeMuie, step-father of Bonnie Birch 12/16
Robert W. Neal, step-father of Dan Neal z”l 12/17
Faith Parris, mother of Marcy Smith 12/17-Kislev 19
David Manning White, grandfather of Jill White 12/17
Ann Gross, mother of Hillary Neumeister 12/18
Melvin Magnus, father of Steven Magnus; grandfather of Elliott Magnus 12/18
William Solomon, grandfather of Greg Broida 12/18
Rhoda Wolfson, friend of Lynne Rosenstein 12/18
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12/20 Chardonnay Shabbat
Rosemarie Azgour, remembered by TBE 12/20
Robert B. Strauss, uncle of Judy Strauss 12/20-Kislev 22
Shirley Lipco-Baker, mother of Sharon Lipco z”l & Lisa Lipco Levine 12/21
Ruth Briefer, grandmother of Karen Briefer-Gose 12/22
Barbara Jacobs, mother of Steven Jacobs 12/22
Edward Schwartz, grandfather of Susie Simrin 12/23
Sol Stone, father of Jenny Hirst 12/3-Kislev 25
Arthur Sachs, father of Shirley Ann Newman z”l; grandfather of Heidi Allison 12/24
Neva Benedict, grandmother of Gail Magnus; great-grandmother of Elliott Magnus 12/25
Dorothy Ernst, aunt of Esther Brandon 12/25
David Isaac, brother-in-law of Sharon Miller 12/25-Kislev 27
Raymond Katzell, father of Ellyn Widelock; grandfather of Jenna Odlin 12/25
Barbara Neal Dulik, sister of Bill Neal 12/25
Ethel K. Bregor, mother of Jackie Rudnick z”l 12/26
Merrilee Bronstein, wife of Stephen Bronstein; mother of Nancy Brennan; grandmother of Rebecca Roldan & Julia Brennan
12/26
Stanley “Aaron” Hoxsie, son of Rebecca Leventhal 12/26
Ebba Jensen, grandmother of Laura Wolfe 12/26
Gladys Kimber, grandmother of Sheryn Pincoski z”l 12/26
Carolyn Larks, aunt of Anita Singer 12/26
Jessie Reason Aikens, mother of Patricia Bell 12/26
Seymour Schechter, father of Ilene Schechter 12/26
12/27 Shabbat Worship Service
Katherine Knight, mother-in-law of Amy Knight 12/27
Manya Schneider, aunt of Norma Schwartz z”l; great-aunt of Jeff Schwartz & Helen Armistead 12/27-Kislev 29
Tony Alfred Chavez, father of Rudie Chavez 12/28
Alfonso Gonzalez, brother of Rose Broida 12/28
N. Alexander Potter, husband of Judy Potter 12/28
Betty Cohn, mother of Susan Cohn; sister of Milton Younger z”l 12/29
Burton Epstein, father of Leonard Epstein 12/29
Bracha Hayoun-Weiss, sister of Haya Klein 12/20-Tevet 1
Augusta Rabinovitz, grandmother of Esther Greenberg 12/30
Dugan Turner, husband of Denise Turner z”l 12/30
Barry Abbott, brother of Rebecca Gottesman z”l 12/31-Tevet 3
Marjorie Joan Atencio, mother of Susie Simrin & Amy Knight 12/31
Thomas Lauria, father of Ronald Lauria; grandfather of Amanda Garza 1/01
Gerald Lewis, husband of Etel Lewis 1/01
Bernice Black, mother of Diane Andrews 1/02
John A. Gose, father of Kathi Briefer-Gose 1/02
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Jewish tradition prescribes that a meal be
provided for the family following the burial
of a family member. To that end the Caring
Committee of Temple Beth El is prepared
to provide a Meal of Condolence for temple
families who experience the loss of a loved
one. Please consider making a donation in
memory of your loved one to the Caring
Committee so that we may continue to
provide this Mitzvah to others!
Thank you
In honor or in memory… the perfect remembrance…
Bookplates in our prayer books
are available for only $18 each.
To order, send your check paya-
ble to Temple Beth El and in-
clude the wording of your choice
and the manner in which you want your
name to appear. On the envelope,
please write “attn.: bookplates”.
Questions? Call the TBE office:
(661) 322-7607
Own Your Piece of Real Estate
for Eternity
Temple Beth El maintains its own dedicated
section at Greenlawn Memorial Park on River
Blvd. New plot price is $2,795. Plan ahead and
buy yours today. Contact Barry Goldner for
details and purchasing at (661)301-9000.
Temple Beth El Special Funds Tree of Life, Memorials, Prayer Book Plates,
Rabbi’s Discretionary, Vision Committee,
Caring Committee, Shirley Lipco Social
Justice Fund, Building (Torah Learning
Center), Camperships, Library, Paul Bregor
Music Endowment, Kol Nidre (High Holy
Days).
Temple Beth El
Provides a sanctuary for your sacred prayers, a social hall for special celebrations, a library to study
our heritage, a school to teach our eternal values and ways to remember ones who are no longer
with us. One of the traditional ways we honor those who helped shape our lives is by placing a
made-to-order bronze Memorial Plaque which will be added to the walls of the Temple foyer.
For more info, contact Andy Abrams at :
(661) 589-3778 or email him at [email protected]
Publish Your News In The Shofar
Your items of interest are welcomed for publication. Deadline is 12 noon on the 15th of the month.
Call Lorrie at 322-7607
or email at [email protected]
Changes?
Please notify Lorrie in the Temple office with your membership information -- ad-dresses (including email), phone number(s), births, marriage, yahrzeits. Please help up keep our data base and membership directory updated.
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Contributions (10/15-11/14)
Kol Nidre
Ann Diamond Michael & Judy Feldman Ahron & Linda Hakimi Nancy & Arthur McCombs Laura & Ricardo Reyes Les & Diane Rogers Ilene Schechter Richard & Indiana Schenkman Robert & Marcy Smith Elaine & Douglas White Lawrence & Karen Zanoff Tree of Life
Miriam & John Beam
in honor of Judy Strauss 80th birthday Heber Cruz Berber in honor of Judy Strauss 80th birthday Elliott Magnus in honor of Judy Strauss 80th birthday Steven & Gail Magnus in honor of Judy Strauss 80th birthday Ilene Schechter in honor of Judy Strauss 80th birthday & Elliott Magnus William & Laura Wolfe in honor of Elliott Magnus
Memorials/Yahrzeit
Gretchen Bloch
In memory of Ruth Cronkhite Brent Eastep
Timothy Fromm In memory of Rita Fromm
Amy & John Knight In memory of Katherin Knight,
Marjorie Atencio & Edward Schwartz Ronald & Laura Lauria
In meory of Thomas Lauria & Jeanette Gintzler
Larry Saslaw & Ann Peterson-Saslaw In memory of Morris Katz
Ilene Schechter In memory of Seymour Schechter
Susie Simrin In memory of Marjorie Atencio &
Edward Schwartz Robert & Marcy Smith
In memory of Marilyn Smith & Faith Parris
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December, 2019 Kislev/Tevet 5780
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9:30 AM Religious School
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7:30 PM Shabbat Worship Service
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7:00 AM 8K Run & 2K Latke
Loop Fun Run
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7:00 PM Board
Meeting
11 12 13
6:00 PM Family Potluck Shabbat
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9:30 AM Religious School
11:30 AM
Latke Brunch
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6:00 PM Chardonnay
Shabbat
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6:00 PM Kids
Night Out
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7:30 PM Shabbat Worship Service
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29 30 31
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E-mail your Shofar submission to the Temple at [email protected]
Deadline for the January Shofar is December 15, 2019
Our monthly Shofar is published by:
TEMPLE BETH EL 2906 Loma Linda Drive Bakersfield, CA 93305 Tel: (661) 322-7607 Fax: (661) 322-7807 Website: www.templebethelbakersfield.org
President Ilene Schechter Vice President Joshua Rudnick Parliamentarian Elliott Magnus Corresponding Secretary Tim Fromm Recording Secretary Esther Brandon Financial Secretary Irvin Pike Treasurer Andy Abrams Administrator Lorrie Larribas