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January, 2020 Tevet/Shevat 5780 Volume 77, Issue 5
Shofar
Temple Beth El
“Where Judaism Lives”
Adison Marie is interested in making a difference for the associated student body at Cato Middle School where she serves as Vice President in her seventh grade year. She is currently a yellow belt in Karate and a member of the Cato Girls Basketball team. One of her most favorite past-times that she enjoys with her family is going on camping trips.
Adi loves to help others. One of the goals she wishes to ac-complish as she prepares for her Bat Mitzvah ceremony is to visit children in the hospital, read to them, and leave them with a new book. She has many aspirations as for a future career. She is so grateful for support from members of our Temple Beth El family on her journey to becoming a Bat Mitzvah.
Bat Mitzvah
January 18, 2020
10:30 AM
Temple Beth El
2906 Loma Linda Drive
Bakersfield, CA 93305
Luncheon to follow
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President Schechter’s Perspectives
Dear Chevrei,
December was a fun time with Paint Night, the 8K Krazy Kilometers and the Latke Brunch.
Let me step back to November for a moment. I had the distinct honor to present Elliott Magnus with
a leaf on the Tree of Life for three years at leading us as President of Temple Beth El. Thank you,
Elliott, for all your hard work and determination!
The 8K Krazy Kilometers was another successful experience. It rained, there was mud, there was
joy and there was community. This event brought in our Temple community working very hard at
making this a great day. There were many Temple runners as well as community runners with the
lovely Emma Goss being our MC. Mayor Goh came to start the runners off. Many of the runners
were recipients of gifts donated by individuals and companies. Thank you to our fearless leader,
Stacy Davis and her committee and all that volunteered their time during the planning and carrying
out of this exciting event!
The Latke Brunch will be a success in our own Norma’s Kitchen. Although we miss our family and
friends that are no longer with us, new traditions will be made.
Our Rabbi Search Committee has met and have come up with an announcement that was posted to
hire a Rabbi. We will be reviewing candidates as they come in. Andy Abrams is our leader and
liaison with the CCAR and doing a masterful job in this position.
In November of this year, I had the honor to attend a program at CSUB. It was called Women,
Religion and Empowerment. It was sponsored by the CSUB Interfaith Group Common Ground,
Interfaith Youth Core and the Institute of Religion, Education and Public Policy. Five religious
leaders in our community sat at the dias table and discussed their roles as women within their
religion. The students that attended were to ask questions after the presentation and then were
challenged to go out into the community and visit with the various houses of worship. You will
notice on Fridays that students have come to our services. Please welcome these students to our
Synagogue.
Our talented Adison Gartenlaub will be celebrating her Bat Mitzvah on January 18th. It will be a
great Mitzvah for our Temple Community to attend this joyous occasion!
Yasher Koach to everyone that has been involved in our Temple this past month!
Shalom,
Ilene Schechter
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Oneg
January
3 Etta Robin Susie Simrin
10 Ron & Laura Lauria Mario & Amanda Garza
17 Lyle & Marianne Gartenlaub
24 Andy & Ella Abrams
31 Richard & Indiana Schenkman
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.
Temple Beth El
“Chardonnay Shabbat”
Friday, January 17, 2020
“PrOneg” (appetizers and libations) 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 night!)
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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Missed birthday in December. My apologies
21 Mario Garza
January
2 Lawrence Zanoff
5 Miriam Stull
8 Jenny Seibert
11 Maria Chavez
11 Pamela Elisheva
11 Zachary Escobedo
12 Gretchen Bloch
13 Kathleen Arnold-Chambers
13 Charles Rhodes
14 Kenneth Hugo
17 Adison Gartenlaub 13th
20 Emma Goss
26 Laura Wolfe
27 Douglas White
28 Mark Hugo
29 Jay Greenstein
30 Samantha Peshkin 12th
December Anniversaries
20 Leonard & Carla Epstein 32nd
27 Mike & Judy Feldman 55th
January Anniversaries
17 Greg & Rose Broida 38th
23 Ahron & Linda Hakimi 24th
Contributions (11/15-)
Kol Nidre
Andy & Diane Andrews Ronald & Laura Lauria Joshua & Edith Rudnick Memorials/Yahrzeit
Ann Diamond In memory of Jess Diamond & Abraham & Eva Kessler
Brent Eastep Tree of Life
Greg & Rose Broida In honor of Elliott Magnus Stacy & Mark Davis In honor of Elliott Magnus Irwin & Elizabeth Harris In honor of the Bat Mitzvah of
Emily Sincoff Ronald & Laura Lauria In honor of Elliott Magnus & the birthday of Judy Strauss
Advertise In the Shofar!
Annual fees are only:
Business Card $ 50 1/4 Page $ 100 1/2 Page $ 200
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Service & Pulpit Honors
Friday, January 3 @ 7:30 PM
Shabbat Worship Service
Service Leaders: Irvin Pike
Parashat -
Genesis 44:18-47:27 Haftarah
Ezekiel 37:15-28
Pulpit Assistant
Adison Gartenlaub Candle Blesser
Kathleen Chambers Torah Bearer
Larry Saslaw Torah Blesser
Heber Cruz Berber
D’var Torah
Irvin Pike Kiddush
Adam Rodriquez Oneg Hosts
Etta Robin Susie Simrin
Usher
Leonard Epstein
Friday, January 10 @ 6:00 PM
Family Pot Luck Shabbat
Service Leader: Irvin Pike
Parashat -
Genesis 47:28-50:26 Haftarah
I Kings 2:1-12
Candle Blesser
Amanda Garza Kiddush
Ron Lauria Oneg Hosts
Ron & Laura Lauria Mario & Amanda Garza
Usher
Heber Cruz Berber
Friday, January 17 @ 6:00 PM
Chardonnay Shabbat
Service Leaders: Marc Schulman &
Irvin Pike
Parashat -
Exodus 1:1-6:1 Haftarah
Isaiah 27:6-28:13; 29:22-23
(Jeremiah 1:1-2:3)
Pulpit Assistant
Adison Gartenlaub Candle Blesser
Isabella Rudnick Kiddush
Lyle Gartenlaub Usher
Josh Rudnick
Oneg Hosts
Lyle & Marianne Gartenlaub
Friday, January 24 @ 7:30 PM
Union for Reform Judaism Shabbat
Service Leaders: Laura Wolfe &
Jill Egland
Parashat -
Exodus 6:2-9:35 Haftarah
Ezekier 28:25-29:21
Torah Reader
Tim Fromm Candle Blesser
TBD Torah Bearer
TBD Torah Blesser
TBD
D’var Torah
Tim Fromm Kiddush
TBD Oneg Hosts
Andy & Ella Abrams Usher
Esther Brandon
Parashat -
Exodus 10:1-13:16 Haftarah
Jeremiah 46:13-28 Friday, January 31 @ 7:30 PM
Shabbat Worship Service
Service Leader: Irvin Pike
Pulpit Assistant
Dorothy Rittenberg Candle Blesser
Epie Rittenberg Torah Bearer
Josh Rittenberg Torah Blesser
Marc Schulman
D’var Torah
Leah Bank Kiddush
Larry Elman Oneg Hosts
Richard & Indiana Schenkman Usher
Tim Fromm
Changes?
Please notify Lorrie in the Temple office with your membership information -- addresses (including email), phone number(s), births, marriage, yahrzeits. Please help up keep our data base and membership directory updated.
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December 2020 Yahrzeits
1/03 Shabbat Worship Service
David Davis, remembered by Pearl Davis 1/03
Milton Gintzler, great-uncle of Laura Lauria; great-great-uncle of Amanda Garza 1/05-Tevet 8
Ruth Morales, mother of Linda Morales 1/05
Samantha Nicole Sacks, grand-niece of Mary Speare 1/05
Ruth Schneider, sister-in-law of Norma Schwartz z”l; aunt of Jeff Schwartz & Helen Armistead 1/05-Tevet 8
Esther Siegel, grandmother of Sharon Rhodes 1/05
Marie Levasseur, mother of Rosemarie Azgour z”l 1/08
Morris Gintzer, great-uncle of Laura Lauria; great-great uncle of Amanda Garza 1/09-Tevet 12
Nathan J. Goldman, uncle of Marsha Parr 1/09
Joseph Felsenfeld, father of Esther Brandon 12/10
1/10 Family Pot Luck Shabbat
Fanny Angel Finkelstein, mother of Miriam Tann 1/11
Bernard Levy, brother-in-law of William Wolfe 1/11
Allen Harris, brother-in-law of Arline Pike z”l; uncle of Irvin Pike 1/12
Alan Hershey, remembered by TBE 1/12
Claude Denis Neuman, step-brother of Heidi Allison 1/12
Richard Ribner, cousin of Sylvia Neal z”l 1/12
Herman Schneider, brother of Norma Schwartz z”l; uncle of Jeff Schwartz & Helen Armistead 1/12-Tevet 15
Fishel Leht, father of Etel Lewis 1/13
Louis M. Lewis, father of Beverly Weisman 1/13
Arthur Rich, brother-in-law of Charlotte Abrams; uncle of Andy Abrams 1/13
Carol Rosenbaum, mother of Joy Spicer; grandmother of Tiffany Mayer 1/13
Frieda “Fritzi” Greenberg, aunt of Sylvia Neal z”l 1/14-Tevet 17
Ilene Levy, sister of William Wolfe 1/14
Richard Schulman, father of Marc Schulman 1/15
Mildren Solomon, aunt of Jackie Rudnick z”l 1/15
Celia Fingeroff Aronson, grandmother of Kathleen Arnold-Chambers 1/16-Tevet 19
Louis Grosher, uncle of Sonia Simrin z”l; great-uncle of Marty Weinberg 1/16
Danny Benjamin Lipco, son of Shirley Lipco; brother of Sharon Lipco z”l & Lisa Lipco Levine 1/16-Tevet 19
Rose Rockoff, mother of Art Rockoff z”l 1/16-Tevet 19
Harriett Wolfe, mother of William Wolfe 1/16
Raymond Zanoff, father of Larry Zanoff 1/16
1/17 Chardonnay Shabbat
George Carl Shattenburg, uncle of Pamela Elisheva 1/17
Eldon Larkin Tackett, father of Gene Tackett 1/17
Emil Birks, brother-in-law of Alexander Potter z”l 1/18
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1/17 Chardonnay Shabbat (cont’d)
Margaret Ann Christenson, mother of Bob Christenson z”l 1/18
Lillian Teplitz, sister of Mary Speare 1/18
Moe S. Nestle, remembered by TBE 1/19
Craig Rich, nephew of Al z”l & Charlotte Abrams; cousin of Andy Abrams 1/19
Mary Jewel Yates, mother of Alpha Anders 1/19
Michelle Kleiman, sister of Etta Robin 1/20
William Schacter, grandfather of Sharon Miller 1/20-Tevet 23
William Adler, brother-in-law of Shirley Ann Newman 1/21-Tevet 24
Louis Schwalbendorf, grandfather of Larry Fish 1/21
Jay J. Arnold, father of Kathleen Arnold-Chambers 1/22
Henry Black, uncle of Diane Andrews 1/22
Harry Kay, remembered by TBE 1/22
Gideon Tinn, friend of Karen & Kathi Briefer-Gose 1/22
David Biegel, grandfather of Joe Fram 1/23
Bonnie K. Johnson, sister of Marsha Parr 1/23
Hulda Magnus, mother of Steven Magnus; grandmother of Elliott Magnus 1/23
1/24 Shabbat Worship Service
Bernice Katzell, mother of Ellyn Widelock; grandmother of Jenna Odlin 1/24
Saul David Larks, father of Anita Singer 1/24
Lyle Smith, father of Mark Smith 1/24
Leonard Mansky, brother-in-law of Pearl Davis 1/25
Nathan Strauss, grandfather of Judy Strauss 1/25-Tevet 28
Patricia Thorley, sister of Ann Peterson-Saslaw 1/25
Ethyl “Liz” Harris Oliver, sister of Billie Bizieff z”l 1/26
Irving Steelman, uncle of Terry Skinner 1/26
Stanley Witer, step-father of Elaine White 1/27
Harry Babins, remembered by TBE 1/28-Shevat 2
Jewel Cohen, friend of Billie Bizieff z”l 1/28
Meyer Kay, remembered by TBE 1/30
1/31 Shabbat Worship Service
Harvey Abarbanell, father of Ross Abarbanell 2/01
Meredith Blaustein, cousin of Sylvia Neal z”l 2/01
Lillian Bridges, aunt of Karen Briefer-Gose 2/01
Lois Schulman, mother of Marc Schulman 2/01-Shevat 6
Loretta Mae Tackett, mother of Gene Tackett 2/01
Barnett Larks, uncle of Anita Singer 2/02
Francisco Reyes, father of Ricardo Reyes 2/02
Bessie Jenkins, grandmother of Terry Skinner 2/03
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1/31 Shabbat Worship Service (cont’d)
Frances Bregman, step-mother of Irene Christenson 2/04
Rosa Maria Cohen Arazi, sister of Ana Genel; aunt of Janet Blumberg 2/04
Milton Rudnick, husband of Diane Rudnick, brother of Marcus z”l & Phil Rudnick & Miriam Stull; uncle of Joshua & Daniel Rudnick & Libbie Mahan; brother-in-law of Marcia Rudnick
2/04
Sylvia Rudnick, sister of Marcus z”l, Milton z”l & Phil Rudnick & Miriam Stull; aunt of Joshua & Daniel Rudnick & Libbie Mahan
2/04
Marty McNeil, friend of Karen Briefer-Gose 2/05
Jeanne Zeidman, grandmother of Joy Byrom 2/05
Selma Meyer, sister of Ella Abrams 2/06
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]
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January, 2020 Tevet/Shevat 5780
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
1 2 3 7:30 PM Shabbat Worship Service
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5 9:30 AM Religious School
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8 9 10 6:00 PM Family Potluck Shabbat
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12 9:30 AM Religious School
13 14 7:00 PM Board
Meeting
15 16 17 6:00 PM
Chardonnay Shabbat
18 10:30 AM
Adison Gartenlaub Bat Mitzvah
19 9:30 AM Religious School
20 21 22 23 24 7:30 PM Shabbat Worship Service
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26 9:30 AM Religious School
27 28 29 30 31 7:30 PM Shabbat Worship Service
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E-mail your Shofar submission to the Temple at [email protected]
Deadline for the February Shofar is January 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
