Temple Beth Ami

23023 Hilse Lane, Santa Clarita, CA 91321  (661) 255-6410

 

 

 

 

March 2: 9:00 AM Torah Study

March 3: 7:00 PM Talmud Study

March 4: 6:30-9:00 PM "A Serious Man" screening

March 6: 9:30 AM Shacharit Shabbat Service/Bar Mitzvah of Sidney Allen

March 7: 5:00 PM OSCAR Party

March 9: 6:30 PM Einstein Student Information night

March 12: 8:00 PM Shabbat with Dalet Class and musical guest Kyle Cotler

March 13: 9:30 AM Shacharit service & Gross Bar Mitzvah.

March 13: 6:00 PM Sisterhood Board Retreat

March 14: 4:00-7:00 PM Women's Pesach Seder

March 15: 7:30 PM Relay For Life Team Meeting

March 16: 7:00 PM Coping in Challenging times

March 18: 7:00 PM Israel Trip Information meeting

March 21: 9:00-10:30 AM Sunday School Passover Seder

March 21: 10:00-Noon, Women's Torah Study

March 21: 4:00-7:00 PM Chametz Party Blazer residence

March 22: 7:30 PM Jewish Food Festival Committee Mtg

March 27: 6:00 PM Men's Club Pesach Seder

March 27: 8 PM Men's Club Havdalah & Hold'em

March 28: NO Sunday School

March 30: 6:00-9:00 PM Community Pesach Seder

 

 

 

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Men's Club and Sisterhood

Men's Club News

As Men's Club President one of my main objectives is to bring out the talent and personalities at Temple Beth Ami. This goes hand-and-hand with our motto - "Strong Jewish Men Building a Strong Jewish Community." Temple Beth Ami is our Jewish community and in the past month I was proud to be part of events that showcased individuals at their best!

February saw the kickoff of our TBArts series where the artistically gifted amongst us share their unique talents. Scott Gershin, one of Hollywood's most sought after sound designers, showed us how to understand the "psychology of sound," an ability that makes him a true artist!

Later in the month I was privileged to attend the Men of Reform Judaism (MRJ) Man of the Year Banquet with many of our congregants. This was a special night as not only did we bestow the official title of "Temple Beth Ami's Man of the Year 2008/2009 (5769)" on Rick Kaufman, but as Executive Vice President of the Western Region of MRJ, Rick emceed the entire program. All of us know Rick as charismatic, hard working, and simply one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. So it was great to see such a truly deserving person on dais the entire night!

Of course in the coming months the Men's Club will continue to have fun leading and participating in events like the Oscar Party, the Men's Club Model Passover Seder, and May's Jewish Family Baseball Appreciation Day. Simultaneously we will strive to highlight the individual strength of our community in the continuation of our TBArts series (our Spring featured artist is the incredibly talented Mr. Travis Fine) and the forthcoming "Inside Temple Beth Ami" – an old fashioned conversation with a modern twist.

Keep up to date with all our Men's Club happenings at Facebook: http://groups.to/strong_jewish_men/ Read about Jewish Issues on our Twitter page http://twitter.com/JewishSCV

Haven't officially joined the Men's Club yet? Find out how by emailing mensclub@templebethami.org.

Daniel Levine
TBA Men's Club President

 

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Sisterhood News

Well, March will be a full month for TBA Sisterhood. On Sunday, March 14 we will be co-hosting the annual Women's Seder along with Congregation Beth Shalom Sisterhood and Kochava Hadassah. This is a wonderful event. If you have never attended please join us. You'll be in for a treat.

On Friday, March 19 we will have our Sisterhood Shabbat. Along with the installation of new officers, we will be presenting our first ever "Sisterhood Woman of the Year Award". Please join us for what will be a delicious evening as refreshments will be provided by the women of the sisterhood.

The "Spring Tea" originally scheduled for May 2nd has been rescheduled to Sunday, April 25.

After reading an article in the Daily News by Dennis McCarthy, Doreen Hawbecker spearheaded an effort to assist a Boy Scout with his Eagle Scout project. This involved making gel neck coolers to send to the troops in Iraq. Doreen cut 118 strips of muslin and had temple members write messages on them. They were delivered to the Boy Scout who finished them by stitching them together with a gel pack inside. The soldiers will immerse the cool packs in water and then put them around their necks to help cool themselves.

We are looking forward to another great year as several new Board members are seated. For further information please contact: sisterhood@templebethami.org.

Hedy Greenfield
TBA Sisterhood President
sisterhood@templebethami.org

 

Amazing!

On Sunday, February 21st a group of women got together to begin studying "The Torah: A Women's Commentary." What an amazing experience it was! This book is published by the Women of Reform Judaism.

When Doreen Hawbecker returned from the national convention of Women of Reform Judaism this past November she was so excited about this book that she volunteered to facilitate the sessions. She and Judith Stolnitz have been working together to bring this about. Although the initial plan was to start with the reading of Genesis they soon discovered that reading the introduction was an integral part of the process. This, in itself, is proving to be fascinating. This group will meet monthly and it is not necessary to belong to Sisterhood to attend. For further information please contact Doreen via sisterhood@templebethami.org.

 

You are invited to
The SCV 8th Annual Jewish Women's Seder
Benefiting Jewish Women's Charities

Sunday March 14th: 4pm – 7pm

Seventh Day Adventist Church
24436 Valley Street, Newhall

$36 per person
Catered Meal Included
 

 

Passover Gift Sale

Contact (661) 255-6410 for more info.
Checks payable to Hadassah Kochava

Hosted by:

  • Congregation Beth Shalom Sisterhood

  • Hadassah Kochava

  • Temple Beth Ami Sisterhood

RSVP by March 5th.

 

Book Group

Our next book group meeting is March 28 at the home of Gail Atkin. We are reading Sotah by Naomi Ragen. Please RSVP to Karen Kaplan or Gail Atkin or email to sisterhood@templebethami.org with "Book Club" in the subject line.

 

Sisterhood Lilith Salon

Are you interested in stimulating discussion about contemporary issues for Jewish women? Then participation in the Lilith Salon Series is for YOU! Lilith Magazine is published quarterly by the WRJ (Women of Reform Judaism). Don't subscribe? We can fix that by either getting you the information to subscribe OR providing a copy of the articles we plan on discussing before the event.

We meet four times a year to discuss the articles of our choice from the magazine. The get-togethers (salons) are held in member's homes in the evening. The facilitator receives discussion questions and sometimes additional suggested readings for each issue to stimulate conversation. One article in a previous issue was so meaningful to me personally that after being a member of TBA for 15+ years and after much soul searching and study, I finally felt comfortable converting to Judaism.

The newest issue entitled 'Our Bodies... It's complicated', which we will be discussing in March, has many interesting articles. 'A Zionist in Spite of Herself' is an interview with Judith Shotten who immigrated to Israel from Winnipeg in 1949 and has an amazing life story. Two articles including 'Three Sisters' and 'Four Weddings and a Funeral', deal with breast cancer and BRCA-1 gene mutation, which I think will provide for a wonderful discussion, especially after the recent panel discussion sponsored by our own TBA Relay for Life Team.

Look for information on our next meeting sometime in March. Please join us for a glass of wine or cup of coffee and some fellowship as we discuss interesting issues confronting Jewish women. Please contact Karen Kaplan at: w2wkaren@hotmail.com for more information.

Shawn Monheim

 

 

Revised: March 03, 2010

 

TBA's Shalom Bayit
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Call to Action!

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Special Cantorial soloist
Kyle Cotler
Friday, March 12
8:00 PM

Working under the mentorship
of his father, Cantor/Composer
Doug Cotler, Kyle is one of the
most exciting young voices on
the Jewish music scene today.

Students from the Dalet level
will also be helping to lead
this special Shabbat.

 

Bet Tzedek and
Temple Beth Ami present...

Debtors’ Rights Clinic
Tuesday, March 16
7:00 PM

Part of Temple Beth Ami’s Series
Coping in Challenging Times
 

The Men's Club of
Temple Beth Ami presents...

Men’s Model Seder
Saturday March 27
6:30 PM
Temple Beth Ami

 

Sisterhood Victorian Tea Party
at The Tea Gardens

Sunday, April 25
11:00 AM

 

Jewish Family Baseball
Appreciation Day

Lancaster Jethawks Stadium
Sunday, May 23
12:00PM – 8:00PM
 

The Men's Club of
Temple Beth Ami invites you to...

Havdalah & Hold'em

Join us for a wonderful
monthly evening of
camaraderie among men!

2010 Dates and Times

 

Albert Einstein Academy
First of its kind in SCV and California

Read more in the Signal.

 

Santa Clarita Jews Plan
Cutting-Edge Center

Read more in the Jewish Journal.

 

Charter School Website

The Albert Einstien Acadamy
for Letters, Arts and Sciences

is set to open in August 2010
with 300 students in grades
seven through nine,
with future expansion to include
grades kindergarten through six.

Visit the AEA at http://ealas.org/.

 

TBA to help support Homeless
SCV Children and their families.

See the 'walls come down'
as people of different faiths
come together to tackle our
local problem of homelessness.

Find out more at
http://www.familypromisescv.org

 

Support Temple Beth Ami's
Relay for Life Team

 

Temple Beth Ami hosts SCV’s
Second Annual
Jewish Food Festival
Sunday May 16, 2010

Bridgeport Marketplace

 

Temple Beth Ami's
Israel & Petra Trip 2010
June 6 - 18
, 2010

 

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