MESSAGE FROM MICKEY SEIGEL, MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR
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Dear Temple Menorah Members and Friends,
We hope that you are enjoying a wonderful Holiday Season.
The approaching New Year means that tax time is just around the corner. Please consider pre-paying some or all of your Temple dues in December so that they count for the 2014 tax-year. Just be sure that your payment reaches the office by Tuesday, December 30, so we can process it by the 31st.
And, you could make or increase your pledge to the Bernie Spanier Memorial L'Atidenu Fund to help us "Raise the Roof." If you haven't, please join us by adding a donation to your next payment so we can assure our Temple Menorah Community's future. We want to thank everyone who has helped make the campaign a success.
If you want us to process your next automatic payment in December instead of January so that tax-deductible items will count in 2014, just call us or send an e-mail to Accounting@TempleMenorah.org by December 30. Be sure to tell us if you want us to take more than the scheduled amount so that can count as well.
Thank you for supporting your Temple Menorah Community.
L'Shalom,
Mickey Seigel, Membership Director
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If you would like to volunteer for future Temple events please contact our volunteer coordinator, Jonathan Johnson at JONATHAN.JOHNSON@stvinc.com
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WE'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE! 
Whether you are interested in becoming an adult b'nai mitzvah,
learning more about the week's Torah portion or would like to test your conversational Hebrew skills, Temple Menorah has a class for you!
It's never too late to join!
Click HERE to learn more about our Continuing Jewish Education series or to SIGN-UP for a class.
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ADULT B'NAI MITZVAH
It's not too late! There's still time to sign-up for Cantor Ken Jaffe's Adult B'nai Mitzvah class.
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A LOOK AT JANUARY'S KIDS' NIGHT OUT
"Kung Fu Panda"
Saturday, January 31 - 5:00pm
Kids 2 - 12 are invited to join us for an awesome adventure! The evening includes games, art projects, dinner, dessert & hours of fun with our highly trained staff!
$36 for first child / $18 for additional children.
**There is $5 dollar additional charge per child for drop-in.
For more information, or to RSVP, please contact Shayna at camp@templemenorah.org.
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THE LIPSTEIN MITZVAH PROJECT
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For his bar mitzvah project, Sebastian Lipstein will be having a Bake Sale and Toy Drive to support a Children's Orphanage in Mexico named Casa Hogar Ciudad de Refugio.
The Toy Drive will take place over the next week at Temple Menorah. Please bring unopened toys & place them in the barrel outside of the office. The toys will be gift wrapped and given to the children this holiday season!
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ROSENBERG CULTURAL CENTER
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Monday, January 5 - 11:00am
"Solving Psychological Mysteries" with Jim Heubach
"Why Do We Dream?": Ponder possible scientific explanations behind dreaming. One theory holds that dreams are our mind's efforts to make sense of random activity in the brain. Another theory suggests that dreams help us solve problems that are bothering us. Yet another theory poses that dreams merely store memories from the previous day. Our matinee movie will be "Spellbound" with Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck.
Wednesday, January 7 - 11:00am
Hands-on-Art with Miriam Nash: "Matisse: Drawing With Scissors"
" Moving into a period of selfless invention, Matisse, the Master of Color, comes nearest to abstraction in his later years in sculpting with paper. Too weak to stand at an easel, he would cut shapes from paper with scissors. Understanding how colors and shapes which are interrelated work, Matisse created brilliant works of Art that come to life. Our matinee movie will be the Academy Award winning "Midnight in Paris".
Monday, January 12 - 11:00am "50 Years of Jewish-Catholic Relations: Pluses and Minuses" with Rabbi Steven Silver and Father Alexei Smith, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, at St. John Fisher Catholic Church We will join Rabbi at the St. John Fisher Luncheon Series for this panel. Please RSVP by January 7th so we can let the Church know to order lunch for you. (There will be no program held at Temple Menorah)
Wednesday, January 14 - 11:00am "Life Changing Events of 1968" - a new interactive series with John Powers Powerful events in Memphis, Los Angeles, Chicago and Mexico Cityabruptly changed and shaped the social and political landscape for decades to come. Through performance and visual imagery, each session will focus on a city. "Mexico City" dramatizes the politics and violence that colored the Games of the XIX Olympiad. In the aftermath of the assassinations of two major statesmen, unconventional leaders call for change in a nation caught in an unpopular war with urgent domestic needs. Ittraces the emotional journey of world-class sprinter Tommie Smith from when he first comes to national prominence on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine to the silent but powerful gesture on the victory pedestal in Aztec Stadium. The dramatization also examines the student protests and massacre of innocents in the Plaza of Three Cultures days prior to Opening Ceremony. . Our matinee movie will be "I Am Ali."
For Most Programs: Lunch will be served. $12 members/$15 guests - Matinee Movies follow most programs.
For more information on the Rosenberg Cultural Center or to RSVP, please contact Mickey Seigel at (310) 316-8444, ext. 125, or email him at mseigel@templemenorah.org.
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 SISTERHOOD BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON
Sunday, January 25 - 12:30pm
Please RSVP to the evite and let Programming Chair Elaine Porzucki know if you did not receive
it: elaineporzucki@gmail.com
SISTERHOOD TRIBUTES & DONATIONS
Interested in making a donation or tribute to the Sisterhood? Recognize a simcha, send condolences, or give get well greetings with a Sisterhood Tribute.
For $5, a handwritten greeting is mailed to your recipient.
Contact Marcia Spanier at (310) 378-3156 or marcia.spanier@gmail.com for more information.
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TIKKUN OLAM SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE
The Tikkun Olam Social Action Committee is organizing a book drive for one of the Michael Mitzvah Day projects. We are collecting books, CDs, DVDs and LP records in good condition for Re-Book It. Re-Book It finds the best possible home for donated books, CDs, DVDs and LPs. Some go to local charities like Friends of the Library, homeless shelters, hospitals or schools.  A few are sold to readers, collectors or students, raising funds for the continuation of the program and for partner charities. Books that they can't find a home for are recycled, saving trees. No book is ever thrown away. To learn more click HERE .
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KIDS OUTGROWN THEIR BABY TOYS? Donated them to Tuvia!
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CONGREGATIONAL RETREAT & FAMILY CAMP
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DON'T MISS IT!
The weekend is filled with summer camp activities for both children and for grown ups, separately and together. Together, we make challah, go on a scavenger hunt, tie dye T-shirts and have a Family Talent Show. Grownups made mojitos in the garden with Bill last year. The kids sleep in cabins with counselors, grown ups sleep in motel-like housing (children can also opt to sleep with parents/grandparents). It's a wonderful opportunity to spend time with your family and get to know the Temple Menorah community.
February 27-March 1, 2015
Camp JCA Shalom in Malibu
* $235 per Adult in private motel-style accommodations (double occupancy)
* $200 per Adult in shared cabins
* $155 per child over age 4 (housed with parents or in cabin groups with same aged children)
* Children 3 and younger are free (housed with parents)
Please use the link below to print out the registration form. Fill it out and bring to the Temple Menorah office with your $100 deposit check, or pay online. The private Emma Stern Cabins for parents are filling up fast! So sign up soon. Click HERE for more details or to download the registration forms.
Any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out. Hoping we see you in February!
Jen Molod
(215) 680-7660
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Fundraiser for 
Tickets are $20.00, $25.00 or $30.00 (checks made payable to Torrance Cultural Arts Foundation)
Please contact Ellie Reed at (310) 542-2259 for more information |
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Temple Menorah:
Raise the Roof- Ice Bucket Edition
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THIS WEEK
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Wednesday, December 31
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Tuvia Preschool Closed for Winter Break
| NO Religious School
| Temple Offices Close at 12 Noon
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| | Thursday, January 1 | Tuvia Preschool Closed for Winter Break
| Temple Offices Closed
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| Tuvia Preschool Closed for Winter Break
| Temple Offices Closed
| | 6:00pm | Nosh & Social sponsored by the Lipstein Family | | 6:30pm | Shabbat Service | | | | Saturday, January 3 | | 9:00am | Parashat Hashavuah with Rabbi Silver | | 10:00am | Shabbat Services and Bar Mitzvah of Sebastian Lipstein | | 12:30pm | Kiddush Luncheon sponsored by the Lipstein Family | | | | Sunday, January 4 | | 9:00am | Religious School |
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NEXT WEEK
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Monday, January 5
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| | 4:00pm | Torah/Haftorah class with Rick Muller |
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Wednesday, January 7
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| 11:00am | Rosenberg Cultural Center Program | | 4:30pm | Religious School |
| 7:15pm | Adult B'nai Mitzvah with Cantor Ken Jaffe |
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Thursday, January 8
| | 7:30pm | Intro to Judaism with Rabbi Silver |
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| | Friday, January 9 |
| 6:00pm | Nosh & Social | | 6:30pm | Camp Reunion Shabbat Service |
| | Saturday, January 10 |
| 9:00am | Family Tot Shabbat Service | | 9:00am | Parashat Hashavuah with Rabbi Gila Katz | | 10:00am | Shabbat Service |
| | Sunday, January 11 | | 9:00am | Religious School | | |
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New member dues are "Pay what you can." This makes it very easy to be part of one of most active and vibrant Jewish communities around. Please tell your friends and ask them to call me to learn more. (Click here for a Membership packet)
Happy Hanukkah!
Mickey Seigel
Membership & RCC Director
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 MISHEBEIRACH LIST We pray as a community for the recovery and healing of all those in the bed of illness.
The name of each person listed below is read aloud by Rabbi Silver every Shabbat morning during the Torah Service.
Hunter Abal
Christine Bennett
Tricia Benetti
Marjie Block
Rita Botwin
Don Buschhoff
Iris Cohan
Rebecca Cohan
Karen Cohen
Robert Cone
Alice Dewey
Joan Ernster
Michael Sean Fowler
Dorothy Fogel
Robin Franko
Jeff Gitomer
Robert Goldman
Samuel Herron-Goldman
Kelly Gottleib
Isaura Gonzalez
Sylvana Hems
Chris Joya
Phillip Kaufman
Edith Koslow
Glenn Lawrence
Nacha Lesser
Nataniel Chaim ben Meria Eliza
Elaine Levine
Susan Ley
Margaret London
Tillie Markman
Sharon Maslow
Joe Newman
Marla Osband
Leigh Robertson
Jeff Sampson
Ava Schwartz
Hy Silkes
Joseph Silverman
Patricia Spector
Stan Staples
Gloria Steinberg
Kevin Vaughan
Lily Wallace
Shari Yellin
Diane Yohay
Steven Ziegman
Tuba Zinger
If you have a loved one or friend who is in need of healing prayers, please contact Jordan Nicolaides at
(310) 316-8444 or jordan@templemenorah.org to have their name(s) placed on the Mishebeirach list.
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MENORAH  KIDS' CLUB After School Program
Contracts are now available!
Click HERE to download yours today!!
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REASONS TO SPONSOR:
* Honor someone special * Remember a loved one * Celebrate a simcha * Celebrate a special occasion * Commemorate the Yahrzheit of a loved one Please contact Sue-Anne at ssilkes@templemenorah.org to discuss available dates for sponsorship. Information must be received the week before the selected date.
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Contact Miram Nash at
(310) 543-2341 for an
appointment.
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ATTENTION JOB SEEKERS!
Jewish Vocational Services (JVS) Los Angeles offers hope and opportunity to our diverse community through job training, mentoring and education, combined with expert career guidance and employer partnerships, transforming lives and empowering individuals to achieve dignity and independence.
Liz Mohler, M.S. is available for career coaching and business/entrepreneurial consultations.
If you have any questions, or would like to set-up a time to meet with Liz, please call her at (323)761-8888, ext. 8997 or email her at lmohler@jvsla.org.
Click HERE for more.
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THE EZRA NETWORK 
Emily Carroll, an attorney from Bet Tzedek Legal Services, will be at Temple Menorah from 2pm - 5pm one Monday per month.
Ms. Carroll offers free assistance with a variety of legal issues, including employment rights, housing issues, advance planning, debtor's rights / bankruptcy, public benefits, and elder law.
Please contact her at (323)549-5827 or at ecarroll@bettzedek.org to schedule an appointment.
Click HERE for more.
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HIGH FIVE BASKETBALL LEAGUE FOR KIDS WITH AUTISM
The Jewish Innovation
We launched High Five Basketball to provide a stimulating and accepting environment for youth with autism. Through our mission "Friendship, Focus, Fitness, Fairness & Fun", we provide a basketball league for children 6-16 years old with autism in order to give them athletic opportunities, social interactions and friendships, an accepting environment to just simply have fun, and that fundamental sense of belonging one gets from being on a team.
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We have a lot of Hanukkah ideas,
recipes, decorations and more!!
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