Temple Israel Joys of Jewish Learning
Adult Education Opportunities
Become a Joys of Jewish Learning Patron...
Temple Israel's Joys of Jewish Learning (JJL) Program is a mostly self-sustaining one, seeking to bring top quality teachers, speakers, and events to Temple Israel. We therefore invite you to please consider becoming a Patron of that ongoing tradition. With your generous support, we will be able to continue to offer our many programs and grow out adult education program for many years to come.
The cost of patronage is $180 per person or couple and includes the opportunity for a more intimate meeting with our various guests throughout the year and a special Patrons Recognition event in the Spring.
After reading through this catalogue of Joys of Jewish Learning offerings for the coming year, we hope that you will see the value in supporting adult education at Temple Israel. Gifts and sponsorships for any particular event are also gladly accepted, as are contributions to our various adult education special funds. We thank you, in advance, for your generosity and support.
Please contact Temple Educator, Sharon Amster Brown for more information at 562-434-0996 Ext. 115 or sab@tilb.org.
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Please Note Changes Below:
Lapid Lecture with Rabbi Capers Funnye - now scheduled for Thursday, May 20th at 7 pm
Temple Israel Reads One Book Review and Celebration - now scheduled for Saturday, June 12th at 2 pm
Jewish Italian Concert - now scheduled for Saturday, June 19th at 7:30 pm.
Joys of Jewish Learning Patrons - 2010 / 2011
Seymour & Reva Alban
Esther Albert
George & Beverly August
Carol Beckerman
Garth Begler & Laura Snyder
Jack & Binnie Berro
Alan & Rosecarrie Brooks
Fernando & Linda Calderón
Marc Coleman & Shelly Spiegel-Coleman
Coni Craig
Bill & Wynndi Dahlin
Howard & Elaine Davis
David & Joanne Feldman
Jean Feldman
Donald & Diane Fike
John & Joy Fisher
Niki & Jason Gewirtz
Anne Gundry
Dawn Haldane
Glenn & Chana Ham-Rosebrock
Judith Hardaker
C.J. Harmatz
Alain & Tari Hirsch
Paddy Kaller
Jonathan & Andrea Kaufman
Joan Leb
Judith Leff
David & Irene Leib
Mark Levinstein
Paul & Susanna Leff
Richard & Amy Lipeles
Joe & Natalie Lissak
Tina Lopez
Fred Masback
David & Susan Philips
Irv Pilger
David & Sadie Sacks
Shirlee Sappell
Harold & Gerda Seifer
Mark & Liz Sharzer
Leon & Barbara Shoag
Martin & Gloria Simon
Renee Simon
Arlene Solomon
Mark & Nancy Speizer
Brian & Tara Sweet
Edward Van Boemel
Elaine Warren
TEMPLE ISRAEL WOMEN'S BOOK CLUB...
Our thanks to Linda Calderon for leading us in a spirited discussion of The Yiddish Policemen’s Union. Her insightful questions and comments helped us focus on characters, plot, emotions, language, and controversy.
Our next meeting is a “two-fer special.” The Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln, translated by Marvin Lowenthal, will be presented by Rosecarrie Brooks. This memoir, written by a grieving German widow in 1690, is an account of an ordinary woman in decidedly extraordinary times. She tells of running a business alone and raising fourteen children in a time of war, plague, pirates, soldiers, false messiahs, murders, weddings, births, deaths. It delineates the precarious lives of Jews in Northern Germany. Gluckel is a rare glimpse into real life in the 17th century.
The Invisible Wall discussion will be facilitated by Joan Leb. Harry Bernstein wrote this memoir at age 93. He subsequently published a second book and is at work on his third. The memoir takes us to a small English mill town just before the start of World War I, on a street separated by an invisible “wall” dividing Jewish and Christian families. It is an emotional book with fascinating characters and all-too-human situations in a country we generally don’t associate with Jewish populations.
Both books are “good reads” and you will have fun comparing and contrasting the lives of Jews from very different eras.
Call Judith Dubowy (562) 434-1916 or
Pat Glow (562) 596-4602 for further information.
Upcoming Book Club Selections
The following books have been chosen for the Temple Israel Women’s Book Club for 2009-2010. The sessions will take place at Temple Israel on the dates listed below through July 2010 from 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. If you have any questions or would like further information, please call Judith Dubowy at (562)434-1916 or Pat Glow at (562) 596-4602.
May 12, 2010 - The Invisible Wall by Harry Bernstein and Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln
translated by Marvin Lowenthal.
This double selection illustrates the various forms of the memoir genre. Gluckel memoirs, written in 1690 just after the death of her husband, tells us what life was like for a woman and a Jew just after the 30-Years War. Bernstein, at age 97, remembers his childhood in Manchester, England just before and after World War I. It’s a story of Jewish life—not in an Eastern European shtetl—that we usually don’t hear about.
July 14, 2010 - Rashi’s Daughters: Book II Miriam by Maggie Anton.
This is the second in the series about the three daughters of Rashi, the 11th century Talmud scholar who lived in France.This focuses on Miriam who becomes a midwife but wants to expand her field of expertise.
All of these books are available from Amazon.com and from the public libraries in the area including Long Beach, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, and Orange County.
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