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A Celebration of New Beginnings

by Rabbi Joel Levine

Many traditions interpret Rosh Hashanah in a variety of significant and thoughtful ways. One tradition which you may find compelling focuses on Rosh Hashanah as a communal celebration of the birthday of the world, a time for each of us to engage in new beginnings.

 

Click here to read the full article!

DIAPER DRIVE FOR REFUGEES

Donate diapers to help the hundreds of refugees being served by the Tiyya Foundation in Orange County and --with our assistance-- expanding to Los Angeles starting later this year!  Join other village members who have supported this initiative through volunteer work and contributions, including: Mimi Reisbaum, Sandi Sternig-Babcock, Hope Stevens, Diane Vanette, Ellen Isaacs, Pini Herman, Isa Aron, Connie Bennett, Janet Noah, and many, many others!

 

Delivery Options:

1) Drop them off with Tannaz at the clergy office on 300 N Clark Drive before Rosh Hashanah or during High Holy Day Services

2) Mail (from Target, Amazon or wherever) to: Temple Emanuel, 8844 Burton Way, Beverly Hills, CA 9021 1

 

For more information on the Temple Emanuel’s partnership with Tiyya to help refugees, contact ChaiVillageLA member, Pete Siegel, at [email protected] or Rabbi Sarah Bassin.

Can You Help Out?

Driver needed for village member attending these Temple Emanuel services:

Friday, 9/29 , 6:15-8:30 PM

Saturday, 9/30 , 12:00 - 2:30 PM

 

The villager lives in the 1400 block of S Beverly Drive. Please contact Devorah at (310) 592-0321 or [email protected] if you can offer a ride.

 

Are you a Temple Emanuel villager who likes to be a greeter? Contact Amanda Collins at [email protected] if you can help out during the High Holy Days.

We wish everyone a L’Shana Tova! Our offices will be closed on:



Rosh Hashanah (1st Day) - Sept. 21

Rosh Hashanah (2nd Day)- Sept. 22

Sukkot - Oct 5

Simchat Torah - Oct. 12

Save-the-Date: General Orientation/Training - Required for all members! Sunday, November 19, 2017, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM. Special thanks to Barbara Weinstock for offering to host the session!

Our September calendar is full of exciting village events! 

Click here to view the calendar.

Live-Streamed National Village Celebration

Featuring Best-Selling Author Dr. Atul Gawande

Monday, September 25, 2017, 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Temple Isaiah - Social Hall

10345 W Pico Blvd., Los Angeles

Click here to register!

Join ChaiVillageLA and villagers from across the country for a webinar in honor of the 15 ^th anniversary of Boston’s Beacon Hill Village. The featured speaker is the extraordinary Dr. Atul Gawande, renowned surgeon, public health researcher, writer for The New Yorker and Slate , and author of books including Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.  Rabbi Laura Geller and Rabbi Zoë Klein will lead a discussion following Dr. Gawande’s talk.

 

“A few conclusions become clear when we understand this: that our most cruel failure in how we treat the sick and the aged is the failure to recognize that they have priorities beyond merely being safe and living longer; that the chance to shape one’s story is essential to sustaining meaning in life; that we have the opportunity to refashion our institutions, our culture, and our conversations in ways that transform the possibilities for the last chapters of everyone’s lives.”

 

“Our ultimate goal, after all, is not a good death but a good life to the very end.”

Dr. Atul Gawande

How to Advocate for Your Health

Tuesday, September 26, 2017, 10:00 - 11:15 AM

Temple Isaiah - Library

10345 W Pico Blvd., Los Angeles

Click here to register!

“It’s really an art today to maximize your time with your doctor. ”

Dr. Ilan Tamir

 

Presented by ChaiVillageLA member, Ilan Tamir, MD, this discussion will focus on a number of topics that will help you get the most out of your visits with your healthcare professionals.

 

Learn how to prepare for your doctor's visit so you can convey the most concise and relevant information and maximize the usefulness of your time with your doctor.

 

Understand how the information you provide to your primary care provider may be different from what you might share with a specialist or other healthcare provider.

 

Learn about common issues related to insurance and billing as well as what documents should be maintained in your home to help you keep accurate medical records.

 

Questions? Contact Susan Tamir at [email protected] or (310) 854-7744.

Sukkot Open House

Saturday, October 7, 2017, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Rabbi Laura Geller and Richard Siegel’s Home

Click here to register!

From Rabbi Laura Geller and Richard Siegel:

All ChaiVillageLA members are welcome to join us in our sukkah on Shabbat afternoon, October 7th, from 5:00 - 7:00 PM for light refreshments and celebration of the most inclusive of all Jewish holidays. Please RSVP using the link above. You will receive the address via email after you RSVP.

Our home has stairs, but also a chair lift; it might seem daunting, but it is accessible to folks for whom stairs might be difficult.

Chag Sameach!

The Legacy of Your Life Story

Thursday,October 19, 2017, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

TempleEmanuel - Conference Room

8844 Burton Way, Beverly Hills

Click here to register!

How can you take a lifetime of accomplishments, experiences and memories and express them meaningfully in a videotaped interview? Choosing what to share with your loved ones can be a challenging task. Through thought-provoking and inspiring exercises (materials provided), this class helps you recall and define those moments that shaped your life.

This participatory workshop gives you time to consider and structure which significant stories you would want to tell in an interview. The workshop also provides information and tips about how to proceed with the videotaped interview on your own.ChaiVillageLA member Bonnie Pastor has previously taught this class at UCLA Extension and for other groups.

The classes will meet at TEBH on October 19, 26, and November 2.

Museum Tour of the Marciano Art Foundation

Thursday, October 26, 2017, 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Marciano Art Foundation

4357 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles

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ChaiVillageLA has reserved 25 no-charge tickets for a docent-led tour of LA's newest art museum, the Marciano Art Foundation. 

 

Established by art collectors Maurice and Paul Marciano, and located in the former Scottish Rite Masonic Temple on Wilshire Boulevard, the museum features "works by well-established, mid-career, and emerging artists, predominantly from 1900 to the present."

 

Our group will gather at 1:45 PM sharp at the sculpture garden outside of the main entrance on Lucerne Boulevard. The tour will end at approximately 3:00 PM.

 

There is free parking available in the lot directly behind the Foundation, accessible off of Lucerne Boulevard. Because parking is very limited, the museum has asked us to carpool if possible. Please contact Sue Rosenblum at 310-842-8413 (home), 310-429-0052 (cell) or [email protected] to let her know whether you can drive others or would like a ride.

Dor Vador Storytelling Workshop

On a lighter note, we did an inventory of telephones and unanimously decided to plan a group telephone tech session with one-on-one helpers later in the year. 

The vast majority of adults want to remain in their homes and neighborhoods as they get older, but sometimes this takes a supportive community. ChaiVillageLA is a vibrant, multi-synagogue, multi-generational community that enables congregants to age in place in their own homes by providing assistance to one another and enriching each other’s lives, as part of a self-governing village supported by Jewish values.

In Collaboration With ...

ChaiVillageLA is a proud recipient of a Cutting Edge Grant from 

The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles

   and Our Foundation Sponsors