Holiday Hours:

The office will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday this week for Thanksgiving. 

Mazal Tov:

To Mark and Rosie Rosenbaum on the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Becca! And Mazal Tov as well to siblings Aryeh, Ezra, Asher, and Ilan and to the extended family!

Thank You:

To Joanna Kasirer, Roberta Zelkha, Jamie Garelick, and our inspirational leader Nava Gelb for leading an incredibly successful winter clothing drive for Healthcare in Action. Thank you to everyone who contributed!

To Albie and Debra Cohen for organizing the packing day on behalf of The Giving Spirit this past Sunday, and thank you to everyone who came to help out!

The Sustainability Committee

is seeking members who wish to join the effort to develop and introduce new greening initiatives at BDJ. The first meeting will be in December, date/time TBD. For more information and to join, contact Meyer Shwarzstein at [email protected]

Thank you to Mark and Rosie Rosenbaum for sponsoring Kiddush

in honor of Becca's Bat Mitzvah.

Sponsor a Kiddush or Seudah Shlishit! Visit here for more information.

Blood Drive

November 27

10 AM - 4 PM

Hey there, you're just our type! Please join us at BDJ and help save up to 3 lives! There are still 16 spots to fill! To make your life-saving appointment, please visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter sponsor code: BDJ

Donors will receive a Red Cross knit beanie at the blood drive while supplies last! 

Mincha East

December 3

4:05 PM

Mincha, Seudah Shlisheet & Learning, and Ma’ariv

Graciously hosted by Robin and Julie Higashi-Shaw | 1216 Alvira St

To help the Higashi-Shaws prepare, please RSVP to [email protected]

OBKLA Chesed Event

December 4 

10 AM - 12 PM

Our Big Kitchen LA is a Kosher, community run, non-denominational, industrial kitchen initiative, where meals are prepared for distribution to people in need across Los Angeles. BDJ families will be sponsoring a day of cooking, and going as a group. Grades 1st-12th with a parent. 

Cost: $18 donation per person. Register here. 

The Giving Spirit

December 4-7

Volunteers meet at Brentwood Presbyterian Church to assemble the bags. Click here for times and to register.

Shmuel Zoom Class

December 7 

12 - 12:30 PM

Join Rav Yosef for a NEW weekly Shmuel Class via Zoom! We’ll be starting with Shmuel Aleph (Samuel One), Chapter 8.  Zoom Link Here.

Meeting ID: 848 006 895 Passcode: 867811

• Shabbat Shalom! Just ONE WEEK left of our Early Bird Rates! Apply Today at MoshavaAlevy.org and mark your calendar for Mosh Choref: 2/16/23 See you soon!

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