Rabbi's Message
Francis Salvador, a Jewish hero of the American Revolution, was born into a wealthy Jewish family in 1747 in England. The Salvadors came to America December 3, 1773. With the probability of a Revolutionary war on the Horizon, he quickly identified with the Patriotic cause.
Its leaders, impressed with his education and ability, accepted him into their ranks. Slightly over a year after arriving in Charleston, he was elected on December 19, 1774, to the First Provincial Congress of South Carolina. Salvador was the first person of the Jewish faith to hold elective public office.
When the War of Independence finally came to pass, Salvador joined the Union Army. On August 1, 1776, during an official mission aimed at consolidating backcountry support, Salvador’s unit was ambushed and sadly, he was shot and killed. His death three weeks after the signing of the Declaration of Independence made him the first Jew to die for American Independence. In 1950 a plaque in Charleston’s City Hall Park was dedicated to his memory. Francis Salvador, true to his heritage, gave his life for new hopes of Liberty, Freedom and Understanding. Our ancestors fought long and hard to survive and give birth to new generations that would carry the banner of our proud heritage.
Wake up, dear friends, we have a commitment to the those proud American soldiers of all races and religions who fought together to save our American way of life…to the Six Million who perished in the Holocaust and a commitment to those of us who value our Jewish Heritage….and, believe me, that Jewish Heritage is priceless! Let us all be proud of our HERITAGE. As proud as Francis Salvador was to live a life dedicated to the basic commandments of our Torah and the basic precepts of life, liberty and justice carried down to us from generation to generation.
Be well, be safe and have a glorious 4th of July.
Rabbi Jerry will use a small portion of this message and incorporate it into our Friday Night Shabbat sermon.
Rabbi Jerry Ram Cutler
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CAT FNL (Friday Night Live) on Facebook Live
Where:
In your home
We will be meeting on
Friday - July 2nd at 6 PM PST.
Why?
Tradition!
Please like and share with others.
Click on this link where we will be live streaming:
You will also be able to view it on Our Website (creativeartstemple.org) and YouTube as well.
This is a Streamlined Shabbat Service with special guests. You will be able to chat with us, share any news from your week, or send a virtual hug all via Facebook.
We will be chanting the Mishabeirach for global healing and reciting the Kaddish for the current yahrzeits. If you have the names of loved ones you would like to include, please let us know.
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Just two months till the High Holidays.
We’re preparing for both live and virtual services and we need your support. Please fill out the reservation forms below and return to us as soon as you can.
However we will celebrate these special days takes a lot of time and money and we really could use the latter.
During the pandemic and quarantine, we have continued to livestream services. Unfortunately, our funds have diminished considerably and we need your help to continue.
As always, we plan to give you a spiritual, warm and joyful holiday, please join us.
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Do you shop on Amazon?
Please help to support CAT when you shop on Amazon.
All you have to do is go to http://smile.amazon.com and follow the instructions. Add Creative Arts Temple to your charity of choice. Easy Peasy! Then when you make a purchase on Amazon, begin your shopping at smile.amazon. The temple will then receive 0.5% of your eligible purchases. It is a win win!
If you want Amazon to donate to the Creative Arts Temple, you need to start each shopping session at http://smile.amazon.com and they will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases.
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Renew Ralphs Community Contributions Now!
Please Register today!
For your convenience, step-by-step website registration instructions can be found at www.ralphs.com, or if you are having a problem registering call the temple office at 310-720-9618 and we will help you.
Also, if you don't have computer access, you can call Ralphs at 1-800-443-4438 for assistance.
CAT NPO# 92136
Ralphs Rewards Card
Donate to CAT while you grocery shop
Participants are required to register for the new term online at www.ralphs.comor by calling Ralphs at
1-800-443-4438.
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You will be asked for The Creative Arts Temple NPO number. It is NPO# 92136
Please Note!!
The Scan Bar letters will no longer work at the register.
To verify if Creative Arts Temple is your charity of choice, look at the very bottom of your receipt next time you shop at Ralph's. It should say "At your request, Ralph's is donating to Creative Arts Temple." If you do not see that, you will need to register through the Ralph's
website.
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July Anniversaries
Mazel Tov to our CAT lovebirds!
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Ross & Fern Bloom - 7/4/2021
Howard & Molly Murray - 7/12/2021
Shel & Arlen Stuart - 7/19/2021
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With a donation of Chai ($18) or above, CAT will mail out a tribute card in your honor of Birthdays, Anniversaries, Get-Well-Soon wishes, Congratulations and In Loving Memory. |
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DONATIONS
You now can Order Tribute Cards, Remember A Yarzheit, Make donations to the Services, Order a Plaque through your Temple Talk Email or on our website.
Just click on the link and choose what kind of donation you would like
to make.
Paypal is secure and safe. You can choose to use your credit card or through your bank. Once we receive your information, we will send you a confirmation email to let you know that we are in receipt of
your donation.
Or, you can call the office or just send a donation in the mail.
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You can now make a donation through Venmo. Our username is @CreativeArtsTemple-10
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July Birthdays
And many happy returns!
Deborah Barnhart - 7/4/2021
Lois Bennett - 7/4/2021
Mitchell Blumenfeld - 7/4/2021
Roni Cohen - 7/8/2021
Harriet Crestol - 7/8/2021
Tatyana Feldman - 7/10/2021
Pamela Friedman - 7/12/2021
Aya Kimura Goldberg - 7/14/2021
Joe Ingber - 7/15/2021
Dorothy Lipsky - 7/16/2021
Irene Reznick - 7/20/2021
Gail Rund - 7/25/2021
Joseph Siegman - 7/30/2021
Irv Sobel - 7/30/2021
Leatrice J. Young - 7/31/2021
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June Tributes
Your Thoughtfulness is Truly Appreciated
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June Service Sponsors
Thank you to our sponsors!
Shabbat Sponsors:
Gregory Cruz - Shabbat Sponsor
Nicole Karsenty-Ligeti - Shabbat Sponsor
Roni Miller - Shabbat Sponsor
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Get Wells
Refuah Shleima
CAT wishes speedy recoveries to:
Lois Bennett, Ken Bitticks, Phil Felson, Marvin Markowitz, Peter Paul, Sandy Wilson
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June Yahrzeits
We thank those who have made a donation in memory of your loved one.
Marc & Barbara Barenfeld
In memory of Irma Barenfeld
Ross & Fern Bloom
In memory of Harry Bloom
Ralph & Cynthia Bovitz
In memory of Ann Bovitz
Marlene & David Brand
In memory of Dorothy Berkowitz
Murray & Ronna Damen
In memory of Herbert Fundamensky
Ruth DiPietro
In memory of Milton Moses
Faye Frankel
In memory of Barry Platzner
Lorain Goldberg
In memory of David Chotiner
Godfrey & Barbara Dekovner- Mayer Harris
In memory of Joyce Ann Davidson & Victoria Harris
Constance Martinson
In memory of Joan Frye-Yoken
Joann & Yossi Oseary
In memory of Ha Rav Hayim Oziri
Daniel Paulson
In memory of Philip Paulson
Dee Ann Simon
In memory of Nathan S. & Lena E. Goldberg
May you be comforted by the mourners of Zion
If you made a donation and you don't see it here, it is because it was received after the publication deadline and will appear next month
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Our good friend, Broadway, film and television actress, Barbara Minkus, invites you to watch her new uplifting videos, ABOUT LIFE Series, which is now available for your viewing pleasure on her
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This was super. Terrific. I loved it. Made my whole day!
H. Ader
This is great! Thank you.
M. Peters
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Fern Field Brooks, author of Letters to My Husband, has written a new meowmoir on her cat called Destiny's Children. You can order this charming book at http://www.books2cherish.com. Temple members and friends can add "Temple Member" to your shipping instructions and 10% of all sales will go to C.A.T.
"LOVED IT! A clever and refreshing approach to a memoir!"
Mary Lou Belli, Director, Author, Teacher
"Wow! Destiny is incredible! I read it in two evenings and was absolutely enthralled. This book is one in a million!"
Laurel D. - Miami
"I Love Destiny and Fern! I was concerned for Destiny on every adventure, felt relieved when all was well, and eagerly await the rest of the series! Engaging. Charming. Insightful - about cats and humans!"
Dr. Linda Seger, Author, Script Consultant, Lecturer
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Jamie Lee Curtis Is Restoring Her Grandparents’ Synagogue in Hungary
By Maddy Albert Jun 8, 2021 from Kveller
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There are so many reasons to love actress and Jewish mom Jamie Lee Curtis. But in case you need one more, we just learned that, in honor of her late father, Tony Curtis, the “Knives Out” and “Halloween” star is revitalizing her grandparents’ hometown synagogue in Mateszalka, Hungary.
Curtis, who is in Budapest filming her upcoming film Borderlands, shared her plans in an Instagram post on Sunday. She announced that she will partner with the mayor of Mateszalka (pop. 16,532) to turn the synagogue where her grandparents once worshipped into a “community center for celebrations and art and music,” as she called it. The synagogue, she wrote on Instagram, “is empty now, as the entire Jewish population was exterminated but the building stands as a living tribute to those who lived there and continue to live there.”
Curtis paid a weekend visit to Mateszalka to attend a “pre-opening” of the Tony Curtis Memorial Museum and Cafe — a museum dedicated to her father, a Hollywood legend who passed away in 2010 at the age of 85. “They have created a beautiful exhibition of images from his life and they have costumes from his movies and his paintings and awards,” she wrote, noting that the museum is just down the street from the synagogue.
Tony Curtis — who was briefly married to actress Janet Leigh (aka Jamie Lee’s mother) — was born Bernard Schwartz in New York; his parents, Helen and Emanuel Schwartz, had immigrated to the U.S. from Mateszalka. The museum will feature photographs from Tony Curtis’ life, costumes from his films, as well as his paintings and his awards. The Tony Curtis Museum will officially open on June 26, on Hungary’s special “Night of Museums,” when museums across the country run programs from dusk till dawn. So exciting!
The Curtis family’s synagogue in Mateszalka was originally built in 1857, and developed a rich history within the town’s Jewish community. In 1941, the town was more than 15% Jewish — it’s Jewish community numbered some 1,555 people. According to the Times of Israel, when the Nazis invaded in 1944, the Jews were rounded up and sent in cattle cars to Auschwitz, where the majority of them perished. Following the war, some 150 survivors had returned to Mateszalka, but after the failed Hungarian Revolution in 1956, many of the remaining Jews emigrated to North America or Israel.
Given this tremendous loss, the synagogue is mostly stripped of its furnishings and in dire need of repairs. Even so, the Jewish Heritage Europe notes that the synagogue “preserves interior architectural and decorative features including an elaborately painted ceiling.” The preserved features look beautiful, and we can’t wait to see how the space develops.
Curtis, 62, has been married to actor/director/screenwriter Christopher Guest since 1984; they share two children.
We are not surprised to see the award-winning actress engaged in the mitzvah of refurbishing the synagogue, as she has a history of helping her community. In 2011, Curtis sponsored the opening of a new inpatient facility for the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, where she has served on the board of directors and been an advocate for the past 25 years. In addition to her dozens and dozens of movie and TV roles, she has published more than 10 children’s books, many with self-confidence themes, like “I’m Gonna Like Me” and “This is Me.” Aww!
This new initiative is very inspiring and meaningful, and we look forward to learning more about the museum and the synagogue restoration! Best of luck, Jamie, you’re a true mensch!
Thank you to Joie Magidow for submitting this article.
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Creative Arts Temple
P.O. Box 241831
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310-720-9618
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