Recruitment season began in earnest with the visitation of our first group of prospective parents this past Wednesday. Torah High will be having its seventeenth annual Open House (Can you believe it? Seventeenth?) on Tuesday, November 4th, from 12:00 - 3:30 p.m. as we host the 8th grade girls from the Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School. The following week on Monday, November 10th, we will host the 8th grade girls from the Chabad Hebrew Academy from 12:00 - 3:00. Prospective students will have an opportunity to tour our beautiful campus, meet our outstanding faculty, sit in on advanced classes, participate in interactive activities with Torah High students, and, of course, enjoy a delicious lunch. Please help spread the word of the wonderful treasure in our community. Did you know that 90% of our graduates continue their Torah education in Israel after high school? Or that Torah High's average SAT scores, percent of students in grades 10-12 taking AP tests, and AP passage rate, rank it among the top high schools in San Diego? Or that our graduates have consistently been accepted into the finest seminaries (Bnos Sarah, Michlalah, Darkei Binah, MMY, Moreshet, etc.) and universities (Yale, Barnard, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, UCLA, UCSD, UC Berkeley, McGill, Stern College, etc.) in the world? Or that over 70% of our graduates have attended one of the top 50 colleges in the United States? Most importantly, are the incredible young women Torah High produces year in and year out. Special thanks to Rabbi Yosef Fradkin and Rabbi Meir Cohen for arranging for the 8th grade girls from the Chabad Hebrew Academy and Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School to visit. Please encourage your friends to come visit and get to know Torah High first hand. To know us is to love us.

598 and Counting!

How do we reach our goal of signing up 1000 people? How do we successfully raise much needed funds for the school without costing anyone any money? We need your help to spread the word to all of your friends, relatives, neighbors, etc. of the easy way to help Torah High. It really is the easiest way to help raise vital funds for Torah High. All we need is the information below. Thank you very much!!!

PTA UPDATE

We encourage all parents to join our pta. There are no new members this week and we would love to add your names to the list next week. Bronze through Platinum are equally welcome! We had our first pizza Sunday. The pizza was delicious, from Nagila in L.A. We thank those who helped with this fundraiser, from our driver to callers, organizers, and last-minute problem solvers. Look for our next pizza day later in November. If you are traveling to L.A. and returning on a Sunday, please contact Judy Kelin, 858-279-2914, if you may be able to be our pickup person and volunteer. This can be a one-time thing or each month. Send in your toner cartridges, please. We recycle them for cash on an ongoing basis. Remember to call in your sponsorships: Popcorn Friday, just $10, $40 for the month. Have a great Shabbas!

SHORT NOTES

Happy birthday to Becki (Reitman) Faska, Natalie Bakhshi (class of '12), Raquel Levy (class of '16), Esther Shechtman (class of '07), Zehava Abishour (class of '17), and Rena (Gorman, class of '04) Cohen.

When the history of the development of San Diego's Jewish Community is written (volunteers anyone?), one couple will feature prominently. A very special Mazel Tov to Rabbi Avram and Leah Bogopulsky on the wedding of their son, Dovid, to Miss Malkie Klein, daughter of Rabbi Usher & Rochel Klein in Lakewood next Tuesday. The aufruf will be this Shabbos at Beth Jacob. Mazel Tov to grandparents, Edward & Anita Bogopulsky, Rabbi Tzvi & Pessie Rosen, Rabbi Sholom & Esther Tendler, and Mrs. Penina Klein, and the entire Bogopulsky/Klein/Rosen/Tendler/Beth Jacob/Torah High family. Mazel Tov!

Happy anniversary to Rachel (Bellon, class of '05) and Andy Schwartz.

A very special Mazel Tov to our very close friends Bill and Steffi Retin on the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Breana.

Practice, practice, practice - This Wednesday, the 9 - 11 graders took the PSATs as part of their overall college application process. Special thanks to Mrs. Petix for proctoring the exam. This was an excellent opportunity for our students to prepare for the SAT.

Daylight Saving Time ends - Remember to turn your clocks back 1 hour this Sunday, November 2, at 2:00 a.m.

Please daven for the complete and speedy recovery of Adam Furman, Adam ben Chana Shoshana, son of Morah Andi Furman from the Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School Pre-School. Adam is out of the ICU and is recovering but he still needs our prayers.

Nefesh B'Nefesh, the leading organization helping people make aliyah, is having a number of informative and useful online seminars. The seminars cover everything from retiring to Israel employment workshops. Please go to https://events.nbn.org.il/SearchEvents.aspx?country=Online for more information.

If you have a Target Red Card, please click here for an easier link to enroll in Take Charge of Education, and we will get a percentage of your purchases. Please forward this link to your friends and family.

A FITTING TRIBUTE

It was an inspiring and moving evening, as Congregation Beth Jacob remembered and paid tribute to Mr. Al Adatto, zt"l. A stunning hand-crafted shulchan (pictured) was donated to Beth Jacob by Mrs. Ethel Adatto (beloved former secular principal of Torah High), Rob and Lise Adatto, and family. The evening featured emotional and powerful remembrances from (in order of appearance) Rabbi David Adatto, Rabbi Eliezer Langer, Rabbi Avram Bogopulsky, Mrs. Ethel Adatto, and Mr. Rob Adatto. Mr. Rob Adatto captivated the audience with the tale of the incredible hashgacha pratis (Divine Providence) in building the beautiful shulchan (we are afraid we will not do justice in retelling the story - suffice it to say that a rare and obscure part was needed to complete the project. It miraculously appeared having been "accidentally" spilled from a small container of odds and ends left over from the workshop of Mr. Al Adatto, zt"l). May the memory of this great man be an inspiration to us all.

Save the Date

October 30 - 6 Cheshvan - Yahrzeit of Mr. Al Adatto, ob"m

November 4 - Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School 8th Grade Special Program

November 6 - Rabbi Menachem Leibtag 11:00 a.m.

November 10 - Chabad Hebrew Academy 8th Grade Special Program

November 12 - Part Two of Our Exciting New Chesed Program - featuring Rabbi Paysach Krohn (via an exclusive webinar)

November 19 - Parent Report Card Night - 7 p.m.

November 20-23 - Bais Yaakov Convention in Detroit

February 12-15 - Bais Yaakov Shabatone in St. Louis

CARLEBACH SHABBATON AT YOUNG ISRAEL NOVEMBER 7 - 8

R' Shlomo Carlebach's twentieth yahrzeit, the 16th of Cheshvan, falls out on Sunday, Nov. 9 this year. Young Israel of San Diego will have a Shabbaton Nov. 7-8 celebrating his life, work, and message. Rabbi Ariel Shalem will be the Scholar in Residence leading this project. The Shabbaton plans currently include:

Carlebach Kabbalat Shabbat, complete with instruments until the conclusion of "Licha Dodi"
delicious, healthy Friday night catered meal
a talk by Rabbi Shalem about Reb Shlomo and his life
Shabbat morning service using Carlebach tunes
delicious, healthy catered Shabbat lunch
a talk by Rabbi Shalem about the power and history of song/music in Judaism
moving Carlebach Havdalah
Carlebach Melaveh Malka (together with SCY High and the greater SD community)

Friday night dinner: $22/$25 individual or $80/$90 families*
Saturday lunch: $25/$27 individual or $85/$95 families*
Melava Malka: $18/$20 individual or $70/$80 families*
rsvp with check by Oct. 31 to YISD, 7289 Navajo Road, San Diego, CA 92119.

*families need to specify number of adults, and children's ages

CARLEBACH SHABBATON

Jazmon (Adatto, class of '05) DuBrow invites everyone to

The Jewish Women's Repertory Company as they present

Into The Woods

Jazmon is co-directing this exciting event. There will be 3 performances in Los Angeles, at The Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, 4718 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90016, on Saturday, December 13, at 8:00 p.m., and on Sunday, December 14 at 2:00 and at 7:00 p.m.

There is also a discount for group tickets (10 or more).

For women only! No one under age 4 will be admitted.

Please click here for more information.