Shabbat At Adat
Friday, July 30
Candlelighting Time 7:39 PM
July 31 ~ Shabbat Morning Services begin at 9:15
Rabbi Scott Perlo officiating.
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We wish all of our students a great summer. See you in
the fall.
Plans are under way
for next year. Contact your school director
or the office for registration and information
ECC Summer Camp continues on Monday
August 2nd. Weekly sessions available through August 13th. |
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Please
remember to bring canned and boxed foods to our SOVA
barrels. Now is when so many don't have enough to eat.
This is our chance to help. No Glass Please! |
| Rabbi Scott
Perlo is always available to speak with you if you need assistance with
illness, a personal situation or any other needs. You can email
him directly at: rabbi@adatshalomla.org |
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Lost & Found
From time to time we find items that are left behind
following a Shabbat Service, a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, a meeting or a school
activity. IF you are missing something of value, please call the
Synagogue office to see if your possession is in our hands. |
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Information and Request for Tickets
was mailed last week. If you did not receive yours, or have a question, please call the office.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT ADAT
Friday, July 30~Sha-BBQ Dinner and Shabbat 6:00 PM
Friday, August 13~Shabbat at the Beach II 5:30 PM
Details to follow
For more information about any of our programs, log onto our website www.adatshalomla.org or call the synagogue office at 310.475.4985 |
| Mahshavot - Thoughts Rabbi Scott Perlo
בס''ד
Individualism
Parshat Ekev, 5770
We
are a society that fiercely values personal independence and
self-sufficiency. It's part of the American mythos - the great story
that we tell ourselves about who we are. Paul Revere, Davy Crockett,
Daniel Boone, Calamity Jane - they are the raw material of the American
heart.
What is stunning, then, is just how much we rugged
individualists expect that other people produce for us. This demand
goes far beyond material goods, for which we are wholly dependent upon
others at this stage in our civilization. We also expect that other
people will provide us with emotional care (therapy), exciting and
challenging experiences (adventure travel), even, especially, spiritual
connection on demand.
That we should ask these things of
others is not unreasonable: we cannot live without other people; their
care and blessing is the stuff of life; we are not islands; however,
what troubles the mind is that we often place the burden of the success
of these ventures upon their shoulders. The psychotherapist Sheldon Kopp
(he wrote, If You Meet the Buddha on The Road, Kill Him!) says about this mode, "It is as if [the patient] comes into the office saying, 'my world is broken and you have to fix it.'"
Our midrash teaches us that one of the names for the human soul is yehidah:
the solitary one, the unique one. It is not our bodies or our ways of
living that are unique - we are more similar to each other in these
regards than we are different. What is unique is the particular twist of
our own heart. Life is made richest in the midst of the care of others,
but only we, in the end, carry the responsibility for our own souls.
Shalom u'Vrakha,
Peace and blessing,
Rabbi Scott Perlo
For past versions of Mahshavot, please go to
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SHAB-BBQ
THIS FRIDAY JULY 30TH 6:00 pm
It's not too late! Invite your friends!
Community and Connection For All Ages
(and don't forget the food!)
BBQ $10/adult $5/child under 10
Call Joanna to RSVP 310-475-4985
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CONVERSION BILL
We
want to call your attention to a very disturbing bill currently before
the Knesset that would, for the first time, only recognize conversions
done under an extreme interpretation of Orthodoxy. Furthermore, it would
legislate that non-Orthodox converts would not be eligible for aliyah
under the law of return.
The
Conservative and Reform movements both in Israel and America are
working vigorously to prevent this bill from reaching the floor. You are
encouraged to email PM Netanyahu http://www.masorti.org/email/form-letter.html
expressing your opposition to this bill.
To hear the recording of a conference call on this topic with Rabbi Steve Wernik from United Synagogue and Rabbi Julie Schonfeld from the Rabbinical Assembly click on this link http://www.uscj.org/media/rotemconfcall2.mp3.
UPDATE
On July 21st, the Knesset adjourned and the proposed conversion legislation did not come
to the floor. While this is good news now, it is merely a lull in
the ongoing struggle to define the Jewishness of Israel. The support of
the American Jewish community is crucial in stopping this bill.
It is not too late to email the Prime Minister and let your voice be heard.
More Information about the Bill
Alienating the Diaspora. Click here for The Jeruslame Post article.
Analysis: Banal but true. Click here for The Jeruslame Post article.
The conversion bill demystified. Click here for the Haaretz article.
Proposed Conversion Law: How good intentions turned into abhorrent legislation. Click here for the editorial by Rabbi Uri Regev, President & CEO of Hiddush.
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Mah Jongg Tournament
The Adat Shalom Women's League
cordially invites you to their
Mah Jongg Tournament
Sunday August 1, 2010
Bagels-8:30AM Play begins promptly at 9:00AM
A delicious lunch is included! Entry fee $36
Payable to Adat Shalom Women's League
Call Judi Nachenberg 818-764-6240 or
Claire Winer 310-305-2850 |
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3030 Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90034 310.475.4985 310.474.4975 fax www.adatshalomla.org |
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