Interested in becominga member of VBS?

Contact Membership Coordinator Natasha Benzaken Phone 818.530.4008

Email nbenzaken@vbs.org

Candle Lighting5:20 p.m.Havdalah6:17 p.m.

SHABBATONSHABBATONFebruary 16-17, 2018 2 Adar, 5778

D A I LY M I N YA NI N W I N E R C H A P E L

Monday - Friday7:30 a.m.

Sunday8:30 a.m.

Daily5:00 p.m.

President’s DayMorning Minyan will begin at 7:30 a.m.

on Monday, February 19, 2018.

Administrative O�ces will be closed.

Daylight Savings TimeEvening Minyan will change to 6:00 p.m.

beginning Sunday, March 11, 2018

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16EREV SHABBAT MINYAN 5:00 p.m. in Winer Chapel

SHABBAT FARBRENGEN 7:30 p.m. in Sher-Lopaty Chapel

An Evening with Neshama Carlebach Led by Cantor Herschel Fox

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17Torah Portion: T’rumah: Exodus 25:1 - 27:19 | Page: 485

TORAH STUDY 9:00 a.m. in Winer Chapel with Rabbi Ed Feinstein

OPENING PRAYERS 9:30 a.m. in Niznick Sanctuary

SHABBAT MORNING SERVICE 9:45 a.m. in Niznick Sanctuary

Rabbi Joshua Ho�man o�ciates at the Bat Mitzvah of Jasmine Rad

MEDITATION MINYAN 10:30 a.m. in Winer Chapel

PARSHA DISCUSSION 12:30 p.m. in Zicklin Lieberman Youth Center

Rabbi Edward M. FeinsteinRabbi Harold M. Schulweis [z”l]

Rabbi Joshua Ho�manRabbi Noah Zvi Farkas

Rabbi Avi Ta�Cantor Phil Baron

Cantor Herschel Fox

Yossi Dresner, Ritual DirectorChris Hardin, Music Director

Scott Howard, President Bart Pachino, Executive Director

Sheva Locke, Head of VBS Day SchoolKeri Loventhal, ECLC Director

Abby Andiman Mars, ECC DirectorAmi Monson, Dir. of Youth Engagement

V B S L E A D E R S H I PComfort and strength to those who mourn

Amnon AboodyMaury Abrams

Fanny AbramsonJohn Baer

Abraham BakerDavid Barer

Alfred BenderSamuel BenkinBlanche Benton

Maxine "Micki" BenyasThe Estate of Esra Bleichfeld

Lawrence BlumbergMildred Bluming

Rose BokserSally Bolotin

Joseph BookmanHenriette Botton

Nathan Michael BramLen Brittan

Sherri BrownRuth Burke

Kenneth BurnsFrieda CanterGussie Cantor

Annette ChamowMiriam CohenRose Cohen

Bernard DeutchmanMorris Diamond

Benyamin Yale DicksteinJames DitchikLena D. Eisner

Henry EllisSylvia FeinbergMyron Feinstein

Milton FeldRobert Fernbach

Elsa ForstElias Freilich

Jacob FriedmanMelvin Futterman

Belle GantmanJulius Gelfand

Syd Getzo�Roslyn GidanAaron Gilardi

Rose Lily GingoldEugene Glick

Alex GoldbergFortune GormeEdwin M. GrayLee Greenberg

Louis GreenbergRegina GreenwaldCharles 'Bill' GrenArnold Grossman

Guta GruzenHilde Gumpert

Susan HalfonSylvia Hankin

Eugene HardinLorraine Harris

Joseph HershbergNosrat Hollandian

Blanche HuchinsonSue Isenberg

Judith JacksonSara Judman

Louis KalmanovitsKelsey Kamm

Sally Eileen KarasDorothy Katchen

David T. KatzEsther Kaye

Samuel KeevukTzvia KimelfeldJoseph Knopf

Edward John KohnMichael KohnShaptai KolkoFrank KoranRuth KorekJoan Krantz

Ida KubernickRose La�

Jack LernerDave LevineCasper Licht

Alex LichtmanErnestine Liebross

Isaac LinkerLeo Litt

Inna LoganSam London

Leonard LorenAnna Machlis

Seymour MatankyBetty Mednick

Joseph MesmerGeorge MeyersLynn MillmanEthel Minsky

Isidor MoldaveCecelia Moscowitz

Sarah MurrellMary Nadler

Gussie NeimanShoshana Nourian

Morris Orlino�Gussie Ornstein

Bertha Rosenblum OrnsteinJoseph Palache

Richard Lorne PierceAnn PollackJack Pollack

Frances Pollins

Ina PortneyEsther Prager

Solomon PragerDavid RabinEllie Rabkin

Sidney ReubenIsadore Rezniko�

Jay RicklinByron Richard Roseman

Leonard RosenArthur Rosenbaum

Israel RosenbergMichael Maynard Rosenfeld

William RosenthalSteven Roso�

Max RothschildCarol Rozner

Francine RubinArthur Rubin

Jeanette RussellSadie SandlerMax Sassower

Ruth SchlosbergNorman Schnur

Margaret SchwartzStephanie SesserMark Shklyarasky

Herbert T. SilverbergIke SilversteinDoris SingerJacob Sirkin

Irwin SladnickSophie SmallChiakee Snell

Sue SoboClara SpellmanHarold Spiegel

Freida Rose SpitzerBertha StempelHarry Stitman

Joseph StramerRose Straus Ganderson

Irving StutzGenrih Svidensky

Ezra TabibianHerman VosenSarah Wallach

Carol Levy WebbIra Weiner

Manny WeisenfeldMargaret WolfNoya Ya'aran

Phyllis ZangwillJack Zicklin

Theodore ZierSanford D. ZinnBernice Zweig

W e recall in reverence those who have been gathered unto their people

2-8 ADAR, 5778YAHRZEITS

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Candle Lighting5:26 p.m.Havdalah6:23 p.m.

February 23-24, 2018 | 9 Adar, 5778UPCOMING SHABBAT SERVICES

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23EREV SHABBAT MINYAN 5:00 p.m. in Winer ChapelECLC FAMILY SHABBAT SERVICE & DINNER 5:30 p.m. in Glaser and Burdorf HallsT’MARIM SEPHARDIC SHABBAT 6:00 p.m. Mezze 6:30 p.m. Sephardic Shabbat Service in Sher-Lopaty Chapel

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24Shabbat Zakhor Torah Portion: T’tzaveh: Exodus 27:20 - 30:10 | Page: 503

TORAH STUDY 9:00 a.m. in Winer Chapel with Rabbi Ed FeinsteinTEEN TORAH STUDY 9:00 a.m. in Zicklin Lieberman Youth Center with Rabbi Avi Ta�LIBRARY MINYAN 9:30 a.m. in Bernstein Balcony Seminar Room D’var Torah Mark GutentagOPENING PRAYERS 9:30 a.m. in Niznick SanctuarySHABBAT MORNING SERVICE 9:45 a.m. in Niznick Sanctuary Rabbi Ed Feinstein o�ciates at the Bat Mitzvah of Brooke Resnik We celebrate the Baby Naming of Noa Galaif Saad, daughter of Jessica Galaif Saad & Daniel Saad TOT SHABBAT 10:00 a.m. in Burdorf HallKIDS MINYAN 11:00 a.m. in Winer ChapelPARSHA DISCUSSION 12:30 p.m. in Zicklin Lieberman Youth Center

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PURIM ON BROADWAYPURIM ON BROADWAYPURIM ON BROADWAY PURIM ON BROADWAY

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018

THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 20187:30 AM | Minyan Megillah Reading Winer Chapel

Bring a boxof NOISY FOOD

like pasta or riceto use as a GROGGER

and then d onateIT to the VBSFood Bank!

dress in costume as broadway characters!Visit vbs.org/purim for more info >>

5:00 PM | Full Purim Service and Traditional Megillah Reading Led by Ritual Director Yossi Dresner Winer Chapel5:30 PM | Tot Megillah Reading (Early Childhood Service) Celebrate with VBS Rabbis and friends! Toddler, ECC and Kindergarten-aged children are welcome! Sher-Lopaty Chapel6:00 PM | Purim Pizza DinnerPizza and salad by pre-order online at vbs.org/purim-dinner. Limited day-of purchase available. 7:00 PM | Purim Shpiel and Celebration Niznick SanctuaryThe Megillah comes to life in a fabulous BROAD-way! All ages welcome. Featuring songs from: Hamilton • The Sound Of Music • Camelot • Oklahoma • Spamalot • Hair • Beauty And The Beast • Wicked • Jersey Boys • Les Miserables • And More!8:30 PM | Hamentaschen Reception Main Hall

YUMMY!

It's Hamentaschen Time! Starlite Caterers is selling gourmet and traditional Hamentaschen for Purim! Order Deadline: Friday, February 23.

Pick up at VBS on Tuesday, February 27 or Wednesday, February 28. Choose from Dark

Chocolate Sea Salt, Apple Pie, Mixed Berry Compote, Chocolate Chocolate-Chip Cookie Dough, Raspberry,

Poppy Seed, Apricot, or mixed variety. To order: starlitecaterers.com/hamantaschen

818.789.7588

PURIM CARNIVALSUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2018

11AM-3PMADMIT ONE

vbs.org/purim

Purchase tickets online at

Wristbands (Unlimited games and rides) $36 Each($40 at the door) • Ticket Bundles $20 for 25 Tickets

($25 at the door) • Food Tickets $1 = 1 Ticket Become a VBS Purim Carnival Sponsor!

Call 818.530.4025, email youthdept@vbs.orgor visit vbs.org/purim for more info!

M a r c h 7 - 1 4 , 2 0 1 8ce lebrate i s rae l at 70 w ith a TR I P TO

VBS Program Director Elana Zimmerman 818.530.4011 • ezimmerman@vbs.org vbs.org/israel

An in-depth exploration of the culture, issues and people of Israel with Rabbi Ed Feinstein. Been to Israel? Come back.

Go deeper. Examine the challenges and triumphs that make Israel the most interesting and inspiring place on earth.

CEMETERY SALE OPEN HOUSESunday, March 18 • 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

6150 Mt. Sinai Drive, Simi Valley

Join Rabbi Ed Feinstein for a bagel brunch and walk-through at Mt. Sinai park and chapel. Meet the cemetery director and learn about the plot purchasing

process. No obligation or pressure to purchase.

RSVP to Wendy Perlmutter at818.788.6000 • email wperlmutter@vbs.org

Wednesday, February 217:00-9:00 PM"Israel at 70: The Price and Prospects of Jewish Sovereignty"Daniel Stein Kokin, Visiting Assistant Professor at the UCLA International Institute

The VBS College of Jewish Studies is made possibleby grants from theLill & Jess Beim Family Keruv Fund

and the Harold M. Schulweis Institute

Lech L’chaThe Jewish Journey through History

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PROGRAMMING AND SPECIAL EVENTS

Shabbat-on-Tuesdays Tuesday, February 20 • 10:30 a.m. Experience the interplay between contemporary spirituality and the ancient rituals of our liturgy as we explore Jewish prayer through meditation. Cantor Phil Baron • 818.530.4058 vbs.org/meditation Myra’s Knitting Mavens (Knitting Needles) Wednesday, February 21 • 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Knit, crochet and kibbitz for a good cause - sending handmade caps and blankets to soldiers and hospitals locally and in Israel. Meets on the third Wednesday of each month. Yarn donations and open skeins gratefully accepted. vbs.org/knitting

Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Ed Feinstein Wednesday, February 21 • 12:00-1:30 p.m. Lecture and discussion. Bring your own dairy lunch. Co�ee and tea provided. VBS Brotherhood Poker Night Thursday, February 22 • 6:30 p.m. Pizza, Poker, Drinks and Fun! Ages 21+. Cost: $50/person. RSVP online. vbsbrotherhood.com or email jstern63@gmail.com.VBS Hazak Monday, February 26 • 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Lifelong education and enrichment for mature Jews, ages 55+. The Best of Times, The Worst of Times with Rabbi Ed Feinstein; CAMERA Exposes the Media Lies and Distortions About Israel with Thor Gold; Torah Portion of the Week with Rabbi Joshua Ho�man; Mah Jongg with Carol Gray; Great Decisions 2018 with Al Wilen and Steve Krantz: "China and America: The New Geopolitical Equation" vbs.org/hazakAdult Israeli Dancing Monday, February 26 • 7:15 p.m. Susan North Gilboa brings you a unique way of encountering the history and culture of Israel while learning Israeli folk dances. vbs.org/danceAn Evening with Larry Elder Monday, February 26 • 7:30 p.m. Best-selling author and radio talk-show host presented by the Jewish Republican Alliance. Fee. Registration required. jewishrepublicanalliance.org

Yiddish Speakers’ Club Tuesday, February 27 • 7:30 p.m. Come to speak and listen to Yiddish. Last Tuesday of the month. Menashe Bernstein • 818.784.2100Parent Education: Raising Ethical Children Wednesday, February 28 • 8:00-9:00 a.m. "Why Bother Doing the Right Thing: Raising Ethical Children in an Unethical World" with Dr. Bruce Powell, Head of de Toledo High School. Online registration. vbsds.org/parentingtalkVBS Book Club Tuesday, March 6 • 7:30 p.m. The Mathematician’s Shiva by Stuart Rojstaczery. vbs.org/bookclub Phyllis Beim • 818.905.5113Sisterhood Jewish Meditation Monday, March 12 • 7:00 p.m. Led by Cantor Phil Baron. vbs.org/sisterhood-meditationSisterhood Tea & Torah Tuesday, March 13 • 7:30 p.m. Explore Torah and the modern Jewish experience with Rabbi Feinstein.

CSUN Fifth Annual Maurice Amado Foundation Lecture in Jewish Ethics Wednesday, March 14 • 7:30 p.m. “Teshuvah for Genocide? In/Justice, Reconciliation and Indigenous Peoples in Australia (and the United States)” with Jewish ethics expert Aaron Hahn Tapper. Free and open to the public. RSVP required. jewish.studies@csun.edu 818.677.4724