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Special Shabbat Service
A special Family Shabbat Service and Community Commemoration in acknowledgement of the interfaith outpouring of support to our temple since the tragedy in Pittsburgh. We have invited the entire interfaith community to join us as we welcome Shabbat and find comfort with our neighbors.
This Friday, November 2  6:30 p.m.
Please RSVP for our 5:30 p.m. Shabbat Dinner here so that we can plan accordingly.
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Art of Community
A Gallery Installation Celebrating Artists of Temple Beth El
Opening Reception
This Saturday, November 3
5:00-9:00 p.m. at TBE
Heavy Hors d’Oeuvres
Beer & Wine Tasting
Silent Auction
$40 Paid in Advance; $50 At the Door
A portion of the proceeds benefit San Pedro High School and Dodson Middle School Art Departments and TBE.
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Taus Lecture Series 2018-19
First Lecture of the Season!
Wednesday, November 7 at Noon
Lunch & Learn with  Dr. Sharon Gillerman, Hebrew Union College
The Temple of the Body: Jewish Boxers, Strongmen and the Development of “Muscular Judaism”
There will be 6 Lectures during this season:
December 5 at Noon with Dr. Laurie Levenson
February 26 at 7:30 p.m. with Rabbi Karen Fox
March 13 at Noon with Rabbi Ed Feinstein
April 16 at 7:30 p.m. with Dr. Amir Hussain
April 30 at 7:30 p.m. with Dr. Marc Dollinger
Lunch & Learn Lectures: $25 Paid in Advance/$30 at the Door
Evening Lectures: $18 Paid in Advance/$20 at the Door
$110 for the Full Series of 6 Lectures
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The Exciting Complexity of Life, Death, and In-Between:
Medical Ethics and Jewish Law
A Three-Session Adult Learning Series with Rabbi Douglas Kohn
Thursdays
November 15, 29 and December 6
6:00 p.m.
Bring Your Own Dinner
Dessert & Beverages Provided
What is life, itself, when does it begin, and what are our ethical obligations to life and our bodies? When is death, itself, can we hasten it or forfend against it? These questions, and more, have spurred Jewish thinking and legal decision-making from the time of the early rabbinic sages to the present, and still warrant profound consideration.
Rabbi Kohn has addressed these issues for a decade in sessions and seminars around the country and around the world, stemming in part from his own episode with cancer, and from writing/editing two volumes, Life, Faith and Cancer and
Broken Fragments: Jewish Experiences of Alzheimer’s Disease through Diagnosis, Adaptation and Moving On.
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Salon Concerts 2018-19
Featuring Cantor Davidson & Friends
Saturday, November 17
JRB: The Masterpieces of Tony Award-Winning Composer Jason Robert Brown
6:30 p.m.
Hosted in a private home (location TBD)
Upcoming Concerts:
Saturday, January 12
Saturday, March 2
Tickets $100 per person or $250 for all 3 concerts
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Create! Hydrate! Fill Your Plate!
TBE Sisterhood invites all to attend these wonderful programs!
1:00-3:00 p.m. at TBE
on the following dates:
 Sunday, January 27 – Cooking with Eliot Swartz Sunday, March 3 – Create an Art Project
Sunday, May 5 – Create a Succulent Bowl
$45 for 3 programs
$32 for 2 programs
$18 for 1 program
Any questions? Contact Dina Dreizler or Allison Brandt.
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TBE Sisterhood Fundraiser
Cruise the California Coast with your TBE friends
March 10-17, 2019
Aboard Ruby Princess Cruise
Embarkation Port Los Angeles, San Francisco, Monterey, Ensenada, San Diego, Disembarkation Los Angeles
Early Bird Discounts available now with 10% deposit!
$799pp Inside Cabins
$999pp Unobstructed Picture Window
$1099pp Balcony
$1499pp Mini Suite
For reservations and information, please contact:
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The Gift Shop is open after services Fridays
and on select Sundays when there is Torah School!
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Tribute Card 
Send a Tribute Card to recognize an event of someone who is important to you! The Sisterhood will send your wishes – on marriage, birth, b’nai mitzvah, bereavement, get well, and more – for $3.50 per card.
Contact Audrey Stempel to order a Tribute Card.
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TBE Book Fair at Barnes & Noble
including special Hanukkah Programming
Sunday, November 4
12:30-3:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble
21400 Hawthorne Blvd.
Torrance
Please join us for this special events which includes a performance from our TBE Youth Choir, Storytime with Rabbi Kohn,
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Foster friendships! Participate! Help the Temple!
Doesn’t a “Souper” Havdalah sound like fun? Join us in planning this new event. Another volunteer opportunity that is in the works is a Family Weekend at UCLA Lake Arrowhead facility or similar site. We are looking at a possible date in the Spring.
Next planning meeting:
Monday, November 12
If you are interested in participating in these or other TBE events, please join us. Please contact Linda Rubin for more information.
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 Help TBE’s Caring Community
Caring for one another is our obligation as Jews. By responding to the calls of our fellow TBE members is a way for each of us to reply “Hineini” here I am.
The Caring Committee reaches out to congregants when there has been a death in the family, when a ride is needed for a medical procedure, or a meal after a hospital stay.
But Without You, We Are One Volunteer Short!
The Caring Community invites you to help us realize our goal of having every congregant be a member of our Caring Community. The Caring Community is an unusual committee, because to be a “member,” you only need to be a member of TBE. When we are made aware of a congregant in need you will receive an email from a Caring Community chair, asking for your help. Please respond if you can, when we perform a mitzvah for others, we strengthen them, our entire community and ourselves.
To join the committee or for more information, please contact Gail Burch.
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 Torah School Needs Volunteers
Do you love children and want to have some fun?
We NEED YOU in the front office during Torah School days!
Thursdays from 4:00-5:30 p.m.
AND
Sundays from 9:00 a.m.-Noon.
No experience needed!
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 Torah Study
Come study with Rabbi Doug Kohn
Thursdays at Noon
PV Library Conference Room
Join us to explore the weekly Torah portion. No experience is necessary. If you have your own English Torah commentary, please bring it with you.
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International City Theatre presents
A Splintered Soul
Alan L. Brooks’ play about war refugees torn between cultures – Holocaust survivors in 1947 San Francisco – resonates deeply today.
 NOW through November 4
International City Theatre
330 East Seaside Way
Long Beach
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Religous Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC)
Civic Engagement
Every Congregation Counts
Every Vote Counts
Please click here for an abbreviated introduction to the RAC’s Civic Engagement initiative that we will be working on through November.
The TBE Social Justice Committee is working to use the three pillars to engage the TBE community.
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 We need volunteers!
Oneg Shabbat Committee
Do you enjoy the Oneg after Shabbat Services?
If you would like to assist and be on the Oneg Committee, please contact Reva Skoll.
Participation is only once every 6 or 7 weeks.
Please contact Reva Skoll with questions and to sign up.
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Copy and Print Services Now Available at TBE
Get your copying and printing done with people you know and trust.. for half the cost!
Temple Beth El has a new copy machine and you can use it! 30¢ for color copies
and 5¢ for black & white.
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| Ten Minutes of Torah
TBE is delighted to partner with the
Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) to bring opportunities for Jewish study right to your inbox. Five days a week, the URJ publishes Ten Minutes of Torah, a daily email.
Sign up today. Be sure to include our congregation’s name and location. It only takes 10 minutes to get started on a lifetime of Jewish learning. Begin today!
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Shop online & raise money for our Torah School at the same time!
When you shop at Amazon.com, you can raise money for our Torah School.
Click on this Amazon link at the top or bottom of every page next to our other social media icons, and Temple Beth El will earn money for every purchase you make at Amazon.com. This can only happen if you use our special link, so we get the credit for your purchase. We raised over $1100 for our Torah School last year!
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