El Shofar
A PUBLICAT ION OF SE P HARDIC T EMP LE T IFE RE TH IS RAE L
“And when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this observance?’
you shall say, ‘It is the passover sacrifice to the LORD, for he passed over the houses
of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck down the Egyptians but spared our houses.’”
– Exodus 12: 26-27
TABLE OF CONT ENT S
Clergy
Senior Rabbi
TAL SESSLER, PhD
Associate Rabbi
David Cohen-Henriquez
Hazan
Haim Mizrahi
Gabbai
Ed Mizrahi
Message from the President .......................3
Rabbi Sessler ..............................................4
President
Ben Mehdizadeh
Adult Education .........................................6
Senior Vice President
Alex Rachmanony
Rabbi David Cohen-Henriquez ...................7
Vice Presidents
L. Larry Clumeck
Albert Cohen
Rae Cohen
Leon Hasson
Rachel Hasson
Robert Melamed
Sharona Sarafian
Hamid Yashar
Abraham Yazdi
Honorary Vice Presidents
Raquel Bensimon
Max Candiotty
Ted Hasson
Hyman Jebb Levy
Corporate Secretary
Jacqueline Amira-Slutske
Directors
Mathilde Kapuano-Abrahams
Marie Altchech
Hy Arnesty
Ron Hecker
Avi Levy
David Lindheim
Mireille Mathalon
Kamran Nickfardjam
Menahem Samrano
Raymond Yashouafar
Cantor Hazan Mizrahi .................................8
Pre-School..................................................9
Talmud Torah ............................................10
Purim Carnival ...........................................12
Maurice Amado Merit Award Fund...........13
Or Chadash Sisterhood ............................14
Los Merecidos ..........................................17
Around the World with LASHA.................18
Community News......................................20
New Members/Bar & Bat Mitzvahs.............21
Jewish History ..........................................22
Holocaust Remembrance Day...................23
In Memoriam ............................................23
Donations.................................................24
Editor
Vicki Karmona
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MESSAG E FROM TH E PRESIDENT
We at Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel are very fortunate to be part of
such a vibrant congregation, offering countless opportunities for us to connect
with each other. As president, I am fulfilled and proud when I notice the exciting
changes that have come to our community. It is truly heartwarming to see our
members singing beautiful Sephardic melodies, praying at the daily minyans,
gathering among other families at the monthly Shabbat dinners, and interacting
with each other at our various events.
Ben Mehdizadeh, President
Ensuring that the Temple is a meaningful part of every congregant’s life, Rabbi
Sessler, Rabbi David, and Cantor Mizrahi, with help from our staff, our Board of Directors, our committee chairs, our numerous volunteers, Or Chadash Sisterhood
and Men’s Club, all put in countless hours to make Sephardic Temple a place that
is our spiritual, educational and a communal home. I would also like to acknowledge our dedicated preschool director, Eva Wysoki, and her entire staff for their
tireless work. After all it’s seeing happy children run around and enjoy their day at
ECC that makes all our efforts for establishing the preschool worthwhile. It truly is a
labor of love. I extend my deepest gratitude to all of them.
That being said, all the hard work of the above individuals is meaningless unless we have support from you,
our members. Open yourselves and play a significant part in this amazing community of ours. There are
countless opportunities for you to get involved on so many levels. Attend the daily minyan – it’s only 45
minutes in the morning; Attend the adult education programs; Support the beneficial and fun events that have
been so diligently organized; Become a volunteer in your favorite committee. Not only will you be fulfilled by
helping your community, but you will also be a role model for your children.
There are two ways to look at your temple membership. Membership may be seen as a way to receive
services, or it can be viewed as an adoption of the synagogue into your daily lives. Look at Sephardic Temple
as one of your family’s most valuable belongings. It not only enhances your existence today, but also helps you
maintain and preserve Judaism in generations to come. It must be nurtured by you so that it survives, strengthens, flourishes, and provides sustenance to the next generation. L’dor V’ador.
It is truly an honor and a privilege to serve as your president. I hope that my passion for all things Sephardic
Temple Tifereth Israel and my love for our community will inspire others. Passover is a celebration of the
freedom our ancestors dreamed of, fought for, and ultimately won. But even as we give thanks, we are
called to look to the future, and the future looks bright my friends.
Let us take a moment to pause and reflect, to embrace our loved ones, and to give thanks for our countless
blessings. My family and I wish you a warm home filled with loved ones, a meaningful Seder, a beautiful
spring, and a Passover that reflects the goodness of life. Chag Sameach.
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MESSA GE FROM RABBI SESSLER
Passover has many nicknames: the festival of the matzoth (in the Torah), the
festival of the spring (in more recent times), and also – “the time of our freedom”
(in the prayer book).
I am writing these words a day after my return from the AIPAC policy conference,
which was a spectacular celebration of the Jewish state’s freedom, independence
and fortitude. The speakers at the conference highlighted and stressed Israel’s
many achievements, including its economic robustness (Israel was one of the
countries least affected by the global economic crisis during the last half a
decade). Culturally, Israeli art is diverse and prolific, achieving international recognition and acclaim. Militarily, Israel’s strategic alliance with the US is at its peak.
Scientifically, Israel is considered one of the world’s most innovative and dynamic
information technology centers. With all of Israel’s geo-political challenges and existential threats, she is a regional
superpower and a powerful player in the international arena on multiple levels.
This year’s AIPAC conference was the best attended in history, with some fourteen thousand people present.
One of the things that surprised me, was the diversity of the attendees. There were Hispanic delegates,
African-American delegates, Evangelical Christians, and other non-Jewish delegates. I think that these diverse
groups attended the conference because Israel is much more than a particularistic national project. Israel is an
inspirational and universal story, exemplifying what happens when human beings achieve, through faith and
sacrifice, “the victory of possibility over probability”.
With scarce natural resources and surrounded by a sea of enemies, Israel is a vibrant and robust state, despite
the many voices who throughout the years rejected its very plausibility and viability, be it prior to its establishment in 1948, before and during its existential wars of 1948, 1967, and 1973, and to the wrath of those who
even today have the temerity to call for its isolation and eventual dissolution.
Israel’s political resurrection after some 20 centuries in exile, is an unprecedented phenomenon in the history of
humankind. No scriptural passage captures more forcefully and poignantly this miraculous achievement than
Ezekiel’s vision of the dry bones (Ezekiel 37), in which this mystical prophet envisages a group of dry bones
scattered in a valley miraculously re-gathered, reintegrated, and re-covered with flesh and skin. Not only does
Israel exist and survive, Israel thrives. Each time I visit the country I am amazed at how strong it is.
As we sit with our relatives and friends around the Seder table, let us recall how incalculably privileged a
eneration we are, to live in an era of Jewish political sovereignty in our spiritual homeland. Let us celebrate and cherish the many freedoms that we enjoy as Americans and as Jews, and most importantly – let us thank the Almighty.
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Let us celebrate the 20th century’s many exoduses of our families from the darkness of oppression and
persecution in unfriendly lands. Let us ponder how we can intensify and deepen our bond with the land and
the people of Israel, and how we can grow in Torah and mitzvoth – our nation’s ultimate mission statement.
And let us remember that what our people achieved collectively – the resurrection of the dry bones as envisaged by the prophet Ezekiel, is also applicable with regard to our personal lives. We too can resurrect within
us shattered emotional limbs and spiritual tissues, reconnect with deadened and numbed aspects of our soul,
and start thriving again to the astonishment of others, and despite even our own skepticism and self-doubt.
I leave you with President John F. Kennedy’s reflections about Israel, words articulated more than half a century
ago, yet they still resonate in their poetic pathos as politically contemporary and pertinent for today:
“Israel was not created in order to disappear – Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope, and the
home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity, nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of
democracy, and it honors the sword of freedom”.
Happy Festival of Freedom,
Rabbi Sessler
Rabbi Sessler, Ben Mehdizadeh with Sheriff Lee Baca
during a visit with Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister
of Israel.
Rabbi Sessler, and Benjamin Netanyahu,
Prime Minister of Israel.
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MESSA GE FROM R ABBI DAVI D COHEN -H ENR IQUEZ
Pesach is the Jewish educator’s holiday ‘par excellence’
The Seder’s main objective is education. We encounter in the Haggadah, multiple
approaches to learning: through music, through text study, through legends and
parables, through edible symbols and through questions. The most important thing
is to always make it new and relevant. That’s why the rabbis devised this incredible
pedagogical guide, and even encouraged creativity from the individual families, to
add your own ideas to the chain of tradition.
The Haggadah tells us about four children; these can be interpreted as four
archetypes, or four types of learners, or even four different stages in a person’s life.
We have the Wise, the Rebellious, the Simple, and the One who doesn’t know
how to ask questions.
As principal of our Religious School and Rabbi of the youth I feel everyday is a
Pesach Seder. Every day we, the educators, have to be creative in the way we are
teaching and continuing our rich traditions. To transmit knowledge from one generation is, of course, our duty
as parents and teachers, but to instill the spirit of love to this knowledge, that’s where the challenge lies.
The Talmud Torah teachers are always looking to find ways to make our teachings engaging and meaningful to
the young generation. We must also appreciate that each child has their own unique experience and they all
have their own individual point of view. There are children who love the religious aspects of our traditions
while others prefer to study about Israel’s history and the cultural side of Judaism. Both equally interesting,
challenging and engaging. There are kids who love the holidays for their traditions and meaning, and there are
others who come for the social aspect, to spend fun times with their friends and family. There are also some
who come because of obligation to their parents and they have to prepare for their bar or bat mitzvah. These
kids are not rebellious or removed from their heritage; these are the ones who haven’t been exposed to the
beautiful traditions and have not yet learned the richness of their faith. They will!
Modern commentators have added a fifth child: the one who doesn’t come to the Seder anymore. These are
the ones that have left the path of Judaism and don’t feel the connection of belonging. It is our duty as parents
and educators to teach, instill and learn to love our Judaism. Our attitude and approach can, will and must
become our sacred mission to help these children, your children, become wise men and women,
God-Searchers, spiritual beings, community leaders and proud Jews.
May the knowledge of our ancestors never cease to be transmitted, and may the light of Torah and mitzvot
never depart from the House of Israel. May this Pesach and all the holidays to come bring inspiration to you and
your family to continue this most sacred commandment of them all: to pass it on from generation to generation.
Cynthia and I wish you and all your loved ones a happy and wonderful Seder and may G-d’s blessings give
you peace and joy as you celebrate our liberation from slavery.
Chag Sameach,
Rabbi David Cohen-Henriquez, Talmud Torah Principal
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MESSA GE FROM HAZAN MI ZRAHI
The Festival of Pesach, the Season of Our Liberation, comes around every year not merely to
remind us of the Liberation of our ancestors from Egyptian bondage, but also to inspire us to strive for a greater
measure of self-liberation from all limitations and distractions. This is the meaning of the highly significant passage
in the Haggadah:
“In every generation a Jew should see himself as though he
personally has been liberated from Mitzrayim [Egypt].”
The celebration of the festival of freedom must be connected with the
commandment “You shall relate it to your child.” The formation and
existence of the Jewish home, as of the Jewish people as a whole, is
dependent upon the upbringing of the young generation, both boys
and girls: the wise and the wicked (temporarily), the simple and the
one who knows not what to ask. Just as we cannot shirk our responsibility towards our child by the excuse that “my child is a wise one;
he will find his own way in life therefore no education is necessary for
him”; so we must not despair by thinking “the child is a wicked one;
no education will help him.” For, all Jewish children, boys and girls,
are “G-d’s children” and it is our sacred duty to see to it that they all
live up to their full potential; and this we can achieve only through a
kosher Jewish education, in full adherence to G-d’s Torah.
Then we all will merit the realization of our hopes: “In the next year may we be free; in the next year may we
be in Jerusalem!” Amen!
I wish you and all your family a Chag Kasher v’Sameach.
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PRE-SCHOOL
All of us at the Levy Family Early Education
Center wish you happiness, peace, good
health and all the joys of Passover!
Chag Sameach
Our Levy Family Early Childhood Center (ECC) provides passionate, knowledgeable and qualified staff members who nurture
and inspire the development of young minds. We encourage diversity and strive to promote a loving environment. Our ECC promotes positive relationships in children, instilling self-esteem and confidence while respecting
each child as a unique learner. Our ECC implements a developmentally play-based
philosophy, promoting cognitive, social, emotional and physical growth, as well as intellectual development of the young child, with special emphasis on Judaic
values. Our daily routine of educational activities and playtime is enhanced by enrichment programs such as
art, yoga, music and physical activities, as well as a weekly Mommy and Me Program.
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TALMUD TORAH
Regina Hirsch, Holocaust Survivor,
Talks to the Talmud Torah Students
On Thursday, March 20, 2014, fourth through seventh graders spent over one hour listening to the personal
story of survival from Regina Hirsch. For two months now these students have participated in a Holocaust
study program each Thursday. They viewed two films, Paper Clips and The Lady in Number 6. They toured
the new Anne Frank exhibit at the Tolerance Museum. They have conducted research on
the children lost in Terezin and have discussed the hopes and
fears children and adults shared each day during the Holocaust.
Regina Hirsch shared her story to the students. Her memory is
vivid, picture perfect, as if this experience happened yesterday. Regina has been speaking to groups for over 60 years and
feels it so very important to share her story so that future generations will understand what happened to 11,000,000 human
beings. Regina was 12 when she and her family went into hiding, but in 1943 they were found in the woods and taken to
Terezin. She remembers her mother being taken away with her
younger sister as they left the train. She worked with two other sisters in an ammunitions factory. After liberation and a few years in a displaced persons
camp, she and her two surviving sisters came to America.
Today they live near each other on Wilshire.
The students asked such wonderful questions and Regina mentioned that this was the first time she was asked questions by
students. The one lesson Regina wants the children and all of us
to take with us every day is that we need to love every body. We
are all humans no matter what color, size, language or religion.
We need to rise above the hatred that caused the mass murder of
millions of human beings. Meeting Regina Hirsch was a treat for
the students, teachers and parents who attended the talk. We all
thank Regina for her time, her story and her grace.
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TALMUD TORAH
TALMUD TORAH
PA S S O V E R
PURIM CARNIVAL
We thank all of our
generous sponsors
for making our Purim
Festival possible!
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Raquel & David Bensimon
Diana Broumandi
Lea & Larry Clumeck
Nancy & Aaron Cohen (z’”l)
Arlette & Albert Cohen
Cynthia & Rabbi David Cohen-Henriquez
Rae Cohen
Kathy Halfon
Leon Hasson
Judith & Ron Hecker
Donna & Jebb Levy
Vivi & Julio Maya
Neda & Ben Mehdizadeh
Dalia & Robert Melamed
Sherry & Kevin Naydavood
Debbie & Kamran Nickfardjam
Nina & Alex Rachmanony
Tanya & Menahem Samrano
Zohar Wertheim
Fari & Hamid Yashar
Alfreda & Abraham Yazdi
Elham & Michael Zarrabian
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MAURICE A MA DO MERIT AWARD FUND
Parents:
Completed application should be sent to Vicki
Karmona at the Temple Office or e-mailed to
[email protected].
Apply Now for Your Children
to Have a Summer of Fun!
College Scholarship Awards
for Sephardic Students
Did you know that our Sephardic Temple has a
special fund that makes awards to young people to
attend Jewish summer camps and other Jewish
programs? Many families enjoy this benefit of
Temple membership each year–have you considered being one of those families this year?
Students who are pursuing higher education as
undergraduate or graduate students are eligible to
apply for merit-based scholarship awards from our
Temple. Eligibility for these awards is one of the
significant benefits of membership in our Temple.
The awards are not based on financial need.
The awards, made from the Maurice Amado Merit
Award Fund, are designed to encourage our young
people ages 6 to 24 years old to participate in programs that enrich their Jewish education. The awards
are not based on financial need. All that is required is
proof of Temple membership and proof of enrollment in a Jewish day camp, a Jewish residential
camp, an Israel program, or any other organized and
supervised Jewish program; for example, March of
the Living, youth tours to sites of Jewish importance,
and youth leadership development programs.
The funds are distributed according to categories,
with preference going to students who are Temple
members themselves or are children or grandchildren of Temple members. If funds are available,
Sephardic students who do not belong to our
Temple may also be granted awards.
The scholarship awards come from funds established
through the generosity and vision of some of our
remarkable Temple members. The majority of the
funds come from the Maurice Amado Scholarship
Fund. Awards are also made from the Maccabean
Fund, the Sephardic Beth Shalom Fund, and the
Aron Cohen Fund. This last fund is directed at
students who are pursuing careers as Sephardic
clergy or educators.
Jewish camping has been found to be one of the
most effective methods of Jewish education,
ensuring a Jewish identity in adulthood. It is so effective because it is a complete immersion experience where Jewish values are lived and modeled
by the staff, where the rhythm of the week is
anchored by Shabbat, and Jewish culture is
brought to life through song, dance, and experiential
education. There are many fine Jewish overnight
and day camps in California that families may want
to consider. A good place to start your exploration
of Jewish summer activities is
http://www.jkidla.org/home.
Application forms are available on the Temple
website (www.sephardictemple.org) or by
calling Vicki Karmona at the Temple office
(310-475-7000) or e-mail [email protected]. The deadline for filing an application
and all supporting materials for the next academic year is June 30. These materials include a
letter of acceptance or evidence of enrollment
in an institution of higher education, a personal
statement, and a certified copy of the student’s
most recent transcript of grades. Scholarship
awards are announced at the beginning of August.
Merit Award application forms are available on
the Temple website (www.sephardictemple.org),
under the heading “Student Awards.” The
deadline for applying for this summer is April
30. Make sure your family takes advantage of
this Temple benefit!
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OR CHADA SH SISTERHOOD
Or Chadash
Sisterhood
and great company as we honored two well
deserved ladies of our community, Mrs. Sylvia Kapon
and Mrs. Reggie Arditti.
has continued the
path of making our
community more
active, intellectually
well rounded and
more united!
Sisterhood Co-Presidents,
Sharona Labib and
Leeora Moradi
The Jewish Women’s Theater “Hold Me, Heal Me”
was well attended as the talented cast left us with
tears and laughter once again by their amazing
performance. They will have two more shows at our
temple, so please mark your calendars to join us.
We strive to advance
Jewish values and
traditions with our
Sephardic Community, through a range
of stimulating programs, both social
and educational.
Our Book Club gatherings have been welcomed by
many as selected books were discussed. We recently
enjoyed an evening at Frederic Fekkai as we were
pampered by stylists for the book signing of the
famous author, Dora Levy Mossanen’s, “Scent of
Butterflies”.
Discipline, Communication, Happiness and Relationships were the exciting topics as we welcomed our
brilliant guest speakers, Jacqueline Slutske, Homa
Nassirzadeh and Richard Weintraub.
Our cooking series was sold out when our guest
Penny Davidi Borsuk amazed us with her culinary
skills and cooking secrets. We enjoyed a beautiful
Luncheon at the home of Neda Mehdizadeh, who
was truly a gracious host. It was an unforgettable day!
Care packages for Passover will be sent to our college
students far from home. If you have a child away at
college, please contact the temple office with their
updated information.
We took part in experiencing an Icon of Ancient
Civilization as we visited the “Cyrus Cylinder Exhibition”
at the Getty Villa Museum. Many joined us in a
beautiful Picnic Luncheon prior to the private tour.
Our upcoming events include a visit to the Museum
of Tolerance at Simon Wiesenthal Center , a Gourmet
Challah Baking Class taught by Linda Sendowski, and
Date Night- all three events coming up in April, and
our Woman of the Year luncheon in May honoring
Mrs. Donna Levy. Soon we will announce dates for
our upcoming events such as the summer Hollywood
Bowl concerts and more. Please like us on facebook,
or subscribe to our email list so that you can keep up
with all our new events and happenings.
We had our first annual Hanukkah Boutique this year.
It was a great day of shopping and socializing. We
had an amazing turnout of vendors and shoppers.
The boutique made a lot of money for the Or
Chadash Sisterhood and most of all brought young
and old together. Everyone especially enjoyed the
special finds, the baked goods and the delicious
Pomegranate Soup prepared by Flora Nazarian.
We look forward to the growth of our sisterhood and
our continued support of the temple.
Hanukkah Luncheon was fun and entertaining. The
amazing sisterhood volunteers cooked delicious
foods and we enjoyed humorous entertainment
Wishing everyone Hag Sameach!
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Top: Shabbat dinner Rhodesli Style:
Chefs Morrie Angel, Alfreda Yazdi,
Esther Cohen, Sarita Fields, Rae Cohen,
Marilyn Kaye and Mireille Mathalon.
4th: Joanne Candiotti & Sylvia Block
Bottom: Book Club group at Frederick
Fakkai Salon for the launch of author
Dora Levy Mossanen’s new book
“Scent of Butterflies”
Written by Marcia Israel Weingarten
What is the thread weaving together the Rue
Tigrane Pacha in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria,
Shah Street in the cosmopolitan city of Teheran, and the
Puerta de la Mar in the Old Town of Rhodes, once a
part of Turkey and now a part of Greece? And what do
‘cahk’, ‘toot’' and ‘ashuplados' have in common?
These are names of culinary treats and a taste of the
neighborhoods we once called home. “Cahk” is an
Egyptian egg and sesame biscuit, “toot” a Persian
marzipan delicacy shaped like white mulberries, and
“ashuplados” are meringue clouds from the Island of
Rhodes. These recipes and recollections, along with
several hundred other multi-cultural delicacies, will
make up the new edition of Cooking the Sephardic
Way, the original lovingly produced by the Sisterhood
of Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, in1971. This cookbook has sold several thousand copies throughout the
world during the past 40 years.
Since that time, Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel has
grown, evolved and become home to a growing number of Jews from throughout the Ottoman lands and the
Middle East, as well as new generations of young families drawn to the warmth and vibrancy of the community. Each group has brought with them a cultural and
culinary tradition that together create a beautiful ‘salad
bowl’ of diversity that makes Sephardic Temple Tifereth
Israel such a rich and enriching place to call home.
The ‘Cookbook Group’ has been meeting for the past
two years, sharing recipes and traditions from Turkey,
Morocco, Rhodes, Iran, Israel, Egypt and South America.
Our diversity makes us unique – bringing new flavors
and traditions to the table; always marveling at the similarities we share. We continue to collect recipes and are
beginning the process of testing. We are actively seeking and requesting your recipes and holiday/life cycle
menus from your respective ‘home’ traditions.
The new cookbook, which we anticipate will include
photographs and stories of our rich cultures, should be
a volume that all collectors will want for their library…
and ‘foodies’ and cooks of all backgrounds will want in
their kitchen.
We look forward to sharing the history of this project
and the vision for this new edition in future issues of the
El Shofar. For now, we ask that you submit your recipes
for consideration to our editorial committee at
[email protected].
Looking forward, with your input, to a stellar cookbook
and the sharing of our rich and beautiful traditions.
SEPHARDIC TEMPLE TIFERETH ISRAEL SISTERHOOD
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Or Chadash
Event Calendar
April
6th – 10:30 am
Simon Wiesenthal Center
7th
College Outreach Care
Packages – Passover
24th – 4:30 pm
Cooking Series:
Linda Sendowski
Gourmet Challah Baking
29th – 8:30 pm
Date Night
May
4th – 11:30 am
Women of the Year Luncheon honoring Donna Levy
28th – 7:30 pm
Jewish Women’s Theater
“Unknown Stories of
Biblical Proportions”
June
2nd – 8:00 pm
Book Club –
“Scent of Butterflies”
by Dora Levy Mosannen
OR CHADA SH SISTERHOOD
Sephardic chef, she served Sephardic Sisterhood as
its president for several terms, treasurer and program vice president. Joseph Arditti, Reggie’s
husband, served as our temple’s president. Congratulations to Reggie Arditti, a well deserving woman
whose contribution to our synagogue community is
immeasurable.
Celebrating
Reggie Arditti
and Sylvia
Kapon
By Katherine Cohen
Our two wonderful
and creative friends,
Reggie Arditti and
Sylvia Kapon, were
honored at a special
Sisterhood luncheon
Sylvia Kapon with
on November 20,
Rabbi Sessler and Rabbi David
2013. My memories
trace back many years with both Reggie
and Sylvia.
Sylvia Kapon, now 95, lives near our synagogue in
the same home she and her husband, Mario, shared.
After Mario passed away in 1982, Sylvia continued
to live a strong and active life. For years she prepared all the sweet tables for the weekly Oneg
Shabbat, ordering the pastries and decorating the
platters. Sylvia also worked in the Matilda Seror Gift
Shop every day. Sylvia never hesitated to volunteer
when the Sisterhood needed to prepare a Huevo.
Sylvia also has been a speaker many times in our
Talmud Torah, sharing her stories of growing up in
Salonika, Greece. She also describes to the children
how she and her husband escaped the Nazis by
hiding in Athens in
hovels until the end
of the War. Sadly,
her mother and sister were killed in the
concentration
camps. They had
lost everything when
they returned to Salonika after the war,
including their
daughter, Rachel,
who died in a freak
Reggie Arditti with
accident. Sylvia and Rabbi Sessler and Rabbi David
Mario had one
daughter, Stella, who was born after the war in Salonika and a son, Isaac, who was born in Los Angeles. Despite the hardships of her early life, Sylvia
showed the determination and strength to create a
fulfilling life for herself in our synagogue. Congratulations to Sylvia for being honored by Sisterhood. You
are a most deserving woman of valor.
It is appropriate that Reggie Arditti, now 103, be
honored as our Sisterhood plans to publish a new
Sephardic cookbook. Reggie, as co-editor, and Pearl
Roseman, as editor, initiated our first cookbook that
went to press in 1971. Recipes from women in our
community welcomed volunteers into their homes
to translate non-standard measurements into standard measurements and test recipes so they could
be easily prepared in any home. A half eggshell of
oil became a quarter cup and all the Ladino instructions women had scribbled onto bits of paper
needed translation into English. Creating this cookbook was a work of love and years. The cookbook
was reviewed in the LA Times over a lunch Reggie
prepared. The menu: boyos, burekas, fritadas,
soutlatch and biscochos! The cookbook critic could
not help being blown away by the Sephardic delicacies and Reggie remembers being blown away by
the number of cookbooks sold worldwide.
Recently, Reggie came into the temple with her
daughter, Louise, to pick up two cookbooks for new
customers! A woman who lost her cookbook in
Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey purchased one.
Cooking the Sephardic Way continues to be used in
many homes. Reggie not only was an extraordinary
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LOS MERECIDOS RECIPIENTS
What is Los Merecidos?
Los Merecidos is a Ladino phrase which literally
means “The Deserved Ones.” Since our community
was originally started by Ladino speaking Sephardic
Jews from Greece and Turkey the name stuck. In
1981 the first “Los Merecidos” was awarded in
recognition of tireless efforts on behalf of our
congregation and our Temple. Since then, there have
been a number of members who have been recognized as leaders of our community for their passion
and commitment to volunteer so that this community
would continue to strive for future generations. Our
2014 Los Merecidos recipients follow in the footsteps of all the past honorees and we thank them all
for their hard work and commitment.
NOW ON SALE IN THE
MATHILDA SEROR GIFT SHOP
Is the Sephardic Haggadah
Published by the
Hyman Jebb Levy Foundation
Artwork by in gold leaf
Raphael Abecassis
Commentary by
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
Beautifully illustrated and written
by way of questions
and answers to the complete Passover
Seder and the
message it intends to pass on from
generation to generation
Jacqueline Amira-Slutske
Contact:
Mireille Mathalon at 818.884.9191
or
Rae Cohen at 310.275.5418
Large~$65 t Small~$45
Amir Abselet
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AROUND T HE WORLD WITH LASHA
For the last few months, LASHA friends
with seniors, meeting them in their homes, and pro-
have traveled the world with our new program,
viding for their specific needs.
WEDNESDAYS WITH LASHA. We have tasted foods
LASHA feels blessed and grateful to the President of
and have been entertained by the music of different
Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, Ben Mehdizadeh,
countries. We look forward to this continued
the Board of Directors and the office, grounds and
adventure as we explore our rich Sephardic cultures
security staff for being such gracious hosts for our
and history.
programs. Levy Hall is the ideal location for our
LASHA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to
lunch programs and the last three events have seen
promoting the well being of the Sephardic seniors
the hall packed to capacity. We feel at home in the
in the greater Los Angeles area. In 1953-54 a small
synagogue and look forward to a continued and
farsighted group of dedicated Sephardic men and
long lasting relationship as we bring our seniors to-
women predicted the need for our organization
gether in this warm and inviting home.
and laid the groundwork for LASHA as we know
As we continue our Wednesdays with LASHA, we
it today.
welcome all of you, our temple community, your
LASHA helps us fulfill the commandment “Honor
familes and friends to our programs. Travel the World
Thy Father and Mother” by providing programs that
with LASHA as we fulfill our Founders’ promise of
bring our seniors together and acknowledge that
“Honoring our Fathers and Mothers”.
their lives are important and they are not forgotten.
On behalf of LASHA, I wish all of you a warm and
These programs for our seniors include luncheons,
delicious Pesach and look forward to meeting many
resource assistance and social interaction for home-
new friends at our events.
bound seniors. Our staff and many volunteers inter-
Shalom Haverim,
face with seniors who are in need of assistance,
Marie Altchech
transportation or companionship. We work directly
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J OIN US
Cyrus Cylinder Event in November 2013
At the Hollywood Bowl
Hanukkah Bazzar
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MENS CL UB MESSAG E
Shalom,
It has been my honor to serve as the president of the Men’s club of Sephardic Temple for this past year. During
the past year, the Men’s club has been reenergized and has accomplished quite a bit. We have our monthly
game nights the second Tuesday of every month, book and lecture series, guest speakers, Jewish Chamber of
Commerce business networking events, and of course our annual dinner. We have a lot more planned for the
coming year and encourage you to join us in helping build a strong Men’s club and Temple Community. Please
continue to show your support by becoming engaged in Temple and Men’s club events.
On behalf of the Men’s Club, I want to wish all of you a happy and healthy Pesach.
Chag Pesach Sameach
Alex Rachmanony, President
COMMUNIT Y N EWS
Andrea Levy has been accepted at
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo as a Computer
Engineering Major. Andrea was also awarded
a Jacket of Excellence at Venice High
for high academic achievement.
Esty Bharier
Graduating from Providence
Country Day School in
Rhode Island with a 4.2 GPA
The Orozco Family and baby
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NEW MEMBERS / BA R & BAT MITZVAHS
New Members
Mr. & Mrs John Berookhim
Ms. Rashel Dardashti
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Farzan
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Hakimi
Dr. & Mrs. Steven Kamara
Mr. & Mrs. Dan Kohanarieh
Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Masjedi
Mr. Justin Monem
Mr. Maurice Moussavieh
Mr. & Mrs. Malek Neman
Mrs Farangis Siman
Mr. & Mrs. Shahab Vahdat
(not pictured)
Raanan Family
John and Loretta, Ryan, Rodney, Matthew and Justin
Mazel Tov
z
Dr. Shannon Aftalion
and
Mr. Daniel Khakshouri
Kayla Melamed
Bat Mitzvah - September 28, 2013
Parashat Bereshith
MARRIED ON
DECEMBER 31, 2013
Ethan Nikfar
Bar Mitzvah – January 18, 2014
Parashat Yitro
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LOS ANGELES
JEWISH HISTORY
[THE SEPHARDIC IMMIGRANTS WHO BROUGHT FLOWERS TO L.A.]
by EDMON J. RODMAN, Contributing Writer
O
n Valentine’s Day, as you exit a free- Avenue. His daughter, Rita Azur, ran the now- Grace, sells flowers on Sundays at the Encino he raises amaryllis on his nine-acre ranch in
Farmers Market.
Malibu and remembers the 25 years of having
way off-ramp or drive down the shuttered Rita Flora on La Brea Boulevard.
For Joseph Cohen, selling flowers in traffic breakfast with his brothers at the Flower MarIn 1943, at age 16, Joseph Cohen’s desire for
streets of Los Angeles, the people you
see hawking red-and-white holiday bouquets a car drove him back into the business. A buddy proved too hard. In 1946, he moved up in the ket talking about flower prices, fishing and girls
on street corners may have more in common has been drafted into the army and was selling business by selling sweet peas on the corner of as “some of the best times of my life.”
Other Sephardic florists parlayed their exa 1932 Ford roadster for $135 that Cohen just Cahuenga Boulevard and Riverside Drive. “I
with you than you might ever imagine.
periences differently. In the 1930s, according
In the early 20th century, Sephardic immi- had to have. “How you going to pay me back?” made $35 a day,” he recalled.
to “Sending Flowers
grants, many from the Mediterranean island of asked his brother Al, who eventually
to America: Stories
Rhodes, as well as from Turkey and Syria, got loaned him the money.
of the Los Angeles
The answer: selling flowers.
their first scent of success in America by selling
Flower Market” by
After school, Cohen went to the
flowers on L.A. street corners. From poor bePeggi Ridgeway and
ginnings, often speaking only Ladino, they, and intersection of Slauson Avenue and
Jan Works (2008,
eventually their children and grandchildren, Crenshaw Boulevard and sold flowers
American Florist’s
would go on to establish flower shops dotting in traffic. “It wasn’t long before I could
Exchange),
Leon
the southland, as well buy real estate, and climb pay him back,” Cohen said.
Moskatel, an immiLou Hasson, whose parents, Joseph
the economic ladder.
grant from Turkey
Two brothers, Joseph and Robert Cohen, and Grace, came to Los Angeles from
born in 1902, set
whose parents were from Syria and Rhodes and Rhodes in 1921, remembers how “Sepup a retail flower
who started out selling flowers on corners, are hardic Jews would stand on street corshop on Wall Street
among those who branched out into real es- ners in downtown L.A. and sell flowers
in downtown Los
tate. Leon Moskatel, from Turkey, started with a or shine shoes,” he said.
Angeles, where, to
Hasson’s mother and his brother
flower shop downtown that would expand into
supplement selling
florist supplies.
cut flowers he also
shop
Flower
began selling floral
owner Victor Levy,
supplies.
whose parents were
After Sam Apfrom Rhodes, would
plebaum, his first
become an organiMoskatel’s during the late 1950s. Photo courtesy of American Florists’ Exchange
cousin, joined the
zational leader in the
In 1950, Cohen opened the La business, the two men shifted their focus to
flower business, and
Cienega Flower Shop with his sis- merchandising floral supplies. Eventually purPerry Hasson, son
ter Sue. Finding the going tough, he chased by Michael’s craft supply stores after
of flower-selling imalso started selling roses, carnations Moskatel’s death in 1962, the store remains to
migrants, also from
and violets on the corner of Barham this day under its original name, Moskatels.
Rhodes, would hit
“They were very generous to each other,”
Boulevard and Forest Lawn Drive.
upon an innovative
An old hand in the business advised Ridgeway said of the Jewish immigrants who
way of selling flowthat to increase sales, he should did business at the flower market. “Especially
ers that is still with us
pour a little cologne into the buckets good to their own countrymen,” she added.
today.
Victor Levy, born in 1927, recalls at least
holding the violets.
But long before
At La Cienega, after trying his seven Sephardic-owned flower shops in Long
that, for many Sephand at arrangements, Cohen real- Beach, some within just a few blocks of one
hardic families, inized he could do better simply by another. “When one did well, others moved in;
cluding that of my
selling cut flowers. “I was not a flo- most were relatives,” said Levy, who opened
wife, Brenda —Perry
rist, but I did know how to buy and Victor’s flower shop in Lakewood in 1954, and,
Hasson was her faover time, added locations in Cypress, Long
sell,” he said.
ther — the flower Joe Cohen, corner of Barham and Forest Lawn Drive, circa 1958. Photo courtesy of Joe Cohen
“I used to love the flower market, Beach and Norwalk.
business meant risLevy, who was elected president of both the
ing even before the flowers opened their petals Perry, who was born in 1925 and died in 1963, that was my baby,” said Cohen, who enjoyed
to trek downtown to the L.A. wholesale flower ran Flowers by Pierre on Whittier Boulevard, the business challenge, especially when flowers Florists’ Transworld Delivery (FTD) in 1980 and
the Southern California Floral Association in
markets to start to move those carnations and not far from Home of Peace cemetery. Perry were scarce or the market was flooded.
“The biggest days were Mother’s Day and 1973, said he “loved the flower business, workHasson’s wife, Shirley Berko, (my mother-inroses.
Joseph Cohen, born in Los Angeles in 1927 law) recalls standing on a corner selling mixed Valentine’s Day,” said Cohen, who found a ing with nature and beauty. I didn’t have to
and one of seven children, has strong child- bouquets for 52 cents a bunch even when preg- niche by putting out large, colorful displays for wear a necktie,” he said.
“The flower business has been good to all
hood memories of his trips to the flower market nant. “They probably felt sorry for me,” she sur- passersby to see.
In 1964, Cohen purchased a property at La us Sephardics,” said Levy, who retired in 1985
with his father. “Afterwards, we would go have mised.
and whose daughter, Melinda Evans, carries on
Soon after the Santa Ana Freeway opened Cienega Boulevard and Melrose
breakfast in the Flower Market Cafe. We would
Avenue, where he put up a new building. in the business in Long Beach. “It’s a way for
all get one giant order of hotcakes,” he remem- in mid-1950s, Lou Hasson claims his brother
Perry was the first to sell flowers at an off -ramp. Eventually his purchase of a street corner in immigrants, all immigrants, to get into mainbered.
“When I was 12, on Sundays, my father had “He hired two teenage Sephardic boys and Beverly Hills for a flower stand led to an even stream America,” he said, noting that many
me run his flower stand on Long Beach Boule- dropped them off in the morning and picked larger development on the property. “My stores have now been sold to Koreans. “The
vard and Vernon [Avenue],” said Cohen. “One them up at the end of the day,” recalled Has- brother Bobby [also in the flower business] Koreans have taken over where the Sephardics
day he came by and saw me playing with the son, a founding partner of Green Hasson Janks, and I built the Four Seasons Hotel,” Cohen left off,” he said.
Have a lead for an L.A. Jewish history story?
said.
guys. I never worked for him after that,” he a Los Angeles accounting firm.
“I didn’t know anything else. I was just a Contact Edmon Rodman at edmojace@gmail.
Continuing in the family tradition, Susie
said. Cohen spoke from his office above his son
Morris’ flower shop, Moe’s Flowers, on Melrose Hasson Levey, a granddaughter of Joseph and kid,” Cohen said of his career in flowers. Today, com. ■
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Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel
YOM HASHOAH
Please join us as we honor our survivors and their families
and remember those who we lost
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Service begins at 11:00 am
Heavenly angels, forever pray for these martyrs for their souls to
rest among the just. Innocent victims eternally etched in our hearts,
for you we recite “Yitgadal Veyitkadash Shemei Raba”
IN MEMORIA M
Claudie Oliver
August 4, 2013
Estelle Strasser
August 7, 2013
Rebecca “Becky” Codron
September 28, 2013
Karl Gottesfeld
December 6, 2013
Sara Segura
December 13, 2013
Esther Siprut
February 6, 2014
Captain Jack Scapa
December 3, 2013
May G-d comfort their families among the
Mourners of Zion and Jerusalem
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECENT DONATIONS!
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Mr. & Mrs. Peyman Yadegar
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Yasharel
Mr. & Mrs. David Yashar
Mr. Parviz Yedidsion
Mr. Yahoudai Yahouda
Dr. Payman Danielpour
Mr. & Mrs. Rafi Ghodsian
Daniel Melamed
Dr. & Mrs Norman Sarafian
Mr. & Mrs. David Seror
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Slutske
Mr. Mark Wasserman
Aaron Attarzadeh
Shayan Elyahouzadeh
Mrs. Julia Moshe
Mr. & Mrs. Mordechai Nikfar
Mr. & Mrs. Farshid Nowain
Daniel Morovati
Hecker School Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Hecker
High Holidays Donation
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Cohen
Mr. Micah Amado
Maurice & Dora Benbeniste
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Cohen
Mr. & Mrs. Max Homami
Mr. & Mrs. Houshang Javidzad
Mr. David Lindheim
Mr. & Mrs. Salomon Maya
Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Newman
Mr. & Mrs. Kamran Nickfardjam
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Shamooilian
Mr. & Mrs. Massoud Yashouafar
Mr. & Mrs. Solyman Yashouafar
Mr. & Mrs. Shahpour -Shawn Javidzad
Mr Jamshid Golshan
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Shamooilian
Mr. & Mr. Abraham Yazdi
Mr. & Mrs. Saul J. Mathalon
Mr. & Mrs. Elisha Yonaty
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Clumeck
Mr. Joshua Mehdyzadeh
Mr. & Mrs. Hamid Yashar
Mr. & Mrs. Motty Zafrani
Mr. & Mrs. Haroon Hanasab
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Maya
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald J Nessim
Mr. Jonathan Nik
Mr. & Mrs. Alex Rachmanony
Dr. Mark Tarica
Mr. Jack Amber
Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Melamed
Dr. & Mrs. Eddie Siman
Mr. & Mrs. David Akaks
Mr. & Mrs. Gaston Barrocas
Dr. & Mrs. Benjamin Bonavida
Mr. & Mrs. Jay Saadian
Mr. Keith Abrahams &
Mrs. Mathilde Kapuano-Abraham
Mr. & Mrs. Ronny Bensimon
Mr. & Mrs. Armand Marciano
Mr. & Mrs. Julio Maya
Mr. & Mrs. Siamak Parsakar
Mr. & Mrs. Max Candiotty
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Mehdizadeh
Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Mizrahi
Dr. Rahmatollah Nassi
Dr. & Mrs. Jacques Tazartes
Ms. Tina Ghodsian
Mr. & Mrs. Mordechai Ben-Samochan
Mr. & Mrs. Robert De Mayo
Mr. & Mrs. Farzad Ghadooshahy
Mr. & Mrs. Abraham S. Iny
Mr. Novaj Javidzad
Vicki & Jack Karmona
Mr. Albert Lanciano
Mr. & Mrs. Willy Leon
Nicolai Marciano
Mr. Paul Marciano
Mrs. Esther Maya
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Maya
Mr. Michael Maya
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Mr. Robin Nourmand
Mr. & Mrs. Farid Pakravan
Mr. Andrew Shamooilian
Mr. Zohar Wertheim
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Yashouafar
Mr. & Mrs. Ned Nik
Mr. & Mrs. Farid Moradi
Ariel Kasheri
Mr. Jason Nik
Kiddush Sponsorship
Mr. & Mrs. Hamid Yashar
Mr. & Mrs. Jay Saadian
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Shamooilian
Maurice & Dora Benbeniste
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Halimi
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Shamooilian
Alex Rachmanony
Ahdout Family
Torah and Prayer Books
Maurice & Dora Benbeniste
Mr. & Mrs. Ellis Ghodsian
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Jacobson
Vicki & Jack Karmona
Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Newman
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Shamooilian
Mr. & Mrs. Massoud Yashouafar
Mr. & Mrs. Solyman Yashouafar
Mrs. Buena Angel
Mrs. Catherine Halfon
Mr. & Mrs. Saul J. Mathalon
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Mehdizadeh
Mr. & Mrs. Nasser (Abraham Nazarian
Mr. Sasan Parsakar
Mr. & Mrs. Siamak Parsakar
Mr, & Mrs. Menahem Samrano
Mr. Parviz Yedidsion
Mr. & Mrs. Elisha Yonaty
Mr. & Mrs. Afshin Zakhor
Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Esquenazi
Mr. & Mrs. Hamid Yashar
Mr. & Mr. Abraham Yazdi
Mr. & Mrs. Alex Rachmanony
Mrs. Rosa Yedidsion
Mr. Neal Halfon & Ms. Jessica Laufer
Pre-School Fund Donation
Hooshang Kashani
Yahooda Roshanzamir
Mr. & Mrs. Hamid Yashar
Mr. & Mrs. Siamak Parsakar
Mr. Hy Arnesty
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Cohen
Mr. David Lindheim
Mr. Micah Amado
Mr. & Mrs. Hyman Jebb Levy
Mr. & Mrs. Alex Rachmanony
Mr. & Mrs. Salomon Maya
Mr, & Mrs. Menahem Samrano
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Minow
Mr. & Mrs. Max Candiotty
Mrs. Pearl Barocas
Mr. Julian Aroesty
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Farzan
Mr. Parham Yashar
Maurice & Dora Benbeniste
Mr. & Mrs. Houshang Javidzad
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Mehdizadeh
Mr. & Mrs. David Mehdyzadeh
Mr. & Mrs. Menahem Samrano
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Shamooilian
Mr. & Mrs. Solyman Yashouafar
Mr. Bardia Anvar & Mrs. Tania Pourat
Mr. Felix Benzimra
Ms. Constantina Pair
Mr. Hooshang Kashani
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Melamed
Mr. & Mrs. Farid Moradi
Mrs. Julia Moshe
Mr. & Mrs. Yahooda Roshanzamir
Emanuel Yashari Family
Mr. Keith Abrahams &
Mrs. Mathilde Kapuano-Abraham
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Cohen
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A Falcon
Mrs. Dorothy Liener
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Maya
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Mizrahi
Michael Moradi
Mr. Sasan Parsakar
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Soroudi
Mr. & Mrs. Nessim Tiano
Mr. Mark Wasserman
Secret Fund Donation
Mr. & Ms. Martin Halfon
Mr. Micah Amado
Mrs. Roselyn Benon
Mr. & Mrs. Ronny Bensimon
Mr. & Mr. Abraham Yazdi
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Soroudi
Mr. & Mrs. Julio Maya
Mr. Benjamin C. Bohr
Mr. David Lindheim
Miss Grace Benveniste
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Cohen
Ms. Rae Cohen
Mr. Neal Halfon & Ms. Jessica Laufer
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Melamed
Mr. Barry Salzman
Mr. & Mrs. Alex Rachmanony
Mr. & Mrs. Farhad Pezeshki
Talmud Torah Donation
Mr. & Mrs. Saul J. Mathalon
Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Newman
Mr. & Mrs. Ebrahim Yedidsion
Mr. Isaac Caston
Mr. Jack De Leon
Dr. & Mrs. Jacques Tazartes
Mr. & Mrs. Jozef Bilman
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Mehrdad Attarzadeh
Mr. & Mrs. Alex Beroukhim
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Shamooilian
Mr. & Mrs. Ebrahim Morovati
Dr. & Mrs. Luis Esquenazi
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Cohen
Mr. & Mrs. Abraham Kadisha
Mrs. Sylvia Kapon
Mr. Jack Seror
Dr. & Mrs. Payam Kashfian
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Melamed
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Mizrahi
Benjamin Makhani
Mr. & Mrs. Menahem Samrano
Mr. Elliot Shavalian
Dr. & Mrs. Benjamin Bonavida
Mr. & Mrs. Haroon Hanasab
Mr. & Mrs. Alex Rachmanony
Mr. Elliot Labib
Mr. Parham Yashar
Mr. Joshua Melamed
Mr. & Mrs. Hamid Yashar
Mr. & Mrs. Motty Zafrani
Maurice & Dora Benbeniste
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Maya
Mr. & Mrs. Salomon Maya
Arieh Soufer
Mr. & Mrs. Ronny Bensimon
Mr. & Mrs. Max Homami
Mr. & Mrs. Armand Marciano
Mr. & Mrs. Julio Maya
Mr. & Mrs. Ruben Gamerberg
Dr. & Mrs. Sion Daftari
Mr. & Mrs. Parviz Omidvar
Mr. Ezatolah Barlava
Mrs. Pearl Barocas
Mr. Benjamin C Bohr
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Ms. Rachel Goodman
Mr. & Mrs. Jay Saadian
Mr. & Mrs. Edmond Banafsheha
Mr. & Mrs. Mordechai Nikfar
Mr. Paul Maya
Michael Moradi
Mr. & Mrs. Massoud Yashouafar
Mr. & Mrs. Farhad Kasheri
Dr. & Mrs. Eric Harouni
Mr. Micah Amado
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Hasson
Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Hasson
Mr. & Mrs. Houshang Javidzad
Mr. & Mrs. Kamran Nickfardjam
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Shamooilian
Mr. & Mrs. Eitan Sharaf
Mr. & Mrs. Abraham Yadegaran
Mr. & Mrs. Behrouz (Bruce) Banafsheha
Mr Jonathan Benbeniste
Mr. Felix Benzimra
Mr. & Mrs Behrouze Berookhim
Dr. & Dr. George (Shimon) Fouladian
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Jacobson
Mr. Nathan Javidzad
Mr. & Mrs. Hyman Jebb Levy
Mr. David Lindheim
Mr. & Mrs. Rouhollah Nassi
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Shamooilian
Mr. Ariel Yamin
Mr. & Mr. Abraham Yazdi
Dr. Payman Danielpour
Mr. Jeffrey Levy
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Levy
Mr. & Mrs. David Seror
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Slutske
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Cohen
Daniel Melamed
Mr. & Mrs. Eliyahue Roussos
Thank you!
PASSOVE R SCHEDULE 5774/2014
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Search for Chametz
Monday, April 14, 2014
Fast of the First Born
7:00 AM • Shacharit
Monday, April 14, 2014
First Night of Pessah
First Seder
6:30 pm • Minha/Arvit
6:51 pm • Candle Lighting
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
First Day of Pessah
8:30 am • Shacharit/Morning Service
6:30 pm • Minha/Arvit
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Second Day of Pessah
8:30 am • Shacharit/Morning Service
Sunday, April 20, 2014
6:30 pm • Minha/Arvit
Monday, April 21, 2014
Seventh Day of Pessah
8:30 am • Shacharit/Morning Service
6:30 pm • Minha/Arvit
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Eighth Day of Pessah
8:30 am • Shacharit/Morning Service
8:03 pm • End of Pessah
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