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SUMMARY:CA Ballot Measures Forum w/ Mona Field\, LWV
DESCRIPTION:Abortion\, gambling\, and electric cars: Are you ready to vote on these and more issues? \n\nParticipants are welcome to bring their sample ballots\, political junk mail\, thoughts and questions so we may analyze these things together. \nLed by Mona Field\, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Co-President of the Board of the League of Women Voters. Mona literally wrote the textbook on California politics\, California Government and Politics Today\, now in its 15th edition. \nCome at 10am for bagels & coffee\nProgram 10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. \n\nFREE to Attend – All are welcome! \nIn person OUTDOORS at Short Avenue Elementary School \nThis will be a nonpartisan conversation – NOT focused on either party’s primary\, not about the candidates but rather about the ballot measures.
URL:https://www.sholem.org/event/ca-ballot-measures-forum-w-mona-field-lwv/
LOCATION:Short Avenue Elementary School\, 12814 Maxella Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90066\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Activity
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221107
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SUMMARY:Mindful Awareness: Practices for Daily Living (10:30am)
DESCRIPTION:Marilyn McLaughlin\, parent of two Sholem school graduates\, returns to share a unique approach to mindfulness that is both quiet and interactive\, in stillness and in motion. Learn a few simple techniques that will nurture connection within and all around. We will calm the mind and inspire the heart. \nBringing your own lawn chair is highly recommended for maximum comfort. Headphones that work with your phone are also suggested. \nBagels & Coffee at 10am\nOutdoors at Short Avenue Elementary \n \nMarilyn McLaughlin MFA\, RSMT Unified Mindfulness L2 Coach has been an arts and wellness practitioner for 30 years. For more information about her customized multidisciplinary wellness programs for individuals and groups\, visit: allbodiesmove.com.
URL:https://www.sholem.org/event/mindfulness-meditation-with-marilyn-mclaughlin-1030am/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Adult Activity,General
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221114
DTSTAMP:20260404T120628
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SUMMARY:OPEN HOUSE (10am Bagels & Coffee\, 10:30 Program)
DESCRIPTION:Our School Principal\, Ross Helford\, will lead a discussion with current and prospective families about the importance\, urgency\, and value of a secular Jewish education – including its history and what it is today. We will also have an overview of our school\, curriculum\, didactic approach\, bmitsve program*\, teen/belfer program\, and our multigenerational community offerings. \nSholem Open House\nSunday\, November 13\n10:00 a.m. Bagels\, Juice & Coffee\n10:30-11:30 a.m. Program \n(Linger afterwards for further schmoozing.) \nHelp spread the word.  Invite friends. \nAll are welcome! \nQuestions: ross@sholem.org \n* While the adults are engaged with the Open house\, Sholem dad (and former student/barmitsve) David Goldberg will be meeting with our Hey class. The students will consider which pressing societal needs most capture their attention and decide on one for their bmitsve social action project. \n[Image from the Peretz Centre for Jewish Culture]
URL:https://www.sholem.org/event/community-kibbitz-1030am/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Adult Activity,General
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241006
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241007
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SUMMARY:Sunday School + CA Ballot Measures Forum with Mona Field
DESCRIPTION:CA Ballot Measures Forum\nw/ Mona Field\, Professor Emerita\, Political Science\n\n\n\nWe are delighted to have longtime Sholem member Mona Field back to lead one of her always popular and informative pre-election forums. Mona will help explain the measures and share who is supporting and opposing each. Participants are welcome to bring their sample ballots\, political junk mail\, thoughts and questions so we may analyze our choices together. \nMona is past President of the Board of the League of Women Voters of Greater Los Angeles and Professor Emerita of Political Science. She literally wrote the textbook on California politics\, California Government and Politics Today\, now in its 15th edition. \nThis will be a nonpartisan conversation – NOT about candidates. \nSunday\, October 6\, 2024\nCome at 10am for bagels & coffee\nProgram 10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. \n\nShort Avenue Elementary School\n12814 Maxella Ave.\nLos Angeles\, CA 90066\n(Plenty of free street parking) \nFREE to Attend – All are welcome!\n \nQuestions: info@sholem.org
URL:https://www.sholem.org/event/sunday-school-36/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Adult Activity,Sunday school
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250504T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250504T123000
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SUMMARY:Sunday School + Klezmer Dance 101 with Bruce Bierman
DESCRIPTION:Classes will meet as usual this Sunday\, May 4\, beginning at 10 a.m.   Please come early for coffee\, bagels and schmoozing. \nAlso\, we are delighted to bring back Bruce Bierman for another workshop in Jewish dance.  All are welcome!  There will be a one hour adult workshop from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.\, followed by a workshop for the entire school and parents from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. \nKlezmer Dance 101: A Mitsve to be in Simkhe \nCome move\, laugh\, and connect at this joyful workshop for youth and their families! Once nearly forgotten\, the traditional Jewish folk dances of the Ashkenazi Jews—like the Freylekh\, Joq\, Husidl\, Sher\, Bulgar\, and Patsh Tanz—are now joyfully returning to life\, thanks to a renaissance sparked by the tireless work of passionate Yiddish music and dance folkologists and researchers. \nNo experience is needed. whether dancing in community\, with a chaver (a friend)\, or stepping out solo in a moment of shayning—showing off your own unique flair—there’s room for everyone. Led by an experienced dance leader—but always invited to dance to the beat of your own drummer—this is dance for the Folk\, where joy matters more than perfection. \nBruce Bierman is the co-artistic director of the award-winning Yiddish Theatre Ensemble of Berkeley and is a leading presenter of Jewish dance throughout California.  Bruce has studied with a handful of great Jewish dance masters including Felix Fibich–who with his wife and mentor\, Judith Berg\, choreographed the 1937 Yiddish classic film\, ‘The Dybbuk’.  Bruce was a lead dancer and teaching artist with the acclaimed Aman Folk Ensemble of Los Angeles and a regular at the Skirball Museum with Mostly Kosher and John Anson Ford Theater with the L.A. Jewish Symphony.  He recently served as Yiddish dance and theater dramaturg for several productions of Paula Vogel’s ‘Indecent’ at the Arena Stage\, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the critically acclaimed production at the San Francisco Playhouse. Here’s a short video introduction to Bruce. \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH2Uh7fxSQw
URL:https://www.sholem.org/event/sunday-school-54/
LOCATION:Short Avenue Elementary School\, 12814 Maxella Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90066\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Activity,Sunday school
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250928T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250928T120000
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SUMMARY:Mindfulness Meditation (Adult Activity)
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to bring Robin Hart Cohen to Sholem to teach a class in Mindfulness Meditation.  This class will explore a variety of ways to meditate and discover what mindfulness is all about.\n\n  \n10:00 a.m. Check-in; coffee & bagels provided\n10:30 a.m. to 12 noon\nFree to attend.  Donations to Sholem appreciated.\n\n  \nIn preparation for the class\, if possible\, you are invited to find a quiet area where you might be able to sit comfortably with a low level of distraction and take a few moments to consider your intention for the class. What brings you here? What would you like to take away from this class?\n\n  \nPlease feel free to bring a pillow\, blanket\, back support\, water or any other comfort you might need. You might want to bring a journal as well. \n  \n\n\nRobin Hart Cohen is a graduate of the Insight L.A. Facilitator Training Program as well as a graduate of Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s two-year Mindfulness Meditation Teachers Certification Program.  She also has certificates from UC Berkeley Power of Awareness course and UC San Diego Mindfulness Center for “Do No Harm” Course.  She is also a member of the International Meditation Teachers Association.
URL:https://www.sholem.org/event/mindfulness-meditation-1/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Adult Activity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251019T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251019T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T120628
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SUMMARY:Prop 50 Special Election Discussion with Mona Field
DESCRIPTION:CA Prop 50 Special Election Forum\nw/ Mona Field\, Professor Emerita\, Political Science\n  \nAre you feeling confused about prop 50? Or have a strong position on this brand new ballot measure? Either way\, come to Sholem for discussion of proposition 50\, why we are voting unexpectedly  in an odd numbered year\, and all the pros and cons. Prop 50 is a statewide special election\, which was announced very recently.  \n\nMany people may find this an easy decision\, but please  feel free to join us and join the conversation about how and why we have a special election. Who’s behind it? What does it all mean? How will the outcome affect us all?\n\nAs always\, we will have a civil and thoughtful discussion\, no matter how many points of view we bring to the conversation.\n\n  \nSunday\, October 19 2024\n10am check-in\, bagels & coffee\nProgram 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 PM. \n\nShort Avenue Elementary School\n12814 Maxella Avenue.\nLos Angeles\, CA 90066\n(Plenty of free street parking) \nFREE to Attend – All are welcome!\n \nQuestions: info@sholem.org
URL:https://www.sholem.org/event/prop-50-special-election-discussion-with-mona-field/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Adult Activity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251116T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251116T123000
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SUMMARY:Screening & Discussion:  “Meet Me at Brooklyn & Soto”
DESCRIPTION:Screening & Discussion\nSunday\, November 16\, 2025\n10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. \n“MEET ME AT BROOKLYN AND SOTO” (1995\, 70 min) is a nostalgic celebration of the Jewish community that once thrived within the East L.A. neighborhood of Boyle Heights. The street then named Brooklyn Avenue (now Cesar Chavez Avenue) and its intersection with Soto was the heart of the largest Jewish community west of Chicago from the 1920s to the 1950s. \nThis documentary film\, created by oral historian Ellie Kahn for the Jewish Historical Society of Southern California\, began as an oral history project\, with Ellie training 25 volunteers to interview 120 former residents of Boyle Hts and City Terrace. Ellie then produced “Meet Me at Brooklyn & Soto\,” which utilizes archival film footage\, vintage photos and her interviews with dozens of former residents of the neighborhood. \nThe fascinating\, moving and often amusing recollections shared by those who were interviewed make it clear that it was a unique\, hamish\, active community\, rich in Yiddish culture and leftist organizing. \n“One of the most heart-warming documentaries you will find.” — the Barrio Boychik \nProducer/Director Ellie Kahn will be present for discussion following the film. \n>>> To reserve your seat(s)\,\nRSVP to regan@sholem.org <<< \n10:00 a.m. Check-in\, Bagels & Coffee\n10:30 a.m. Screening and Q&A\nShort Avenue Elementary School\n12814 Maxella Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA 90066\n \nPresented by the Sholem Community and Ellie Kahn/Living Legacies Productions\, in cooperation with the SoCal Arbeter Ring/Workers Circle and Kultur Mercado. \nAll are welcome | Free to attend
URL:https://www.sholem.org/event/screening-meet-me-at-brooklyn-soto/
LOCATION:Short Avenue Elementary School\, 12814 Maxella Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90066\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Activity
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251123T170000
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SUMMARY:L.A. Yiddish Day 2025 (field trip)
DESCRIPTION:This day-long celebration will bring together Yiddishists\, cultural enthusiasts\, educators\, students\, and the wider Jewish community for lectures\, workshops\, performances\, and community-building centered on the Yiddish language and its enduring legacy. \nProgramming will feature sessions for both beginners and advanced speakers\, cultural events highlighting Yiddish music and literature\, and special presentations to connect audiences with the lived experience of the Holocaust through survivor testimony. LA Yiddish Day aims to reignite Yiddish cultural life in Los Angeles by catering to all levels of interest and creating a platform for intergenerational learning and exchange. \nThere will be a schoolwide field trip for Sholem students and their families\, prioritizing activities for younger children earlier in the day.  \nSunday\, November 23\, 2025\n10:00 AM – 5:00 PM\nat Hebrew Union College – Los Angeles\n3077 University Avenue\nLos Angeles\, CA 90007 \nThis will be the first major community-driven Yiddish event in Southern California in nearly a decade\, bringing together the many organizations whose work helps to keep Yiddish language\, culture\, and memory alive in the city. \nDoors will open at 9:45 AM for check-in and morning coffee. Light refreshments will be provided throughout the day\, and all sessions are open to registered participants. \nFor tickets go to\nhttps://givebutter.com/layiddish2025\n\nPresented by Kultur Mercado\, in partnership with the Sholem Community\, Southern California Arbeter Ring Educational Center\, Holocaust Museum LA\, Der Nister\, HUC-Jewish Language Project\, and the California Institute for Yiddish Culture and Language (CIYCL).
URL:https://www.sholem.org/event/yiddish-day-la-2025/
LOCATION:Hebrew Union College\, 3077 University Avenue\, Los Angeles\, 90007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Activity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260201T111500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260201T123000
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CREATED:20260118T190205Z
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SUMMARY:Tu Bishvat Assembly
DESCRIPTION:Traditionally Tu Bishvat was the New Year of Trees\, originally established as a way for Jewish farmers to keep time. In modern times\, it has been adapted for the planting and care of trees and as a reminder to be kind to our planet – similar to Earth Day. \n11:15 a.m.* – Principal Ross Helford will give a presentation about Tu Bishvat from a secular perspective – adults are welcome! \n  \n12 Noon* – Assembly with songs \n  \n*Times to be confirmed
URL:https://www.sholem.org/event/tu-bishvat-assembly/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Adult Activity,Sunday school
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260301T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260301T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T120628
CREATED:20260119T063357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260122T145451Z
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SUMMARY:Fundraiser: Here Lies Love at the Mark Taper Forum
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night at the Mark Taper Forum to see Here Lies Love. \nSholem has reserved a bloc of tickets to the performance on Sunday\, March 1 at 7:00 p.m.  A portion of each ticket purchased will be donated to Sholem. The deadline to order tickets is February 7\, 2026.  (After that date\, any unsold tickets will be released back to the Taper.) \nHere Lies Love is a groundbreaking musical about former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos and her family’s rise to power and subsequent fall at the hands of the Philippine People Power Revolution. Witness her journey through “exhilarating songs” (USA Today) and “imaginative spectacle” (The Guardian) over “90 breathless minutes” (The Washington Post). \nFeaturing music by Grammy\, Oscar\, and Tony Award winner David Byrne and Grammy Award winner Fatboy Slim\, and direction by Center Theatre Group Brindell & Milton Gottlieb Artistic Director Snehal Desai\, comes an all-new production (the first since appearing on Broadway in 2023) in a transformative experience combining disco beats and adrenaline-fueled choreography. The show goes beyond Imelda’s near-mythic obsession with shoes to explore true questions of authoritarian rule and responsibility. It is a story fueled by greed\, power\, and disco that feels as timely today as ever. \nFor more information and to order tickets\, please go to\nhttps://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sholems-here-lies-love-theater-fundraiser\nA portion of your ticket price is tax deductible as a donation to Sholem.
URL:https://www.sholem.org/event/fundraiser-here-lies-love-at-the-mark-taper-forum/
LOCATION:Mark Taper Forum\, 135 N Grand Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Activity,Fundraiser,spotlight
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