Sholem Community

Purim Carnival
2022-03-20 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sholemites and guests are invited to our Purim carnival! We’ll be doing our usual pantomime reading of Sholem’s Super-Colossal Purim Mishmash shpil, adapted from megiles ester by Hershl Hartman, our Education Director. As is our tradition, our Sunday school classes will each be hosting a carnival booth.
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS:
Megile (megillah) readers! Hamantashen bringers!Cleaner-uppers!
If you can pitch in, please let us know.
RSVP regan@sholem.org
Sunday, March 20
10:00am – 1:00pm (PT)
10:00 Shmooze, bagels & coffee
11:15 Megile reading & pantomime
11:30-1:00 Purim carnival
Goodman-Manpearl Residence
939 San Vicente Blvd.
Santa Monica. CA 90402
Proof of vaccination required, as age appropriate
(or negative test within last 24 hours.)

Festive attire, crazy hats, etc. are encouraged!

SHOLEM RETURNS TO SHORT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SUNDAY
2022-03-27 10:00 - 12:30
After two years of hybrid Sunday school, Sholem is at last returning to Short Avenue Elementary School!
Please note revised class schedule:
Sunday, March 27
10:00-10:20am
Bagels, shmooze, assembly
10:20am-12:15pm
Alef, Beys, Giml, Daled, Hey classes
11:30am-1:30pm
Vov class
If you have any questions about our secular Sunday school or are interested in having your child/ren try a class, please email our principal Ross Helford at ross@sholem.org.

IMPORTANT IN-PERSON MEETING FOR SCHOOL PARENTS
2022-04-03 10:30 - 11:30
SUNDAY, APRIL 3 @ 10:30AM
A message for our Sunday School parents…
Following a long and challenging absence, we are pleased to be returning to meeting in person and look forward to reconnecting.
During the pandemic, Sholem was able to make accommodations for the Sunday School, adult activities, and holiday celebrations to continue. These changes caused a reevaluation of the future of Sholem. This is what we will be in a dialogue at this meeting. Sholem is facing some challenges and our school parents need to be an integral part of the decision making.
Please plan to attend this meeting.
We hope as many of us as possible will be there to share a wide range of thoughts, ideas, and visions for Sholem’s future.
(Fellow community members are also welcome!)
Sunday School Parents
Sunday, April 3rd
10:00am Coffee, Bagels & Shmooze
10:30-11:30am Meeting
Short Avenue Elementary School
Questions: regan@sholem.org

LAST DAY OF 2021-22 CLASSES PRESENTATION & BYO PICNIC SUNDAY
2022-05-22 10:00 - 14:00
Join us on this final day of our 2021-2022 school year!
Enjoy presentations & performances.
BYO lunch for community picnic & socializing.
We will begin at 11:30am in the auditorium. All classes will do a short performance or presentation. Graduation certificates will be presented to both our Sholem Sunday school graduates as well as our 12th Grade seniors graduating from high school.
Sholem’s highest honor, the Golden Bagel, will also be awarded to one of our adult members for their exceptional service to the community.
Sunday, May 22
10:00am Classes begin
11:30am Assembly (auditorium)
followed by BYO Picnic (outdoors)
Short Avenue Elementary School
12814 Maxella Avenue, L.A. CA 90066
Please bring a mask to wear indoors.
Questions: Contact regan@sholem.org

Sarah Curley's Ba's Mitsve Ceremony (6/4)
2022-06-04
All are invited for the Ba’ Mitsve Ceremony*
of Sarah Elenore Curley
Sarah will present
Torah-fying Tales:
Jewish Horror on the Silver Screen
Saturday, June 4, 2022
IN-PERSON & ZOOM OPTIONS
4:00 p.m. In Person
The Shay Hotel
8801 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
RSVP to debmag@gmail.com by Thursday 6/2 for In Person
4:30 p.m. (PDT) Zoom
CLICK HERE FOR LINK
Meeting ID: 568 184 1552
Passcode: [REDACTED]
No RSVP necessary for Online.

Sholem’s secular Bar/Bas Mitsve observances meet the needs of families who honor their heritage and define their Jewish identity as cultural, historical, or ethnic, rather than religious. Students in our Sunday School choose a topic for in-depth research or for significant thought. The choices reflect the individual’s areas of interest…those aspects of Jewish heritage and identity that are most meaningful at this point in the young person’s life. For more info about our program, click here.

Draya Ramer's Bas Mitsve Ceremony (6/5)
2022-06-05
All are invited for the Bas Mitsve ceremony of Draya Ramer.
Draya will present:
Food: A way of Jewish Memory, Survival, and
Honoring Family Traditions, Old and New
Sunday, June 5, 2022
10:00 a.m. (PDT)
CLICK HERE FOR ZOOM LINK
Meeting ID: 84270259308
Passcode: [REDACTED]
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About Sholem’s secular Bar/Bas Mitsve program…
(see information in section above)

Sholem’s secular Bar/Bas Mitsve observances meet the needs of families who honor their heritage and define their Jewish identity as cultural, historical, or ethnic, rather than religious. Students in our Sunday School choose a topic for in-depth research or for significant thought. The choices reflect the individual’s areas of interest…those aspects of Jewish heritage and identity that are most meaningful at this point in the young person’s life. For more info about our program, click here.

SUMMER MEETING ONLINE SUNDAY, JULY 24 @ 10AM (PDT)
2022-07-24
Sholem’s annual summer meeting
has been rescheduled!
A number of folks who want to participate are unable to make the in person gathering originally scheduled for this Sunday, so we’ll be meeting via Zoom a week later.
Please plan to log in to join the discussion.
Learn what’s planned for Sholem’s 2022-2023 year.
Share your feedback and ideas!
Summer Meeting ONLINE
Sunday, July 24, 2022
10:00 a.m. PDT
CLICK HERE to join ZOOM
Questions: regan@sholem.org

Laurie Braude 80th Birthday
2022-08-28 14:00 - 17:00
Click here for location and ticketing/donation information
Laurie Braude 80th Birthday Celebration

Sholem School Orientation Online on Zoom
2022-09-11 10:00 - 11:00
Sholem School Orientation
Sunday, Sep 11, 2022
10:00 AM Pacific Time
Please email ross@sholem.org for Zoom login.
School enrollment & community membership registration is up and running!
Renew or join at:
https://www.sholem.org/school-tuition-community-membership
Hope to see many of Sholem parents & guardians virtually this Sunday, and in person next Sunday, either at Short or Stoneview!

Kol Nidre 2022 Tickets
2022-09-17 - 2022-10-03
Event Date: October 4, 2022 7:00PM
Tickets available online through October 3. In Memoriam program tributes close September 28. Yizker available through October 3.
Tickets will be available at the door.

School families’ membership is included with school tuition.
Click below to join or renew your 2022-2023 Sholem membership
Join or renew your Sholem membership

Click below to purchase Kol Nidre 2022 tickets at the theater:
Purchase tickets at the door only

Sholem Sunday School - 1st Day of 2022-2023 (at Stoneview Nature Center)
2022-09-18 10:00 - 12:30 | Stoneview Nature Center, 5950 Stoneview Drive, Culver City, CA, 90232
After a one-week delay due to the LAUSD hack prohibited us from returning, we are excited we WILL be starting the 2022-23 school year Sunday, Sept 18th. Instead of Short Elementary School, will be meet at our home away from home over the last few years:
Stoneview Nature Center

Stoneview is located on the west side of La Cienega opposite Kenneth Hahn Park. It is a lovely, open, peaceful space. There is ample parking. Once the main lot gets filled, they have more parking in an unpaved lot that’s off to the right as you enter. Here is the address:

Stoneview Nature Center
5950 Stoneview Dr,
Culver City, CA 90232

We will begin gathering at 10AM, and will have ample bagels and coffee (and probably some juice too). Around 10:20, we will have a morning assembly, learn a little about the Jewish new year, hear the shofar/shoyfer, then meet our classes.

Classes will end between 12:15-12:30.

Parents are welcome to stay, and especially parents of new students, please do! Stoneview is a beautiful place to spend a morning, and be in community.

Parents who are dropping off, there will be a sign out sheet.

As of now, the forecast is high in the mid-70s with a 30% chance of rain. We will take those odds, but kids should make sure to have hats, wear sunscreen, and bring water.

Any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to respond to this email. Very much looking forward to a good turnout on our first day of the Sholem school year this Sunday at Stoneview!

A gut yor,

Ross Helford
Sholem principal
rosshelford@gmail.com

Click here for more information about our school

Sholem Sunday School (2nd day)
2022-09-25 10:00 - 12:30
Sholem Sunday School
Meets on the campus of:
Short Avenue Elementary School
12814 Maxella Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90066
ALEF/BEYS (preK-2nd), GIML (3rd/4th), DALED (5th/6th), and HEY (7th/8th) classes meet 10am – 12:30pm
VOV (9th-12th) class meets 11:15am – 1:30pm
All prospective families are welcome to come check out a class.
We offer rolling admissions.
Click here for more information about our school
Contact our principal Ross Helford ross@sholem.org, so he may plan to greet you.

Rosh Hashanah / Rosheshone in the Park
2022-09-26 11:00 - 13:00 | Clover Park, 2600 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA, 90405, United States
Welcome the Jewish New Year with stirring readings, literature, and poetry based in our Jewish heritage and our secular, progressive values.
Bring a picnic for your family and, if you like, a dessert to share for lunch following the program.
We will provide challah, apples and honey (or B.Y.O.)
FREE and family-friendly!
Donations welcome – suggested contribution $10 per adult.
Clover Park, BBQ Group Area 1
2600 Ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, 90405
(Shaded picnic area just west of the parking lot)
Feel free to bring a chair or two.
(There is limited seating at the park’s picnic tables.)
ATTENTION: Signs in parking lot indicate parking is limited to 2 hours.
Plan to arrive at 11 a.m. and be seated; Program will begin at 11:15 a.m.
For more information, write to info@sholem.org.

Sholem Sunday School
2022-10-02 10:00 - 12:30

Kol Nidre / Erev Yom Kippur
2022-10-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Morgan-Wixson Theater, 2627 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA, 90405, United States
Kol Nidre, the evening that initiates Yom Kippur, is a highlight of the Sholem calendar. Informed by Jewish traditions in music and in spoken word, we reflect on our lives and the state of the world through a humanistic and progressive prism. A moving opportunity to renew ourselves for the upcoming year; to grieve our losses and enable our hopes.
Yizker (or Yisker, as we have usually spelled it) is the Hebrew word for ‘remembrance’. In Ashkenazic congregations, it is a prayer for the departed, especially close relatives. At Sholem, we have adapted the custom to include the reading out loud of the names of those loved ones and public figures who have died since last Yom Kippur. There is no fee charged for this honor.
The In Memoriam section offers the opportunity to list the names of any departed family members and friends in the printed program. There is a nominal fee charged. These names are not read out loud during Kol Nidre.

Doors Open 6:30 p.m.
Program 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Secular Observance, In-Person, Indoors
*Please plan to wear a mask*
Recommended for adults and mature teens
(Childcare will not be offered this year)
Parking Info: Convenient free parking is available at the Venice Family Clinic located at 2509 Pico Boulevard – just one block west of the theatre. Street parking is also available. Meters are free after 6pm Monday – Saturday and free on Sundays and strictly enforced. Do not park at the SGI Buddhist Center, The HAUS Santa Monica, Car Nerds or neighboring strip malls.
To purchase tickets:
SPACE IS LIMITED but there will be tickets available at the theater
Presale ticket sales have ended. Click link to purchase tickets when at the door:
Click here for Kol Nidre 2022 Tickets at the door only
NOTE: No one is turned away due to lack of funds. For more info, contact regan@sholem.org.

Yom Kippur / Yonkiper in the Park
2022-10-05 11:00 - 13:00 | Clover Park, 2600 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA, 90405, United States
Join us at the park for a discussion of ethics in our daily lives.
FREE and family-friendly!
Donations welcome – suggested contribution $5-10 per adult.
Clover Park, BBQ Group Area 1 – location to be confirmed.
2600 Ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, 90405
(Shaded picnic area just west of the parking lot)
Feel free to bring a chair or two.
(There is limited seating at the park’s picnic tables.)
ATTENTION: Signs in parking lot indicate parking is limited to 2 hours.
Plan to arrive at 11 a.m. and be seated; Program will begin at 11:15 a.m.
For more information, write to info@sholem.org.

Sukkot (at Sunday school)
2022-10-09 10:00 - 12:30
Sholem Sunday School
Meets on the campus of:
Short Avenue Elementary School
12814 Maxella Ave
Los Angeles, CA 9006
ALEF/BEYS (preK-2nd), GIML (3rd/4th), DALED (5th/6th), and HEY (7th/8th) classes meet 10am – 12:30pm
VOV (9th-12th) class meets 11:15am – 1:30pm
All prospective families are welcome to come check out a class.
We offer rolling admissions.
Click here for more information about our school
Contact our principal Ross Helford ross@sholem.org, so he may plan to greet you.

Sholem Sunday School
2022-10-16 10:00 - 12:30, 2022-10-23 10:00 - 12:30, 2022-10-30 10:00 - 12:30, 2022-11-06 10:00 - 12:30, 2022-11-13 10:00 - 12:30, 2022-11-20 10:00 - 12:30, 2022-12-04 10:00 - 12:30, 2022-12-11 10:00 - 12:30

CA Ballot Measures Forum w/ Mona Field, LWV
2022-10-16 10:30 - 23:59 | Short Avenue Elementary School, 12814 Maxella Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90066, United States
Abortion, gambling, and electric cars: Are you ready to vote on these and more issues?

Participants are welcome to bring their sample ballots, political junk mail, thoughts and questions so we may analyze these things together.
Led 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.
Come at 10am for bagels & coffee
Program 10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

FREE to Attend – All are welcome!
In person OUTDOORS at Short Avenue Elementary School
This will be a nonpartisan conversation – NOT focused on either party’s primary, not about the candidates but rather about the ballot measures.

Mindful Awareness: Practices for Daily Living (10:30am)
2022-11-06
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.
Bringing your own lawn chair is highly recommended for maximum comfort. Headphones that work with your phone are also suggested.
Bagels & Coffee at 10am
Outdoors at Short Avenue Elementary

Marilyn 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.

OPEN HOUSE (10am Bagels & Coffee, 10:30 Program)
2022-11-13
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.
Sholem Open House
Sunday, November 13
10:00 a.m. Bagels, Juice & Coffee
10:30-11:30 a.m. Program
(Linger afterwards for further schmoozing.)
Help spread the word. Invite friends.
All are welcome!
Questions: ross@sholem.org
* 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.
[Image from the Peretz Centre for Jewish Culture]

No Sunday school (Thanksgiving)
2022-11-27
