In This Issue:
- PANCAKE BREAKFAST – SUN OCT 20
- LEAGUE OF WOMAN VOTERS PRESENTATION – SUN OCT 20
- NOVEMBER SPEAKERS MEETING – SUN NOV 3
- POKER TOURNAMENT – SUN NOV 17
- DINING OUT AT CHIS – MON NOV 18
- MRJ WEBINAR NOV 10 – FACES OF THE FUTURE
- MEETING MINUTES – OCTOBER 2024
- IN CLOSING
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From the Editor: The goal of the Weekly is to get MoTAS members the information they need on upcoming activities, and then get out of the way. If you have any information on MoTAS activities you need to get out to the membership, please contact the Weekly Editor at cybermaven@tasnorthridge-motas.org. We are now in our summer hiatus, so the weekly will be every 2-3 weeks, depending on upcoming events.
1. PANCAKE BREAKFAST – SUN OCT 20
Batter up, not for baseball but for our annual Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, October 20! Our Master Flippers, Scott and Bill, will be up at the plate, I mean grill, with their hot bats, I mean spatulas. We need the rest of the team that morning ready to play their positions: mixer, table set-up, serving and clean-up. The Rabbi wants to serve the pancakes between 11:00am and 11:30am in the Sukkah, so we’ll start setting up around :900am (this may change as we learn more of the logistics for the day). We should be done by 1pm. as there will be no extra innings. A sign up sheet will be circulated at the September meeting.
If you’re curious, the menu will include: Pancakes, fresh fruit, Syrup, Powdered Sugar, Butter, plus loads of great other toppings. It will be free to students and parents, although donations will always be welcome.
Note: At 2pm in the Santuary, there will be a memorial service for Fran Lapides, wife of MoTAS member Al Lapides.
2. LEAGUE OF WOMAN VOTERS PRESENTATION – SUN OCT 20
The League of Women Voters (LWV) brings you an evening of information and interaction, led by Jake Ebright, Team Lead of the LWV Greater Los Angeles Speakers Bureau. At this meeting we’ll be discussing the pros and cons for the November 5, 2024 California General Election. Make sure your vote is an informed vote!
7:00pm, Sunday, October 20, 2024. Zoom link: https://tasnorthridge.zoom.us/j/81790467785
Questions: email Judy Stehr at jesterjudy@gmail.com. LA County Registrar Recorder, Find My Election Information:
Sponsored by: TAS Sisterhood, MoTAS, and the TAS Social Action Committee
3. NOVEMBER SPEAKERS MEETING – SUN NOV 3
Our speaker for Sunday, November 3 will be from the Brady Campaign. The Brady Campaign is a non-partisan, non-profit organization focused on reducing gun violence. A full breakfast, including bagels, lox, and eggs, will be available starting at 8:45am. Join us for our usual business review, and learn what is happening with the temple.
4. POKER TOURNAMENT – SUN NOV 17
If you are a poker brat, a poker bum, or are simply a recreational poker player who would like to try your hand at a real Texas Hold-em tournament, join the Men of Temple Ahavat Shalom on Sunday, November 17, 2024 for our annual Poker Tournament. The proceeds support the activities of MoTAS, which in turn benefit our temple and religious school. MoTAS has used the proceeds from previous efforts to donate the following for the temple: (*) New microphones that have transformed the sound from the bimah; (*) An updated main office kitchenette; (*) Light fixtures for the Sanctuary bathrooms; (*) Lighting and electrical updates to the Social Hall kitchen; (*) A new water heater for our Social Hall kitchen
Help MoTAS achieve our 2024-25 goals by participating as a Player or Sponsor. Register to play for just $95, less than half the cost of any other charity tournament in Los Angeles. Please invite all of your poker playing friends and family to join us in benefiting the temple and religious school. The address is 18200 Rinaldi Place. Please arrive at 3:30pm to register. Bring your dark glasses and lucky hat if you like. We also offer a bounty of an additional $100 in playing chips if past players bring a new player to our tournament. Become a Sponsor with one of our available sponsorships:
For more details, visit our Poker Website, http://poker.tasnorthridge-motas.org/ ⇒ https://wp.tasnorthridge-motas.org/activities/poker/, where you can learn about prices and sponsorship levels. Please sign-up in advance online or send a check made out to TAS with a hard copy of the registration form to Howard Miller at 9656 Geyser Ave, Northridge CA 91324.
We’re also looking for donations for the raffle and silent auction at the tournment, Contact Howard at hmiller12@socal.rr.com if you have something to donate.
5. DINING OUT AT CHIS – MON NOV 18
Would you like an easy way to help MoTAS financially? How about taking your family to dinner. The MoTAS “Dining Does Good” allows you to go out to dinner, and have the restaurant donate a portion of your check support the Men of TAS. Our November Dining Does Good” will be Monday, November 18 at Chi’s Chinese, 9635 Reseda Blvd. Northridge, CA 91324, (818) 886-6928, chis_chinese@verizon.net. You can find a flyer for the event at https://wp.tasnorthridge-motas.org/activities/dining/ or download it directly from our Box account. Once you are at the Box version of the flyer:
- If you are on a PC or Mac using a browser: (1) click on the white DOWNLOAD button; (2) there will be a pop-up about logging in to do more — ignore that – just close the popup box; (3) You will be prompted on where to save the download, or it will go into the downloads directory; (4) when the download is complete, open the PDF and print it. DO NOT right click and attempt to print from the Box page.
- If you using a browser on an Android phone: This takes you directly to the PDF. You can download or print from there.
- If you are using some other method, please send it to me and I’ll include it on this list.
- If you can’t figure this out at all: Drop me an email at cybermaven@tasnorthridge-motas.org , and I’ll send you the PDF as an attachment.
We really encourage you to come and support these events: we raise a little extra funds for our work, but more importantly, we come together and break bread as a Temple family on a regular basis. It is a real joy to walk into a neighborhood restaurant and see your Temple friends, to sit down and share a table and talk. This is the heart and goal of MoTAS: Building Relationships.
6. MRJ WEBINAR NOV 10 – FACES OF THE FUTURE
MRJ has announced another webinar: Faces of the Future. In this webinar, we will hear from four extraordinary rabbinical and cantorial students. Some just a month or two into their journey – others further along. Participants include:
- Jason Schwartz, First year rabbinical student
- Megan Eslamboly, Second year rabbinical student
- Joely Bothast, first year rabbinical AND cantorial student
- Will Brockman, Second year cantorial Student
The webinar is Nov 10, 2024 09:00 AM Pacific. To register, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tU6UqoYPSJuHs4Y5IgVrNQ#/registration
7. MEETING MINUTES – OCTOBER 2024
Minutes of MoTAS Meeting 13 October 2024
Breakfast: Bob Levine, Roger Lowe
Palm Fronds: Provided and delivered by Jose Maximo, with Daniel Faigin and Larry Hoffman helping Jose unload them.
Sukkah Builders: Larry Hoffman (President), Hal Bass (Secretary), Joe Blachman, Bob Brostoff, Daniel Faigin, Brian Hatkoff, Bob Levine, Roger Lowe (Treasurer), Joel Lowell, Howard Miller, Chuck Mondrus, Larry Pfefer (Immediate Past President), Bernie Singer, Ben Tenn, Scott Yollis (VP)
No official business was conducted, as this meeting was entirely devoted to erecting a Sukkah outside the social hall.
Next Meeting: The next formal meeting of the Men’s Club of Temple Ahavat Shalom will take place Sunday, November 3, 2024, at 8:45 am.
Respectfully submitted,
Hal Bass/Secretary
IN CLOSING
As always, remember that the Men of Temple Ahavat Shalom is *your* organization. Keep up to date on our activities at http://www.tasnorthridge-motas.org/ and participate. Sign up for our action alert list at http://tinyurl.com/motas-action-alert. We want to serve all the men of Temple Ahavat Shalom and welcome new participants from the TAS membership. Join our Facebook group and “follow” our website. Join the MoTAS Google Group at https://groups.google.com/g/tas-motas (you may need to be logged into your Google account, if you have one). Come be part of the Men of Temple Ahavat Shalom!
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