In This Issue:

1. NOVEMBER SPEAKERS MEETING – SUN NOV 3
2. POKER TOURNAMENT – SUN NOV 17
3. DINING OUT AT CHIS – MON NOV 18
4. MRJ WEBINAR NOV 10 – FACES OF THE FUTURE
5. CHANUKAH BOUTIQUE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – SUN NOV 24
6. 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. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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:

1. Jason Schwartz, First year rabbinical student
2. Megan Eslamboly, Second year rabbinical student
3. Joely Bothast, first year rabbinical AND cantorial student
4. 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

5. CHANUKAH BOUTIQUE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – SUN NOV 24

The annual Sisterhood Holiday Boutique is scheduled for Sunday, November 24 from 10am to 3pm. Typically, the Men of TAS helps with the food service. The current plan is that we will be picking up individually wrapped sandwiches and condiments, and providing bagged chips, canned or bottled drinks. We will need people to help pickup (and possibly pre-package) the food. We will need folks to sell and deliver the food. We will need folks to help clean up. If you will be able to help us at this event, please contact Larry Hoffman at president@tasnorthridge-motas.org.

In particular, we’re looking for volunteers to help inventory and shop. We need to inventory drinks and chips on hand after the poker tournament.  We could also use a volunteer to order and pick up from Subway.

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!