Apr 9, 2025 | Temple Event
🎉 Help Us Make TAE Creates Laughter a Night to Remember! 🎭
Temple Adat Elohim’s biggest fundraiser of the year, TAE Creates Laughter, is happening on June 7, 2025, and we need your support to make it a success!
This year, we are striving to raise funds to cover the cost of our ECC playground safety upgrade. This essential upgrade will create a safe, modern, and enriching environment where young children can learn, grow, and thrive.
The new playground will:
✔ Meet modern safety and ADA compliance standards
✔ Use non-toxic, impact-resistant, and weather-resistant materials
✔ Promote physical activity, motor skill development, social interaction, teamwork, and creative play
We are currently collecting donations for our silent and live auctions, and we’re looking for a wide variety of items that will appeal to all ages and interests. Whether you’re able to give something big or small, every donation makes a difference and helps us create an exciting, engaging, and fun evening for our community.
Suggested Auction Donations Include:
🛍️ Gift cards to local businesses or restaurants
🍷 Wine or curated wine baskets
🏖️ Vacation homes, time shares, or weekend getaways
🎟️ Sports and concert tickets
💆♀️ Spa treatments, massages, or wellness services
🏋️♀️ Fitness classes or gym memberships
🎨 Art pieces or handmade goods
🍽️ Private chef dinners or cooking classes
🧺 Themed gift baskets
✨ Unique experiences or behind-the-scenes tours
Be creative! We’re building an auction with items at all price points so there’s something fun for everyone to bid on.
👉 To donate an item or ask questions, please contact Joni Berger at (805) 377-3576.
Let’s come together, give generously, and make this our best event yet! 🙌💖
Apr 9, 2025 | Shabbat Services, Speaker - Services
Friday, April 25, 2025
7:00 PM
Temple Adat Elohim
Join us for a meaningful Shabbat service in observance of Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day – an evening of remembrance, learning, and reflection with guest speaker Shoshana Brower.
About Shoshana Brower
Shoshana Brower is a writer, speaker, and advocate for social justice whose work sheds light on stories of moral courage and compassion. We are honored to welcome her as our guest speaker for the evening.
Brower will share reflections from her powerful article, The World Should Take Notice of Albania’s Code of Honor, which highlights the extraordinary actions of Albanians during the Holocaust. Guided by Besa, a sacred cultural code of honor, many Albanians risked their lives to protect Jewish refugees by opening their homes, disguising identities, and standing united in the face of danger.
A Legacy of Courage
Could you protect others if their lives were at risk, even at the expense of your own safety?
This is the provocative question Brower asks as she shares stories of Albanian families who followed their moral compass, putting honor above fear. Albania remains the only country in Europe where the Jewish population increased during the Holocaust, thanks to the bravery of individuals who saw no strangers, only guests.This is the provocative question Brower grapples with in her article. It’s a question that challenges us to consider what we would do in the face of hatred and persecution.
Brower’s storytelling often highlights the courage of individuals who hid Jewish families in his home, and countless others who followed a collective moral compass that valued honor above fear.
An Evening of Reflection and Inspiration
As we welcome Shoshana Brower to our congregation, we look forward to learning from her insights and experiences. Her message challenges each of us to consider how we might live by that same code of honor, to protect and care for others, no matter the cost.
Apr 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
🎉 Help Us Make TAE Creates Laughter a Night to Remember! 🎭
Temple Adat Elohim’s biggest fundraiser of the year, TAE Creates Laughter, is happening on June 7, 2025, and we need your support to make it a success!
This year, we are striving to raise funds to cover the cost of our ECC playground safety upgrade. This essential upgrade will create a safe, modern, and enriching environment where young children can learn, grow, and thrive.
The new playground will: ✔ Meet modern safety and ADA compliance standards ✔ Use non-toxic, impact-resistant, and weather-resistant materials ✔ Promote physical activity, motor skill development, social interaction, teamwork, and creative play
We are currently collecting donations for our silent and live auctions, and we’re looking for a wide variety of items that will appeal to all ages and interests. Whether you’re able to give something big or small, every donation makes a difference and helps us create an exciting, engaging, and fun evening for our community
Suggested Auction Donations Include:
🛍️ Gift cards to local businesses or restaurants
🍷 Wine or curated wine baskets
🏖️ Vacation homes, time shares, or weekend getaways
🎟️ Sports and concert tickets
💆♀️ Spa treatments, massages, or wellness services
🏋️♀️ Fitness classes or gym memberships
🎨 Art pieces or handmade goods
🍽️ Private chef dinners or cooking classes
🧺 Themed gift baskets
✨ Unique experiences or behind-the-scenes tours
Be creative! We’re building an auction with items at all price points so there’s something fun for everyone to bid on.
👉 To donate an item or ask questions, please contact Joni Berger at (805) 377-3576.
Let’s come together, give generously, and make this our best event yet! 🙌💖
Mar 26, 2025 | Havurah
🍷 New Havurah Social Event
- Thursday, April 3, 2025
- 6:00 PM
- Sunland Winery
Join us for a relaxed meet & greet for singles and couples in their 50s, 60s, and early 70s+.
Enjoy an evening of mingling, live piano music, and wine! $5 cover and $10 drink minimum.
RSVP to Cheryl Landsberg at cheryllandsberg@gmail.com.
Mar 19, 2025 | ECC Event
Congratulations to Joi Burns on Receiving BJE’s Early Childhood Award!
Temple Adat Elohim ECC’s own Joi Burns (Ms. Joi Joi) has been honored with the Simha and Sara Lainer Distinguished Educator Award, which recognizes outstanding early childhood educators in BJE-affiliated schools. Joi has been dedicated to early childhood education since 1991 and joined TAE in 2000, where she has nurtured our youngest learners and their families through the Baby & Me program and toddler classrooms.
We invite our community to celebrate Joi at a special award presentation during M.O.M. Day Shabbat on May 9, 2025, at 9:30 AM in the Sanctuary. A representative from BJE will present the award, and we hope you’ll join us in honoring incredible contributions.
About Joi Burns
Joi Burns (Ms. Joi Joi) has been a dedicated early childhood educator for over three decades. Since joining Temple Adat Elohim ECC in 2000, she has primarily worked with young toddlers and families in the Baby & Me program, helping create a warm, welcoming, and supportive environment for children and parents alike. Joi is passionate about making every family feel safe, included, and empowered to grow through the programs at TAE.
Beyond the classroom, Joi has a deep love for animals and enjoys combining her creativity and artistic talents with her passion for working with young children. She brings joy to local events and parties through glitter tattoo art and face painting.
Simha and Sara Lainer Distinguished Educator Awards
The Lainer family is renowned for its philanthropic contributions to Jewish education and learning. To highlight the vital role educators play in shaping Jewish traditions and values, they established the Distinguished Educator Awards for early childhood educators. Each year, three exemplary educators from BJE-affiliated early childhood centers—who have been teaching for at least seven years—are selected to receive a $2,500 cash award in recognition of their dedication and impact.
Congratulations, Joi! 🎉
