TAE Havurah

Join a Havurah and develop friendships that can last a lifetime!
A Havurah is a group of people from within a temple community who gather together to form an extended family. At TAE, there is a place for everyone! 

If you have always wanted to join a Havurah, now is the time. We are actively recruiting members in all age groups, including singles and couples in both new and existing groups. 

Click here to complete an interest form so we can find/form the perfect group or groups for you!


Group information – We are continuously forming new groups!

Empty Nester and Boomer-1 Couples:
We are recruiting for an existing group of married couples in the 60s to 70s age range. Please contact Joni Berger at
 joniberger@icloud.com.

Women Only:
Our long time groups of solo women (both single and married) are also looking for additional members. Women in their 50s and 60s should contact Laura Seasongood at 
Lseasongood@me.com.

Women in their 70s and 80s:
Please email Joan Bernick at
Mabsemail@aol.com.

Elementary Age and Pre-Teen Families:
Please contact Jane Dankberg at Jane-dankberg@yahoo.com or Jessica Maiten at jessica@fausthouse.org.

For more information about joining a Havurah, please contact Cheryl Landsberg at Cheryllandsberg@gmail.com or Peggy Frank at Pfrank@frankpr.com.

Mah Jongg at TAE

Don’t miss this fun opportunity!

Tuesdays, beginning August 30, 2022
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
(FREE lessons from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.)

  • Have a group? Play together at TAE!
  • Want to join a group? We can help!
  • Want to learn to play? We got you covered – thank you, Paula Kraft!

Open to all! RSVP required.

Questions? Contact Marilyn Lippel by phone at (818) 621-3055 or by email at momlipps@gmail.com.

RSVP Here!

 

Havurot Happenings – July, 2022

JOIN A TAE HAVURAH TODAY!

If you have always wanted to join a Havurah, now is the time. We are actively recruiting members in all age groups, including singles and couples in both new and existing groups. Current openings are listed below:

Empty Nester and Boomer-1 Couples:
We are recruiting for an existing group of married couples in the 60s to 70s age range. Please contact Joni Berger at
 joniberger@icloud.com.

Women Only:
Our long time groups of solo women (both single and married) are also looking for additional members. Women in their 50s and 60s should contact Laura Seasongood at 
Lseasongood@me.com.

Women in their 70s and 80s:
Please email Joan Bernick at
Mabsemail@aol.com.

Elementary Age and Pre-Teen Families:
Please contact Jane Dankberg at Jane-dankberg@yahoo.com or Jessica Maiten at jessica@fausthouse.org.

For more information about joining a Havurah, please contact Cheryl Landsberg at Cheryllandsberg@gmail.com or Peggy Frank at Pfrank@frankpr.com.

Club Chesed Project Dates: 2022-2023

Sunday, September 18, 2022: Helping those who are food insecure
Food donation collection, make snack bags for homeless children who attend CVUSD, and make lunches for Harbor House.

Sunday, October 2, 2022: Helping children in the hospital
Make giggle boxes for children at Tarzana hospital

Sunday, November 6, 2022: Expressing gratitude
Collect leftover Halloween candy, make gratitude cards

Sunday, December 25, 2022: Help those in need celebrate the holidays
Help decorate for the Community Holiday Dinner at TAE

Sunday, January 8, 2023: Helping  animals
Make dog toys, dog biscuits; Collect towels, pillowcases.

Sunday, February 5, 2023: Celebrate Tu B’Shvat and help the environment
Plant a tree (off campus).

Sunday, March 5, 2023:  Help at our TAE Purim Carnival

Sunday, April 23, 2023 – Participate in TAE’s Mitzvah Day

Sunday, May 7, 2023: Help local seniors
Project TBD

Mussar Series 2022-2023

End 2022 and begin 2023 with meaning!

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2022 – JANUARY 5, 2023 (9 weeks)
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. via Zoom
The first session will be an introductory session.

Join Sandy Greenstein, co-president of the Mussar Institute, for meaningful discussions focusing on four Middot (character traits):

  • Humility
  • Patience
  • Gratitude
  • Honor

Sandy will email all participants a Zoom link prior to the first session.

There is a suggested donation of $18 which will be used to help update our TAE campus. 

If you have any questions, please email Sandy Greenstein at sandy@grnstn.com.

Click here to register for the Mussar series

The Mussar Institute provides people with ideas and practical tools deriving from the Mussar tradition in Judaism that helps to guide and motivate them to develop and improve the qualities of their inner lives, in fulfillment of the potential of their souls as well as for the benefit of the world.

In a Mussar group, individuals learn to focus on middot such as generosity, patience and humility, and spend time with each middah as it relates to one’s life. Alan Morinis, the founder of The Mussar Institute, says that the goal of Mussar practice is to release the light of holiness that lives within the soul.

https://mussarinstitute.org

Holocaust Remembrance Day Speaker –
Dr. Jason Hensley

Stories of the Kindertransport:

(German for “children’s transport”)

The Power and Importance of Memory


Thursday, April 28, 2022, 7:00 p.m.
TAE and live-streamed

Dr. Hensley will share stories of parents who sent their children from likely destruction to an uncertain future, the men and women who gave these children new lives in safety and security, and the ability these stories have to shape memory and inspire the future.

Jason Hensley, Ph.D., has been lecturing on the Holocaust since 2013. He has traveled around North America, interviewing Holocaust survivors who escaped the Holocaust on the Kindertransport. His work has been featured on the BBC, Breaking Israel News, Aish.com, and the USC Shoah Foundation’s website.