Sep 9, 2025 | Temple Event, Upcoming Temple Event
A theatrical presentation of Holocaust literature & contemporary reflections on antisemitism.
🕯️TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2025
🕕 6:30 PM
📍 Temple Adat Elohim
Please RSVP by Sunday, November 2, 2025. RSVP here >>
👉 Those who attend Religious School on Tuesday evenings will attend this production with their classes. We’d love for parents to join us as well!
👉 If you have any questions, please call the Temple office at (805) 407-7101.
About Never Forget
Stories that must be told. Voices that must be heard.
Written and compiled by local Agoura Hills eighth grader, Charlie Seigel, Never Forget brings Holocaust stories to life through moving monologues and scenes from Holocaust literature, paired with reflections on antisemitism today.
What makes this performance so powerful is that the stories are told through the voices of children who lived through the Holocaust, brought to life by Jewish young actors, including our very own TAE partner and 2024 bat mitzvah, 14-year-old Madelyn Friedman!
Featuring: Isabella Campbell, Madelyn Friedman, Olivia Liff, and Charlie Seigel
From bat mitzvah project to stories never forgotten.
Never Forget began as Charlie Seigel’s bat mitzvah project for her Calabasas synagogue, with the hope of creating something deeply personal and meaningful. She brought in three friends who attend school in the Conejo Valley: middle school students Olivia and Isabella, and TAE partner and high school student Madelyn.
All four young actresses have been accomplished on stages across the Conejo Valley, and while they have all been part of much larger productions, this one is the most impactful.
Inspired by her great-grandparents, Abram and Ester Dancygier (both Holocaust survivors), and committed to ensuring their stories and those of many others are never forgotten, Charlie created this powerful stage production that has gone on to support Holocaust education, specifically giving back to the Holocaust Museum L.A. during the first run of Never Forget in May 2025.
Powerful performance. Meaningful Q&A.
This 40-minute performance, followed by a brief Q&A, invites us to remember, to reflect, and to confront antisemitism in a way that inspires dialogue, connection, and hope for the future.
Click here to learn more about this production.
Aug 5, 2025 | Temple Event, Upcoming Temple Event
🎁 Event Date: Sunday, December 7, 2025
📍 Location: Temple Adat Elohim, Thousand Oaks
Do you or someone you know own a boutique? Are you a creator, maker, or small business owner looking to share your work this holiday season?
We’re looking for vendors who offer unique gifts, jewelry, clothing, art, holiday décor, and more for our festive shopping experience taking place on Sunday, December 7, in the Social Hall.
👉 Interested in reserving a booth or learning more? Email Lynne West at LWest@bbsvc.org or Joni Berger at joniberger@icloud.com.
Jul 28, 2025 | Temple Event, Upcoming Temple Event
Starlight Shabbat Summer Bash 2025
A fun-filled evening of celebration, community, and connection for all ages.
🌟 Friday, August 29, 2025
📍 Temple Adat Elohim
Event Schedule
- 💫 Tot Shabbat Service
🕔 5:00 PM–5:30 PM
A joyful, kid-friendly Shabbat experience for preschool-age children.
- 💫 BBQ Bash
🕠 5:30 PM–7:00 PM
Hot dogs, chips, popsicles, and margaritas for adults – all complimentary!
- 💫 Starlight Shabbat Service
🕖 7:00 PM
Celebrate the final Starlight Shabbat of the season with the TAE Chorale and Band of Milk & Honey.
📢 PARKING & SHUTTLE SERVICE
Parking at TAE is limited. We encourage you to leave on-campus spots for those with accessibility needs and park at our designated parking lot (please check your email for the exact location), where a free shuttle service will be available.
Our shuttles will run every 5–10 minutes from 4:30 – 10:00 PM between TAE and the designated location. Park, hop on, and ride in comfort!
🎉 While the Kids Play… Explore What’s New at TAE!
- TOUR our newly upgraded Administrative Building and playground.
- MEET our new Executive Director, Gideon Manzur.
- CHAT with clergy in the Clergy Corner.
- LEARN how to get involved through volunteering.
- EXPLORE our new Neighborhood Connections initiative.
- DISCOVER what our TAE Sisterhood, Havurot, and Social Action groups are all about.
🙌 This event is FREE for all, including food and drinks!
🌟 If you plan to attend any part of the event, RSVP by Monday, August 25, to help us plan food and seating: RSVP Here >>
💙 Experience what makes TAE so special and see what’s new, what’s next, and how you belong.
Apr 21, 2023 | Adult Education, Brotherhood, Upcoming Temple Event
May 7, 2023
9:15 – 11:15 a.m.
TAE Social Hall
Kabalah, Mysticism, and the Mysteries of the World
If traditional belief in God doesn’t excite you, then prepare yourself for some Jewish ideas that are so insightful, so radical, and so modern, that many rabbis tried to suppress them. But they couldn’t. Join Rabbi Diamond on May 7 and learn how ancient insights can transform our lives, whether or not we believe.
Rabbi Diamond’s Sunday morning events have always been entertaining and insightful. This one promises to be the same. We hope to see you there!
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
For those of you who plan to attend, PLEASE RSVP TO EITHER BROTHERHOOD PRESIDENT BOB SALFI, rsalfi@alumni.stevens-tech.edu OR HERB SHUKIAR, herb@rand.org to know how much food to provide. Our normal bagel brunch fare includes lox, bagels, cream cheese, herring, onions, tomatoes, fruits and other tempting treats.
There is no charge for this event, but we do suggest a $5 donation to help defray the event’s cost.
Sponsored by Brotherhood
Mar 14, 2023 | Holiday, Sisterhood, Upcoming Temple Event
TAE Women’s Seder
Monday, April 10, 2023
6:15 p.m.
TAE Social Hall
All TAE Women and guests are invited to participate.
We will celebrate Passover, highlighting the role women played in our Jewish history.
Our Seder will be led by Shoshana Lewin Fischer and Nancy Federman.
Cost: $37 – NO WALK-INS
Dinner catered by Karan Balkin
Sponsored by Sisterhood Click here to download the RSVP form
Mar 13, 2023 | Sisterhood, Upcoming Temple Event
OUT OF THE BOX: A Relaxing Evening of Creating
Thursday, March 30, 2023
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
TAE Social Hall
RSVP to Cory Jakl by Saturday, March 26, at cory@jakl.net
Materials fee: $10.00. Make checks payable to TAE Sisterhood and send to Cory Jakl
1255 Briargate Court, Oak Park 91377
Tzedakah is always the right thing to do. We know that for sure. Yet sometimes, we need to give to ourselves. That’s what we will be doing for this program: taking the time just for you, and making something, just for you.
Who’s ready to get crafty with me? Let’s have a relaxing evening, which inevitably will include some chatting and possibly a bit of noshing, while we create. These decorative small boxes, filled with personal prompts to you, affirmations, or just plain pretty cards, will serve as a gift to yourself when you might want a moment of inspiration.
Maybe you want to create action cards – “Go to a movie alone and order the large popcorn,” or “Meditate for one hour then journal what I learned,” or “Do one thing on my to-do list.” Maybe you want to create inspiration cards, “Let go,” or “Be brave.” Whatever comes to you during class time will be just right.
No experience needed. Only a willingness to come for fun, and leave inspired.
