VBS Members Go Green with E-mail! Do we have your current e-mail address? Please update Rhonda at rslater@vbs.org. Help us to save paper and trees! Chesed Connection •Sun., May 11 ~ 9:30 a.m. Spend Mother's Day at the Jewish Home for the Aging, assisting residents with art projects. All ages welcome. Contact Randi at 530-4035 for more information. For more activities and on-going collections - visit www.vbs.org. Israeli Dancing Mon., May 12 - 8:15 p.m. Susan North Gilboa teaches beginners and intermediate students. Fee. Call 530-4093 VBS Book Club Mon., June 2 or Tues., June 3 ~7:30 p.m. Spirited group discussions held monthly. This month's book: The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Machael Chabon. For the complete list of our books, visit www.vbs.org/bookclub or call 788-6000. VBS Family Center Classes
LA Jewish Film Festival - Celebrate Israel 's 60th! The following screenings held at VBS Tues. May 13 ~ 10:45 a.m. - Between Heaven & Earth - Short films about Jerusalem Wed., May 14 ~ 12 noon - Diary of Nicolas Gheiler followed by About Sugar Cane and Homecoming For tickets call (323) 938-2531, or visit www.lajfilmfest.org Ballroom & Swing Dance Classes Learn a new dance every 4 weeks, taught by Kathy Levyn! Next class: Tues., May 13 ~ 7:00 p.m. May
- Rumba s
June - Waltz
s
July - West Coast Swing
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August - Foxtrot Singles and couples welcome! Fee: $50 for 4 weekly sessions, $15 for one session. For info call Kathy at 787-4147; to register, call 530-4097 We Remember ~ We Commemorate Observing the 93rd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide Thurs., May 15 ~ 7:30 p.m at the Armenian Church Diocese, 3325 N. Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, in Kalaydjian Hall
His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate, Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America honors Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
Join the Jewish World Watch, the VBS Choir under the direction of Dr. Noreen Green and VBS in an evening recognizing "The Kinship of Suffering and Comfort" If interested in transportation to this event, leave your name and number at 530-4088 Israel Independence Day Festival Sunday, May 18 , 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. Celebrate Israel 's independence into the night with the best Israeli artists, non-stop entertainment! plus Wonderful Kosher Foods ~ Skydiving Show ~ Fashion Show ~ Booths Woodley Park, on Woodley between Burbank Blvd. & Victory Blvd. Admission $10, free parking. Hazak Year-End Celebration Mon., May 19, ~ 11:15 a.m. Join us for a continental brunch. Guest Andy Siegel performs a solo musical comedy. By reservation only, call 530-4096 . Lunch & Learn - “Serving God” Wed., May 21 ~ 12:00 noon . Have lunch & study with Rabbi Ed Feinstein. Bring your own dairy lunch, or to order a lunch for $6.00, you must call Rhonda at 530-4008 no later than Mon., May 19. Upcoming: June 4 VBS Delegation at the AIPAC Policy Conference June 2 - 4, 2008 Be a part our synagogue delegation with Rabbi Ed Feinstein at the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.! Register at www.aipac.org/PC2008, or call (323) 937-1184 Learn To Daven Sundays at 6:00 p.m. Join fellow VBS members to learn to daven shacharit. Study for 30 minutes & stay for the Sunday 6:30 p.m. Minyan.
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and more! Register your Ralph's Card number with us and we receive
a donation. Sisterhood
Tablecloth - Don't Be Forgotten We
are professionally embroidering every name for a cost of $36 per name. New
Havurah Being Formed while working to increase awareness of the needs & acceptance of gays, lesbians & their families in
the VBS community & beyond. Havurah
Needs More Couples
Call Alan Schneider at 883-4734 H.O.P.E. UNIT FOUNDATION Tuesdays,
at 7:00 p.m. - Family Loss
Group, led by a licensed therapist. Four different groups available, based on months of mourning. For more info or to attend, call 788-4673 Return Shiva Books “Prayers of Life” Please
return the VBS Shiva books so that others may use them. "Passages in Poetry" Poetic meditations by Rabbi Schulweis and the music of Aminadav Aloni celebrate important life cycle events — The Child •God & Self & Others • Around the Sabbath Table • Marriage • Sickness • Yahrzeit and Yizkor • Download from the Schulweis Institute web site ~ Click here! Audio tape and CD versions are also available for purchase. Remembrance
Stones remembrance stones, with pre-printed inscriptions. Sold in sets of 5 for $12.50 per pouch. To order or for info, call Karen Landman at 783-208.
Jewish Big Brothers & Sisters every
other Sunday for at least one year Memories
to Savor? Recipes should be original, or modifications of existing recipes you changed to make your own. Send us your recipe, and even share a little of its history with us. Mail to VBS, Attn: Sisterhood Cook Book. and
... Name the New Sisterhood Cook Book!
VBS
Counseling Center Information is available here on the website, VBS Counseling Center, or call 784-1414. Support
group forming for Spouses of Retirees Judaic Cassette Tapes - On Sale! VBS
offers its members & the public, a broad intellectual forum of speakers
& topics Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur sermons by our rabbis are on tapes and are available now for purchase. For brochure, info, prices, call Louise at 344-2873 or check the VBS website at www.vbs.org Bikkur Holim - "Visit the Sick" VBS
program with congregants who provide comfort & support for those
who are ill. Our Men’s Club "Outreach Program" works with terminally ill patients through companionship, visitations, books on tape, and other activities to allow them to be involved in the synagogue community. Call Bikkur Holim at 530-4089 H.O.P.E. UNIT FOUNDATIONfor
Bereavement, Loss & Transition. Meets bi-monthly for widows/widowers after two years of mourning.
for
parents, siblings and other relatives. Six-week session. Led by licensed therapists. There is a fee. You must call ahead before attending. For info, call 788-HOPE Donate Your Unwanted Car, Boat or RV Call
Rhonda at 774-3330 and say you want the proceeds to benefit Support the Sheila Sporn Library & Levine Librarium Purchase a permanent library shelf for $118, in honor or in memory of someone special. You can make the difference. Call Helene at 530-4080 Website Volunteers Volunteers are needed who can create w |