ROSH CHODESH â€" A MINI FESTIVAL
07/14/2016 03:29:45 PM
Rosh Chodesh is considered a mini festival that celebrates the arrival of the new moon. This monthly celebration takes precedence over all the semi festivals. Rosh Chodesh has been observed for centuries. Since the...Read more...
From the Desk of VBS President, Scott Howard
06/30/2016 10:50:45 AM
I am honored to begin my term as President of Valley Beth Shalom synagogue this week. I follow in the strong footsteps of Irv Weintraub, Norm Levine and Nancy Sher Cohen, among the so many others before...Read more...
MAKING IT COUNT
06/08/2016 04:49:12 PM
Our Torah portion this week is Bamidbar, the first chapter of the book of Numbers. It begins with G-d asking Moses to take a census of the people of Israel; to count the men over the age of 20. Men of 20 years old and up were...Read more...
AM YISRAEL CHAI
05/05/2016 02:00:00 AM
AM YISRAEL CHAI
Today is Yom HaShoah. By the time you read this, my son Josh and 266 people from Los Angeles; teens, adults and survivors will have participated in this years March of the Living. They will march...Read more...
Passover 2016 @ VBS
04/14/2016 02:00:00 AM
Dear VBS Community,
This holiday season provides the opportunity to take time out of our busy lives and sit down at a table of friends and family to recite the story of the Exodus from Egypt. The seder...Read more...
Spring is Here; Pesach is Coming
03/29/2016 02:00:00 AM
Spring is Here; Pesach is Coming
The calendar says that spring is officially here. While we have not gotten the full blast of our promised El Nino this winter, it's time to move forward.
We have changed our clocks,...Read more...
Board Member Scott Howard comments about AIPAC Policy Conference
03/24/2016 02:00:00 AM
Guest Comments from VBS Board Member
Scott Howard about AIPAC Policy Conference
Marcie, Daniel, and I were fortunate enough to be able to attend the AIPAC policy conference this past week. It was truly an amazing...Read more...
Michael Goldsmith is a graduate of the...Thoughts on a Rainy So Cal Night
02/18/2016 04:29:05 PM
Thoughts on a Rainy So Cal Night
I'm so glad to be at home on a rainy evening! Now that I swam down Ventura Boulevard to get to Tarzana, it gave me a chance to think about prayer. The prayer that I've been dwelling over recently is...Read more...
Will Our Heroes Save the Day? with Cantor Toby Schwartz
01/13/2016 02:00:00 AM
WILL OUR HEROS SAVE THE DAY? COME BACK NEXT WEEK!
In the 1930's and 1940's, kids could spend hours at the movies being entertained by cartoons, newsreels and short movies called serial adventures. This was all build up to the...Read more...
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