AHAVALoving the Planet and Our Children: Doing the Math on Climate Change with Bill McKibbenRabbi Zoë Klein

Sunday, October 18, 4:00 p.m., Private Home

What three numbers must we know to understand the changing climate of our planet? How can knowing these numbers empower us to protect our beautiful earth and safeguard our children’s future? Join us for a screening of “Do the Math,” a short documentary featuring environmental activist Bill McKibben, followed by a discussion led by Rabbi Klein about what we as Isaians can do to help ensure a healthy future for our planet and for generations to come.

All are welcome. RSVP to gail@templeisaiah.com.

BlushSunday, January 10, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

“Blush” is Temple Isaiah’s version of the grassroots movement “Mortified,” in which adults participate in a stage show by sharing their most embarrassing and intimate childhood writings in front of total strangers. The difference at Isaiah is that we are not strangers! One staff member has already courageously stepped forward and volunteered to share a few love letters from her high school days. If you are brave enough to share a few pages of your diary from your pre-teen or teen years, please contact zoe@templeisaiah.com. As humiliating as it may have been then, you may find this totally fun soul-baring evening to be incredibly cathartic! Hors d’oeuvres and blush wine will be provided.

Ketubah Art ShowOpening Night Friday, February 5

A month-long exhibit of Temple Isaiah families’ ketubot. Do you have a meaningful, beautiful, or unusual ketubah? Whether you are married, widowed, or divorced, whether your ketubah was signed by a rabbi in a black coat or covered in handprints on a commune in the 70s, whether yours was inherited from parents or grandparents, if you have a ketubah you would like featured in the Isaian or in our exhibit, please send a photo along with a paragraph about it to rabbiz@templeisaiah.com by December 1.

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Friday Night Series on LoveFebruary 5, 12, 19 and 26

Illustrious visiting rabbis will present their unique illuminations on love during our Shabbat services.

The Art and Wisdom of the KetubahRae Antonoff

Thursday, February 11 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Rae Antonoff is a calligrapher, micrographer, ketubah maker, artist, writer, musician, and educator. She will join us and teach us the unique history of the Jewish marriage contract, its words and its expression from ancient to modern times.

Jewish Love SongsCantor Tifani Coyot

Wednesday, February 17 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

From the Song of Songs, to the Friday night service which is comprised primarily of love songs between Israel and God, to

Yiddish ballads, to Israeli sonnets, to American classics like Happy Together and This Magic Moment, Judaism has a rich repertoire of love songs. Join us and travel through time on wings of a Jewish heart.

The History of the Song of SongsDr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi

Thursday, February 24 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

In honor of our theme, Dr. Eskenazi will offer a unique presentation on the history of the Song of Songs. Dr. Eskenazi is the Effie Wise Ochs Professor of Biblical Literature and History at Hebrew Union College. She is the first woman appointed as professor to the Rabbinical Faculty of HUC since its founding in 1875. She is the editor of the

LifeQuestFinding the tools in Judaism to enrich the journey beyond midlife.

This is our second year of LifeQuest, a community of learners and sojourners exploring this wilderness of life, with all of its challenges and adventures, together. We move with the rhythm of the Jewish seasons, with Shabbat, shared learning, meals, delving into the treasury of Judaism. Join us!

$90/individual to be a member of LifeQuest (Temple Isaiah members only). Membership helps to subsidize meals, speakers and programs throughout the year. The nature of this group is to build deep relationships based on life experience and intimate conversation.

Try out LifeQuest by attending our Holding On and Letting Go weekend. If you would like to join, you may apply the fee toward LQ membership. Otherwise you may continue to attend as a most welcome guest, except at LQ Only activities.

Holding On and Letting GoFriday, October 2, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at Temple Isaiah

Saturday, October 3, 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. at Hollywood Aerial Arts (3838 W 102nd St, Inglewood, CA 90303)

Ray Pierce, the founder of Hollywood Aerial Arts, teaches that the art of trapeze is not in the ability to hold on, but the ability to let go. The same might be said of life. Ecclesiastes teaches us that there is a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together. How do we decide what possessions to hold onto and what to discard? How do we let go of painful emotions? It’s not as easy as throwing breadcrumbs into the water during Tashlich. Friday night we will join for dinner, Shabbat singing, and a panel of experts on de-cluttering our homes and de-cluttering our hearts. Saturday afternoon, we will meet at the Hollywood Aerial Arts and have the opportunity to challenge ourselves with trapeze, aerial fabric and hammock, and tightrope. Don’t worry! You will not be pressured to do anything you don’t want to do, and there will be much time to schmooze, learn text study, ooh and ahhh from the safety of the nice, solid ground. And who knows…you may surprise yourself!

Free for LifeQuest members, $50 for other Temple members. This fee may be applied toward joining LQ.