SALUTING OUR INCREDIBLE MORNING MINYAN

What better way to start the day than with thisspecial group of people?

May we be together, whether in personor on Zoom,

for many Mondays and Thursdays to come.

Sandra Kass

Life is a journey. Blair and I and the kids (and Wrigley) are so happy to be on the journey together with the community at Adat Shalom. Amidst all of the unpredictability of last year, we could always rely on Adat Shalom for services and programming and friendship and love. While there are many aspects of the synagogue that deserve celebrating, the minyan and the religious school each hold very special places in my heart. I am so happy to help show my appreciation for each group this evening.

We look forward to seeing all of you as life returns closer to normalcy. And, we look forward to celebrating with you at the gala. Enjoy the evening!

B'Shalom,

Rabbi Nolan and Blair Lebovitz

Shelby, Simon, & Maddy (and Wrigley)

This past year has been a challenging one for all of us on many levels. And I am proud and humbled by the way we all handled it as a family and as a team. Now that we are beginning to reemerge into a changed world I hope that we can take the lessons we learned and keep them as guiding lights for the future.

I feel blessed to be a member of Adat Shalom and the spiritual and community support that it provides to me and so many others. And I am grateful that I can share my blessings by participating as a volunteer to continue to grow and enhance our congregation.

Thank you Rabbi Lebovitz for your consistent kindness, spirituality and leadership. Thank you to our excellent professional staff for their skills and commitment. And to the Board of Directors, thank you for your support, advice, ideas, and passion. I deeply appreciate you. Thank you to all of our volunteers who are the foundation of our community and give so much to each other and the synagogue.

Janet Schulman

Lew and Diane Sternfels

For our Religious School,

of the past and present, we thank you

for all the caring and teachings of all our children.

To our Morning Minyan,

which has sustained us and our Congregation

throughout the years,

most especially in this past year.

A heartfelt thank you to the entire Adat Shalom community for welcoming us back with warmth and friendship.

We are so grateful to have Rabbi Lebovitz as our spiritual leader. His is truly a bright light in our Jewish world.

Thank you to Cantor Schatz and the entire staff and volunteer leadership of Adat Shalom for their amazing work.

May Adat Shalom continue to grow from strength to strength.

Linda and Norton Townsley

Thank you Rabbi, Cantor and the Adat Shalom staff

for your dedication to our community and

for keeping us all connected.

Karen Yaghoubian

Our Morning MinyanMoving Us Spiritually, Bringing Meaning to Our Lives

ADAT SHALOM WOMEN’S LEAGUE

Our Religious SchoolReimagining Education to Recreate Our Future

HONORS

Women’s League Invites You to Grow With Us!

We love the warm and welcoming atmosphere at Adat Shalom and the Morning Minyan.

Both are very important to us and have been for years.

We appreciate everything the synagogue does.

Dennis and Shirley Cozen

Congratulations to All Who Make This Happen! Fabulous Feats of the Religious School Marvelous Morning Minyan With Much Appreciation!

Michael and Cynthia Diament and Family

To Our Most Favorite Rabbi: Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz

Your Davening whether on zoom or in person always touches our heart,Timely Sermons and Teachings that educate, inspire, entertain and make us all so smart.

Humor is an essential ingredient of you, with anecdotes and jokes that always fit,Better than any psychologist, you can find the happy in someone when they think they have lost it.

Your Caring for your Family (Personal as well as Adat Shalom) is felt by all whether in person, by zoom or by phone,

During this past year you made us all interact with each other so we were never allowed to feel all alone.

Your Chesed reaches out from You and Your Family and the Adat Shalom Family to infinity and beyond,Helping Survivors of the Shoah, Leket in Israel, and always reminding us that every Jew with one another has a bond.

There is nowhere in this Universe at this time a Rabbi such as you: Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz to be found…Filled With Such Love of: Your Family (Personal and Adat Shalom Family), Jews in America and Israel, Torah and Yiddishkeit:

Your Love Abounds!!!

We Thank Hashem for Blessing Us With You!!! Our Prayers for You is nothing new.

May Hashem Bless You and Blair and Shelby, Simon and Maddy with 125 Gebentschtah Years of Good Health, Happiness and Joy Galore!!!

May Only The Best Blessings of Life Fill All Your Lives L’ Dor V’Dor !!!

We Love You With All Our Heart!!!Dad and Mom

Adam and Talia and Sammy and Ethan and Emma FayDanny and Hopee and Ella and Maya and Jacob

L’CHAIM

TO OUR WONDERFUL

MINYAN AND RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

HAROLD AND SARA LEWIS

EXPRESSING AWE AND AMAZEMENT FOR

OUR ROCKING RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

Teachers open our eyes to the world. They give us curiosity and confidence.

They teach us to ask questions. They connect us to our past and future.

They’re the guardians of our social heritage. ..... The influence of good teachers stays with us.

They are the people who really shape our life.” (Jonathan Sacks: From Optimism to Hope p. 132)

Thank you to all who make it possible

Debby and Jerry Rotter

This is a time like no other. This is a time like no other for Adat Shalom.Blessed and squeezed and blessed againLike reciprocal heartbeats,Transactional lungs.

The first movement of the first heartWas neither Push nor Pull.

This is a time like no other.This is the time of youand Rabbi Nolan LebovitzAnd his loving, strong familyAnd yours and mineAnd ancestors who were here last yearBut not now.And ancient ones.And the heirs of our rich communityEven those not yet here.

Love, Dale

Sincerest thanks and appreciation to our wonderful Rabbi and Cantor for their engaging services.

Thanks also to the office and maintenance staff for keeping Adat Shalom attractive and welcoming.

Deep appreciation to the Volunteer Committee that advised the Rabbi during this challenging year.

Thanks to all of you Adat Shalom is thriving.

Sy and Frances Strasberg

The Adat Shalom community

has been with us through celebrations

and challenging times and, for that,

we are forever grateful!

We hope to be there for

our Adat Shalom family for many years to come.

Chris and Elana Dixon

Mira and Laila Dixon

(both Rockin’ Religious School grads)

To the Marvelous Morning Minyan and Remarkable Religious School,

These past months demonstrated your creativity, commitment and caring for the Adat Shalom community.

You navigated our seismically shifting world, pivoting with grace and humor, never wavering or losing sight of purpose …landing firmly on both feet. You buoyed our

spiritual needs and uplifted our children’s minds…. all while on Zoom!

Our gratitude for your feats knows no bounds…. May you go from strength to strength.

Renalee and Robert Pflug

For a continued vibrant Jewish continuityensconced in loving unity.

Richard and Leah Bernstein

We are grateful to.....

The Annual Fundraising Committee of Liz Bar El, Amber Lynn Scott, Erica Kopmar, Stephanie

Ginzburg and Renalee PflugAnd a special thanks to Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz,

Janet Schulman, Joanna Garcia, Leslie Katzman, Cesar Olivares, and Maddie Ziff for their

unending support.And thank you to Rose Ziff and Sandra Kass for

always being willing to help.

Karen Yaghoubian and Marla KnollVirtual Fundraiser Co-Chairs

We thank all of our Hesed volunteers for their continued care for members of our

community over the past year.

Their compassion continues to feed our community spirit.

Natalie Stanger and Marla KnollHesed Committee Co-Chairs

Thank you Adat Shalom, Rabbi Lebovitz and all the staff for keeping our Adat Shalom community vibrant during the past year.

Thank you for being innovative and creative and keeping important programs, especially our religious school, engaging.

Am Yisrael Chai

Uri and Eveline Ginzburg

The MinyanIs there When you need itWant it A place for TorahPeople and Jewishishness a place of prayerTshuvah is a small roomAnd over the internet worldwide a placeWhere my Jewish soul found a homeAway from home and off the carpet of main sanctuaries Names of Men and Womanpassed and futureJewish Man Cave with HeartIit a light and love for lainingPrayers for others our families our friends our enemiesGot Tefillin?Soul coffeeJewish consciousness to start my day The Minyan as Garden of Eden

Mitchell and Nancy Gossett

The Morning Minyan rocks

It’s not the coffee

It’s not the cookies

It’s not the hot chocolate

It’s the Adat Shalom Community

Jerry and Sandy Helman

We are so grateful for the support extended to us by the entire community. In our grief with the loss of our mother

and grandmother, Lorrie Levin, we received compassion and comfort.

We are grateful to be part of such an compassionate community, filled with

caring people.

Jaime and Marla KnollJonah, Hannah and Sam

In appreciation to all who perform under Adat Shalom’s “Big Top”…

Our fabulous Religious School, Morning Minyan and last but not least, our awe-inspiring, fan favorite Ringmaster, Rabbi Nolan!

A special thanks to the hard-working support staff and personnel who help make everything possible.

Michelle and David Lewis

This last year has seen its share of upheavals both positive and challenging.The one constant bright light through all the tumult has been

our Adat Shalom community.

We are so grateful for the compassion and energy of our clergy and staff - Rabbi Nolan, Cantor Dale, Renalee, Joanna,

Leslie, Cesar, and Jesus – holding our community together through all the chaos.

And we are so appreciative of the generosity and kindness of our fellow Adat Shalom members.

Together we are a pillar of strength for Adat Shalom and each other.We celebrate a new way forward for the coming year!

The Lottenberg Family

Acknowledging the Impact Minyan has had upon my life.............Beth Ojena

● The minyan gave me a consistent warm-hearted community to say Kaddish five years ago----now I fill that obligation for others

● The Minyan makes me "Count." I am responsible to my minyanaires● The Minyan provides structure -------pattern and organization

to my life

● The Minyan is a warm and most welcoming community● The Minyan begins my day in uplifting prayer● The Minyan gives me a harmonious group who come together

to offer prayers

● Faithful wingmen

Art and Beth Ojena

With gratitude to our Adat Shalom family . . .

our ohel, our tent . . .a warm, safe, gathering place in which we

experience joy, growth, inspiration, learning, caring, and comfort. Whether physically together or

connected by the love and spiritual fabric we’ve woven over the years, this is home.

The Factor and Ziff Families

Thank you to the Adat Shalom members and community friends for your patience, support,

and understanding this past year. You are what makes working for Adat Shalom a

pleasure.

Leslie, Joanna, and Cesar

Joanna, Cesar, and Leslie,

Fifteen months; 24/7; 426 days; 10,224 hours or 613,440 minutes… anyway you count it, that’s the time we’ve spent navigating, inventing, questioning, wondering, solving, worrying, creating, laughing -- and now, as we turn the corner of this pandemic -- hopeful.

Even with the many challenges we faced, there were also a few bright spots; like getting to know Sophia as she sat in the office doing Zoom school, like our weekly Zoom status meetings where we could actually see each other, and, the joyous feeling as one by one we all became fully vaccinated.

As I look forward to the coming year, I know the bright spot of working together will continue to glow even stronger.

Kol Hakavod, Renalee Pflug

Dear Rabbi and Janet,

This past year has been like no other…there’s no other way to describe it. We survived and thrived, we lost and cried, we smiled and laughed, as we faced the unknown. For months and months, each day brought a new unexpected hurdle, and yet we kept going.

Rabbi, your sense of humor and coffee drinking never wavered. Your creative mind, film-making background, and love of this community fused together to bring new program ideas at every turn. While some places were trying to figure out Zoom, you brought us Tours of Israel. And while others sang the woes of membership losses, you gave us comedy –complete with a dream sequence and Cantor Dale – our membership grew. I’ve yet to see a challenge you couldn’t meet and beat.

Janet, your laser focus on the welfare of our community is steadfast. That focus has resulted in an expansion of Hesed, a fostering of community outreach for social justice, and a strengthening of the Adat Shalom foundation so our community can look forward to the future with confidence.

I believe this year has made us each stronger. I know it has made us stronger together.I’m excited as we continue to build Adat Shalom for the future. Yashar Koach.

Renalee Pflug

Cecile BensonMaureen Bernstein and Joseph HoffmanHelen BudinMichael and Donna ErnstoffJoanna Garcia and Cesar OlivaresOlivia Goodkin and Lee SchwartzHenny GordonThe Hartstein Family

Miriam Hearn and Joe MarcinLeslie KatzmanBeth KoonanDr. Richard and Rosemar MillerRobert and Pam NeshkesCantor Dale and Tracy SchatzBarbara StoneHoward Unterberger and

Marjorie Zinman

Honored Le Cirque Sponsors

My wife and I wish to express our sincere appreciation for being part of the Adat Shalom Family. I have been associated with the Minyan’s group for many years and happily experienced the arrival of Rabbi Lebovitz and his participation and leadership that encouraged many to participate and never to have a problem with the minyan as before.

I also thank Rabbi Lebovitz for inviting me to read the Torah on Shabbat and Holidays. He has been an inspiration and motivation to belong and learn from his sermons.

Thank you,Ben and Ofra Bonavida

Kol Ha'kovod

to Rabbi Lebovitz, Renalee and

the Board of Directors for their

leadership in navigating this

most unusual of years.

Allan, Liz, Tali and Zach Cohen

We are grateful to be a part of the Adat Shalom

Community

Happy sweet summer days- with blue skies ahead!

The Families Ginzburg

We are happy to belong

to the wonderful

community of

Adat Shalom!

Gregory and Marina Eskin

Adat ShalomA Source of Spiritual Sustenance

During a Difficult, Dark Year

For the World

Here’s to

a Better Year to Come!

The Schechter Family

(Dave, Lisa, Aidan, Noah)

This year has been crazier than a 3 ring circus.

Adat Shalom has been our sanctuary and anchor through the

storm.

Thank you Rabbi for leading us, staff for keeping things together, Hesed

committee for all you do, and thanks to the congregation for being such a

wonderful caring community.

Helen Brilland

Dov and Judy Paz

Here in West Los Angeles . . .

Awesome! Spectacular!

Astounding! Sensational!

A-Number 1! Special!

our Adat Shalom!

We are blessed to be a part of such a warm, caring, haimish,

welcoming, loving, and supportive community.

With love and gratitude for our entire Adat Shalom Family,

Sandy, Mitchell, and Jonathan Handler,

In loving memory of our beloved husband and father,

Mark Handler

Harriet, Stephanie, and Jeff Gordon,

In loving memory of our beloved husband and father,

Sam Gordon

In honor of

Rabbi Nolan, Janet

and the Board,

and Hesed Committee

Lorraine and Mort Schrag

Thank you,

Rabbi & Blair Lebovitz and Cantor Schatz,

for your continued dedication to children's

programming.

Rebecca and Ben Yaghoubian

We have much to be thankful for. Our family and community have

emerged healthy from this pandemic. We can once again congregate at Adat Shalom, at simchas, at concerts, plays and

ballgames, able to see each other with full faces.

The year 2021 is filled with promise. May we all find joy in the

months ahead.

Bill and Lenore Lambert

How 2020 went:

A Friend of Adat ShalomHow 2021 is going:

It wasn’t the year any of us envisioned… but we made it!Sending a huge THANK YOU to our Adat Shalom family for helping us get through this difficult year.

We are so very thankful for you all!! <3(Maybe we will FINALLY get around to

rescheduling our wedding in 2021?)Amber Lynn Scott and Mike Van Wyk

I am grateful that weekly Shabbat

services were held on zoom so that we could

still participate as usual.

I appreciate all that Adat Shalom does for

us.

Marcia Machol

Thank you to Rabbi Lebovitz and the entire Adat Shalom Community!

Gary and Lisa Lainer