Shabbat Times
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Parashat
Terumah
Candle lighting
5:27pm
Kabbalat Shabbat
Friday, February 24,
7:00pm
Traveling Minyan
6:00pm
Shabbat Service
Saturday,
February 25,
9:30am
Minhah Service
Brennan and Halina
Cain
Bnai Mitzvah
4:00pm
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Tot Shabbat
Friday, February 24th, 6:15pm
Join Cantor Beth and Rabbi Carrie for a special service geared toward 2 - 6 year olds, their siblings, and parents. Please let us know by Thursday, February 23rd if you're planning on joining us - we can only do this special service if we have at least 7 families coming. Please bring your Jewish friends. RSVP using this link or to rabbi.carrie@ctjmb.org.
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CTJ Book Club - 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction by Rebecca Newberger GoldsteinFebruary 27 at 7:30 pmat the home Of Karen Green & Jeff WardCome exercise your mind as we discuss 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein. The book has been described as "a witty and intoxicating novel of ideas that plunges into the great debate between faith and reason" with an eminently enjoyable group of characters.
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Hazak- Gila Katz, this month's Speaker
Tuesday, February 28, 10:30 AM
Our very own CTJ member, Gila Katz will present a program about "Standing Up For Oneself". She will point out how we can get an entirely different view of the rights of the individual, how to stand up for oneself, and an opportunity for helping our family, our friends and ourselves to feel empowered by reading and discussing Torah. Luncheon to follow program. For info on the program, please call Ileene Morris 310 641-0122 or email her at ileenem@aol.com
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Knit, Kvetch, Kvell
Make a Felted Bag in 3 easy lessons
CTJ Fundraiser
Sundays, March 4th, March 18th, April 29th, 4:00pm
Beginners and experienced knitters are welcome to knit with Cantor Beth, Debra Bronow and Tamah Kushner. Experience the sisterhood of knitting with your CTJ family and friends. (Feel free to invite all your friends to join us in this endeavor.) The cost for this fundraiser is $136 which includes the pattern, knitting lessons, wine, cheese and delicious refreshments. Materials must be purchased separately, in advance.
Deadline for enrollment - Thursday, March 1. To enroll email Tamah at director@ctjmb.org or on our website. |
Michael Mitzvah Day
In conjunction with Temple Menorah
Sunday March 4, 10am - 2 pm
1101 Camino Real, Redondo Beach
Many volunteer opportunities from 9am to 3pm are available that day. Rack up some community service hours!
There is a box in our own CTJ lobby for collections of clothing, shoes, paperback books, toiletries, and soccer uniforms. For a full list of needed items and a schedule of events, click here. Sign up for the day's events and RSVP.
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Psalmfest - An Interfaith Celebration in Song 
Sunday, March 4th, 7:00 PM
Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro
Tickets - $10 purchased at the door
Celebrating its 14th year, "Psalmfest: An Interfaith Celebration In Song", is an interdenominational choral festival. Each year, choirs from churches and synagogues throughout the South Bay join together to raise their voices in song and raise money for a deserving cause. Each choir, including CTJ's who will be combining with other local choirs, performs pieces of their choosing leading up to the grand finale when all the singers join together in song. For tickets call 310-833-2467 or through a choir member.
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Shelach Manot-Sending of Gifts for Purim
Online this year
It is a custom to send Shelach Manot (baskets of sweet treats) to friends for Purim. This year you can purchase Shelach Manot for all of your CTJ friends online at happypurim.com or on paper. You should have received a personalized email last week with your password to happypurim.com. If you have not received your password, contact Wendy in the CTJ office at 310 546-3667. The deadline for orders is midnight March 2. |
Purim Activities 
Friday, March 2, Midnight
Shelach Manot Orders Due
Wednesday, March 7,
6:00pm - 6:30pm Ma'ariv and Purim Songs
6:30pm Megillah Reading and Shpiel
There will be Laura Rae's famous jello shots and virgin margaritas! This is the night we are all COMMANDED to celebrate! Hear the story.
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Purim Carnival
Sunday, March 11th, 9:30am-12:30pm
Come one, come all where you will find a giant obstacle course, carnival games, a dunk tank, a jumpy castle, cake walk, pizzas, cotton candy, and so much more!! We recommend children bring $18 for fun! All proceeds will go to help with Religious School Scholarships.
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CTJ Sisterhood Torah Fund Dinner and Service
Friday, March 9
Dinner at 5:30p.m. and Service at 7:00p.m.
Join us for a delicious catered dinner followed by a lovely Kabbalat Shabbat service. Women and men welcome. We will honor our Torah Fund donors and bring attention to the importance of Torah Fund. Torah Fund supports future clergy and Jewish educators at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies (Los Angeles), Jewish Theological Seminary (New York), Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies (New York), and the Seminario Rabinico Latinoamerica. The guest speaker for this event is our very own Rabbi Carrie Benveniste. The cost for the dinner is $36. For more information on Torah Fund or the Torah Fund Dinner and Service and reservations, please contact VP of Torah Fund, Iris Lee Knell at ilknell@aol.com .
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 CTJ Speaker Series
Mark Harris: Wednesday, March 28, 7:00pm
JD Roth: Wednesday, April 18, 7:00pm
CTJ's Speaker Series is hosting two of the most successful leaders in film and television.
Mark Harris is one of Hollywood's most successful producers. After a brief attempt at acting, his friends Jack Nicholson and Bobby Darin, encouraged Mark to pursue the business of the film business. He began as a representative for such actors as Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, and Burt Lancaster. After moving on to his current role, he produced two Academy Award and Golden Globe winning films: Crash and Gods and Monsters. He has played pivotal business roles in a vast variety of projects from Baywatch to the new-age mega hit, The Secret.
JD Roth is founder and CEO of 3 Ball Productions, one of the most successful producers of compelling and  inspirational reality television. With global franchises like The Biggest Loser and Beauty and the Geek, which have helped to inspire millions of viewers worldwide, JD helped create the genre of "transformation TV." In addition to primetime hits including ABC's Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition and Discovery's Flying Wild Alaska, JD is currently helping to reinvent daytime, with the new daily series The Revolution, featuring reality superstars Ty Pennington and Tim Gunn.
Contribution: $20 per program. $35 for both speaker programs. CTJ Speaker Sponsor Contribution: $180 for both programs which includes: Coffee with Mark Harris and tour of the 3-Ball Reality TV Studio and 2 tickets to each event. Tickets available through the office or register and pay on our website.
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Got good news? Well, Kvell!
Has something wonderful just happened to you or your family? New baby or grandchild joining the family? Did your child get accepted to college, or win the scholarship you were hoping for? Well, KVELL! Send your announcements to Richard Stock at kvell@ctjmb.org to be included in TikvaTimes. A few sentences are all we have room for, so please be proud succinctly! Richard will contact you only if there is a question. Share your good news and let us know what good fortune you're experiencing! |
DVD Drive at CTJ
Flicks for Friends is collecting new and used DVDs to be donated to Children's Hospital Los Angeles and the Cancer Care Center of Redondo Beach. Flicks for Friends will have a donation box in the CTJ lobby until February 26. Flicks for Friends was created by Rachel Weiner and strives to bring fun to cancer patients.
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Religious School closed
February 19th-25th
Please note that the Religious School will be closed
Sunday, February 19th through the 25th. Classes will resume on Sunday, February 26th.
5th Grade Field Trip
Sunday, March 4th, 9:00am 12:30pm
The 5th grade students are going on an exciting and
educational field trip to the Museum of Tolerance,
where they will participate in the "Finding Our Families, Finding Ourselves" program. We are asking for 5th grade parents to help us with driving the students to the museum.
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CTJ Stars of the Week
 We would like to thank the wonderful volunteers who helped us during the past week.
Office: Eric Maher
Shopping: Vera Abrams
If we forgot to put your name here, we apologize. Let us know and we'll add you for next week!
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Service Schedule
Friday 2/24 6:00pm Traveling Minyan
7:00pm Kabbalat Shabbat
Saturday 2/25 9:30am Shabbat Service
4:00pm Minchah Service Brennan & Halina
Cain B'nai Mitzvah
Friday 3/2 7:00pm Light Up Shabbat
Saturday 3/3 9:30am Shabbat Service
Talia Rizika
Bat Mitzvah
Friday 3/9 7:00pm Kabbalat Shabbat
Saturday 3/10 9:30am Shabbat Service
Friday 3/16 7:00pm Kabbalat Shabbat
Girl Scout Shabbat
Saturday 3/17 9:30am Shabbat Service
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