Emcee Carl Reiner, left, and event co-chair Pam Rubin, right, present honoree Joyce Brandman with the Jewish Home’s Lifetime Achievement Award during the Celebration of Life: Reflections gala on May 24 at the Beverly Wilshire. Photo by Steve Cohn
Makom Ohr Shalom congregants carried Torahs to the synagogue’s new home, Bethel Lutheran Church in Encino, on June 5.
The Jewish Federation Valley Alliance’s Ben-Gurion Society met on June 5 at the Calabasas home of Stephanie and Michael Weisberg, where supporters heard from an emergency-cash-grant recipient. Event chairs, from left: Stephanie Weisberg, Laura Klapper, Kim Freund and Jill Schecter.
Chabad of the Conejo celebrated its 31st anniversary with a June 14 gala at the Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake Village. From left: Brocha Sapochkinsky, honorees Deborah and Bernard Warshauer, Rabbi Yitzchak Sapochkinsky and Rabbi Moshe Bryski. Other honorees included Rony and Michele Havive as well as Samuel and Justine Racoof.
New Community Jewish High School honored Sidonia Lax and Jill Zuckerman Powell during its annual gala on May 13 at the Beverly Hilton. Pictured: (Back row, from left) Bruce Gersh, Marcie Lipsett, Stuart Lipsett, Dvorit Grinberg, Ilene Reinfeld, Tami Havton, Celes Miller, Esther Benveniste, Deborah Deming, Adrienne Kentor, Joni Greenberg, Anthony Raissen and Bud Levin. (Front row, from left) Sharon Gersh, Deborah Soriano, Lauren Raissen, Susan Hirsch Goldfarb; honorees Sidonia Lax and Jill Zuckerman Powell; gala co-chairs Melanie and Robert Prince, Rikki Ladenheim and Judy Levin.
