Beit T'Shuvah

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Dear Community, While 2020 challenged us in unforeseen ways, I pray that we heed the lessons learned, and that you and your families have a healthy and safe New Year. Thank you for supporting Beit T’Shuvah in both the good and difficult years. With Gratitude,... Sergio Rizzo-Fontanesi Executive Director

Beit T’Shuvah, in partnership with LA County Health, are reminding our community that as COVID cases rise, it's important to stay safe. If you have symptoms or have been in close contact with someone who has COVID, free testing is available county-wide.Remember, a test will not protect you from getting COVID, but it will help you make healthy choices! To find a free testing site near you or for more information go to covidhelpLA.org

Beit T’Shuvah, in partnership with LA County Heath, is reminding everyone that the pandemic isn’t over and our neighborhoods are getting hit hardest. Let’s stick to the basics to protect our friends, families and communities. Wear a mask Wash your hands Social distance when in publicWhen we work together, we can stay healthy and safe. Learn more how YOU can stop the spread this holiday season by going to covidhelpLA.org

Craving a daily dose of spirituality? Join BTS for our virtual offerings! Go to https://beittshuvah.org/virtual/ for more info.

This weeks spotlight: Kevin J. Kevin was tried and convicted as an adult and entered prison at age nineteen with a sentence of 51 years-to-life. That would have made him 68 years old before even being considered for parole. To read more about Kevin go to https://beittshuvah.org/spotlight/kevin/

This Week’s Spotlight: BTS Resident and Film Department Intern Noam J.B.G. shares his story. We were all hurting in my family, for our own personal reasons. But we never wanted to listen or talk, no matter how loudly we screamed at each other, or how softly we cried to ourselves Tap the link in our Instagram bio to read the full story!

Join us every Friday night at 6:30 pm for our Shabbat Service via Zoom! For information on how to join tonight, along with more opportunities to engage with the BTS community, go to www.beittshuvah.org/bts-events/virtual

Beit T’Shuvah has raised nearly 3,000 through the Amazon Smile program to help save the lives of those suffering from addiction. Be a part of the movement and choose Beit T’Shuvah as your set featured charity on Amazon Smile by clicking the link below for all of your amazon purchases! Click here to shop through amazon smile: https://smile.amazon.com/ref=smi_ext_ch_77-0152646_dl #PrimeDay

This week’s spotlight: Mason I. In the eight-and-a-half months since he was admitted to BTS, Mason has addressed many of the components missing from his first recovery. One major part of that is getting back in touch with himself and being confident with who that person is. It’s difficult when you don’t know who you are to understand how you should be living or how you want to live. Communication is key to his recovery this time, too. I’m learning how to have healthy relationships, how to communicate properly, and how to not just react. To read more about Mason’s journey go to https://beittshuvah.org/spotlight/mason-i/

Join Harriet Rossetto and Doug Rosen in the virtual Sukkah on Tuesday, October 6th at 7pm to find hope in uncertainty. Through an interactive discussion, Harriet and Doug will guide us in an exploration of the unique opportunity of living in uncertain times, and help us build not only a sukkat shalom, a shelter of peace, but a sukkat tikvah, a shelter of hope. For Zoom link and more info, go to link in bio (virtual events) or https://beittshuvah.org/bts-events/virtual/

Kol Nidre Services begin tonight at 7pm! Join us tonight or tomorrow all day for Yom Kippur together as a community, virtually. Go to http://hh.beittshuvah.org for more info on times or tickets!

This weeks spotlight: Marshall S. Marshall was able to get away with his drug abuse for a long time as he was one of the soldiers running the UA system. He was also dealing drugs to a number of other soldiers, including some of a much higher rank. Eventually, because of the opioid crisis, the higher-ups came to the base and drug-tested everyone in charge of the UA system.... to read more of Marshall’s story go to https://beittshuvah.org/spotlight/marshall-s/

This week, both our founder, Harriet Rossetto, and our Board Chair, Janice Kamenir Reznik, were featured in the Jewish Journal to offer Words of Light going into this new year: "May we nurture our relationships with the power, with our world, community, friends, family and ourselves." Harriet Rossetto, founder, Beit T’Shuvah... To read the article go to: https://jewishjournal.com//words-of-light-27-voices-27-me/

Beit T’Shuvah was honored to receive a visit from the Consul General of Israel today, Dr. Hillel Newman. Dr. Newman delivered several of boxes of sweets in preparation for Rosh Hashanah and spent time greeting staff, hearing stories, and learning about Beit T’Shuvah. Wishing our entire community Shanah Tovah! @ Beit T'Shuvah

Apple cinnamon round challah is back for the High Holy Days! Order by Wednesday 9/16 for Friday, 918 pickup and by Friday, 9/25 for Sunday, 9/27 pickup. All orders can be made at https://www.bakedtshuvah.org/challah and picked up at Beit T’Shuvah!

This week’s spotlight, Rachel G. (Written by Jesse Solomon): While at Beit T’Shuvah, Rachel’s main goal, aside from sobriety, was to discover what she wanted to do with her life now that her career was over. She knew she didn’t want to go back into banking because it wasn’t the rewarding experience she was looking for... to read more go https://beittshuvah.org/spotlight/rachel-g/

Join us TOMORROW Saturday September 12th from 8pm-9pm for Selichot, Beit T'Shuvah style in conjunction with IKAR. For more information, go to https://beittshuvah.org/bts-events/virtual/

This week’s Spotlight on Gavin B. by Jesse Solomon: The year is 2010. Instagram has just launched, a disastrous earthquake hits Haiti, and Rebecca Black is still singing about days of the week. In a suburb outside Los Angeles called West Covina, Gavin B. has just found a new direction in life to read more go to https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Good-Shabbos-from-Beit-