Religion Notes
MEN’S BUFFET: Dr. Hall Bass will discuss “The Importance of Genetic Heredity Factors of Illnesses in Jewish Families” at a 9:30 Sunday buffet breakfast of the Valley Beth Shalom Men’s Club at the temple, 15739 Ventura Blvd., Encino. A $5 donation is requested. Information and reservations: (818) 346-4166.
INVISIBLE AND IMPOSSIBLE: The Rev. Bonnie Rowsell will present a free program on “Only Those Who See the Invisible Do the Impossible” at the 10 a.m. Sunday services at the Glendale Church of Religious Science, 2146 E. Chevy Chase Drive. Child care will be provided. Information: (818) 244-8171.
ACTIONS AND REACTIONS: The Rev. Bill Schirmer will discuss “Action and Reaction” at 10 a.m. Sunday at the La Crescenta Church of Religious Science, 4845 Dunsmore St. Free. Information: (818) 249-1045.
ONION IN SEATTLE: Ceil Sorenson, former vice president of the Onion, will present a program on the World Trade Organization’s convention, “The Seattle Experience,” at the 10:45 a.m. Sunday services at Sepulveda Unitarian-Universalist Society, 9550 Haskell Ave., North Hills. Free. Information: (818) 894-9251.
SKIRBALL EVENTS: Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. in the Sepulveda Pass, will hold a family workshop on the end-of-Sabbath celebration called Havdallah, “Saturday Night on Sunday: Exploring Havdallah,” at 2 p.m. Sunday. The cost is $4 per child and free to members. Information and reservations: (310) 440-4636. Also at 2 p.m. on Sunday, the center will offer a lecture by professor Peter Levine on “Sport and the American Jewish Experience,” which will include a tour of the Struggle and Opportunity Gallery. The lecture is free with museum admission, which is $8 general, $6 for seniors and students, and free for members and children 12 and younger. Information: (310) 440-4688.
JEWISH MYSTICISM: The Conejo Jewish Academy will offer a three-part crash course on the basics of Jewish mysticism, “Going Kabbalistic,” beginning at 8 p.m. Monday at the academy, 30345 Canwood St., Agoura Hills. The cost is $18. Information and registration: (818) 991-0991.
CATHOLIC LUNCHEON: Rosalind Moss, a convert from a Jewish background, will speak on “The Father’s Gifts” at the Catholic Community luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Beverly Garland’s Holiday Inn, 4222 Vineland Ave., North Hollywood. The cost is $14. Information and reservations: (818) 846-3271.
SINS IN PARENTING: “Surviving Parenthood,” a 10-week course focusing on “The Ten Deadly Sins of Parenthood,” will be offered from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. beginning Wednesday at the Congregational Church of Northridge, 9659 Balboa Blvd. Free. Information and reservations: (818) 349-2400.
INTERFAITH, MULTIETHNIC WORSHIP: Rabbi Steven Jacobs, Cantor Caren Glasser and the Kol Tikvah congregation will welcome the Opera California Youth Choir and Grandmaster Tong Suk Chun in a musical Shabbat celebration at 7 p.m. Friday at the temple, 20400 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills. Free. Information: (818) 348-0670.
NEW PRAYER BOOK: Rabbi Harold Schulweis will present a sermon on “Five Root Words From the Prayer Book,” and all attendees will receive a new Friday evening Sabbath prayer book at the 8 p.m. Friday Sabbath services at Valley Beth Shalom, 15739 Ventura Blvd., Encino. Free. Information: (818) 501-4674.