End of Life
End of Life and Bereavement Assistance
Recognizing the sanctity and dignity of human life in all of its stages, our clergy console, guide the ill, the aged, and their loved ones.
For clergy assistance with end-of-life matters, please contact our Life Cycle Coordinator, Samantha Rosen, at (213) 835-2121 or srosen@wbtla.org. During evening hours, on Shabbat, and on Sunday, call the Temple’s main number, (213) 388-2401, and listen to the prompt. If you have an emergency, the call will be transferred to an answering service that will contact the clergy.
Shivah Home Service
Memorial Wall Plaques
In Jewish tradition, we mark the memory of our loved ones by kindling a flame on their yahrzeit, the annual anniversary of their death, by giving charity in their honor, and by reciting the kaddish prayer at services.
Wilshire Boulevard Temple’s memorial wall designed by Los Angeles artist Lita Albuquerque in the Leder-Magnin Sanctuary at the Erika J Glazer Campus and the Beldegrun Family Memorial Garden at the Resnick Family Campus enables each of us to memorialize the names of loved ones in perpetuity, on our campuses.
At the Glazer Campus, each plaque will be lit on the date of the yahrzeit. In accordance with our tradition, the memorials will also be lit at Yizkor services on Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Passover, and Shavuot.
At the Resnick Campus, the Belldegrun Family Memorial Garden provides an elegant, peaceful setting for families to honor and remember.
Memorializing names is a sacred way to show how our loved ones continue to live in our memories and that we are grateful for the precious gift of their lives. May the lights we kindle in their memory be a lasting inspiration to us all.
For information about ordering a plaque at the Glazer Campus or Resnick Campus, please contact Alexandra Firestone at (310) 476-5138 or by email at afirestone@wbtla.org.