Rabbi
Erez Sherman was ordained from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in May
2009. He is also a graduate of Albert A. List College and Columbia University
(with degrees in Music and Talmud).
At Sinai Temple, Rabbi Sherman
oversees the Sinai Temple Israel Center, which engages the synagogue and the Los
Angeles community in Israel advocacy and education through speakers, classes,
trips, and programs. He founded the Sinai Temple Israel Center Rabbinical School
Fellowship, which trains future Rabbis through seminaries across North America
how to engage Israel in a deep and nuanced manner. He also directs the David and
Angella Nazarian Youth Fellowship, inspiring the next generation of Jewish
leaders to use their voices in Israel and civic conversations. He was recently
named the fifth top Visionary for Israel by the Jerusalem Post.
Paulist
Fr. Gilbert Martinez is pastor of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Community in Los
Angeles. He was ordained a priest on May 13, 1995. He has served as
pastor at St. Sebastian Church in Los Angeles and St. Cyril of Alexandria Church
in Tucson, AZ. Prior to these assignments, Fr. Gil was director of campus
ministry at the University of California at Berkeley. His other assignments were
at the Saint Jude Cancer Research Hospital in Memphis, TN, and associate
director of the Paulist Center in Boston.
A native of El Paso, TX, Fr,
Gil was reared in California. He completed a bachelor of science degree in
conservation of natural resources from the University of California at Berkeley.
He worked for seven years as a National Park Service Ranger at Grand Canyon and
Big Bend National Parks before joining the Paulist novitiate.
February 6 - Investment Day
PP
Steve Scherer hosts our club members with their prognositcations of
investment opportunities for 2025. How did we do in 2024? Come see.
February 13 - Denise
"Why
Poetry Matters." Denise is 100% Irish and has degrees from Trinity College in
Dublin and Oxford University in England. Her lecture is designed to educate,
enlighten and "Why Poetry Matters" Denise is 100% Irish and has degrees from
Trinity College in Dublin and Oxford University in England. Her lecture is
designed to educate, enlighten and inspire.
"Ophthalmology
and artificial intelligence."
Dr. Lin is the recipient of the Heed Fellowship and the Abelson
Fellowship. He has authored more than a dozen peer reviewed publications in
leading ophthalmology journals: including the American Journal of Ophthalmology
and the British Journal of Ophthalmology. He has written textbook chapters for
the classic Practice of Ophthalmology textbook and the subspecialty Cornea
textbook, and has delivered keynote presentations at national and international
ophthalmology meetings. His research is focused on combining human and
artificial intelligence to deliver exceptional surgical results to his patients.
Rotary is a leadership organization made up of local business, professional and civic leaders who meet
regularly to get to know each other, form friendships and, through that, get things done in our local community. Rotary is the world's
oldest and largest service organization (founded in 1905).