Our Voices

With deep appreciation and genuine admiration, I honor Karen Wisialowski, who has served our community as trustee, board president, and for the past ten years, as our chief community officer, as she retires from PTS at the end of June. In all these positions,...Read more...

What a journey this has been.

Serving as your Chief Community Officer for the past ten years has been one of the great privileges of my life. It’s been an honor to walk beside you—celebrating simchas, mourning losses, and helping build a community rooted in...Read more...

This past March, for the first time in seven years, PTS offered our teen trip to Los Angeles. Rosa and I led a group of 8th and 9th graders around the city, exploring LA Jewish culture and joining local social justice efforts to serve the greater community.

Every day offered a blend of...Read more...

I have loved Wicked the musical, since I was a child. I have fond memories of singing it at the top of my lungs in carpool, getting the chance to see Kristen Chenowith perform as Glinda at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, and even having the opportunity to play an ensemble role in my childhood synagogue’s production of the musical....Read more...

Perhaps you’ve seen the headlines that youth mental health is at risk and while reports show poor mental health is increasing in adolescents, there are also schools of research and psychologists focusing on prevention strategies. This is important information as you...Read more...