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How to Get Involved
  • Attend our welcoming, informal Saturday morning Lay-Led "Minyan" Service*
  • Enjoy life-long friendship in a Chavurah as part of our award-winning Chavurah program
  • Participate in a social action project*
  • Attend Adult Education classes or programs*
  • Receive clergy counseling to overcome life's challenges
  • Worship with us at one of our many, varied Shabbat and festival services and celebrations*
  • Attend an afternoon DayTimers program for active adults*
  • Be assigned a CBI Ambassador to help integrate you into our community
  • Celebrate your child's or your adult B'nai Mitzvah at CBI
  • Attend a Shabbat morning Torah study*
  • Get a hands-on introduction to Judaism in a Judaism for Everyone class*
  • Solidify your children's Jewish identity while they have a blast in our Youth Groups
  • Give your children a summer to remember at Camp Beth Israel*
  • Celebrate brit milah, baby namings, weddings and other life cycle moments at CBI
  • Have our clergy officiate at funerals, memorial services, shiva minyans at the passing of your loved ones
  • Subscribe to our Beth Israel E-Newsletters*
  • Have your congregation care for you through our Caring Community 
  • Have our clergy visit you when you and your loved ones when ill or hospitalized
  • Read about news and events in our Tidings bulletin*
  • Give your children the very best preschool education*
  • Build friendships and do meaningful mitzvot as a member of our Men's Club or Women of Beth Israel
  • Have your children build leadership skills in our incredible Madrichim program
  • Receive complimentary tickets for High Holy Day's Services
  • Participate in concerts and services by performing with our Chai Band, Youth and Teen or Adult Choir
  • Make a difference by serving on a Beth Israel program committee
  • Have your children participate in our life-changing Confirmation class trip to Washington D.C.
  • Provide a meaningful Jewish education and identity for your children in our Religious School
  • Receive Yahrzeit notices and have your loved ones' names read at services
  • Have your family's simchas and honors announced in e-Tidings
  • Join us for our 2nd Night Seder (nonmembers welcome as room allows)
  • Connect with Young Professionals through J-Town*

* Does not require membership

We look forward to welcoming you to CBI. Whether you are becoming a new member or just checking us out, there are many ways to get involved.

Call Judi Schwartz at 858 535-1111, ext. 3113 to learn more about these and other opportunities.We also invite you to make an appointment with our clergy.

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Erev Shabbat Services

erev shabbat servicesClergy-Led Friday Evening Services

Join us every Friday evening to welcome Shabbat with song, prayers and blessings. These services often feature notable speakers and the beautiful music of our Youth and Teen Choir, Adult Choir and Chai Band.

Judaism for Everyone

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Our mission is to extend warmth and hospitality to every person who chooses to enter our doors. Whether you are curious about Judaism, returning to Judaism, converting to Judaism, raising Jewish children, or sharing Judaism with loved ones, you will find many CBI programs to introduce you to the warm celebration of Jewish life and support and guidance for those in interfaith relationships.

Shabbat Services

torahs sanctuary congregation beth israel Clergy-Led Shabbat Morning and Afternoon Services

Most Saturdays Congregation Beth Israel holds Shabbat services in the mornings at 10:00 a.m. and afternoons at 4:00 p.m. in our beautiful Glickman-Galinson sanctuary. These services celebrate the Bar/Bat Mitzvahs of our members and are open to the entire community. Please join us and celebrate Shabbat!