Since relocating from Scottsdale, AZ to San Diego last summer, Ermelinda has been an active member at Beth Israel. She sits on the Outreach Committee, the Communications Committee, the Annual Fundraiser Events Committee, and is co-chair of Shabbat […]
My name is Gary Hirschfeld and I am honored that you elected me as president of Beth Israel’s Board of Directors for the coming two years. I got hooked into
On April 26, 2017, the Bill & Sid Rubin Preschool had their ribbon cutting ceremony for the Little Free Library. Little Free Library is a nonprofit organization that inspires a love
Presented by Howard Hian on April 8, 2017 – 12 Nissan 5777 Shabbat shalom. On the Saturday before Passover, in anticipation of celebrating our freedom from slavery, the Rabbis named today
By Rabbi Michael Berk Several months ago a student asked me about the Jewish attitude towards refugees. With the Executive Order last Friday, that question is now an urgent one.
December 31, 2016 / 2nd of Tevet, 5777 As I reach out my hand to grasp the meaning of this day, I can see my fingers curl around a multiplicity
DECEMBER 1, 2016 // 1 KISLEV 5777 Last month, Women of the Wall marched toward the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, on Rosh Hodesh Heshvan, accompanied by Rabbi Rick Jacobs,
By Yvonne Lazar October 26, 2016 As the final step in a two year long search to discover my father’s family, I paid a visit to Cologne, Germany in May,
Presented by Joe Nalven 10/8/16 Last year I gave a dvar on Shabbat Shuva. The path I will take today goes in a different direction. Last year, I picked up the
Participants at Selichot this year made “healing pouches” for our Caring Community volunteers to take to those in need of nurturing and blessing. The healing pouches consists of organic lotion,
