Our annual day of community service brought together over 400 Jews, Muslims, Christians, Hindus and others to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. The MLK Community Choir and picnic also gave people the opportunity to stay after and socialize. All agreed that it was a wonderful day of...
Beth Israel hosted a remarkable weekend with Ruth Messinger, President of AJWS and leading Jewish social justice advocate. We had a full house of members and young community activists. Included proclamations from our 2 congresspersons and an assembly member. It was a weekend of community and inspiration, including an amazing...
The following sermonette is from our recent Outreach Shabbat, which features the Jewish journey stories of those warmly welcomed into our community through conversion to Judaism, renewal of their Jewish connection, or raising Jewish children. I think I was always Jewish. Even though I wasn’t, I was. Like something that...
The following sermonette is from our recent Outreach Shabbat, which features the Jewish journey stories of those warmly welcomed into our community through conversion to Judaism, renewal of their Jewish connection, or raising Jewish children. Shabbat Shalom. I was given the opportunity this evening to take a few minutes and...
The Jewish community of San Diego stands firmly in support of Israel, and demonstrated that support in a rally at Doyle Park on July 20. Rabbi Berk, just back from his trip to Israel, delivered the stirring invocation at the rally. Listen to his invocation in the video below.
Monthly Men’s Club Dinner Forums are notable for featuring fascinating members of the San Diego community. Speakers represent a wide variety of areas of interest, from political, social, educational, medical, business and more. June’s speaker came from a different world altoghether. Armstrong Gidongo is a Jew from Uganda. Armstrong shared...
The Annual Meeting of the Congregation took place Thursday, May 22, 2014. Rabbi Berk opened with a blessing, which was followed by remarks by President Meg Mandel. Treasurer Gary Hirschfeld gave the treasurer’s report. The election of the members to The Board of Directors were then announced by The Nominating...
On Saturday, May 17, Beth Israel hosted a spectacular gala fundraiser in honor of longtime member Jeff Silberman. The 270 attendees enjoyed dining al fresco, a performance by entertainer Robert Klein and the presentation of Beth Israel’s prestigious Carl M. Esenoff Award for extraordinary community service to Jeff. Nearly $250,000...
On Monday, March 24th, the Women of Beth Israel hosted their annual Women’s Seder led by Rabbi/Cantor Arlene Bernstein and Rabbi Lenore Bohm. The Seder program welcomed Rabbi Aliza Berk, and featured music provided by Heidi Gantwerk, Myla Wingard and the young women from the tizmoret, and youth and teen...
