The following is an article written by Rabbi Michael Berk for San Diego Jewish WorldSAN DIEGO — I started writing this as I sat in the Newark airport in the very early hours of Tuesday morning, July 15, having just returned from Israel on a whirlwind week long AIPAC rabbinic...
by Gracie Glaser, participant in the Platt Youth to Israel Trip When we were in Israel, we hugged all of the Israelis goodbye, and were constantly saying, “We will see you soon.” When they arrived in San Diego, I felt like it had only been a few days since I...
Every year, students in Eric Rempe’s classes at Coronado High School help fight hunger in San Diego by holding an Empty Bowls Fundraiser at the school. They, and local artisans, hand-craft beautiful ceramic bowls to sell at the fundraiser. Attendees select and purchase the bowl of their choosing for a...
Beth Israel’s Director of Religious School Education Ava Kurnow was a featured guest blogger on the Union of Reform Judaism’s RJ.org Journal of Youth Engagement online forum in March. In her blog post she shares what Beth Israel is doing to rethink and improve the religious school experience and to...
A Torah scroll donated by Beth Israel earlier this year is traveling the country, synagogue to synagogue, and will then go to Jerusalem for Women of the Wall’s Rosh Chodesh Tamuz celebration at the end of June. Once in Israel, it will be given to Sha’ar HaNegev, a Reform community...
