October 2015
Caring Community: Give Us a Challah! (Mega Challah Bake)
Thursday, October 22, as part of Shabbat San Diego, the Jewish community is hosting two mega challah bakes. Last year Shabbat San Diego’s huge challah-making class had 1,500 attendees. This year the class has expanded to two locations to accommodate even more participants. Beth Israel’s Caring Community is encouraging your participation in one of these two mega challah bakes. One will be held in North County at the San Diego Jewish Academy and the other in East County at Tifereth…
Find out more »Erev Shabbat Service/Shabbat San Diego
Welcome this special Shabbat with a beautiful musical Erev Shabbat service featuring the Beth Israel Teen and Youth Choir and Tizmoret Orchestra.The service is just one part of a full, global Shabbat celebration. There is never any fee to attend a Shabbat service and no RSVP is needed. Learn more about Shabbat San Diego and how you can celebrate with Jews around the world on our Shabbat San Diego web page.
Find out more »Celebratory Shabbat Dinner @ Beth Israel
Celebrate Shabbat San Diego in a BIG way at Beth Israel! We'll enjoy a delicious pareve dinner together after a beautiful Erev Shabbat service. Dinner: $12 for adults, $5 for ages 5-13 and free for under 5. RSVP below while there's still time!
Find out more »Shabbat Morning Torah Study
As part of Shabbat San Diego, our Torah Study this morning will be led by Rabbi Uri Regev, who will also present a Lunch n' Learn at noon. Beth Israel's Torah Study sessions are open to all. These eclectic and lively discussions about the week's Torah portion consider the text through traditional and modern commentaries, as well as through the lenses of history, ethics, sociology and psychology. Insightful and frequently provocative, Torah study at Beth Israel will prompt you to…
Find out more »Shabbat San Diego Teen Hike
This year, San Diego is hosting a county side event: Shabbat San Diego. The Beth Israel Youth Department is hosting a teen hike at Torrey Pines Beach, and all teens are welcome to join us!
Find out more »Shabbat Morning Lay-Led Minyan Service
An informal service, open to all, in the Foster Family Chapel, featuring prayer, singing and Torah discussion in a relaxed and friendly setting.
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Celebrate Shabbat and a Bar/Bat Mitzvah in the Glickman-Galinson Sanctuary.
Find out more »Shabbat Lunch ‘n’ Learn with Uri Regev
Congregation Beth Israel is partnering with Shabbat San Diego again this year! As part of this special weekend, Rabbi Uri Regev will be coming to lead Torah Study and a Lunch & Learn after the morning service. Saturday, October 24 • 8:30 a.m. - Morning Torah Study led by Rabbi Uri Regev • 12 noon - Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Uri Regev At the Lunch & Learn, Rabbi Uri Regev will speak on the topic: The New Government in…
Find out more »Shabbat Afternoon Service
Celebrate Shabbat and a Bar/Bat Mitzvah in the Glickman-Galinson Sanctuary.
Find out more »November 2016
Shabbat San Diego Dinner @ Beth Israel: Star Spangled Shabbat
6:15 Service featuring musical guest Craig Taubman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbNlu_dSpNU Celebrate Shabbat San Diego and Veterans Day in a BIG way at Beth Israel! We’ll enjoy a delicious pareve dinner together after a beautiful Erev Shabbat service. Dinner: $12 for adults, $5 for ages 5-13 and free for under 5. RSVP below while there’s still time! www.STEPsocal.org Beth Israel is proud to be teaming up with STEP: Support The Enlisted Project for this dinner. STEP assists the junior active duty enlisted members and recently discharged enlisted…
Find out more »October 2017
Scholar-in-Residence: Yossi Klein Halevi
Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. Together with Imam Abdullah Antepli of Duke University, he co-directs the Institute’s Muslim Leadership Initiative. Yossi is the author of Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation, published by HarperCollins in 2013, which won the Jewish Book Council's Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year Award. Yossi writes for the op-ed pages of leading American newspapers. He is also author of the…
Find out more »February 2018
Community Hamantaschen Bake
Shabbat San Diego and partners are excited to bring together the San Diego Jewish Community for a delicious evening of making traditional hamantaschen cookies in celebration of Purim. Fee: $10.00 (will make around 8 hamantaschen) Registration: shabbatsandiego.org/events/co-act/
Find out more »October 2018
Should Jews Be Organ Donors?
A panel discussion on an important, yet sometimes controversial topic when viewed through a Jewish lens. Join us and hear first-hand from experts about how organ donations save lives. In partnership with Congregation Beth Israel, La Jolla. Followed by dessert reception.Confirmed panelists include: Kristin L. Mekeel, MD, FACS, Professor and Interim Chief, Division of Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine Rabbi Jeremy Gimbel, Congregation Beth Israel RSVP HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/should-jews-be-organ-donors-registration-50006201896
Find out more »Shabbat San Diego: Musical Erev Shabbat Service
Erev Shabbat Services will feature composer Noah Aronson followed by a hearty community oneg. Noah Aronson is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and has been working as a musician for the majority of his professional life. As the son of a cantor, Noah pursued work after college teaching music in synagogues. In 2006, Noah was commissioned by the leaders of Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley to compose a series of new works for the congregation. This work gave…
Find out more »November 2019
Shabbat San Diego Mega Challah Bake Volunteer Opportunities
It is that time of the year again when we all gather to share the Mitzvah of Challah baking with the mission of making deep and meaningful volunteer service a central part of Jewish life. Please join our San Diego Mega Challah Bake Costal 2019 team in preparation for an evening of unity and inspiration. The preparation and the event will take place at the JCC, 4126 Executive Dr, La Jolla, CA 92037. Here is the link to sign up…
Find out more »Musical Erev Shabbat Service in Celebration of Shabbat San Diego
Beth Israel is excited to welcome Julie Silver to our community on Friday, November 15th, 2019 in celebration of Shabbat San Diego. This joyus Erev Shabbat Service will be followed by a hearty enhanced oneg. Julie Silver is one of the most beloved performers in the world of contemporary Jewish music today. She tours throughout the world and has been engaging audiences with her gorgeous compositions and liturgical settings, her lyrical guitar playing, her dynamic stage presence, and her megawatt…
Find out more »October 2021
Shabbat San Diego 2021
TOGETHER AGAIN ON OCTOBER 21-24, 2021 MAKE SHABBAT SAN DIEGO YOURS! CHALLAH BAKE: (Thursday, October 21st) SSD's challah recipe 1 Tbsp Dry Yeast 1/2 cup Sugar 1 cup Water 1 tsp Salt 1/3 cup Oil 2 Eggs 4-41/2 cups Flour 1 Egg Yolk beaten for glazing SHABBAT MEALS: (October 22nd&23rd) Please take this time to reach out to a family or friend you haven't spoken to in awhile and let them know WE ARE UNITED and NO ONE IS…
Find out more »November 2022
Challah Braiding with The Challah Prince
Be the life of the Shabbat table when you show off your newfound challah braiding skills, courtesy of our special virtual guest and expert challah braider/baker, The Challah Prince, Idan Chabasov! This braiding demo is part of our Shabbat San Diego offerings at Beth Israel. Shabbat San Diego is an independent grassroots level community-wide, inclusive and egalitarian organization of volunteers dedicated to encouraging the entire San Diego Jewish community to participate in a unique, international Jewish identity event that inspires…
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