January 2016
Wine, Dessert & Fashion Show
The fashion vendor cancelled and this event will be postponed and will be offered in the spring. Please stay tuned
Find out more »February 2016
Postponed – WBI Movie & Discussion Night
THIS DATE CONFLICTS WITH SAN DIEGO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL. THIS EVENT WILL BE OFFERED IN MARCH OR APRIL OF 2016. PLEASE STAY TUNED We'll watch and discuss Le Fils de L’autre (The Other Son), a film about two young men, one Israeli and one Palestinian, who discover they were accidentally switched at birth.
Find out more »March 2016
WBI Purim Carnival Cake Walk
Please join us at the Purim Carnival for our annual cake walk. Come play this fun game and get a chance to win a cake, plate of cookies or a yummy treat.
Find out more »April 2016
Annual Women’s Seder
All women in the community are invited to attend this multi-generational celebration of the Passover Seder. The Seder will be led by Rabbi/Cantor Arlene Bernstein. $45.00 entry fee after March 21. $18.00 entry fee for youth up to age 18. Space is limited so register early. REGISTRATION BEGINS AT 5:45 PM SEDER BEGINS AT 6:15 PM For more information or you would like to volunteer, please contact us at wbi@cbisd.org
Find out more »Meal Provision for Rachel’s Women’s Center
Congregation Beth Israel is one of many organizations that brings and serves dinner to 25 - 30 women at Rachel’s House on a given evening. The Women of Beth Israel and their family/friends have been involved with this project for over 20 years. Our goal is to ensure there are enough human resources on the second Sunday of every other month (and also Christmas night) to nourish the current residents of the day center and shelter, so we coordinate and count on magnanimous volunteers like…
Find out more »May 2016
WBI Shabbat
Save the date. Shabbat Honoring Women of Beth Israel. Details and RSVP to come.
Find out more »June 2016
Meal Provisions for Rachel’s Women’s Center
Congregation Beth Israel is one of many organizations that brings and serves dinner to 25 - 30 women at Rachel’s House on a given evening. The Women of Beth Israel and their family/friends have been involved with this project for over 20 years. Our goal is to ensure there are enough human resources on the second Sunday of every other month (and also Christmas night) to nourish the current residents of the day center and shelter, so we coordinate and count on magnanimous volunteers…
Find out more »August 2016
18 Shabbat Tables: Hosted Shabbat Dinners
We're holding another 18 Shabbat Tables! On Friday August 5th, you're invited to a Shabbat dinner at the home of a Beth Israel member (see preschool dinner note below). See the form below to select your dinner host and pay the nominal fee. We'll be in touch to confirm and answer any questions. We also encourage you to join us for a beautiful Erev Shabbat service at Beth Israel before your dinner. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EREV SHABBAT SERVICE WILL BEGIN…
Find out more »Meal Provision for Rachel’s Women’s Center
Congregation Beth Israel is one of many organizations that brings and serves dinner to 25 - 30 women at Rachel’s House on a given evening. The Women of Beth Israel and their family/friends have been involved with this project for over 20 years. Our goal is to ensure there are enough human resources on the second Sunday of every other month (and also Christmas night) to nourish the current residents of the day center and shelter, so we coordinate and count on magnanimous volunteers like…
Find out more »September 2016
Movie Night – “The Caborca Jew: A Mexican Story”
WBI Presents - Movie Night “The Caborca Jew: A Mexican Story” September 11, 2016 • Tickets $5.00 5:00 check-in, 5:30-6:40 Movie, 6:40-7:15 Q & A Movie snacks available for purchase Sometimes the lives of common folk heroes make for a very entertaining story. In the film, The Caborca Jew: A Mexican Story, director and Beth Israel member David Chait digs into the roots of his grandfather, a Polish Jew who made his way to Sonora Mexico to escape both war…
Find out more »Women Of Beth Israel Kick Off Event
WBI Kick-Off Event Fifty Shades of Talmud What the First Rabbis Had to Say about You-Know-What Keynote Speaker Maggie Anton Amusing, seductive, stimulating. We’re talking about the Talmud? That’s right. Take fifty actual Talmudic discussions mixed with pithy sayings (appropriate and inappropriate) by luminaries from Mae West and Amy Schumer to George Washington and Gandhi, add a few cartoons, and voila! You will come away with a new perspective on what the ancient Jewish sages say about our most intimate…
Find out more »October 2016
Meal Provision for Rachel’s Women’s Center
Congregation Beth Israel is one of many organizations that brings and serves dinner to 25 - 30 women at Rachel’s House on a given evening. The Women of Beth Israel and their family/friends have been involved with this project for over 20 years. Our goal is to ensure there are enough human resources on the second Sunday of every other month (and also Christmas night) to nourish the current residents of the day center and shelter, so we coordinate and count on magnanimous volunteers like…
Find out more »December 2016
Meal for Rachel’s Women’s Center
Congregation Beth Israel is one of many organizations that brings and serves dinner to 25 - 30 women at Rachel’s House on a given evening. The Women of Beth Israel and their family/friends have been involved with this project for over 20 years. Our goal is to ensure there are enough human resources on the second Sunday of every other month (and also Christmas night) to nourish the current residents of the day center and shelter, so we coordinate and count on magnanimous volunteers like…
Find out more »January 2017
WBI – Mahjong Game Night
Join us for a fun night of Mahjong. $18 entry fee includes an array of appetizers and desserts. Thank you for supporting Women of Beth Israel. Our mahjong game night is filled to capacity and our RSVP has closed.
Find out more »March 2017
WBI Passover Experience
Please join Women of Beth Israel for a new way to experience Passover. Charoset Bar Learn to make horseradish Dinner (gluten free options will be available) Singing Dancing Lively Passover Discussion with Rabbi Solomon and Rabbi/Cantor Bernstein $40.00 admission Bring your mother, daughter, aunt, grandmother and friends
Find out more »April 2017
Meal for Rachel’s Women’s Center
Congregation Beth Israel is one of many organizations that brings and serves dinner to 25 - 30 women at Rachel’s House on a given evening. The Women of Beth Israel and their family/friends have been involved with this project for over 20 years. Our goal is to ensure there are enough human resources on the second Sunday of every other month (and also Christmas night) to nourish the current residents of the day center and shelter, so we coordinate and count on magnanimous volunteers like…
Find out more »December 2017
Latkes & Vodkas
Join WBI for a fun and festive celebration of Chanukah. Sample latkes, sufganiyot, and a signature vodka cocktail and do a little shopping (Gluten Free latkes will be available). Open to men and women in the entire community. $18.00 pre registration $20.00 at the door
Find out more »April 2018
Welcoming the Stranger: Reaching Out and Supporting Refugees in our Community Through Art
Enjoy an evening learning how local artists worked with refugee women and students in El Cajon to produce beautiful artwork empowering them to use their voices and share their stories. At this time of the year, during Passover, we are reminded that we were refugees too- strangers in a strange land. Join us in our efforts to raise awareness of the JFS Refugee Resettlement Program and learn how you can help in “Welcoming the Stranger.” Fee: $10.00 pay at door;…
Find out more »Raising Ryland
Join Women of Beth Israel and Social Action for an inspiring evening as one family shares their journey in parenting a transgender child. Hillary Whittington, author of RAISING RYLAND, will be joined her husband Jeff, as they tell their emotional and moving account of their experience, demonstrating both the resistance and support they encountered as they tried to erase the stigma surrounding the transgender world. After they discovered their daughter Ryland was deaf at age one and needed cochlear implants, the Whittington's spent…
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