June 2020
Adult Evening Book Club
Monthly, usually on the 3rd Thursdays, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. 3rd Floor Rotunda Conference Room. No fee. See below for the scheduled meeting dates and books being read. New members are always welcome, and no reservation is required. Most book club selections are available in libraries or through online booksellers used or in paperback. 19 September "Beneath the Scarlet Sky" by Mark Sullivan - Rob Rubin, facilitator 17 October "Einstein's Dreams" by Alan Lightman - Arnie Gass, facilitator 21 November…
Find out more »Preschool Shabbat
Start your Shabbat with your family, Rabbi Gimbel, Rabbi Cantor Bernstein, Cathy, and your preschool friends. We will sing, hear a story, and do the Shabbat prayers together. Fridays, 12:30pm-1pm Register in advance for the meeting: Friday, June 5th, 12:30-1 pm: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpf--rqDsoG9JQXPv7W_whYfBqeE2GPLcA Fridays, 12:30-1pm (recurring weekly) June 12, 19, 26, July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvdOCurzgrGtZ-P4zb2AvPqL1lq0ogU4Ug
Find out more »Shabbat Morning Torah Study
Torah Study has moved to online only with the new time of 9:00 a.m. through at least April 18. You can connect via your computer or telephone. You will need to register just once for all future sessions: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/uJcqc-GhqzIswQYDIgFGeKY4EgkXp7tauA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Come occasionally or come every week. These eclectic and lively discussions about the week’s Torah portion consider the text through traditional and modern commentaries, as well as…
Find out more »Virtual Shabbat Lay Led Service
An informal service, open to all, featuring prayer, singing and Torah discussion in a relaxed and friendly setting. For the Zoom link, please contact Gordon Glenn at gaglenn@prodigy.net to be added to the Lay Led Service list. For those who do not have your own Mishkan Ti’filah for Shabbat, you can get a Kindle version for $4.99 at the following link: Amazon/Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Mishkan-Tfilah-Shabbat-Reform-Siddur-ebook/dp/B016R0HSLU/ref=sr_1_2 If you have an iPad or iPhone, you can download a Kindle App from the iTunes Store and…
Find out more »Hunger Project
2nd through 5th Sunday of Every Month, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Beth Israel’s San Diego Hunger Project relies on wonderful volunteers like you to help us serve lunch to hundreds of San Diego's homeless and hungry on Sunday mornings at St. Vincent de Paul Village. Your help is needed to set up, serve and clean up. Volunteers over the age of 12 are welcome (accompanied by an adult). Beth Israel provides food, funding and volunteers for this program. Cash donations are also…
Find out more »Women of Beth Israel: Rosh Chodesh Tammuz
Please RSVP for this event so we can all “see” each other, June 22, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. This event is for women only. Register in advance for this gathering: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsdO6ppz0pEt0xtI74b33W8NcSIZBzjWOg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the session.
Find out more »Hartman Online iEngage Course: Together & Apart – The Future of Jewish Peoplehood
Classes will be held on Tuesdays from 12:00-1:30pm EDT (9:00-10:30am PDT) from April 21-June 23, 2020. At a time when the world is contemplating how we can remain connected while we stay apart from one another, we invite you to join a global community of learners. Rabbi Lauren Berkun will be teaching the newest iEngage series, Together & Apart: The Future of Jewish Peoplehood as a 10-session online course. Together & Apart: The Future of Jewish Peoplehood explores one of the most pressing issues…
Find out more »Havdalah w/Rabbi Gimbel
Join Rabbi Gimbel for a musical morning filled with song and prayer. Tuesday mornings, 9:30-10 am Register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Tuesdays, 9:30-10 am: June 9, 16, 23, 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28 Zoom ID: 883 4814 2185 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwuc-GpqjkrEtGg2FW6ADq5i_ptGYHukLsJ
Find out more »Mid-Morning Mindfulness with Julie Potiker
Give yourself the gift of calm. Join Julie for a mid-morning break and move from a place of fear to a place of calm. In these forty-minute mindfulness sessions, you will experience bringing your attention to the present moment without judgment. Session Dates: Jun 2, 2020 11:00 AM Jun 9, 2020 11:00 AM Jun 16, 2020 11:00 AM Jun 23, 2020 11:00 AM
Find out more »Virtual Annual Meeting
All Beth Israel members are invited to our virtual Annual Meeting with staff and lay leaders. We look forward to hosting you in this new format. AGENDA • Welcome & blessing • Remarks by President Kimberly Carnot and Acting Senior Rabbi Arlene Bernstein • Appreciation to retiring Board Members • Board and Nominating Committee elections • Volunteer of the Year Award presentation to Allison Golding Entry will only be allowed for those who RSVP and have verified membership. RSVP below.
Find out more »Preschool Shabbat
Start your Shabbat with your family, Rabbi Gimbel, Rabbi Cantor Bernstein, Cathy, and your preschool friends. We will sing, hear a story, and do the Shabbat prayers together. Fridays, 12:30pm-1pm Register in advance for the meeting: Friday, June 5th, 12:30-1 pm: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpf--rqDsoG9JQXPv7W_whYfBqeE2GPLcA Fridays, 12:30-1pm (recurring weekly) June 12, 19, 26, July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvdOCurzgrGtZ-P4zb2AvPqL1lq0ogU4Ug
Find out more »Shabbat Morning Torah Study
Torah Study has moved to online only with the new time of 9:00 a.m. through at least April 18. You can connect via your computer or telephone. You will need to register just once for all future sessions: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/uJcqc-GhqzIswQYDIgFGeKY4EgkXp7tauA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Come occasionally or come every week. These eclectic and lively discussions about the week’s Torah portion consider the text through traditional and modern commentaries, as well as…
Find out more »Shabbat Morning Service
Celebrate Shabbat and a Bar/Bat Mitzvah in the Glickman-Galinson Sanctuary.
Find out more »Virtual Shabbat Lay Led Service
An informal service, open to all, featuring prayer, singing and Torah discussion in a relaxed and friendly setting. For the Zoom link, please contact Gordon Glenn at gaglenn@prodigy.net to be added to the Lay Led Service list. For those who do not have your own Mishkan Ti’filah for Shabbat, you can get a Kindle version for $4.99 at the following link: Amazon/Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Mishkan-Tfilah-Shabbat-Reform-Siddur-ebook/dp/B016R0HSLU/ref=sr_1_2 If you have an iPad or iPhone, you can download a Kindle App from the iTunes Store and…
Find out more »Hunger Project
2nd through 5th Sunday of Every Month, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Beth Israel’s San Diego Hunger Project relies on wonderful volunteers like you to help us serve lunch to hundreds of San Diego's homeless and hungry on Sunday mornings at St. Vincent de Paul Village. Your help is needed to set up, serve and clean up. Volunteers over the age of 12 are welcome (accompanied by an adult). Beth Israel provides food, funding and volunteers for this program. Cash donations are also…
Find out more »Havdalah w/Rabbi Gimbel
Join Rabbi Gimbel for a musical morning filled with song and prayer. Tuesday mornings, 9:30-10 am Register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Tuesdays, 9:30-10 am: June 9, 16, 23, 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28 Zoom ID: 883 4814 2185 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwuc-GpqjkrEtGg2FW6ADq5i_ptGYHukLsJ
Find out more »Jews and Israel in the Age of Trump and Netanyahu
Led by: Rabbi Phil Graubart Date: Tues., June 30, July 7, 14, and 21, 2020 In the last few years, we’ve seen unprecedented divisions in the North American Jewish community regarding Israel. Issues that once attracted a broad consensus such as the two-state solution; moving the American embassy to Jerusalem; opposing all boycotts; Birthright; even embracing the Zionist vision of a Jewish state, are now subjects of division, controversy, and often bitter contentiousness. Synagogues, Federations, Jewish umbrella organizations, and sometimes…
Find out more »July 2020
Preschool Shabbat
Start your Shabbat with your family, Rabbi Gimbel, Rabbi Cantor Bernstein, Cathy, and your preschool friends. We will sing, hear a story, and do the Shabbat prayers together. Fridays, 12:30pm-1pm Register in advance for the meeting: Friday, June 5th, 12:30-1 pm: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpf--rqDsoG9JQXPv7W_whYfBqeE2GPLcA Fridays, 12:30-1pm (recurring weekly) June 12, 19, 26, July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvdOCurzgrGtZ-P4zb2AvPqL1lq0ogU4Ug
Find out more »Shabbat Morning Torah Study
Torah Study has moved to online only with the new time of 9:00 a.m. through at least April 18. You can connect via your computer or telephone. You will need to register just once for all future sessions: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/uJcqc-GhqzIswQYDIgFGeKY4EgkXp7tauA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Come occasionally or come every week. These eclectic and lively discussions about the week’s Torah portion consider the text through traditional and modern commentaries, as well as…
Find out more »Virtual Shabbat Lay Led Service
An informal service, open to all, featuring prayer, singing and Torah discussion in a relaxed and friendly setting. For the Zoom link, please contact Gordon Glenn at gaglenn@prodigy.net to be added to the Lay Led Service list. For those who do not have your own Mishkan Ti’filah for Shabbat, you can get a Kindle version for $4.99 at the following link: Amazon/Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Mishkan-Tfilah-Shabbat-Reform-Siddur-ebook/dp/B016R0HSLU/ref=sr_1_2 If you have an iPad or iPhone, you can download a Kindle App from the iTunes Store and…
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