July 2020
Virtual Erev Shabbat Services
Welcome Shabbat with this inspirational service open to all All our services will be ONLINE only until further notice. Watch the pre-recorded Shabbat services HERE (recorded earlier in the week). Access an online Siddur for Shabbat here. .
Find out more »TRIBE Virtual Oneg
Virtually meet, mingle, and celebrate Shabbat with your fellow TRIBESTERS! TRIBE is for adults in their 20’s-40’s who Jew together. Virtually meet, mingle, and celebrate Shabbat with your fellow TRIBESTERS! Join us for a Virtual Oneg on Friday, August 28, 2020, at 7:30 pm on Zoom. Do you have a hot topic you'd like to discuss? A quote you have found meaning in? We are looking for volunteers to help host our Oneg discussion! Please email Tribe Chair, Sarah Garrick (sarah.tribecbi@gmail.com), if…
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 »Loneliness: The COVID-19 Toll on the Elderly
Join Issi Doron, Ph.D., Head of the Center for Research and Study of Aging at the University of Haifa and Dilip V. Jeste, M.D., Director of the Stein Institute for Research on Aging at UC San Diego, as they lead a talk on how the elderly are particularly vulnerable under the current conditions of the pandemic. Together, they will discuss solutions and the recently MGSDII funded COVID-19 research collaboration. The program will include vulnerable elderly populations, including Holocaust survivors, in…
Find out more »Morning Mindfulness with Julie Potiker
Wednesdays mornings from 10:00-10:40 am July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, August 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2020. Give yourself the gift of calm. Join Julie for this grounding way to start the day 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. There is no fee, but please RSVP for planning purposes. This event is held virtually on Zoom.…
Find out more »Community Conversation: Hate in the COVID Era
Have you noticed an increase in antisemitic incidents and extremist rhetoric? The ADL shared in a report released on May 12, 2020, that antisemitic incidents in 2019 were at the highest level since they started tracking in 1979. On top of it, The COVID-19 pandemic – and the fear associated with uncertainty – has potentially only amplified this trend as people search for scapegoats. This community conversation will address the underlying reasons for the brazen displays of antisemitism, racism, and…
Find out more »Virtual Erev Shabbat Services
Welcome Shabbat with this inspirational service open to all All our services will be ONLINE only until further notice. Watch the pre-recorded Shabbat services HERE (recorded earlier in the week). Access an online Siddur for Shabbat here. .
Find out more »August 2020
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 »DayTimers Book Club
DayTimers Book Club members share the wonder they discover "between the lines." Limited openings in the book club are available for newcomers interested in attending regularly and willing to lead book discussions. Men and women are welcome! Jun. 2, 2020 - Susan Ulevitch - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett Aug. 4, 2020 - Arlette Smith - News of the World - Paulette Jiles. There is no fee, but please RSVP for planning purposes. This event is held virtually on…
Find out more »Morning Mindfulness with Julie Potiker
Wednesdays mornings from 10:00-10:40 am July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, August 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2020. Give yourself the gift of calm. Join Julie for this grounding way to start the day 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. There is no fee, but please RSVP for planning purposes. This event is held virtually on Zoom.…
Find out more »Virtual Erev Shabbat Services
Welcome Shabbat with this inspirational service open to all All our services will be ONLINE only until further notice. Watch the pre-recorded Shabbat services HERE (recorded earlier in the week). Access an online Siddur for Shabbat here. .
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 »Volunteer at Rachel’s Women’s Center
Beth Israel is one of many organizations that brings and serves dinner to 25 – 30 women at Rachel’s House. Beth Israel members 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 you to…
Find out more »Havdalah w/Rabbi Gimbel
Join our Rabbis 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: August 11, 18, 25 Zoom ID: 883 4814 2185 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwuc-GpqjkrEtGg2FW6ADq5i_ptGYHukLsJ
Find out more »Will COVID Change the Middle East as We Know It? An Evening with Ambassador Dennis Ross and David Makovsky
Covid-19 is affecting all Middle Eastern states. Already devastated by maximum economic pressure, Covid has hit Iran very hard, and yet it continues its aggressive policies in the region, even as it has reduced its break out time on its nuclear program. How do we explain it? The Gulf States—Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Kuwait—have always bailed out Egypt and Jordan when they were in economic distress, but they are now stressed themselves. What can we expect? Israel, while more successful…
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