August 2020
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 »Reading to Understand Racism
Tikkun Olam, repair the world. There is a great need for this now as our country begins to see how racism has lived from the founding of our country until this very moment. Librarian and educator Nancy Kraus, will help you choose which resources might be right for you to help educate yourself on the history of racism in our country as well as to engage in self-examination. She will give brief summaries of eight books to help you make…
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 »Mysteries of the Machzor with Liturgist Alden Solovy
Thursdays, August 20, 27, September 3, and 10, 2020, 10:30 am-11:30 am Elul is about preparing for the High Holidays with prayer, study, introspection, and acts of charity. The Mysteries of the Machzor is about preparing for the High Holidays by understanding important parts of our liturgy. Each session will focus on one core prayer: Unetaneh Tokef (Power of the Day), Vidui (Confession), Kol Nidre (Release), and Aveinu Malkeinu (Almighty and Merciful). The sessions will include conversation, exploration, and prayer.…
Find out more »Women of Beth Israel: Rosh Chodesh Elul
The month of Elul brings us into a time of spiritual preparation for the coming year and the upcoming High Holy Days in Tishrei. It is during this month that one begins that process of teshuvah (turning or changing our ways). During our Rosh Chodesh ceremony, we will reflect on some of the traditions which are associated with the month of Elul and explore how we can bring these traditions, or create or own as we usher in this new…
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 »Mysteries of the Machzor with Liturgist Alden Solovy
Thursdays, August 20, 27, September 3, and 10, 2020, 10:30 am-11:30 am Elul is about preparing for the High Holidays with prayer, study, introspection, and acts of charity. The Mysteries of the Machzor is about preparing for the High Holidays by understanding important parts of our liturgy. Each session will focus on one core prayer: Unetaneh Tokef (Power of the Day), Vidui (Confession), Kol Nidre (Release), and Aveinu Malkeinu (Almighty and Merciful). The sessions will include conversation, exploration, and prayer.…
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 »Virtual Voices: Marra B. Gad, Author of “The Color of Love A Story of a Mixed-Race Jewish Girl”
A virtual conversation with award-winning author, Marra B. Gad, Rabbi Cantor Arlene Bernstein, and Rabbi Jason Nevarez, in which they will address racial equality and racial justice in North America as a Jewish issue. Marra's personal journey as a biracial Jewish woman is reflected in her memoir, The Color of Love, which they will discuss. In black spaces, she was not “black enough.” In Jewish spaces, she was mistaken for the help, asked to leave, or worse. Even in her own extended family,…
Find out more »September 2020
Mysteries of the Machzor with Liturgist Alden Solovy
Thursdays, August 20, 27, September 3, and 10, 2020, 10:30 am-11:30 am Elul is about preparing for the High Holidays with prayer, study, introspection, and acts of charity. The Mysteries of the Machzor is about preparing for the High Holidays by understanding important parts of our liturgy. Each session will focus on one core prayer: Unetaneh Tokef (Power of the Day), Vidui (Confession), Kol Nidre (Release), and Aveinu Malkeinu (Almighty and Merciful). The sessions will include conversation, exploration, and prayer.…
Find out more »Mayoral Candidates Forum
Join us for a co-sponsored event by the Men's Club & the Social Action Committee. During this forum, the 2 final San Diego Mayoral Candidates (Barbara Bry and Todd Gloria) will be going head-to-head with Beth Israel member Jason Bercovitch acting as the Moderator. The same questions will be posed to each candidate. Learn more about each candidate HERE. There is no fee, but please RSVP for planning purposes. This event is held virtually on Zoom. After registering, you will…
Find out more »Mysteries of the Machzor with Liturgist Alden Solovy
Thursdays, August 20, 27, September 3, and 10, 2020, 10:30 am-11:30 am Elul is about preparing for the High Holidays with prayer, study, introspection, and acts of charity. The Mysteries of the Machzor is about preparing for the High Holidays by understanding important parts of our liturgy. Each session will focus on one core prayer: Unetaneh Tokef (Power of the Day), Vidui (Confession), Kol Nidre (Release), and Aveinu Malkeinu (Almighty and Merciful). The sessions will include conversation, exploration, and prayer.…
Find out more »October 2020
League of Women Voters: California State Ballot Measures (Men’s Club and Social Action)
Presentation on the State and Local Propositions that will appear on the November 2020 ballot. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters San Diego. The League of Women Voters was officially founded in Chicago in 1920, just six months before the 19th amendment was ratified and women won the vote. For 100 years, we have been a nonpartisan, activist, grassroots organization that believes voters should play a critical role in democracy. The local San Diego League was established in 1936,…
Find out more »DayTimers Speaker Series: Professor Stan Schatt “San Diego’s Jetskys in 2050: A Sneak Preview”
What will life in 2050 be like for the Jetskys, an upper-middle-class Jewish family living in San Diego? Based on current research and analysis of technological, cultural, sociological, political, and climate trends, join Dr. Stan Schatt for a sneak peek at a day in the life of this family thirty years from now. He will explore the family’s diet, their mode of transportation, their life at work and play, their educational institutions, and even their teen daughter’s dating habits. You’ll…
Find out more »November 2020
DayTimers Speaker Series: Todd Salovey “Theatre and Jewish Arts in a Time of Crisis and Change”
Todd Salovey is a theatre director, writer, and producer. He is the Associate Artistic Director of San Diego Repertory Theatre and the Founding Artistic Director of the Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival. Todd is also on the faculty of UCSD in both the Departments of Theatre and Dance and the Rady School of Management. He is also very active in the San Diego Jewish Community and has served as Board Chair of Congregation Adat Yeshurun, Torah High School,…
Find out more »December 2020
DayTimers Speaker Series: Jean Moss “How I Circumvented the NY Sealed Adoption Records”
For some, genealogy is taking bits and pieces from parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Trying to create a path that leads you back to an earlier place in your family history. Most adoptees have no idea where or how to begin looking for their birth family. It is very important for an adoptee to learn where they came from and their medical history. Learn about methods to uncover adoptions in your family from a real-life case study. I am…
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