Your Jewish Spiritual home in San Diego
Congregation Beth El is a Conservative synagogue whose mission is to create a home for every soul by offering a variety of Jewish experiences to nourish the mind, heart, and spirit, while being a caring Jewish community.
01/25/2023
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Beth El Is Together January 24, 2023 • 3 Shevat 5783 Rabbi Shulman's recent sermons can be read or heard here Everyone is welcome to join in our In Person or Online BEIT Midrash on Thursday evenings. Our focus for the
01/13/2023
BEIT resumes February 2!
Everyone is welcome to join in our In Person or Online BEIT Midrash on Thursday evenings. Our focus for these first months of 2023 is Jewish thought. Rabbi Shulman and our guests will explore Jewish ideas and current concerns.
BEIT: Beth El Is Thinking on Thursdays Join us for our BEIT Midrash on Thursday evenings. Welcome to BEIT: Beth El Is Thursday Everyone is welcome to join in our In Person or Online BEIT Midrash on Thursday evenings. Our focus for these
12/14/2022
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Beth El Is Together December 13, 2022 • 19 Kislev 5783 Rabbi Shulman's recent sermons can be read or heard here HANUKKAH CELEBRATION: HANUKKAH'S LIGHT ON THE FIRST NIGHT Sunday, December 18 | 4:00 pm We celebrate th
12/12/2022
Join our Congregation Beth El travelers on this CommUNITY trip to Israel this May!
To learn more visit www.jewishinsandiego.org/israel2023
12/11/2022
This Hanukkah we have a number of Tikkun Olam (Social Action) opportunities to help share joy and light with those who need it most.
Visit cbe.org/hanukkah to participate.
12/09/2022
Hanukkah is around the corner, and we can't wait to celebrate with you! We will be ushering in Hanukkah as a community with lights, latkes, and lots of fun on December 18th. 🕎
Visit cbe.org/hanukkah for more information and to register.
12/08/2022
Happening tonight at 7:30pm. Join us in welcoming Miriam Anzovin, the TikTok Talmudist.
Register here: https://www.cbe.org/adultjewishlearning
11/11/2022
We’re very excited to welcome Matti Friedman to Congregation Beth El from his home in Jerusalem. Matti will speak following Shabbat Dinner on Friday evening December 2 and after Shabbat lunch on Saturday December 3. His topics will include reflections on current events in Israel and around the Jewish world as well as his current book. View program details and registration at https://www.cbe.org/scholar-in-residence.
11/07/2022
The Hebrews Project is an innovative lab for creating biographical documentaries about prominent Jewish and Israeli writers. The award winning project invites major directors to create films that would weave biographical narratives, visualizing cinematically the written word, employing original scores and personal interpretations – thus creating unique films and mixing poetry and documentary, literature and filmmaking. This unique opportunity is open to the community. Register at https://www.cbe.org/event/the-hebrews-project-featuring-yair-qedar.html.
09/25/2022
We’ve all been dealing with so much during the past couple of years. This year we seek inspiration to raise our sights…
Higher and Higher
L’eylah u’leylah
On these High Holy Days:
May we elevate our spirits, renew our souls, and lift ourselves up
as we begin a New Year for our lives and our experience of this world. Shanah Tovah!
07/29/2022
We will observe Tisha B’Av with prayer and reflection on Saturday evening August 6, 2022 at 8:30 pm. During the Evening Service for Tisha B’Av we recite the Bible’s Book of Lamentations, Eikhah. We will also consider the meanings of this occasion for today with Rabbi Shulman.
Tisha B’Av is our calendar’s date of mourning. On the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av we recall tragic events in Jewish history whose legacy have shaped our identity and values. Foremost among the events we remember are the destructions of the two Temples in Jerusalem. The Babylonians destroyed the First Temple in the year 586 BCE. The Romans destroyed the Second Temple in 70 CE.
We will also gather in observance of Tisha B’Av on Sunday, August 7th. Our 9 am Morning Minyan will include the prayer customs of this solemn day. We don’t wear Tallit or Tefillin on the morning of Tisha B’Av as a sign of mourning.
Sunday, August 7 at 1 pm we’ll return for a special Minhah, afternoon prayer minyan, during which we wear the Tallit and Tefillin we didn’t put on in the morning.
Tisha B’Av is a full or partial day of fasting and introspection observed with emotion as we transform trauma into wisdom through ritual and conversation.
07/13/2022
Join Rabbi Shulman, Rabbi Libman, and Ba'al Tefillah David Lipsitz this Friday, July 15 at 6:15 pm for Plaza Prayer & Picnic outside on the Turk Family Plaza. Please RSVP for the catered picnic at https://www.cbe.org/event/plaza-prayer-and-picnic-summer-7-15-22.html.