Our monthly Shabbat chanting service continues! Bring your spontaneous harmonies and spirit to share. You are enthusiastically welcomed whether or not you think you can sing. Then, stay for a relaxing, catered Shabbat dinner. RSVP for dinner so we make sure to have enough! $10 for adults, $7 for children.
This year’s Shabbaton was a blast!
We look forward to seeing you next year! View the photo gallery.
This Shabbat
May 18 & 19, 2012
27 Iyar 5772
Parashat Behar-Bechukotai
Leviticus 25:1-27:34
Friday, May 18
6:15 pm Yismechu Chanting Service
7:00 pm Shabbat Dinner RSVP
Saturday, May 19
8:30 am Minyan Service
9:15 am Torah Study
led by Jeff Seideman
10:15 am Shabbat Morning Service
Zoe Davidman will be called to the torah as a Bat Mitzvah
27 Iyar 5772
Parashat Behar-Bechukotai
Leviticus 25:1-27:34
Friday, May 18
6:15 pm Yismechu Chanting Service
7:00 pm Shabbat Dinner RSVP
Saturday, May 19
8:30 am Minyan Service
9:15 am Torah Study
led by Jeff Seideman
10:15 am Shabbat Morning Service
Zoe Davidman will be called to the torah as a Bat Mitzvah
Upcoming Events
May20Sun
05/20/2012 - 10:15am
Celebrate with the 15 high school students from eight different synagogues who will be graduationg this year!
May24Thu
05/24/2012 - 7:00pm
How much do Americans really care about inequality? Will the Occupy Movement make any difference in the upcoming presidential election? What are the real issues that influence the American political economy? Come hear two political scholars (who are also friends) debate these issues.
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Adult Education
Perspectives on Israel Series
Four Evenings in May
7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Join us for this series on Israel and its challenges from viewpoints across the political spectrum, offered in the spirit of civil discourse. A question-and-answer session will follow each talk.
Wednesday, May 23
Molly Freeman, J Street SF Bay Area Local Chair, National Board Member
Thursday, May 31
Orli Bein, New Israel Fund Co-Director
San Francisco Region
This event is free and open to the public. For more information please contact Ann Manheimer
Sponsored by the Beth El Israel Committee
Commemoration of the 100th Birthday of Raoul Wallenberg Shabbat Service
Friday, June 1 • 8:00 pm
Join Congregation Beth El for a Shabbat service honoring the 100th birthday of Raoul Wallenberg, one of the Righteous Gentiles who saved a large number of Hungarian Jewish Children, including Beth El Emeritus Rabbi Raj, during the Holocaust.
Oneg will follow the service.