Leadership - TEMPLE BETH EL

President’s Post – February 2022

February 1, 2022

Odds & Ends & A Prayer Linda Rubin and Marla Shwarts Safety, transparency, hope, community, science, diligence, trust, – all of these attributes have been the guiding principles of your Reopening Task Force and Temple Beth El as we maneuver through this pandemic. Weekly meetings to keep pace with the ever changing science and medical […]

Volunteer of the Month – February 2022

February 1, 2022

Grant Perry What happens when your first visit to Temple Beth El, with your wife and young daughters, happens to be during the marathon-long adult b’nai mitzvah of 12 passionate members of our synagogue, nearly 20 years ago? Once he wipes away his remaining tears, a still- moved Grant Perry would say, “You’ve found your […]

Congregational Announcement from December 30, 2021

January 1, 2022

Congregational Announcement from December 30, 2021 Peter Herwitt, M.D., Chair of the Re-Opening Task Force; Marla Shwarts and Linda Rubin, Co-Presidents; Carrie Jacobs, Executive Director; and Rabbi Cassi Kail Dear Temple Beth El Family, The past two years have not been as expected. The pandemic has made it challenging to gather in person for the […]

President’s Post – January 2022

January 1, 2022

Let It Rain, Let Us Celebrate Linda Rubin Marla Shwarts The G’vurot prayer we recite at services during the winter months includes the line mashiv haruach umorid hagashem which acknowledges the praising of G-d as the source of the blessing of rain –“let the wind return and let the rain fall.” This is a thoughtful […]

Volunteer of the Month – January 2022

January 1, 2022

Jaime Lowenstein, MENsch Club Chair Have you ever been “volunteered” for an important task? Such was the luck of Temple Beth El 2 years ago when Jaime Lowenstein was “volunteered” to be the chair of the newly reinstated MENsch Club. And to the good fortune of TBE, Jaime said a resounding YES! Jaime’s mom was […]

Open Tent – December 2021

December 1, 2021

Connecting to TBE Members and to the Community Doris Jacobson opentent@bethelsp.org During the last two years, our Open Tent committee meetings were a safe space for dialogue, visioning, creativity with the goal of enhancing communication within the San Pedro, South Bay, and the Long Beach communities, while also strengthening relationships among TBE members. With much […]

President’s Post – December 2021

December 1, 2021

Let’s Celebrate Linda Rubin Marla Shwarts The secular year ends and the secular New Year begins. No surprises here. Another year to reflect upon and it is also a time to make resolutions again. Something makes this coming New Year particularly special and one that is filled with honor and recognition for our Temple Beth […]

Volunteer of the Month – December 2021

December 1, 2021

Jessica Feldman Jessica Feldman and husband David became members of Temple Beth El about 10 years ago. She is on the Board of Directors and is involved in a number of temple activities including Neighborhood Connectors. Jessica was born in Fontana, California in the first Kaiser hospital. Her father was an egg rancher and found […]

Volunteer of the Month – November 2021

November 1, 2021

Peter Herwitt Let us introduce you to Peter Herwitt, MD, our November Volunteer of the Month. Peter grew up on the East Coast in a home that did not necessarily practice Judaism. However, he studied and became Bar Mitzvah. As a young adult, living in Salt Lake City, Peter decided to try to find other […]

President’s Post – November 2021

November 1, 2021

Fall Back & Live Forward Linda Rubin Marla Shwarts We are all quite busy this month so thank goodness we will add an hour when we change the clocks (November 7th) and “fall back.” We can use this extra hour to nurture ourselves, our families, and our friends, and we can remember to appreciate the […]