A Seder Unlike All Others Passover begins on Wednesday, April 8th. As we all know, this year we will have Seders unlike all others. In past years, many of us have gathered with our temple community or with loved ones around a large Seder table. This year, many of us will set far smaller tables, […]
Shabbat Koleinu 8-30-2019 On a very special Shabbat Koleinu we welcomed cantorial student and composer Josh Goldberg for an evening musical worship featuring some of his beautiful original compositions. Josh Goldberg is a singer, songwriter, producer and cantorial soloist. He has performed with Grammy-Award winning musicians Macy Gray, Lamont Dozier and Melissa Manchester, and toured […]
A special Shabbat Koleinu Service welcoming blind musician Charlie Kramer will be held on Friday, March 29, 7:30 pm Please join us for this special Shabbat Koleinu of spiritually uplifting kavanah and music as we welcome Charlie Kramer, noted professional song-leader and songwriter, who will help us create a handcrafted, spirit infused, musical Friday evening […]
Temple Beth El is pleased to announce a special musical Shabbat honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. This special musical Shabbat service will be held on January 18th starting at 6:30. Our Cantor and our in-house band, the Moody Jews, will be joined by the Mt Sinai Missionary Baptist Church Choir, adding soulful gospel roots to our […]
Rabbi Cantor Lisa Levine Rabbinic Pastor Cantor Lisa Levine is a renowned composer, recording artist, author, poet and worship artist. “Lisa began playing guitar at the age of 8 in her home town of Bakersfield California. She was influenced by the Reform Jewish Youth Movement and was NFTY Song leader where she was mentored and inspired […]
Temple Beth El welcomes Artist-in-Residence Rabbi Cantor Lisa Levine for two Soulful Shabbat Experiences Friday, October 19 at 6:30 p.m. for a Bridge to Peace Shabbat Ruah Service Join us for a Musical Shabbat service featuring Rabbi Cantor Lisa Levine as she shares songs from her newest album which promotes non-violence and healing through prayer and action. Saturday, […]
On Selichot, Saturday September 1, a special Congregational Writing Project was led by Theatre Dybbuk The Theatre Dybbuk writing project started with our congregants composing their personal stories on the theme for the evening, which was teshuvah or forgiveness. While the congregation enjoyed a delicious deli dinner, the Theatre Dybbuk troupe examined our writings and […]
The “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin passed away August 16, 2018 at the age of 76. She was an incredible singer and performer whose Jewish ties may not be generally appreciated. It was American Jewish producer Jerry Wexler (1917–2008), born in the Bronx of Polish and German ancestry, who took Otis Redding’s original material, transformed […]
On S’lihot, Saturday, September 1, a special Congregational Writing Project will be led by Theatre Dybbuk The Theatre Dybbuk writing project starts at 6:00 p.m. The writing project will be followed by a deli dinner at 6:30 p.m. The performance by Theatre Dybbuk is at 7:45 p.m. Followed by the S’lihot Service and Havdalah 8:30 […]
This musical Shabbat evening started with a BBQ dinner on the patio. Hot dogs, hamburgers, and veggie burgers were served up with all of the usual accouterments and then some. Afterwards, the first musical Shabbat at Temple Beth El San Pedro with our new interim Rabbi Douglas Kohn and our longtime Canor Ilan Davidson together […]
