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Hanukkah – Concert, Candles, and Light Show

Posted on December 17, 2020

Here is our 2020 Livestreamed Hanukkah concert featuring Hazzan Tisser, Hazzan Barnett and Jeff Baden.

Enjoy a Hanukkah slide show of members celebrating in their homes and lighting their menorahs

Incase you weren’t able to drive-through to see our light show on the fourth night of Hanukkah, here’s what Beth El looked like lit up!

Revisiting a Classic Talmudic Debate

Posted on December 16, 2020

Parashat Vayeshev: Joseph and Judah Grow Up

Posted on December 9, 2020

Sacred Darkness

Posted on December 2, 2020

Giving Thanks in the time of Pandemic

Posted on November 26, 2020

I have a confession to make. It might surprise many of you, but I take a calculated risk in sharing: I love the winter holiday season. Everything about it. The decorations, the music, the magic that seems to be in the air for the six weeks or so which begin just prior to Thanksgiving and end just after New Years Day. I’ve always loved it. As a child in Los Angeles, my dad would drive us down Wilshire Boulevard to see downtown Beverly Hills all decked out, the sleds and snowflakes ironically hanging above the street, suspended on either side from the lamp posts, all while it might still be 80 degrees outside…window displays revealed along Rodeo Drive…beautiful holiday music playing from the shops and from speakers set up along the roads. At night after leaving my grandmother’s home from a weekend visit, we would often take the long way home, winding through the canyon roads of the Santa Monica Mountains, enjoying the elaborate light displays of the homes we passed.

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Z’L – A Tribute

Posted on November 11, 2020

The Blessing of Democracy

Posted on November 5, 2020

Come Together Right Now…

Posted on October 29, 2020

Young Family Outdoor Movie Night

Posted on October 25, 2020

On Saturday, November 24, following Havdalah, families joined together to watch “Smallfoot” on a big screen in the Beth El parking lot. It was a wonderful opportunity to end Shabbat and start the new week together!