CBI’s “Welcome Circle”, in partnership with HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) and the Orange County Jewish Refugees Coalition, has undertaken an ambitious project to take on the resettlement of a refugee family from Ukraine. If you are interested in being a part of this project please contact the CBI office. Iryna is a single mother…
Dear CBI Family: On behalf of myself, Mike Vishny, and the entire Search Committee, I am so excited to share with you that we have concluded our search process and Rabbi Adam Greenwald has agreed to become the next spiritual leader of CBI succeeding Rabbi Spitz and our interim leader, Rabbi Goldstein. Rabbi Greenwald will begin his…
Rabbi Spitz was featured in the Orange County Jewish Life magazine in a beautiful article written by congregant Daveen Meyers, “Rabbi Spitz Retiring at Congregation B’nai Israel, Tustin, after 34 Years of Service and Inspiration.” Click here to read the article
Psalms are Biblical poems to God. Jews traditionally read psalms during times of trouble, and also chant psalms as an essential part of our daily prayers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020 and 2021, Rabbi Spitz taught sessions looking closely at each of the 150 Psalms. You are invited to view them here.
Zoom is a free technology for calls & videoconferences. You don’t need a personal Zoom account to use it. Zoom has step-by-step instructions on how to use it here. We will be doing many of our social events and classes by zoom during our coronavirus closing. Zoom Directions: You have lots of options with Zoom. https://zoom.us We…
The fourth grade class and their parents gathered to learn about Torah and to make Yadi’im, the special pointers used to read from the Torah scroll. With support from the Daniel Zembrosky Youth in Art Fund, we worked with Gary Rosenthal’s Hiddur Mitzvah program to make Yadi’im from glass tiles that will be fused together to…
Congratulations to Rabbi Robin (Hoffman) Foonberg, our Director of Education, for being awarded the prestigious CJE award. To be considered for this title, “Conservative Jewish Educator”, Robin demonstrated her leadership in the field of Jewish Education as well as outstanding education credentials. This award is given by the Jewish Educators Assembly, the national body of…
Congratulations to our USY for winning the Chapter of Excellence award!