Take action and become involved with local refugee aid: Join CBI in our ongoing effort to support refugees by attending a Concert to benefit the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees! Sunday, December 3 at 2pm Neighborhood Congregational Church, Laguna Beach Contribute to our Diaper Drive to benefit local refugee families served by Tiyya Foundation. Bring diapers (sizes 4, 5,6 most…
Join us for YISM’CHU this Shabbat morning, November 18th with Rabbi Stephen Einstein, Ba’alat Tefillah Amy Robinson Katz AND CBI USY!!! No instruments, just high ruach, and lots of singing! 9:30AM Traditional Preliminary and Shacharit Services 10:30AM YISM’CHU Torah Service and Musaf
Carl Cedar, CBI’s Music Director, teaches songs and prayers to our Religious School children and regularly leads musical services at CBI.
Rabbi Micah Hyman will be joining us to lead six Saturday morning services during Rabbi Spitz’s sabbatical. In addition, he will be staying on two of these dates to lead discussions after the Kiddush luncheon. Micah is in his third year teaching High School Jewish Studies at Tarbut V’Torah. He is also a Senior Educator…
If you missed Dennis Ross’ public conversation, please tune in here: https://www.cbi18.org/sermons/ambassador-dennis-ross-2017/ Click the link above to hear Ambassador Dennis Ross in a Public Conversation with Rabbi Elie Spitz at Congregation B’nai Israel, September 17, 2017 on American Foreign Policy in the Middle East. For more than twelve years, Ambassador Dennis Ross played a leading role…
Dear Friends, Today is day 5 of CBI in Israel. Each day is filled with new experiences, thanks to the creative planning of Arie Katz. Wishes to each of you of a Shabbat Shalom. Elie Many of us attended prayer at the Kotel this morning with Women of the Wall for their monthly service. The…
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Ambassador Dennis Ross in conversation with Rabbi Spitz at CBI on Sept. 17, 2017 Dear Friends, Tomorrow we gather to mark Yom Kippur, 5778. I look forward to sharing services with you as a time for reflection, connection, and uplift. Below are my sermons from Rosh Hashanah and an editorial by Dennis Ross, who visited…
For this month’s OC Jewish Life Magazine, I reflected on technology and change at Rosh Hoshanah: (Click here to view the original article.) The Head of Change by Rabbi Elie Spitz OUR SMART PHONES are a powerful tool and distract us from the immediate moment. Whether used for good or bad, we are hooked. Consider the results of a recent international survey…
Moses’ sings a swan song, which begins: “Listen heaven! I will speak, Earth! Hear the words of my mouth. My lesson shall drop like rain, my saying shall flow down like the dew, like a downpour on the herb, like a shower on the grass.” (Deuteronomy 32:1-2) A Hasidic master commented that rain is only…