The Women’s Club Gift Shop hours have changed! The gift shop will be open Sundays, 9am – 12:30pm on: March 4, 11, 18, 25 April 8, 15, 22, 29 May 6 – 50% off! Closed for the summer!
An egalitarian Conservative congregation serving the diverse Orange County Jewish Community
An egalitarian Conservative congregation serving the diverse Orange County Jewish Community
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CBI is proud to host a men’s clothing drive for the OC Jewish Coalition for Refugees to support the Friends of Orange County Detainees! The FOCD transition program provides clothing to asylees upon release.
Light the first Hanukkah candle the evening of December 12th Second Candle – December 13 Third Candle – December 14 Fourth Candle – December 15 Fifth Candle – December 16 Sixth Candle – December 17 Seventh Candle – December 18 Eighth Candle – December 19 The candles are placed in the menorah from right to left (just…
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
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…
Click here to view the calendar of events for 5778!
Dear Fellow Congregants, As noted in my previous letter, Rabbi Spitz will be going on Sabbatical starting in October and we are busy planning. We anticipate a year of exciting teaching and learning. I want to take this opportunity to introduce the talented group of guest Rabbis that will fill in while he is on…
Our Rabbinic Intern Ariel Sholklapper’s ordination will take place Monday, May 22 at 7:30pm at the AJU. We thank Ariel for two years of being our Rabbinic Intern. He has brought much teaching to us and we are all grateful. If you would like to attend Ariel’s ordination click here for details and to RSVP.
My friends, This week’s Torah reading describes the Sabbatical year, offering rejuvenation akin to the Sabbath day. Every seventh year, the Bible commands, the land is to lie fallow (Leviticus 25:2-7; 26:34-35; Exodus 23:10-12). Both the farmer and the land itself would rest. In that light, this coming year is a shared opportunity for renewal…
May 10, 2017 Dear Fellow Congregants, We are closing out the fiscal year as a spiritually vibrant and financially healthy congregation. We are now focused on planning for the upcoming year and the future. Next year will be a year of exciting possibilities. You may already know that Rabbi Spitz will be going on a…