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Yom HaAtzmaut Celebration

Dancing, music, art, and falafel!
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This year’s Shabbaton was a blast!

We look forward to seeing you next year! View the photo gallery.
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This Shabbat

May 18 & 19, 2012
27 Iyar 5772
Parashat Behar-Bechukotai
Leviticus 25:1-27:34

Friday, May 18

6:15 pm Yismechu Chanting Service
7:00 pm Shabbat Dinner RSVP

Saturday, May 19
8:30 am Minyan Service
9:15 am Torah Study
led by Jeff Seideman
10:15 am Shabbat Morning Service
Zoe Davidman will be called to the torah as a Bat Mitzvah

Upcoming Events

May17Thu
05/17/2012 - 7:00pm
Join the People of the Book for a discussion on Son of a Small Hero by Mordechai Richler. The presenter will be Barry Silverblatt. Email Beverly Eigner with questions.
May18Fri
05/18/2012 - 6:15pm
Our monthly Shabbat chanting service continues! Bring your spontaneous harmonies and spirit to share. You are enthusiastically welcomed whether or not you think you can sing. Then, stay for a relaxing, catered Shabbat dinner. RSVP for dinner so we make sure to have enough! $10 for adults, $7 for children.
May20Sun
05/20/2012 - 10:15am
Celebrate with the 15 high school students from eight different synagogues who will be graduationg this year!

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Adult Education

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Perspectives on Israel Series

Four Evenings in May
7:30 pm

Join us for this series on Israel and its challenges from viewpoints across the political spectrum, offered in the spirit of civil discourse. A question-and-answer session will follow each talk.

Thursday, May 3
Matthew Gabe
AIPAC East Bay Director

Thursday, May 10 
Mike Harris, Co-founder, San Francisco Voice for Israel
(StandWithUs Bay Area Chapter)

Wednesday, May 23 
Molly Freeman, J Street SF Bay Area Local Chair, National Board Member

Thursday, May 31 
Orli Bein, New Israel Fund Co-Director
San Francisco Region

This event is free and open to the public. For more information please contact Ann Manheimer
Sponsored by the Beth El Israel Committee
 

Commemoration of the 100th Birthday of Raoul Wallenberg Shabbat Service

Friday, June 1 • 8:00 pm
Join Congregation Beth El for a Shabbat service honoring the 100th birthday of Raoul Wallenberg, one of the Righteous Gentiles who saved a large number of Hungarian Jewish Children, including Beth El Emeritus Rabbi Raj, during the Holocaust.
Oneg will follow the service.