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Honoring Jewish Life by Bet Haverim’s “Zoom Gala Gala”

Our gala is going virtual this year! Saturday, June 6th, 2020, Online Zoom opens at 5:45 p.m. Entertainment starts at 6 p.m. Connect with us from the comfort of your home as we celebrate our incredible community featuring a musical revue in honor of Rabbi Greg’s 25 years of service to Congregation Bet Haverim. Program directed by […]

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To All of Our Camp Newman/Israel Trip Families

Last week, another serious heartbreak was felt around the Jewish world as a result of the COVID-19 virus. This time the victim was our precious URJ Summer Camps and Israel trips that have now been cancelled due to the dangers posed by continuing to host these activities this summer. These powerful summer experiences provide, every […]

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Madeline Rosenthal Goodwin Memorial Scholarship available

The Jewish Community Foundation of the West has announced scholarships available to residents of the Sacramento Region. The Madeline Rosenthal Goodwin Memorial Scholarship will be paid to the college or university where the winning applicant is enrolled to cover tuition, books, or related academic fees for the 2020/2021 academic school year. Two Grants Are Available […]

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[streaming] Ethiopian Shabbat

Join Hillel at Davis and Sacramento for an amazing Shabbat with guest speaker Rachel Tessema, who is of Ethiopian Jewish descent and the Israel Fellow at Cal Poly SLO Hillel. We will hear how Rachel’s family traveled from their home in Ethiopia to Israel during Operation Solomon. There will be time for your questions and […]

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To Save A Life is to Save The World

Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of our Reform Movement, recently wrote that many well meaning people, on reflecting upon the global impact of the current Coronavirus pandemic, opine that we are all in the same boat. However, Rabbi Jacobs makes a very important distinction: we may all be on the same boat, but some of […]

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Coronavirus Impact Loans available

Over $5 million is available for interest-free loans to help with financial hardships related to Covid-19. Loans offered to Jewish individuals throughout Northern California and to all employees of Northern California Jewish organizations (regardless of religion). Please follow this link for information. From the Hebrew Free Loan website: Loans of up to $20,000 are available to […]

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From the Co-Presidents

April 6, 2020 Dear Friends: On behalf of the CBH Board of Directors, we write to offer our best wishes for your physical and spiritual good health in these times of crisis and great pain, and to give you an update on CBH operations and plans.  We also want to wish you a happy and […]

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We Can’t Get Close But We’ve Never Been Closer 

“Fear is great, but greater yet is the truth of our connectedness,” goes a teaching often attributed to the Buddha. While we are living in a time of great uncertainty, worry and even fear, the truth of our interconnectedness has never been clearer or more poignant. From our personal places of refuge and safety, we […]

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Building A New Mishkan

Like the Children of Israel who are wandering through the wilderness right now in our cycle of reading the Torah, we, too, have been suddenly dropped into very strange and unfamiliar terrain. Nothing looks quite the same, everything seems a bit odd, out of place. Deserted, even. But we are wandering in a wilderness and […]

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Streaming Kabbalat Shabbat Services on Fridays

Join us this Shabbat and every Shabbat evening until circumstances change for services by a Zoom video conference.  You can join on your computer, tablet or smartphone, although it is best if you have video and voice capabilities. No password required, but the links are on our password-protected Partners-only page. Times and service leaders vary […]

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