any m o t e m o lh A spiritua
TEMPLE BETH EL — SANTA MARIA
Temple Beth El was
established as a reform (nearing conservative) congregation in the 1950s with our permanent home at 1501 E. Alvin in Santa Maria built in the mid 1960s. The mission of Temple Beth El is to create a viable Jewish community by helping individuals achieve an affirmative identification with Jewish life and to seek out and respond to problems which affect local Jewry because of their ethnic background or religious beliefs and actively apply the ethical teachings of Judaism to the issues of our society. Our part-time rabbi, Dov Gottesfeld, leads services and Torah study sessions once a month. Other Friday night The welcoming building entrance of the Temple Beth El Congregation.
services are led by lay leaders. Religious school classes are offered Saturday mornings and adult Hebrew classes during the week. Other events include a community Passover
Reverse Taslich and great day cleaning up Grover Beach!
Seder, Chanukah celebrations, 4th of July celebrations,
Young fresh faces and a harmony of happy voices at Chanukah.
services / celebrations for other Jewish holidays.
full High Holiday services, as well as appropriate Our congregation is the spiritual home to many interfaith and Spanish speaking families. We welcome those who are seeking information about Judaism. We also sponsor active Brotherhoods and Sisterhoods, neither of which require membership in the congregation. For more information please refer to the Shalom Santa Barbara Community Directory.
JEWISHSANTABARBARA.ORG
2020–2021 | SHALOM SANTA BARBARA | 37
