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When I was growing up, you could buy two kinds of matzah in the store: plain or egg. Today, the grocery store shelves are overflowing with a plethora of varieties of matzah: plain, egg, onion, spelt, oat, gluten-free, tea matzah, whole wheat, whole wheat and bran, matzah “sticks”, English matzah, Israeli matzah, chocolate covered matzah, […]

Temple Beth Sholom Brotherhood Speaker Series Presents: “Education of the Future” with John Bradley Jackson, Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship California State University, Fullerton Sunday, April 9,2023 9:00am Bagel, Coffee and Pastry 10:00am speaker  Gen Z Students present an entirely new way of looking at education and deciding on their futures. College Educators are […]

I am beginning to plan our Temple Beth Sholom Second Day Pesach (Passover) seder. On Pesach we celebrate the Jewish people’s liberation from slavery in Egypt. We retell the story of the Exodus each year to remind ourselves that the gift of freedom comes with great responsibility: our freedom means we have the responsibility to work to free those who […]

Earlier this week, I finished preparing my paperwork to send to my accountant for my 2022 tax filing. Among my papers was a tax receipt for a donation made for relief efforts to help those in Ukraine affected by the war with Russia. This war has now been going on for over one year: one […]

Rabbi Sobel will teach 4-part class on Israel RSVP necessary for Zoom or in person (details to come). Class dates: 4/13/23, 4/20/23, 4/27/23 and 5/4/23. All classes are on Zoom and in person on Thursdays and start at 7:30 pm. Register here

Rabbi Sharon Sobel and her dear friend, MK Rabbi Gilad Kariv I am an ardent Zionist: my paternal grandmother was the president of her chapter of Hadassah and made me a life member when I was seven years old, long before this was common for young children. My parents took us to New York City […]

Join us for Torah Tots (ages 0-pre K) on Sunday, March 12, between 9-10am in room 3. Led by the wonderful Rachel Solinger, with Rabbi Sharon Sobel Register here Program includes: story, music, movement, craft, snack. $10/child/session to cover supplies; If families have more than 2 children, maximum fee per family/session: $20 Future dates: April […]

When I was three, four and five years old, my mother used to dress me as a hamantaschen for Purim.  She cut two large triangles from corrugated cardboard, decorate them to look like the front and back sides of a hamantaschen , thread string through them and put them over my head sandwich-board style.  She also made […]