What’s Happening in Your Community

What’s Happening in Your Community

Beach Hillel

Beach Hillel had a lovely time at the Alpert JCC baking challah with seniors on Friday, Feb 14. Sharing our Shabbat traditions "L'dor v'Dough" was a truly memorable experience!

Sunday, March 23, 11 am

Save the Date: Brunch for a Bright Future

A brunch gala supporting the Jewish Students of Long Beach. Tickets $180pp

Don & Andrea Kaiser have endowed through Jewish Long Beach Community Foundation the Kaiser Family Beach Hillel Passover Fund. Tributes can be made to support the fund so that future generations of students can participate in this essential part of Jewish Life.

Beth David

Saturday, March 1, 9 am

Saturday, April 5, 9 am

Torah Study with Rabbi Myers

Sunday, March 9, 10:30 am

Purim Tot Shabbat

Sunday, March 9, 11 am-2 pm

Purim Carnival

Thursday, March 13, 12 pm

Thursday, April 10, 12 pm

Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Myers

Thursday, March 13, 7 pm

Renovation Purim Shpiel

Sunday, March 16, 9:15 am

Women of Beth David babka making class

Friday, March 21, 7:30 pm

Friday, April 11, 7:30 pm

Shabbat Service & Karaoke Oneg Shabbat

Saturday, March 29, 10:30 am

Tot Shabbat Passover

Sunday, March 30

Sunday, April 27

Movie Night

Thursday, April 3, 6:30 pm

Practicing Equanimity - A Mussar Study

Presented by Rabbi Robin Foonberg

Wednesday, April 23, 7 pm

Yom HaShoah Commemoration

Saturday, April 26, 9 am

Body, Mind, & Spirit Shabbat Walk or hike, call office for location

Saturday, April 26

Cantors Concert

6 pm Cocktails & Appetizers

7 pm Concert

Register for events at tbdavid@templebethdavid.org or 714-892-6623.

Temple Beth Shalom

For March and April events please see ad on page 13.

Saturdays, 10 am-12:30 pm

Shabbat Tots

Bring your kids on Saturday mornings for supervised activities and fun while you attend 10 am services.

For adult learning classes and other events please see our website calendar.

For more information and to register for events please email office@tbslb.org or visit tbslb.org

Temple Israel

For March and April events please see ad on back page.

Friday, March 14, 6 pm

Purim Tot Shabbat

Friday, March 14, 7 pm

Got Shabbat? Service

Features Kendra Cogert & the Shabbatones

Saturday, March 15, 7:30 pm

Purim Shpiel & Celebration

Purim Shpiel in Yacht Rock

Thursday, March 27, April 3, 7 pm

Joys of Jewish Learning

The Rabbis & Our Emotions

Tuesdays, April 1 – June 3, 7 pm

Beginning Hebrew

Cost: $100, plus the cost of textbook

Tuesday, April 22, 5:30 pm

Joys of Jewish Learning

Yom HaShoah Guest Speaker

Carolyn Siegel, executive director of If You Heard What I Heard

Please RSVP to Michelle mdt@tilb.org or info@tilb.org

Jewish National Fund - USA

May 25 – 29, 2025

55+ Sunshine Volunteer Trip in Israel

We also offer a 4-day pre-trip in Jerusalem with touring and a Shabbat Dinner. Cost is $3,000/person excluding airfare. Learn more at www.jnf.org/travel/tour/index/sunshine-tour--for-active-adults-55

Volunteer with JNF-USA in Israel! Join us to REBUILD, VOLUNTEER, AND TOUR ISRAEL.

Are you traveling to Israel or know anyone in Israel that would like to volunteer with us for one day? We are offering day rates as well.

Volunteer with your Congregation: Participants with their congregation are eligible to receive a $500 subsidy per participant to visit Israel.

NCJW - Greater Long Beach & West Orange County

Sunday, March 2,11:30 am -2:30 pm

Shirley Stein Annual Book Review at The Grand. “It’s About Love After All.” The guest speaker will be the Honorable Sherri Sobel, Ret. (our past Board Member). The cost is $57.

Saturday, March 8, 8:30 am-12 pm

Early Learning & Kindergarten Festival at Alvarado Elementary School, 1900 E. 21st St., Signal Hill. Help is needed with registration and handing out materials.

Tuesday, March 11, 6-7:30pm

Abortion Comfort Kit packing at the

Alpert JCC 

Thursday, March 13, April 24, 6-7:30 pm

HugPack packing at the Alpert JCC

Monday, March 17

Scholarship- Deadline to apply on-line. NCJW encourages all Jewish college/university/trade school students and high school seniors to apply for this opportunity.

Wednesday, March 19, 7 pm at the AJCC

Speaker/author of Coming of Age on a Porn set: Trafficked in Porn at age 14. Jewell Baraka speaks as a porn survivor advocate. Discussion will follow with LBPD.

All NCJW events are free unless indicated. Donations are appreciated. All program registration requested at www.ncjwlongbeach.org or call 657.235.2511

Orange County California Jewish Genealogy Society (OCCJGS)

Sunday, March 23, 10 am on Zoom

Susan Weinberg

Crossing the Ocean: Sources to Ancestral Towns

Using case studies based on Lithuania Latvia, Poland, and Belarus, we explore how to connect a wide variety of records and make use of many search engines. This talk also addresses how to create finding tools to decipher records in Russian handwritten Cyrillic. Susan Weinberg is an artist, author, researcher, and frequent speaker on genealogy topics.

Sunday, April 27,10:00 am on Zoom

Jerry Scherer

The Power of AI in Jewish Genealogy

Jerry Scherer is a lifelong educator in mathematics and technology and has extensive experience integrating technology into education. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing Jewish genealogy, making research faster, smarter, and more accessible.

Register for both events at ocjgs.org Free to members, $5 for non-members