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Rabbi Lebovitz's New Book - "The Case for Dual Loyalty"
01/07/2025 02:28:54 PM
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Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem
12/27/2024 12:36:45 PM
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"Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem" is based on Psalm 122. The psalm expresses our love for Israel, our hope for a future filled with peace, and our connection to one another and to Jewish communities around the world.
We are proud to feature our dynamic VBS Youth and Community Choirs as well...Read more...
VBS Celebrates Bubby's One Year Anniversary
12/13/2024 12:47:26 PM
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Valley Beth Shalom is Going Solar
01/25/2024 12:17:55 PM
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The holiday of Tu B’Shevat is the new year for the trees. (Mishna, Rosh Hashanah 1:1) In many ways, it has acquired greater significance as a broad celebration of nature, even a Jewish Earth Day. So, it is fitting that after many years of researching the possibility of bringing...Read more...
VBS Maccabee Mission to Israel
01/02/2024 02:02:04 PM
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This December, we had the honor to volunteer our time farming, cooking and cleaning for soldiers and sorting and packing food. We bore witness at Kibbutz Nir Yitzchak and heard the harrowing story of a survivor. We visited Hostage Square in Tel Aviv and listened to the aunt of hostage Tamir Adar. We were blessed to share Shabbat dinner with displaced families and lone soldiers. And, in true VBS tradition, we learned every night from...Read more...
ECC Staff Day Out
12/22/2023 12:20:16 PM
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Our VBS ECC staff spent a professional development day committed to service preparing 300 meals for those in need at Margaret Feder's Our Big Kitchen Los Angeles, a nonprofit organization where people come together to prepare food in a kosher kitchen for those in need. Learn more at obkla.org. Yasher Koach!
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Introducing, "Sayva"
04/20/2023 01:38:13 PM
Rabbi Ed Feinstein
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Sayva means wisdom, sagacity, depth. According to the Talmud, it is a quality that comes in our later years. Unlike American culture, Jewish tradition never saw old age as a time of diminishment, disability and loss. The old were never retired, removed or isolated. The Jewish tradition...Read more...
BJE Honors VBS ECC Educator Sara Leon
04/11/2023 01:40:44 PM
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Schulweis Library Dedication
12/16/2022 02:35:35 PM
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2022 High Holidays: A New Light
10/01/2022 02:42:04 PM
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Thu, March 13 2025
13 Adar 5785
Spotlight on Doing Good
Read feel-good stories from VBS Chesed initiatives on our "Spotlight on Doing Good" blog here >