Welcome!

We want to build a community based on inclusiveness, where everyone is welcome regardless of age, marital status, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, Jew-by-choice, or Jew-by-birth. When Temple Beth El was founded in 1947, its members dedicated themselves to the creation of a home for living Judaism – a place where newcomers feel welcome, where Jewish ideals are made real, and where education is the key that unlocks the door to a lifetime of Jewish fulfillment and commitment. We are proud of this tradition and hope that your association with us will be spiritually and emotionally satisfying.

Welcome!

We want to build a community based on inclusiveness, where everyone is welcome regardless of age, marital status, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, Jew-by-choice, or Jew-by-birth. When Temple Beth El was founded in 1947, its members dedicated themselves to the creation of a home for living Judaism – a place where newcomers feel welcome, where Jewish ideals are made real, and where education is the key that unlocks the door to a lifetime of Jewish fulfillment and commitment. We are proud of this tradition and hope that your association with us will be spiritually and emotionally satisfying.

Pesach

When do we eat? 

How about April 22 at 6:00 pm, the first night of Pesach!

Temple Beth El’s Community Seder is BACK!

Click on the photo to register and pay for the Community Seder.  Seating is limited to 100 so sign-up soon!

Adults are $54 and children under 13 are only $36.

Tradition requires the community to provide Ma’ot Chittin, funds to sponsor others’ Passover needs.  Please consider making an additional anonymous donation so that we may truly say “Let all who are hungry, come and eat.”  Each $54 contribution ensures an adult can participate.

Help in Support of Israel

Thanks to our members and an overwhelming response from our friends and neighbors in Bakersfield and all over the country, Temple Beth El has been able to donate over $35,000 to Israeli humanitarian agencies.  It is a good start, but the need continues.  If you would like to help, you can make a donation HERE.

 

At Temple Beth El, we are always ready to celebrate! 

Now you can let everybody know that you are ready to celebrate as well AND help support TBE at the same time.  WIN-WIN!  Follow this link to order your t-shirts, pullover or zip hoodies in children and adult sizes.

Hannukah at the Bakersfield National Cemetery

For several years, a non-profit called “Wreaths Across America” has been placing Christmas wreaths on the tombstones of U.S. Veterans in the National Cemeteries.  Last year, the local Bakersfield chapter realized that the monuments of the Jewish veterans looked rather naked in the middle of all those wreaths.  After several months of discussions with the National Cemetery Board of Directors, the local chapter was allowed to design, and install, Hannukiot on the Jews buried in these cemeteries.

The wreaths were scheduled to be installed on December 16th this year, but since Hannukah starts on December 7th this year, members of Temple Beth El, Congregation B’Nai Jacob, Chabad of Bakersfield, Wreaths Across America and the Bakersfield chapter of the Freedom Riders were at the Bakersfield National Cemetery installing Hannukiot on the 70 tombstones of our Jewish veterans.

Below is a photo from the Bakersfield National Cemetery from December 6th and one of a Wreaths Across America installation from last year.  It would be a beautiful thing for you to go see the entire installation after December 16.