Welcome to Dor Hadash

At Congregation Dor Hadash, you will find a contemporary approach to Judaism and a respect for traditional Jewish values. Our doors are open to all Jews: singles, families, GLBT, interracial, and interfaith couples and families. We are a diverse, down-to-earth, and varied group of people from all walks of life. Join our diverse community and experience a progressive Reconstructionist approach to Judaism.
Gesher School is our Sunday School where children create Jewish memories and enjoy being a part of our close knit kehillah (community). Classes meet on Sunday mornings on the campus of San Diego Jewish Academy in Carmel Valley. We offer:
  • an inclusive, diverse, and nurturing community for children, teens and adults
  • fun activities that you and your child will enjoy
  • excellent, experienced teachers
  • bar and bat mitzvah preparation with Rabbi Yael
  • monthly mitzvah projects
  • For Teens Only: leadership, social, educational, and community service projects
At Gesher School, everyone is part of the community. We look forward to welcoming your family. For more information click here or email Education Director, Betsy Schneider.

Got Hamentashen?

On March 1 beginning at 8 AM (rain or shine) we will again be gathering at SDJA to make, bake and sell more than 1500 hamantashen! Don't miss out on a fun-filled morning. Click here to learn more about the morning or here if you've participated before and want to volunteer.

Rabbi's Torah Talk
Parashat Tetzaveh / Zachor: Exodus 27:20 - 30:10
Collective Memory and Forgettting
 

A number of years ago I read about Jill Price, an author who had just published a memoir about her extraordinary ability since the age of 14, to have continuous, automatic, autobiographical recall of every day of her life. It was clear that her memory was both a gift and a terrible burden. This was a woman who could not escape for a moment any event of any day of her life — good or bad. Unlike most of us, she could not "move on" from experiences, especially those that have brought her pain and suffering. Most people can retain fairly accurate detail about 20-40 emotional events of our lives, for Price, her life was replayed like a movie that she can never turn off.   >>more

February at a Glance
Please go to calendar for complete listings

Shabbat services and Torah Study will be held in the Beit Midrash at Congregation Beth El, Viterbi Family Campus unless otherwise noted.

Shabbat Services 
  • Friday, February 6, 6:00 p.m. Pizza potluck dinner at CBE. Bring a dairy item to share for Shabbat dinner. 
  • Friday, February 6, 6:30 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat with Rabbi Yael; guest Rabbi Isaac Saposnik, Camp JRF. Bring an oneg food to share made of one of the Tu b'Shvat seven species.
  • Friday February 13, 7:00 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat with guest speaker, Don Harrison of San Diego Jewish World.
  • Friday February 20, 7:00 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat with Rabbi
  • Saturday, February 21, 9:00 a.m. Gesher Shabbat, potluck kiddush lunch
  • Friday, February 28, 7:00 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat with Rabbi
Torah Study
  • Saturday, February 21 during Gesher Shabbat
Adult Ed
  • Sunday, February , 10:30 a.m. Rabbi's Cafe at SDJA — opic: Death and Mourning
Gesher School
  • Sunday February 1, 9:00 a.m.
  • Sunday February 8, 9:00 a.m. 
  • Saturday, February 21, 9:00 a.m. (at CBE)
Community
  • Friday and Saturday, February 27–28 — Scholar in Residence with Rabbi Regina Sandler-Phillips
  • Sunday, March 1 - Got Hamantashen? Please join us for The Big Bake!

ONE BOOK, ONE CONGREGATION
is reading

The Mapmaker's Daughter
by Laurel Corona
to be discussed on March 8, 2015 with the author

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