Congregation Dor Hadash
San Diego's progressive, down-to-earth
Reconstructionist community, welcoming all,
including LGBTQ+ and interfaith families
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​​Welcome to Dor Hadash

We are located at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, ​Jacobs Family Campus, 
​4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037. 

Shabbat Services and Torah Study

  • Friday night (ma'ariv) and Saturday morning (shacharit) services and Torah Study are held in the Rehearsal Room (unless otherwise noted) and led by Rabbi Mike Rothbaum. First Friday Shabbat services with Gesher students are led by Rabbi Educator Ally Jacobson.
  • Services are offered on Zoom and the link is published weekly in Ma Hadash. If you need the Zoom link, please contact our administrator.
  • ​JCC doors lock at 6:00 p.m. Entry is by security guard or Dor Hadash greeter. Friday evening service begins at 6:30. For security reasons, please arrive by 6:40 p.m. 

Upcoming Shabbat and Holiday Service Schedule


  • July 10, PRIDE Shabbat by the Bay
    • ​Join Rabbi Educator Ally Jacobson and Ohr Shalom for a Pride Shabbat by the Bay. Meet at Playa Pacifica 2 at Mission Bay Park. Bring your own chairs. Beach clean up at 4 p.m.; BYO picnic dinner at 6:00 p.m.; 6:45 Pride-themed Shabbat service. Members please RSVP through the weekly Ma Hadash.
  • July 17, 6:15 p.m. PRIDE Community Shabbat Services
    • ​Please join Rabbi Mike and members of Dor Hadash as we gather with the larger San Diego Jewish community at Congregation Beth Israel for PRIDE Shabbat. Please stay for the oneg following the service and connect with the larger community. The service will also be livestreamed on YouTube.
  • July 22 (Wednesday), 7:30 p.m. Tisha B'Av service
  • July 25, 9:15 a.m. Learner's Shabbat Shacharit (morning) service
  • August 1, 9:30 a.m. Shabbat service and bar mitzvah of Landon Silverman
  • August 28, 6:30 p.m. Welcome Back Shabbat
  • August 29, 9:15 a.m. Shacharit (morning) service 
  • August 29, 10:15 a.m. Torah Study

Gesher Children's Education and Parent Connection
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New enrollment for Gesher for the fall opens soon. ​​Contact Rabbi Educator Ally Jacobson, for more information. 
​We can't wait to welcome you!

Important Parking Information at the JCC
Parking in the back (access from Gennesse) is for JCC members only. Parking in the front lot off of Executive Drive is on a first-come, first-served basis. Additional parking is available across the street in the parking garage for a fee unless otherwise noted. There is also street parking in the front and back of the JCC. The JCC offers discounted membership to Dor Hadash members. 

Kumeyaay Land Acknowledgement
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Dor Hadash gratefully acknowledges that we daven (pray) on Kumeyaay land.

Currently, we congregate just south of a large village and shellfish processing area the Kumeyaay called “Ystagua-’Iilh Taawaa.” People of the Kumeyaay nations have been caretaking this land for millennia in spite of 300+ years of physical and cultural violence that tried to unjustly separate them from this land. Acknowledging this history of settler colonialism also means vowing to improve the spiritual, social, and political ways in which we live our life today. Through this acknowledgment, we hope to bring more healing to this land and engage in Tikkun Olam with the Kumeyaay people.

Dor Hadash is affiliated with the Reconstructing Judaism movement. 

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Congregation Dor Hadash at Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center - Jacobs Family Campus
4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla, California 92037  |  760-209-6609 (message only)