Congregation Dor Hadash
San Diego's progressive, down-to-earth
Reconstructionist community, welcoming all,
including LGBTQ+ and interfaith families
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Rabbi Mike Rothbaum in the News

Rabbis During Wartime - Evolve (2024)
The Jews of 'Stop Copy City' (2023)
The Best Way to Stop a Bad Guy with a Gun? A Good Rabbi with a Chair (2022)
​The Blood We Are Seeing in the Street was Always There (2022)
​​How one Synagogue's Social Justice Engagement Led the Way to Renewal and Revitalization - Clergy Leadership Incubator (2021)
If Rabbis Can't Talk about Public Policy, What's the Point of Torah? - The Jerusalem Post (2021)
San Francisco Police Arrest Protesters Demanding End to Deportations (2014)
Rabbi Michael Rothbaum Among 14 Arrested at Fast Food strike (2014)


Rabbi Mike's High Holy Days sermons 5786
Rosh Hashanah sermon, B'tzelem Elohim: No Exceptions
​Kol Nidre sermon: The Border Crossers


​Reconstructionist Links
Reconstructing Judaism (Reconstructionist movement)
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Camp Havaya (Pennsylvania) Jewish Summer Camp
Local Jewish Resources
​Jewish Federation of San Diego
Center for Jewish Culture
On the Go - Transportation Solutions for Older Adults
Jewish Family Service
Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center - Jacobs Family Campus
Hillel of San Diego (UCSD, SDSU, CSUSM)
San Diego Jewish World – online local, national and international Jewish news
Other Jewish Resources of Interest
Judaism on Campus – College Resources and Scholarships for Jewish Students

Interactive Hebrew Calendar
Ritual Well – Source for Innovative, Contemporary Judaism
Camp Mountain Chai – A Jewish Summer Camp in California - Located in the San Bernardino mountains of Southern California, Camp Mountain Chai is a sleep-away summer camp for Jewish children and teens.
Tori Avey – Blog written by Tori Avey and explores the history of Jewish cuisine as well as other historical and anthropological culinary topics. Great recipes.
National Center to Encourage Judaism 
HIAS (formerly known as Hebrew Immigrant Assistance Society) — 
HIAS works around the world to protect refugees who have been forced to flee their homelands because of who they are, including ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities. For more than 130 years, HIAS has been helping refugees rebuild their lives in safety and dignity.
Health
Sharsheret – national not-for-profit organization of cancer survivors dedicated to addressing the unique needs of young Jewish women living with breast cancer.
Congregation Dor Hadash at Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center - Jacobs Family Campus
4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla, California 92037  |  760-209-6609