​​Welcome to Dor Hadash

We are located at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, ​Jacobs Family Campus, 
​4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037. 
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Shabbat and Holiday Services and Torah Study

Schedule::
  • Friday, September 25, 6:30 p.m. Shabbat in the Sukkah with guest speaker Professor Chris Alvarado Waipuk (click HERE for more info)
  • Saturday, September 26, 9:15 a.m. Shacharit (morning) service in the Sukkah
  • Saturday, September 26, 10:30 a.m. Torah Study​ in the Sukkah
  • Friday, October 2, 6:30 p.m., Simchat Torah Shabbat
  • Saturday, October 3, 9:15 a.m. Shacharit (morning) service
  • Saturday, October 3, 10:30 a.m. Torah Study​
Important Info:
  • Friday night (ma'ariv) and Saturday morning (shacharit) services and Torah Study are held in the library upstairs (unless otherwise noted) and led by Rabbi Mike Rothbaum. First Friday Shabbat services with Gesher students are led by Rabbi Educator Ally Jacobson. 
  • Friday Shabbat 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. 
Gesher Children's Education:  Enrollment for Gesher is open.  ​​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. (The JCC offers discounted membership to Dor Hadash members.) 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. 

Kumeyaay Land Acknowledgement
​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.