Category Archives: Press

BCC Awards in the Jewish Journal!

written on June 6, 2013 // 1 Comment

BCC Awards Brunch made it to this week’s Jewish Journal! Here’s what they write: “Los Angeles Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti attended Beth Chayim […]

Rabbi Lisa Edwards: Rabbinical Idol!

written on March 20, 2013 // 1 Comment

Congratulations to our very own Rabbi Lisa Edwards, who has entered the list of the 36 most inspiring rabbis in […]

Transgender Day of Remembrance and After Shul Special at Beth Chayim Chadashim

written on November 15, 2012 // 0 Comments

Jewish Journal / November 14, 2012 By: Kalil Cohen This coming weekend will mark the eighth year that Beth Chayim […]

A Gay-Friendly Israel Is Complicated for Jewish LGBT Congregations

written on July 2, 2011 // 0 Comments

Jewish Daily Forward / July 1, 2011 By: Ben Sales Members of Beth Chayim Chadashim, an LGBT congregation in Los […]

BCC Looks to Future With New Home, Programs

written on June 2, 2011 // 0 Comments

Jewish Journal / June 1, 2011 By: Ryan Torok Drivers at a red light looked on with curiosity as hundreds […]

Germany’s First Jewish Cantor Since the Holocaust Finds a New Home in Los Angeles

written on June 8, 2010 // 0 Comments

June 7, 2010 | By: Sylvia Sukop On June 18, 2009, in a ceremony marked by solemnity and celebration, Germany […]

Read Rabbi Lisa Edwards’ drash in The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles

written on August 15, 2009 // 0 Comments

For its August 11 edition, The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles invited BCC Rabbi Lisa Edwards to write a drash […]

BCC member, Bracha Yael Cheng, named as one of the menschen of the year by the Jewish Journal!

written on December 9, 2008 // 1 Comment

BCC member, Bracha Yael was included in the L.A.’s 2008 Top Ten Mensches list, the Jewish Journal’s annual salute to […]

Vos: Erik Hyman and Max Mutchnick

written on October 31, 2008 // 0 Comments

October 31, 2008 | By: Devan Sipher MAX MUTCHNICK has “shpilkes.” Mr. Mutchnick, who used the Yiddish word to describe his […]

Caught in a whirlwind of same-sex weddings

written on October 21, 2008 // 0 Comments

For one rabbi in Los Angeles, multiple ceremonies each weekend are the new norm. October 20, 2008 | By Carla Hall  Just […]