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Dancing with the Torah

written on November 2, 2016 // 0 Comments

Watch 15 minutes of BCCers dancing with the Torah on Simchat Torah 2016 (Including Rabbi Lisa with a bottle on […]

Songs of Peace: Benefiting the Peres Center for Peace

written on October 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

On Sunday, October 30, Rabbi Lisa Edwards and Cantor Juval Porat join Los Angeles’ Clergy and Community, along with Representation […]

Book Club: The Odd Woman and the City

written on October 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

On Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 10:00am*, our Book Club meets to discuss The Odd Woman and the City, by […]

BCC’s Bookshelf

written on October 19, 2016 // 0 Comments

A few of our talented community members have published books, that we recommend reading.   Fifty Shades of Talmud: What […]

“Our differences bring us together:” Rosh Hashanah 5777/2016 Morning Drash by Rabbi Lisa Edwards

written on October 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

It was one of those moments.  I’m sure you’ve had them too.  I was prowling-the-web-in-the-middle-of-the-night-when-I-should-have-been-sleeping. Well, at least i wasn’t […]

“Who will…” – Kol Nidre 5777/2016 Drash by Rabbi Lisa Edwards

written on October 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

Last May Tracy and I visited Brighton, England.  A friend from Poland had lived in Brighton for four years, and […]

Book Club: The Short Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan

written on October 17, 2016 // 0 Comments

On Sunday, October 23, 2016 at 10:00am*, our Book Club meets to discuss The Short Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan, […]

Yom Kippur 5777/2016 Drash by Rabbi Heather Miller

written on October 13, 2016 // 0 Comments

Good Yuntif. Do you know this book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar? Children love this book. In it, a little caterpillar […]

The Prophets with Rabbi Heather Miller

written on October 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

Encounter the various courageous, bizarre, and endearing acts of those who our tradition calls, “The Prophets.” In this course, we […]

Dean Hansell Drash at Beth Chayim Chadashim, September 23, 2016

written on October 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

Shabbat Shalom. I think the last time I stood on this Bimah to deliver the drash I had hair. I […]