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Beit Midrash Schedule | Curriculum & Teachers | B’nei Mitzvah Program | Teen Programs | Registration | Religious School Calendar
D’Varim from High Holy Days 5782 (2021)
BCC Kol Nidre D’var 9 15 2021
BCC Kol Nidre D'var 9 15 2021
BCC Rosh Hashanah D'var 9 6 2021
BCC Yom Kippur D'var 9 16 2021
BCC Erev Rosh Hashanah 9-25-2022
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Inclusiveness
We take pride in our policy of inclusiveness of all members, family structures, and religious backgrounds. Our membership includes Jewish at birth, interfaith marriages, non-marriage partnerships, and families where one has chosen to convert.
Learning
Our Tree of Life preschool, Beit Midrash, B’Nei Mitzvah program, and adult education opportunities provide lifelong enrichment.
Community
We celebrate your simchas and are there with chesed in your times of need.
Our Sisterhood, Brotherhood, and Youth opportunities provide events and belonging.
Social Action
We have a deep compassion for one another by engaging in acts of Tikkun Olam. We make a difference in the lives of others through direct services, advocacy, and community projects.
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Inclusiveness
We take pride in our policy of inclusiveness of all members, family structures, and religious backgrounds. Our membership includes Jewish at birth, interfaith marriages, non-marriage partnerships, and families where one has chosen to convert.
Learning
Our Tree of Life preschool, Beit Midrash, B’Nei Mitzvah program, and adult education opportunities provide lifelong enrichment.
Community
We celebrate your simchas and are there with chesed in your times of need.
Our Sisterhood, Brotherhood, and Youth opportunities provide events and belonging.
Social Action
We have a deep compassion for one another by engaging in acts of Tikkun Olam. We make a difference in the lives of others through direct services, advocacy, and community projects.
Inclusiveness
We take pride in our policy of inclusiveness of all members, family structures, and religious backgrounds. Our membership includes Jewish at birth, interfaith marriages, non-marriage partnerships, and families where one has chosen to convert.
Learning
Our Tree of Life preschool, Beit Midrash, B’Nei Mitzvah program, and adult education opportunities provide lifelong enrichment.
Community
We celebrate your simchas and are there with chesed in your times of need.
Our Sisterhood, Brotherhood, and Youth opportunities provide events and belonging.
Social Action
We have a deep compassion for one another by engaging in acts of Tikkun Olam. We make a difference in the lives of others through direct services, advocacy, and community projects.
Ongoing Events
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When: Friday evenings
Where: Beth Chaim Sanctuary
Details: Please refer to our calendar for Shabbat service dates.
Mezuzah at Front Door
Victor Ries is well known for the many iconic metal sculptures that he designed and manufactured for synagogues throughout the Bay Area and throughout the world.
In 2007, Victor was a resident of the Reutlinger Community for Jewish Living in Danville. When BCC member Neil Bernstein took Victor on a tour of our new building, still under interior construction, Victor expressed his desire to make something for the new synagogue. When he looked at the door frame at the main entrance, he asked if we already had a mezuzah. When told, “not yet,” his eyes lit up. “That is what I will make.”
Knowing that Victor would soon turn 100 years old, many were skeptical that he would still have the needed dexterity and concentration level to craft even a small item out of metal. But very quickly he came up with a design that was both unique and beautifully sketched. The mezuzah was to be an unconventional square shape with the “Shadi” large and prominent at its center.
For several weeks, Victor worked with special saws and files to shape the mezuzah from brass and silver. He ordered the scroll containing the “veahavta” from a scribe in Jerusalem. The scroll was written on real parchment by hand, not a printed reproduction. The project, funded partially by one of BCC’s generous members, was ready just in time to be nailed to the doorpost at the dedication ceremony for our new home.