The Inzu Y’Abana Preschool CBB’s Global Justice Committee has been focused on building a preschool in the village of Gisenyi, Rwanda. We have partnered with various community organizations as well as our friends in Rwanda and have identified a need for a preschool to serve the young children of Gisenyi, Rwanda. Frederic Ndabaramiye, a [...]
Since October 2011, we have been restoring our Czech Memorial Holocaust Torah. On three occasions since October, we have joined together in small groups to rewrite a Hebrew letter in our Torah. It is the 613th mitzvah to write a Torah, and by joining our hand with our Sofer’s, we performed this mitzvah. In addition to [...]
In remembrance of our ancestors Exodus from Egypt, we collected over 500 shoes for men, women and children in our own community who are living without adequate shelter, food and clothing. The shoes were donated Casa Esperanza and Transition House.
Lech L’chah Visits to Local Non-Profits In order to better understand the needs of the Greater Santa Barbara Community, we created site visits with several local non-profits in town to learn about how CBB can better support our local community. Last year we met with the Fund for Santa Barbara, Direct Relief, the SB County [...]
When experiencing a loss of a spouse or close family member (parent, child, or sibling) it is customary to sit in deep mourning for seven days after the funeral. Part of the tradition is to have at least ten members of the community (a minyan) come together each day so that the mourner can recite [...]
Mi Shebeirach is the name of the traditional Jewish healing prayer. We keep a list of names of those who are ill which is read at Shabbat services before the recitation of the Mi Shebeirach prayer. A name can be added to or removed from the list by contacting the clergy or the Temple office. [...]
After successful seminars in 2010 covering the topics of Jewish traditions surrounding death, bereavement, and preparing advance directives, we are forming a committee to plan future events. Our goal is to organize a continuing effort to help educate and prepare members of the congregation for the end-of-life issues that we and our family members and [...]
This program is designed to educate members of CBB about mental health issues in the hopes of reducing the stigma that is often associated with mental illness. In addition, we hope to provide appropriate support to CBB members who are dealing with mental illness personally or within their family or circle of friends. The support [...]
BECOME A FRIEND: The CBB-Jewish Family Services Caring Visitors Program matches isolated Jewish seniors from the congregation and the community with specially trained CBB members who regularly visit, providing support and companionship. Debbie Hartzman at 683-1887, or Harriet Marx, JFS, at 957-1116 x113 or hmarx@sbjf.org.
To support CBB members during their time of bereavement, a Caring Community Volunteer will call to offer condolences and, if the funeral or shiva is in town, to provide a platter of food for the meal of condolence after the funeral or for a shiva minyan. Audrey Okaneko at 964-7869 or audrey@cbbsb.org Sheila Golburgh Johnson [...]