World & Nation
Religion: Congregation meeting is sparsely attended, so leaders plan to send out a mailer detailing possible solutions to the institution’s financial problems.
March 30, 1998
California
An interfaith Thanksgiving worship service will take place at Temple Beth El of South Orange County at 7 p.m.
Nov. 17, 2001
Religion: The 65,000-square-foot, $18-million synagogue in Aliso Viejo will be the largest Jewish worship site in O.C.
July 23, 2001
Religion: Temple Beth El’s congregation wandered for 20 years without a permanent home. Now it has an $18-million facility.
More than 1,000 people celebrated the inauguration of a new Iranian American Jewish center Sunday at a historic Hollywood site that was once known as “the temple to the stars.”
Feb. 15, 1999
Judaism: Venerable Hollywood synagogue that has seen decline in membership will become region’s first Iranian American Jewish center.
Aug. 22, 1998
Religion: Once Hollywood’s synagogue to the stars, Temple Beth El’s shrinking membership will decide Sunday whether expenses will force sale of all or part of it.
March 28, 1998
Jeremy Rosenberg of the Temple Beth El in Aliso Viejo was elected youth president of the National Federation of Temple Youth during an annual convention last month in Los Angeles.
April 3, 1999
Temple Beth El of South Orange County’s immediate past president, Cynthia O’Neill, has been elected to the board of directors of the Pacific Southwest Council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
Feb. 13, 1993
Entertainment & Arts
Six cantors from Jewish congregations across the Southland will gather Sunday night at Temple Beth David in Westminster for a concert featuring music from opera to Broadway.
May 16, 1997