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Temple Beth Israel is a small institution and all contributions we get, for whatever reason and no matter the amount, are important to us and are used very carefully.
You can mail us a check to P.O. Box 421186, Los Angeles, CA 90042. Or you can pay with credit cards through PayPal's secure gateway. Note that PayPal handles and processes the payment, not Temple Beth Israel. Temple Beth Israel is a California non-profit corporation, incorporated in 1923. Memberships and donations are tax-deductible.
If you pay through PayPal, PayPal will try to get you to sign up with them. If you want to use your credit card without signing up for PayPal, look for "No PayPal account? Use your credit card or bank account (where available)."
If you buy a shopping cart item and want to use your credit card instead of PayPal, you have to click "View Cart," then "Proceed to Checkout," then look for "No PayPal account? Use your credit card or bank account (where available)."
One more thing — when you're looking at the shopping cart, you can change the number of items ordered if you want, by typing in the correct number and clicking "Update Cart." If you make a mistake and want to remove an item from the shopping cart, change the number ordered to zero (0) and click "Update cart."
Thank you very much.
Mark Strunin and Cantor Ken Rothstein will lead us in another memorable Passover Seder on Sunday, April 20 at 5:30 p.m. This year we are charging $40.00 per adult for a complete catered Seder brisket or vegetarian meal. Children under 12 are free, but we need reservations for everyone. (For technical reasons, your credit card will be charged 1¢ for each child's ticket.)
Most important from our end, we must have your reservations and money by April 11 so that the food can be ordered. We will have to be strict about this.
If you want to come but the cost presents a hardship, please contact a temple officer.
Once you click on "Add to Cart," you will have a chance to adjust the quantities. To delete an item, adjust the quantity to zero.
| Adult Seder Ticket (Brisket) @ $40.00 | |
| Adult Seder Ticket (Vegetarian) @ $40.00 | |
| Child's Seder Ticket (Under 12) (Brisket) | |
| Child's Seder Ticket (Under 12) (Vegetarian) | |
Last year we raffled off a shofar for the High Holidays, and everyone liked it, so we're doing it again. Tickets are $5.00 each of five for $20.00. We'll have the drawing on August 8 so you'll have plety of time to practice before the holidays. We'll even give you a lesson if you want.
| One Shofar Raffle Ticket for $5.00 | |
| Five Shofar Raffle Tickets for $20.00 | |
It is vital to the continued wellbeing and even the continued existence of the temple that people join. Membership is open to Jewish people who support our aims, and to families with at least one Jewish member. Interfaith families are specifically invited. We are inclusive and egalitarian. If you are interested in membership, call the temple at (323) 255-5416 or send e-mail to tbi@tbila.org.
Our dues schedule is, we feel, very reasonable. Here it is:
| Membership Category | Base Membership | Building Fund | Total Per Year |
| Family, including all minor children | $265 | $75 | $340 |
| Single | $200 | $75 | $275 |
| Senior Couple | $130 | $75 | $205 |
| Senior Single | $65 | $75 | $140 |
| Student | $50 | $50 |
Membership includes High Holiday admission.
If these fees present a financial hardship, please call the temple at (323) 255-5416 and we will make arrangements to accommodate your needs.
We offer the opportunity to have dedication bookplates glued into our prayerbooks. You can use the button below to add these dedicatory bookplates to your shopping cart. We use two types of prayerbooks: The siddur (Hebrew plural, siddurim), which is the regular prayerbook used on weekdays, Shabbat, and festivals; and the machzor (Hebrew plural, machzorim), used for the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Read about our new machzorim on the High Holiday page. Our purchase of these new machzorim was made possible by Brent Sweer in honor of the Sweer family. Many of our machzorim are already dedicated.
Our siddur is the new edition of the Siddur Sim Shalom. We use these every week, rain or shine.
A prayerbook dedication costs twice chai. Chai means life in Hebrew, and its numerical value is 18, so each dedication is $36.00.
Our previous prayerbooks lasted well over 50 years, so if you dedicate a prayerbook, it will be seen by congregants for many years to come.
To dedicate a prayerbook, type your name and the dedication you want into the text boxes, select the kind of prayerbook you want to dedicate, and click Add to Cart. You will then be given the opportunity to specify the number of prayerbooks you want to dedicate. If you want additional different dedications, please return to this page and start over.
And how about this: If you want to donate money to Temple Beth Israel, you can send a check to our mailing address, P.O. Box 421186, Los Angeles, CA 90042, or you can use a credit card by clicking the button below. If you get trapped, use the Back button on your browser.
You can also use this button to pay for High Holiday admission, but you need to contact us first to make a reservation at tbila@tbila.org or (323) 255-5416.
Also, once you get to PayPal, please use the Item field to let us know what your payment or donation is for. The "Unit Price" field is the amount you're paying.
If you donate money in commemoration of the yortzayt (anniversary of the death) of a relative, include the person's name in the "Item" field and we will certainly read it from the bimah. Likewise for a happy event such as a birth or graduation.