Our Vision & Values
Temple Beth Israel (TBI) cultivates a vibrant, practicing, egalitarian Jewish community rooted in Torah, Avodah, and Hesed. We empower Jews of all backgrounds to engage deeply with learning, prayer, and communal responsibility, shaping lives of meaning, joy, and covenantal commitment.
TBI envisions a Jewish community in Northeast Los Angeles where people of all ages and backgrounds live connected Jewish lives—grounded in tradition, sustained by relationships, and animated by learning, prayer, and care for one another and the world.
About Us
Temple Beth Israel (TBI) is a joyful, growing Jewish community rooted in Highland Park and serving Northeast Los Angeles. We are a home for young families, students, creatives, longtime residents, and newcomers who are building vibrant Jewish life across Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Glassell Park, Mount Washington, Atwater Village, South Pasadena, Pasadena, and beyond.
Founded more than a century ago, TBI is grounded in the enduring Jewish commitments of Torah, Avodah, and Hesed. We believe in a living, accessible Judaism that invites full participation, deepens our relationship with God, and shapes meaningful lives. Torah study, prayer, and acts of care are not peripheral to our community—they are its heart.
Our religious life is traditional and fully egalitarian, rooted in inherited forms of prayer, learning, and practice while responsive to contemporary Jewish life. We approach mitzvot as a covenantal invitation to joy, purpose, and connection, offering pathways into observance that are serious, welcoming, and sustaining.
TBI balances warmth with vibrancy. With roughly 200 families and growing, we are an intimate, relational synagogue with an energetic calendar of daily, Shabbat, and holiday services, weekly learning, family and adult education, cultural programs, and community gatherings. Here, the closeness of a neighborhood shul meets the energy of a thriving Jewish center.
All genders participate fully in synagogue life. Children are cherished as central members of the community. Interfaith families, LGBTQ+ families, seekers, skeptics, and first-time visitors all belong. What unites us is a shared commitment to meaningful prayer, serious learning, communal responsibility, and relationships that endure.