Category Archives: Noozhawk
You Don’t Have to Be Jewish to Enjoy ZEMER: Santa Barbara’s First Jewish Music Festival
Posted on January 14, 2022 | 11: 52 a.m. ZEMER: A Santa Barbara Jewish Music Festival, a week devoted to the wide range of Jewish music and music inspired by Jewish composers, will be held Feb. 22-27 at Congregation B’nai B’rith, 1000 San Antonio Creek Road, Santa Barbara. Read more » »
Churches Take Different Approaches to Keeping the Faith as COVID-19 Rules Change
Some churches in Santa Barbara County quickly returned to indoor services, but others have kept status quo amid still-high COVID-19 cases and uncertainty that numbers will reach and stay low. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this month that California churches could resume indoor worship services, which had been banned under state public health orders. Read more » »
Congregation B’nai B’rith Marks Hanukkah With Eight Days of Good Deeds
Mitzvah Week activities could include donating food or clothes for community members in needDecember 7, 2020 | 4: 11 p.m. Read more » »
Judith Meisel, Santa Barbara Educator and Holocaust Survivor, 1929-2020
Posted on November 8, 2020 | 2: 00 p.m.November 8, 2020 | 2: 00 p.m. Judith Meisel Judith Meisel, a long-time Santa Barbara educator, civil rights activist and Holocaust survivor — who spent much of her life retelling her harrowing story in hopes of improving the world — died Nov. 3, 2020, at her home in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. She was 91. Read more » »
Houses of Worship Can Reopen Their Doors, But Many Remain Virtual Amid COVID-19
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Goleta opened its sanctuary last Sunday for the first time in more than two months, thanks to a new order moving Santa Barbara County from the purple tier to the less restrictive red tier in the state’s color-coded COVID-19 reopening structure and allowing houses of worship to reopen their doors — with precautions. Read more » »
A New Year, A New Look For Jewish High Holiday Celebrations
As the Jewish High Holidays begin this weekend, members of Santa Barbara County’s Jewish community might be wondering how Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur will be celebrated this year, considering the limits on gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more » »
Congregation B’nai B’rith Reimagines High Holidays During Pandemic
September 16, 2020 | 11: 59 a.m. More than 600 holiday-related gift bags were assembled and hand-delivered to temple members. (Courtesy photo) For the first time in Congregation B’nai B’rith’s (CBB) 92-year history, the synagogue will shutter its doors during the busiest and holiest days of the Jewish calendar. Read more » »
Santa Barbara Churches, Temples Gradually Reopening or Remaining Virtual Amid COVID-19
Many churches and temples in greater Santa Barbara are gradually reopening, and some are keeping operations virtual for safety’s sake during the COVID-19 pandemic. First Presbyterian Church of Santa Barbara, 21 E. Constance Ave., suspended its three in-person Sunday worship services. Instead, it livestreams one service on Sunday mornings. Read more » »
