Temple Beth Jacob

About Congregation Beth Jacob

Congregation Beth Jacob is a welcoming and inclusive synagogue that has promoted social action, education, and environmental protection since 1930. As the first Jewish religious institution created between the cities of San Francisco and San Jose in Redwood, California, Congregation Beth Jacob has deep roots and a wide positive impact on the larger community. From tackling food insecurity through High Holiday food drives to organizing refugee support circles and local beach clean-ups, they carry out sacred values of loving-kindness (chesed), justice (tzedek), and charity (tzedakah).

Congregation Beth Jacob strives “to be the most inclusive synagogue community on the San Francisco Peninsula by providing a range of opportunities to learn, worship and socialize.” Throughout the year, Congregation Beth Jacob promotes discovery through their education centers for hundreds of youth and adults. Embracing resilience and change, the Congregation developed the Respectful Dialogue Initiative to encourage “engag[ing] in passionate disagreement with respect.”

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Bringing Solar to Congregation Beth Jacob

Congregation Beth Jacob completed their 74 kW solar system on the roof - it is now producing power! This solar system will save them more than $1,253,000 on electricity bills over the lifetime of the system while removing 4.2 million pounds of emissions from entering the atmosphere. With the savings from going solar with RE-volv, Congregation Beth Jacob can invest these savings back into their volunteer programming, such as cooking and serving meals at a local shelter and park clean-up days.