The Jewish community bonds through shared experience. We're building space for multicultural, multigenerational connection — however you find your way in.
A Weekend of Health & Healing, bringing our community together for connection, reflection, movement, and education. Throughout the weekend, we will welcome Yodeah, Kesher, and Sharsheret, each offering valuable resources and opportunities to support the health and well-being of our community.
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Comedy is taking over the Center! The founder of The Jewish Comedy Center, Molly Livingstone, brings her storytelling to the bimah for an evening exploring comedy as a tool for empowerment through an Israeli and Jewish lens. The interactive show is designed for adults, and teens are welcome, too.
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Think you've got what it takes? Bring the whole family for an action-packed evening where parents, kids, grandparents, and anyone brave enough can dodge, duck, dip, dive... and occasionally get hit by a foam ball! Coach Mike promises laughs, friendly competition, and just enough chaos to keep everyone smiling. No experience necessary! Just bring your game face and your sense of humor! Warning: Bragging rights may last until next week's rematch.
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With Give Miami Day just around the corner, we're turning Shabbat PURPLE! Join us for a special evening of togetherness, delicious food, and community spirit as we raise awareness, build excitement, and celebrate the power of giving back. Let's fill the room with purple, share a wonderful meal, and show what makes our CJLBD community so special!
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Celebrate Hanukkah with your Center community as we come together to light up the Center.
RegisterOpen to the whole community — Center and Gordon School families alike. Conversations on the topics that actually come up: parenting, learning, and everything Jewish life touches in between.
A spiritual leader and educator with 35+ years in Jewish education and spiritual counseling, Rabbi Amy draws on Jewish wisdom and her own experience of loss to speak on resilience, renewal, and grief — timed with her new book's release.
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Historian, author, filmmaker, and community activist Dr. Marvin Dunn explores the history of voting rights, civic participation, and today's challenges around voter access — drawing on his lifelong work uncovering Florida's untold African American history and his own lived experience growing up during Jim Crow.
RegisterJudaism isn't only inherited. At the Center, it's also chosen — deliberately, over time, in the company of people doing the same thing. Some of you are here to understand a tradition you've married into, or raised your kids inside of. Some of you are ready to make it official. Both paths start in the same place.
Parsha Unplugged — Come Feed Your Neshama. A weekly journey into the hidden wisdom of Torah — drawing from Hasidic and Kabbalistic commentary to explore the deeper meaning beneath each week's parashah, with Tachat HaShemesh (Rabbi Mitch Chefitz's Substack) as the primary text. Discussion, reflection, and creative modalities — a trip into the Garden of Wisdom together.
Register for Parsha UnpluggedThe fall cohort is full. If you would like to join the wait list to be notified when a new cohort starts, please email Rabbi Carmi at rabbicarmi@centerbd.org.
"There's no single way to become part of this community. There's just a next step."
At the Center for Jewish Life, our services are at the heart of our vibrant community, offering a welcoming space for spiritual growth, reflection, and connection. We provide a variety of services that cater to different needs, including daily prayers, Shabbat services, and holiday observances.
Fridays: 6:15 PM
Saturday Torah Study: 9:30 AM
Saturday Services: 10:15 AM
Celebrate Shabbat with us — join in person at the Center or virtually via Zoom. Register to receive the Zoom link.
Sundays: 9:00 AM & 5:30 PM
Mondays: 8:00 AM & 5:30 PM
Tuesdays: 5:30 PM
Wednesdays: 5:30 PM
Thursdays: 8:00 AM & 5:30 PM (8:30 AM in person)
All weekday minyans are held via Zoom unless otherwise noted. Join our virtual service for daily prayers and Kaddish. Register to receive the Zoom link.
Throwing a ball. Saying a prayer. Baking challah. Mingling with your best friend's bubbe. Browse upcoming programs by interest: athletics, children's programming, Jewish learning, social justice, or simply social.
Our vision is for anyone who comes to the Center to feel they belong — whether they were born Jewish, chose Judaism, or neither. Your support keeps us going. We hope you'll join us in nurturing a community where all of us can thrive.
Center for Jewish Life at Beth David
2625 SW 3rd Avenue
Miami, FL 33129
305-854-3911
EIN: 59-0637812
