Welcome to Peninsula Temple Beth El

We inspire and nourish your spirit by cultivating an energetic, engaged Jewish community enwrapped in Torah, music, worship, belonging, justice, and Israel.

High Holy Day Sermons

Our community experienced together deeply meaningful services over the course of the High Holy Days 2025/5786. To watch or re-watch inspiring, moving sermons by PTBE clergy, please click here.

We are thrilled to share how we'll be honoring this incredible journey in the year ahead. Instead of one single event, we envision a year-long celebration, marking moments both large and small that highlight the vibrant life and sacred work of our community through the lens of our anniversary. 

We've organized our 75th-anniversary year around three meaningful pillars: Honoring our History, Celebrating Community, and Forging our Future. Each pillar will offer unique ways to reflect on our past, appreciate our present, and build for what's next. Watch our weekly newsletter for more opportunities to celebrate.

PTBE’s Eitz Chaim, Tree of Life

 “Just as my ancestors planted for me, so do I plant for future generations” ~ Talmud,

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The Tree of Life is prominently installed on the large outdoor breezeway wall—in between our main entrance and the Education Wing, as pictured, making these special tributes visible immediately upon entering our campus. Our community’s 750 existing leaves have been incorporated into the new design, interspersed with leaves being purchased now as new tributes. Plenty of leaves/boulders are available for tributes right now and for years to come.

Order your Tree of Life Tributes and learn more here.