JewishChulaVista.comChabad House in Chula Vista, California, led by Rabbi Mendel Katz.
MISSION STATEMENT: We are here for you! Our mission is simply to enhance your life and build a supportive vibrant Jewish community. We are proud to be part of the world-wide Chabad Lubavitch movement of over 3500 Chabad Houses around the globe, serving Jewish communities in places as diverse as Beijing, Vietnam, Ghana, Alaska, and more ordinary ones like Kansas City, San Diego and now, Chula Vista. Each emissary couple is dedicated to understanding the unique needs, challenges and strengths of their community and to being a source of Jewish learning, celebration and support.
Every Jew is infinitely precious, a valued part of the Jewish people, and intimately connected with the Torah. We are honored to get to know you and help you strengthen your inherent connection to G‑d and our people.
Love, joy optimism and faith are the principles we try to live by, share and infuse into all our classes and programs.
Programs
- Kiddush Sponsorship
- Kiddush Sponsorship Form
- Mikvah Info
- Kosher in S Diego
- Lag Baomer
- Jewish Women's Cirlcle
- BLT - Bagels Lox & Tefillin
- JLI Courses
- *Shavuot - Floral Arrangement Workshop
- *Shavuot - Focaccia Garden Art
- *Mezuzahs & Mimosas
- Bar/Bat Mitzvah
- Bar/Bat Mitzvah Application
- YOUTH
- Shul Wish List
- Holidays
More about Chabad of Chula Vista
- Information About You
- JUDAISM DECODED
- HOW HAPPINESS THINKS
- Local Chabad Centers
- Projected Budget
- Spring 2025 - Journey of the Soul
- Mission Statement
- Jewish Burial/Cemetery
- Bequest- Creating a Jewish Future
- Curriculum
- JUDA - Chabad of Chula Vista
- Chabad of Chula Vista
- Kiddush Sponsorship
- PLANNED GIVING - Chabad of Chula Vista
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People
- Rabbi Mendel KatzCo-director
- Mrs. Mushka KatzCo-director
What they offer
Chabad of Chula Vista is a Chabad house in Chula Vista, led by Rabbi Mendel Katz.
There is a synagogue on the premises. Visitors are welcomed for Shabbat and holiday meals. They kosher kitchens for the community.
Classes run regularly, one-to-one study can be arranged, courses from the Jewish Learning Institute are taught and public lectures are held. There is a library.
For children there is a children's club and a mother-and-child group.
Older children and young adults have bar and bat mitzvah instruction.
They officiate at weddings. Couples are prepared for marriage.
The center visits patients in hospital, visits Jewish prisoners and looks after the elderly.
Holiday programs run through the year, hands on. Mezuzos and tefillin can be checked here.
Prayer & Shabbat
- Synagogue
- Hands-on Holiday Programming
- Shabbat/Holiday Hospitality
Children & Teens
- Children's Club
- Bar/Bat Mitzvah Instruction
- Mommy and Me
Learning
- Adult Education
- Library
- Communal Lectures
- One-on-One Study
- Jewish Learning Institute
- Regular Classes
Family & Life Cycle
- Marriage Prep
- Weddings
Community & Care
- Hospital Visitation
- Prison Visitation
- Hospital Chaplaincy
- Prison Chaplaincy
- Seniors Visitation
Practical
- Mezuzah and Tefillin Checking
- Kitchen Koshering
- Mezuzah Loans/Service
The center
- Chabad House



