House of Israel

10/28/2026

🎃👻And while you’re here, grab some delicious warm, bourekas to balance out all that Halloween sugar! 🍬🍫

10/22/2026

10/18/26 :: What a beautiful evening celebrating StandWithUs with our HOI family! 💙🇮🇱

We are beyond grateful to StandWithUs not only for the incredible work they do every single day, but for the tremendous support they provide to our little House in Balboa Park.

Thanks to their generosity in funding our security guard, we can continue opening our doors, sharing Israeli culture, educating visitors, and creating a welcoming space for our community.

Because this is truly what community is all about : showing up for one another, standing together, and making each other stronger.

Thank you, StandWithUs, for truly standing with us! 💙

Am Yisrael Chai! 🇮🇱

🤍: StandWithUs
📷: Nathan Szwerdszarf

10/05/2026

🕎 Celebrate Hanukkah at December Nights with House of Israel! 🇮🇱✨

It’s almost time for Balboa Park’s December Nights, the City of San Diego’s largest free holiday festival and this year is extra special because December Nights actually falls during the first 2 nights of Hanukkah!

Among all the holiday festivities throughout the park, House of Israel is proud to bring the ONLY Hanukkah celebration in the Park to December Nights! Come find us at the International Cottages and celebrate with potato latkes, sufganiyot (jelly donuts), Hanukkah fun, plenty of blue and white and more !🕎🍩

With hundreds of thousands of people expected throughout the two-day celebration, we can’t wait to share the lights, tastes, traditions, and joy of Hanukkah with you!

✨ 2026 DECEMBER NIGHTS ✨
Friday, December 4 | 4 PM–10 PM
Saturday, December 5 | 12 PM–10 PM

📍 House of Israel | International Cottages, Balboa Park

For more info about December Nights: https://www.sandiego.gov/december-nights

We look forward to celebrating with you!

10/04/2026

We were honored to welcome Soraya Deen , founder of Muslim Women Speakers, to the House of Israel yesterday! 💙🇮🇱

Soraya is a Muslim leader, lawyer and interfaith activist whose courageous work focuses on combating antisemitism and building meaningful bridges between Muslims and Jews. She is doing absolutely incredible work and we truly can’t express how grateful we are for her powerful voice 🤍

This is the importance and power of the House of Israel:: creating a space where people from different communities can walk through our doors, connect, learn from one another and build real relationships.

A huge thank you to our amazing volunteer Mars for bringing us together. 🤝💙

More conversations. More bridges. More light.

09/18/2026

09/11/2026

🍎🍯 Shana Tova from the House of Israel! 🇮🇱

As we welcome the Jewish New Year, we also pause today to remember September 11, 2001, and honor the lives lost, the heroes who answered the call, and the families and communities forever changed. 🇺🇸🕊️

May we carry their memory forward and continue to hope and work for a year of peace, strength, safety, and unity.

Wishing you and your loved ones a sweet, happy, healthy, and peaceful New Year filled with blessings, joy, and new beginnings. ✨

A reminder that the House of Israel will be closed this weekend, September 12–13, in observance of Rosh Hashanah.

שנה טובה ומתוקה! 🍎🍯
May the year ahead bring peace and sweetness to us all. 💙🤍

09/09/2026

Security is not just about guards and gates, but being prepared.

Fourteen leaders from nine organizations graduated from a JCSI training program, and every one of those institutions earned a security grant for finishing, putting a total of $90,000 back into our community.

Congratulations to our graduates from Shevet Galim-Tzofim, Israeli-American Council, Coastal Roots Farm, Kindness Initiative, The KEN Jewish Community, House of Israel, FIDF, StandWithUs, and Dor Hadash.

Read the full story here: https://hubs.ly/Q04x351p0

09/07/2026

Our proud Shalom Speakers Toastmasters volunteers came together at the House of Israel to give back, connect, and serve our community.

Volunteering is a beautiful reminder that when people and communities come together, we create something greater than any one organization can create alone.

Thank you to our members for showing up, lending a hand, and helping build bridges through connection, service, and community.

Together, we make our community stronger. 💙

09/01/2026

Upcoming closure dates: Please note that House of Israel will be closed in observance of Rosh Hashanah on September 12–13th and Yom Kippur on September 20th🍎🍯

08/27/2026

🍎🍯 L’Shana Tova from House of Israel! 🇮🇱

We’re excited to be joining the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center for their Rosh Hashanah Block Party this Sunday! 🎉

Stop by the House of Israel booth for kosher candy, Israeli products, Jewish jewelry & more! The best part? 100% of our booth sales go directly to supporting the House! 💙

Come celebrate the sweetness of a new year, enjoy the festivities, and say hello to our HOI mishpacha! 🐝🍯🇮🇱

📅 Sunday, August 30
⏰ 2:00 PM | Shofar Factory at 4:00 PM
📍 Lawrence Family JCC

We can’t wait to celebrate with you! Shana Tova! 🍎🍯