I am passionate about building Jewish community by allowing people to meet others with whom they can connect by age, life stage, interests, or any other defining category. Here are some examples through pictures.
Ross, our Social Justice Coordinator, and I took some of our high school students to the Texas State Capitol to learn how to lobby and advocate for their Jewish values. (April 2022) 
Temple Beth-El’s first Pride Parade and the only Jewish organization in the San Antonio Pride Parade. (June 2019) 
Young Women’s Chavurah (September 2019) 
@TBE20s30s having brunch together on a rainy Shabbat morning when we were supposed to have a Shabbat Stroll. (March 2022) 
I’m (bottom left) spending time with other families with young children at our Tot Havdalah. (July 2021) 
@TBE20s30s Hanukkah River Boat Cruise and Dinner (December 2021) 
I’m blessing a couple for their 75th wedding anniversary at our Armed Force Shabbat. (July 2017) 
Leaders of all faiths, stood with our Muslim brothers and sisters who were targeted with offensive hate speech by a congressional candidate. I delivered a prayer. (March 2020) 
I offered a blessing for our scouts (both BSA and GSA) during Shabbat services. It allowed them to get a patch. Not all of them are Jewish or our congregants. (March 2020) 
Temple Beth-El brought 5 11th and 12th graders to DC for the RAC’s L’Taken. (January 2020) 
On Christmas day, our congregation delivers full meals to our first responders all around San Antonio. Here I delivered to Schertz EMS where my husband was working at the time. We fed the entire shift. (December 2019) 
Temple Beth-El received the Union for Reform Judaism’s Belin Award for Audacious Hospitality for our NEFESH program. This program was created under my supervision by our Social Justice Coordinator. This is when we received the award at the 2019 URJ Biennial. (December 2019) 
We had Senator Menendez come speak to our congregation about Holocaust Awareness Week in Texas, which he brought the legislation forward in our Texas government. (From right to left: Ross Halfant, Social Justice Coordinator; me; Senator Jose Menendez) (May 2019) 
Texas delegation at the 2019 RAC’s Consultation on Conscience lobbying at Senator Ted Cruz’s office. (May 2019) 
I brought a group to URJ’s Greene Family Camp’s Family Camp weekend. (February 2019) 
Sukkot Interfaith Clergy Breakfast (September 2018) 
MLK 32nd Annual City-Wide Interfaith Worship Service (January 2019) 
Temple Beth-El San Antonio MLK March participants (January 2019) 
March for Our Lives rally with some of our Temple Beth-El kids (March 2018) 
Temple Beth-El and community members joined together to combat antisemitism following Charlottesville. (August 2017) 
I traveled to Israel with colleagues for a join HUC-JIR and Ministry of Foreign Affairs program. We had the opportunity to meet with President Rivlin. (March 2016) 
Temple Beth-El’s 2nd session campers, staff, and faculty at URJ’s Greene Family Camp. (July 2017) 
At the Women’s Seder including the children in attendance as they helped read for part of the seder. (April 2019) 
We have developed incredible relationships with our law enforcement in San Antonio. Here I am with (now retired) Detective Jeremy Brosh who was the head of our security team at the Jewish community’s Tricentennial celebration for the city of San Antonio. (April 2018) 
I’m leading the Adult Education session at our Palmetto Cemetery. It was a 100 degree day and we still had about 30 people join us! (May 2022) 
Hanukkah Sweater Competition (December 2019) 
Summer of Shalom: Temple families coming together for various events throughout the summer. This event was going to the movies together in our own private theater! (July 2022) 
San Antonio Pride Parade with clergy from Travis Park Church. (June 2019) 
For our @TBE20s30s, we try to have Shabbat Strolls during months that are not too hot. (April 2019)
Rabbi Marina Yergin 