What I Learned From Shavuot All-Night Study

By Beit T'shuvah
Published on May 16, 2013

Moving and Shaking

By Ryan Torok
Published on March 29, 2013

Los Angeles City Hall held its first-ever Passover celebration, which was organized by the Board of Rabbis of Southern California and The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.

Things I’ve Noticed at BTS

By Beit T'shuvah
Published on March 20, 2013

Hava Nagila (The Movie) Screening

By Beit T'shuvah
Published on March 19, 2013

Why Knowledge Isn’t Power

By Beit T'shuvah
Published on March 7, 2013

How to Write a Blog About Redemption

By Beit T'shuvah
Published on March 6, 2013

A Recovering Addicts Works Cited Page (in MLA Format)

By Beit T'shuvah
Published on February 27, 2013

Help Wanted

By Beit T'shuvah
Published on February 26, 2013

Unmasking: The Purim Blog

By Beit T'shuvah
Published on February 24, 2013

Choice in Difficulty

By Beit T'shuvah
Published on February 17, 2013

Remembering Ira Skolky

By Beit T'shuvah
Published on February 15, 2013

‘Sacred Housekeeping’: Reflections of a soul saver

By Roberto Loiederman
Published on January 23, 2013

Sporting a blond wig and slinky dress, Beit T’Shuvah’s whippet-thin Cantor Rachel Goldman Neubauer sat on Harriet Rossetto’s knee and parodied Marilyn Monroe’s famous, breathy “Happy Birthday” crooning to JFK.

Living Vulnerably

By Beit T'shuvah
Published on October 19, 2012

The big reveal: How design makes rehab more serene

By Rachel Heller
Published on July 5, 2012

Room 9500 is the bottom rung at Beit T’Shuvah, the first stop for male addicts newly arrived from prison, the hospital or the streets. Six rookies at a time inhabit this snug dormitory as they adjust to life in rehab.

John and Paul, still alive

By David Suissa
Published on June 27, 2012

Last week, I started writing a column about John Sullivan, a former drug and alcohol addict who restarted his life, thanks to Beit T’Shuvah. But then I got interrupted by another great story, in a documentary called “Paul Williams: Still Alive,” directed by my friend Steve Kessler. I wasn’t planning to write about the film — until I saw a packed house at the Nuart on Saturday night give it a standing ovation.

Beauty that heals

By Susan Freudenheim
Published on April 4, 2012

Last Sunday, I took my first trip to Beit T’Shuvah. I’ve been hearing about this highly successful addiction treatment center for years and had met some of its staff, but I’d never visited its campus on Venice Boulevard, with its sanctuary adorned with stained-glass windows, as well as some 80 to 90 bedrooms housing double that number of residents in various stages of recovery.

Fighting to beat addiction

By Lauren Bottner
Published on September 21, 2011

Beit T’Shuvah, the Jewish addiction treatment center and synagogue, held its second annual “Knock Out Addiction” fundraiser on Sept. 15, drawing a crowd of more than 400 to the Petersen Automotive Museum for a gala that included six boxing matches.

Running to save souls

By Ryan Torok
Published on March 15, 2011

Runners in the 26th annual Los Angeles Marathon on March 20 will include residents of Beit T’Shuvah, a residential treatment center for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts. Beit T’Shuvah is the only official Jewish charity participating in the L.A. marathon and hopes to raise $125,000 for their Run to Save a Soul campaign.