Beth Yeshua Messianic Synagogue, CA

Beth Yeshua is a Messianic Jewish community in Sacramento, California, and a member of the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations. It describes itself as "a community of Jewish people who love and serve Yeshua, the Jewish Messiah." Jewish and intermarried families stand at its center, and the community helps them work through questions of identity and Yeshua faith. Gentiles take part when they have a call, confirmed by the leadership, to stand beside the Jewish people. That call includes sharing the good news of Yeshua with Jewish people in their lives.

Beth Yeshua explicitly rejects Hebrew Roots theology, along with the replacement theology it sees in that movement. It holds that the existence of Israel is a miraculous work of God. In the congregation's view, God promised Abraham, Isaac and Jacob a real, physical land and keeps His promises. The community prays for Israel and the peace of Jerusalem, supports ministries there and recommends aliyah.

Rabbi Richard Rubinstein and Shari Rubinstein founded Beth Yeshua in 1991 with the Schley family, first meeting in a home. Since 2011 their son Joshua Rubinstein has served as congregational leader. He is pursuing Smicha, rabbinic training and ordination, through MJTI. Shari Rubinstein, the founding rebbetzin, oversees Hebrew classes for adults and children. Shacrit services are held every Shabbat morning, with services for the Jewish festivals and holy days. Children ages 5 to 11 attend Shabbat School, alongside toddler care and a youth group for teens. Preparation is offered for Bar and Bat Mitzvah or Righteous Gentile Confirmation. The address is not published, and visitors are asked to make contact before coming on Shabbat.