In 1968, in the heart of San Francisco’s countercultural wave, Aryae Coopersmith and Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach opened the House of Love and Prayer — a home for young souls searching not just for freedom, but for meaning. It was a sanctuary of music, open hearts, and Shabbat that lasted all night. People sang, danced, cried, healed, and came alive. They found a Judaism that didn’t judge — it embraced.
More than 50 years later, we are building the next chapter.
Not a copy — a continuation. Not nostalgia — necessity.
Why Now? Why Jerusalem?
We are a generation no less hungry than the seekers of the ’60s. We scroll endlessly, yet feel disconnected. We’re surrounded by institutions, yet few spaces feel like home. The soul is still searching — maybe more than ever.
Jerusalem 2025 is loud, complex, beautiful — and aching for a place where the door is open, the table is long, and the singing never stops.
What Is This House?
It’s not a synagogue. It’s not a center. It’s a house — urban, alive, unfiltered.
Like the original in San Francisco, it’s:
A hub for real conversations, real hospitality, and real soul.
A place to land if you’re lost.
A place to celebrate if you’re full of joy.
A place to sing your heart out with others who feel like strangers at first, and family by the end of the night.
A Shabbat table open to anyone — without prerequisites.
Carlebach’s Vision Didn’t End — It Waited
The music lives. The teachings still echo. What’s been missing is the house itself. We are here to fix that.
The House of Love and Prayer in Jerusalem is more than an idea. It’s happening.
Come Home. Bring Your Soul. Join Us.
This is your invitation — not to attend something, but to help build something alive.
A house not just of prayer, but of love. A house not just of memory, but of hope.
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“For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will speak peace to you. For the sake of the House of the Lord our G-d, I will seek your good.”
לְמַעַן אַחַי וְרֵעָי אֲדַבְּרָה נָּא שָׁלוֹם בָּךְ לְמַעַן בֵּית ה’ אֱלֹהֵינוּ אֲבַקְשָׁה טוֹב לָךְ
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