Established 1996
Welcome to the SimXa Family!
SimXa is a volunteer-run 501(c)(3) bringing Jewish learning, Shabbos and timeless Jewish traditions to many ethnic Jewish communities across Southern California.
What we do
- Events & Shabbatons Shabbatons, retreats and banquets that have gathered Jewish families from many communities on the California coast and in the mountains for twenty-five years and counting.
- Donate SimXa has no payroll, so every dollar you give goes to the synagogue and Shabbat prayer services, Gan SimXa Preschool child care services, annual retreats, holiday celebrations and outreach.
- VIP Retreat Center A retreat center located in Oxnard Shores used for prayer services, small gatherings, lectures, and in-depth learning study groups.
- Gan SimXa Licensed Child Care that includes Preschool Services with early childhood classrooms teaching children Torah values through cultural experiences, songs, dances, books, and stories.
- Library A lending library of Jewish books in Russian and English, open to the whole community.
- Browse the gallery From Aliso Creek in 2001 to Marina del Rey in 2025, the albums capture and convey a memorable history of events, participants, places, spirit, and light.
- Synagogue Prayer services at VIPRC, our nature retreat center in Oxnard, with Shabbat hospitality just steps away from the sandy beaches of Mandalay Shores and a short walk to Chabad of Oxnard in Hollywood Beach.
Twenty-five years of Shabbatons
From the Laguna Beach Aliso Creek Inn in 2001 to the Marina del Rey Hotel in 2025, our photo gallery tells a touching story of our community’s evolvement and spiritual growth.
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2001 Aliso Creek -
2002 Brandeis-Bardin -
2005 Aliso Creek -
2006 Running Springs -
2007 Brandeis-Bardin -
2007 Los Angeles -
2008 Brandeis-Bardin -
2009 Los Angeles -
2009 Running Springs -
2010 Ventura -
2011 Long Beach -
2012 Long Beach -
2013 Newport Beach -
2014 Newport Beach -
2015 Newport Beach -
2016 Lag Ba'Omer -
2016 Oxnard -
2017 Pasadena -
2018 Valencia -
2019 Valencia -
2021 Brandeis-Bardin -
2022 Marina del Rey -
2022 Marina del Rey -
2024 Marina del Rey
Voices
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Daniel Shabbaton, Thanksgiving 2017 What impressed me most was the organization and the great speakers. I told my wife it's like a mini yeshiva vacation for adults. I heard this started for people who weren't religious, and now those same families are second-generation religious. Phenomenal job.
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Rita Shabbaton, Thanksgiving 2017 Every year we come, we learn something new and walk away with new ideas. It's warm, we make new friends, and we keep inspiring new people to come.
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Sophia Shabbaton, Thanksgiving 2017 It raised my children. I'm really happy that we have the opportunity to come here every year. I love it.
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Victoria Shabbaton, Thanksgiving 2017 To meet old friends again and spend such a good time. The speakers are phenomenal, the whole atmosphere is wonderful. The food, the environment, the lectures, the friendship. May Hashem send you the strength to do it again next year.
Support the work
SimXa has no payroll, so every dollar you give goes to Shabbatons, the shul, Gan SimXa and the library.
SimXa Company, Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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