Upcoming Jewish Community Events
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Some Were Neighbors: Choice, Human Behavior, and the Holocaust UCI LIBRARIES
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YIZKOR MEMORIAL
Click here to submit names of family and friends that you would like remembered during our Yizkor memorial service on Yom Kippur. A slideshow presentation of names will be screened during Yizkor and throughout the day on September 25th and will be accessible to online participants.
Please submit names no later than noon on Thursday, September 23rd to ensure inclusion in the presentation.
Lautenberg Family Reunification Program
HIAS is accepting applications for the Lautenberg refugee program through September 15, 2023. Often referred to as "the HIAS program," the Lautenberg family reunification program allows US ties to apply for Jewish and other religious minorities in Iran, to emigrate to the States. Email Iran.Program@HIAS.org to apply.
The festival of Sukkot begins Friday night September 29th
JQ International is offering support groups
July through December 2023
Grounded in the Jewish prophetic value of Pikuach Nefesh, JQ offers virtual, monthly, drop-in support groups for LGBTQ+ Jews and allies. We are thrilled to let you know that all eight support groups will continue through December 2023. RSVP is required.
- Supporting a Partner through Gender Transition
- Jewish Queer Teens
- Iranian LGBTQ+ Adults
- Caregivers of Gender Diverse Youth & Young Adults
- Exploring Healthy Relationships
- LGBTQ+ Coming Out
- Grief & Loss
- Transgender & Nonbinary Adults
Participants on Mesubakh will hear a multiplicity of voices. We will learn about Israel’s remarkable diversity and multiple narratives through personal meetings and shared meals with an array of speakers and teachers, all of whom consider Israel and Palestine their home. Learn more here.