Enjoy Torah Sparks - creative commentaries on the weekly Torah and Haftarah readings written by Conservative Yeshiva faculty.
Click here to enjoy this week's community discussion of Exodus as part of JFOC's special series "סיפרי עמינו": Stories of Our People."
Friday, January 21 at 6:00pm (PST) FRIDAY NIGHT BY CANDLELIGHT Join us online this evening with Rabbi Marcia Tilchin and musician Jason Feddy for an uplifting and musical Friday evening Kabbalat Shbbat and Ma'ariv service.
Saturday, January 22 at 2:00pm (PST) TWELVE STEPS & TORAH Shabbat afternoon Torah study informed by the wisdom of Twelve Step recovery. Join us on Zoom. For more information and to be added to the Twelve Steps & Torah email list, click here.
Saturday, January 22 at 6pm (PST) HAVDALAH TOGETHER Guest speaker Nova Tuana Sari is co-founder of DoNotHate, a nonprofit created to promote an inclusive hate-free society in the U.S. through youth involvement. Nova experienced xenophobia, discrimination, and fascism firsthand when her family was forced into exile from Turkey during political unrest in 2016. Hear her story and learn about this week's online AntiSemitism conference. Join us on Zoom or Facebook.
Sunday through Thursday 6:00 (PST) OC EGAL NIGHTLY MINYAN If you are looking for a place to say Mourner's Kaddish, oberserve a yahrzeit, or say evening prayers, OC Egal meets online five evenings a week. Click here to receive the private Zoom link to join us. All are welcome.
Monday, January 24 at 9:30am (PST) ADVANCED LEARNING INSTITUTE Rabbi David Lazar teaches part three of Connecting the Dots: A Guide Through the Maze of Interconnected Text in the Hebrew Bible.For Monday's class - Law and Reality in the Book of Ruth - please read the entire Book of Ruth (4 short chapters) prior to class, if possible. To watch last week's class click here. Join on Zoom or Facebook. Click here to learn more and register.
Saturday, February 5 at 6pm (PST) HAVDALAH TOGETHER Artist Hannah Lupton Reinhard joins Rabbi Marcia Tilchin for a virtual studio tour of her first solo show, “Beshert: Beholden,” on display at Seasons LA until Feb. 20. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and Tarbut v’Torah Community Day School, Hannah’s colorful, award-winning oil paintings have been featured in numerous shows around the country. Enjoy a tour of Hannah's work and lively conversation on Zoom or Facebook.
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Holocaust Remembrance and Preventing Antisemitism 3-day Panel Program, Jan 25-27 at 4:00pm (PST) Separate registration required for each panel program. DoNotHate's Holocaust Remembrance and Preventing Anti-Semitism Panel is a 3-Day Eventorganized by student volunteers and interns of the DoNotHate Foundation, co-sponsored by the Jewish Studies Department of University of California, Irvine and Anti-Defamation League. The DoNotHate Foundation aims to bring youth from different backgrounds together, to inform them about the Holocaust and invite them to embrace the mission of working together to end antisemitism for good. More information for each day of programming, with registration links is available at the following links: Jan. 25 | Jan. 26 | Jan. 27
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 | 4:00-6:00 PM (PST)
PANEL I: Introduction to the Holocaust
Speakers:
Marion Rosenblum, Holocuast Survivor
Jeffrey Kopstein: Professor or Political Science, ICU REGISTER NOW
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 | 4:00-6:00 PM (PST) PANEL II: Interfaith Perspective on Holocaust Memory Speakers: Rabbi Marcia Tilchin, Founder JCoOC Jack Miles: Professor of Christian Jewish Relations and Author Amir Houssain: Prof. of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount REGISTER NOW
Wednesday, January 27, 2022 | 4:00-6:00 PM (PST) PANEL III: Holocaust Memory and Antisemitism
Speakers: Rabbi Peter Levi, Regional Director Anti-Defamation League Professor Matthias Lehmann: UCI Teller Chair in Jewish History Noah Lederman: High School Student REGISTER NOW
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Welcome to OC Jewish Cooking Connections, a partnership between JCoOC and the Merage JCC. Every month we meet a member of the OC Jewish community sharing a favorite recipe with family history and Jewish memories. Watch videos here.
This project is partially funded by the Weissman Arts Endowment Fund, a joint program of JCFOC and JFedOC.
JCoOC has partnered with Jews United for Democracy
Each challah is an edible work of art, baked fresh and hand-braided especially for you! Choose from raisin, traditional, sesame seed and poppy seed. For more information, visit theblessedbraid.com.
JCoOC is an exempt organization in accordance with Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code EIN: 36-4844121
