Rabbi Tilchin's Shabbat Messages

2024 Jewish Heritage Night at Angel Stadium

Wednesday, July 10 at 6:30pm

The Jewish Collaborative of Orange County is proud to support Jewish Heritage Night at Angel Stadium. Tickets include an Angel's jersey with a special patch showing our Jewish pride. Be sure to join us in the Rose Garden near Gate 1 to pick up your jersey.
Tickets are going fast! RSVP today.

Take Action for People and Planet for Tisha B’av

Pre-Tisha B'Av Virtual Lobby Day
for Climate Solutions
August 8, 2024
Register NOW for Virtual Lobby Day

You can make a difference as we approach this Tisha B’av by joining other members of our community to meet with our Members of Congress. Jewish Earth Alliance is organizing the meetings and will provide you with everything you need to participate. It’s easy and effective! Register now

July 5, 2024 |  29 Sivan, 5784 | Parashat Korah

Enjoy Torah Sparks: Creative commentaries on the weekly Torah and Haftarah readings written by Conservative Yeshiva faculty.

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JCoOC CALENDAR AT A GLANCE

PROGRAMS THIS WEEK

• 12 Steps & Torah |  Saturdays at 2:00pm PT on Zoom
• Advanced Learning Institute with Rabbi Caitlin Bromberg - From Cantor to Rabbi: What a Growing Trend Reveals about our changing Jewish World | Monday, July 8 at 9:30am PT
• ​​​Tuesday Online Jewish Bereavement Support Group | This week: Open group | Tuesday, July 9 at 2:00pm PT​​​​​​​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Thursday Online Jewish Bereavement Support Group | This week: Child loss | Thursday, July 11 at 5:00pm PT​​​​​​​
• OC Egal Nightly Minyan at 6pm PT | Sunday-Thursday

UPCOMING JCoOC PROGRAMS​​​​​

• Introduction to Judaism - 18 week series | Monday nights beginning July 22 at 5:30pm PT | 8:30pm ET
• Advanced Learning Institute with Cantor Matthew Austerklein: Highlights from JCoOC’s inaugural learning excursion to Jewish Great Britain | Monday, July 29 at 9:30am PT
• Advanced Learning Institute with Bex Rosenblatt: A Pre-Tisha b’Av Dive into the Book of Lamentations | Mondays, August 5 and 12 at 9:30am PT

COMMUNITY EVENTS AND VIRTUAL LEARNING

• Shalom Hartman Institute's Community Leadership Program | Wednesday June 26 – Wednesday, July 9 | See schedule here 
• Believing Matters: A Conversation about Love, Peace and Unity | July 8 at 7pm in Laguna Woods Clubhouse 2 | RSVP required
• Jewish Heritage Night at Angel Stadium 2024 | July 10 at 6:38pm
• Pre-Tisha B'Av Virtual Lobby Day for Climate Solutions | August 8, 2024 | RSVP here
• Learn to blow shofar in preparation for the High Holidays | Temple Beth Emet - 1770 W Cerritos Ave, Anaheim | For more information write to Rebecca Weissbuch | August 6, 20, 27 at 6pm

UPCOMING JCoOC PROGRAMS

Saturday, July 6 at 2pm PT
TWELVE STEPS AND TORAH
JCoOC partners with Our Jewish Recovery (OJR) every Shabbat afternoon for 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. ​​
For a full menu of OJR programs and meetings click here.

Monday, July 8, 2024 at 9:30am PT 
ADVANCED LEARNING INSTITUTE
From Cantor to Rabbi: What a Growing Trend Reveals about our changing Jewish World with Rabbi Caitlin Bromberg
Rabbi Hazzan Caitlin Bromberg (JTS class of 2000 / AJRLA class of 2024) will share key elements from her master’s thesis that explores why so many professional cantors are choosing to return to school mid-career in pursuit of rabbinic ordination and what this trend reveals about a changing Jewish landscape within pluralistic Jewish life.​​​​​​​Click here to register

Groups led by Chaplain Fran Chalin, BCC/MSW
Click here for more information and to express interest ​​​​​​​

Tuesdays at 2pm PT | 5pm ET
July 2nd - Parent & sibling loss
July 9th - Open group
July 16th - Spousal loss
July 23th -  Child loss

Thursdays at 5pm PT | 8pm ET
July 4th - Spousal loss
July 11th - Child loss
July 18th - Parent & sibling loss
July 25th - Open group

Sunday through Thursday at 6:00pm
OC EGAL NIGHTLY MINYAN
If you are looking for a place to say Mourner's Kaddish, observe a yahrzeit, or participate in an evening minyan, OC Egal meets online five nights a week. Click here ​​​​​to receive the private Zoom link. All are welcome.

UPCOMING JCoOC PROGRAMS

INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM COURSE
18 evening sessions beginning Monday, July 22
Register here

COMMUNITY EVENTS AND VIRTUAL LEARNING

Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem presents

Watch LIVE lectures 9:30am PT | 12:30pm ET

Friday, July 5
The Hope of the Renewal of Israel by the New Center
Micah Goodman, Shalom Hartman Institute Senior Fellow 

Sunday, July 7
A conversation with Tamar Elad-Appelbaum
Tamar Elad-Appelbaum, Director of the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Rabbanut Yisraelit Network and Co-Director of the Center for Ritual

Monday, July 8
In Conversation: Donniel Hartman and Yair Lapid
Donniel Hartman, Shalom Hartman Institute President and Yair Lapid, Leader of the Opposition in Israel’s Parliament

Tuesday, July 9
Reclaiming a Moral Space
Donniel Hartman, Shalom Hartman Institute President 

Select sessions from CLP are available on television through JBS, the Jewish Broadcasting Service. Through Tuesday, July 9, JBS will broadcast the Hartman Beit Midrash daily at 12:30 pm ET.
See schedule & find your local JBS channel

See the full 2024 summer schedule
Watch previous recordings

Monday, July 8, 2024 at 7pm

Collaborative friends who live in Laguna Woods are invited to join Rabbi Tilchin and colleagues for a conversation about the healing potential that's possible when faith traditions rooted in love, peace and unity are shared in community.
Laguna Woods Clubhouse 2 | Doors open at 6:30pm

RSVP by email to Iwcommunitybridgebuilders@gmail.com

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE UPDATES & ACTIONS

The Jewish Collaborative of OC and our friends at Climate Action Campaign are delighted to report that on July 1st, Senate Bill 1374 passed in the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy, making it more affordable for schools, businesses, apartment buildings and other multiple meter venues to benefit from solar energy like individual homeowners. Thank you to all those who reached out to your state legislators in support of this bill.
Learn more about SB 1374

We are continuing to build a local Dayenu Circle and would love to have you join our efforts. Learn more and register here. 

A community Dayenu Circle can provide a center of gravity, enabling us to align Jewish values with the change we seek to make in the world. We can do this work together not only to take effective action to confront the climate crisis, but to sustain ourselves and our spirits as we act. Rooted in community and drawing on Jewish wisdom and experience supports us as we move from fear and anxiety to courageous action.

What is a Dayenu Circle and why would I want to be part of it?
Dayenu Circles—small groups of people working on climate action—are a way for you to make powerful, positive change with a Jewish voice. Together with just a few friends, fellow community members, or neighbors you can join or create a Dayenu Circle that can be your homebase for climate action.

Learn about Dayenu's successful "Keep the Law” campaign

 Chutzpah - Dayenu’s signature, non-partisan effort to mobilize climate-concerned voters in key states - is going into full swing. The goal is to elect climate champions at the local, state and federal levels who have the chutzpah to deliver urgent action on climate at the scale that science and justice demand. Dayenu provides a full menu of actions that voters in every state can take in the months leading up to the 2024 election.