Weekly Emails

Congratulations to Rabbi Tilchin for making the 2020 list of OC's Most Influential!
Scroll down for links to our Shabbat and weekly programs for December 18-25

December 18, 2020 / 3 Tevet, 5781 /  Parashat Miketz 
 
Dear {{first_name}}, 
 
Happy last day of Hanukkah!  Your friends at JCoOC have been very busy throughout the holiday participating in celebrations both locally and across the country with Jewish and interfaith organizations including Family Promise, AMWEC, JFOC, The Laguna Beach Interfaith Council, and Our Jewish Recovery.  Every Zoom celebration has been filled with spirit and hope. 
 
We learned today that our founder, Rabbi Marcia Tilchin, was selected as one of OC’s most 100 Influential People in 2020. CLICK HERE and flip to page A7 to enjoy the article in today’s OC Register that highlights JCoOC’s hesed work in the greater community.  Mazal Tov, Rabbi Marcia!  
 
Thank you to everyone who helped us meet our ambitious goal of filling 100 Backpacks of Love in support of those currently experiencing homelessness. 
 
Next Friday is December 25 – a national holiday that has long inspired Jews to go skiing, to the movies and out for dinner at Chinese Restaurants. Join Rabbi Marcia, Jason Feddy and a host of friends for JCoOC’s second annual Shabbat and K’nishmas Celebration. 

• 5:30pm:  Friday night by Candlelight 
• 6:40pm:  Community Zoom Shabbat Dinner! Order your kosher Chinese dinner from Blueberry Hill by CLICKING HERE. Orders received after Tuesday night at 6pm may not be able to be fulfilled so don’t wait until the last minute!  There are some delicious vegetarian and vegan options on the menu.  Dinners can be picked up at the JCC on December 25 between 10 and 11am! 
• 7:15pm:  Zoom concert: “I’m Dreaming of a White K’nishmas,”  featuring Jason Feddy, Rabbi-Cantor Marcia Tilchin, Raymond Zachary, and other special guests.
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Our end-of-year giving campaign is in full swing.  As you consider the many worthy causes and organizations that value your support, we hope that JCoOC is on your list so that we can continue to be a bold and creative Jewish voice in OC and beyond.  Thank you in advance for your generosity!  Click here to donate.
 
Shabbat Shalom and, for the last time, Hanukkah Sameah, 
The Collaborative Team 

Friday, December 18 at 5:30pm
FRIDAY NIGHT BY CANDLELIGHT
Josh Friedman joins Rabbi Marcia for a song-filled Kabbalat Shabbat and Ma'ariv service.

Join on Zoom or Facebook.

Saturday, Dec. 19 at 2:00pm (pst)
TWELVE STEPS & TORAH
Shabbat afternoon Torah study informed by the wisdom of Twelve Step recovery. With Rabbi Ilan Glazer, founder of "Our Jewish Recovery,"  Rabbi Marcia Tilchin, and friends. Join us on Zoom.

Saturday, Dec. 19 at 5:30pm

HAVDALAH TOGETHER
Political Science professor, Dr. Scott Spitzer joins us following Havdalah to discuss "Transitioning to a Biden Presidency:  Some Domestic and International Implications"
Join on Zoom and Facebook.

Monday, Dec. 21 & 28 at 9:30am
ADVANCED LEARNING INSTITUTE
We begin a two-part series titled

"U.S. Election Law: The Total Landscape." Our scholar is Aviel Menter, a third-year student at Columbia Law School who volunteers with the Standford-MIT Healthy Elections Project. In the first of two lectures, Avi will offer a broad overview of election law in the United States beginning with some foundational history in the 1800s. In his second presentation we will explore the use and misuse of election law in the modern era.

Join us on Zoom or Facebook.

Sunday - Thursday at 5:30pm
OC EGAL NIGHTLY MINYAN
All are welcome to join our egalitarian minyan, ideal for people eager to fulfill the obligation of daily prayer and those needing to recite Mourner's Kaddish.  Yahrzeits always acknowledged. Join on Zoom.

The Jewish Collaborative believes in dreaming big to do good. 

In 2020, thanks to your generosity, we raised and distributed funding, food, and clothing valued at more than $15,000 to homelessness

and refugee relief organizations throughout Orange County. 

We are committed to growing our social justice and community service initiatives in 2021. Our $54,000 end of year fundraising goal will help us launch more ambitious tzedakah campaigns in the coming year.

Your end-of-year donation will help us reach our fundraising target and realize even greater potential in the year to come.

Thank you in advance for your heartfelt gifts.
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