January 12th, 9am - 3pm Visit the Blessed Braid in Irvine. Stock your freezer wth delicious baked goods, and support the Jewish Collaborative. 50% of all sales will be donated to JCoOC.
January 16th, 5:00pm (PST) - Elevate your observance of T"u b'Shevat by attending JCoOC's inaugural C.L.U.E. b'Shevat Seder honoring worker justice advocacy in the Jewish tradition. Hear testimony from essential workers, learn from inspirational teachers, and become engaged with this cause. Click here to learn more and register.
Friday, January 7 at 6:00pm (PST)
FRIDAY NIGHT BY CANDLELIGHT JCoOC joins Temple Isaiah on Zoom for Shabbat Shmooze and Friday night services with Eric Dangott and Jason Feddy. 6:00pm Schmooze followed by services at 6:30pm. Zoom link. Meeting ID: 819 0465 0297 Passcode: shalom
Saturday, January 8 at 10:00am (PST) ZOOM GALI GALI T''U B'SHEVAT This month Zoom Gali Gali celebrates T"u b'Shevat - the "birthday of the trees." During this interactive program Rabbi Aviva Funke will help us embrace our love of nature and the gift of trees through music, prayer, and storytelling. Click here to learn more and register for the Zoom link.
Saturday, January 8 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.
Monday, January 10 at 9:30am (PST) ADVANCED LEARNING INSTITUTE Rabbi David Lazar begins a four-part series, Connecting the Dots: A Guide Through the Maze of Interconnected Text in the Hebrew Bible. Join on Zoom or Facebook.Click here to learn more and register.
Wednesday, January 12 from 9am - 3pm
THE BLESSED BRAID JCoOC FUNDRAISER Orange County's newest kosher establishment has opened in Irvine. JCoOC wishes our board member and Blessed Braid owner, Cheryl Honig, every success. SHOP THIS WEDNESDAY and 50% of all sales will be donated to JCoOC. Click here to learn more.
Sunday, January 16 at 5:00pm (PST) CLUE B'SHEVAT SEDER In partnership with C.L.U.E., the Jewish Collaborative is hosting a virtual T"u b'Shevat Seder focusing on Economic Justice Advocacy in the Jewish tradition. Click here to learn more and register.
Beginning January 20, 2022
CIRCLES OF HOPE AND HEALING JCoOC will be hosting three online, twice-monthly Jewish bereavement support groups that will meet in 2022. Facilitated by professional grief counselors. To learn more and express interest, click here.
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
The Big Bold Jewish Climate Fest is a free, (mostly) online, collaborative festival, spearheaded by Hazon and Dayenu, that connects our Jewish values to action in order to address our current climate crisis, and to make climate change a central moral issue of the Jewish community. We seek to re-energize Tu BiShvat, the Jewish “Earth Day” of sorts, as a relevant and timely holiday to connect Jewish values with the urgency of climate and a groundswell of community-produced eventsfrom Fest partners and experts. Click here to register.
Simchat Shabbat Food Drive January 3-14 Drop offs can be made at Beth Jacob Congregation 9am-1pm, Monday through Friday. Click here for information about specific items requested. Learn more about this special program here.
STREAMING NOW | ZOOM PANEL ON JANUARY 13 | 1:00 P.M (PST) Join the Orange County Jewish Coalition for Refugees for a Zoom panel with Brad Rothschild, director and producer of African Exodus. This DocuFilm reveals the stories of some 60,000 Africans seeking safety and asylum in Israel over the past decade. Click here to learn more, and watch the trailer. Click here to register for the private vimeo link (streaming today through Sunday) and for the Zoom panel link.
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HELP WELCOME AND RESETTLE AFGHAN REFUGEES Join HIAS and the OC Jewish Coalition for Refugees for an informational session explaining how to welcome and resettle Afghan evacuees through private communnity sponsorship. Between now and February 15th more than 30,000 Afghan evacuees who still remain on U.S. military bases since the fall of Kabul in August, will be resettled throughout the country. Join us to learn how we can Welcome the Stranger and make a life-changing difference for our Afghan allies.
TheJewish Collaborative of Orange County is a creative, collaborative, and compassionate community mosaic dedicated to innovating and supporting local and national programming that enriches the landscape of Jewish life and encouraging individuals and families to connect their passions and purpose with Judaism.
Jewish Collaborative of Orange County 2200 San Joaquin Hills Rd. Newport Beach, CA 92660
November 10,17,24 and December 1
Mondays - 9:30 am PT | 12:30 pm ET Register here
When you think about biblical women, what images and words come to mind? Temptress? Victim? Women subjugated by husbands or fathers? Close textual reading reveals that these stereotypes are incongruous with the actual lived experiences of female characters in TaNaKh. In this course we will gain some new insights into the extraordinary women that populate the pages of our Holy Scriptures.
Dror Israel: Educating for Hope and Healing in Times of War
Wednesday, November 12 at 7:00pm
Sivan Bamberger, International Development Director for Dror Israel
Hosted at a private home in Orange RSVP HERE
Bringing Heaven Down To Earth: Integrating High Holy Day Wisdom into Everyday Life
Grounded in the Jewish prophetic value of Pikuach Nefesh, JQ offers free virtual monthly and drop-in support groups for LGBTQ+ Jews and allies. Learn more
ExploringJudaism.org is about embracing the beauty and complexity of Judaism and our personal search for meaning and learning. No matter who you are or your experience in Judaism there is something to learn and explore.
JCoOC is an exempt organization in accordance with Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code EIN: 36-4844121
