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 28 at 6:00pm (PST) FRIDAY NIGHT BY CANDLELIGHT
JCoOCjoinsCantor Zev Brooks and Temple Beth Emet for their once-a-month Friday night Shabbat service. Click here to join the livestream. For in-person attendance masks and vaccinations are required. Address: 1770 west Cerritos Ave., Anaheim 92804.
Saturday, January 29 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 29 at 7:30pm SHAKESPEARE'S FOOL Writer, singer and songwriter, Jason Feddy, with his wife, actor Ava Burton, star in Shalespeare's Fool: An Evening of Song and Speeches at the Laguna beach cultural Arts Center. Click here for details and to purchase tickets to this rambunctious romp through songs and speeches from Shakespeare’s plays, with wit, wisdom, and silliness in between.
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 onZoomorFacebook.
Monday, January 31 at 9:30am (PST) ADVANCED LEARNING INSTITUTE Rabbi David Lazar teaches part four of Connecting the Dots: A Guide Through the Maze of Interconnected Text in the Hebrew Bible.To watch last week's class on the Book of Ruth click here. To participate in the final class on Poetry and Prose, join on Zoom or Facebook. Click here to learn more and register.
Tuesday, February 1 at 4:45pm (PST) REALIZE ROSH HODESH The Jewish Collaborative of OC joins with Kohenet Rachel Kann, founder of Realize Paradise, to offer a new Rosh Hodesh experience for all to enjoy. In this creative online space, Rachel will nurture our imaginations as we dance in the shadows and energies of monthly new moons celebrated according to the Jewish calendar. For more information and the Zoom link click here.
Mondays, February 7-28 at 9:30am (PST) ADVANCED LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE Cantor Matt Austerklein teaches a four week course: A Jewish Guide to the Orchestra.
This class will cover the four major sections of the symphony orchestra taking a look back at their antecedents in the Bible and across thousands of years of Jewish culture. To learn more and register click here.
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.
The Jewish Collaborative of Orange County is delighted to sponsor the OC Collaborative HIAS Welcome Circle. Circle members include: Sam Balchowsky, Marlene Burnett, Rudi Berkelhammer, Gail Dratch, Pamela Kause, Barbara Rosen, and others. Each HIAS Welcome Circle is composed of between 6-9 community members joining together to sponsor an Afghan family that was evacuated during the airlift out of Kabul in August, 2021, who will be resettled in Orange County in the next few weeks.
Click here to learn more and add your support. Donations of any amount help are are greatly appreciated. Through your support you will be fulfilling the mitzvah of Welcoming the Stranger.
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
February 2 - 9 at UCI AMERICANS AND THE HOLOCUAST UCI Libraries is one of 50 U.S. libraries selected to host Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s. Visit UCI Library for more event information.
Sunday, March 6 at 8:00am HAZON OC BIKE RIDE JCoOC is a proud partner of Hazon's first OC Bike Ride supporting environmental education and sustainability efforts in Jewish communities throughout North America and Israel. To learn more and to register, click here.
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.
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