Enjoy Torah Sparks - creative commentaries on the weekly Torah and Haftarah readings written by Conservative Yeshiva faculty.
Click here to enjoy Rabbi Marcia Tilchin's conversation with Rabbi Sarah DePaulo (Shir HaMa'alot) on this week's segment of JFOC's series
"סיפרי עמינו": Stories of Our People."
Friday, February 4: Two Options FRIDAY NIGHT BY CANDLELIGHT ONLINE: JCoOC friends join Beth Am Congregation in San Diego at7:00pmfor their monthly Campfire Shabbat. Click here for the Campfire Shabbat songbook. Join the livestream here.
IN-PERSON: Temple Beth El South County (2A Liberty, Aliso Viejo) repoens for in-person services tonight featuring their home-grown Band Milk & Honey.
Kibitz & Community at 5:30pm | Shabbat Service at 6pm.Click here for in-person Covid protocols. Click here to join the livestream.
Saturday, February 5 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, 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.
Mondays, February 7-28 at 9:30am (PST) ADVANCED LEARNING INSTITUTE Cantor Matt Austerklein begins a four week course: A Jewish Guide to the Orchestra.
This class will cover the four major sections of the symphony orchestra looking 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 participate in an evening minyan, OC Egal meets online five nights a week. Click here to receive the private Zoom link. All are welcome.
Saturday, February 19 at 10:00am (PST) ZOOM GALI GALI Bring your children and grandchildren to our monthly online Shabbat celebration with Rabbi Aviva Funke and Scott Spitzer. This interactive, musical experience features story-telling, spirituality and great fun. Click here for more information and to register.
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, register, or become a team captain click here.
The Jewish Collaborative of Orange County is grateful 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 6 to 9 community members joining together to sponsor an Afghan family evacuated during the airlift out of Kabul in August, 2021 soon to be be resettled in Orange County. Click here to learn more and add your support.
Donations of any amount will be a great help toward reaching our minimum goal of $20,000 and are greatly appreciated.
Thank you for participating with us in the special 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.
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
