Yom Hashoah - May 5-6 Yom Hazikaron- May 12-13 Yom Ha'atzmaut - May 13-14 Scroll down to learn about 5784 observances and programs in Orange County / Long Beach
Special Hol Hamoed Programs in OC Sunday, April 28, 2024
Shared Experiences in Antisemitism with Rabbi Peter Levi, Regional Director of the ADL in Orange County - Long Beach hosted at Temple Beth Sholom in Santa Ana. For families with children & teens in grades K-College | 10:00am |RSVP here
Kosher for Passover treats will be served at both events
All are welcome to visit The Haggadah Collection collected and curated by Alan Shebroe on display at Temple Beth Sholom in Santa Ana until May 5th. Click here to learn more
Play in ourPost-Pesah Pickleball Tournament
RSVP AND INVITE YOUR FRIENDS 🏓 Kosher Dill Pickleball for a Cause! Sunday, June 9th from 1-4pm New to pickleball? Join our beginners clinic!
Shared Experiences in Antisemitism for families with children ages 5-18. Sponsored by the ADL. Hosted at Temple Beth Sholom in Santa Ana | Sunday, April 28th at 10:00am RSVP here
Saturday, April 27 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 meetingsclick here.
Monday, April 29, 2024 at 9:15am PT 7th Day Passover Services with Yizkor Temple Beth El of South Orange County JCoOC joins the traditional minyan at TBESOC for sh’vii shel Pesah services that will include a reenactment of our Reed Sea Crossing and a traditional Yizkor service. 2A Liberty, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 Watch the Livestream here
Monday, May 6, 2024 at 9:30am PT ADVANCED LEARNING INSTITUTE Yom HaShoah and Yom HaZikaron with Rabbi Mike Moshe Mymon Session 1 | Yom HaShoah Modern Zionism to the Establishment of the State of Israel (circa 1882 to 1948) through the Lens of the Holocaust Click here to register
Tuesdays at 12pm PT | 3pm ET April 30th - Child loss May 7th - Parent & sibling loss May 14th - Open group May 21th - Spousal loss May 28th - Child loss
Thursdays at 5pm PT | 8pm ET May 2nd - Spousal loss May 9th - Child loss May 16th - Parent & sibling loss
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.
OC Egal will offer 7th and 8th night Festival Services April 28 and 29th. Please join us!
ORGANIZING TO KEEP OIL AND GAS OUT OF CA COMMUNITIES In-person Kickstart Trainings: May 5 (SoCal) and 19 (NorCal)
DAYENU AND THE RAC-CA ARE ORGANIZING TWO GATHERINGS TO KICKSTART EFFORTS TO KEEP THE HEALTH AND SAFETY BUFFER ZONE.
We are galvanizing Jewish communities to educate people in their synagogues and social circles about the importance of keeping SB1137 a state law that saves lives and protects the environment when we vote in November of 2024.
Join JCoOC in Los Angeles on May 5th at Temple Israel of Hollywood. The Orange County Jewish Community must be a voice championing human welfare and climate justice.
Thursday, May 9th | 6:00-7:00pm 2200 San Joaquin Hills Rd in Newport Beach Wildland-Urban Interface Climate Action Network ELEMENTAL CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS: WATER
The Interfaith Climate Action Working Group invites all to atttend the first of four Elemental Climate Conversations focused on WATER's devastation by the climate crisis. Rabbi Marcia Tilchin will be one of the presenters. Reception following the program
The Wildland-Urban Interface Climate Action Network (WUICAN) is a consortium of community-based organizations, California Native American Tribes, land managers, and universities in Southern California collaborating to address the need for more effective climate action. WUICAN’s goals are to create a new model for co-governance and co-design of climate solutions that center the needs of impacted communities, build capacity for collaboration and decision-making across community-based organizations, universities, and land stewards, and develop community-driven policies and practices for land and water stewardship in the face of climate change.
“Climate: Air, Earth and Water” is on display at LBCAC through May 25. Photographers Jacques Garnier and Tom Lamb are joined by artist Roberto Salas in this special exhibition.
Sunday, June 9th from 1 - 4pm in Newport Beach (This event was rescheduled due to rain)
A percentage of the proceeds from our upcoming Kosher Dill Pickleball Fundraiser will be dedicated to supporting continuing needs of victims of terror, displaced persons and children with trauma.
Please join us for this fun, community-building event and consider becoming a sponsor. Thank you!
MESSENGERS OF MEMORY: 25 Years of the Holocaust Art & Writing Contest APRIL 17 - JULY 31, 2024
All are invited to visit the special curated exhibit, Messengers of Memory, highlighting 25 years of prize-winning entries in the Holocaust Art & Writing Contest, co-sponsored by the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education at Chapman University and The 1939 Society.
This extraordinary exhibit, including art, prose, poetry, and film, honors Holocaust survivors and celebrates the creativity of students who are their voices to the future - messengers of memory. In the Burra Family Community Room of the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University. Parking available in the Old Towne West Parking Structure 130 N. Lemon Street.
The Jewish Collaborative is excited to participate in Be the Change - an “artivism” initiative inspired by the Jewish tenet of justice as expressed through our ritual of giving tzedakah. This exhibit is about making space to talk about injustice and providing the necessary action steps to be agents of change in our local and global communities.
JCFOC Weissman Arts is pleased to collaborate with the Skirball Cultural Center by including many of the boxes from their recent mounting of Be the Change. Four new boxes are being commissioned for the Orange County community.
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.
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
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