Zoom Information Sessions with Trip Leaders Wednesday, September 25th and Sunday, October 27th 9am PT | 12pm ET TRIP EXTENSION: “Heart and Soul of Israel” | January 23-25
Jewels of Elul 5785: If Not Now, When...? Click here to receive daily words of wisdom to help us prepare for the upcoming season of repentance and renewal
Friday, September 13 at 6pm Mizmor Shir l’Yom haShabbat Friday Night Minyan Join JCoOC friends and community leaders for a traditional Kabbalat Shabbat and Ma’ariv service “Camp Ramah” style. Hosted in a private home, followed by a potluck Shabbat dinner. Please contact Sarah if you would like to join us.
Saturday, September 14 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, September 16 9:30 am PT | 12:30 am ET ADVANCED LEARNING INSTITUTE Rambam Revealed with Rabbi Mike Mymon Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (aka Maimonides or Rambam) is purported to possess (arguably) the greatest rabbinic mind of all time. Rabbi Mike will share details of Rambam's personal history and family as well as his most impactful written works including the Thirteen Articles of Faith, Guide to the Perplexed, and the Mishneh Torah. During this season of repentance and in preparation for the Yamim Noraim, we will explore Maimonides' opinions about tzedakah, crime and punishment, relationships, repentance and connecting with God. Click here to register
Tuesdays at 2pm PT | 5pm ET Sept 3 - Parent & sibling loss Sept 10 - Open group Sept 17 - Spousal loss Sept 24 - Child loss
Thursdays at 5pm PT | 8pm ET Sept 5 - Spousal loss Sept 12 - Child loss Sept 19 - Parent & sibling loss Sept 26 - Open group
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.
Registration for the 2024-2025 school year is now open IKARON offers concierge Jewish learning for children grades K-7. To learn more, contact Rabbi Marcia Tilchin Visit our registration page
Sukkot begins Wednesday night October 16th Order your lulav and etrog today! The Golden Dreidel - (714) 508-0900
Join OC's Jewish Community Foundation Weissman Arts for a vibrant Sukkot harvest festival in partnership with The Ecology Center Sunday, October 20th, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
The Ecology Center 32701 Alipaz Street, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
FALL 2024 LECTURE SERIES MAPPING MEMORIES Stories of Loss, Resilience and Hope
Inseparable: One Family’s Extraordinary Story of Holocaust Survival
September 24 • 7 pm Wallace All Faiths Chapel Chapman University | 1 University Dr, Orange, CA No cost to attend. Register here for free parking
SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTE PRESENTS
Click here to access recordings with premier scholars addressing curring issues related to Israel, America, War and Diplomacy
Click here to access a roster of upcoming courses, guest lectures and special programs offered virtually.
AJU online learning offers classes for adults seeking to build Jewish skills and knowledge and hosts lectures by internationally acclaimed scholars, artists, authors and geo-political experts. Something for everyone!
Women’s Voices, Women’s Wisdom Thursdays, August 28 - April 23 at 9am PT | 12pm ET
Join Mayyim Hayyim's Education Center for monthly virtual lunchtime learning, with a focus on how our wisdom as modern women informs our understanding of traditional texts. Facilitated by Rabbi Beth Naditch. All are welcome. Register here
About Mayyim Hayyim: Founded in 2004 in a renovated Victorian home in greater Boston, this community mikveh has become a leader in redefining and invigorating the national community mikveh movement. It is a center for spirituality, learning and celebration.
Registration for the 2024 General Assembly is open! Sunday, November 10th through Tuesday, November 12th, 2024 in Washington, DC. Evening of Unity on Sunday, November 10th at Nationals Park Stadium
Chutzpah - Dayenu’s signature, non-partisan effort to mobilize climate-concerned voters in key states - is in full swing. The goal is to elect climate champions at the local, state and federal levels who have the chutzpah to deliver urgent action on climate at the scale that science and justice demand. Dayenu provides a full menu of actions that voters in every state can take in the months leading up to the 2024 election.
NOW, it’s time to roll up our sleeves and get to work! Here’s what you can do:
1. Sign up NOW to attend three phonebanking shifts in the next 9 weeks! There will be two or more shifts a week until Election Day.
Click on the links below to join one or both phone banking shifts this week:
2. Organize your community to participate in Chutzpah 2024. Sign up to co-sponsor or host your own phonebanking shift. Fill out the Chutzpah organizing form.Co-sponsors agree to recruit ten people to come to one of Dayenu’s shifts. When you host your own “phonebank in a box” sessions, you organize your own event.
Wondering if phonebanking is for you? You don’t need any experience to join a shift – and it’s fun. We gather on Zoom, introduce ourselves, hear a kavanah (short teaching and words of intention), then train folks who are new to the dialing system – and start calling. We close out by sharing highlights from our calls, and enjoying a little live music. It feels good to do this work Jewishly, nourished by our ancestral wisdom and connected with each other.
The Jewish 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.
Monday, May 5, 2025 9:30 am PT | 12:30 pm ET Register here
By the turn of the eighteenth century, a new paradigm for cantors had emerged among Ashkenazic Jews -- that of the musical professional. Yet this new model of cantor, with its use of choral assistants and expansive, modern musical repertoire, was staunchly opposed by rabbis and traditionalists who felt the culture slipping from their grasp. Based on his doctoral research, Cantor Matt Austerklein will guide us through these rancorous, humorous, and colorful debates about cantors which touch deeply on the cultural and religious questions of our own time.
Mondays May 19, 26 and June 2, 2025 9:30 am PT | 12:30 pm ET Register here
This question in 2025 has deep personal and political consequences with roots in ancient Jewish debates. Rabbi Daniel will trace how ideas of Jewish identity have shifted across time - from biblical categories to the modern crises of belonging. We will explore why there has never been one clear answer to the question of Jewish identity and why the debate itself may be essential to Jewish continuity.
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
Each challah is an edible work of art, baked fresh and hand-braided especially for you! Choose from raisin, traditional, sesame seed and poppy seed. For more information, visit theblessedbraid.com.
JCoOC is an exempt organization in accordance with Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code EIN: 36-4844121
