March 21-22, 2025 A Festival of Jewish Spirituality Weekend with special guest Professor Daniel Matt From Kabbalah to the Big Bang: Ancient Wisdom and Contemporary Spirituality Registration opening soon
This weekend | December 13-15, 2024 2nd Annual Hevra Kadisha Shabbaton dedicated to the memory of Sandy B. Fine featuring special guest M’tahair Bruce Bloom
JCC Cares invites our whole community to participate in meaningful volunteer opportunities throughout the month of December. Register below to show your kindness the J way.
Make and deliver meals, drop-off gift bags to home-bound seniors, donate blood, donate food, assemble and deliver hygiene kits, and deliver holiday cheer to our community heroes and those in need.
Sábado Argentino & Concert: Community Shabbaton featuring Argentinian Hazzan Jonathan Kohan | December 27-28, 2024 | Hosted at Temple Ner Tamid in Downey
Shabbat Rocks: Traditional Friday night services and dinner at a private home in Irvine | January 31, 2025 at 5:10pm RSVP here
Gender Disparity in the Torah led by Rabbi Tilchin | February 11 at 7pm | Part of the "Shining the Light of Torah in Today's World" series at TBESOC in Aliso Viejo
Saturday, December 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, December 16 9:30 am PT | 12:30 am ET ADVANCED LEARNING INSTITUTE Wine, Bread and Coffee: How Jewish Sacred Texts and Merchant Livelihoods Expanded Food Appreciation throughout History with Rabbi Micah Becker-Klein
For thousands of years, Jews peddled goods throughout Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Our role in introducing new tastes and smells to business partners across boarders and seas cannot be overstated. Please join Rabbi Micah as he takes us on a Jewish journey into the world of bread, wine and coffee.
Tuesdays at 2pm PT | 5pm ET Dec 3 - Parent & sibling loss Dec 10 - Open group Dec 17 - Spousal loss Dec 24 - Child loss
Thursdays at 5pm PT | 8pm ET Dec 5 - Spousal loss Dec 12 - Child loss Dec 19 - Parent & sibling loss Dec 26 - Open gropu
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.
Saturday, December 21 at 7pm Homeless Persons' Inter-religious Memorial Service Lutheran Church of the Cross 24231 El Toro Rd, Laguna Woods Watch the Livestream here
JCoOC’s Advanced Learning Institute welcomes writer, ritualist, musician, healer and teacher, Rabbi Sarah Bracha Gershuny to our diverse faculty in 2025.
Jewish Long Beach in partnership with JCoOC, Ner Tamid and TBSLB present A Community Shabbaton Featuring Argentinian Hazzan Jonathan Kohan December 27-28
9th Annual Jewish Meditation Retreat at Brandeis Bardin January 3-5, 2025
This year, Rabbi David Ingber (founder of Romemu)and the Jewish Studio Project join this annual Shabbaton dedicated to fostering musical and spiritual enrichment.
Are you concerned about the decimation of our planet? Join members of OC’s Jewish community committed to working together to speak up, take action and educate others. Dayenu Orange County is waiting for you!
What is a Dayenu Circle and why would I want to be part of it? Dayenu Circles—small groups of people working on climate action—are a way for you to make powerful, positive change with a Jewish voice. Together with just a few friends, fellow community members, or neighbors you can join or create a Dayenu Circle that can be your homebase for climate action.
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.
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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