Weekly Newsletters and Special Announcements

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Special ALI Summer Series
Begins this Monday, June 30

June 27, 2025 | 1 Tammuz, 5785 | Parashat Korach
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JCoOC CALENDAR AT A GLANCE

JCoOC PROGRAMS THIS WEEK

• Twelve Steps & Torah | Saturday, June 28 at 2pm PT on Zoom
• Advanced Learning Institute: Seminars in Jewish Thought with Rabbi Daniel Levine | Mondays, June 30 through August 25 at 9:30am PT | Register here
• Tuesday Online Jewish Bereavement Support Group | Parent & sibling loss | Tuesday, July 1 at 5pm PT
• Thursday Online Jewish Bereavement Support Group | Spousal loss | Thursday, July 3 at 5pm PT​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
• Compound Trauma in Real Time: A Shabbat Lunch conversation with Israeli dancers Jill and Amnon Damti | Saturday, July 5 at noon | TBESOC 2A Liberty in Aliso Viejo
• OC Egal Nightly Minyan at 6pm PT | Sunday-Thursday

UPCOMING JCoOC PROGRAMS

• Shabbat Rocks ​​​​Full Kabbalat Shabbat and Ma'ariv service with Carina and Baruch Rock | Friday, August 8 at 6:30pm | hosted at a private home in Irvine | RSVP here
• Shabbat by the Shore | Friday, August 15 6pm | At a private home
• ​​​​​​​Sundays in Silence and Spirit ​​​​​​​with Rabbi K'vod Wieder | Sunday, August 17 at 9:30am | Merage JCC

JCoOC TISHA B'AV EVENTS 2025

• Saturday, August 2 at noon | TBESOC - 2A Liberty in Aliso Viejo
  Following Shabbat morning services, join us for a lunch and learn session led by Jackie Menter, Director of Refugee and Resettlement Services at JFCSLBOC, with an update on the current work of refugee relief organizations around the country as they pivot their focus during these stressful times.
• Saturday evening, August 2 at 7:30pm | TBESOC - 2A Liberty in Aliso Viejo | A Tisha b’Av evening program with Sound Healing, Havdalah and the recitation of the Book of Lamentations
  See flyer and RSVP here
• Sunday, August 3 at 10:00am | 3635 Elm Ave, Long Beach, CA 90807 | All are invited to join JCoOC and Temple Beth Shalom in Long Beach for a Tisha b’Av Shaharit service that will include the reading of Lamentations and a special study session.

JCoOC PROGRAMS THIS WEEK

Saturday, June 28 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 meetings  click here

Saturday, July 5 at noon
Compound Trauma in Real Time
Join us for Shabbat lunch (following morning services) with special guests Jill and Amnon Damti of Two Worlds Dance Company sharing their first hand experiences of life in Tel Aviv on the heals of Israel’s air strikes in Iran and the compounded trauma experienced by all Israelis since October 7, 2023
TBESOC | 2A Liberty in Aliso Viejo

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.

JEWISH BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT NETWORK

Groups led by Chaplain Fran Chalin, BCC/MSW
Click here for more information and to express interest

Tuesdays at 2pm PT | 5pm ET
July 1 - Parent & sibling loss
July 8 -  Open group

July 15 - Spousal loss
July 22 - Child loss

​​​​​​​Thursdays at 5pm PT | 8pm ET
July 3 -  Spousal loss
July 10 - Child loss
July 17 - Parent & sibling loss
July 24 - Open group

VIRTUAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Enrich your summer with Jewish learning
Visit the websites below to access current and past course and special program schedules:

• AJU Whizin Center for Open Learning: 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!
• HUC Connect: HUC Connect invites you to join participants from 55 countries to discover something new about Judaism and about yourself through webinars, courses and podcasts.
• Shalom Hartman Institute: Online courses, podcasts and programs that courageously address some of the most pressing issues of our time.
• Orange County Community Scholars Program: A colorful array of podcasts and videos of current and past lectures spanning 2001-2025.