Documentary on Menachem Begin 8/26 | In-person Bereavement Group at the JCC starts 9/4 | Kosher Pickleball is Back 12/7 | High Holiday Info | Shabbat Shalom!
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COMMUNITY FILM NIGHT
Tuesday, August 26th at 6:15pm | Merage JCC
UPHEAVAL: THE JOURNEY OF MENACHEM BEGIN Documentary Film Screening and Converstation with the Executive Producer Rob Schwartz
If you have yet to attend any of the outstanding lectures in this new series with Rabbi Daniel Levine - It’s not too late! Previous classes are all available to watch on JCoOC's YouTube channel. The course runs through August 25. Please join us for our final 2 weeks!
OC'S 3rd Annual Kosher Dill Pickleball Tournament - DINK INTO HANUKKAH: Spreading Love and Light in our Community | Sunday, December 7, 2025 1pm-5pm | Tennis and Pickleball Club at Newport Beach | Registration opens August 22
Kever Avot Service 5786 at Harbor Lawn - Mount Olive Memorial Park and Mortuary | Sunday, September 28th, 2025 at 10:30am | 1625 Gisler Avenue in Costa Mesa
Saturday, August 16 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
Sunday, August 17 at 9:30am
SUNDAYS IN SILENCE AND SPIRIT Monthly Jewish Meditation with Rabbi K'vod Wieder at the Merage JCC. This program is hosted by JCoOC's OC Jewish Meditation and Spirituality Collective. Open to all. Participants new to meditation are welcome. Pre-registration is requested. Register here
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.
Presented by the Jewish Community Foundation Orange County's Weissman Arts program, and partnering with institutions throughout Orange County, the 2025 Festival brings together Jewish artists from around the U.S. and Israel to paint this spring and summer. Painting at select locations began in May and will culminate at a full-day festival on August 24.
Artists that kicked off the festival in May include: Rabbi Yitzchok Moully, Mike Wirth, Louis Barak, and Hillel Smith, festival founder and co-producer of this event. They have already created six new murals in Santa Ana, Irvine, and Huntington Beach. Arriving in early August to complete the mural cycle will be Adam Podber, Alexander Golob, and Dede Bandaid with Nitzan Mintz. Together with Smith, these artists will create the remaining five murals, completing the 2025 Orange County presentation of Jewish Street Art.
Celebrate and support the great work of OC’s Merage JCC at their annual gala
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!
Jewish Theological Seminary of America | Podcast | Torah Commentary | Lifelong Learning JTS offers online classes that create live, interactive opportunities for study with top-caliber scholars. Encounter compelling Jewish scholarship that brings the texts and wisdom of our tradition to bear on contemporary dilemmas. Courses delve deeply into specific areas of Jewish text, history, philosophy, religion, arts, and literature.
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. Jewish scholarship at its finest.
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.
JCoOC is an exempt organization in accordance with Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code EIN: 36-4844121
