Coastside Jewish Community

Providing an inclusive community that supports connection to Jewish life, both cultural and spiritual, on the coast from Pacifica to Pescadero.

Shabbat

Our next Shabbat celebration on Friday, March 13 will be a Refugee Shabbat with Special Guest Rita Mancera, Executive Director of Puente de la Costa Sur.  HIAS’ Eighth Annual Refugee Shabbat is a global initiative and an opportunity to celebrate the work being done with our partner organizations to educate and mobilize our community – especially […]

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Shabbat Message:
When joy becomes a choice

Dear CJC Members & Friends,

This week we welcomed Adar, the Hebrew month in which Purim is celebrated. We’ll be celebrating this fun and festive holiday a week from Sunday! (See details below.)

Tradition says that when the month of Adar arrives, we can allow ourselves to experience more joy – not as a form of escape, but as a way of being present in the midst of everything else.

Read the complete Shabbat Message (including pictures and announcements) 

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Book Club

Coastside Jewish Community Book Club meets approximately once every two months at members’ homes. We read all kinds of books that are in some way related to Judaism, and generally ensure our books are available through a library. We usually get together in person, and make online access available if anyone tells us they need it. Quite importantly, we get together to enjoy each others’ company.

Our next meeting scheduled for Wednesday, March 18. We are reading this year’s One Bay, One Book selection, Fagin the Thief, by Allison Epstein.
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Purim Celebration

Sunday, March 1, 5pm –  This year, our celebration will feature a new Purim Shpiel performed by CJC adults and children, followed by a potluck dinner at 6pm and a hamantaschen bake-off. Bring your own batch of hamantaschen and a panel of judges will award prizes to the winners. Purim actually begins on Monday evening, March 2, […]

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