Events Archives : Coastside Jewish Community

Shabbat

Posted on February 1, 2025February 8, 2025 by Laura

Our next Shabbat observance will be a HIAS Refugee Shabbat on Friday, February 28.

This annual event is in coordination with synagogues around the world. This year our CJC President, Monica Spitzer, will be the guest speaker. Monica is an immigration attorney who is passionate about advocating for immigrants and has regularly volunteered her time for a number of immigrants’ rights projects. Join us for the service followed by a potluck dinner.

Casting Call – Performers Needed for Purim! On Friday, March 14, we will celebrate Shabbat and Purim at Holy Family. Our celebration of Purim this year will feature a Purim-themed talent show.

Shabbat services with Rabbi Moshe are held monthly at 6pm, often followed by a potluck dinner. Most services are held in-person with online access available. Additionally, some months will have an additional, family oriented service, also beginning at 6pm and followed by a potluck dinner. Watch for Rabbi Moshe’s Messages for details.

Book Club

Posted on June 14, 2024January 31, 2025 by Vaughn

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 schmooze, we nosh, we even discuss the book we all read! Most importantly, we get together to enjoy each others’ company. Participants must be members of Coastside Jewish Community.

Wednesday, April 2, 7pm: The Wind Knows My Name, by Isabel Allende. For more information, email Vaughn.

The BZBs (Bubbies, Zadies, and Bubbelehs)

Posted on June 13, 2024August 15, 2024 by Laura

Meet the BZBs (Bubbies, Zadies, and Bubbelehs)

The BZBs is an intergenerational club designed to create connections amongst CJC members who wouldn’t ordinarily meet up much. Members are families with children and older folk who may or may not have grandchildren of their own, and anyone else who’d like to make some new friends. In other words, EVERYONE! We’ll have social get-togethers at peoples’ homes, parks, CJC events, and anyplace that has activities to entertain the bubbelehs.

Passover

Posted on March 14, 2023April 24, 2024 by Laura

PASSOVER BEGINS SOON. GET READY FOR ANOTHER GREAT SEDER! This year’s CJC Seder will be on the second night of Passover (Tuesday, April 23) in Half Moon Bay.

Simchat Torah

Posted on October 2, 2022April 14, 2024 by Laura

Celebrate the birth of Torah!
Sunday, October 8 from 10am-noon in Half Moon Bay.

It will be like a birthday party for the Torah, complete with birthday cake and delicacies from local Israeli chef, Kobi Vardi!

Sukkot

Posted on September 27, 2022October 2, 2023 by Laura

Our community Sukkot celebration was held on Sunday, October 1, from 4-7pm. Sukkot provides a great opportunity for all members of our community – old, young, and everyone in between – to gather, participate in one of the oldest rituals in Judaism, eat, play & have fun. Starting at 4, we’ll decorate the sukkah. Bring […]

Coastside Jewish Community Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of Receiving Our Torah

Posted on April 17, 2021April 18, 2022 by Laura

By Annie Blair, June 2021
How does one go about buying a Torah? Think about that for a moment. Can you just go to Amazon.com? They have everything, right? Can you order a 3,500 year-old document, handwritten by a highly trained scribe on specifically prepared parchment? Would the Amazon truck actually deliver a package to your doorstep containing thousands of years of culture, history, and liturgy of the Jewish people?

Twenty-two years ago in June 1999, our young congregation asked the same question, “How do we go about buying a Torah?”. We couldn’t indefinitely borrow a Torah for High Holidays …..