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Purim!

Posted on February 28, 2023March 24, 2024 by Laura

We had two Purim Celebrations this year! Friday, March 22 – 5pm until… Adults gathered at Cameron’s Pub in Half Moon Bay. Then on Sunday, March 24, families went to Peninsula Temple Beth El’s Purim Carnival.

Happy Chanukah!

Posted on December 12, 2022December 18, 2023 by Laura

HAPPY CHANUKAH! (Day 4) There were many joyful Chanukah celebrations on the Coastside this year, and there are probably more to come this week! Send Reb Moshe your pics if you’d like him to share them in Friday morning’s message. Thank you to the many volunteers who made our celebration in HMB a huge success […]

Jewish Foods Potluck dinner
with CJC’s Community Chavura

Posted on October 6, 2022October 30, 2023 by Laura

Sunday, October 22, 2023, 5-9pm
Chip & Linda’s home in Half Moon Bay

Note: this event is ‘sold out’.

Get together with your old CJC friends, and meet some new ones. We’ll have a leisurely dinner, starting with appetizers and ending with desserts. Most importantly, we’ll have time to shmooze & kibbitz. What’s the difference? I don’t know, but maybe I’ll find someone who does at dinner.

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 […]

Rugelach Baking Class in Pacifica

Posted on August 7, 2022August 14, 2023 by Laura

On Sunday, August 13 at 1pm, CJC member Harriet Zeiner will teach participants the art and science of baking rugelach. For more information and to register, email Harriet.

CJC Honored by HMB City Council

Posted on December 21, 2021January 6, 2022 by Laura

On Tuesday, 12/21/21, Coastside Jewish Community’s 30th anniversary was honored with a Proclamation and five certificates of recognition from various governing bodies. Sharon Turner, president of CJC’s Board of Directors, was invited to speak as well. A video of the entire meeting is available, and you can jump to the presentation which lasted lasted for […]

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 …..