Providing an inclusive community that supports connection to Jewish life, both cultural and spiritual, on the coast from Pacifica to Pescadero.
Providing an inclusive community that supports connection to Jewish life, both cultural and spiritual, on the coast from Pacifica to Pescadero.
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 […]
Read More »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.
Read More »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!
Read More »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 […]
Read More »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.
Read More »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 […]
Read More »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 …..
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