Sukkot

Celebrate Sukkot with us! We’ll build our Sukkah and spend the morning schmoozing and decorating it. The fun starts on October 20th at 10:30am in Pleasanton. Please bring a branch to put on top of the sukkah, a fruit to hang as decoration and a dish to share. We will have crafts and fun for all.

Yom Kippur

Dark purple background with yellow vines and flowers around border. TVCJ Secular Humanist Yom Kippur Ceremony & Discussion, Oct 12th, 2-5pm, Livermore. Tri-Valley Cultural Jews, Secular + Humanist, culturaljews@gmail.com, (925) 399-8029.

Join us for an afternoon of thoughtful discussion and reflection at our Yom Kippur Observance on October 12th from 2-5pm in Livermore. After a short ceremony in English, we’ll break into discussion groups on a variety of interesting topics. We’ll end with a memorial ceremony and those who like to will go to dinner together. We will have art materials available for children, but the afternoon may be longer than suitable for them.

Jewish Culture School 2024

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Jewish but not religious? Find out more about Tri-Valley Cultural Jews’ Jewish Culture School. We welcome those of diverse Jewish and multicultural backgrounds and people of all gender identities, orientations and presentations. Come explore Jewish traditions through history, music and, of course, food! Classes are 2x per month in Pleasanton. Our new year starts Sunday, August 25th with a journey through Jewish history using art, and an opportunity for our own Jewish Artists to explore different styles of expression.

TVCJ’s Not a Book Club

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TVCJ’s NOT a Book Club is our chance to read something we might not have otherwise picked up. Join us for our discussion of The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss.

After that we’ll read Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet and Ourselves, by Nicola Twilley.

See you on Saturday, August 24th at 3pm at Judy and David’s!

Jewish Culture School

Blue background with cartoon children holiding up paint covered hands in different colors. Tri-Valley Cultural Jews, culturaljews@gmail.com, (925) 399-8029. Jewish Culture School Jewish History Through Art, 1st Class Aug. 25th 10:30am, ages Kinder-Brit Mitzvah, located in Pleasanton, CA.

Jewish History Through Art–our new year of Jewish Culture School starts Sunday, August 25th with a journey through Jewish history using art, and an opportunity for our own Jewish Artists to explore different styles of expression. Do you know someone who’s looking for a Jewish education for their children? We welcome those of diverse Jewish and multicultural backgrounds and people of all gender identities, orientations and presentations. Come explore Jewish traditions through history, music and, of course, food! Classes are 2x per month in Pleasanton.