EDIT: After careful consideration, the decision was approved to cancel the vigil on Wednesday, 3/8.
Cancelled – Eden Area Interfaith Council statement on solidarity against hate
Author: trivalleyculturaljews
TVCJ Purim Celebration
Get your costume ready for TCVJ’s Purim Celebration Sunday, March 5th at 10:30am. Our Purim Spiel will have you laughing and wishing you could boo Haman everyday! Don’t have an Evite?
Email us at culturaljews@gmail.com or call (925) 399-8029. You can find us at www.trivalleyculturaljews.org. Free to members, suggested $15 donation per non-member adult if you are able.
Repro Rights Shabbos Gathering 2/18/23
It was a beautiful night to gather around the fire pit. Reproductive freedom is a Jewish value and a basic human right. We’ll continue to destigmatize abortion until access to this medical procedure is restored.
Jewish Culture School 2/19/23
We learned about Persian Jews and made some Purim-inspired mosaics. Our Persian Jeweled Rice was a hit!
Reproductive Rights Shabbat
Tri-Valley Cultural Jews’ Secular rabbit Judith Seid and Jazz our Jewish Cultural School teacher give us their rendition of the civil rights era song Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round in honor of Reproductive Rights Shabbat.
Passover Open House
Curious about Jewish Culture? Come to our Free Outdoor Passover Jewish Cultural School Open House on March 26th at 10:30am. We’ll learn about Passover traditions from around the world and make some homemade matzoh. Jewish Cultural School meets twice a month for kids 5-teen. Masks are required. Want more info? Email culturaljews@gmail.com or call us at (925) 399-8029 or find us at https://trivalleyculturaljews.org
Purim Celebration
Join us for our Outdoor Purim Celebration! Get ready to make some hamantaschen, play some games and have a blast at our Purim Party on March 5th at 10:30am. Come dressed as a Purim character, or anything else, including your normal self.
Free to members, suggested $15 donation per non-member adult if you are able.
You can make donations to TVCJ through Paypal or Venmo. Our handle is Tri-Valley Cultural Jews.
Masking is optional outdoors when social distancing is possible. To find out more, email culturaljews@gmail.com or call us at (925) 399-8029 or find us at https://trivalleyculturaljews.org
Tu B’Shvat Celebration
The sun came out for our Tu B’Shvat celebration! Thanks to everyone who joined us to sing in the Birthday of the Trees.
Repro Rights Shabbos Gathering 2/18 at 5:30pm
The Supreme Court’s decision to reverse Roe v. Wade this summer put access to abortion and birth control in jeopardy across America. Join us in person or on Zoom on February 18th at 5:30pm for the Shabbos we shouldn’t have to have–the one where we discuss the Jewish Secular Humanist values surrounding reproductive health, rights and justice. We’ll share our own personal stories around the Mogilefsky fire pit and have some pizza and s’mores.
Email us at culturaljews@gmail.com or call (925) 399-8029 for an Evite. You can find us at https://www.trivalleyculturaljews.org.
California Mass Shootings:
Acting Together to End Gun Violence
Over the past 72 hours, gun violence ripped through our communities in Monterey Park as the Asian American Pacific Islander community gathered to celebrate the Lunar New Year, in Half Moon Bay as people worked to provide for their families, and in Oakland as young people gathered.
We grieve for the lives lost and shattered. We stand with the families who lost loved ones and those facing the painful recovery ahead.
The gun violence epidemic continues to devastate our communities. We all celebrate together, work together, and gather in our neighborhoods together. “We cannot treat gun violence like it is somebody else’s issue,” says SFF CEO Fred Blackwell.
Unless we act together, the gun violence epidemic will continue to rob our communities of the sense of safety that we need to thrive. And we know that we must change the systems and laws that make mass shootings like these not only possible, but far too common. Without transformative change, there will always be another tragedy coming.
How to help:
To help those affected by the mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, we have made a contribution to Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s Emergency and Disaster Relief Fund. This fund is working with local organizations in Half Moon Bay to provide support to those impacted and their communities.
- Contribute to the SVCF Emergency and Disaster Relief Fund
SFF grantee Puente de la Costa Sur is organizing support for the families affected in Half Moon Bay. As a community resource center for the South Coast, Puente is working with local partners that are providing direct assistance.
- Contribute to Puente de la Costa Sur
In addition, SFF’s philanthropic advisors curated this give guide of local and national organizations imagining and building safer communities.
SFF donor advised fund holders can recommend a grant on Donor Center with the following information:
Grantee Name: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Short Purpose: to support the Emergency and Disaster Relief Fund
Grantee Name: Puente de la Costa Sur
Short Purpose: to support direct relief for families impacted by the Jan. 23 shooting in Half Moon Bay