TriValley Cultural Jews is pleased to announce our annual Chanukah party on Friday, December 11 at 6:00 pm. The event will take place at the Ireland home, located at 19663 Fremery Court, Castro Valley. We will have a secular humanistic candle lighting ceremony, latkes, dreidles, friends, and fun! Please bring a potato, a menorah to light, and a side dish to share. Free tickets available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trivalley-cultural-jews-chanukah-party-tickets-19518802263

RSVP to Jamie at 510-888-1404 or jdireland@att.net

TriValley Cultural Jews will be hosting a movie night and ethnic potluck on November 15th at 4:00pm. This event will be at the Bothwell Arts Center at 2466 8th Street, Livermore. Deli Man is a documentary film about how recipes and culinary flavors brought by Jewish immigrants flowed into turn of the century America, and soon became part of Jewish and American culinary culture in the form of the Jewish Deli. Please bring an ethnic dish or non-alcoholic drinks to share.

Please join TVCJ for our annual Sukkah raising as we celebrate the season. We will be meeting on Sept 27th 10:30 am – 12:30 pm at 1817 Sinclair Drive in Pleasanton. Bring a brunch dish to share and a piece of fruit or vegetable (or something else) to decorate the sukkah. If you have one, also bring a large green branch for the roof. We will have crafts for the children and fun games for all! Please donate healthy non-perishable food to our our annual High Holy Days Food Drive. A $5 donation is requested for each adult non-member attending. We hope to see you there!

Advances in medical technology extend our life spans and enhance the quality of our lives. At the same time, these advances often raise vexing ethical dilemmas. In this session Rabbi Hugh Seid-Valencia will discuss Jewish perspectives of contemporary bio-ethical dilemmas. He will look at Jewish medical ethics in issues such as defining life and death, and the role of palliative care. This event will take place on October 18th, 4:00 pm at the Bothwell Arts Center in Livermore (2466 8th Street) and costs $15 for non-TVCJ members. Refreshements will be served.

Get your tickets here:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trivalley-cultural-jews-speaker-jewish-perspective-on-medical-ethical-dilemmas-tickets-18623220554

Observe Yom Kippur in a Secular Humanistic way that’s authentic both to Jewish tradition and to your own beliefs.  Join us Tuesday evening, September 22 (Kol Nidre night) at 7 p.m. at the Bothwell Center, 2466 8th St. in Livermore for a non-religious program of readings, poetry, music and a memorial ceremony.  Suggested donation is $20/non-member adult, but if you decide you belong with us and become a member, your donation will be applied to your membership fee.

Sunday Sept, 13, 5:00 pm — 7:30 pm: Rosh Hashana at the Bothwell Center, 2466 8th Street, Livermore.

Celebrate Rosh Hashanah in a Secular Humanistic way that that’s authentic both to Jewish culture and to your own beliefs.

Meet at 5:00pm for our tashlikh walk to the arroyo; 6:00 for our one-hour program of music and readings followed by apples and honey reception.   Kids are welcome. Suggested donation $20/non-member adult. We will have our annual food drive, so please bring non-perishable food items to be donated to a local food bank.

If you decide you belong with us and become a member, your donations will be applied to your membership fees.

Tri-Valley Cultural Jews invites the community to a “kumzits” to celebrate our 10th anniversary on Sunday, August 30 from 10:30 – 12:00 at the Bothwell Arts Center; 2466 8th St., Livermore. Come and meet your local Secular Humanistic Jewish community. We’ll teach some easy Jewish songs and dances, tell a story, and talk about being part of a cultural Jewish community. Invite your friends! All are welcome. Please let us know if you’re coming so we can plan for food.   RSVP to reservations@tri-valleyculturaljews.org

Are you Jewish, but not religious? So are we! Come meet us at the Tri-Valley Cultural Jews. TVCJ is starting a new PRESCHOOL program to explore the Jewish holidays in a secular way. Holiday crafts, activities and food. Apples and honey for the new year! A great way to spend Grandparent’s Day- bring your grandparents along to do crafts together.

• We also have Sunday School for school age children and Bar/Bat Mitzvah programs as well.
• Call 510-888-1404 if you have questions
• When: September 13^th 2015, 10:30a.m. to 11:30a.m.
• Where: Ireland Home-19663 Fremery Ct., Castro Valley
• We will be offering this program several times a year during the Jewish holidays.
• Cost: $7.00 per child

Join us for a short secular shabbat ceremony and pizza at the King home in Livermore.
$7 per adult, free for children.  6:00 – 8:00pm
RSVP for more information and the address.

“Blintzes and Books” is our traditional Jewish holiday Shavuot celebration.  The spring holiday is a time for dairy foods and for celebrating Jewish – and world – literature, based on the legend that the holiday commemorates the giving of the 10 commandments, the beginning of Jewish literature.

TVCJ will celebrate the holiday with a potluck brunch and program from 10:30 am to noon on Sunday, May 24 at a member’s home in Pleasanton.  Participants are asked to bring a dairy brunch dish to share and have in mind a book they enjoyed reading in the past year.  Each participant will briefly discuss his or her book recommendation.  Adults and children are welcome, as are contributions of favorite toppings for blintzes.  Suggested donation for non-member adults is $5.