Golf anyone? Frisbee Golf! Bring your frisbee and join TVCJ at beautiful Robertson Park in Livermore on July 16th to play through their Frisbee Golf course. We’ll meet at 10am before it gets too hot, but bring water and sun protection. Please bring a mask for when social distancing is not possible. To RSVP please contact us for an Evite at culturaljews@gmail.com or (925) 399-8029. Free to members, suggested $10 donation per non-member adult if you are able. To find out more about Frisbee Golf visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_golf.

The National Council of Jewish Women invites you to the following:

Today:

• At 1:00pm PST, we will be hosting a Jewish community vigil over zoom. This will be a space to mourn this loss Jewishly, and will provide a few ways people can get involved moving forward.
• At 2:00pm PST we invite people around the country to show up at your local court house or other locations to be in community with each other. Map with locations coming soon. In Washington, DC, it will be at the Supreme Court.

• In the next two to three days, we will host a Jewish Community Briefing with the legal team from Center for Reproductive Rights who argued the SCOTUS case. They will share what the decision says and what it means; we will also offer a high-level look at what this means for accessing abortion care now. We will also offer ways individuals and organizations can get involved, and some key questions that organizations should be considering for their employees and other constituents in this new medical and legal landscape.

Join us for our Lag B’Omer Picnic at Athan Downs Park in San Ramon on May 15th at 10:30am. We’ll play some field games (so bring your frisbee) and do our traditional  watermelon toss. Please bring a dish to share, any games you want to play, and a mask for when social distancing isn’t possible. Free to members, $10.00 suggested donation for non-members. If you have questions, please contact us at culturaljews@gmail.com or call 925-399-8029.

The need for blood is constant and only volunteer donors can fulfill that need for patients in our community. Nationwide, someone needs a unit of blood every 2 to 3 seconds and most of us will need blood in our lifetime.
Thank you for supporting the American Red Cross blood program!

Interfaith Community and the American Red Cross are hosting an upcoming blood drive. 
Please join our lifesaving mission and schedule an appointment today!

Drive Details:
Site:  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hayward
Address:  26101 Gading Rd, Hayward, CA, 94544
Room Name:  Multi Purpose Room
Date:  Fri Apr 22, 2022
Time:  11:30 AM – 3:30: PM
Blood Program Leader Name:  Interfaith Community
Click here to make an appointment

Join our Jewish Cultural School on April 10th for a special Passover Open House. Make some matzoh, learn some songs and practice the Four Questions in four languages. We meet outside with masks on to keep everyone safe. Kid centered, but open to everyone.

Email culturaljews@gmail.com or call 925-399-8029 for an Evite.

Purim is coming! Join us for our Purim Celebration outside behind the Bothwell Arts Center. We’ll have a Purimspiel, costume parade, crafts and hamantaschen to take home. Kids not required–fun for all. Masks are required for all attendees.

Date: 3/13/2022
Time: 10:30a.m. to 12:30pm

Email culturaljews@gmail.com or call 925-399-8029 for an Evite .

Women: more than just wombs with legs! Join us on Zoom on March 19th for a Havdalah in honor of Women’s History. Think of a woman who’s notable for more than her uterus. We’ll have a short Secular, Humanistic ceremony followed by a few rounds of 20 Questions where we’ll all try to guess your Woman of Note. Who knows what we’ll ask, so be prepared!

Day: March 19

Time: 7:00p.m.

Place: Zoom  

Cost:  Free to members, $10.00 suggested donation for non-members. Questions? Contact us at culturaljews@gmail.com or call 925-399-8029.

Dear Interfaith Friends,

You are invited to our next virtual
Interfaith Interconnect Religion Chat
Wednesday, March 9, via Zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86485915504
Presentations: 5-6 p.m. Optional breakout discussion groups: 6-6:30 p.m.
We will present the 3rd program in our series,
“What holy books or other texts are important to your religion?” 

Speakers: Pastor John Bost,  Holy Cross Lutheran Church Livermore and Dr. Asad Tarsin, Muslim Community Center East Bay Pleasanton. 

Zoom room will open at 4:45.
All are welcome!
The series will conclude on April 13, so be sure to save that date too!

If you missed the February 9 Religion Chat with speakers Rev. Ellie Kilpatrick of Unitarian Universalist Church Livermore and Mr. Bruce Bird, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, here is the link to the recording. https://youtu.be/lDGJ3XcpGKw

We look forward to seeing you on March 9!
Ruth Gasten and Marcia Elchesen
Interfaith Interconnect Leadership Committee

East Bay International Jewish Film Festival from March 12-26, check out eastbayjewishfilm.org for ticket information. We are co-sponsoring With No Land:

Operation Solomon brought 15,000 Jews from Ethiopia to Israel in under 24 hours. Hailed as a military operation that few countries could have mastered, the contributions of Ethiopian Jewish activists have remained mostly unknown. Using firsthand testimonies and archival footage, this documentary reveals the clandestine and often dangerous activities of the Ethiopian Jews themselves.

Guest Speaker: Yonatan Eyov, an Israeli emissary (shaliach) serving at Stanford University, will share his own story of immigrating to Israel at the age of six from Ethiopia and the present situation facing the Beta Yisrael community.