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.

Join us for our Black History Month Havdalah on Saturday, February 19th at 7pm, where we honor Black Jewish trailblazers. Zoom details to follow in Evite. Questions? Contact us at culturaljews@gmail.com or call 925-399-8029. Free to members, suggested $10 donation per non-member adult if you are able.

Are you interested in becoming more involved in CSJO, Cultural and Secular Jewish Organization? Join them for their Affiliate and Associate Member Committee Meeting virtually on Saturday, February 26, 2022 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST (10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. PST or 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. CST). Contact Karen Knecht at Knechtfour@aol.com no later than February 21, 2022, if you would like to be included.

OPENING FEB 17, 2022

This February, help us welcome Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community, and Ourselves to The Contemporary Jewish Museum (The CJM)—an exhibition featuring works by thirty Bay Area–based contemporary artists reflecting on the Jewish concept of tikkun (Hebrew for “to repair”). The twelfth iteration of The Dorothy Saxe Invitational at The CJM, this exhibition re-examines tikkun as a phenomenon of care and interconnectedness that is grounded in personal action, environmental responsibility, and community, unfixed from its evolving meanings throughout history. Taken together, the works in this exhibition consider how the concept of tikkun can help us look critically both inward and outward, guide us through change, and build resilience for the ongoing work of repair.

Dear friends,

Please join us for the Eden Area Interfaith Council’s Annual Meeting for 2021. The theme is “Renewal” – as we’ve been thinking about how caterpillars cocoon for a while before transforming into butterflies, and thinking about how we are coming through the pandemic, hopefully transforming ourselves and our communities for the better.

Please feel free to share with other friends but don’t post the Zoom information on a public-facing website, as we would like to avoid zoom-bombers.
https://zoom.us/j/97037590551?pwd=QkZ1Y1JIRURpZ29YRVRvcHV4RkhjQT09

Join us outside to celebrate the Festival of Lights on November 28 at 10:30am (address to follow in evite). Come for games, music, and a short secular, humanistic ceremony. Jelly donuts and gelt will be available to take home. Masks are required for all in person attendants. Zoom details to follow in evite for remote attendance. 

Date: Sunday, November 28
Time: 10:30am
Cost: Free to members; suggested donation $10/non-member

Questions? Contact culturaljews@gmail.com or 925-399-8029.

Please join us on July 24th at 7pm for a short Humanistic Havdalah
ceremony and a chance to share some of our favorite Yiddish phrases.
Did you learn some growing up? Or recently on Duolingo? Come to share
or to learn…it should be an entertaining discussion.

Hope to see you there.

Free to members; suggested donation $10/non-member.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5685997884

Zoom Meeting ID:  568 599 7884
If a password is requested, use 123123.

Join us for a short havdalah, a few songs, and sharing our experiences in various movements for civil rights.
Saturday, June 19 from 7-8 p.m. Please contact culturaljews@gmail.com with a request for the zoom link.