Rather than spending a bunch of words describing what Jewish Family and Children’s Services offers, I’m just going to share their recent email. This site serves the WEST side of the Bay. Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay serves the EAST side. There are satellite offices in other cities. Check these websites or google “Jewish Family and Children’s Services”…
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The High Holy Days are now less than 3 weeks away. I invite you to think about these things: You and the Jewish community Is this a good first Jewish experience for my non-Jewish loved one(s)? That depends on what you want/expect to happen. This will be a full house event. You will probably not…
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We have only two weeks of August remaining. The heaven of summer is moving on and the serious part of life is revving up. Kids and teachers go back to school, vacations are over, and California is turning brown or gold – depending on how you see it. We are almost into Shabbat and I…
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A dear friend just lost his non-Jewish father. My friend was not raised Jewish but has chosen Judaism as an adult. Grief has impinged on his Jewish confidence and he keeps turning to me and asking, “Is it alright for me to do this?” His father, Dale, specified that he wanted to be cremated. Is…
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I’m headed off to New York to visit a beloved friend who has been diagnosed with cancer. I have a not-so-secret plan – if at the end of each visit I say, “See you next month,” he won’t die. He’ll have to stick around for my next visit. Do you ever make deals with God?…
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If you are on my email list you just received an invitation to request a pair of free tickets to see a film at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. As a partner with the Film Festival, Building Jewish Bridges always receives a couple of free tickets that we offer to our folks on the…
Read More »Our weekly email goes out to hundreds of interfaith couples & families in the Bay Area. Topics cover the many questions and mysteries that interfaith couples want answered.