My mom and I are Jewish, my dad is Catholic. Growing up we were members of a synagogue and I went to Hebrew school. When I got close to my bat mitzvah it suddenly hit me, We have a Christmas tree! I went to my parents and said, “We have to stop having a tree….
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May Community Events and Classes
EVENTS Cooking Jewish Whether You’re Jewish or Not: Shabbat! (Los Altos) Community Yom Hashoah Commemoration (San Francisco) Mimouna! (San Francisco) Community Yom haShoah (Oakland) Marin Community Yom HaShoah VeHaGevurah (Tiburon) Shulchan Shabbat & Shabbat Unplugged (San Rafael) Shabbat Hallelu and Concert (San Mateo) Annual Interfaith Picnic (Lafayette) Cooking Jewish Whether You’re Jewish or Not: Shabbat!…
Read More »Growing Up Interfaith
Growing Up Interfaith First Person Stories | Current Findings | Best Practices What is it like to grow up in an interfaith family? For the first time we are asking young adults, “What was that like for you?” At this program adults raised in interfaith families will talk about: Taking charge of their Jewish identity…
Read More »Passover Eating
Have you noticed that when we go without leavened foods we kind of freak out? Suddenly people need cups and cups of sugar to make it all up to them. These same people may eat very little leavened food as part of their regular diet but the forbidden-ness seems to do things to our…
Read More »This Is Bay Area Jewry – terrific evening
The photo exhibit This Is Bay Area Jewry opened last night in Oakland. Three of the individuals who participated in the portraits spoke about how they see themselves, their community and their hopes for an increased understanding of the tremendous diversity that we have here in the Bay Area Jewish population. The exhibit will hang…
Read More »2016 Community Seders
Typically the first night of Passover (Pesach) involves a family Seder at home. But there are some places where there are community Seders for those who don’t have a family to invite. Second night community Seders have become very common at synagogues and there are lots of them! If you don’t see what you need…
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