Abi & Andy with their kids Lori Voices From Our Community Imagining What’s Next Activists, environmentalists, single mothers, Israelis, interfaith couples, Jews of color, spiritual seekers, grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, adopted, transgendered – describe anyone you know? Join us Sunday, Feb. 26, from 1-5 p.m. at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto. I am…
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Summertime
Make the most of summer! This is a good time to shop around for a synagogue if you don’t yet have one. Summer services are casual – there are outdoor services in some places, lay led services, shabbat dinners, music, etc. If you need some help deciding where to go, or you want someone to…
Read More »Y-Love in Concert in San Francisco
Building Jewish Bridges is delighted to co-sponsor the Y-Love concert: THIS IS UNITY May 14 at 8pm Free In the Sakura Lounge of the Kabuki Hotel, 1625 Post at Octavia in San Francisco.
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Sherith Israel and the Bureau of Jewish Education run a program series called Exploring the World of Judaism. I’ll be speaking on Jan. 23, 2011 at 10am about interfaith marriage in the Jewish community. It runs two hours and you’ll have plenty of time to ask questions or bring up your own experiences. All in…
Read More »Do you want community for your child?
So often we will do for our children things we don’t make the effort to do for ourselves, no matter how valuable. Recently I read a string of emails on the Berkeley Parents Network in response to a mother asking for help in building a community for her child. One mom replied that she has…
Read More »Common Ground for Interfaith Couples: Meaningful Acts
A volunteer for the Jewish Literacy Coalition reads with a young boy Finding Meaning in Life If you asked the proverbial Man on the Street, where can you go to find Jews? The most common answer would be, a synagogue. But statistically you’d be better off going to a food pantry or a homeless shelter….
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