Shabbat

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Friday, June 12 – CJC’s Annual Pride Shabbat (Hybrid Service), 7pm


 Join us in person or via Zoom for our Pride Shabbat service with special guest Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum joining us virtually from New York. (Click here to see full-sized flyer.)

Rabbi Kleinbaum built a rabbinate on her lifelong passions for Jewish study, history and prayer, text and tradition, and her feminism and commitment to LGBTQ liberation. In her 32 years at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the nation’s largest LGBTQ synagogue in NYC, she not only made that vision a reality but also made it a stunning success.

To learn more about Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, check out her bio.

Email Brianne. for the location in HMB or the link to join us virtually.

Then on Friday, July 10, join us for a Shabbat service with special guest, Cindy Paley, 7pm.

Cindy Paley will be our cantor for the High Holy Days. She is visiting in July for us to get to know her and for her to get to know us.

For over 20 years, Cindy has brought the joys of Jewish music to teachers, students, and families throughout North America. With eight recordings to her credit, she has provided musical tools for teachers and families that enrich lives and ensure that the best of our heritage will continue.

After receiving her teaching credential at UCLA, Cindy chose to devote her career to songleading and music as a Jewish educator. In addition to her recordings and family concerts, she often serves as a cantorial soloist. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three children. Email Brianne for the location and to RSVP.

Shabbat services with Rabbi Moshe are generally held monthly, often followed by a potluck dinner. Some services are held in-person with online access available.  Additionally, some months will have an additional family oriented service. Watch for Rabbi Moshe’s Messages for details. 

CJC’s Shabbat gatherings happen throughout the year all over the Coastside. If you would like to host a Shabbat, let Brianne know. We can even post it on OneTable.org, a national non-profit that empowers folks (21-39ish) to find, share and enjoy Shabbat dinners together.

Do you need to say Kaddish? Join an Online Kaddish Minyan with My Jewish Learning, Sunday at 7am Pacific, Monday through Friday at 1pm Pacific. Each session is led by a rabbi who will offer some words of Torah followed by the recitation of the Mourner’s Kaddish in the presence of an online minyan. Register here.

Shul-hopping adventures – Occasionally, on a Friday evening when we are not conducting a service, we invite you to join us for a “shul-hopping adventure.” Now that Zoom and live-streaming permit us to attend services virtually anywhere in the world, we choose a service we would like to attend as a group and provide the link for those who would like to join us. It’s a nice way to experience different “faces of Shabbat” and styles of worship. We also get to know rabbis and congregants around the country and they get to know us. They often welcome us and are honored that we chose to spend Shabbat with them.

How about some Shabbat music? Check out Maya’s Shabbat and Havdalah playlist!

Check ‘Upcoming Events’ and Rabbi Moshe’s Shabbat Messages for our current schedule.