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On Tuesday, 12/21/21, Coastside Jewish Community’s 30th anniversary was honored with a Proclamation and five certificates of recognition from various governing bodies. Sharon Turner, president of CJC’s Board of Directors, was invited to speak as well. A video of the entire meeting is available, and you can jump to the presentation which lasted lasted for […]
Read More »By Annie Blair, June 2021
How does one go about buying a Torah? Think about that for a moment. Can you just go to Amazon.com? They have everything, right? Can you order a 3,500 year-old document, handwritten by a highly trained scribe on specifically prepared parchment? Would the Amazon truck actually deliver a package to your doorstep containing thousands of years of culture, history, and liturgy of the Jewish people?
Twenty-two years ago in June 1999, our young congregation asked the same question, “How do we go about buying a Torah?”. We couldn’t indefinitely borrow a Torah for High Holidays …..
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