Category: Events

This category is intended for various CJC news and events postings which are automatically updated on the home page.

Book Club

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The CJC Book Club will meet at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, July 29. We’ll be joined by author Simi Monheit in discussing her book, The Goldie Standard. 

Coastside Jewish Community Book Club meets approximately once every two months at members’ homes. We read all kinds of books that are in some way related to Judaism, and generally ensure our books are available through a library. We usually get together in person, and make online access available if anyone tells us they need it. Quite importantly, we get together to enjoy each others’ company.

For more information, email Vaughn

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Shabbat

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Our next two Shabbat observances will include conversion celebrations. Friday, August 14, 2026, 6pm: Shabbat service and conversion followed by a potluck dinner. Email Brianne for the location and to RSVP. Friday, August 28, 2026, 7pm: Shabbat service and Greg Feldman’s conversion. Email Brianne for the location and to RSVP. Shabbat services with Rabbi Moshe […]

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Purim Celebration

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Sunday, March 1, 5pm –  This year, our celebration will feature a new Purim Shpiel performed by CJC adults and children, followed by a potluck dinner at 6pm and a hamantaschen bake-off. Bring your own batch of hamantaschen and a panel of judges will award prizes to the winners. Purim actually begins on Monday evening, March 2, […]

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Passover

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CJC’s 2025 Seder was on the second night of Passover (Sunday, April 13) at 5pm in Half Moon Bay.

CJC’s musical ensemble helped lead songs of remembrance and celebration During the seder, we retold the story of our enslaved ancestors who were freed from oppression and who then entered into a covenant of mutuality with the Divine and with one another in community. It took the Israelites forty years; we’re still finding our way. And yet we celebrate the fact that we are free to be on that journey, and free to renew the covenant which includes respect and reverence for all life. The seder was led by Rabbi Moshe and a host of volunteers, making it a joyous, musical, and fully participatory experience.

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Coastside Jewish Community Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of Receiving Our Torah

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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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