Coastside Jewish Community

Providing an inclusive community that supports connection to Jewish life, both cultural and spiritual, on the coast from Pacifica to Pescadero.

Passover

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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Happy Chanukah, 2024

In 2024, we celebrated Chanukah together on Friday evening, December 27. The party will begin with the lighting of the Chanukah and Shabbat candles, then there will be a Middle-Eastern dinner along with latkes and soufganiyot (jelly donuts), lively music, dreidel games, story time with Reb Moshe, and a latke-hamantash debate. Your kids will have […]

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