Upcoming activities:
Coffee & Conversation on Recent Events – Gatherings on the third Wednesday of each month.
We casually meet up or carpool to local rallies.
The Community Chavurah is engaged in reaching out to our membership with social connection as well as reaching out with the community at large and with community activism. This is led by Co-Chairs Linda Goldstein and/or Chip Goldstein.
Community Activism
Linda Goldstein has been participating with Coastside Faith in Action since its start, branching off from Bay Area Faith in Action. Several of our members at CJC are also members as is Rabbi Moshe. We have connected with Abundant Grace, ALAS, Puente, and other local churches and non-profits about affordable housing and rental protections. If interested to learn more about this endeavor, contact Linda Goldstein.
The Community Chavurah is also engaged with climate activism. Chip Goldstein has been participating in lobbying and raising awareness for solutions to climate change that focus not only on reducing carbon emissions but on changing the underlying financial infrastructure of energy generation and consumption. These educational sessions and action-oriented events are sponsored by Dayenu, a grassroots Jewish-centric response to the climate crisis, and by Citizens’ Climate Lobby, which is focused primarily on efforts to get the U.S. to enact a carbon tax, as 27 other countries have already done.
Chip and Linda are also participating with Indivisible: La Honda and Coastal Communities.
Laura Alster-Martin is CJC’s Synagogue Liaison with J Street, who’s mission is to organize “pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy Americans to promote US policies that embody our deeply held Jewish and democratic values and that help secure the State of Israel as a democratic homeland for the Jewish people.”
Take a look at our Social Action page for some recent activities.
Community Social Connections
From time to time, we get together just for fun. We’ve shared food, movies, games and schmoozing. Keep an eye out for our next get-together. If you have an idea for a social get-together, email Linda.