Thank you so much for your support of our Annual Campaign. Time is running out!  The 2015 tax year is coming to an end. You can still make a tax-deductible donation to the Annual Campaign!   For more information or to make a donation online click here . 

Friday, December 18 at 6:00 PM

These brief services geared for preschool aged children are led by Rabbi Dana Magat and Cantor Meeka Simerly and include blessings, songs, stories, and prayers in the sanctuary. Thanks to the generosity of our Sisterhood group,    a delicious, complimentary dinner is served after the service.  

Rabbi Dana Magat delivered a reflection and prayer during Santa Clara County's Homeless Memorial.  The San Jose Mercury News wrote about it!  We love seeing Rabbi's involvement in the community recognized.   Read more here.

Wednesday, December 23 at 12:00 PM

Bring a sack lunch and join Rabbi Magat as we study our way through the Torah. No previous study is required and new faces are always welcome.   

Sunday, December 20 & 27 and Wednesday, December 23 & 30

There will be no Religious School classes in observance of Winter Break.

Friday, December 25 & January 1

The Temple Offices will be closed on Friday, December 25 and Friday, January 1.

November 11-December 24

EXTENDED TIME!  Each year JFS makes Chanukah brighter for those in need. You can help us make this year special!   Pull a dreidel tag from any of our dreidel boards, purchase the item and return the gift and tag to Jewish Family Services: 14855 Oka Road, Suite 202, Los Gatos, CA 95032.  

Friday, December 25 at 6:30 PM

What's a Jew to do on Christmas?  Spend it at Temple of course!  After the Kabbalat Shabbat Service, enjoy Chinese Take-Out Dinner and family-friendly game night.

Soft drinks, coffee, tea, snacks, and desserts provided by Sisterhood.

Members: $10/person, $7.50/child (12 and under)

Non-Members: $15/person, $10/child (12 and under)

For more information, and to RSVP, click here!

Calling all Mah Jongg Players!  It is that time again... Time to reorder cards to the 2016 year.  Get the call out to all your Mah Jongg players and games.  Gather their information and money and remit to Harriet Saltzman, via the Sisterhood mailbox in the Temple Administrative Office.

This is a Sisterhood fundraiser and the more individual card ordered, the more money they get.  Checks may be made out to Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood.

$8.00 for standard (small) card and $9.00 for the large print card.

Friday, December 18 at 8:00 PM

New Century Chamber Orchestra celebrates the holidays with a program of festive classics that shines a light on the Christmas and Hanukkah season. Building upon the orchestra's creative collaborations with distinguished guest artists and ensembles, New Century welcomes the return of the GRAMMY Award-winning San Francisco Girls Chorus and introduces audiences to the genre-bending, international klezmer clarinetist David Krakauer.

$29-61.  First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301.  Contact: New Century Chamber Orchestra Offices, 415-357-1111.

Monday, December 21 at 6:30 PM

An afternoon of reading and relaxing with PJ Library.  Levy Family Campus, 14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos, CA.

Tuesday, December 29 at 3:00 PM

Join PJ Library and bounce out your winter blues!  An afternoon of bounce houses, snacks, and stories.  No charge.   Levy Family Campus, 14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos, CA.