High Holy Days booklets were mailed to members! You may register online now for Tickets, Greetings in Connections, Childcare, and Yizkor Book listings.  Greetings in Connections are due August 16, and all other sign ups are due September 1.   Register here.   All Temple members in good standing (all financial obligations to the Temple current through August 2017) will automatically be mailed High Holy Days tickets.   If you have additional questions, please call the Temple Administrative Office at 408-292-0939.

Friday, August 18 after the beginning of our Kabbalat Shabbat Patio Service

Join our congregational Kabbalat Shabbat Patio Service with Tot Shabbat prayers at the beginning.  Families with tots will be dismissed early to enjoy a family potluck dinner on the playground. 

A-L: Side dish, salad, fruit M-Z: Main Dish

Sunday, August 20 at 12:00 PM

Ladies, please join us on Sunday, August 20th for a relaxed lunch and spiritually uplifting experience, as Cantor Edmondson helps us welcome the new month of Elul. This Rosh Chodesh experience, co-sponsored by the Temple Ritual Committee and Sisterhood, is open to all adult women in the congregation and will take place from noon until about 1:30PM. Each Rosh Chodesh experience will focus on different ideas and have different activities, and in this one we'll embrace the month that is traditionally a month of reflection as we head into the High Holy Days. We'll get to know each other with a guided meditation, study, and self-reflection on this Sunday afternoon. Please come and see what this relaxing and rewarding experience is all about!  RSVP is a MUST to admin@templesanjose.org BY FRIDAY AT NOON, AUGUST 18TH.

Wednesday, August 23 at 12:00 PM
Food for your body.  Food for your soul.  Need a better way to spend your lunch hour?  Join Rabbi Magat for an informal study and discussion session of our current Torah portion, as we are navigating the Torah in order.  Together we will navigate through traditional interpretations and modern applications of our Torah.  Bring your lunch and be ready to get a new perspective on Torah. Open to members and non-members and no previous Torah study is required.

Friday, August 25 following the Kabbalat Shabbat Patio Service

Join Rabbi Magat and Cantor Edmondson for a potluck dinner and discussion following the Kabbalat Shabbat Patio Service on August 25. This discussion will focus on immigration with special guest speaker Merle Kahn.  She will be speaking about what is happening on the immigration front under the Trump administration, what she is seeing in her practice and what we can do to help those who are being unfairly targeted and deported. 

Merle Kahn is a local attorney who has been practicing immigration law for over 25 years. She has focused her practice on deportation defense, asylum cases, family-based immigration cases, and citizenship. She is a member of our local Jewish community and is the founder and director of the pro bono refugee legal clinic at Jewish Family Services Silicon Valley.
A-L: Side dish, salad, fruit, M-Z: Main Dish

Saturday, August 26 at 6:00 PM
Join your neighbors to mark the end of Shabbat and usher in the new week. Hosts provide the home, guests will provide an appetizer or dessert, and Temple Emanu-El will provide the wine and ritual. This is a wonderful way to connect with fellow congregants who live in your neighborhood!   Registration is now live!  You will matched with your neighborhood location after you register. 

Sunday, August 27 at 7:30 PM

Rain Pryor tells hilarious and heart-wrenching stories of growing up Black and Jewish in Beverly Hills. Her father was comic genius Richard Pryor, and her Jewish mother was a go-go dancer turned Astronomer! Funny, Compelling, Outstanding! Adult themes and language.  Levy Family Campus-Jewish Community Center.  14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos, Ca 95032.   Tickets are $40 and sold here.