Our Fiscal Year ends June 30.  Please take a moment to make sure your Temple financial account is up to date- all balances are paid in full.  If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Pollock, stephanie@templesanjose.org or 408-292-0939. You should have received your membership renewal information in the mail. Be sure you log in on July 1 to set up payments for the year. 

Sunday, June 11 at 11:00 AM

Mark your calendar for the 2017 Temple Emanu-El Annual Meeting and Volunteer Recognition.  View the year end highlights video and enjoy lunch on us!  This is an important meeting to hear about the accomplishments of Temple Emanu-El over the last year and hear about exciting programs and opportunities in the coming year!   Childcare will be available for children ages 2-12.   Please RSVP for both the meeting and childcare to admin@templesanjose.org if you have yet to do so.

Wednesday, June 14 at 12:00 PM

Join the Rabbi for lunch, and bring your opinion!  Bring a sack lunch and join Rabbi Magat and Kathy Pastor, MSW, for a special Lunch and Learn on coping with our times.  This event is open to the community.

Friday, June 16 at 6:30 PM

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

Friday, June 23 at 6:30 PM

Sunday, June 25 at 9:00 AM

Temple Emanu-El is joining the URJ San Francisco Bay Area Community to march together in the San Francisco Pride Parade, Sunday, June 25, 2017. Reform Jews from across the Bay Area will march together as one united group to show our solidarity with the Pride movement, proclaim our support of civil and human rights, and demonstrate our own strength in numbers.

Earlier that weekend, Temple Emanu-El will be hosting Pride Shabbat on Friday, June 23 at 6:30 PM.  Join us before and after the service to make signs for our group marching.

Sign up to march with Temple Emanu-El!  E-mail admin@templesanjose.org and let us know you would like to join by June 16.

Join Rabbi Magat, Phil Hankin, and your congregation community at URJ Camp Newman on Friday, July 7th for a Camp Shabbat. Get a taste of camp life with a special reception with the camp directors and a moving Shabbat service followed by a delicious dinner, festive singing and Israeli dancing! Festivities are from 4pm to 9pm. Register and get lots more info at https://campnewman.org/summer-camp/summer-visitors/July-7.  Please note: Camp Shabbats are ideal for all congregation staff, board, congregants, and especially any parents of future campers interested in camp! However, we kindly ask that parents with children in session on this date refrain from attending Camp Shabbats. Thank you!

Sunday, June 11 at 2:00 PM
This is the Bay Area's biggest Jewish music festival. This year's headliners are Israeli sensation Boom Pam. We'll also have Sephardic music from DeLeon, kids puppet band The Pop Ups, Russian dancers, and more. Plus food vendors, a beer and wine garden, and a KidZone. It's all happening on the athletic field at the JCC in Los Gatos. Bring a blanket or lawn chairs to sit on. Tickets are $5-$12. Prices go up at the door. Addison-Penzak JCC, 14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos, CA 95032. Tickets and more information: www.apjcc.org/music,   Be sure to stop by the Temple Emanu-El booth to say hello.  Interested in working at our booth for an hour that day?  Contact Laura Back at leback@myuw.net.

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