The Temple Emanu-El Staff and Clergy wish you a happy and sweet New Year. It was great to see so many of you in person for our Rosh Hashanah & Tashlich services.

We look forward to having you join us for Kol Nidre & Yom Kippur services at the Heritage Theatre in Campbell next week, October 4th & 5th.

Rabbi's Sermon will be "What does it mean to belong".

The Panel Discussion will be on the Climate Crisis.

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If you are unable to attend in person, we will be streaming the High Holy Days Services. Please click here for our Youtube Channel.

Friday, Sept. 30th // 6:30pm // In Person AND Streamed

Shabbat Shalom! Tonight is our Shabbat Shuvah, the first Shabbat of the New Year! Also, we will be hosting our Annual Board Installation, in which we recognize our new Board of Trustees. Come join us in the Sanctuary for this special Shabbat Service..

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Sunday, Oct. 2nd // 10:00am // In Person 

Join us for a special ritual to bury sacred documents (i.e. prayerbooks) containing God's name.  The term "Geniza" comes from the Hebrew root which means "hidden", and refers to a place where Jews store sacred documents when they've stopped being used.We invite you to join us in our first such burial in many years. To help clean the cemetery, please bring weeding tools and gardening gloves. 

We will additionally be holding a cemetery clean up, Following this event, we will be holding Kever Avot at 11:00am.

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Saturday, Oct. 8th // 9:00am // In Person 

Temple Emanu-El presents a Shabbat experience geared towards families with children ages 1-30 months. Little ones will enjoy a service full of Shabbat songs and Torah talk! Kiddush, motzi, and a bagel oneg sponsored by Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood follows this fun-filled program. What a great opportunity for parents of young children to meet and form groups- perhaps even life long friendships- with their peers. Everyone is welcome!

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Sunday, Oct. 9th // 5:00pm // In Person 

Come join your fellow congregants and clergy as we welcome in Sukkot with a fiesta dinner and celebration! Our membership committee is providing a nacho bar and sangria for everyone to enjoy! You are invited to decorate the Sukkah with your family and partake in the mitzvah of dining in it as well. This event is open to all age groups.

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Wednesday, Oct. 12th // 6:30pm // In Person 

Brought to you by Temple Emanu-El's Brotherhood, we proudly present Scotch in the Sukkah! A fine array of scotch whiskies will be available for tasting, in addition to appetizers & taps for you to enjoy. Cost will be $80 per person. Registration required. Open to all.

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Saturday, Oct. 15th // 9:00am // In Person 

Come together like roots of a redwood and join Rabbi Magat, Cantor Shafritz and Midpen Open Space Docent Naturalists Nancy Weintraub, Liza Coe and Rae Collins for our special Sukkot Shabbat in Nature  at Purisima Creek Redwood Preserve near Half Moon Bay. Experience what Sukkot would have been like for the Israelites if they lived near a Redwood forest.

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Sunday, Oct. 16th // 5:00pm // In Person & Streamed

Tonight begins Simchat Torah, the celebration of reaching the end of reading the Torah, and then starting over again. Traditionally, the Torah scrolls are taken from the ark and carried or danced around the synagogue seven times. 

Additionally, tonight is our Consecration service, when we recognize all of our new religious school students, Kindergarten and older. We welcome them into our Temple Emanu-El family with our community service and blessing from the clergy, Rabbi Magat & Cantor Shafritz.

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Sunday, Oct. 23rd // 9:30am // In Person

The Havurah Zion presents: Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell who will discuss her recently published memoir Her Honor: My Life on the Bench… What Works, What’s Broken, and How to Change It. Her Honor is a finalist for the 2022 California Book Award and for the 2022 Northern California Book Award. It is a revealing and insider look at the life of a trial judge and also discusses how we can make our legal system more fair and just.

Program:

9:30-10 AM - Coffee, Bagels & Networking

10:00-11:00 - Judge Cordell

11:00-11:15 - Questions from the audience

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Sunday, Oct. 23rd // 7:00pm // Zoom 

 Join what is certain to be a great discussion of this riveting autobiography, Never Alone: Prison, Politics and My People, by Natan Sharansky. Be sure to register below to get the link for this next book club.

In 1977, Natan Sharansky, a leading activist in the democratic dissident movement in the Soviet Union and the movement for free Jewish emigration, was arrested by the KGB. He spent nine years as a political prisoner, convicted of treason against the state. Every day, Sharansky fought for individual freedom in the face of overt tyranny, a struggle that would come to define the rest of his life.

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February 26 - March 9, 2023 // In Person

Have you been to Israel before? Do you want go again? We're excited to offer a 2 week trip to Israel, led by Rabbi Magat! It's been a few years since the Rabbi has a led a trip, and we're excited for you to join him on this tour & adventure all over Israel.  

• Highlights include: Odem Mountain Winery 
• Mahane Yehuda open-air market
• Yad Vashem, the national memorial of the Holocaust
• And more

More Info & Sign Up Here

Since the start of the pandemic,  the need for food has skyrocketed. Second Harvest of Silicon Valley is now serving 450,000 people on average every month, an 80% increase over

pre-pandemic levels. 

Community support has been vital to Second Harvest’s ability to meet the dramatic increase in need.

Helping those in our community is what [Virtual food drive name] is all about. 

Your gift to Second Harvest helps provide hope and security to families across Silicon Valley who are still

recovering from the financial devastation caused by the pandemic. A gift of $1 helps provide enough food

for 2 meals.

Donate Here

The JCRC of Silicon Valley, together with local rabbis, sent a letter to all Superintendents and school principals in Santa Clara County advising them of the dates for the Jewish High Holidays and providing a link to the Jewish Calendar. The intention of the letter is to provide support to Jewish families throughout our community by sharing these important dates with our school administrators, while educating and encouraging understanding as our families take time away from school to celebrate.

Click here for the link to the JCRC blog, to access the letter and learn more. Please share with your friends, family and networks!

Are you looking for ways to get involved in the Temple Emanu-El family? Are you looking to do Mitzvah?

Opportunities including helping out on Friday afternoons to prepare the Oneg Platters for Shabbat Services.

If you want to help out, please email us and we pair you up with the perfect opportunity. Email us at admin@templesanjose.org to sign up

Please check date availability here

Help Respond to the Current Refugee Crisis: Did you know that in Santa Clara County, Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley is one of only two nonprofits providing refugee resettlement and connected services for families and individuals?

Currently, JFS SV is assisting refugees from Afghanistan and other locations. If you are interested in learning more, have questions or ideas, or would like to provide support to refugees in other ways, please contact JFS SV volunteer and refugee housing committee member, Debbie Michels, debbiemichels@yahoo.com, 408-507-1282. Thank you!

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