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Mark your calendar for #GivingTuesday on Tuesday, November 29th where ALL donations will be matched!

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Sunday // December 18th // 5:00pm //

In Person & Streamed

Join us, IN PERSON, or through our streaming platform, for out 10th Annual Latkes & Laughs “FUNdraiser” and unique get together in the Jewish Community, open to everyone! Sit around the table with friends and family to share laughter, delicious latkes, sufganyiot, and multiple opinions!

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Friday // November 11th, 7:00pm // In Person & Streamed

Shabbat Shalom! Come join Rabbi Magat & Cantor Shafritz for tonight's Shabbat Service. Learn more about this week's Parasha, Vayera, after listening to Rabbi's "Bissel of Torah"

Join Us For Shabbat

Sunday // November 13th, 10:00am // In Person

Calling all Stitchers! Please join us for our upcoming sewing / knitting / quilting / stitching group. Come stitch and shmooze! Bring your own project to work on, hope to see you there! 10am-12pm on Sunday 11/13 in the BFR.

Join Us Here

Sunday // November 13th, 10:00am // Zoom

Temple Emanu-El Adult Education invites you to join an interactive course on The Mussar Torah Commentary: A Spiritual Path to Living a Meaningful and Ethical Life. Come join Rabbi Magat,  Rabbi Marvin Schwab – emeritus rabbi from Temple Beth Sholom in Santa Fe, and temple member/educator Steve Matusow. 

Study Torah With Us Here

Sunday // November 13th, 5:00pm // Zoom

We will be discussing The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer.

Rachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt is a nice Jewish girl with a shameful secret: she loves Christmas. For a decade she’s hidden her career as a Christmas romance novelist from her family.... But as they spend more time together, Rachel finds herself drawn to Hanukkah—and Jacob—in a way she never expected. Maybe this holiday of lights will be the spark she needed to set her heart ablaze.

Join The Book Club Here!

Thursday // December 1st, 7:00pm // Zoom

With the holidays coming, are you looking for gifts your friends and neighbors will really love? Look no further because another great ZIGZAG cooking show, “Edible Holiday Gifts,” is coming to you via Zoom at 7:00 PM on December 1. 

Join the show here!

Sunday // January 8th // 7:00pm // Zoom

The Jewish Nonfiction Book Club will meet on Zoom at 7:00 PM on Sunday, December 8th. Join what is certain to be a great discussion of the book Start-Up Nation, by Dan Senor and Saul Singer. In this modern classic, Dan Senor and Saul Singer look at the reasons behind Israel's emergence as an entrepreneurial powerhouse. 

Register Here

HEAR YE,  HEAR YE,   HEAR YE!!!!

Temple Sisterhood will be selling Mah Jongg cards again for 2023. The League has raised the cost per card to $14.00 for the standard card and $15.00 for the large card.   Please send your checks directly to Bobi Levine; Check made out to Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood.  

 This is a great fundraiser for Sisterhood! Order your cards now!!!  Deadline will be January 15th, 2023.  

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

​​​​​​​From Ukraine to Afghanistan to Silicon Valley: The Jewish Community

Wednesday // November 30th // 5:30pm

Join Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley and HIAS to learn about the Jewish community response to the current refugee crisis from Ukraine to Afghanistan. There is so much we can do right here in Silicon Valley to help those seeking safety and self-sufficiency. This event is free and open the the community

More Info & Register here!

November 14th - December 20th

Bring joy and cheer with a gift through our 15th Annual Embrace-A-Family holiday gift program. November 14th thru December 20th With your support, Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley makes the winter holidays a little brighter for many in our community. Your generosity will ease holiday stress for families, seniors and refugees who would otherwise go without gifts this time of year.

Donate Here