Beth David Women Hanukkah Luncheon (Social Hall)
Thursday, December 11, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Join Beth David Women for a festive welcome to Hanukkah 5786/2025! Enjoy a delicious luncheon, connect with friends, and shop our Gently Used Jewelry table. Bring an extra Hanukiah for our Trading Table—leftovers will be donated to Jewish Family Services. Cost is $30 plus a minimum $15 gift card for JFS’s Embrace-A-Family program (bring gift card to the luncheon). Members sign up [here]. Guests sign up [here]. If you have trouble registering, please call Jillian in the office at 408-257-3333.
Kids/Tots Shabbat, Potluck & Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
Friday, December 12
- 5:30 p.m. Kids and Tots Service
- 6:15 p.m. Dairy/Pareve Potluck
- 7:00 p.m. (approx) Service with Beth David’s Musical Group!
Please join the Rabbis as we welcome in Shabbat! We’ll start with a kids and tots service at 5:30 p.m., a dairy/pareve potluck at 6:15 p.m., followed by an engaging service with Beth David’s Musical Group including instruments and some new beautiful melodies! We’ll provide the challah and kiddush wine.
Sign up for potluck here. (Please plan to bring a dish that serves 8-10 people.)
Jewish Book Discussion Group (Beit T’Fillah)
Sharing Titles and Book Exchange
Saturday, December 13, 12:45–2:00 p.m.
We’ll each share a favorite Jewish book we think everyone should read. Please email the title you’d like to recommend to Miriam Marr by December 5, so she can compile a list for everyone. You’re also invited to bring any Jewish books you no longer need but think others might enjoy — we’ll have a book exchange!
Hazak hanukkah Extravaganza (Social Hall)
Saturday, December 13, 6:00–9:00 p.m.
A delightful forshpeiz of the approaching Festival of Lights. New York Deli Supper, Latkes & Dessert. Catered by Hazak. Enjoy the company of your friends, and a delightful movie. $25 per person. RSVP by December 9 to [email].
Hanukkah Family Learning Experience (Classrooms)
Sunday, December 14, 9:30 a.m. –12:30 p.m.
Enjoy a Hanukkah experiences with music, art, and food for the whole family!
Bagels with the boys (Social Hall)
Sunday, December 14, 10:00–10:30 a.m.
Join us at Beth David for a bagel with schmear along with Peets kosher coffee. Please RSVP by emailing Mens Club [here].
Annual Meeting (Sanctuary/Zoom)
Sunday, December 14, 10:30–11:30 a.m.
You are warmly invited—and strongly encouraged—to attend the Congregation Beth David Annual Meeting.
If you want to sign up to attend on Zoom, please register [here]. If you want to attend in person, it is not necessary to register.
Youth Congregation (Beit T’Fillah)
Saturday, December 20, 9:45–11:00 a.m.
An interactive Shabbat service experience specifically targeted for our 1st – 5th grade students. Youth participate in traditional prayer, Torah readings, games and discussions inspired both by the weekly Torah portion and current events. Adults/parents welcome.
Tot Shabbat (Beit T’Fillah)
Saturday, December 20, 11:15–11:45 a.m.
This is a relaxing, lighthearted, interactive, Shabbat program for tots and their families. Join Rabbi Roller for singing, stories, movement and more!
Teshuvah of the Month (Beit Midrash)
Saturday, December 20, 12:45–2:00 p.m.
with Rabbi Kunin
Traditional Judaism (including Conservative Judaism) is a religion of law. We build our lives around halakha (Jewish law). We understand our legal tradition to be based in the past yet growing and developing in every generation. These changes in interpretation are reflected in teshuvot, rabbinic legal decisions, a literature that has been growing over the last thousand or more years. Each month Join Rabbi Kunin as we examine fascinating examples of this important literature, stemming both from ancient and modern Conservative (and occasional Orthodox or Reform) sources.
Live Music, Lights and Latkes — Spend a cozy evening with us! (Beit Midrash/Social Hall)
Sunday, December 21, 5:00–9:00 p.m.
Enjoy a relaxed, feel-good jazz concert featuring talented local musicians along with wine, fresh latkes, sweet sufganiyot, and great company and conversation.
Entertainment Schedule:
- 5:30 p.m. Hot Kugel (as seen at the APJCC Jewbilee)
- 6:15 p.m. Light refreshments including wine, fresh latkes, sweet sufganiyot
- 7:00 p.m. Fineprint – an LA based Jazz and Funk Band (as seen at the Mint LA on Pico Boulevard)
Pricing: $5 Members • $10 Guests • $15 at the door • Patrons Free
RSVP by December 19. Members RSVP [here]. Guests RSVP [here].
The Former Prophets (Beit Midrash)
Saturday, December 27, 12:45–2:00 p.m.
with Rabbi Roller
Discover some of the most exciting biblical stories you’ve never heard! Explore tales of war, love, betrayal, and revenge that rival anything on a bestseller list. We’ll primarily use Robert Alter’s translation, though other versions of the Hebrew Bible are also welcome. Please bring any Hebrew Bible you may have from home; a limited number of copies will be available for use during class
Jewish Women Throughout History (Beit Midrash/Zoom)
with Rabbi Kunin
Tuesday, January 13, 7:30–9:00 p.m.
Jewish history and tradition has been focused primarily on men, leaving out the essential contributions of women over the ages. In this class we discover amazing Jewish women (some well-known and some who have largely been lost) from Hulda the Prophetess to Doña Gracia Nasi, to Golda Meir. If you want to sign up for Zoom attendance, please click [here]. If you want to attend in person, it is not necessary to register.