Bocce with the Boys (Offsite)
Sunday, October 27, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Campo Di Bocce, 565 University Avenue, Los Gatos
Come join us for dinner followed by bocce ball and/or drinks. We are meeting at 5pm and will stay as late as 8pm. Come down and spend time with us at dinner and/or playing bocce ball. Please RSVP by emailing mensclub@beth-david.org
Navigating the Sea of Sacred Jewish Literature (Beit Midrash)
Select Tuesdays, 7:30 – 9:00 p.m.
BEGINS OCTOBER 29 With Rabbi Roller
Join Rabbi Roller on a voyage of discovery through the vast and diverse world of Jewish sacred literature. Together, you will examine the unique characteristics of each genre and explore its historical context. Starting with the varieties of biblical literature as a foundation, we will see how rabbinic, medieval, and modern texts build upon, reinterpret, and expand this core.
Kabbalat Shabbat (Beit T’fillah/Social Hall)
First Friday of the Month, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
BEGINS NOVEMBER 1
Please join the rabbis as we welcome in Shabbat with an engaging service followed by a dairy/pareve potluck! We’ll provide the challah and kiddush wine.
Please RSVP
Shabbat Hike (Offsite)
Saturday, November 2, 8:50 – 11:00 a.m.
Pichetti Winery, 13100 Montebello Rd, Cupertino – Map
Join Rabbi Kunin for a Shabbat Hike at Picchetti Winery. We will share a morning of prayer, mindfulness, and community as we experience Shabbat in nature. The hike is limited to 30 participants, so please be sure to RSVP by October 28! Please RSVP
Tachrichim Sewing Event (Beit Midrash)
Sunday, November 3, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Join Beth David volunteers sewing burial clothing for our Jewish Community. While it’s great if you can bring a sewing machine and sew, we also need people who can sew by hand, iron, fold, package, inventory, read prayers or want to learn any of the above. Participants should bring scissors, pins, white thread and portable sewing machines if they have one. These sessions build connections are friendly and spiritual–we will train beginners! If you are interested in participating, email info@beth-david.org
Teen Movie Night (teen Lounge)
Sunday, November 3, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Movie night and dinner in the teen lounge.
Major Themes in Jewish Theology (Beit Midrash)
Select Tuesdays , 7:30 – 9:00 p.m.
BEGINS NOVEMBER 5 With Rabbi Kunin
Join Rabbi Kunin for an exploration of some of the underlying theological concepts in Judaism, such as monotheism, covenant, hermaneutics (authority of scripture), life after death, theodicy (question of evil), the balance between faith and science, and the meaning of redemption, among many other topics. Each session will be a standalone lecture on one of these topics.
Jewish Book Discussion Group (Beit Midrash)
The Sephardi Survivor by Omer Friedlander
Saturday, November 9, 12:45 – 2:00 p.m.
The Shoah is Israel’s eternal tragedy, a living undercurrent coursing through social, political, and religious relationships and national policies. Although the unending impact of six million deaths ripples through contemporary generations of Jewish communities worldwide, Friedlander shines a light on Israel’s cultural emphasis on Ashkenazi suffering and the consequent impact on those who do not share that background. In this story, two elementary-age brothers of Mizrahi heritage scheme to convince an elderly European-Israeli to play the role of their grandfather for Bring Your Family’s Holocaust Survivor to School Day. The group will read the short story together, and then the discussion will be led by Joanne Cornbleet.
Book Talk with Rabbi Sheldon Lewis (Social Hall)
Sunday, November 10, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Rabbi Sheldon Lewis, rabbi emeritus at Cong. Kol Emeth in Palo Alto, will speak on his new book: How Precious the Ground on Which We Walk: Jewish Values That Could Save the Earth. A question and answer period will follow. He will also sell copies of his book.
Ma’ariv (Evening Service) & Havdalah (Social Hall)
Third Saturday of the Month, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
BEGINS NOVEMBER 16
Please join the rabbis as we end Shabbat with a mystical d’var Torah and Ma’ariv followed by a dairy/pareve potluck of desserts and finger foods! Please RSVP
African Flair Kabbalat Shabbat (Social Hall)
Friday, November 22, 5:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Co-Sponsored by Beth David’s Tikkun Olam Team and Israel Action Committee
The Jewish – Ethiopian holiday of SIGD is now a national Israeli holiday celebrated 50 days after Yom Kippur. Come join Congregation Beth David on Friday, November 22, as we celebrate SIGD starting with Happy Hour at 5:30 in the Mercaz, featuring Israeli wines and appetizers. We’re excited to bring back vocalist Renee Benmeleh to lead us in an inspiring and joyful Kabbalat Shabbat service at 6:00 PM highlighting the melodies of the Ethiopian Jews and other Jewish African communities. Vegetarian potluck Shabbat dinner to follow in the social hall at 7:30. Ethiopian Dabo bread will be provided. The event is free, but please RSVP.
59th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service (Sanctuary)
Thursday, November 28, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Start your day of gratitude off with neighbors of other faith communities of Saratoga for a Community Interfaith Thanksgiving Service. This year’s service will be held here at Congregation Beth David.