Jewish Book Discussion Group (Beit Midrash)
Saturday, April 19, 12:45 – 2:00 p.m.
Beyond the Golden Rule – Jewish Perspective on Dialogue and Diversity
by Rabbi David A. Kunin
Most interreligious conferences focus on common themes which all religions share: peace, social justice, and the Golden Rule. Are these commonalities the sum total of religion? Are we really all the same, with just a few unimportant particularities, or are the particularities important? Are they in actuality the essences that define us? Join us on April 19, as Rabbi Kunin leads a discussion on this book which he wrote in 2015. The paperback edition of this book is currently out of print. If you send Rabbi an email and donate $15 to his discretionary fund, he’ll send you a copy of the e-book
Email adulted@beth-david.org with questions.
Sudden Death and Jewish Genetics: Author Talk (Zoom)
Monday, April 21, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Susan Liebman, professor of genetics currently at University of Nevada, Reno, will speak about her new book The Dressmaker’s Mirror: Sudden Death, Genetics, and a Jewish Family’s Secret. A question and answer session will follow. Sponsored by the Adult Education Committee. Please register for Zoom
Hitkansut: A South Bay Ritual Gathering for Yom Hashoah (Offsite)
Wednesday, April 23, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Congregation Sinai, 1532 Willowbrae Ave, San Jose
With fewer and fewer Holocaust survivors in our midst to share their own stories, the responsibility to remember is becoming a collective endeavor. We are called to listen to the voices of the past while drawing on our own memories, associations, and understandings in the present. Based on the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Hitkansut Haggadah: A Ritual Gathering for Yom Hashoah, the ceremony will weave together literary texts, testimonies, prayer, music, and moments of silence. Like the Passover Seder, it invites all who attend to participate in the act of memory. This gathering is meant for all ages: those whose families were impacted directly by the Holocaust and those whose families were not. Led by members from across our Silicon Valley Jewish community, including children, survivors and their descendants, and clergy. There is no cost to attend. You can also join remotely by live stream.
Zip Code Desserts (Offsite)
Saturday, April 26, Sunday, April 27, Wednesday, April 30
Times TBD
Save the date for this sweet social event!
CalPoly SLO Hillel In The Bay (Rooms 15-17)
Sunday, April 27, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Learn about and support Jewish Campus Life at CalPoly with SLO Hillel Students, Executive Director and Fellow Jewish Mustangs! Refreshments provided. Wear your CalPoly gear! Please RSVP. Questions? Contact SLO Hillel Executive Director, Lauren Bandari at Lauren.bandari@slohillel@org or call 805-295-0890. View Flyer
AAi Shelter Food Service Event (Offsite)
Sunday April 27, 2:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Together with Lincoln Glen Church and South Bay Islamic Center, we will prepare meals for an unhoused shelter in Gilroy. RSVP link and location address to come!
Community Yom HaZikaron Ceremony & Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration (Offsite)
Wednesday, April 30, 4:30 – 7:30 p.m.
APJCC, 14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos
- 4:30pm Remembrance Films
- 5:00pm Yom Hazikaron Ceremony (Auditorium)
- 6:00pm Eurovision-Themed Celebration (Field)
Save the date! More information to follow.
SAVE THE DATE – Scholar-in-Residence Weekend
May 16-17, 2025 with Rabbi David Golinkin
SEE SCHEDULE
Rabbi David Golinkin is President of The Schechter Institutes, Inc. and President Emeritus of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies. For twenty years he served as Chair of the Va’ad Halakhah (Law Committee) of the Rabbinical Assembly which gives halakhic guidance to the Masorti Movement in Israel. For a complete bio click here.