Remember to Change Your Clocks this Weekend

Daylight Savings Time ends at 2am on Sunday, November 1, 2009. Enjoy the extra hour in your day!

Barukh Dayan Emet- Rabbi Chanan Feld

I regret to inform you that Rabbi Chanan Feld, known to many in this community for his work as a mohel, passed away after a long illness. The funeral will take place in Israel. May God offer comfort to those in mourning.

EPRHYME & DIWON LIVE IN SAN FRAN

Thursday, Nov 12th, 2009
7:30pm
The Jewish Theater in San Fransisco, CA

Eprhyme and Diwon will be performing a special set at The Jewish Theater of San Francisco as part of (Interlude). They will be changing up their usual party rockin show this evening and presenting something a bit more contemplative for a sit down audience. Eprhyme will be fusing styles from hip hop, to story telling to spoken word over Diwon’s globally influenced chopped and sampled soundscapes.

Tickets can be purchased through the Box Office of Jewish Community Center.

415-292-1233 or online at www.tjt-sf.org

$15 in advance
$18 at the door

Use promo code GOODTIME12 for $12 tickets. Offer available in advance by phone only. Limited availability so call now.

INFO: at The Jewish Theater in San Fransisco, CA

Address: 470 Florida Street at 17th

info: http://www.jccsf.org/content_main.aspx?progid=2622&catid=448
http://shemspeed.com

ticket link: https://tickets.jccsf.org/public/auto_choose_ga.asp?area=79

http://myspace.com/eprhyme
http://myspace.com/diwon

Potluck Shabbat

Friday, October 30, 7pm, Potluck Shabbat

Join Jews’ Next Dor for a potluck Shabbat dinner at 7pm in West San Jose.

Please bring a vegetarian or dairy dish to share.

RSVP with what dish you plan to bring, please consider what others are bringing so we balance our meal out. The event will be at a private home in West San Jose.

Please RSVP to JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org for the address.

Jews’ Next Dor Potluck Shabbat October 30

Jews’ Next Dor Potluck Shabbat
Friday, October 30, 2009
7pm,
Private West San Jose Home, RSVP for the address

Join Jews’ Next Dor for a potluck Shabbat dinner at 7pm in West San Jose. Please bring a vegetarian or dairy dish to share. RSVP with what dish you plan to bring, please consider what others are bringing so we balance our meal out. The event will be at a private home in West San Jose.

Please RSVP to JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org for the address.

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WANTED! Youth Advisor for Junior & Senior Kadima Groups

WANTED!
Youth Advisor for Junior & Senior Kadima Groups
• Do you want to travel the Bay Area?
• Do you want to work with teens?
• Do you want to Lead & Help Shape Young Minds?
• Do you want to Develop our Future Jewish Leaders?

Then a SUPER REWARDING Future Awaits YOU!

Beth David is looking for a GREAT Junior Kadima & Senior Kadima Advisor
Must be Energetic, Highly Organized, Motivating, Excellent w/ Teens, & Experienced in Jewish Organizations
If this sounds like YOU or someone you know, for more information contact:
Lindsay, Youth Director cbdhebrewhigh [at] aol [dot] com

Youth Advisor-Part Time:

November 1-June 30

Congregation Beth David, a warm and welcoming Conservative synagogue of 550

families located in Saratoga, California, is seeking a dedicated part-time Youth
Advisor for our United Synagogue Youth (Junior Kadima 5-6th graders and Senior
Kadima 7-8th graders) group. We have approximately 50 teens in each group.
Candidates for this position should have knowledge of the Conservative movement
and its youth programs and the ability to work with young adults, parents, and the
congregation’s professional staff. The ability to build confidence, loyalty, and a team
spirit is critical. Though not mandatory, experience in adolescent development
would also be helpful.

Key responsibilities include: Lead overall development and retention efforts of the
Kadima chapter. Host and supervise program activities. Maintain active communication
with youth director, synagogue Youth Committee and USY Regional personnel.
Coordinate publicity, programming and facilitate transportation for all youth
programming. Track and allocate all expenses for youth programs and maintain
pre-established budget guidelines

Project Isaiah Update from CBD’s Social Action Committee

I wish you could have been with me when I delivered the clothing to an elementary school in downtown San Jose. The staff was thrilled as will be children who literally have no one pair of socks.

Together we donated more then 200 pairs of socks, about 75 girls underpants and 75 boys underpants. The 18 jackets and sweaters, 10 jeans, dresses etc. will be well used.

To Second Harvest Food Bank we donated 2,207 pounds. The food barrel is in the lobby when ever you care to donate.

It is even more useful to send them a check because they have the ability to buy far more food food per dollar then any of us can do.

Dorothy
Congregation Beth David Social Action Committee.

The Trunk in the CBD lobby is still there to take your donations of clothes, along with the Second Harvest barrel and Toy Drive Box.

The 2009 Survey of the Jewish Next Generation of the South Peninsula

Calling all Jewish Young Adults in the South Bay and Peninsula to participate in The 2009 Survey of the Jewish Next Generation of the South Peninsula. That’s right it’s time to give young adults south of SF some attention. The study is aimed at gaining a better understanding of the interests, needs, and desires of Jewish young adults in the South Peninsula. The results will be used to identify unmet needs and establish a plan to address them. Please not only donate (about) 15 minutes of your time to take the survey, but please spread the word to all the Jewish Young Adults you know.

Oh and did I mention there’s raffle prizes….

Who are the Jews of the next generation?  What are your interests? Your passions?  Your concerns?  Hopes?  Expectations?  What do you want out of your Jewish lives in the South Peninsula?

We want to know, and we’re inviting you to tell us in “The 2009 Survey of the Jewish Next Generation of the South Peninsula.”

No matter how you define yourself as “Jewish” or “Young,” we’d like you to spend a few minutes with our survey, filling it out and telling us what you think, what you feel, what you hope, and what you’d like to see in your community.

To take the survey, please click on this link, or cut-and-paste it into your web-browser.  <http://bit.ly/SouthPen>

If you’ve already filled out the survey, thank you.  And please feel free to circulate this email and the link among your friends.

The survey has been commissioned by the South Peninsula Council of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties.  Dr. Ari Y Kelman and Dr. Tobin Belzer are conducting the survey and are sharing duties as the Principal Investigator.

Participants who complete the survey may enter their name to win a new iPod Nano (with video!) or $50 gift certificates to Amazon.

Your answers will be treated confidentially.  If you choose to enter the drawing, your email will only be used to contact winners.  That means that we will never share your identity or individual answers with anyone.

We’ll be sharing the compiled results of the survey with you as soon as they are ready for distribution. Should you have any comments, write Dr. Kelman or Dr. Belzer directly at aykelman@ucdavis.edu or tbelzer@usc.edu

We thank you for your time,

Dr. Ari Y Kelman, UC Davis
Dr. Tobin Belzer, USC

Mitzvah on the Rocks Peninsula Debut

Mitzvah on the Rocks is coming to Mountain View, it’s first time outside of San Francisco. Not only that, it’s pairing up with SVYAD’s Connect. This month’s mitzvah: The Friendship Circle.

Mitzvah on the Rocks
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
6:30pm-10pm
$10 cover
Zen Lounge
251 Castro Street
Mountain View, Ca

Mitzvah on the Rocks, in collaboration with SVYAD (Connect) and sponsored by the Oshman Family JCC, and Jews’ Next Dor is coming to the Silicon Valley for the first time this October! We will be taking over the Zen Lounge (formerly Buddha Lounge) on Castro Street in Mountain View.

This time around we’re excited to work with The Friendship Circle, an amazing organization that builds mentoring relationships between South Bay teens and children with special needs. 100% of the proceeds from the door and the raffle will go to bring in specialists and programming for their group of older children, and we are hoping to pay for a full year of programming for this organization.

Contribution Details:
$10 cover and raffle proceeds go to support The Friendship Circle

Oshman Family JCC Grand Opening

The building is built of the new Oshman Family JCC and it’s staff invite you to come discover all their offerings at the

Grand Opening Celebration!

Date: October 18, 2009
Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Location: Show map
Oshman Family JCC
3921 Fabian Way
Palo Alto, CA 94303

They’ve got lots of activities and performances, from a Wii tournament, to Tango Dancers, to Israeli singers, Mitzvah projects, Classes, Film Festival previews and more.
Check out their full schedule.

Find them on Facebook!