Hamentashen Baking with Jews’ Next Dor

When: 1:30pm- 5:00pm, Sunday, February 26, 2012

Where: Private Home in Cupertino, CA

We all love the traditional triangular pastry of Purim, so join fellow Jewish 20 & 30 somethings in making them at a private home in Cupertino. RSVP with your favorite filling to JewsNextDor@beth-david.org for the address.

$10/person.
All those who help bake will get a bag of our homemade Hamentashen to take home.

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Beth David’s Annual Christmas Luncheon for the Homeless

Beth David’s Social Action Committee once again brings you the opportunity to do a Mitzvah December 25th.

Annual Christmas Luncheon for the Homeless

Once again Social Action is providing a hot meal for the homeless at the Emergency Housing Consortium on Christmas Day.

Volunteers are needed to cook and freeze one large pan of oven baked beef stew. This easy to make, delicious meal can be prepared ahead of time and easily frozen.

Email Dorothy Dorsay at to get the recipe and to arrange  delivery times.  If you must have pickup, contact Judy Levin.

Monetary donations are also greatly needed to buy additional food such as salad and cookies.  Please send checks to CBD and notate “homeless meal.” Any amount would help. Thanks in advance!

Happy Hanukkah from Your Friends at Jews’ Next Dor

Celebrate the 4th candle with us at Potluck Shabbat: Hanukkah Edition.

Dr. Mitchell Bard speaking at Kol Emeth Jan. 8, 2012, 9:30 a.m.

Dr. Mitchell Bard, author of THE ARAB LOBBY

On Sunday morning, January 8th, Kol Emeth will host Dr. Mitchell
Bard—foreign policy analyst and widely-read author of THE ARAB LOBBY:
The Invisible Alliance that Undermines America’s Interests in the
Middle East.

January 8, 2012
9:30 AM – Noon
Congregation Kol Emeth
4175 Manuela Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94306

*Refreshments served
*Copies of Dr. Bard’s book will be available for purchase and signing
*Admission is free of charge, but we welcome donations

*Questions: israelaction@kolemth.org

Dr. Bard’s book investigates the scope and activities of the Arab Lobby, exposing 70 years of coercion by Saudi Arabia and the impact on American education and policies—both domestic and foreign. Documenting complicity at the highest levels of government, THE ARAB LOBBY explains how this interest group has operated beyond public scrutiny exerting tremendous influence on our legislative, educational and corporate institutions.

Bio

Dr. Mitchell Bard, a scholar and foreign policy analyst, lectures frequently on U.S.–Middle East policy. Recently, he has appeared on Fox News, MSNBC, NBC, CBC, al-Jazeera and other local and national television and radio outlets. As a recognized authority on Mideast regional issues, Dr. Bard is the Executive Director of the nonprofit American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE) and Director of the Jewish Virtual Library  http:/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/ the world’s most comprehensive online encyclopedia of Jewish history and culture. For three years he was the editor of the Near East Report, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) http:/www.aipac.org/ weekly newsletter on U.S. Middle East policy.
Prior to working at AIPAC, Dr. Bard served as a senior analyst in the polling division of the 1988 Bush campaign.

Sponsors- Raskin Educational Endowment, Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest, Kol Emeth Israel Action Committee, Jewish Community Relations Council, Hadassah Sequoia

Meet & Greet at Buca di Beppo in Palo Alto

When: 7pm-9pm, Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Where: Buca di Beppo 643 Emerson St, Palo Alto, CA 94301

This January, Jews’ Next Dor is revolutionizing our flagship event, Meet & Greet, and you won’t want to miss out! While we will be continuing our tradition of having January Meet & Greet at Buca di Beppo in Palo Alto, this month, for the first time, we will be charging a flat, upfront fee of ONLY $10! That’s right; thanks to a grant from the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, we are able to charge only $10/head for each Meet & Greet from now through June. We recognize that it can be a bit pricy to be an active participant in Jews’ Next Dor, and we are doing everything we can to combat that, especially in these tough economic times. If you or someone you know has been hanging back from our events due to cost, we encourage you to join us now and fully partake in the wonderful community we have built together over the years. And Buca di Beppo is the perfect location to launch such an initiative: the ultimate “family-style” restaurant, they are looking forward to again serving us a hearty Italian vegetarian/dairy meal and providing us a wonderful ambiance to schmooze with new friends and catch up with old ones. Come in from the cold to talk and laugh with fellow Jewish 20 & 30 somethings from the South Bay’s young adult Jewish community.

Please RSVP to JewsNextDor@beth-david.org, and remember to bring $10 cash.

Afterwards, walk across the street to cleanse your palette with some frozen yogurt from Fraiche (not included in $10 cost).

Organized by David H.

This program is made possible in part by the support of the Young Adult Department of The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

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Taglit-Birthright Israel with USCJ: Experience Israel through Conservative Judaism’s pluralistic lens

Taglit-Birthright Israel with USCJ
Experience Israel through Conservative Judaism’s pluralistic lens

The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) Young Adult Outreach Department has just announced that they are working with the Israel Experience LTD. to offer a Taglit-Birthright Israel trip in Summer 2012  for young adults between the ages of 22- 26. They are  collecting names of potential applicants at: http://taglit.theisraelexperience.org/referral-uscj. If you refer somebody, you will be entered into a drawing to win an iPad courtesy of The Israel Experience LTD. So spread the word, refer yourself or a friend, and they’ll keep you in the loop with registration information, and more. Here’s a few more details from USCJ:

From: http://www.uscj.org/YouthYoungAdults/YoungAdultOutreach/TaglitBirthrightIsraelwithUnitedSynagogue.aspx

Are you between 22 and 26? Do you know anyone else who is? Have you and your Jewish friends not yet been to Israel for more than five days with a group of people your age?

If your answers are yes or yes and then no, do we have an offer for you!

United Synagogue’s adult outreach department is excited to announce a Taglit-Birthright Israel trip planned for this summer. Working with The Israel Experience LTD, we are collecting names of potential applicants. Refer yourself or your friends at taglit.theisraelexperience.org/referral-uscj. If you refer someone, you will be entered in a drawing to win an iPad2, courtesy of The Israel Experience.

Registration for the trip will open on February 14 and will stay open for a very short time. You are not guaranteed a space on the trip if you refer your name now, but you will be emailed as soon as registration opens.

To be eligible for the gift of a trip to Israel from Taglit-Birthright Israel, you must be Jewish and not have been on a peer trip to Israel, so participants on such programs as USY Pilgrimage, Ramah seminar, and most day school trips cannot be considered. You are eligible, however, if you were on such a trip before you were 12 years old, or if you went to Israel with your family or a multi-generational group.

Experience Israel through Conservative Judaism’s pluralistic lens, or help Taglit-Birthright Israel give that gift to someone else.

 

Light it Up! Young Adult Hanukkah Party Less Than 1 Week Away

The Light It Up! Young Adult Chanukah Party is less than one week away. Want to get in ***FOR FREE***??? Sign up to bartend, clean up, or register guests and we’ll comp your ticket. Contact JewsNextDor@beth-david.org if you’d like to volunteer.

Advanced discounted addmission closes tomorrow 12/12 so register now at http://www.jvalley.org/events/2011/12/17/light-it-up-chanukah-party.

$10 in advance through 12/12
$15 at the door starting at 9pm

Brought to you by:
Gesher@Stanford, SVYAD, APJCC, Jews’ Next Dor, Hillel of Silicon Valley, TKEYA, Birthright Israel NEXT, Oshman Family JCC, Roots Collective, and Shir Hadash

See Facebook event: Light It Up! Young Adult Chanukah Party

Event: Ballroom Dance Party with Lesson

When: 8pm-1am, Saturday, January 7, 2012

Where: Cheryl Burke Dance, 1400 North Shoreline Blvd. #-A1, Mountain View, CA 94043

Always wanted to learn to social dance? For real? Join Jews’ Next Dor for lessons in two types of ballroom dance, and then practice at an all-night party at a great club. We’ll be doing at least a little of waltz, foxtrot, swing, tango, samba, rhumba, cha cha, salsa, nightclub two-step, hustle, and more! No partners required—there are always plenty of people.

Best of all, it’s all free!

8pm-9pm Free Lesson in two kinds of ballroom dance
9pm-1am Dance Party

Specific Directions:
On Shoreline Blvd just North of 101, turn into the Shoreline Movie Theater parking lot. Head straight left (you’re going kinda around the back). When you see the lit up POOL sign, head Right and then find some parking. You want the building with the lit up Cheryl Burke sign off to the right. Let them know you’re there for the Jews’ Next Dor Corporate Event.

Dress: Dressy casual recommended, but anything is fine. Wear comfortable shoes that are slippery on the bottom for the best dance experience (flip-flops not recommended, and tennis shoes can be hard to glide in). We suggest bringing water, though there are drinking fountains and soda machines.

For more information about Cheryl Burke Dance see http://www.cherylburkedance.com

Email us at JewsNextDor@beth-david.org with questions.

Organized by Valerie F.

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Candidates for the Jews’ Next Dor Steering Committee December 2011

The January-June 2012 Jews’ Next Dor Steering Committee will be elected on December 8, 2011.  Seven people will be elected to seven undifferentiated positions, and will self-organize thereafter.  The seven candidates receiving the most votes will be elected, with the exception that at least one member of Congregation Beth David must be elected; as such, if none of the top-seven vote-getters are members of Congregation Beth David, the seventh-place vote-getter will be replaced by the Congregation Beth David member candidate receiving the most votes.  The candidates who declared by the candidacy deadline are:

Aleeza A. Meets Congregation Beth David Requirement	Yonatan B. Jews’ Next Dor Candidate June 2011	Ella G. Jews’ Next Dor Candidate June 2011	David H. Meets Congregation Beth David Requirement
Benjamin L. Meets Congregation Beth David Requirement	Kristin S. Jews’ Next Dor Candidate June 2011	Daniel W. Jews’ Next Dor Candidate June 2011

Nominations from the floor and write-in candidates will also be accepted at the election.  For more information on election policies and procedures, see this post.