Jews’ Next Dor Shabbat (Part of the Shabbat Hop Series)

When: 9:30am-1:30pm, Saturday, May 5, 2012

Where: Congregation Beth David, 19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga CA

Looking for a fun and meaningful way to share Shabbat with other young adults? Join Jews’ Next Dor for this month’s Shabbat Hop: Jews’ Next Dor Shabbat at Congregation Beth David. Fellow young adults will be leading a participatory Saturday morning service (see below for how you can get involved in the action) followed by a delicious Kiddush lunch complete with schmoozing and desserts.

Shabbat Hop is a collaborative effort of local synagogues and Jewish communal organizations, where a monthly young adult Shabbat experience “hops” from one synagogue to another. Jews’ Next Dor Shabbat, where young adults lead the entire service, is an annual tradition; this year, we are excited to join Shabbat Hop and invite the entire young adult community to join in the festivities.
At Congregation Beth David, egalitarian worship begins at 9:30am; we encourage you to join us then, but you of course are welcome any time. Most of the service is in Hebrew, but transliterated prayer books are available. Males are required to wear a kippah; you can bring your own or borrow one from the synagogue.

Congregation Beth David is located at 19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga, CA 95070; visit them online at http://beth-david.org/. We’re looking forward to seeing you there. If you have any questions related to Jews’ Next Dor or this event, please contact JewsNextDor@beth-david.org. The next Shabbat Hop will occur on June 8 at 6:15pm at Congregation Beth Am.

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In order for us to fulfill our goal of an entirely young adult-led Shabbat service, we need your help! The following honors in the worship service are available; please contact JewsNextDor@beth-david.org if you’re interested in any of these:

• Birkhot Ha’Shahar /Pseukei D’Zimra
• Torah Service
• Musaf Service
• Open Ark (2 people)
• Close Ark (2 people)
• Carry Torah (2 people)
• Aliyah (5 people)
• Chant Torah (7 or 8 people)
• Hagbah (Lifting the Torah, 1 person)
• Gelilah (Dressing the Torah, 1 person)
• Prayer for Our Country (English, 1 person)
• Prayer for Israel (1 person)
• Prayer for Peace (English, 1 person)
• Kiddush (1 person)
• Motzi (Blessing over Bread)
• Birkat Hamazon (Blessings After the Meal)

Anyone performing any of these honors must wear a kippah and a tallit. You can bring your own or borrow from the synagogue. Your peers are here to help you if you’d like to brush up or learn something new. Join Congregation Beth David any Saturday morning to get familiar with the service. Look for fellow young adults on the 4th Saturday of the month in a back row. Stay after lunch for Wisdom and Witdom with Doug Brook.

Jews’ Next Dor Shabbat needs a few other volunteers including shoppers and bakers in advance. We look forward to you contacting JewsNextDor@beth-david.org to volunteer or for more information.

Organized by Aleeza A. & Ben L.

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Shabbat Hop @ Etz Chayim

When: 7:30pm -11pm, Friday, March 2, 2012

Where: Congregation Etz Chayim, 4161 Alma Street, Palo Alto, CA 94306

Looking for a fun and meaningful way to share Shabbat with other young adults from the South Bay and Peninsula? Join us for “Shabbat Hop.”

Shabbat Hop is a collaborative effort of local synagogues and Jewish communal organizations, where a monthly young adult Shabbat experience “hops” from one synagogue to another.

Congregation Etz Chaim are excited to host the third “Shabbat Hop” on March 2nd. Services will take place at 7:30pm, featuring lively singing led by young adults and Rabbi Ari Cartun. Following services young adults are invited to a free Keg Oneg and late light kosher dairy dinner in the Library. Details of the kashrut policy can be found at
http://etzchayim.org/content/food-guidelines.

Congregation Etz Chayim melds Reform and Conservative traditions with elements from across the spectrum of Judaism. They focus on spirituality, lifelong learning, and service, and offer a warm, inclusive egalitarian community. Their services are conducted in Hebrew and English, with prayerbooks that include both transliterations and English translations. They love music and like to sing as they pray together.

If you have any questions related to Jews’ Next Dor, please contact JewsNextDor@beth-david.org.

Future Shabbat Hop dates:
April 21, 7:30 pm at Congregation Beth Jacob
May 5, 9:30 am at Congregation Beth David
June 8, 6:15 pm at Congregation Beth Am

 

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Register for Taglit-Birthright Israel with USCJ Today!

Connect 1 Taglit-Birthright Israel

Free Trip to Israel for Eligible Applicants

Enter the Raffle to Win a Free iPad 2, iPhone 4s and a Macbook Air!

USCJ is excited to have the opportunity to reach out to our Young Adult population, ages 22-26, for the first time by partnering with The Israel Experience Ltd. to offer a Taglit-Birthright Israel trip in the summer of 2012.Taglit-Birthright Israel provides the gift of first time, peer group, educational trips to Israel for Jewish young adults ages 18 to 26. The USCJ Connect-1 trip is specifically crafted to reach our young adults in a Conservative movement framework, highlighting some of the many wonderful resources we have in Israel and how we are at the forefront of religious pluralism in Israel.  Because this is a Birthright Israel trip, it is not structured like our high school programs, including the ritual aspects.  Connect 1 will not include any required prayer services with the exception of Shabbat.  This is a unique opportunity to reach those young adults who have not yet been to Israel on a peer experience, and specifically, by doing so in a Conservative movement framework. 

We are currently collecting names of potential applicants at:

http://taglit.theisraelexperience.org/referral-uscj/

Refer someone and you will be entered in the raffle to win one of the prizes listed above.  The more referrals, the greater the chances!

Registration opens on February 15, 2012 for a very limited time.  All referrals will receive email registration procedures.

Potluck Shabbat with Jews’ Next Dor

When: 7pm -10pm, Friday, March 23, 2012

Where: Private Home in Mountain View, RSVP to JewsNextDor@beth-david.org for the address.

Join Jews’ Next Dor for our monthly potluck Shabbat dinner! This event is at a private home in Mountain View and its address will be released closer to the event. Jews Next Dor is an active community of Jewish 20 and 30 somethings centered in the South Bay and would love to have you join us.

The host will provide challah, wine, the main dishes, and cutlery and plates. Please bring a vegetarian/dairy appetizer, side, dessert, and/or drink to share. If there is a particular thing you want to share with us, please do; if you aren’t sure what to bring, please follow these suggestions to help us get an even distribution of courses:

If your last name begins with A – G, please bring a DRINK
If your last name begins with H – M, please bring a DESSERT
If your last name begins with N – R, please bring an SIDE/SALAD
If your last name begins with S – Z, please bring a APPETIZER
**Note: if the host contacts you about bringing a main dish, you do NOT also need to bring something else from this list.

If you have questions about this event, please email JewsNextDor@beth-david.org.

We look forward to seeing you!

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Meet & Greet – Zeni Ethiopian

When: 7pm-9pm, Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Where: Zeni Ethiopian, 1320 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose, CA

Ethiopia, located in the Horn of Africa, has one of the oldest and most diverse cultures. Jews’ Next Dor Meet & Greet at Zeni Ethiopian Restaurant is one of our oldest and most popular events. Join us on the 2nd Wednesday of the month for eating delicious vegetarian foods in the traditional Ethiopian style.

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. Please bring cash, especially singles. 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. We’re an active community of Jewish 20 and 30 somethings centered in the South Bay and would love to have you join us.

Please RSVP by Tuesday March 8, on Facebook or by e-mail to JewsNextDor@beth-david.org, so we have a head count for the restaurant and the sanity of our organizer.

Organized by Ben L.

Want to be part of the magic that makes these events a success? Want to get involved and spread joy and camaraderie to the south bay’s Jewish Young Adult community? We are always looking for volunteers to help in whatever ways they’d like – anything from as little as giving feedback about an event, to setup/cleanup help, to organizing your own event for the community! If you’d like to get involved or just learn more, reach out to us at JewsNextDor@beth-david.org. Thanks in advance!

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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Young Adult Purim Ball

When: 9pm, Saturday, March 10, 2012 to 1am Sunday, March 11, 2012

Where: Cultural Arts Hall, Oshman Family JCC 3921 Fabian Way. Palo Alto, CA

Start planning those costumes, the Young Adult Purim Ball with costume contest is March 10 in Palo Alto!

$10 before March 8 at http://www.jvalley.org/svyad
$15 at the door

Open Bar (21+ – ID required)
Costume Contest:
*Out of the Box (Female/Male)
*Best (Couple/Female/Male)
DJ
Dancing
Light Nosh

Brought to you by Hillel of Silicon Valley, Jews’ Next Dor, Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, Silicon Valley Young Adults Division of the Jewish Federation, Hillel at Stanford, and TKEYA.

Interested in volunteering for a shift and getting in for FREE? Contact JewsNextDor@beth-david.org by March 1, 2012 if you’re interested in volunteering to setup, clean-up, bartend (no experience nessicary), or registration. Comp admission for volunteers we confirm. Volunteer confirmation will occur before the March 8, 2012 advanced registration deadline.

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DJ by Aaron David Productions

Free East Coast Swing & Foxtrot Dance Lesson

When: 7pm-9pm, Sunday, March 4, 2012

Where: Social Hall, Congregation Beth David, 19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga, CA

Put on those dancing shoes and join Jews’ Next Dor as we team up with Congregation Beth David (CBD) for a free dance lesson, taught by CBD’s own professional dance teacher, Donna Frankel. We’ll learn East Coast Swing and the Foxtrot. No partner required.

Use your freshly learned dancing skills at the Young Adult Purim Ball (http://www.jvalley.org/svyad) or CBD’s Hamantashen Ball (http://beth-david.org/uncategorized/programming-committee-category/hamantaschen-ball-10-mar-12/) on Sunday, March 10th.

Jews’ Next Dor is a community for Jewish 20 and 30 somethings. Contact us at JewsNextDor@beth-david.org with any questions.

Organized by Aleeza A.

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Event: Jews’ Next Dor Volunteer Meeting

When: 7:30pm-9:30pm, Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Where: Private home in Cupertino, CA — RSVP for the address to JewsNextDor@beth-david.org

Be a part of the magic that makes Jews’ Next Dor happen – join us for our next volunteer meeting on Wednesday, February 22 at 7:30 pm. Our volunteer meetings are your ticket to the inside scoop of what’s coming up, and your chance to give back to the Jews’ Next Dor community as part of our volunteer team. No time commitment is too small or too big to help shape your community.

We always love for you to share your talents and ideas with us as we look ahead at our calendar of events. Whether you’re interested in learning more about volunteering with us, want a sneak peak of our upcoming events, have a cool and unique event idea, or are eager to lend a hand, our volunteer meeting is for you. Learn about the tools and support for all of our volunteers.

To keep our community alive, vibrant, and the best it can be, we truly depend on you, our passionate and dedicated volunteers. Whether you like to write, talk on the phone, schmooze, shop, bake, make reservations, search online, post status messages, help with setup or clean-up, chant from the torah, go hiking, or so much more, we’ve got ways of volunteering that are right for you. Do you remember your first Jews’ Next Dor event, and how special it was? Many different types of volunteering were required to make that happen. With your help, we can recreate that experience for the next cohort of young adults in the Bay Area.

Even if you’re unable to attend our volunteer meeting, we’d love for your help and continued participation; you can reach us at JewsNextDor@beth-david.org with your ideas, questions, feedback, and how you’d like to help our community.

Jews’ Next Dor is entirely volunteer run — every event you have enjoyed before was made possible by someone like you stepping up and making it happen. Bring your ideas and your energy! Volunteer meetings are open to all Jewish 20 and 30 somethings!

Contact JewsNextDor@beth-david.org with any questions.

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Event: Shabbat Hop at Kol Emeth with TKEYA

When: 6pm-9:30pm, Friday, February 24, 2012

Where: Congregation Kol Emeth, 4175 Manuela Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306

Looking for a fun and meaningful way to share Shabbat with other young adults from the South Bay and Peninsula? Join us for “Shabbat Hop.”

Shabbat Hop is a collaborative effort of local synagogues and Jewish communal organizations, where a monthly young adult Shabbat experience “hops” from one synagogue to another.

Congregation Kol Emeth and their young adult group, TKEYA, are excited to host the second “Shabbat Hop” on February 24th. TKEYA’s very talented young adults will lead an intimate service that begins at 6pm, and will include a drash by Rabbi Booth. A free kosher dairy dinner for young adults follows the service around 7pm. Although dinner is free, please sign up athttp://www.jvalley.org/events/2012/2/24/shabbat-hop–2.

Kol Emeth is located at 4175 Manuela Avenue, Palo Alto, CA (visit them online atwww.kolemeth.org). Access to the parking lot and Congregation is only from Manuela, not from Foothill Expwy. The service is in Hebrew, but transliterated prayer books are available.

RSVP for this month’s Shabbat Hop at http://www.jvalley.org/events/2012/2/24/shabbat-hop–2. If you have questions, contact kolemethyoungadults@gmail.com.

If you have any questions related to Jews’ Next Dor, please contact JewsNextDor@beth-david.org.

Future Shabbat Hop dates:
March 2, 7:30 pm at Congregation Etz Chayim
April 21, 7:30 pm at Congregation Beth Jacob
May 5, 9:30 am at Congregation Beth David
June 8, 6:15 pm at Congregation Beth Am

Organized by Ilya G.

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Volunteer at the Purim Ball March 10

Start planning those costumes, the Young Adult Purim Ball with costume contest is March 10, 2012 in Palo Alto!
Register online at http://www.jvalley.org/svyad for $10 in advance, $15 at the door.

Want to get in ***FOR FREE***??? Sign up to bartend, set up, clean up, or register guests and we’ll comp your ticket. Tell your friends and you all can volunteer together!
Contact JewsNextDor@beth-david.org about volunteering.

 
Look for more about the Purim Ball coming soon!