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Upcoming Jews’ Next Dor Events

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• Wednesday, November  4, 7:30pm, Volunteer Planning Meeting

  Jews’ Next Dor is fully volunteer led, depending on volunteers for all aspects of operations. We love our current volunteers, and welcome new ones and fresh ideas. Come weigh in on group decisions, help calendar and plan events for the coming months.

  If you cannot make the meeting, we still want your participation. Send your feedback,  event ideas, or if you’d like to become a Jews’ Next Dor volunteer to JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org or use our Event Feedback form. The meeting will take place at a private home in Cupertino, RSVP for the address to the above e-mail.

• Sunday, November 8, 7pm, Ice Cream Social & Game Night
  

  Jews’ Next Dor Board Game Night and Ice Cream Social returns. Please bring your favorite board game(s) to share and join your fellow Jewish 20 and 30 somethings to indulge in ice cream with all the fixings! We’ll be in the Social Hall at Congregation Beth David, 19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga, Ca.

  $5 a person.

  RSVPs appreciated to JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org.

  Contribute to our annual Toy Drive by bringing a new toy or more for our annual toy drive to support Jewish Family Services. We’re looking for new toys for ages 0-17 unwrapped.

  Please RSVP with your favorite Ice Cream flavor and toppings to JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org.

• Wednesday, November 11, 7pm, Meet & Greet @ Thaiphoon

  Enjoy vegetarian/dairy dinner with fellow young adults at our monthly Meet & Greet on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. This month we’ll be enjoy the taste delights of Thaiphoon, 543 Emerson Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301. Please bring cash. RSVP and send menu preferences  to JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org.

• Saturday, November 14, 8:30pm, Singing with the Stars

  Come hang out with friends and sing along to the LASER BEATLES: SGT. PEPPER’S LASER LIGHT SHOW at the De Anza Planetarium (or just listen to others). Tickets are $9 per person and Parking permits are required everyday. Permits can be purchased in every student lot, price is $2 in coins or dollar bills only. So if you can carpool that is best. We’ll meet at 8:30pm at the Fujitsu Planetarium at De Anza College, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd to get tickets for the show. Show starts at 9pm. JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org

• Saturday, November 21, 7pm, Spicy Havdala Dessert Party

  It’s getting chilly outside, but T’KEYA and Jews’ Next Dor are warming things up with a Spicy Havdala Dessert Party. The night starts with cozy havdala goodness and fire, wine, and spices.  You are welcome to bring your own implements of havdaluction.  Our spice boxes can play together.  Potluck dessert and wine party to follow.  Join us!  Please bring chocolate, fruit, a vegetarian dessert of choice, or your favorite kosher wine or spirit.  Please note our host has a cat. Please RSVP for the Sunnyvale location to JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org or youngadults@kolemeth.org by November 19.

• Tuesday, December 1, 7pm, Toy Wrapping Party
  

  Join SVYAD, Jew’s Next Dor, Hillel at Stanford and Jewish Family Services for our annual gift wrapping party!

  Starting October 6, new toys for ages 0-17 in their original packaging, are being collected in the lobby of the Levy Family Campus (14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos CA 95032) and Congregation Beth David (19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga, Ca) and Hillel at Stanford.
  Toys will also be collected at  Jews’ Next Dor events.
  Toys will be distributed by Jewish Family Services.

  Join us for a Toy Wrapping Party on Tuesday, Dec. 1
  at 7 p.m. at the Levy Family Campus, (14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos CA 95032) . Snacks and fun provided.
  Admission: one roll of non-holiday wrapping paper.

  Thanks to everyone for their donations!

• Wednesday, December 9, 7pm, Meet & Greet @ Cafe Baklava

  “Because Middle Eastern Food, is like home”
  Come to the Jews Next Dor Meet and Greet at Cafe Bakalava, 341 Castro St, Mountain View, CA
  Great food and awesome friends, what more can you ask for?

  We’ll be enjoying these vegetarian/dairy treats. Please  let us know your preferences.

  Mediterranean Mezze: Humus, Falafel, Baba Ghanoush, Cevizli Peynir, Dolma and Taboule

  Sigara Boregi: Deep fried pyhlo dough with goat cheese parsley and special spices

  Saksuka: Fried eggplant and potatoes, grilled peppers, tomato and onions served with  garlic yogurt sauce

  Greek Salad: Fresh lettuce tomatoes, green peppers, cucumber, onion, calamata olives topped with feta cheese lemon juice, virgin olive oil dressing
  Moussaka: Eggplant, potato, mushrooms, tomatoes with a béchamel saucePatlican Dolma:  Layers of grilled eggplant stuffed with onions, parsley, tomato and pine nuts served with rice and grilled vegetables
  http://www.cafebaklava.com/pf_dinner.php Price will be around $15/person, please bring cash, singles appreciated…it helps a lot! See you there!

• Saturday, December 12, 9pm, Light It Up! Young Adult Hanukah Party
  

  LIGHT IT UP!
  Young Adult Hanukah Party

  Saturday, December 12, 2009
  9pm
  Oshman Family JCC
  3921 Fabian Way,
  Palo Alto, CA

  21+
  Open Bar

  Support Second Harvest Food Bank to Win Raffle Prizes
  1 ticket/non-perishable item

  $10 Advance http://www.paloaltojcc.com/light
  $15 at The Door

  Brought to you by: Hillel of Silicon Valley, Hillel of Stanford, Jews’ Next Dor, Oshman Family JCC, Roots Collective, SVYAD, & T’Keya.

• Sunday, January 10, 7:30pm Movie Night “Sixty-Six”

  Jews’ Next Dor is teaming up with Congregation Beth David’s Adult Ed Committee to bring  “Sixty-Six” to the screen at Congregation Beth David, 19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga. Light refreshments will be served. RSVPs appreciated to JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org.

  Bernie’s bar mitzvah coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final. Will his big day be a disaster as all of Britain is focused on the final? The tension plays out against the eccentric Rubens family, portrayed by a star cast with Helena Bonham Carter (Harry Potter, etc.) as Bernie’s mother.
  Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sixty-Six-Eddie-Marsan/dp/B001V5K3AU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1249676239&sr=1-1
  Moment Magazine: http://www.momentmag.com/Exclusive/2008/2008-09/200809-FilmWatch.html
  IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493450/

• Wednesday, January 13, 7pm, Meet & Greet at Bucca di Beppo Palo Alto
  

  Join Jews’ Next Dor for a wintery Meet & Greet at Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurant in Palo Alto, 643 Emerson St, Palo Alto, CA 94301!  There’s no better place to enjoy a meal family style, while sharing in laughs and conversation with friends new and old from the South Bay’s Jewish Community.  Please RSVP to  JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org, and include any menu requests (must be vegetarian/Kosher dairy).  Expect to pay no more than $20/person (cash is necessary and $1’s are much appreciated.)  Afterward, walk across the street to cleanse your palette with some frozen yogurt from Fraiche!

• Saturday, February 6, 9:30am, Jews’ Next Dor Shabbat

  Jews’ Next Dor is leading the Shabbat morning service at Congregation Beth David, 19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga, Ca. http://beth-david.org. Please join us if you’ll be participating, or just to support your friends and represent Jews’ Next Dor to the congregation, who supports us. Schmooze with your friends at the luncheon we’re sponsoring afterwards. Services begin at 9:30am, all males are required to wear a kippah, Beth David supplies some if you don’t have one.  We’re looking forward to seeing you there. For anything Jews’ Next Dor Shabbat related please contact JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org, thanks in advance.

  Join the Kiddush Klub any Saturday morning to get familiar or practice Shabbat morning services at CBD.

  Now a few technical notes:

  • Any one leading must wear a kippah and a talit, you can bring your own, or borrow from the shul.
  • We’d love to get as many young adults to participate as possible. If you’d like to learn something a few of your peers are willing to teach.
  • Contact JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org if you’re be willing to do any of parts listed below. If you’re interested in something not listed, please ask about it. If you’re not sure what something is, please ask we’d love to educate you or trigger your memory.
    • Birkhot Ha’Shahar /Pseukei D’Zimra (9:30 am Sharp) –Taken
    • Shaharit
    • Torah Service –Taken
    • Open Ark (2 people)
    • Carry Torah
    • Gabbai

  (Two Aliyot must be reserved for Congregants, which two doesn’t matter)

  • Aliyah 1
  • Aliyah 2
  • Aliyah 3
  • Aliyah 4
  • Aliyah 5
  • Aliyah 6
  • Aliyah 7
  • Aliyah Maftir (Haltarah reader)
  • Torah Reader 1 (Exodus 18:1-12) –Taken
  • Torah Reader 2 (Exodus 18:13-23)
  • Torah Reader 3 (Exodus 18:24-27)
  • Torah Reader 4 (Exodus 19:1-6)
  • Torah Reader 5 (Exodus 19:7-19)
  • Torah Reader 6 (Exodus 19:20-20:14)–Taken
  • Torah Reader 7 (Exodus 20:15-23)
  • Torah Reader Maftir (Exodus 20:19-23)
  • Hagbah (Lifting the Torah)
  • Gelilah (Dressing the Torah)
  • Haftarah (Isaiah 6:1 – 7:6; 9:5 – 9:6)
  • Prayer for Our Country (English)
  • Prayer for Israel (English and/or Hebrew)
  • Carrying the Torah (return)
  • Closing the Ark (2 people)
  • Drash (English, Talk on Torah portion)–Taken?
  • Musaf –Taken
  • Kiddush and Motzi before lunch
  • Birkat HaMazon (Grace after meals)
  • You can check out CBD’s religious school wiki for audio clips of tunes, list of page numbers in the Siddur Sim Shalom used by Congregation Beth David http://cbdshulschool.wikispaces.com/Tefillah
  • In order for us to provide a luncheon for the congregation following services we’re looking for a little help. If you’re interested in helping to shop, prepare, or donate towards lunch please send us an email.
  • For the luncheon we’d love if anyone would like to contribute baked goods. They must adhere to the Congregation’s Kashrut Policy, which can be found online http://beth-david.org/kashrut.htm. They must be delivered to Congregation Beth David before Shabbat.

Ongoing Informal Jews’ Next Dor Events

• Saturday Morning Young Adult Kiddish Klub

  The Kiddush Klub is an informal and unofficial gathering of Jews’ Next Dor on our home turf, Congregation Beth David, on Shabbat mornings.  Some of us come for services, others just for lunch, we’d love for you to join us for either or both. Services begin at 9:30am (you’re welcome to stumble in anytime) Kiddush begins around noon (12pm). Look for us near the back. Consider this an open invitation to join us, and CBD any Saturday morning.

  Questions? JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org .

  Learn something new, or get more familiar with the service for next Jews’ Next Dor Shabbat 2010.

• Be a Minyanaire
  

  Help with the mitzvah of making a minyan. Come one, come all and join Congregation Beth David every Monday – Thursday evening at 7:00 pm for daily minyan. A minyan is a quorum of at least 10 Jewish adults required for public worship. CBD’s weekday minyan last about 20 minutes. It’s a wonderful tradition that brings comfort to our mourners and gives each of us a daily opportunity to connect with our soul, our community and our God. We look forward to having you join us and thank you in advance! If you know you’ll being coming on a specific day, please let CBD’s minyan captains know by e-mailing fammayer [at ] aol.com.

Our heart is our volunteers who plan all events and make them happen. Thank you so much to them! Join our volunteers and help with Jews’ Next Dor events today!
Contact JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org to volunteer or for more information.