Spicy Havdallah Dessert Party with Jews’ Next Dor & T’Keya

Spicy Havdallah Dessert Party
Saturday, November 21, 2009
7pm

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,  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[at]kolemeth.org by November 18, 2009 for the address.

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

Sukkot Events for Young Adults

There’s lots of opportunities for Young adults to fulfill the mitzvah of being in a sukkah and of course eating.

7pm Friday, October 2, 20099 (San Jose) Shabbat dinner at the new house with Hillel Silicon Valley (Visit their calendar for other Sukkot events on School campuses)

7pm Friday, October 2, 2009 (San Francisco) Sukkot Shabbat with SF Hillel

7pm, Sunday, October 4, 2009 (Mountain View) Sukkah and Sweets with Roots Collective

6:45pm, Tuesday, October 6, 2009 (West San Jose) Hanging in the Hut with Jews’ Next Dor

7pm, Tuesday, October 6, 2009 (Stanford) Hava-Na-Grill-A with Stanford Grad and Young Adult Group

7pm, Thursday, October 8, 2009 (Palo Alto) Dinner in the Sukkah with T’keya

Save the Date: Light It Up! Young Adult Hanukkah 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.

Jews’ Next Dor Contest Winners Featured in the j. weekly!

This weeks j. weekly food column by Faith Kramer features recipes from Jews’ Next Dor’s first Apples and Honey Cook-off a year ago. They include our Savory category winner, a Baked Brie and Faith’s version of our 2nd place winner in the Dessert category, an Apple Cocktail (Original entry recipe).

We truly loved the Baked Brie, we couldn’t get enough. We’re sure your friends, family, and guests will love it as well. It’s great for Rosh HaShanah and all year ’round.

Be sure to submit your recipes today for this year’s contest happening Monday, August 31st.

You can also find Jews’ Next Dor mentioned on Faith’s Blog Appetit, where the recipes are featured as well.

Enjoy these recipes in good, health, happiness and sourounded by loved ones. Have sweet new year from Jews’ Next Dor.

Meet & Greet at El Calderon Restaurant

Meet & Greet at El Calderon RestaurantWednesday, August 12,
7pm
El Calderon, 699 Calderon Avenue, Mountain View, CA  94041

Join Jews’ Next Dor for a taste of Latin America with Mexican and Salvadorian food at El Calderon, 699 Calderon Avenue, Mountain View, CA  94041
(corner of Church and Calderon).

Chat with old friends and meet someone new as we enjoy pupusas, quesadillas, plantains and many other delicacies.

We need definite numbers two days before the Meet and Greet in order to ensure we order enough food for the group.   We will be sharing family style platters of food.

Please RSVP to JewsNextDor@beth-david.org.  Facebook Event

Jews’ Next Dor Meet & Greet dinner occur the 2nd Wednesday of the month at rotating locations.

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Vote in the Jews’ Next Dor’s 1st Ever Superlative Awards

Have fun with your Jews’ Next Dor friends. Vote for your Jewish young adult friends in Jews’ Next Dor first ever Superlative Awards. You can vote for 1 guy and 1 girl in each category. The winners will be announced at our annual Hanging in the Hut Apperciation Dinner on October 6.

There’s still time to submit additional categories for these awards, send us an e-mail today.

Vote Online Today!

Connecting with CBD

Congregation Beth David’s slogan is “There’s a place for me at CBD.”

CBD would like this to be true for you. What more do you want out of CBD or Jews’ Next Dor? How can CBD or Jews’ Next Dor improve your connection with CBD?

We’d really love to hear your feedback, thoughts, comments and opinions you can join the discussion here, or send an email to JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org.

Mitzvah of the Month: Feed the Homeless

Each year CBD participates in West Valley Community Services Rotating Shelter program, housing men trying to get back on their feet. The men who can stay up to 90 days in the program, rotate between 11 Churches and Congregation Beth David. June is when they stay at Congregation Beth David. Jews’ Next Dor will be serving the men dinner and schmoozing with them. We’ve had a blast doing this in the past and the Men love sharing their stories, talking sports and other hobbies with us.

Mitzvah with Rotating Shelter
Help the Homeless trying to get back on their feet

Thursday, June 18, 2009
8pm (SHARP)

Church of the Ascension across the CBD parking lot.

12033 Miller Ave Saratoga, CA 95070

Jews’ Next Dor will be greeters to set up the food for their dinner and visit with the men starting at 8pm. Please RSVP to jewsnextdor[at]gmail.com if you’re able to be there. Past young adult volunteers had a great time, read about it on our blog.

Can’t make our event? Want to help more? Congregation Beth David’s Social Action Committee is still looking for more help and support.

Faith in Action Rotating Shelter

The Rotating Shelter program, a collaborative effort of West Valley Community Services and several civic and faith-based organizations in Cupertino, Sunnyvale and Saratoga, has returned to Beth David as of this month. We are hosting 15 men for 5 weeks as they struggle to move out of homelessness into a stable living and working environment. We need volunteers to provide dinner, shop for breakfast and lunch groceries and act as greeters in the evening. We hope to make this program self-sustaining and very much need financial support to underwrite the cost of the groceries. If you want to volunteer or need more information, please call Ronnie Gordon at 408.265.8165. If you can make a monetary donation, send your check to the CBD office with a notation that it is for Social Action / Rotating Shelter.

We are also collecting new or gently used sleeping bags, pillows and pillowcases for the Rotating Shelter. Please put donations in the SAC trunk in the lobby.