Join the Sholem community in the beauty of the outdoors for our meaningful, secular observance of the Jewish New Year. Bring a picnic for your family and a dessert to share. Challah, apples and honey will be provided.
Birthday Celebration & Fundraiser Celebrate three dedicated community activists and support secular & progressive Jewish education. See the full event description here. The event is SOLD OUT, but you mauy still make a donation HERE.
Sholem’s in-person annual model Seder was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, but we are not lost in the wilderness! Sholem will host a communal secular seder on the second night of Passover We will come together on Zoom. All are welcome for this non-religious, cultural celebration of Passover, that acknowledges the holiday’s origins as […]
The story of Shvues/Shavuot, taken from the Biblical book of Ruth, is one of the most important for Sholem families. It is a story of human kindness and inclusion, bridging cultural boundaries with love, just like many of our own families. It is also the story of an immigrant joining and enriching a community. You are […]
All are welcome, no charge, RSVP here NewYears5781@sholem.org to receive the private meeting link. Welcome the Jewish New Year with stirring readings, literature, and poetry based in our Jewish heritage and our secular, progressive values. Please have apples and honey on hand to join us in our hope for a sweet new year.
Following the online event at 12 noon. Please bring your own lunch, a blanket or folding chairs, and face masks. Veterans Memorial Park Questions? Write to newyear5781@sholem.org
Sholem student Sam Nordon will become a Bar Mitsve in Sholem’s first virtual ceremony! Sam will present "Jews and the Comic Book Industry," the research project he worked on with his mentor, Board President Sheila McCoy. If you like, have some wine and challah on hand to join in the Kiddush at the end. Also, guests […]
All are welcome for Sholem’s second virtual Bar Mitsve ceremony! Please join us for Gil Maruvada's presentation, "Artificial Intelligence or Stupidity: Jewish and Indian Perspectives on Synthetic Life” Sholem’s secular Bar/Bas Mitsve observances meet the needs of families who honor their heritage and define their Jewish identity as cultural, historical, or ethnic, rather than religious. Students in […]
Welcome the Jewish New Year with stirring readings, literature, and poetry based in our Jewish heritage and our secular, progressive values. Please B.Y.O. picnic, challah, apples, honey, and have a mask on hand. COVID protocols will be observed. All are welcome NO CHARGE
Kol Nidre is the highlight of the Sholem calendar. Informed by Jewish traditions in music and spoken word, we reflect on our lives and the state of the world through a humanistic and progressive prism. This is a moving opportunity to renew ourselves for the upcoming year; to grieve our losses and reinforce our hopes. Tickets start at $50 for members. […]
All are invited for our community's next Bar Mitsve ceremony, which will take place via Zoom. Isaiah Edward Griffin's Bar Mitsvepresents "The Virtual Reality of Jewish Community" Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021 4:00 p.m. (PDT) RSVP to sabrinajoanna@yahoo.com to receive the Zoom link About Sholem's secular observance... The bar/bas mitsve candidate chooses a topic for in-depth […]
Sholem's celebration recognizes the roots of Hanukkah as a winter solstice festival. We celebrate Hanukkah in honor of the Maccabees and a freedom struggle for an oppressed people. We also seek our own meaningful ways of observing the "Jewish Festival of Lights" - celebrating the uniqueness of our Jewish identity and our interconnectivity with all humans […]
THIS SUNDAY we commemorate a holiday Hershl Hartman, our Education Director, is fond of saying is as important a Jewish holiday as anything else on the calendar: Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Adults are warmly invited to join our students in the outside gathering area at noon for a Civil Rights songs hootenanny/singalong. We will also be listening to audio clips […]