Sholem Sunday School
2023-02-26 10:00 - 12:30, 2023-03-12 10:00 - 12:30, 2023-03-19 10:00 - 12:30, 2023-04-02 10:00 - 12:30, 2023-04-23 10:00 - 12:30, 2023-04-30 10:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sholem Sunday School
Meets on the campus of:
Short Avenue Elementary School
12814 Maxella Ave
Los Angeles, CA 9006
ALEF/BEYS (preK-2nd), GIML (3rd/4th), DALED (5th/6th), and HEY (7th/8th) classes meet 10am – 12:30pm
VOV (9th-12th) class meets 11:15am – 1:30pm
All prospective families are welcome to come check out a class.
We offer rolling admissions.
Click here for more information about our school
Contact our principal Ross Helford ross@sholem.org, so he may plan to greet you.

Purim carnival (Sunday School)
2023-03-05 10:00 - 12:30
All are welcome for our Purim festivities!
We’ll be doing our usual pantomime reading of Sholem’s Super-Colossal Purim Mishmash shpil, adapted from megiles ester by Hershl Hartman, our Education Director. As is our tradition, our Sunday school classes will each be hosting a carnival booth. Kids (and adults) are encouraged to wear a costume!
THIS Sunday, March 5
10 a.m. Students: Set-up booths & rehearse pantomime
Adults: Schmoozing, bagels & coffee
11 a.m. Assembly with Megile reading
11:30ish-12:45 p.m. Purim carnival
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS:
Megile (megillah) readers!
Hamantashen bringers!
Cleaner-uppers!
If you can pitch in, RSVP to ross@sholem.org

Sholem Sunday School
Meets on the campus of:
Short Avenue Elementary School
12814 Maxella Ave
Los Angeles, CA 9006
ALEF/BEYS (preK-2nd), GIML (3rd/4th), DALED (5th/6th), and HEY (7th/8th) classes meet 10am – 12:30pm
VOV (9th-12th) class meets 11:15am – 1:30pm
All prospective families are welcome to come check out a class.
We offer rolling admissions.
Click here for more information about our school
Contact our principal Ross Helford ross@sholem.org, so he may plan to greet you.

Sholem Sunday School
2023-03-26 10:00 - 12:30, 2023-04-16 10:00 - 12:30, 2023-05-07 10:00 - 12:30, 2023-05-14 10:00 - 12:30
Sholem Sunday School
Meets on the campus of:
Short Avenue Elementary School
12814 Maxella Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90066
ALEF/BEYS (preK-2nd), GIML (3rd/4th), DALED (5th/6th), and HEY (7th/8th) classes meet 10am – 12:30pm
VOV (9th-12th) class meets 11:15am – 1:30pm
All prospective families are welcome to come check out a class.
We offer rolling admissions.
Click here for more information about our school
Contact our principal Ross Helford ross@sholem.org, so he may plan to greet you.

Jordan and Coral's Secular Bar/Bas Mitsve Ceremony
2023-04-01 10:30 - 14:00
RSVP* by March 7 Required
Hosted by the Leeds and Southers Families
Jordan and Coral’s
Secular Bar/Bas Mitsve Ceremony
(Luncheon to follow)
Jordan will discuss the importance of community in secular living and Coral the Jewish influences in Frank Herbert’s Dune.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
10:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Museum of Latin American Art (MOOLA)
628 Alamitos Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90802

CLICK HERE to RSVP by March 7th
Due to the nature of the event, only guests who have RSVP’d by this date will be included.
* If you have difficulty seeing the RSVP fields at bottom of evite page, try opening link in a different browser, or contact regan@sholem.org.
About Sholem’s Secular B’Mitsve Program…
The bar/bas mitsve candidate chooses a topic for in-depth research and/or significant thought. Then, working with their advisor, the student prepares an approximately 20-minute presentation on this topic and how it reflects the aspects of Jewish heritage and identity that are most meaningful to them at this point in their life.
To learn more, click here.

Model Secular Seder
2023-04-02 11:00 - 14:30 | Culver City Middle School, 4601 Elenda St., Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Sholem’s non-religious cultural celebration of Passover acknowledges the holiday’s origins as a spring festival and honors the tradition of “Exodus” as a symbolic tale of freedom. This communal event will feature readings from Sholem’s secular family Hagada, a potluck luncheon, singing & musical accompaniment, with plenty of opportunities for children to participate.
MODEL SECULAR SEDER
Community Potluck Luncheon
(In Person – Culver City venue)
Culver City Middle School Cafeteria
4601 Elenda St.
Culver City, CA 90230
Sunday, April 2, 2023
(3 days before the 1st night of Passover)
11:00 a.m. Doors Open
12:00 – 2:30 p.m. Program
Please invite family & friends
ALL ARE WELCOME!
CLICK HERE to reserve your seat
*and*
CLICK HERE to choose your potluck item /volunteer

Sholem’s secular Hagada
Click here to download a PDF

No Sunday school (spring break)
2023-04-09

Last day of 2022-2023 Sunday School
2023-05-21 10:00 - 12:30

1st day of 2023-24 school year
2023-09-10 10:00 - 12:30
Are you culturally Jewish but not religious?
Would you like your children (or grandchildren) to connect with their Jewish identity?
Do you have an intercultural family?
Sholem’s secular Sunday school engages children 4-17 years old in an exploration of Jewish identity, history, culture and traditions of social justice.
Classes meet 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
at Short Avenue Elementary School
(12814 Maxella Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90066)
most Sunday mornings during the school year.

All prospective families are welcome to come check out a class.
We offer rolling admissions.
Click here for more information about our school
Contact our principal Ross Helford ross@sholem.org, so he may plan to greet you.

Rosh Hashana / Rosheshone in the Park
2023-09-16 11:00 - 13:30 | Clover Park, 2600 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA, 90405, United States
SATURDAY, Sep. 16, 2023 at 11:00 am
Clover Park, 2600 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405 (Group BBQ Area #1)

Welcome the Jewish New Year with stirring readings, literature, and poetry based in our Jewish heritage and our secular, progressive values.
Please plan to bring a picnic lunch, a dessert to share, and an optional chair.
Apples and honey will be provided.
For more information about Sholem’s holiday observances, visit
www.sholem.org/holidays
or email info@sholem.org.

Sunday School + Annual Board Meeting at 10:30am
2023-09-17 10:00 - 12:30 | Short Avenue Elementary School, 12814 Maxella Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90066, United States
Are you culturally Jewish but not religious?
Would you like your children (or grandchildren) to connect with their Jewish identity?
Do you have an intercultural family?
Sholem’s secular Sunday school engages children 4-17 years old in an exploration of Jewish identity, history, culture and traditions of social justice.
Classes meet 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
at Short Avenue Elementary School
(12814 Maxella Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90066)
most Sunday mornings during the school year.

All prospective families are welcome to come check out a class.
We offer rolling admissions.
Click here for more information about our school
Contact our principal Ross Helford ross@sholem.org, so he may plan to greet you.

The Board of Directors of the Sholem Community will hold its annual meeting next Sunday, September 17 at 10:30 a.m. at Short Avenue Elementary School. The main order of business is to elect 3 or more Directors.
Sheila McCoy, Brian Reiff and Dan Savage have been nominated and additional Board members are needed. Any paid up member of the Sholem Community is eligible.
To pay for 2023-2024 membership CLICK HERE
Please send nominations to Hugo Furth, Secretary at hsf@furth.us.
Nominations will be accepted on the 17th as well.
The Board will also hold an election for board officers. (Officers fulfill specific roles such as treasurer, secretary, etc.)
This meeting is open to all members of the community.

Sunday school
2023-09-24 10:00 - 12:30 | Short Avenue Elementary School, 12814 Maxella Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90066, United States

Kol Nidre / Erev Yom Kippur
2023-09-24 18:30 - 21:00
Kol Nidre (Erev Yom Kippur)
Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 7:00 -9:00 pm (PT)
– Doors open at 6:30pm
Morgan-Wixson Theatre
2627 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica 90405
In-Person, Indoors
Kol Nidre, the evening that initiates Yom Kippur, is a highlight of the Sholem calendar. Informed by Jewish traditions in music and in spoken word, we reflect on our lives and the state of the world through a humanistic and progressive prism. A moving opportunity to renew ourselves for the upcoming year; to grieve our losses and enable our hopes.
Purchase your tickets now! We are in a smaller theatre than in years past. Seating is limited an may sell out.
(Any remaining tickets will be $100 at the door.)
Yizker messages may be submitted until Thursday, 9/21.
You will also be able to submit Yizker messages in person from approximately 5:45PM until 6:30PM on Sunday, 9/24 at the Morgan-Wixson Theater.
Click here for tickets
*No one turned away due to lack of funds.
Email rachel.braude@verizon.net and we will figure something out.

Yom Kippur / Yonkiper in the Park
2023-09-25 11:00 - 23:59 | Clover Park, 2600 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA, 90405, United States
Yom Kippur/Yonkiper

Monday, September 25, 2023 at 11:00 am (PT)
Clover Park, 2600 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405 (Group BBQ Area #1)
Join us at the park for a family-friendly event including discussion of ethics in our daily lives.
For more information about Sholem’s holiday observances, visit
www.sholem.org/holidays
or email info@sholem.org.

Sunday school - Sukot Assembly
2023-10-01

Sunday school
2023-10-08, 2023-10-15 10:00 - 12:30, 2023-10-22, 2023-10-29, 2023-11-05, 2023-11-12, 2023-11-19

Thanksgiving Break - No Sunday school
2023-11-26
