Sholem Community

Last day of 2022-2023 Sunday School
2023-05-21 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 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.

Sholem Sunday School
2023-05-14 10:00 - 12:30, 2023-05-07 10:00 - 12:30, 2023-04-16 10:00 - 12:30, 2023-03-26 10:00 - 12:30

Sholem Sunday School
2023-04-30 10:00 - 12:30, 2023-04-23 10:00 - 12:30, 2023-04-02 10:00 - 12:30, 2023-03-19 10:00 - 12:30, 2023-03-12 10:00 - 12:30, 2023-02-26 10:00 - 12:30, 2023-02-12 10:00 - 12:30, 2023-01-29 10:00 - 12:30 and 3 more dates
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.

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

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

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.

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.

No Sunday School (Presidents’ Day)
2023-02-19

Tu BiShvat (at Sunday school)
2023-02-05 10:00 - 12:30

Tu Bishvat assembly (noon)
2023-02-05

MLK Day (at Sunday school)
2023-01-15 10:00 - 12:30
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 of some heroes of the Civil Rights movement, as well as exploring the strong Jewish involvement in the movement, why the specificity of Jewish history gives us as Jews a strong moral calling to support the civil rights of ALL PEOPLE, and to fight the scourge of racism with the totality of our beings.

Sunday, January 15
10:00am Bagels & Coffee
10:20am Classes (students)
+ schmoozing (adults)
12:00pm Assembly & Singalong
Sholem Sunday School
Meets on the campus of:
Short Avenue Elementary School
12814 Maxella Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90066
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.

MLK Day Assembly & Singalong (noon)
2023-01-15

Classes resume (Sunday school)
2023-01-08

No Sunday school (Winter break)
2022-12-25 - 2023-01-01, 2022-12-18

Hanuka/Khanike Assembly & Carnival (11:30am)
2022-12-11 11:30 - 13:00
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 (at this time when so many cultures light lights in the darkest of winter.)
10:00 a.m. Students to their Classes
Bagels & Coffee available for Adults
11:00 a.m. Hankuka/Khanike Assembly
(approximately 30-40 min)
11:30/11::45 a.m. Carnival
games, craft, dreydl and othter activities
led by staff from Camp Gilboa
12:30-1:00 p.m. Wrap up
Belfer following candle dedication at Hanuka Assembly 2019 [photo by Regan Kibbee]

No Sunday school (Thanksgiving)
2022-11-27
