Sholem Community

Yom Kippur (9/16) in the Park
2021-09-16 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Rancho Park-Cheviot Hills. Picnic Area #1 (behind the swimming pool), 2551 Motor Ave. (One block south of Pico), Los Angeles, CA, 90064, United States
Join us at the Cheviot Hills park for a family-friendly discussion of ethics in our daily lives.
For more information, write to newyearfestivals2021@sholem.org

Kol Nidre (9/15) Virtual Observance
2021-09-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Jan & Jerry’s house
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. We encourage purchase of $200 Supporter Tickets to help support Sholem (Each Supporter will receive a tax receipt for $150 donation per ticket, and thanks in our printable digital program guide, if desired.)
Get your tickets for our on-line observance!
Has COVID-19 impacted your ability to pay? Write to newyearfestivals2021@sholem.org
When you sign up you can:

Submit a photo of your deceased loved ones in an online montage to the moving soundtrack of Keep Me In Your Heart for Awhile by Warren Zevon. Click Here for Last Year’s Photo Montage
Submit names for In Memoriam (the names of your loved ones of blessed memory will be included in our printable digital program guide).
RSVP for our informal outdoor masked, physically distanced Kol Nidre watch party in Santa Monica
Advertise your service or business in the digital program guide.
Submit names for Yizker (have the name of your loved one who you lost IN THE LAST YEAR read aloud during the event).

Click Here for Tickets

1st Day (9/12) of Sunday School Classes
2021-09-12 10:00 - 12:30
Join us on the first day of Sholem’s 2021-2022 school year for an in person meet up outdoors at Stoneview Nature Center in Culver City. Come meet Sholem’s principal, teachers and Sunday school families, both continuing and prospective. (Remember to bring your own water, snack, sunhat/block, face mask.)
FREE – All are welcome!
If you are new to Sholem, please send an email to ross@sholem.org so we know to expect you!
Note: We expect our second session of Sunday school, September 19th, to again be via Zoom. We are currently waiting to hear if and when we will be returning to weekly meetings on the campus of Short Avenue Elementary School. Sign up for our mailing list, if you aren’t subscribed already, to be informed.

Rosh Hashanah (9/7) in the Park
2021-09-07 11:00 - 13:00 | Rancho Park-Cheviot Hills. Picnic Area #1 (behind the swimming pool), 2551 Motor Ave. (One block south of Pico), Los Angeles, CA, 90064, United States
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

Summer Potluck & Planning
2021-07-24 10:30 - 14:30
All school parents and community members are encouraged to come together to learn what’s planned and share ideas for Sholem’s 2021-2022 year. Bring something for the potluck brunch; bagels & coffee will be provided. Kids are welcome to hang out and take a dip in the pool – bring your own towels and plan to supervise them.
Saturday, July 24
10:30am Potluck Brunch
11am-1pm Planning Meeting
1pm Socializing continues
2:30pm Wrap-up
RSVP dan@sholem.org to confirm attendance
Simply write RSVP – YES in the subject line, to simplify communication.
Address will be provided upon receipt of your RSVP.

Sunday School Graduation
2021-05-23 10:00 - 13:45

Sunday School; Holocaust Survivor Story: Irwin Kra at 11am
2021-05-16 10:00 - 13:45

Sunday School; No Adult Program
2021-05-09 10:00 - 13:45

Sunday School; Dialogue on Houselessness at 10am
2021-05-02 10:00 - 13:45

Sunday School; Community Kibbitz @ 10:30am (PT)
2021-04-25 10:00 - 13:30 | Jan & Jerry’s house
Sholem’s secular Jewish Sunday school meets for online classes: ALEF/BEYS (preK-2nd) & GIML (3rd/4th) begin at 10am. DALED (5th/6th) at 11am. HEY (7th/8th) begin at 11:15am. VOV (9th-12th) begins at 12:30pm. Enrollment is open! Questions about Sholem’s school? Email ross@sholem.org.

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It’s been a while since we’ve kibbitzed together. Here’s another opportunity for the community to check in and support each other’s well being in this moment as we navigate 2021. Let’s tawk!
CLICK HERE to register for Kibbitz.

Sunday School
2021-04-18 10:00 - 13:30, 2021-03-07 10:00 - 13:30, 2021-02-21 10:00 - 13:30, 2021-01-31 10:00 - 13:30 | Jan & Jerry’s house
Sholem’s secular Jewish Sunday school meets for online classes: ALEF/BEYS (preK-2nd) & GIML (3rd/4th) begin at 10am. DALED (5th/6th) at 11am. HEY (7th/8th) begin at 11:15am. VOV (9th-12th) begins at 12:30pm. Enrollment is open! Questions about Sholem’s school? Email ross@sholem.org.

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Sunday School + Holocaust Survivor Story: Dr. Marianne Richter @ 11:30 am
2021-04-11 10:00 - 13:30 | Jan & Jerry’s house

Sunday School + David Pettit, Natural Resources Defense Council
2021-03-14 10:00 - 13:30 | Jan & Jerry’s house
Sholem’s secular Jewish Sunday school meets for online classes: ALEF/BEYS (preK-2nd) & GIML (3rd/4th) begin at 10am. DALED (5th/6th) at 11am. HEY (7th/8th) begin at 11:15am. VOV (9th-12th) begins at 12:30pm. Enrollment is open! Questions about Sholem’s school? Email ross@sholem.org.

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Sholem is pleased to present David Pettit, Senior Attorney, Climate & Clean Energy Program at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council.) David is returning to Sholem, after his talk four years ago, to offer his perspective on what we may expect with the environment during the next four years under the Biden-Harris Administration.
David will be introduced by Sholem member, Deborah Gregory, President of the non-profit Ballona Creek Renaissance.

Talk is at 10:30am.
Check back for link.

Rediscovering Our Radical Roots w/ Hershl Hartman (#4): Radical Jewish Women
2021-03-07 14:00 - 15:30
This session will focus on the historical contributions of radical Jewish women leading the Immigrant Revolt of the 1880s-1920s.

As we mark International Women’s Day (March 8), we recall that sweatshops, tenement houses and streets saw struggles against economic oppression, often by Jewish owners exploiting their own. We will meet some heroes and explore the heritage with which they endowed us.This virtual discussion series is led by Hershl Hartman, Sholem’s Education Director, and co-sponsored by the Workers Circle.REDISCOVERING OUR RADICAL ROOTS – Part 4Discussion with Hershl HartmanSunday, March 7
2-3:30 p.m. (PT)CLICK HERE to register in advanceAfter registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

For a recording of session #1 (10/25/20): click here

For a recording of session #2 (11/22/20): click here

For a recording of session #3 (1/31/21): click here

Gil Maruvada's Bar Mitsve Ceremony
2021-03-06 10:00 - 11:30 | Jan & Jerry’s house
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 our Sunday School choose a topic for in-depth research or for significant thought. The choices reflect the individual’s areas of interest…those aspects of Jewish heritage and identity that are most meaningful at this point in the young person’s life. For more info about our program, click here.

Gil Maruvada’s Bar Mitsve Ceremony
Saturday, March 6
10:00 a.m. (PT)
CLICK HERE for the Zoom Webinar

Purim Celebration (No School Classes)
2021-02-28 11:00 - 13:00 | Jan & Jerry’s house
All are invited to Sholem’s virtual Purim assembly to enjoy music, history, and our Purim Shpil. Participants are encouraged to have graggers or any type of noise makers on hand. The celebration will be followed by socializing in the main Zoom room and “carnival” games for kids of all ages in breakout rooms.

Costumes or crazy hats/hair are encouraged—there will be a ‘costume challenge’ booth!
CLICK HERE in advance to register

BLACK HISTORY: Meeting the Moment - A Conversation
2021-02-21 14:00 - 15:30

NO SHOLEM
2021-02-14, 2021-01-03, 2020-12-27, 2020-12-20 | Jan & Jerry’s house

Sunday School (No Adult Activity)
2021-02-07 10:00 - 13:30, 2021-01-10 10:00 - 13:30 | Jan & Jerry’s house

Rediscovering Our Radical Roots w/ Hershl Hartman (#3)
2021-01-31 14:00 - 15:30

Sunday School, Mindful Awareness w/ Marilyn McLaughlin, MLK & Tu B’Shvat Assembly
2021-01-24 10:00 - 13:30 | Jan & Jerry’s house

Sunday School + MLK Jr. Programming
2021-01-17 10:00 - 13:30 | Jan & Jerry’s house

Sam Nordon's Bar Mitsve Ceremony
2021-01-09 10:00 - 11:30 | Jan & Jerry’s house
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 are invited to write a message for Sam on an index card that you can hold up to your camera at the end of the ceremony. These will be captured for posterity and to share.
We look forward to seeing everyone!
RSVP to pglist@mac.com to receive the Zoom link before the event.
