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A message from David Cohen, chair of our Membership Committee. Here's how you can help expand our Jewish presence in the greater Ojai Community. Your invitation can be found by clicking here....
Wanna go for a Walk with Valerie and Sheila?
A small group of walking enthusiasts meet every Thursday morning at 8 AM for some stretching and a 45 minute walk. So...come on out on Thursday morning. We meet in front of the Ojai Museum at 8am.
How about Bowling? Our intrepid participants wage forth every other Thursday and head to Ventura Bowl at 1888 E. Thompson for a 6pm battle. You can even carpool by meeting near Eggs and Things at 5:30pm. Be there on July 22 and every other Thursday thereafter.
Join us for our Basic Judaism class held twice a month on Saturdays at 10am. Rabbi Yossi says...
Our Saturday morning "Back to Basics" class is for all of you. For the next few sessions we will be continuing our discussions on the evolution of Judaism. We are talking now about Rashi, Maimonides (10th and 11th century scholars whose teachings still profoundly affect Judaism and its practices) as well as the way that the spread of anti-semitism really affected the Jewish people in the 10th-17th centuries. We will be talking and learning about the way that reforms-to-Judaism, modern orthodoxy and traditional Judaism began to evolve and how it spread, eventually, to the United States.
The class is meant as a multi-layered learning opportunity for us to examine our relationship with Judaism, our belief system, our connection to God and to give us a way to ask questions that, perhaps, we didn't even know we had.
It has been a very rewarding class thus far because of all of the questions that continue to come out from the subject(s) we touch on. The 'branching out' of topics is one of the things I had hoped for when presenting this class and, indeed, the participants have had a lot of questions and have done a lot of sharing. I look forward to more of you coming on Saturday mornings at 10 when I am in Ojai.
The next class is on July 30. Click on the books for more info...
It's summertime and we won't be conducting Community-led Shabbat services during July and August. But services led by Rabbi Yossi will continue on the first and third Fridays of every month.
Like to sing? In July our temple choir begins rehearsals for the High Holidays. If you'd like a wonderful experience as part of a terrific group, send an e-mail to Sheila
Our temple member, Sammy Sherman, celebrated her confirmation at Temple Beth Torah. Sammy wanted to share her thoughts with you and looks forward to the day when our next confirmand can celebrate the event at K'hilat Ha'Aloneem. Click on Sammy's photo to read more...
High Holy Days begin on Wednesday, September 8 at 7:30 pm with Rosh Hashonah eve services. The full schedule of services, ticket information and more can be found by clicking on the ticket. L'shana Tovah!
