Temple Beth Sholom - A Jewish Center of Life, Learning and Connections in Orange County, CA
A Jewish Center of Life, Learning and Connections serving OC Reform Jewery since 1943
Parshat Mishpatim – Darius Gilmont, Artist This week, I am focusing on the concept of “liminal space.” The word liminal comes from the Latin word ‘limen’, meaning threshold – any point or place of entering or beginning. A liminal space is the time between the ‘what was’ and the ‘next.’ It is a place of transition, transformation, […]
“Nachamu, nachamu – comfort, comfort, my people…” (Isaiah 40:1) What do I write after a devastating week, both for the people of Turkey and Syria and for our Temple Beth Sholom community? What can I say that will offer comfort to our aching hearts, our grieving souls? Our hearts are with the people of Turkey and […]
As the 14th of Adar appears, Haman ends up on the gallows. Who is the hangman? Bring your detective radar! It could be any of us! A fun Purim Murder Mystery led by Broadway Murder Mysteries. Monday, March 6, 2023 6:30 PM – Dinner ($18/person: potato bar & salad, hamantaschen) 7:00 pm – Megillah and […]
Sunday, April 30, 2022 at 5:00PM in the Chapel Register Here Baron Maurice de Hirsch was one of the emblematic figures of the nineteenth century and the most influential Jewish philanthropist of his time. Today Hirsch is less well known that the Rothschilds, or his counterpart Andrew Carnegie. Yet to his contemporaries he was the […]
Brunch, Baking and Books! Sunday, February 26 9:00 am – 12:00 pm at Temple Beth Sholom Join us for brunch and mimosas, multi-generational book swap, and learn how to bake Hamantaschen just in time for Purim. Choose one or both: Hamantaschen baking class: $10 Brunch and mimosas: $8 Register here
Barbara Swartz I don’t have a story per se. The attached photos are obviously from my father’s youth based on the size. This was most likely the tallit he wore when he became a Bar Mitvah. He kept it his entire life. He was born in 1921 in 2009. Donna Wolffe My Most Vivid Tallit […]
Have some fun, get some exercise. No experience necessary. Led by Lisa and Todd Litman. Reservations are required. Join us for our next hiking adventure on Sunday, March 19th at 8:45 in Anaheim Hills This will be a 4 mile hike with hills and we will have breakfast after. Details to be sent after registration.Register […]
Purim is the most joyous holiday in the Jewish calendar. It recounts the saving of the Jews from a threatened massacre during the Persian period, as told in the Book of Esther, whose eponymous heroine plays the leading role in saving her people. The holiday is traditionally celebrated with putting on costumes, eating hamentashen and […]
Presented by Todd Litman March 29, 2023 at 7:00 pm at TBS REGISTER HERE This class is a follow up to a presentation regarding support for Care Takers. Please join us as we present a Wednesday evening session on the issues related to issues facing individuals who can no longer make important personal decisions that […]
As a Reform Jew, this has been a difficult few months to be an American living in the United States. January 22nd this past week marks 50 years since Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that affirmed the constitutional right to abortion. Unfortunately in June of 2022, this decision was overturned. For the first anniversary […]
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