You are invited, along with your family, your congregation, your community groups and friends to join the "Jews March for Pride" contingent of the San Francisco's LGBT Pride Parade, Sunday, June 28, 2009.
 
San Francisco's Annual Pride Celebration & Parade is the largest gathering of its kind in the nation.  This year the overarching theme is, "In Order to Form a More Perfect Union," drawn from the Preamble of the Constitution and inspired by the 2008 California Supreme Court decision on marriage.  The Jews March for Pride contingent will meet on Sunday, June 28 beginning at 9 am at the Beale Street Bar & Grill (133 Beale Street at Mission) generously donated by the Eckstein Family.  A free bagels-and fruit breakfast will be provided along with juice and coffee.  You will have the opportunity to decorate your own kippah, use the restroom & relax together as a Jewish community before the parade starts outside the Beale Street Bar & Grill at 10:30 am.  Please use public transit; parking in the city will be highly difficult, if not impossible.
 
Inspired by our core Jewish value that every human being is created b'tzelem elohim, in the image of God, the Jewish Pride contingent will feature the overarching message: we are the Jewish community; we are diverse; we overwhelmingly support marriage equality.
 
You can register to attend the breakfast and march in the parade (or, if you have limited mobility, sign-up to ride in our Jewishly-decorated trolley) at http://tinyurl.com/Jews4Pride.

Temple Emanu-El of San Jose Seeks Executive Director
Temple Emanu-El has been the cornerstone of Jewish life in Santa Clara County for nearly 150 years. We seek an Executive Director who is responsible for: Supervising paid Staff, Managing the budget, Overseeing the day-to-day operations and facilities, Acting as a liaison to temple membership, clergy, Board of Trustees, preschool, religious school, and various committees and auxiliaries.
The position is available immediately. See full job description at: http://templesanjose.org/filesExecutiveDirectorJobDescription_June09.pdf

Send resume and cover letter to jobs@templesanjose.org.

Come be part of this historic South Bay Jewish Community event! Rabbi Dana Magat will throw out the first pitch, and Cantor Meeka Simerly will sing the national anthem. Participating synagogues include Temple Emanu-El,  Congregation Sinai, Ahavat Torah and Congregation Beth David.

This family-friendly event includes between-inning Jewish-themed games, kosher meal packs (homemade Pastrami sandwiches on homemade rye with a homemade pickle, plus chips and a drink for only $10 with advance purchase) and more. A Shofar blast will precede the game, and this is a rare opportunity to just hang out with the local community and have a great evening out - for only $5 a person! To purchase tickets, go to www.jewishgiants.com or call any of the listed synagogues.

Bring your hand-held percussion instruments and your voices to welcome Shabbat with a special musical service. Cantor Meeka Simerly will lead worshippers in song on the patio, where the soft breezes cool the air and the sound of occasional birds (and airplanes) will compliment our melodies. A wonderful way to end the week, with a joyful noise. Services begin at 6:30 PM.

The Klezmakers, a rollicking eight piece klezmer band from the Silicon Valley, will be performing at a free outdoor concert in Vasona Lake Park as part of the Vasona Vibrations concert series. Enjoy the food concession or bring a picnic dinner- beer and wine allowed. The whole family is invited! Dancing is encouraged! CD's will be available.

Saturday, July 25th 5:00-7:00 p.m., Vasona Lake Park (by the ranger station), 333 Blossom Hill Road, Los Gatos

For more information:www.southbayfolks.org<http://www.southbayfolks.org> (about the concert series) www.klezmakers.com)

Sponsored by Santa Clara County Parks and South Bay Folks

11:00 AM-12:00 PM, the second & fourth Saturday morning of the month For kids ages 0-5 Join for a fun and interactive parent-led service for babies, toddlers, and preschool kids. Open to the whole community. Tot Shabbat includes singing, storytelling, and a Kiddush snack! For more information, please e-mail schonbrun63@hotmail.com

Last Thursday, JCRC Director Diane Fisher spent the day in Sacramento at the California-Nevada Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. She joined regional JCRC directors from Sacramento and the Peninsula in lobbying clergy and lay people to vote against two resolutions that threaten local Jewish-Methodist relations. Unfortunately, both resolutions passed.

One resolution proposed that regional Methodist congregations divest from Israeli companies, and the other resolution endorsed the Amman Call, which is a 2007 resolution from the World Council of Churches that among other points supports a full Palestinian Right of Return. The latter resolution was neutralized by an amendment that states that solutions to the Palestinian and Jewish refugee issues should be left up to the parties in the conflict.

These votes were puzzling because the national Methodist conference last year defeated similar resolutions. While the local region may not actually have the authority to act on these votes, the symbolic act is in some ways more hurtful to Jewish-Methodist relations. The JCRCs are meeting with friends in the Methodist community to determine an appropriate response.

Join Temple Emanu-El’s Cantor Meeka Simerly and Congregation Emeth’s Rabbi Debbie Israel on Friday, July 17th, for a celebration of friendship, between members of both congregations, the wider South Bay Jewish community and clergy! (Cantor Simerly and Rabbi Israel are both recent graduates of the Academy for Jewish Religion in Los Angeles).
The service begins at 6:30 PM on the patio at Temple Emanu-El.
Bring your family, bring your friends and Havurah.
Join us in welcoming Shabbat with music and liturgy that reflect the meaning of connection and power of friendship.
For more information, contact the Temple Emanu-El office, (408)292-0939.