Ongoing Groups and Programs
Women of Isaiah Knitting-Handiwork Group
Make new friends, share knitting-handiwork news, and have fun with us. You can begin or complete a project, get help with any knitting/handiwork problems or offer assistance to others. Work on your knitting, needlepoint, crochet, embroidery, or any other handwork projects. We welcome everyone from beginners to experts.
Monthly on Monday evenings at 7:00 pm. in the Library. Contact: Margie Kaplan
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2011-2012 Dates
- June 25, 2012
- July 16
Women’s Torah Study Group
Please join a dynamic group of women who want to study Torah texts with special emphasis on the place, roles and stories of women in our tradition. Using the Women’s Torah Commentary created by the Reform Movement, we augment our learning with commentaries by a wide variety of sources and authors, including literature and poetry. No experience necessary! We need a minyan, 10 women, to create our group each month. Please RSVP to Nina Jones, Clergy Assistant, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), to let us know you will join us on at 10:30a.m. in the Adult Lounge. If we do not have 10 women we will send an email on the Friday afternoon preceding the scheduled session.
2011-2012 Dates
- Summer Break - will resume in the Fall.
Last Wednesday Hikes
If you like to hike you will enjoy hiking with the Women of Isaiah on the last Wednesday of the month. We will explore the region’s vast variety of hiking trails while getting to know each other. Most hikes will be rated as moderate but an occasional easy, difficult, and strenuous or very difficult could be included. Each one will be rated and will typically last about 4 hours. Contact: Cheryl Kohleriter - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
2011-2012 Dates
- May 30, 2012
- June 27, 2012
- July 25, 2012
- August 29
- September 19, 2012
Shelter Lunch Programs
The 1 hour Mitzvah that feeds 65 people! The Social Action Committee and Women of Isaiah have joined together to sponsor a project that reaches out to the hungry in our own community. On several Sundays throughout the school year our Religious School families have the opportunity to work together in Temple Isaiah ’s kitchen preparing lunches for an adult transitional shelter in Concord. This is a shelter where the lunch meal is not usually provided. We are the only agency providing lunch and our efforts are greatly appreciated. In addition, toiletry donations are always welcome and can be brought to the Temple Kitchen on the dates of the shelter lunch program. For more information please contact the Shelter Lunch coordinators Amy and Jacob Skepner at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Support Our Troops
Our soldiers and veterans need more than your prayers. Would you like to bring some cheer into a soldier’s or veteran’s life? Contact: Michele Holtz at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Sacred Chant - Healing Circles
For all those in need of healing…for the places in each of us in need of healing…for yourself…for our community…it’s always a good time to be part of a healing circle. Open sessions now meeting monthly at Temple in addition to the smaller groups that go to congregant’s homes in times of need. Beginners Always Welcome! For more information about healing circles & chanting please visit: SacredHebrewChant.com where you can listen to many of the chants & join the growing list of volunteers for this mitzvah. Listen to Temple Isaiah’s podcast on “Healing Circles”. If you or a loved one are in need of a healing circle, please contact Rabbi Judy Shanks at 925-283-8575. For information about our monthly meetings contact Jeanette Gross at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
2011-2012 Dates (7:00-8:45 p.m. in the Beit Knesset unless otherwise noted)
- June 18, 2012
- 4 Sessions July 9, 23, August 13, 27
Registration required, please click here to fill out registration form.
Questions? - Contact Jeanette Gross at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
SACRED CHANT HEALING CIRCLES WILL NOT MEET IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER DUE TO HOLIDAYS AND TRAVEL.
Watch for news about our annual Yom Kippur afternoon session in the coming months.
Arts & Culture Series
Join us for monthly museum trips and theater performances. Contact: Karen Maas - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Click here to download the current registration form.
Ruth Bancroft Gardens - 18th Annual Sculpture in the Garden -
Tuesday, July 10, 9:00am-2:00pm
The Annual Sculpture in the Garden is a one-of-a-kind art event in the East Bay. The Ruth Bancroft Garden’s famous collection of rare and beautiful succulents features sculpture by artists from all over the West Coast. More information at http://www.ruthbancroftgarden.org/rbgarden/pages/sculptureexhibit.html
We will arrange carpools to Walnut Creek and have a docent tour of the gardens at 10:00am. Lunch will be arranged at a restaurant nearby. Tickets are $10 per person (no senior discounts). Please sign up by Friday, June 29 using the order form below. Questions: Contact Karen Maas at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), 925-376-4835.
Les Miserables - Orpheum Theatre - San Francisco -
Thursday, July 19, 8:00pm
Based on Victor Hugo’s classic novel, Les Miserables is an epic and uplifting story about the survival of the human spirit. Cameron Mackintosh presents a brand new 25th anniversary production of this legendary musical with glorious new staging and dazzling reimagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo. More information at http://www.shnsf.com/shows/lesmiserables Tickets are $73.00 per person and are located in the orchestra. Tickets are limited - Order Now. Please use the order form below. All tickets are non-refundable and non-changeable. I will arrange an optional group dinner. Questions: Contact Karen Maas at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), 925-376-4835.
War Horse - Curran Theatre - San Francisco -
Sunday, August 26, 2:00pm
War Horse is an epic and intimate story about a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, who was brought to France from the cavalry and became involved in the crossfire of World War I till it ended up in a deserted land. Young Albert then embarks on a dangerous journey, too dangerous for his age, to find and save his horse and bring it home. The Times of London calls it a “sweeping drama of extraordinary power.
More information at http://shnsf.com/shows/warhorse Tickets are $82.00 per person and are located in the mezzanine. Tickets are limited - Order Now. Please use the order form below. All tickets are non-refundable and non-changeable. I will arrange an optional group dinner to follow. Questions: Contact Karen Maas at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), 925-376-4835.
Upcoming Events:
Ruth Bancroft Gardens – Sculpture in the Garden - July 10
Les Miserables - July 19
War Horse - August 26