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
- December 12, 2011
- January 30, 2012
- February 13, 2012
- March 19, 2012
- April 16, 2012
- May 14, 2012
- June 25, 2012
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
- December 12, 2011
- January 9, 2012
- February 13, 2012
- March 12, 2012
- April 9, 2012
- May 14, 2012
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
- December 28, 2011
- January 25, 2011
- February 29, 2012
- March 28, 2012
- April 25, 2012
- May 30, 2012
- June 27, 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)
- December 19, 2011
- January 16, 2012 (offsite)
- February 20, 2012 (offsite)
- March 19, 2012
- April 30, 2012
- May 14, 2012
- June 18, 2012
Arts & Culture Series
Join us for monthly museum trips and theater performances. Contact: Karen Maas - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Women of Isaiah’s Theatre and Arts Series
Click here to download the current registration form.
East Bay International Jewish Film Festival – Le Concert – Saturday, March 10 – 7:00pm
French/Russian, 2009, 100 Minutes, Russian, French with subtitles
Andrei Filipov refuses to think of himself as a janitor at Moscow’s Bolshoi Orchestra. One day, he accidentally intercepts an invitation for the Bolshoi to play in Paris, and starts reuniting his former musicians so that they can play the Tchaikovsky concerto that was outlawed by the government. For the concert, Andrei engages a young violin soloist with whom he has an unexpected connection. Le Concert is a crowd-engaging, emotionally stirring film that will leave you cheering! Meet at Sweet Tomatoes in Pleasant Hill at 5:30pm for an early dinner and then go to the CineArts Theatre nearby to see the film. Tickets are $10 per person. Family and friends are welcome. Order your tickets by February 25th at http://www.eastbayjewishfilm.org or call the Jewish Federation at (510)-318-6456. Please let me know you are planning to attend so we can reserve seating for dinner. Contact Karen Maas at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 925-376-4835.
Bouquets to Art 2011 – De Young Museum, San Francisco - Wednesday, March 14, 8:00am-2:00pm.
The 27th Annual Bouquets to Art will feature 150 floral arrangements by prominent Bay Area designers and garden clubs, to interpret and complement the museum’s permanent collection. Bouquets to Art is the largest fundraiser held to benefit the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and one of the country’s premier floral events. We will meet in the temple parking lot and carpool to San Francisco to see the exhibit and have lunch nearby. Free for FAMSF members and one guest. Non-member tickets are $20 for adults, $17 for seniors. Family and friends are welcome. Order your tickets now online at http://bouquetstoart.famsf.org/ticket-information. Contact Karen Maas at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 925-376-4835 to let me know you are planning on attending and if you have any extra guest tickets.
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 call 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:
Ghost Light – Berkeley Rep – February 12th – sold out
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento – Judy Chicago Exhibit- April 11th
De Young Museum – JeanPaul Gauthier Exhibit – Early May
In Paris – Berkeley Rep – May 12th – 2 tickets left
Les Miserables - July
Ruth Bancroft Gardens – Sculpture in the Garden - July