High Holidays, Break Fast Break Fast, Comedy Sportz, The Chosen, and more from Jews' Next Dor

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http://cbdyag.wordpress.com	September 10, 2009
Hey  Neighbor, We’ve been having lots of fun at lots of events but we’re slowing down a bit this month to make room for the High Holy Days. Keep reading for Free Ticket and other High Holy Day news and events. But first a few bits of business (your action requested). Congregation Beth David is revising their website and looking for pictures to be included. I plan to submit a FEW young adult pictures from my plethora of event pictures. Please let me know if you DO NOT WANT PICTURES WITH YOU IN THEM ON THE CBD WEBSITE. If you do not send a message a picture of you may appear on their webpage. Just e-mail jewsn...@gmail.com. We’ve extended the deadline for voting in our first ever Superlatives to this Sunday the 13th. Please vote now for these fun awards. Please help us decided who gets them! Thanks to those who’ve already voted. You can vote for 1 guy and 1 gal in each category. You can skip categories.
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We’re doing a Comedy Sportz fundraiser and event. But you need to go online and secure your own ticket to this event. $5 from each ticket goes to support Jews’ Next Dor. Seats are limited and open to the public so please Get your Comedy Sportz Improv Ticket! Tickets are $20/person. We’ve also got a block of tickets for Theatre Works  The Chosen, $33 a ticket for those 30 and under. Please let me know if you want a ticket, we’re only got a limited # left.  Get your Chosen Ticket I’m looking for some volunteers to plan Meet & Greets in December & January, let me know if you’re interested or want more information. Anyone can join our volunteer crew, who do tasks of all sizes to help maintain the group. Our volunteers do things like send Facebook events out, plan events, help with setup or clean up, donate items for events, make phone calls and more. You can volunteer once or over and over. If you’re interested in helping shape the group and joining your peers in volunteering with Jews’ Next Dor let me know. Thanks to all the volunteers who’ve made our Summer events happen! And now for High Holiday info: If you’re under 33, a student, or military personnel Beth David offers Free High Holy Day Tickets. Reserve your Free ticket by calling the Beth David office at 408. 257.3333. Our 2nd Annual Apples & Honey contest was SWEEEET. Look for the recipes on our blog, more will posted. Congrats to Ella for winning in our Sweets category and to Aleeza for winning in the Savory category. Their winning recipes are on the blog already. Beth David’s High Holy Day Cantor, Andres Levy from Argentina will be giving a concert of Jewish (and not so Jewish) music in multiple languages this Sunday. Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door. RSVP to cbdcan...@gmail.com by the 11th (tomorrow). Join CBD for a Sisterhood sponsored Ice Cream Social followed by Study for Selicot starting at 10pm on Saturday the 12 (this weekend). For Yom Kippur we’ll be doing a Feast before you Fast and teaming up with other groups for the 2nd annual Breakfast Break Fast. For the Break Fast please get your $12 ticket online, $15 at the door. Visit our blog for CBD’s High Holy Days Schedule. Check out the sections before more info on all our Holiday related events. Everyone is invited for FREE dinner in Rabbi Schonbrun & Families Sukkah during Sukkot for our annual Hanging in the Hut event. We’ll be recognizing our volunteers, give out the Superlative awards and kicking off our Toy Drive that supports Jewish Family Services. I look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Volunteering? JewsN...@beth-david.org (some people have reported issues with this e-mail, so you can also use JewsN...@gmail.com) L’Shana Tova, Aleeza P.S. Don’t forget to tell your fellow MOTs (Member’s of the Tribe) in their 20s & 30s about our events and bring them with you =)
High Holy Days 2009 (5770)
If you’re under 33, a student, or military personnel Beth David offers Free High Holiday Tickets. Reserve your Free ticket by calling the Beth David office at 408. 257.3333. Visit our blog for CBD’s High Holiday Schedule.  Look for fellow young adults at CBD’s Kehillah Ketana Services at Ascension Church (Shares the parking lot with CBD). Check out Jews’ Next Dor High Holy Day events: Monday, August 31st, 7pm, Apples & Honey Cook-off Sunday, September 27, Feast Before You Fast (and we’ll sit together at Kol Nidre Services) Monday, September 28, Breakfast Break Fast Tuesday, October 6, 6:45pm, Hanging in the Hut
Events
Visit our Calendar of Events for up-to-date event information. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed of the Jews’ Next Dor Google calendar. Check out our community young adult Google calendar (thanks Ella for keeping this up!), or search Google public calendars for “Jewish Bay Area” To RSVP or plan a Jews’ Next Dor event contact us at jewsnextdor[at]beth-david.org
Feast Before You Fast (Cooking, Eating, Services)
Sunday, September 27, 2009 1pm--Prepare and cook dinner at Aleeza's home. 3:30-5:30--Fill your tummy with something yummy 6pm--Kol Nidre Services   Cooking and eating will take place at Aleeza's home in Cupertino. Please RSVP to JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org for the address, if you're coming to cook, or just to eat. Also, let us know if you'd like to help with the menu plan, shopping or cleaning up.  Please arrive no later then 5pm if you're coming just to eat. Aleeza is being honored with holding a Torah during the opening Kol Nidre prayer, thus must be on time for services.   Please join Aleeza at Kol Nidre Services at Congregation Beth David's Kehillah Ketana Service at the Ascension Church (across the parking lot from CBD) Services begin at 6:00pm. Free tickets for those 33 and under are available by calling the Beth David office at 408.257.3333.   Project Isaiah: Inspired by a line in the Halftorah for Yom Kippur the annual Food & Clothing Drive organized by CBD's Social Action committee will again take place. Please consider bringing a bag of non-perishable food to donate to Feeding America, America's Second Harvest. There will be collection barrels outside of the building before entering services.   If you're coming to cook and plan on joining us for Kol Nidre Services we recommend bringing a change of clothes. You'll be able to change at our hosts. It is traditional to wear white, a symbol of purity and mercy as well as not wearing leather or gold.  Following these traditions is optional.   RSVPs appreciated by September 22 to JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org. This event is free.
Breakfast Break Fast
7:30pm, Monday, September 28, 2009 Original House of Pancakes 420 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos, Ca Hosted by Roots Collective and Hillel at Stanford’s Grad Student and Young Adult Group Co-sponsored by the Oshman Family JCC and Jews Next Dor Sept 28, 2009  7:30pm to 10:00pm After a long day of meaningful fasting, don’t you want some good ‘ole comfort food to return you to your previously human state? We’ve got just the thing… Join young adults from around the Peninsula and South Bay for a delicious Breakfast Break-Fast at the Original House of Pancakes (420 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos) from 7:30-10:00 p.m. for a made-to-order fast-quenching meal. We’ve rented out the entire place and prepared a set menu for you to enjoy your favorite breakfast foods, just the way you like ‘em. Join us.  Bring a friend.  Just be sure to online today to reserve your seat.  $12 online, $15 at the door. Register NOW at http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=189578.
Hanging in the Hut
6:45pm, Tuesday, October 6, 2009 Private Home in San Jose, near Cupertino & Saratoga. RSVP for the address. Our annual Hanging in the Hut (or out as the case maybe) is back. Enjoy a FREE dinner under the Sechach and stars while we dine and schmooze in the Sukkah of Rabbi Schonbrun and family. We encourage all young adults to come as we recognize our volunteers and give out our first ever Superlative awards. Vote for these by September 6. And if that’s not enough we’ll be kicking off our annual Toy Drive as well! Please bring a new toy or more for our annual toy drive to support Jewish Family Services. We’re looking for toys for ages 0-17 unwrapped. RSVP appreciated to JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org
Meet & Greet at Great Vegi Land
7pm, Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Great Vegi Land, 562 South Murphy Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086   Join Jews’ Next Dor for some delicious Chinese vegetarian fare at Great Vegi Land, 562 South Murphy Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (near El Camino & Sunnyvale-Saratoga). Chat with old friends and meet someone new as we enjoy delicious hot pots….  Plus, where else can nice Jewish boys and girls indulge in shrimp and oysters?   The restaurant isn’t very big – please try to RSVP in advance, so the owners can decide whether to close the place just for us.    We will be sharing family style platters of food.  Bring cash for up to a $20 cost per person ($1’s much appreciated), to be calculated and collected after the meal.   Please RSVP to JewsN...@beth-david.org.
Comedy Sportz – JND Fundraiser
9pm, Saturday, October 17, 2009 Comedy Sportz in San Jose, 288 S. Second St., San Jose, CA 95113   You're invited to ComedySportz, an award-winning interactive comedy show where two teams of "act-letes" compete for audience laughs and points while improvising scenes, games, operas and musicals based on audience suggestions. This show will support Jews' Next Dor and is family friendly. Join us  9pm show at Comedy Sportz in San Jose, 288 S. Second St., San Jose, CA 95113. Tickets are $20, with $5 of each ticket going to Jews' Next Dor. Purchase tickets online at http://comedysportzsanjose.com/showtimes.html , click on the "Buy Tickets" button for the Saturday 9pm show. Find October 17 and select the fundraiser ticket. You can also call  408-985-5233 and request a fundraiser ticket. For more information contact  JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org
“The Chosen” by TheatreWorks
7:30pm, Thursday, October 22, 2009  Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts Join Jews’ Next Dor 30 and under crowd as we watch TheatreWorks production of The Chosen based on Chain Potok’s book of the same name. Jews’ Next Dor’s Aileen is helping with the set. Tickets are $33 for those 30 and under, contact Aleeza at JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org to reserve your ticket with our group. Space is limited. If you’re your over 30 and want to join this event please let Aleeza know, depending on demand we’ll arrange for group ticketing prices. Show time is 8pm at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.
Jews’ Next Dor Shabbat, Tu b’shvat
9:30am, Saturday, January 30, 2010 Congregation Beth David, 19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga, Ca 95070   Jews’ Next Dor is leading the Shabbat morning service at Congregation Beth David, 19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga, Ca. http://beth-david.org. Please join us if you’ll be participating, or just to support your friends and represent Jews’ Next Dor to the congregation, who supports us. Schmooze with your friends at the luncheon we’re sponsoring afterwards. Services begin at 9:30am, all males are required to wear a kippah, Beth David supplies some if you don’t have one. It’s also the Holiday of Tu B’shvat, the new year or birthday of the trees in Judaism. We’re looking forward to seeing you there. For anything Jews’ Next Dor Shabbat related please contact   JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org, thanks in advance.   Join the Kiddush Klub any Saturday morning to get familiar or practice Shabbat morning services at CBD.   Now a few technical notes: ·         Any one leading must wear a kippah and a talit, you can bring your own, or borrow from the shul. ·         We’d love to get as many young adults to participate as possible. If you’d like to learn something a few of your peers are willing to teach. ·         Contact  JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org if you’re be willing to do any of parts listed below.   If you’re interested in something not listed, please ask about it.  If you’re not sure what something is, please ask we’d love to educate you or trigger your memory. ·         Birkhot Ha’Shahar /Pseukei D’Zimra (9:30 am Sharp) ·         Shaharit ·         Torah Service ·         Open Ark (2 people) ·         Carry Torah ·         Gabbai   (Two Aliyot must be reserved for Congregants, which two doesn’t matter) ·         Aliyah 1 ·         Aliyah 2 ·         Aliyah 3 ·         Aliyah 4 ·         Aliyah 5 ·         Aliyah 6 ·         Aliyah 7 ·         Aliyah Maftir (Halftorah reader)   ·         Torah Reader 1 (Exodus 14:26 – 15:21) ·         Torah Reader 2 (Exodus 15:22 – 26) ·         Torah Reader 3 (Exodus 15:27 – 16:10) ·         Torah Reader 4 (Exodus 16:11-17) ·         Torah Reader 5 (Exodus 16:28-36) ·         Torah Reader 6 (Exodus 17:1-7) ·         Torah Reader 7 (Exodus 17:8-16) ·         Torah Reader Maftir (Exodus 17:14-16)   ·         Hagbah (Lifting the Torah) ·         Gelilah (Dressing the Torah) ·         Halftorah (Judges 4:4 – 5:31) ·         Prayer for Our Country (English) ·         Prayer for Israel (English and/or Hebrew) ·         Carrying the Torah (return) ·         Closing the Ark (2 people) ·         Drash (English, Talk on Torah portion and/or Tu b’Shvat) ·         Musaf ·         Kiddush and Motzi before lunch ·         Birkat HaMazon (Grace after meals)   ·         You can check out CBD’s religious school wiki for audio clips of tunes, list of page numbers in the Siddur Sim Shalom used by Congregation Beth David http://cbdshulschool.wikispaces.com/Tefillah ·         In order for us to provide a luncheon for the congregation following services we’re looking for a little help. If you’re interested in helping to shop, prepare, or donate towards lunch please send us an email. ·         For the luncheon we’d love if anyone would like to contribute baked goods. They must adhere to the Congregation’s Kashrut Policy, which can be found online http://beth-david.org/kashrut.htm. They must be delivered to Congregation Beth David before Shabbat.
Kiddish Klub
9:30am, Saturday Mornings Congregation Beth David, 19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga, Ca The Kiddush Klub is an informal and unofficial gathering of Jews’ Next Dor on our home turf, Congregation Beth David, on Shabbat mornings.  Some of us come for services, others just for lunch, we’d love for you to join us for either or both. Services begin at 9:30am (you’re welcome to stumble in anytime) Kiddush begins around noon (12pm). Consider this an open invitation to join us, and the CBD community any Saturday morning. Questions? JewsN...@beth-david.org. It’s a great way to prepare for Jews’ Next Dor Shabbat, which will be January 30th, 2010. We hope you’ll help us in leading the Service that morning at Congregation Beth David.
Volunteer
Jews’ Next Dor is a 100% volunteer run group. Want to get involved? We need people to plan events, help with events, blog, host events, publicity, shop, come up with new ideas, and so much more. No time commitment is too small.  Drop us a note with how you can help or that you’re willing to help to JewsN...@beth-david.org.
Congregation Beth David
Congregation Beth David is an egalitarian congregation affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Located in Saratoga, California, [MAP] Beth David encourages its members to be active participants in creating a vibrant Jewish community throughout Silicon Valley. Our size enables us to support a broad spectrum of programs and activities to enhance Jewish knowledge, practice, and commitment. · Events Calendar · Mid Month Mailers · Shabbat Bulletin Archive · Beth David Star Newsletter · Membership Info · Adult Ed · Social Action Check out the Mizvahs you can help with.   Support the Shul while Shopping online or by dropping off your used inkjet cartridges in the Shul lobby, by the front door.
About Jews’ Next Dor
Jews’ Next Dor (“Dor” means “generation” in Hebrew), Congregation Beth David’s Young Adult  Group (CBDYAG), is an active community of Jewish 20 and 30 somethings centered in the South Bay, Ca . We enjoy multiple events a month including celebrating holidays, social action, educational and of course social events around the Bay Area. You don’t have to be a member of Congregation Beth David to be part of our group or attend our events. Our community is comprised of singles and couples and is fully volunteer run. We’re partially subsidized by and associated with Congregation Beth David in Saratoga, Ca. Don’t miss out on all the fun being had! We look forward to meeting you at a future event. JewsN...@beth-david.org. Jews’ Next Dor also serves as a resource for Young Jewish Life in the Bay Area. Email Us:  JewsN...@beth-david.org. Find Us Our Group on Facebook "Jews' Next Dor" Visit our blog: http://cbdyag.wordpress.com Subscribe to Jews' Next Dor Blog by Email Entries (RSS) Comments (RSS) Calendar (RSS)