Event Calendar

Explore upcoming programs, classes, and events for all ages—stay active, connect with others, and find meaningful moments at PJCC every day.

2023 Z3 Conference (At Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto)

In the face of unimaginable tragedy and heartbreak, be part of a reflective conversation that brings the community together. The Z3 Project, which has drawn 21,000 people to in-person events since 2015, presents its ninth annual Z3 Conference with the goal of creating a stronger bond between Diaspora and Israeli Jewry. This event takes place […]

Food for Thought: Joanne Greene – By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go

Joanne Greene was always in charge. She anchored the news and hosted talk shows on San Francisco radio for decades before running Jewish programs at the Marin JCC – until a traumatic accident suddenly removed her ability to control anything. By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go is a story of resilience and perseverance and […]

Lunch & Learn: Surprising Talmudic Stories

With Aviv Siegel, Community Leader and Rabbinical Student Join us for a fresh and different look at some Talmudic stories. We will read stories together and have a lively discussion to see connections between what the Rabbis wrote more than 1,500 years ago and our lives today. Email the Jewish Life team to register.

Food for Thought: Rachel B. Gross, Feeling Jewish: Nostalgia & Religion

American Jews tell stories about who they are and where they come from through a range of everyday objects and supposedly secular organizations. In her book, Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice, religious studies professor Rachel B. Gross examines the ways many American Jews express longing for Eastern European heritage and argues that […]

Get Up and Go/Beth El Sr. Friendship Club: Gratitude with Christin Mullen

  Noon – bring your lunch and socialize in the Board Room 1:00 pm  Christin Mullen will lecture about gratitude and ways to reset your nervous system by bringing about renewing emotions and holding depleting emotions differently. Gratitude is a form of self-care and making this a daily practice brings a more wholehearted living. 

Update from Uganda with Rabbi Gershom Sizomu

Enjoy music, a presentation and a chance to ask questions of Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, Chief Rabbi of Abayudaya Community in Uganda. Rabbi Gershom has led the community through Covid, while serving in Parliament, and while studying in Los Angeles and Israel for ordination in the Conservative Movement. Learn about this flourishing 100 year-old community that […]

PJCC/PTBE Get Up and Go Social Hour: Rabbi Gershom Sizomu

Join us for a fascinating presentation (with music) by Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, the Chief Rabbi of Uganda, leader of the Abayudaya Jewish Community, and first Jewish member of the Ugandan Parliament. The Abayudaya, whose tribal name means “people of Judah,” are Uganda’s minority Jewish community of 2,000 Jews.

PJCC/PTBE Get Up and Go Social Hour: Bingo!

Build friendships, make connections, and enjoy our special times of community and conversation. Most events are hybrid (offered both at the PJCC and virtually); please see program name and description for specifications. Attending in person? Come at 12:00 pm and socialize! Bring your lunch, or purchase Rafael’s delicious dishes from Café at the J. For […]