Event Calendar

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

Fri-J: Tu b’Shvat Lobby Party

Enjoy a festive, fruit-filled Tu B’Shvat mixer that will help make the connection to Shabbat and the special environmental focus of this holiday. Experience beautiful organic produce. Learn about the produce and agriculture of the land of Israel, and specifically, the importance of the Gaza Envelope Kibbutz region, which is the fruit basket of the […]

Passover Fun for Families

Passover Fun for Families with Rabbi Laurie & Deborah The Reading Bug 785 Laurel Street, San Carlos Sunday, April 7 • 11:00 am -12:00 pm Enjoy stories, songs, and Seder crafts! Free and drop-in; come by after brunch or the Farmers’ Market. Your Seder table will look even more lively with the projects you make […]

Community Seders on the North Peninsula

Our North Peninsula community has graciously invited the wider community to participate in one of four Seders hosted by the local synagogues. All are hosted on the second night of Passover, are family-friendly, and require pre-registration. Please click on each link below for more information, pricing, or to sign up. Congregation Beth Jacob in Redwood City […]

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Blue and White Party

Sunday, May 19 10:30 to 12pm at the PJCC Join your Peninsula community for a rockin’ Israel Independence Day party. (0-5 years) Put on your favorite blue and white duds and join us for a rockin’ Israel Independence Day party. We will have songs, crafts, puppets, playtime, and special snacks. Carol from JBN and Rabbi […]

Community Observance of Tisha b’Av

The Scroll of Lamentations will be chanted, and north peninsula clergy will teach about lessons of Tisha B’Av in a post October 7th world.  Congregation Beth Jacob 1550 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City Free and open to all

Get Up & Go/Beth El Senior Friendship Club: The Music of the High Holidays

A time for reflection and forgiveness, Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur are observed with special musical settings infused with emotion. These songs turn us inward and enhance our spiritual experience. Performer: Mark Levy has been performing for the past 35 years. He has evolved to include songs from the Old World and the New, sung […]

Get Up & Go/Senior Friendship: Holiday Bake and Chat

Get ready for Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) by baking an apple pastry while chatting with Rabbi Laurie Matzkin about the High Holidays. The Jewish calendar is luni-solar, so the holidays begin in the evening, and continue through nightfall the next day. Rosh Hashanah kicks off with a festive evening meal, followed by another on […]

S’lichot Service: A North Peninsula Collaboration

S’lichot Service: A North Peninsula Collaboration Join your North Peninsula clergy for a moving Havdalah and reflective service in the PTBE sanctuary. Be a part of this ritual of transition as our Torah mantles are changed to their holiday whites and the shofar is sounded. Hybrid – register for zoom link

Nature Journaling under the Sukkah

In Sukkot, our gratitude is expressed for blessings like good food and a safe shelter as we celebrate the yearly harvest and our connection to nature. Nature journaling is a way to build a creative connection with the environment, enriching your experiences and develop observation, curiosity, gratitude, reverence, memory. It helps you discover, think, remember, and integrate new […]

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Sukkot Garden Party

Join the PJCC community for a fun afternoon in the Sukkah! We’ll have snacks, games, stories and crafts!