Calendar

September 3: Expanding our relationship to Divinity 

Understanding and deepening our own understanding and connection to the Divine can be a grounding and inspiring force in our life. Join us as we explore our personal authentic relationship to Divinity and how co-creating lives of meaning with the Divine can be understood expansively. 

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Join us for an important campus clean-up day as we ready not only ourselves for the new year during the month of Elul, but also refresh and prepare our beloved synagogue leading up to the High Holy Days.

We need lots of volunteers with all kinds of abilities and interests! Let's help our dedicated staff by moving things around, garden, paint, and clean. We have projects for everyone age 10 and up. Join for as long or as little as you can! Water, coffee, and light snacks will be provided. Wear old clothes and bring gloves if you have them. We will provide all other necessary tools and materials. Click here to RSVP!

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September 10: Yearly Reflection and Ritual of Release 

Together we will reflect on the past year–its highlights, growth, and tender moments. We will share a ritual to release what might be weighing us down to make space for greater liberation. 

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Join us for this important exhibit. We will visit together and then come back to BCC to process and discuss. A light bagel lunch with be served.

Click here to purchase tickets for September 15: https://novafestival.seetickets.com/timeslot/nova-music-festival-exhibition-la
Please purchase your own tickets for September 15 at 11 am.

Meet at BCC at 10 am to carpool to the exhibit in Culver City OR meet us at 10:45 at the exhibit.

Please let us know if you are planning to join us by emailing the BCC office at bcc@bcc-la.org. And let us know if you are planning to meet first at BCC or at the exhibit.

Some information about the exhibit:

The Nova Music Festival Exhibition will be in Los Angeles for a limited time starting in August. This exhibit chronicles the beauty of music as a vehicle for joy and unity, and what occurred when it was interrupted by a devastating attack that resulted in the largest massacre in music history. Presented as a way to empower visitors to responsibly explore the tragic events of October 7th, The Nova Music Festival installation recreates a festival dedicated to peace and love that was cut short. While the core of the exhibition is an emotional memorial that enables viewers to bear witness, the experience emphasizes the Nova ethos “we will dance again” – a hopeful message that broadly resonates. It draws on the power of music to heal ourselves, our community, and the world.

After the exhibit, we will return to BCC to process and engage in conversation. A light bagel lunch will be served.

September 17: Sacred Forgiveness 

Our forgiveness practice can be a spiritual evolution. Without radical compassion, we aren’t able to truly release anger and free ourselves from negative feelings that tend to follow us. In this session, we’ll learn how the practice of forgiveness – teshuva – harnesses our own power to move forward.

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Join JQ and Beth Chayim Chadashim for our Trans/Nonbinary Havdalah on Saturday, September 21st from 7-10 pm in Pico Robertson! Join us for light bites and drinks as we say farewell to Shabbat and hello to friends, both old and new!

Trans/Nonbinary events are geared towards the transgender, genderqueer, gender-nonconfirming and nonbinary community. Although JQ welcomes all genders and sexual orientations to all of our events, we ask that you please be mindful that this particular event is meant to be a safe space for a specific identity group, and all those wanting to attend outside of that group should consider reaching out to JQ first before purchasing a ticket. Thank you for your understanding!

Tickets are available for purchase up until 10pm the day before. No tickets will be sold at the door. The exact address will be provided upon ticket purchase.

Click here to register: https://jqinternational.org/events/tehavdalah92124/

September 24: What story of your life is asking to be written this year? We will enjoy a Neshama Letters writing activity to release old fears and affirm how we will honor ourselves and our dreams this year. How is your heart calling you forward? What values are you choosing to guide your life? 

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