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  • Love, Pray, & Eat Shabbat Service – TEE

    Temple Emanu-El 2100 Highland Ave, Birmingham, AL, United States
    Holidays

    Join us for our new once-a-month Shabbat morning experience at Temple Emanu-El, Love, Pray, & Eat! The Rabbi &/or Cantor will lead this casual Saturday morning service focusing on lessons from the Torah. Our worship will be interactive, engaging, and uplifting. A delicious catered lunch will follow the service. 10:00 AM - Shabbat service in Hess Chapel Followed by a catered lunch in Weil Hall. RSVP to Jan Hirsch, 972-358-6399 or cookiemom88@gmail.com

    Free

  • Friendly Visitor Group Visit @ Greenbriar

    Greenbriar at the Altamont 2831 Highland Ave, Birmingham
    Holidays

    Join CJFS Friendly Visitors to *kibitz, shpiln, and nosh with Greenbriar senior residents. CJFS provides fun and engaging activity bags and snacks, you bring the friendship! The Jewish teaching Kibud zekaynim means "to value the wisdom of past generations, our ancestors, and older family members" and is important for society as a whole. It emphasizes treating everyone with respect, but with special attention to how we treat seniors. Contact Caleigh caleigh@cjfsbham.org or 205-278-7101 to become a volunteer and complete Friendly Visitor training.

    Free

  • Film Screening: October 8

    Levite Jewish Community Center 3960 Monteclair Road, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
    Education

    Join us for a powerful program featuring a screening of the documentary October 8, which explores the alarming rise in antisemitism on college campuses, social media, and in public spaces in the United States following the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel. This timely film provides a stark, urgent look at how anti-Jewish rhetoric and incidents have surged in the aftermath and how students and institutions are responding.   Registration Required.   Following the screening, stay for a panel discussion addressing the current campus climate for Jewish students and what some local universities are doing right. This event offers an opportunity to learn, reflect, and engage in meaningful conversation about fighting antisemtism and protecting Jewish students.  

    Free

  • CJFS Senior Grocery Initiative (SGI) community service: unload and pack groceries

    CARES Building 3794 Crosshaven Drive, Birmingham, AL, United States
    Education

    If you are looking for community service that is quick and efficient, then you've come to the right place!  Join CJFS volunteers to *unload and pack groceries for Sunday SGI delivery day.  Please contact Caleigh@cjfsbham.org or 205-278-7101 to join the SGI signup genius email list. Corporations and groups welcome.  Typical volunteer need: 10-12 individuals.  Youth 6+ welcome. *Do you have a truck or large vehicle and want to help transport grocery boxes from Community Foodbank of Central Alabama (Homewood) to our CARES site (Cahaba Heights)?  Please let Caleigh know! Todah rabah

    Free

  • Prayer Gathering for the Release of Captives – TEE

    Temple Emanu-El 2100 Highland Ave, Birmingham, AL, United States
    Education

    It is a custom in Judaism to pray for the release of captives. On Friday evenings, we will gather in the Hess Chapel to read the over 200 names we have of those being held since October 7, and offer a prayer for their release. All are welcome.

  • Joseph Goodman Bar Mitzvah

    Temple Emanu-El 2100 Highland Ave, Birmingham, AL, United States
    Bat / Bar Mitzvah

    Joseph Goodman Bar Mitzvah

  • CJFS Senior Grocery Initiative Delivery Day

    CARES Building 3794 Crosshaven Drive, Birmingham, AL, United States
    Events and Meetings

    CJFS is celebrating our 5-year partnership with Community Foodbank of Central Alabama to provide The Senior Grocery Initiative food deliveries directly to client's doorsteps.  One Sunday a month, volunteer's transport groceries and have the opportunity to provide a wellness visit!  Please contact Caleigh@cjfsbham.org or 205-278-7101 to complete volunteer intake & receive the signup genius emails.  Todah rabah Shift 1 2-3 volunteers needed 11:50-1:15 to transfer groceries into delivery volunteers vehicles Shift 2 Volunteers sign up for as few or as many deliveries as they are interested in.  Pickup opens at 12:15 and ends at 1:15.  Volunteers have opportunity to provide a friendly visit during delivery--friendships encouraged!

    Free

  • Social Action Committee Zoom

    Temple Beth-El 2179 Highland Avenue, Birmingham, AL, United States
    Events and Meetings

    Social Action Committee Zoom

  • LJCC Governing Board

    LJCC Board Room
    Events and Meetings

    Meeting of the LJCC Governing Board