Community Events
Events listed here are hosted by our community partners and are not sponsored by Temple Israel unless noted.
We encourage you to reach out directly to the event organizers with any questions.
Welcome 5787 Together: TC Jewfolk’s Guest-Host Matching Is Back!
Now through the morning of August 28
Guest-Host Information and Sign-Up Form
TC Jewfolk’s High Holiday Matching Program is open now. Whether you’re in search of a table or you’re looking to host, fill out our matching form before it closes the morning of August 28th! We will notify you of your matches by Tuesday, September 1st.
Family, community, and togetherness are major components of how one spends the High Holidays, but finding and making plans can be challenging for many people.
Every High Holiday season, we help bring together guests and hosts through our matching program.
Whether you’re new to town, reconnecting after moving back, or searching for your place, Cincy Jewfolk can help you find a space to spend the High Holidays. Our goal is to help build opportunities for folks in our community to find one another so they can spend the holidays in good company.
“People like me get to complete the rabbinic mitzvah of Haknasat Orchim – welcoming guests and making them feel comfortable, respected, and honored,” said past host Rachel Orzoff.
Tzofim Friendship Caravan
Wednesday, July 29, 6:00 p.m., Sabes JCC, 4330 Cedar Lake Road, St. Louis Park; rsvp required
Free, Donations welcome
For more information regarding public concerts, contact the venue, email Sharon Rosenblum, Minnesota Israeli Scout coordinator, at israeliscoutmn@gmail.com, or visit Tzofim Friendship Caravan.
TCJRC Celebrates Tribute and Transformation!
Sunday, August 9, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Light Refreshments 3:30 p.m. | Program 4:00-4:45 p.m.
South Minneapolis (exact location upon registration)
Free, RSVP today
Twin Cities Jewish Renewal Community welcomes you to join us for a special afternoon honoring transformation! With light refreshments, singing, and remarks, we'll celebrate Sherry Stern's service to the Twin Cities Jewish Renewal Community over the past seven years and welcome new Managing Director Kohenet Riv Shapiro. Special guest speaker: Michelle W. Malkin, Executive Director of ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal.
Jewish Parent Book Club: The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
Wednesday, August 19, 7:30 p.m. in Plymouth
Exact address provided when you RSVP for The Anxious Generation
Having read the book is not a requirement to attend.
Join Jewish families in a non-judgmental environment to discuss the complexities of increasing technology use and to brainstorm ways to create balance and safety for our kids. Wine and snacks will be served.
Old Men Do Newman: Randy Newman's legendary songs of biting satire, humor, and sweet sincerity
Thursday, September 3, 5:30 p.m.
Dunsmore Jazz Room at Crooners, 6161 Highway 65 Northeast, Minneapolis
Tickets for Old Men Do Newman
Doors open at 4:30 p.m. for dinner and drink service.
Through countless nightclubs, concert halls, theaters, orchestra pits, houses of worship, college campuses, and palaces of performance, Mark Bloom has pushed the gods of musical innovation over the past 50 years. His artistic endeavors have taken him across North America to Israel, from backyard weddings to the US capital.
Mark has accompanied Joan Rivers, Second City, Carmel Quinn and Ron Eliran, while collaborating with countless Twin Cities’ vocalists. He’s composed and arranged music for theaters such as the Guthrie, Illusion, History Theater, Cricket, Stages, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, New Classic, Intermedia Arts, and the Actors Theater of St. Paul. Mark produces soundtracks for corporations, non-profits, television, and film.
Mark Bloom: Piano, Vocals
Owen Grossman: String Bass
Mike Kraemer: Drums
Dan Neale: Guitar
Bruce Thornton: Woodwinds
The Chai–light Chorus
Ongoing
The chorale is actively recruiting new members! We’ve been in existence since 2000, having produced over 35 productions. We celebrate the joy of vocal performance without taking it too seriously. Anyone age 60 and above is eligible, and there’s absolutely no program fee — a musical “free for all!” Our weekly rehearsals are during the day. For more information, contact Mark Bloom via email at mark.bloomtru2life@gmail.com or by phone at 612-270–1705.
Jewish Youth Mentoring Program
Jewish Family and Children's Service (JFCS)
Ongoing
The Jewish Youth Mentoring Program (formerly the Jewish Big Brother/Big Sister Program), is a community-based mentoring program for Jewish-identified youth that is designed to promote positive social-emotional-spiritual development and increase engagement in the Jewish community. Since the program’s inception in 1975, it has matched over 400 Jewish youth with mentors.
The program is open to all families! Anyone can benefit from a personal, one-on-one connection with someone who is giving their undivided attention to them.
Participants are matched with carefully screened and selected volunteer mentors based on family preferences, age, gender identity, common interests, geographic proximity and more. Common match activities include visiting libraries or bookstores; arts and crafts; baking; exploring local parks; playing sports; going to museums; playing board games; and attending community events. Mentees are aged 6-12 and mentors are 16 and up, with a valid driver’s license
For questions, contact Dori Gelfman, Jewish Youth Mentoring Program Coordinator, at dgelfman@jfcsmpls.org or 952-542-4835.