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Weekly News & Updates
May 8, 2025 - 10 Iyyar 5785
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CLICK HERE for this week's Healing List.
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For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have assigned it to you for making expiation for your lives upon the altar; it is the blood, as life, that effects expiation.
Leviticus 17:11
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The 2025 Vision Awards on Sunday was such a special celebration of our beloved BCC community and my fellow honorees! Well over 100 people, members, friends and family, gathered together to chat, eat, laugh and revel in the joys of community. We are truly blessed. There will be many more thank yous to come, but for now: Thank You to everyone who joined us on Sunday, donated, volunteered, organized, danced, silent auction-ed, and participated with full hearts.
If you didn’t get a chance to add to the Vision Commission’s BCC Timeline of past, present and future, it will remain in the lobby through the congregational meeting in July, so feel free to keep adding to it the next time you are at BCC!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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Shabbat Evening Service
Friday, May 9, 7:30 pm
Join Cantorial Soloist Nick Hylander and Rabbinic Intern Ian Perry as we welcome Shabbat together through soulful song, prayer, creative teachings, and communal connection. Interested in sponsoring an aspect of a Shabbat service to celebrate a simcha (joyful occasion) or honor a loved one? Click here to sponsor. And join us before Shabbat for dinner at Natalee Thai at 6 pm. Click here to RSVP!
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Mother's Day Remembrance Service
Sunday, May 11, 10 am
Join Hillside Memorial for a meaningful and uplifting Remembrance Service as we honor the extraordinary women who have shaped our lives - our mothers. Refreshments will be served.
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Trans Havurah Hangout
Sunday, May 11, 12 pm
Na'avor (let's cross), BCC's trans Havurah, invites you to join our monthly Zoom hangout. We welcome people who are trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, GNC, intersex, and allies. Join us to catch up and schmooze! Contact transhavurah@bcc-la.org if you need more information!
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Voices from the Shadows: LGBTQ Experiences During the Nazi Era
Wednesday, May 14, 7 pm
Eric Marcus, founder and host of the award-winning Making Gay History podcast provides an introduction to MGH’s current 12-episode series on the experiences of LGBTQ people during the rise of the Nazi regime, World War II, and the Holocaust. Drawing on extensive research conducted for this first-of-its-kind audio documentary, Eric will share clips from archival interviews that bring this painful, often hidden history to life through the voices of the people who lived it.
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New Member Shabbat
Friday, May 16
Pizza Party: 6:30 pm
Shabbat Service: 7:30 pm
Join Rabbi Jillian Cameron and BCC member Robin Berkovitz as we welcome Shabbat together through soulful song, prayer, creative teachings, and communal connection. Interested in sponsoring an aspect of a Shabbat service to celebrate a simcha (joyful occasion) or honor a loved one? Click here to sponsor. This is a special New Member Shabbat where we'll welcome our new members to the congregation!
- 6:30 pm - Pre-Shabbat Pizza Party
- 7:30 pm - Shabbat service begins in the sanctuary
Click here to RSVP for the Pizza Party!
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Civil Rights Conversation with Rabbi Jonathan Miller
Sunday, May 18, 2 pm
Rabbi Jonathan Miller will be offering some insights about working in Birmingham, Alabama and his experiences as a rabbi in the south. Click here to register for Zoom!
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Shavuot
Sunday, June 1, 7 pm
Join us as we celebrate Shavuot with worship, study and dairy treats with our friends from Temple Akiba.
| | Do you need a ride to BCC on a Friday night or other events? Or, can you offer someone a ride? We'll try to connect people in need of a ride with people who can offer one. Click here to offer or request a ride. Email the office for questions at bcc@bcc-la.org. | | The BCC Jewish Library project is a new initiative to help Los Angeles Jewish community members rebuild their Jewish libraries in the wake of the January 2025 wildfires. To learn more about the initiative and how you can take part, click here. | | |
Seeking announcement-makers!
Do you care about all the many things happening at BCC each week? Want to share them with the community? We are looking for BCC members who would like to make post-service announcements on Friday night. A template and guidelines will be provided. If you’re interested, please reach out to Maggie at bcc@bcc-la.org.
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Did You Know...
You can watch past and current BCC services on the BCC website! When you go to the BCC homepage, click "Livestream" in the menu in the upper right corner. On that page, you can watch the current service being livestreamed. If you scroll to the bottom of the page, you can click the link that says "Watch past services here" to see older services. Click here to visit the Livestream page!
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Support Beth Chayim Chadashim
The World's First LGBTQIA+ Synagogue
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At BCC, we are dedicated to growing and sustaining our synagogue family - virtually and in person. We are grateful to so many of you who share your time, wisdom and resources with our community.
Your continued support and generosity are critical. It allows us to ensure the breadth and depth of all we offer throughout the year, maintain our physical space, sustain our human resources and guarantee our place as a safe, progressive and vibrant LGBTQIA+ Jewish space in the Los Angeles community now and for generations to come. Thank you for your care and commitment to our beloved community.
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