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Weekly News & Updates
July 16, 2026 - 2 Av 5786
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CLICK HERE for this week's Healing List.
| | If you are experiencing or caring for someone experiencing health concerns, please be in contact with Rabbi Jillian Cameron. You can reach her by email at jillian@bcc-la.org. | | |
May Adonai, the God of your ancestors, increase your numbers a thousandfold, and bless you as promised.
Deuteronomy 1:11
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Shabbat Evening Service
Friday, July 17, 7:30 pm
Join Rabbi Jillian Cameron and Cantor Kerith Spencer-Solomon as we welcome Shabbat together through soulful song, prayer, creative teachings, and communal connection. This Shabbat will also feature a drash by BCC member Síle Liszka! Celebrating a simcha (joyful occasion) like a birthday or anniversary? Honor your loved ones and friends by sponsoring the oneg (post-service snacks) other aspects of the Shabbat service! Click here to sponsor. And join us before Shabbat for our Pizza Party at 6:30 pm! Click here to RSVP!
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Annual Congregational Meeting
Sunday, July 19, 10 am
Join BCC members at our annual congregational meeting in person. At the meeting, you will make important decisions that will guide our congregation for the next year, including approving the budget and selecting members of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee officers.
We will have a voluntary breakfast buffet (bagels, donuts, fruit, etc.) at 9:30 and start the meeting at 10 am. We will finish by noon.
Remember to give your proxy to another member if you cannot attend the meeting.
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Torah Study
Tuesday, July 21, 7 pm
Join BCC's Rabbi Jillian Cameron every Tuesday from 7 pm - 8:30 pm on Zoom to explore the week's Torah portion through thoughtful discussion and conversation. All are welcome; friends, familiar faces, and new ones. No prior experience needed!
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Tisha B'Av
Wednesday, July 22, 7 pm
Join us in community for Tisha B'Av as we creatively commemorate communal loss and stoke the eternal flames of hope. Learn more about Tisha B'Av and why we observe it here.
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Mourning and Action Together: Tisha B'Av
Thursday, July 23, 12 pm
From CLUE: Join us in Downtown LA for our 4th annual Tisha B'Av action and community gathering. On this saddest day of the Jewish calendar, let's use the moment to mourn the destruction enacted on our communities by ICE, and the cruelty and inhumanity of the detention and deportation machine. We invite Jews and allies throughout our communities to join our local immigrant partners on July 23rd. Through prayers, testimony and action, we will raise our moral voices against the government’s oppressive disappearances, detentions and deportations, and together help rebuild a better world of sanctuary and justice!
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BCC Monthly Clothing Swap
Friday, July 24, 6:45 pm
Join us before Shabbat for a clothing swap! A clothing swap provides an opportunity create a safe, affirming space for trans folks (and everyone!) to explore Shabbat-ready styles. No sign up is necessary; we look forward to seeing you there! Learn more about clothing swaps and their significance here.
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Bet Tzedek talk: Leaving a Legacy
Saturday, July 25, 1 pm
Join us at BCC for an important talk from Alisa Anderson from Bet Tzedek. Alisa Anderson’s Leaving a Legacy Estate planning presentation will include financial and decision-making tools, estate planning tools, limited probate and trust information for heirs of deceased homeowners, and available self-help services. This is a free event. Click here to RSVP!
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BCC Books & Bagels
Sunday, July 26, 10 am
Join fellow BCC book lovers for our monthly book group meeting on Zoom to discuss Jewish fiction or non-fiction book selections, sometimes with LGBT content. Space is limited. Please contact Larry Nathenson for the Zoom link at larrynath@aol.com.
The book for this month is Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai, by Matti Friedman.
The story of Leonard Cohen's concert tour in the Sinai during the Yom Kippur war.
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Neighborhood Project, Long Beach, South Bay, Orange County: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Carpenter Center, Long Beach
Saturday, July 25, 7:15 pm
Join your local BCC friends and family for a performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Carpenter Center in Long Beach! Participants will optionally gather for dinner near the theater around 5:30 pm, then regroup at the Carpenter Center on the CSULB campus for a 7:15 pm showing. Click here to RSVP!
| | 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. | | |
Social Action: Actions and Demonstrations
Our banner brigade is now going on a bi-weekly schedule.
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ACTION: No banner brigade this week!
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ACTION: 📮 Postcard writing. | BCC Social Action Committee has postcards to help get the vote out in critical states. Please help support this cause by picking up some postcards at BCC and filling them out. BCC will provide the postage.
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ACTION: In anticipation of our High Holy Days food collection, please bring in any paper, plastic or cloth bags you would like to donate!
Social Action: Rapid Response Networks and More Resources
If you see ICE Activity anywhere you go, you can report it to the Rapid Response hotlines in your area. A full list of these is available on the BCC website. Click here to see the list. More social action resources and newsletters are also available on the BCC website. Click here to see the list.
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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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