Community Circles
Community Circles
Building community and friendships through shared interests.
Community Circle Offerings
Our current Community Circle offerings are listed below. Please reach out to the Paige Kaplan with your questions and interest. She will get back to you with more details about the meetings and activities, and add you to your Circle list(s) of interest.
Don’t see a Circle for you? Please let Paige know if you have an idea for a Circle want to coordinate a new Community Circle.
We look forward to building community together!
Hiking Groups
Youth Ed Parent Hiking Group
Meet and chat with other youth ed parents while getting some exercise in the beautiful Los Altos Hills. This Circle will start hiking on April 24 during Sunday Program.
Additional Hiking Group(s) Don't have kids in Youth Ed? Join fellow Beth Am hikers for moderate hikes in the area. Dates, times and hike locales TBD by the group or groups.
Pick Up 2x2 Basketball
Like to play basketball, but want to keep it fun and injury free(ish)? Join other Beth Am members for 2X2 basketball. Dates, times and courts TBD by the group.
Pickleball
Love to play pickleball? Have no idea what it is? Join other Beth Am members to learn and play this popular game. Dates, times and court locales TBD by the group.
Art & Wine
If you enjoy getting creative and want to share/learn new forms of art with fine (or not so fine) wine, join this Circle of six fellow enthusiasts that will meet monthly or every other month to craft together.
Board Games / Bridge
Love board games? Always wanted to learn to play Bridge? This Circle will have a lot of fun learning and playing together.
Parents with older teens, young adults in college and beyond.
Connect with other parents whose kids are mostly grown and almost flown. Dates and events TBD by the group.
Audio Visual
Do you miss your high school or college days of running the tech booth? Or have always wanted to learn? This Circle will learn how to use and run our streaming tech with the goal of helping to stream services and Beth Am events and help with tech set up as we continue to stream programming in our new hybrid environment.
Thu, May 26 2022
25 Iyar 5782
Upcoming Events
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Friday ,
MayMay 27 , 2022Congregant-Facilitated Learning: Beth Am Reading Group
Friday, May 27th 1:00p to 2:00p
Join us for explorations of various contemporary Jewish writings. -
Friday ,
MayMay 27 , 2022Tot Shabbat: Story Time, Songs and Shabbat
Friday, May 27th 5:00p to 6:00p
Join Beth Am clergy for a short story and a few songs! A nice way to start your Shabbat. This event is for families with children ages 0-5 years. -
Friday ,
MayMay 27 , 2022Erev Shabbat Service
Friday, May 27th 6:15p to 7:30p
Our worship services are musical, participatory and informal in spirit; they focus on helping us experience the spiritual renewal, peace, joy and sense of celebration that Shabbat can bring. Proof of vaccination and masks are required at Beth Am. -
Saturday ,
MayMay 28 , 2022Torah Study (In Person, Streaming or Zoom)
Shabbat, May 28th 9:00a to 10:00a
On Shabbat morning, join a member of the Beth Am clergy for a session of Torah study. Stay for the Good Book Cafe! -
Saturday ,
MayMay 28 , 2022Good Book Cafe
Shabbat, May 28th 10:00a to 10:20a
Join other Torah Study participants for some discussion and schmoozing. -
Saturday ,
MayMay 28 , 2022Torah Minyan Shabbat Morning Service
Shabbat, May 28th 10:30a to 11:30a
Join Beth Am clergy and/or lay leaders for a musical Shabbat morning worship service focused on learning and spiritual growth. -
Saturday ,
MayMay 28 , 2022Shabbat Morning Service: Bat Mitzvah Morrison
Shabbat, May 28th 10:30a to 12:30p
All are welcome and encouraged to join the family of our Bat Mitzvah in worship and celebration. -
Sunday ,
MayMay 29 , 2022CANCELLED -- Slow Torah: Lay-Led Torah Study Class
Sunday, May 29th 9:00a to 10:00a
Slow Torah is a lay-led class that continues the Beth Am tradition of studying the Torah verse by verse. -
Monday ,
MayMay 30 , 2022
Monday, May 30th (All day)
The Beth Am campus will be closed in observance of Memorial Day. -
Tuesday ,
MayMay 31 , 2022Facing Our Truths – Small Group Discussions on Race (Tuesday Afternoons)
Tuesday, May 31st 2:00p to 4:00p
Beth Am’s Racial Justice and Equity Initiative will be convening several small groups of 5-10 participants to meet for a series of 6 sessions about how we face our truths about race, privilege, power and the biases that we all hold.