Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center
Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center
New on the Web
Community Click!
Begin your next shopping spree at PJTC.net! The merchants featured on or Community Click! page will donate a portion of your purchase to the Temple at no cost to you! Visit the new Community Click! page before you start shopping and you won’t regret it!
Bikkur Cholim / Health and Healing
About the Bikkur Cholim / Health and Healing Committee
General Events
The Case for Israel: Democracy’s Outpost
Sunday, July 12, 7:30 PM
The Israel Committee hosts a screening of the film “The Case for Israel: Democracy’s Outpost.” Hosted by Alan Dershowitz, this documentary presents a vigorous case for Israel—for its basic right to exist, to protect its citizens from terrorism, and to defend its borders from hostile enemies.
Saturday, July 18, 7:00 PM
PJTC’s gifted poets Jennifer Factor, Franci Levine-Grater, Barbara Levinson and Zahava Sweet will share their poems under a canopy of stars.
Wednesday, July 22, 7:30 PM
Please join PJTC Women’s Book Club on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 7:30 PM in the PJTC Library for Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay.
Tikkun Olam / Social Justice
Get your JWW Advocacy Kit!
Protecting the environment is a Mitzvah. Let’s each of us try to take small steps — together we can make a difference in preserving God’s creation!

Visit Cantor Judy’s web page to read her messages from The FLAME and for some new music recommendations!
Religious Services
Sisterhood
Your Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center Sisterhood is affiliated with the Pacific Southwest Branch of the Women's League for Conservative Judaism whose goal is the perpetuation of traditional Judaism in the home, the synagogue and the community. Every synagogue member has an opportunity to affiliate with Sisterhood by becoming a dues-paying member.
Rabbi’s Study
Ritual Committee
Read the Ritual Committee’s new pamphlet, “Cooking at Home for the Synagogue When Your Kitchen Isn’t Kosher?”
For news and views on ethical kashrut, including matters related to Agriprocessors, see
Membership Committee

I welcome you to join us as we celebrate together at chaggim (holidays), enjoy our social and educational programs, and as we lift our voices in song and prayer every Shabbat.
Rabbi Joshua
P.S. If you’d like to find out more information about joining our community, please send an email to membership@pjtc.net. We look forward to hearing from you.
Israel Committee
History Project
Learn about the history of PJTC in PJC: An Experiment in Community Organization, part of the PJTC Eugene Fingerhut Memorial History Project.
A synagogue and community center affiliated with the Conservative Movement.
A membership which observes a wide range of Jewish belief and practice.
An egalitarian congregation where men and women have the same ritual rights and privileges.
A diverse membership including young and old, singles and married, couples and families.
The Israel Committee of the Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center seeks to coordinate all Israel-related events, whether religious, national, ethical, or political, all revolving about the state of Israel and its relationship to our community and to the world around us. We seek to provide the PJTC community with a place where its members can discuss the issues of the day and can voice their feelings about Israel in a safe and supported environment, although not without controversy!
Visit the Rabbi’s Study to read his latest published sermon, messages from The FLAME, podcasts, and more! Listen to the Rabbi’s latest class, Hows and Whys.
Now you can post a comment about the Rabbi’s monthly column in The FLAME!
Be sure to see the new, improved Calendar of Religious Services for the latest dates and times for all of our Religious Services. Now including Hebrew calendar dates, candle lighting and Havdalah times, and torah portions!
Cantor’s Corner
Shabbat Times
Religious School
Kindershule, the Shabbat service for young children and their families is back for three more Saturday mornings. It’s a bright and musical way to daven Shabbat the Kindershule way with Andrea.
Find out more about Louis B. Silver Religious School!
Adult Education Summer School
Jewish Meditation for a Calming Summer
Six Thursdays, Thursday, June 4 through Thursday, July 9
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