After a joyful, spirited, meaningful, fun month of Pride; join us to reflect on this special season. We will get to know each other, be led in a sound bath, and end the evening with havdalah. Bring your yoga mat and/or a blanket (and a pillow, if you really want to get cozy) as we bid adieu to Pride month and Shabbat and focus on what we want to bring with us into the rest of the year. Light refreshments will be served. The popular BCC clothing swap will also be open for our afternoon together. This is a free event.

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Represent BCC in the Santa Monica community at our booth on the SaMo Pride on the Promenade! Not looking to volunteer, that’s fine! Just stop by to say hi and grab some freebies!

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Join your BCC friends and family as we march in the West Hollywood Pride Parade representing our historic and sacred community! We encourage participants to wear BCC gear for this event.

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Join us for a screening of the film “Lives Beyond Motion” followed by a Q&A with director/writer Keith Glassman. “Lives Beyond Motion” is an inspirational film about dancers and their significance in our culture. Light refreshments will be served. Tickets are $10 to BCC members and $18 to non-members.

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View the trailer here!

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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. Please bring gently used clean clothes in all sizes, as well as unopened/unused hair and makeup products. 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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Watch the 2025 High Holy Day sermons

Erev Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah Morning

Kol Nidrei

Yom Kippur

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One Value at a Time: A Class Exploring Jewish Values

During the High Holy Days, Rabbi Jillian spoke about using our moral voices and living our values in real ways every day. Each month we will explore a different Jewish value from their origins in our texts to practical application in our lives now. Let’s strengthen our knowledge of our values together! Beginning November 2nd, in person at BCC, continuing the first Sunday of each month. To be led by Rabbi Jillian Cameron.

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Dear Friends, It has now been two months since the wildfires devastated such wide swaths of our Los Angeles community. I am so proud of how our community came together, checking on one another and helping to ensure those BCC members who were affected were taken care of, emotionally and through donations of clothing, furniture, and more. Just a few days after the fires began, I was listening to one of our community members talk about the experience of losing their home in the Eaton Fire, and one thing he mentioned was the loss of their Jewish books: prayer books, history books, Torah commentaries, and more.  I quickly decided that I would begin to replenish this lost Jewish library and house it in my office until it was ready to be picked up and taken to its new home.  But then it dawned on me – how many others have similarly lost their Jewish libraries across Los Angeles? Thus, the BCC Jewish Library Project was born. So many amazing individuals and organizations have stepped up to help those affected by the fires.  This is something our community can do – build as many starter Jewish libraries as we can. As people begin to rebuild and/or find new places to call home in the coming months and years, they can come by BCC and grab their Jewish Library collection and not have to start from scratch on their own.  We can collect books that individuals or communities want to give away or don’t need any longer and also collect donations to purchase books.  A preferred book list will be forthcoming for those who have books to donate. We will create a “Jewish Library starter kit” that will have the basics and people can take with them as a set and also have categories of books (ie. Jewish fiction, Jewish philosophy, queer Jewish books, etc.) that folks can browse and choose what they’d like to add. The Social Action committee and the BCC Board are on board, and I am eager to dive in and get started.  If you are interested in participating in this project and working with me to make it happen, I would be honored and grateful! There are a few ways to get involved: First, we need a small steering committee who will work together to hammer out the details and infrastructure of the project. Second, we will need folks who want to look through book donations, organize book categories, and create the starter kits. Third, we will need folks to staff the BCC Jewish Library Project Pick up – when the project really comes to fruition! Please be in touch with me: jillian@bcc-la.org if you’re interested in participating! Thank you.  I think we can make a difference together. Rabbi Jillian Cameron

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Friday, June 5 at 7:30 pm: Shabbat Evening Service. In person and on Zoom. To register for Zoom, click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYoduuvpj0pGtKmDkXRJwIl4tpjOv5ojBDI#/registration

Sunday, June 7 at 10:15 am: Interfaith Pride Service. In person only. Before WeHo Pride on the corner of LaCienega and Santa Monica Boulevards.

Sunday, June 7 at 10:30 am: BCC @ WeHo Pride. In person only. To RSVP to march with BCC, click here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIuEuUd_VqbPs2V5hZL_x2KNUYwmpQHkadEi-FdlkKd7XXSw/viewform?usp=dialog

Tuesday, June 9 at 7 pm: Torah Study. On Zoom only. To register for Zoom, click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Jv4Y_YD2Tb6tvljALqzFAQ

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