CAFE (COMMUNITY AND FAMILY EDUCATION)

CAFE (Community and Family Education) is a venue between youth and family education, membership programs and the preschool designe to offer a range of programs that target congregants at various stages of life.

UPCOMING CAFE PROGRAMS...

Building Blocks
Stepping Up
SOMAnu-El
The Chuppah and Beyond
Baruch Ha'ba
Bagels and Babies
Got Shabbat?
Simchat Shabbat
Havurot

THE CHUPPAH AND BEYOND

1- October 7
2- October 14
3- October 21
4- October 28
5- November 4
6- November 11

Are you getting married? Are you recently married? CAFE Emanu-El (Community and Family Education) presents... “The Chuppah and Beyond” - a series for engaged or newly married couples. We are providing you with a great opportunity to meet other couples and share Jewish traditions together.

Facilitated by our family programs coordinator, Leslie Ticktin, and our Congregation Emanu-El clergy, these classes will help you enhance your communication, and develop the necessary skills to foster a long, happy, loving relationship. Join us as we help you plan your future together!

The cost per couple for the 6-week series is $50 for members and $75 for non-members. Classes are on Thursday evenings from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. If you are interested in learning more, please send an email with your names, wedding date (if you have one), phone number and mailing address to contact Leslie Ticktin at lticktin@ emanuelsf.org.

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BARUCH HA'BA

Stay tuned for upcoming dates!

Are you expecting a baby? CAFE Emanu-El (Community and Family Education) presents... Baruch Ha’ba: Jewish Parenting for Expectant Parents, an exciting series for expectant parents. Before your bundle of joy arrives, learn many ways to prepare for your new Jewish family. Leslie Ticktin, our Family Programs Coordinator, will facilitate the group along with our clergy and various guest speakers.

Topics Include: The responsibilities of Jewish parenting; Brit Milah, Pidyon Haben; Simchat Bat; names; Israel; talking to your children about holiness; Jewish education (both adults and children); SF Jewish community and Congregation Emanu-El; your Jewish home; celebrating Shabbat and other holidays with children; continuing Jewish traditions.

Cost PER COUPLE: $50 for members and $75 for non-members. Register online

GOT SHABBAT?

Saturday, August 14
10:45 am - Noon
Room 56

Your family is invited to a Shabbat morning experience at Temple Emanu-El. Please join Jonathan Bayer and members of our clergy for a fun-filled service.

Join us on the second Saturday morning of each month. Families with children of ALL AGES are welcome! Starting at 10:45 am and ending at noon, your family will enjoy a short service, arts-n-crafts, music…and of course, a bagel nosh!

Questions? Please contact Leslie at Lticktin@emanuelsf.org
or call (415) 751-2541 x167

BAGELS & BABIES



Join us for our next event on:

Friday, August 20
9:30 – 11:00 a.m.

FAMILY SERVICES & WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

First Friday Shabbat
The First Friday service is musical, fun, short and perfect for families with children of all ages. The service begins at 6:00 pm at Temple Emanu-El.

SOMAnu-EL

September 24, 6:00 pm
Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center located at 515 Cortland Avenue

Please join us on May 28 at the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 DeHaro Street, at Southern Heights Street. This popular, musical, upbeat Shabbat service is perfect for all ages. Service starts at 6:00 pm and a Mediterranean dinner follows.

NEW LOCATION!
Beginning in September we will meet at the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center located at 515 Cortland Avenue. A 6:00 pm service will take place with dinner immediately following:

September 24, October 22, November 26

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SIMCHAT SHABBAT: THE JOY OF SHABBAT

First Friday of each month: The dinner will be held in May and June, and will resume on October 2. A festive community Shabbat dinner on the first Friday of the month, following the 5:30 and 6:00 pm services and preceding the 7:30 pm service.

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BUILDING BLOCKS
Wednesdays, 10:00 – 11:30 am, Room 56

Building Blocks is a playgroup for infants and toddlers from 4–18 months and a support group for their parents. The program provides infants and toddlers with the opportunity to play in an enriched, age-appropriate setting. During the program there is time set aside for the director and the parents to discuss various topics including Jewish holidays, Jewish culture, and children and parent issues.

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STEPPING UP
Fridays, 10:00 – 11:30 am, Guild Hall

Stepping Up is designed for parents and their children ages 18 months to 2 1/2 years old. Stepping Up provides children with the opportunity to interact in an enriched, age appropriate environment Jewish setting. Children spend the morning participating in activities such as building with blocks and manipulative toys, doing puzzles, and exploring the world of creative arts and dramatic play as well as celebrating Jewish holidays. Parents can watch the children as they play, and talk with the facilitator and each other about the joys and concerns that are common to raising children of this age.

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HAVUROT

Families with young children are invited to join our havurah program. Havurot are groups of 10-12 families that meet monthly and program on their own, with the resources and support of the Temple staff. We generally try to match the ages of the children, and encourage the groups to program both adult-child and adults only activities. For an application, please contact Leslie Ticktin, lticktin@emanuelsf.org, or leave a message at (415) 751-2541 x167.

These programs are made possible by a gift from the John and Lisa Pritzker Family Fund.