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GUESS WHAT?

No moving parts, no batteries,

No monthly payments and no fees.

Inflation proof, non-taxable,

In fact, it’s quite relaxable.

It can’t be stolen, won’t pollute,

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As you may know, Sisterhood has a variety of income sources.  To name a few: membership dues, the New Year Greeting Book greetings and business ads, Tribute cards and Happy Purim Mishloach Manot greetings finance Sisterhood’s ability to support PJTC operating expenses, youth activities and local community needs.  Additionally, we are always pleased to receive unsolicited donations...Read more...

Do you need to acknowledge an anniversary…a birth…a birthday?  Do you need to send a note of congratulations…a message of condolence…a thank you? It takes just a minimum donation of $5.00 to show a friend, loved one or business associate that you care about what is happening in their lives. We welcome the opportunity to share your personal messages. Lena M. Berman Memorial tribute cards, appropriate for all occasions and with...Read more...

Race-Consciousness Training Series beginning on Wednesday, October 20 at 8pm ET/5pm PT

RACIAL JUSTICE IS A JEWISH VALUE

Would you like to understand more about this and how you can have a positive impact on our PJTC community?

Register for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism’s Race Consciousness Training Series, a four part series starting October 20, and ending November10, 2021.

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We were delighted to be able to gather in the sukkah this sukkot after an attenuated observance in 2020.  We are lucky to live in southern California with a climate similar to Israel so we can build our sukkah as our compatriots in Israel and probably our ancestors in ancient times did with palm fronds for s’chach (covering of the sukkah).  For many years a group of congregants has trekked out a few days before the holiday to...Read more...

Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center is so lucky to be part of a local Federation that is not only invested in our community’s present, it is also heavily invested in our future! When PJTC indicated that we wanted to update the ways our vibrant community can access services and programs offered, the Jewish Federation of the Greater San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys’s Board of Governors awarded us with $10,500!

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We are so proud to have FIVE PJTC youth becoming B'nai Mitzvah to kick off this Jewish new year! Please take a moment to get to know these special community members before joining them on their very special days.

Aidan Artz

Aidan was born and raised in Chicago until moving to Los Angeles in August 2019. He attends eighth grade at La Canada High School. In school, social studies fascinates him while he loves being...Read more...

My parents used to say that the weather changed after Yom Kippur. Summer ended, autumn began.  Winter coats came out of storage. We boxed our Hawaiian Shirts—well, ok, we didn’t know what a Hawaiian shirt was in those days. It is clear though that in the rhythm of our lives—physical and spiritual--the space between Sukkot and Simchat Torah is the time to prepare to decompress from the past year and begin...Read more...

Women – it’s a New Year.  Let your voice be heard. Join PJTC Sisterhood.  It’s not too late to send in your PJTC Sisterhood dues for this year.  If you have not yet done so, please complete the membership form and mail to Aty Rotter, Vice-President, Membership at 626.664.4509 or atalya19@aol.com.  As a Sisterhood member you have the opportunity to participate at various levels.  You provide financial support...Read more...

The board met on September 23. It was a hybrid meeting -- with some members attending in person on Katz Terrace and others attending via Zoom. After Melissa Levy led traditional Sukkot blessings, Andrea Mark gave a presentation and introduction to PJTC's newly created mission statement she and her task force developed. After a motion was made to approve the mission statement, and after discussion, the motion passed. The board then...Read more...

Publication "Pasadena Now" made mention of PJTC's services in their Yom Kippur article yesterday, as a key provider of High Holy Day online services options for the Pasadena area. We were so pleased to be able to safely hold in-person services for our members this year, and continue the practice of streaming services for members at home, the larger Pasadena community, and the even larger Jewish community as well. We agree with Rabbi...Read more...

There is so much to be learned from Torah, but Parashah Zitzavim has been my favorite for years - and I know I’m not the only one. Our sages loved it so much, they included it as a reading on Yom Kippur. What grabs my attention are these lines in Deuteronomy 30:11-20: “Surely, this Instruction which I enjoin upon you this day is not too baffling for you, nor is it beyond reach…No, the thing is very close to...Read more...

As you may know, Sisterhood has a variety of income sources.  To name a few, membership dues, the New Year Greeting Book greetings and business ads, Tribute cards and Happy Purim Mishloach Manot greetings finance Sisterhood’s ability to support PJTC operating expenses, youth activities and local community needs. Additionally, we are always pleased to receive unsolicited donations throughout the year, but...Read more...

We are beginning our 2021-2022 Torah Fund campaign.  Since last year was challenging in many ways for Torah Fund; especially in the distribution of the pins, Women’s League will be continuing with the same theme as last year.  The pins will also remain the same. 

Once again, this year’s theme is B’Yachad, which means Together.  It signifies the joy of...Read more...

Please join us as we once again collect items for holiday food bags for local families and individuals in need. Please return your filled bags any time between Rosh Hashanah and October 5th at PJTC in the bins outside the lobby Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. You can also return your filled bag when you return your High Holy Day prayer books if you are observing the holidays from your home. Finally, if you wish to make a...Read more...