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Throughout the year many holiday events are held at the JCC East Bay as a place to gather, learn, and celebrate. Some of these holidays include Purim, Passover, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and Hanukah. We hope you'll join us for the variety of celebrations and services we offer for each holiday. 


Purim Carnival

Date: Sunday, March 4

Time: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location:  Show map JCC East Bay, Berkeley Branch 1414 Walnut Street

Contact: Sam Young

Phone: 510-848-0237 x148

Email: samy@jcceastbay.org

Admission is an act of tzedakah, please bring canned goods to donate

$1 tickets for carnival games & activities

Carnival booths, games, prizes, face painting, bouncy house, balloons, make crowns and masks, hamentaschen, food, drinks and more!  Instrument Petting Zoo, part of the 27th Jewish Music Festival, will introduce a child to the wonders of the musical kingdom from 2:30-4:30. Purim with Puppets for Preschoolers from 3:30-4:00.  Come dressed up for the costume parade, followed by our Purim Spiel at 4:30 (a comical retelling of the Purim story).  

Co-sponsored by:  Building Jewish Bridges, Congregation Beth El, JCC of the East Bay, Jewish Gateways, The 27th Jewish Music Festival, and Tehiyah Day School.



Purim: The Jewish Mardi Gras

Date: Monday, March 5

Time: 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Location:  Show map JCC East Bay, Berkeley Branch 1414 Walnut Street

Contact: Andrew Gordon-Kirsch

Phone: 510-848-0237 x138

Email: andrewgk@jcceastbay.org

Join us for a stimulating evening of cocktails, crafts, comedy, and conversation!  All adults (21 and over) are welcome to celebrate this wild and crazy holiday.  No Jewish experience necessary. 

7:00 — Brief & boisterous telling of the Purim story by comedian Joshua Walters

7:30— Choose from four exciting conversations: 

  • Sasha T. Goldberg of Keshet & Rabbi David Dunn Bauer of Nehirim: Yentl, Tootsie, and The Nanny: The Private Parts and Public Performance of Jewish Gender
  • Dawn Kepler of Building Jewish Bridges & Young Adult Leaders: When YOU are the Other: Jewish Diversity, Identity, and Belonging
  • Rabbi Bridget Wynne of Jewish Gateways: Conceal or Reveal?: The Power of Our Hidden Selves
  • Julia Malkin of EastBayJews: Unmasking Tzedakah and How You Give

8:15 — Cocktails, crafts, snacks, photo booth,and games with Moishe House

Co-sponsored by: Building Jewish Bridges, EastBayJews, JCC East Bay, Jewish Gateways, Keshet, Moishe House and Nehirim.