OPEN HOUSE (10am Bagels & Coffee, 10:30 Program)

Our School Principal, Ross Helford, will lead a discussion with current and prospective families about the importance, urgency, and value of a secular Jewish education – including its history and what it […]

Hanuka/Khanike Assembly & Carnival (11:30am)

Sholem's celebration recognizes the roots of Hanukkah as a winter solstice festival.  We celebrate Hanukkah in honor of the Maccabees and a freedom struggle for an oppressed people.  We also seek […]

Classes resume (Sunday school)

Sholem Sunday School Meets on the campus of: Short Avenue Elementary School 12814 Maxella Ave Los Angeles, CA 9006 ALEF/BEYS (preK-2nd), GIML (3rd/4th), DALED (5th/6th), and HEY (7th/8th) classes meet […]

MLK Day Assembly & Singalong (noon)

THIS SUNDAY we commemorate a holiday Hershl Hartman, our Education Director, is fond of saying is as important a Jewish holiday as anything else on the calendar: Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Adults are warmly […]

Tu BiShvat (at Sunday school)

Sholem Sunday School Meets on the campus of: Short Avenue Elementary School 12814 Maxella Ave Los Angeles, CA 9006 ALEF/BEYS (preK-2nd), GIML (3rd/4th), DALED (5th/6th), and HEY (7th/8th) classes meet […]

Purim carnival (Sunday School)

All are welcome for our Purim festivities! We'll be doing our usual pantomime reading of Sholem's Super-Colossal Purim Mishmash shpil, adapted from megiles ester by Hershl Hartman, our Education Director. As is our tradition, our Sunday school classes will each […]

Jordan and Coral’s Secular Bar/Bas Mitsve Ceremony

RSVP* by March 7 Required Hosted by the Leeds and Southers Families Jordan and Coral's Secular Bar/Bas Mitsve Ceremony (Luncheon to follow) Jordan will discuss the importance of community in […]

Model Secular Seder

Culver City Middle School 4601 Elenda St., Culver City, CA, United States

Sholem's non-religious cultural celebration of Passover acknowledges the holiday’s origins as a spring festival and honors the tradition of “Exodus” as a symbolic tale of freedom.  This communal event will feature […]

Last day of 2022-2023 Sunday School

Sholem Sunday School Meets on the campus of: Short Avenue Elementary School 12814 Maxella Ave Los Angeles, CA 90066 ALEF/BEYS (preK-2nd), GIML (3rd/4th), DALED (5th/6th), and HEY (7th/8th) classes meet […]

1st day of 2023-24 school year

Are you culturally Jewish but not religious? Would you like your children (or grandchildren) to connect with their Jewish identity? Do you have an intercultural family? Sholem's secular Sunday school […]

Rosh Hashana / Rosheshone in the Park

Clover Park 2600 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA, United States

SATURDAY, Sep. 16, 2023 at 11:00 am Clover Park, 2600 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405  (Group BBQ Area #1) Welcome the Jewish New Year with stirring readings, literature, […]

Sunday School + Annual Board Meeting at 10:30am

Short Avenue Elementary School 12814 Maxella Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Are you culturally Jewish but not religious? Would you like your children (or grandchildren) to connect with their Jewish identity? Do you have an intercultural family? Sholem's secular Sunday school […]

Kol Nidre / Erev Yom Kippur

Kol Nidre (Erev Yom Kippur) Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 7:00 -9:00 pm (PT) - Doors open at 6:30pm Morgan-Wixson Theatre 2627 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica 90405 In-Person, Indoors Kol Nidre, […]

Yom Kippur / Yonkiper in the Park

Clover Park 2600 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA, United States

Yom Kippur/Yonkiper Monday, September 25, 2023 at 11:00 am (PT) Clover Park, 2600 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405  (Group BBQ Area #1) Join us at the park for […]

Sunday School – Open House

Short Avenue Elementary School 12814 Maxella Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Our School Principal, Ross Helford, will discuss  the importance, urgency, and value of a secular Jewish education. We will also have an overview of our school, curriculum, philosophy and classes, […]