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A Friday erev Shabbat service led by Rabbi Renee Bauer, with assistance from additional JSS staff. Join us as we light candles, eat Challah, say Kiddush, and sing songs around the table, every third Friday of the month.

A community picnic with JSS, our clients, and the Madison police and fire departments. More details to follow.

Come join us for a community BBQ to connect, schmooze, kvetch, kvell, etc…

Kosher hot dogs, hamburgers and veggie burgers, potato salad, coleslaw, fruit and dessert will be served. The fee is $10 per person – you can send in a check to 6434 Enterprise Ln, call to give a credit card over the phone, or bring cash or check to the event.

Funds are available to make it possible for those with low incomes to attend. Contact Paul Borowsky at 442-4083; all information will be kept confidential. Programs underwritten by Jewish Social Services.

Please join us for the 2023 annual meeting at JSS! Our board and staff will be present as we go over our 2022 impact and report. This event is free and open to the community – all are welcome. The event will take place in the conference room at our main office, 6434 Enterprise Ln. We also have a Zoom option – please find the link info below:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82281094093?pwd=WjN5TnZqd3ZrNU1xdVo3dTdFbWFKZz09

Meeting ID: 822 8109 4093
Passcode: 522372

Please not, video will be disable for all Zoom participants, for security reasons.

Come join us for a special Rosh Hashanah celebration at Capitol Lakes with Rabbi Renee Bauer. Family and friends welcome! Light refreshments will be served. Special musical guests will join us!

Come join us for a special Rosh Hashanah celebration at Oakwood Village with Rabbi Renee Bauer. Family and friends welcome! Light refreshments will be served.

Co-hosted with Temple Beth El, this is one of a series of multicultural community dinners highlighting the cuisines and cultures of JSS refugee and asylum chefs. The goal of this project, according to Kai Mishlove, executive director of JSS, is to provide a pathway to employment for JSS clients as well as building bridges between local ethnic communities, decreasing antisemitism and racism and generally building cross-cultural understanding. Please join us!

This meal will feature Afghan cuisine from Chef Bahkt Mohammad. The meal will be Halal and Kosher-style, meaning no pork will be served, and dairy and meat will not be cooked or served together. This event is supported by the Jewish Federation of Madison and the Cheryl Rosen Weston Fund.

Join us for our weekly Lechayim series! Each event begins with yoga from a chair at 11am, followed by a lunch and a wide variety of programming that is different each week. The schedule usually runs as below:

Please join your neighbors, volunteers and Jewish Social Services staff for candle lighting, challah, wine, songs and discussion to usher in Shabbat, along with the opportunity to recite Kaddish. We look forward to spending this special time together with you! We celebrate Shabbat at Capitol Lakes on the first Friday of each month, led by JSS Rabbi Renee Bauer, with assistance from JSS Staff and UW-Hillel student volunteers.