Week of Events
Live Klezmer Music and Candle Lighting at Central Market
Bring your dancing shoes and enjoy a sweet set of klezmer music performed by the Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour. We will light seven Hanukkah candles (and enjoy a singalong!) around 7:00 pm.
Light in the Darkness
Join JFS Grief and Loss therapists along with Shalom Austin's Community Chaplain Rabbi Amy B. Cohen for an evening of education, Jewish ritual, and reflection around the impact of grief around the holidays. This event will specifically focus on grief related to death loss, though we welcome anyone to attend. Register at https://bit.ly/43UxEOE
Spines & Wines Book Club – December | Shalom Austin Women’s Philanthropy
Have questions? Please email [email protected] for more information.
Coffee Convos with Allison
Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Time: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Location: South Austin (Location provided upon registration) Join Allison Granet, Shalom Austin's Community Connector for Families, for regular monthly coffee convos in different locations to get to know you, learn about your interests, and share ways to get connected with the community. Join us […]
Buda Community Menorah Lighting
Buda Community Menorah Lighting will take place on Main Street in Buda near the gazebo.
AJFF presents “Midas Man”
When Brian Epstein set foot in the Cavern Club in November 1961 to watch The Beatles perform, he saw something no one else could – a glimmer of gold. Sharply dressed and well-spoken, Brian was hardly the most obvious radical – but being Jewish, closeted and having grown up as an outsider who had failed […]
Hospice Demystified with Lloyd Wilson
Hospice, demystified—when it is time, what care at home truly includes, and how families can advocate for comfort, dignity, and control, with simple steps to start the conversation early. Register here!
Shabbat ‘n Play
Date: Friday, December 19, 2025 Time: 11 - 11:45 AM Location: Dell JCC Join us for Shabbat 'n Play! Join us to enjoy music, PJ Library books, activities, and socializing with other families! For children ages 0-3. Open to all young families in the Jewish community. Sign up here!
Light for Your Right to Party!
Six crazy lights! Pre-Shabbat celebration @ CAA. All are welcome for a Hanukkah song sing-along, candle lighting (BYOHanukiyah + candles), dreidels, and light nosh (including Yehuda Maccabee’s famous latkes), all before our joyful 6:00 pm Erev Shabbat services. Come by — it’ll be so much fun-nukah!
IAC| Community Hanukkah Celebration for the Whole Family
Community Hanukkah Celebration for the Whole Family! 🕎💙 Join us for a festive Israeli Shishi filled with light, joy, and Hanukkah spirit! 🎨 Hanukkah crafts 🎲 Fun and educational activity stations 🍩 Delicious sufganiyot 🎶 A surprise performance Come meet the wonderful AJA students, who will host a special activity for the kids during the […]