Located in the beautiful Sierra foothills, midway between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe, we are a diverse, warm and welcoming community; a place where our members can develop close and lasting friendships. We embrace traditional and non-traditional families, singles, and both partners of interfaith marriages. While we are a Reform congregation, as the only Jewish place of worship in the region, our religious services reflect both traditional and contemporary modes of worship.
Rabbi Myra Soifer, brings her experience and devotion to Judaism and the Jewish people to our community. Our vibrant and growing religious school is led by Harriett Kroot, a teacher and former principal with a lifetime of experience who provides our children with a remarkable curriculum of special Jewish experiences and family programs while empowering them to live the rest of their lives as knowledgeable Jews.
Our congregation is a place to pray and learn and draw close to God. It is a loving environment for celebrating and commemorating life's special occasions. It is a place to call home. Please explore our website, and should you have any questions, feel free to call our office or send us an e-mail at ncjcc@sbcglobal.net
From The President
Living in a small town in Northern California, the need to meet with other Jewish families becomes even more important to us than if we lived in a larger metropolitan area where we could easily meet and socialize with fellow Jews. Our Congregation/Jewish Community Center offers a meeting place for us to get together on a regular basis to pray, study and socialize with each other. Not only do we offer a full religious school program from pre- school through Bar and Bat Mitzvah age, we also have a Post Bar/Bat Mitzvah group, leading to confirmation, called Rabbi's Kids, and a social group named Groovy, led by Dave and Wendy Rosky. We hold Shabbat evening services each Friday. Rabbi Soifer conducts both Family services at 6:00 pm followed by a dairy potluck, and then a Torah service at 7:30 pm every 2nd Friday of the month. Torah study takes place on Saturday morning when the Rabbi presides.
We have many other programs that are offered through our very active Sisterhood, Brotherhood, and Adult Education Committee. We try to engage community members, who are not Congregational members, to join us for the High Holidays, Purim, Passover, and special programs that we open to the community-at-large in hopes that one day they will join our smaller community. Due to our rather small membership of 102 families, we have become one larger extended family. We join together in times of joy and in times of sorrow. Perhaps one of the best examples of us joining forces and having a great time, simultaneously, is when we work at The Bagel Booth at our County Fair each August. Every year, more than three-quarters of our members volunteer their services to make this fundraising event a success. In fact, this is where many community members first learn that there is a Jewish congregation in the community.
Although we have only part time office help, we are always available by either phone or email. Give us a call at (530) 477-0922 or email us at ncjcc@sbcglobal.net for more information. We hope to hear from you.
Saturday, February 14, 10 am, Samantha Karp Bat Mitzvah
Sunday, February 28, Pruim celebration
Religious School
Sunday School Sundays 9:30 to noon February 7,14,21 and 28 Rabbi's Kids: Sundays 9:30 - noon February 14 and 28 Pre-school: Sundays 9:30 -noon February 7 and 28 Hebrew School: Wednesdays 3:45 - 4:45 February 3, 10, 17 and 24 Education Committee: February 14 9:00 am
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