Valley Ruach

 

Welcome to Valley Ruach

Valley Ruach is a community of Jewish young professionals in The San Fernando Valley who enjoy a meaningful and vibrant Jewish experience. Our diverse Jewish backgrounds unite to form lively services filled with traditional and modern melodies, spirituality, community and boundless ruach.

Our Story

Once upon a time there were four Jewish young adults who moved to the San Fernando Valley to pursue their dreams of home ownership. Two of them had the idea to build a Jewish community in the Valley for their peers inspired by the spiritual and moving "Carlebach" services of Ikar, PicoEgal and Shira Chadasha in Jerusalem.

Meanwhile, the other pair had an idea to establish a community for Jewish young professionals in the San Fernando Valley centered around the energetic and popular "Taubman" services of Friday Night Live, college Hillels and summers at camp.

Fast forward to present day, where 40-50 young professionals join together each month for a service that incorporates joyous Carlebach davening, while building spiritual momentum with old and new guitar-accompanied melodies.

Please join us for this unique, fully-participatory service!

In early 2009 Valley Ruach established a leadership panel to plan religious, educational, social, athletic and social-action events. Valley Ruach now holds at least three varying events each month, including "Torah on Tap" on the first Wednesday of each month.  Please join our mailing list or Facebook Group to remain up to date!

Our Melodies

Our inspiration comes from many Jewish sources, and our melodies change from week to week. Nevertheless, here are some resources where you can find a sampling of the melodies we use.

Did you attend a Shabbat dinner without paying?

Sometimes people who are new to our community fail to RSVP and pay for Shabbat dinner ahead of time.  Please help us cover our costs by using this link to pay for the dinner you enjoyed, and join our Facebook group or mailing list with the links to the right to be notified about upcoming events, services and RSVP deadlines.

  

Upcoming Services

Friday, July 3rd
A Summer Night's Backyard Minyan

Valley Ruach welcomes you to our intimate 'Ode to Summer' service and delicious-because-you-made-it-with-love pot luck dinner. 

Set in the beautiful backgarden of a community member's home, expect warm, spirited praying, and the merging of some tradition prayers, with holy unexpeced ones too.

We invite you to bring a kosher, vegetarian dish to share with the community.

RSVP on Facebook, or by emailing info@valleyruach.org.

Sunday, July 5th
ZAP! POW! BAM! A Day of Comic Book Heroes and Jewish History

Did you know that the creators and artists of some of the world's most famous Super Heroes like Superman and Spider-Man were Jewish? How did their Jewish identities guide their characters' storylines and backgrounds? What were their influences and how have they left their mark on the world of action heroes?

We'll explore some of these questions on a docent-guided tour of this special Skirball exhibit.

We will follow it all up with a late lunch at a nearby restaurant!

Meet at the Skirball Museum lobby at 10:50am on Sunday morning.  $6 per person if we have 10+ attending.

RSVP on Facebook or by emailing info@valleyruach.org.

Wednesday, July 15th
Torah on Tap

A delicious discussion about everything from torah to television.

This event will be at a community member's home.

7:30pm -- Dinner
8:15pm -- Text study and discussion over drinks and dessert

Participate as much or as little as you like. 

To RSVP email TorahOnTap@valleyruach.org.

Friday, July 17th at 7:30pm
Shabbat Services and Dinner Under the Stars

Please join us and experience Shabbat with Valley Ruach.  Enjoy a true sense of community as you participate in our fun and casual services at 7:30pm and a great kosher, catered chicken dinner afterward.

Services are FREE and require no RSVP.  Shabbat dinner requires an RSVP and $10 payment.

Services and dinner are held at Adat Ari El, 12020 Burbank Blvd. Valley Village, California 91607

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If you would like to help plan upcoming events or services, please email info@valleyruach.org. 

**unless otherwise noted, all service are guitar-accompanied, and held at Adat Ari El, 12020 Burbank Blvd. Valley Village, California 91607

 

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