Dear Friend,
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first Rosh Hashanah banquet at the JCC. We welcomed 200 members and their families and friends for an inspiring service at our new synagogue led by Rabbi Shlomi, followed by a gourmet kosher dinner featuring beef, salmon, and vegetarian main course options accompanied by home-made chicken soup with matzah balls, hand-crafted gefilte fish with red horseradish, and thick slices of Swiss roll cake with raspberry filling. And of course, plenty of round challah, apples, and honey.
Seeing the community come together on this special occasion was so heartwarming. It was exactly how NaTang and I envisioned the new center would be when we first set out on this journey more than 5 years ago: to create a beautiful space where the Jewish community in Taiwan could find a place to celebrate and observe their rich cultural heritage.
Over the ensuing two days of Rosh Hashanah, the community joined together in prayer in our new synagogue. We were inspired by our guest cantor and his young son who filled our temple with beautiful and at times heartrending melodies.
And now, as we stand at the threshold of Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, NaTang and I, and all of us at the JCC, would like to wish you and your families a “G’mar chatima tova”: May you be inscribed in the Book of Life.
Jeffrey D. Schwartz & NaTang
Co-founders, Jewish Taiwan Cultural Association
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Sukkah on the roof
Sukkot begins this Sunday October 9th at sundown. Celebrate under the stars in our Sukkah, on our beautiful plaza on the roof of the JCC.
Join us as we commemorate the days our ancestors wandered for 40 years through the desert before reaching the Promised Land. For more details about the festivities and to RSVP please reach out to Rabbi Shlomi at rabbi@jewish.tw
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Welcoming the Center for Asia-Pacific Resilience and Innovation
We were delighted to welcome the Board of Directors of the Center for Asia-Pacific Resilience and Innovation (CAPRi) recently to the JCC. CAPRi is a new policy think tank conducting interdisciplinary, comparative research on innovative policies that can strengthen resilience and improve governance in Asia Pacific.
CAPRi is chaired by Syaru Shirley Lin, who also currently serves as Research Professor at the University of Virginia and is a Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Program of the Brookings Institution. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
CAPRi’s Board counts among its members several prominent leaders of Taiwan’s business community including Stan Shih, Founder of Acer Computer, and Daniel Tsai, Chairman of Fubon Financial Holding.
We would be pleased to host your next board or management meeting at the JCC. Please reach out to reservations@jtca.org.tw or call 02-2700-0366.
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Celebrate your next birthday with a home-baked kosher layer cake
Since opening the JCC in January, we’ve celebrated a bar mitzvah, several birthday parties, and many other happy occasions. One of the hallmarks of a party at the JCC is one of our delicious home-baked kosher layer cakes. To book your next party at the JCC, or if you’d just like to order a cake to take home, email us at reservations@jtca.org.tw or call 02-2700-0366.
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Remembering Dr. Rabbi E.F. Einhorn
On this day, the eve of Yom Kippur, we mark exactly one year since the passing of Dr. Rabbi E.F. Einhorn, our long-time rabbi, at the age of 103.
Our religious, spiritual, and community leader, Dr. Einhorn was also a dear friend. He was there for many of us during our simchas–our happy occasions and celebrations–as well as through some of the difficult times in our lives.
In the next couple of months we will be honoring Dr. Einhorn’s memory at the JCC with the dedication of our library in his name. We will share more information about this in forthcoming newsletters
Join us!
Join the JCC! We welcome everyone who shares in our vision and mission to join us. You’ll enjoy discounts on events and services. Membership prices are kept low thanks to a generous subsidy provided by the Jewish Taiwan Cultural Association (JTCA).
