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Jewish Congregation (CJC) is a progressive congregation, affiliated
with the Reconstructionist movement. We are a multi-generational, diverse
congregation of members whose emphasis on Judaism as a civilization
as well as a religion involves us in the study of Jewish beliefs, teachings,
values, ethics, history, tradition, prayer, art, and music. Our song-filled
services engender a spirit of camaraderie that carries over into our
many communal celebrations and social activities. CJC has a long history
of commitment to Tikkun Olam and Tzedakah, values that we cherish and
strive to pass on to our children.
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encapsulate the true role of humanity in the ongoing evolution and spiritualization
of the cosmos. Our great task involves helping God by freeing and reuniting the
scattered Light, raising the sparks back to Divinity and restoring the broken
world.
There are things
whose fruits a person eats in this world while the capital remains for [him or
her] in the world to come: honoring one’s parents, the practice of loving-kindness,
hospitality to strangers, and making peace between a person and [one’s]
neighbor. And the study of Torah surpasses them all. Babylonian Talmud 
