Welcome to Sayva! 

Temple Judea, in collaboration with Temple Ramat Zion and Valley Beth Shalom, has been awarded a grant from the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles to form SAYVA: A New Approach to Positive Aging. SAYVA provides educational, recreational, community-building and wellness programming to hundreds of Jewish older adults.

The goal of SAYVA is to make these years of Later Adulthood joyful, interesting and purposeful – a time of life to be celebrated and anticipated. We aim to create a new culture for this time of life with its own special opportunities, experiences and values. Our objective is to launch a center of programs that will generate this new culture, embracing people in their Later Adulthood, and offer them a way of life to be celebrated. 

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

Sayva: A New Season

February 13, 2024 @ 10am - 11:30am
Facilitator: Ilana Jaffe-Lewis

With every milestone, we have new goals, new things to grieve or celebrate, and new questions to consider. In what ways has my sense of personhood evolved over time? To what extent can I create who I become in this new season? What else could my 'one wild and precious life' be?With every milestone, we have new goals, new things to grieve or celebrate, and new questions to consider. In what ways has my sense of personhood evolved over time? To what extent can I create who I become in this new season? What else could my 'one wild and precious life' be?

In this 90 minute class using the Jewish Studio Process and Jewish texts, facilitator Ilana Jaffe-Lewis will guide an exploration of growing older as a time to be celebrated and cherished. . No art experience is necessary. This program is designed to meet people where they are at. Space is limited, Registration is required. 

Facilitator: Ilana Jaffe-Lewis is a Teaching Artist and Jewish Studio Project Facilitator. She is the Founder of The Mothers' Studio and lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband, son, and dog.

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Sayva:Those Near and Dear: Relationships from the Past, Present, and Future

February 13, 2024 @ 10am - 11:30am
Facilitator: Ilana Jaffe-Lewis

What role do our relationships play in making a meaningful life? How have our connections and disconnections influenced our sense of self and purpose? Using the Jewish Studio Process which combines practices from the field of art, Jewish learning and spirituality - we will explore these questions and others.

This will be a three-session series ($20 fee for materials), with each session at 90 minutes, where we explore relationships of our past, present, and future. No art experience is necessary. This program is designed to meet people where they are at. Space is limited, for more information and to register email Jeff Bernhardt  .

Facilitator: Ilana Jaffe-Lewis is a Teaching Artist and Jewish Studio Project Facilitator. She is the Founder of The Mothers' Studio and lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband, son, and dog.

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