Welcome to the Jewish Congregation of Venice
Your Home for Jewish Life in Southwest Florida
The Jewish Congregation of Venice provides a social, spiritual, cultural, and religious place for Jews and interfaith families. As a congregation, we value the contribution and participation of each individual member. We offer leadership, friendship, and education. However you seek your connection to Jewish life, we hope you will learn from us, as we learn from you.
Join the JCV and become part of an enthusiastic and caring group of people.
Donations to the JCV allow the congregation to thrive, and meet financial obligations.
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Fridays
Evening Services at 7:30pm
Coming Up
Shabbat Services with Mila Liss on Piano
November 8, 2024
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Rabbi Marci's Rabbinical Installation: Shabbat Morning Services and Installation Ceremony
November 9, 2024
10:00am - 11:30am
Rabbi Marci's Rabbinical Installation: Luncheon
November 9, 2024
12:30pm - 2:30pm
Rabbi Marci's Rabbinical Installation: Cantor's Concert
November 9, 2024
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Food Festival Meeting
November 11, 2024
9:30am - 10:30am
Tai Chi Class
November 11, 2024
10:30am - 11:30am
Men's Club: Bicycle Tour of Venice Island
November 12, 2024
9:00am - 12:00pm
Adult B'nai Mitzvah Class
November 12, 2024
11:30am - 12:30pm
Men's Club Meeting and Game Night
November 13, 2024
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Mah Jongg Class and Games
November 14, 2024
10:00am - 12:00pm
Torah Study with Rabbi Jennifer
November 14, 2024
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Sisterhood Gift Drive Nov. 15-Dec. 13
November 15, 2024
All Day
Adult Learning: Positive Changes and Negative Currents in the Middle East and North Africa Education
November 17, 2024
10:00am - 12:00pm
FF Cooking
November 18, 2024
9:00am - 1:30pm
FF Cooking
November 19, 2024
9:00am - 1:30pm
Sisterhood Lunch Bunch
November 19, 2024
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Adult Learning: Hear from a Holocaust survivor and friend of Anne Frank: Congregant Pieter Kohnstam
November 20, 2024
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Family Education Program
November 24, 2024
10:00am - 1:00pm
Kol Isha with Rabbi Marci
November 26, 2024
10:00am - 11:15am
FF Cooking
December 1, 2024
9:00am - 1:00pm
FF Cooking
December 2, 2024
9:00am - 1:00pm
Sisterhood Book Club
December 2, 2024
10:30am - 11:30am
FF Cooking
December 3, 2024
9:00am - 1:00pm
Israel at War/Antisemitism Support Group
December 4, 2024
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Sisterhood Meeting: Shopping Extravaganza!
December 5, 2024
10:30am - 1:30pm
FF Cooking
December 6, 2024
9:00am - 1:00pm
Havdalah Under the Stars/Potluck Supper
December 7, 2024
5:30pm - 7:30pm
FF Cooking
December 8, 2024
9:00am - 1:00pm
Family Education Program
December 8, 2024
10:00am - 1:00pm
FF Cooking
December 15, 2024
10:00am - 2:00pm
FF Cooking
December 16, 2024
9:00am - 1:00pm
FF Cooking
December 17, 2024
9:00am - 1:00pm
Men's Club: Pop Stroke
December 18, 2024
10:00am - 1:00pm
Sarasota Jewish Chorale Concert
December 19, 2024
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Julie Mendelowitz's Bat Mitzvah/Shabbat Services
December 20, 2024
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Ritual Committee Shabbat Services
January 3, 2025
7:30pm - 9:00pm
FF Cooking
January 6, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm
Sisterhood Book Club
January 6, 2025
10:30am - 11:30am
FF Cooking
January 7, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm
FF Cooking
January 8, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm
Adult Learning: Liz Coursen speaking on the Rosenwald Schools in Florida
January 8, 2025
1:30pm - 3:00pm
FF Cooking
January 9, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm
Mah Jongg Class and Games
January 9, 2025
10:00am - 12:00pm
Become a Bimah Maven
January 9, 2025
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Willow Neitlich's Bat Mitzvah/Shabbat Services
January 10, 2025
7:30pm - 9:00pm
FF Cooking
January 12, 2025
10:00am - 2:00pm
Family Education Program
January 12, 2025
10:00am - 1:00pm
FF Cooking
January 13, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm
FF Cooking
January 14, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm
FF Cooking
January 15, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm
Jewish Film Festival: A collaborative event with the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
January 15, 2025
1:00pm - 5:30pm
FF Cooking
January 16, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm
FF Cooking
January 19, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm
FF Cooking
January 20, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm
FF Cooking
January 21, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm
Family Education Program
February 2, 2025
10:00am - 1:00pm
FF Cooking
February 3, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm
Sisterhood Book Club
February 3, 2025
10:30am - 11:30am
FF Cooking
February 4, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm
FF Cooking
February 9, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm
FF Cooking
February 10, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm
FF Cooking
February 11, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm
FF Cooking
February 12, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm
FF Cooking
February 13, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm
FF Cooking
February 15, 2025
9:00am - 1:00pm
Food Festival
February 16, 2025
10:00am - 3:00pm
New Member Orientation
February 23, 2025
11:00am - 12:00pm
Family Education Program
March 2, 2025
10:00am - 1:00pm
Food Festival Volunteer Thank You Brunch
March 2, 2025
10:00am - 12:00pm
Sisterhood Book Club
March 3, 2025
10:30am - 11:30am
Open House
March 9, 2025
11:00am - 12:00pm
Seminar on Memorial Park
March 9, 2025
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Purim Spiel and reading the Scroll of Esther
March 16, 2025
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Blue Lotus Cooking
March 22, 2025
All Day
Blue Lotus Event
March 23, 2025
All Day
Women's Retreat
April 1, 2025
8:00am - 5:00pm
Family Education Program
April 6, 2025
10:00am - 1:00pm
Sisterhood Book Club
April 7, 2025
10:30am - 11:30am
Passover Seder Tentative
April 12, 2025
5:00pm - 8:30pm
Yizkor Service
April 20, 2025
10:00am - 11:00am
Sisterhood Book Club
May 5, 2025
10:30am - 11:30am
Family Education Program
May 18, 2025
10:00am - 1:00pm
Memorial Day Picnic
May 25, 2025
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Yizkor Service
June 3, 2025
10:00am - 11:00am
New to the Area?
You are invited! Whether you seek community, spirituality, friendship, knowledge, or Jewish culture, the Jewish Congregation of Venice is a place that many call their “home away from home.”
Come Visit the JCV
The JCV is located within the quiet community of Venice, Florida, in South Sarasota County, on the Gulf Coast of Florida. We are located on North Auburn Road between Edmondson Road and East Venice Avenue.