Pacific Community of Cultural Jews (PCCJ) is a small secular (non-religious) Jewish community based in Orange County, California. We strive to be an open and welcoming community for secular Jews who join in fellowship, food, and fun.
PCCJ does not own any buildings and is entirely volunteer led. All events, including High Holidays, are held at community centers and at member’s houses.
PCCJ has historical roots from the 1970’s when The Jewish Secular Association (JSA) was formed by a few liberal Jewish families living mostly in southern Los Angeles County. The JSA ran a successful Jewish Sunday school called Kindershule for many years.
Another group, The Pacific Congregation for Humanistic Judaism (PCSHJ) was formed in the early 1990’s and ran a different Jewish Sunday school called the Jewish Culture School.
In the late 1990’s the Jewish Secular Association (JSA) and the Pacific Congregation for Humanistic Judaism (PCHJ) merged resulting in a “secular/humanistic” organization called the Pacific Community of Cultural Jews (us! aka PCCJ). PCCJ ran a popular Jewish Sunday school until 2007.
Pacific Community of Cultural Jews is currently affiliated with the national movement of the Society for Humanistic Judaism.