Amos Oz: Between Canon and Controversy
Amos Oz (1939-2018) was for many readers worldwide Israel’s post 1948 canonical writer. His 40 books, including novels, short story collections, essays and reportage, and children’s books, translated into 45 languages, and his journalistic articles and public appearances made him Israel’s best-known writer…
Fall 22 Programs At-A-Glance
We have a plethora of new programs starting right after Labor Day. Here’s the list: details and registration here (https://www.newlehrhaus.org/learn-with-us/). Programs are listed in chronological order. All on Zoom unless otherwise noted, and $12/session tuition unless noted as FREE. One-session…
Our First Year: A HUGE success
As we conclude our 1st fiscal year, we salute YOU, our students and supporters, for your enthusiasm and dedication! Thanks to you: We have reached 4,100 program registrations; There have been 4,840 views of our recorded programs; 1,357 of you…
Kiev: My Family’s Roots in the Jewish Metropolis by Linda Michels
I recently attended Natan Meir’s lecture, Kiev: Jewish Metropolis, offered by New Lehrhaus. Most of my maternal grandmother’s family emigrated from outside Kiev, Ukraine between 1902 and 1905. As a child, I asked my great grandmother many questions, but she…
Care to Make it Interesting
In the 1990s, when I was directing the Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, a most unusual PhD student walked into my office: a former yeshiva bocher (Orthodox seminary student) who could recite both complex…
Upcoming Program on Intermarriage by Dawn Kepler, New Lehrhaus Board Member
Nu, what do you think about Intermarriage? On January 19th Professor Bruce Phillips (Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, and USC: https://crcc.usc.edu/people/bruce-phillips/) will present: How Interfaith Marriage is Changing the American Jewish Community – But Not Necessarily in the Ways We…
Standing on the shoulders of our predecessors
Board member David Waksberg reflects on his participation in New Lehrhaus My earliest memory of Jewish schooling was learning about Abraham smashing his father’s idols. No surprise, this midrash about Abraham as a child is accessible and relatable for young children and it...
Hebrew & Yiddish Classes!
Whether you were born Jewish and never learned Hebrew (perhaps despite hours warming the chair at Hebrew School...) or you chose Judaism as an adult, tackling a new language IN A NEW ALPHABET is daunting. Yet mastery of even the...
Reading Yiddish Lit with Naomi Seidman
Naomi Seidman is one of our most popular teachers and we are thrilled she is returning this fall with this remarkable class. You've no doubt heard of Sholem Aleichem, but perhaps not the other Yiddish writers she will discuss. I'm...