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Tue 24

- Pacific Time Series

Multiple Presenters: RESISTANCE—Hitler’s Germany, the US under McCarthy, Eastern Europe, South America, South Africa, and Israel

Virtual Program
In partnership with Taube Philanthropies and the New Israel Fund

Resistance to authoritarian, oppressive regimes is as old as those regimes themselves. We will examine the historical record for resistance efforts and movements around the world with particular emphasis on the ordeal and role of Jews, as victims and/or defiers.

Session 1, 6/24: Prof. Wolf Gruner: Resistance to Hitler 
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Register ➜Total Program Fee: $35.0033 spaces open
Wed 25

- Pacific Time

Rabbi David Cooper: The "Hero's Journey" of the Two Rabbis

Join us as Rabbi David Cooper discusses Burt Jacobson's search for the Baal Shem Tov. For three decades, between his radical political activism and his rabbinic responsibilities, Burt Jacobson, founder of Kehilla Synagogue, investigated and drafted notes on the teachings and life journey of the 18th-century founder of Hasidism, the Baal Shem Tov. Those notes became the 600-page Living in the Presence, published posthumously last year. Jacobson's own journey is a key eleme... Read more

Location

Clio's Books

353 Grand Avenue
Oakland, CA 94610 + Google Map

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Wed 02

- Pacific Time

Andrew Porwancher—American Maccabee: Theodore Roosevelt and the Jews

Virtual Program
Join Professor Andrew Porwancher as he uncovers the close-knit and often surprising relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and the Jewish community. This lecture traces Roosevelt’s deep connection with the Jewish people at every step of his dazzling ascent. But it also reveals a man of contradictions whose checkered approach to Jewish issues was no less conflicted than the nation he led. Drawing on fresh research from his newest book, American Maccabee, Porwancher explores the compl... Read more

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Register ➜Total Program Fee: $15.0099 spaces open
Thu 03

- Pacific Time

Mark Streshinsky & Prof. Ron Hendel—David and Jonathan: Biblical Text and Operatic Interpretation

Director Mark Streshinsky and renowned biblical scholar Ron Hendel explore Charpentier's David & Jonathan. From the power of Baroque opera to the theological dimensions of the biblical text, this event brings two perspectives of this relationship into dialog.

Please arrive at Clio's Books by 6:30pm. (Doors open at 6 pm.) Register below.

Location

Clio's Books

353 Grand Avenue
Oakland, CA 94610 + Google Map
Register for this ProgramTotal Program Fee: Free
Wed 09

- Pacific Time

Rachel Biale: And Now Love Can Begin

And Now Can Love Begin is an imagined memoir, ventriloquizing the author's parents, based on 100 love letters exchanged in Palestine from 1945-46. Join us as Rachel Biale describes a fascinating glimpse into an epistolary romance set just after WWII in Palestine by two Jewish refugees from Europe.

Tuition: Free (standing room), $7.18 (seat), $17.85 (seat and a drink). Register at the link below.

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Location

Clio's Books

353 Grand Avenue
Oakland, CA 94610 + Google Map

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