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Howard Freedman: Immigrant Jews on the Silent Screen
In partnership with the Jewish Community Library, San Francisco
Howard Freedman will share a variety of short film clips that demonstrate how immigrant Jews were represented in films of the silent era, ranging from admiring portraits to prejudiced caricatures.
Please be aware that the image quality of some of these films will leave much to be desired.
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- Pacific Time
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)—Survivors and Liberators Speak: Remember This
A San Francisco Community-Wide Commemoration in partnership with The Holocaust Center and JCCSF
Commemoration and program at 6pm—Time is running out to hear from Holocaust survivors and liberators. As we mark 80 years since the end of WWII, join us to honor their voices and ensure their stories live on. Workshops and exhibits throughout the day, starting at 10:30 am..
Survivors and Liberators Speak: REMEMBER THIS... Read more
Register for this ProgramTotal Program Fee: Free
- Pacific Time Series
Deena Aranoff & Naama Sedan: The Torah of Birth and Parenting
In partnership with Urban Adamah
Join us for a two-part series examining childbirth through the lens of Jewish wisdom, text, and tradition. The two sessions will explore themes of birth and parenting through text study, contemporary midrash (interpretation), and spiritual offerings from birthing parents.
This series is open to anyone interested in the intersection of birth and Judaism, whether you are a birthing parent, a ... Read more
Register for this ProgramTotal Program Fee: $108.00
- Pacific Time
Philip Kuttner: German Jews or Jewish Germans? History and Music from Mendelssohn to My Family
Virtual Program
German Jews since Moses Mendelssohn have struggled with their self-definition: are they German Jews (Jews first) or Jewish Germans (Germans first)? We will chart this complex road from the stirring music of Felix Mendelssohn, Moses' grandson who converted to Christianity, through 19th and 20th-century attitudes towards conversion to Phillip Kuttner's own family history.
Registrants will receive a link to watch the fascinating documentary film: Mendelssohn, the... Read more
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Register ➜Total Program Fee: $15.0081 spaces open
- Pacific Time
Jewish Arts & Bookfest
We are proud to partner with the Magnes Museum and other organizations in presenting Jewish Arts & Bookfest
Come say hello at the New Lehrhaus table, shared with Yale University Press' "Jewish Lives" series. Meet, schmooze with, and get your book/s signed by local series authors Robert Alter and Daniel Matt, and att... Read more
Register for this ProgramTotal Program Fee: $20.00
- Pacific Time
Marc Dollinger: A Different Picture of Jewish Civil Rights Leadership
Marc Dollinger will explore the famous image of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. marching, and share another important photo few have seen, challenging assumptions about this part of American Jewish history.
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- Pacific Time
Dr. Molly Freeman & Prof. Ariel Mayse: Artificial Intelligence & Jewish Intelligence
Virtual Program
Grounded in Jewish values and concepts of what it means to be human, we will critically examine the intrusion of AI into increasingly more aspects of our daily experiences. Jewish teachings will provide a framework for critically determining if, what and when to engage with artificial intelligence applications.
Register ➜Total Program Fee: $15.0099 spaces open
- Pacific Time Series
Rabbi Greg Marcus—Crazy-Busy Jews: Overcoming a Crazy Busy Life as a Professional Using Applied Jewish Wisdom
Virtual Program
In partnership with J Leaders
Are you working more than you should? Join recovering workaholic Rabbi Dr. Greg Marcus for a highly interactive series that applies Jewish wisdom and proven techniques to help your career while reducing stress. If you think you don't have time for this class, you probably need it the most!
No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Tuesday, May 13, 20, June 3 @ 7-8:30pm, on Zoom
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Register ➜Total Program Fee: $45.0099 spaces open
- Pacific Time Series
Rabbi Molly Karp—Martin Buber: A Land of Two Peoples
Virtual Program
Martin Buber (1878–1965) was actively committed to the pursuit of peace. In his writings on Arab-Jewish relations in Palestine, Buber's religious and philosophical teachings are integral to his politics. Buber's private and public writings, in which he advocated for bi-nationalism to solve the conflict in the Middle East, are collected in A Land of Two Peoples. An ardent Zionist, Buber resolutely expressed his view that reconciliation and accommodation between the Arabs and Jew... Read more
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Register ➜Total Program Fee: $45.0099 spaces open
- Pacific Time
Leonard Rothman: Cartography of Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel)
Virtual Program
There are over 1500 unique original antique maps of the land of Israel, including special maps of Jerusalem. This presentation will review antique and modern maps illustrating events in the Bible and details of the Land of Israel. The presentation will feature images of selected maps* and a discussion of the cartographers' historical and religious backgrounds, and their impact on their mapmaking.
*Fair Use: The presentation is based... Read more
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Register ➜Total Program Fee: Free100 spaces open
- Pacific Time
Rachel Biale—Joint Memoirs: A Quarter Century Apart
Virtual Program
In partnership with the Contra Costa JCC
Join us for lunch and an invigorating talk by Rachel Biale, author of And Now Can Love Begin. In 2024 Rachel wrote an imagined memoir, ventriloquizing her parents who both came to Israel before it became independent in 1948. She will discuss the historical setting of the book and the unusual process of writing a joint memoir as if written by her parents. The book follows her 2020 joint memoir with ... Read more
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Register ➜Total Program Fee: Free97 spaces open
- Pacific Time
Rabbi Yoel Kahn: Hineini! Here I Am!: Early Queer Jewish Liturgy
Hybrid Program
In partnership with Sha'ar Zahav, San Francisco, Congregation Beth El, Berkeley and Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos
“Hear the gay shouts of liberation in the tents of the just!” (Psalm 118:15). Reciting the festival liturgy on Pride Shabbat was an important innovation—first celebrated at Congregation Beth Simchat Torah in New York in 1973—and so was this early gay-inclusive new translation of the psalm. This session, in honor of LGBTQ Pride, will e... Read more
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Register ➜Total Program Fee: FreeZoom: Early Queer Jewish Liturgy 98 spaces openIn Person: Early Queer Jewish Liturgy 99 spaces open
