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Pacific Time Event Series Multiple presenters: The Heretic in the Room

Multiple presenters: The Heretic in the Room (Zoom only)

In partnership with the Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union Heresy is as old as Orthodoxy: we already find it in the Bible! It then continues as a thread, sometimes subterranean, others front and center, throughout Jewish...

Multiple Presenters: Sacred Sounds: Kabbalat Shabbat Exploration in Learning & Song (In person only)

Urban Adamah 1151 Sixth Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

Four-session series in partnership with Urban Adamah An immersive exploration of the tunes, words, and significance of Kabbalat Shabbat (Welcoming the Sabbath on Friday Evening). Each week will focus on a different aspect of Kabbalat Shabbat, beginning with a short...

Pacific Time

Tent of Mourning: Ta’anit Esther Actifest

Urban Adamah 1151 Sixth Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

We are partnering with The Shalom Center in "Erecting a Tent of Mourning" for all whose hearts are open and tender enough to grieve both Palestinian and Israeli lives lost since and beyond 10/7. In collaboration with over a dozen...

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Date:
March 21
Time:
5:30 am - 9:30 pm
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Location

Urban Adamah
1151 Sixth Street
Berkeley, CA 94710 United States
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Pacific Time

Rachel Biale—Purim: The Hangover Edition (In Person Only)

Manny's 3092 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

In partnership with Manny's, San Francisco Still feeling the effects of one too many l'chayims? Or hunting for a sober approach to the world's most spirit-full holiday? Never fear, New Lehrhaus is here with the perfect cure this Purim! Join...

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Date:
March 24
Time:
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Location

Manny’s
3092 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103 United States
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Instructors

Rabbi Yoel Kahn: The World of Midrash (In Person Only)

Congregation Beth El, Berkeley 1301 Oxford St., Berkeley, CA, United States

in partnership with Congregation Beth El, Berkeley A midrash is “a story about a story in the Torah” (or the Tanakh). One of the oldest forms of Jewish commentary, midrash moves beyond the “literal” of any passage to imaginative and...

Pacific Time

Prof. John Efron: The Yiddish Comedy Duo of Szymon Dzigan and Yisroel Shumacher

Magnes Museum 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

We are proud to partner in the Second Annual Eva and Martin Libitzky Memorial Lecture From the late 1920s to the outbreak of WWII, the comedy duo of Szymon Dzigan and Yisroel Shumacher enjoyed unparalleled popularity in Poland's world of...

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Date:
March 26
Time:
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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Location

Magnes Museum
2121 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94720 United States
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Instructors

Pacific Time

Katrin Kogman-Appel—The Kennicott Bible: A Masterpiece of Jewish Book Art (Zoom only)

The Kennicott Bible is one of the most celebrated illuminated Hebrew Bibles that survives today, delighting readers since its completion in 1476. Originating from La Coruña in northern Spain, it features lavish carpet pages, gold leaf silhouettes, and abundant marginal...

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Date:
March 31
Time:
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
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