Introducing Our New Annual Membership!
Unlock exclusive access to free and discounted registration for many of our programs.
A bird's eye view of current offerings. Click the course title to read the full description and to register. All programs are virtual on Zoom unless otherwise noted. In-person programs may require proof of Covid vaccination and facemasks.
Registration is now open for all listed programs. Please note that effective 9/1 our tuition is $15/session. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. If you need accommodation, please contact programs@newlehrhaus.org.
One-Session Programs
Jewish Arts & Bookfest
Sunday, 5/4 @ 11 am–4 pm
(In person only)
Marc Dollinger: A Different Picture of Jewish Civil Rights Leadership
Tuesday, 5/6 @ 6:30–7:30 pm
(In person only)
Dr. Molly Freeman & Prof. Ariel Mayse: Artificial Intelligence & Jewish Intelligence
Thursday, 5/8 @ 7–8:30 pm
(on Zoom)
Leonard Rothman: The Evolution of Israel through Maps: From Genesis to 1948
Wednesday, 5/21 @ 7–8:30 pm
(on Zoom)
Rachel Biale—Joint Memoirs: A Quarter Century Apart
In partnership with the Contra Costa JCC
Thursday, 5/22 @ 7–8:30 pm
(on Zoom)
Rabbi David Kasher: Torah from Sinai vs. Torah from Pumpedita
Wednesday, 5/28 @ 7–8:30 pm
(on Zoom)
Edwin Bernbaum—Sacred Mountains: From Mt. Sinai and Mt. Zion to Everest and Fuji
Wednesday, 6/4 @ 7–8:30 pm
(on Zoom)
Prof. Eran Kaplan: The Six-Day War Revisited
Thursday, 6/5 @ 7–8:30 pm
(on Zoom)
Seth Rogovoy—Not Really “A Complete Unknown": Bob Dylan’s Jewish Roots & Complex Identity
Monday, 6/9 @ 5–6:30 pm
(on Zoom)
Panel: What is “Jewish Peoplehood?” A Demographer, a Jewish Historian, and a Geneticist Walk into a Bar (Mitzvah) with Profs. Bruce Phillips and David Myers, and Adam Brown
In partnership with the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society
Wednesday, 6/11 @ 7–8:30 pm
(on Zoom)
Rabbi Yoel Kahn: Hineini! Here I Am!: Early Queer Jewish Liturgy
In partnership with Sha'ar Zahav, San Francisco, Congregation Beth El, Berkeley and Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos
Thursday, 6/12 @ 7:30–9 pm
(In person or on Zoom)
Multi-session Programs
Rabbi Greg Marcus—Crazy-Busy Jews: Overcoming a Crazy-Busy Life as a Professional Using Applied Jewish Wisdom
In partnership with J Leaders
Tuesday, 5/13, 5/27, 6/3 @ 7–8:30 pm
(on Zoom)
Rabbi Molly Karp—Martin Buber: A Land of Two Peoples
Thursday, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29 @ 4–5:30 pm
(on Zoom)
Daniel Matt: Exploring the Zohar in Aramaic
Thursday, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22 @ 11 am–12:15 pm
(on Zoom)
Multiple Instructors: Friday Torah Study 2025
Friday, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30, 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27 @ 8–9 am
(on Zoom)
Jehon Grist—Reading the Bible—Gifts of the Land: Food in the Biblical World and Text
Sunday, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 6/1, 6/8 @ 5:15–6:45 pm
(on Zoom)
Deena Aranoff & Naama Sedan: The Torah of Birth and Parenting
In partnership with Urban Adamah
Monday, 5/5 @ 7–8:30 pm
(In person only)
Daniel Matt: Exploring the Zohar in English
Tuesday, 5/6, 5/13, 5/20 @ 5–6:30 pm
(on Zoom)
Talmud Circles and Courses
Rabbi Dorothy Richman's Talmud Circle
Wednesday, 5/7 @ 12–1 pm
Sunday, 6/8 @ 12–1 pm
(on Zoom)
Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan's Talmud Circle
Sunday, 6/8 @ 12–3 pm
(on Zoom)
Languages
Jehon Grist: Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 3
Sunday, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 6/1, 6/8 @ 3:30–5 pm
(on Zoom)
Jehon Grist—Reading the Bible—Gifts of the Land: Food in the Biblical World and Text
Sunday, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 6/1, 6/8 @ 5:15–6:45 pm
(on Zoom)
