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.

One-Session Programs

Tent of Mourning: Ta’anit Esther Actifest  In partnership with The Shalom Center
Thursday, 3/21 @ 5:30am–9:30pm

Rachel Biale—Purim: The Hangover Edition (In Person Only)  In partnership with Manny’s, San Francisco
Sunday, 3/24 @ 2–3pm

Jehon Grist: What REALLY Happened on Purim
Sunday, 3/24 @ 7–8:30pm

The Second Annual Eva and Martin Libitzky Memorial Lecture
Prof. John Efron: The Yiddish Comedy Duo of Szymon Dzigan and Yisroel Shumacher
Tuesday, 3/26 @ 5:30-7:30pm

Prof. Azzan Yadin-Israel—Temptation Transformed: The Story of How the Forbidden Fruit Became an Apple  In partnership with the Jewish Community Library
Sunday, 4/4 @ 2pm

Prof.  Julia Watts Belser—Moses: Provocations from a Disabled Prophet   In partnership with the Jewish Community Library
Sunday, 4/14 @ 2–3pm

Multiple Presenters: Community Learning in Memory of Rachel Brodie (In Person Only)  In partnership with Urban Adamah
Wednesday, 4/17 @ 7:30–9pm

John Erlich—By the Waters of Babylon: Jews and Music in Iraq (In person or on Zoom)  In partnership with Congregation Netivot Shalom
Thursday, 4/18 @ 7–8:30pm

Multi-session Programs

Rabbi Yoel Kahn: The World of Midrash (In Person Only)  In partnership with Cong. Beth El, Berkeley
Mondays, 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8 @ 7-8:30pm

Multiple Presenters: Sacred Sounds: Kabbalat Shabbat Exploration in Learning & Song (In person only) In partnership with Urban Adamah
Wednesdays, 3/20, 3/27, 4/3 & 4/10 @ 6:30–8:30pm

Profs. Robert Alter & Daniel Matt—Sacred Sounds: Kabbalat Shabbat Exploration in Learning & Song
Wednesdays, 3/27 & 4/3 @ 7pm

Rabbi Sheldon Lewis—The Ground on Which We Stand: Jewish Values Summoning Us to Care for Our Only Home  In partnership with Congregation Kol Emeth and Congregation Beth Am
Tuesdays, 3/26, 4/2, 9 & 16 @ 7–8:30pm

Jehon Grist—Reading the Bible: The Biblical Facts of Life
Sundays: 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28; 5/5, 5/12, 5/19; 6/2, 6/9 @ 5:15-6:45pm

Erich S. Gruen: Scriptural Tales Retold
Thursdays, April 25, May 2, 9 and Wednesday, May 15 @7-8:15pm

Programs in Progress
Multiple Presenters: Walking in the Valley of the Shadow
Thursdays: 2/8, 2/22, 3/7, 3/21, 4/4, 4/11, 5/2 and 5/23 @ 7–8:30pm

Multiple presenters: The Heretic in the Room
Tuesdays: 2/20, 2/27, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19 @7–8:30pm

Jehon Grist—Reading the Bible: In the Beginning…Biblical and Other Creation Stories
9 Sundays: 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/25, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/31 @ 5:30-7pm; on Zoom

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan—Readings from the Zohar: Commentary on the Weekly Torah Portion
Fridays, 10/13-5/31 @ 12–1pm

Talmud Circles

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan: Lunchtime Community Talmud Circle (Zoom only)
Wednesdays: 10/4, 10/18, 11/1, 11/15, 11/29, 12/13, 12/27, 1/10, 1/24, 2/7, 2/21, 3/6, 3/20, 4/3, 4/17, 5/1, 5/15, 5/29 @ 12-1pm

Deena Aranoff & Rabbi Dorothy Richman: Berkeley/Marin Community Talmud Circle (In Person or on Zoom)
Sunday or Monday mornings: 10/16, 10/29, 11/13, 12/11, 1/7, 2/12, 3/11, 4/15, 5/20, 6/2 @ 10am–12pm

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan: San Francisco Community Talmud Circle (In Person or on Zoom)
Sunday mornings: 10/15, 11/19, 12/10, 1/21, 2/18, 3/17, 4/14, 5/19 and 6/9 @ 10am–12pm

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan: Palo Alto Community Talmud Circle (In Person or on Zoom)
Sunday mornings: 10/22, 11/12, 12/3, 1/28, 2/25, 3/10, 4/7, 5/5, 6/2 @ 10am–12pm

Languages

Jehon Grist: Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 3
9 Sundays: 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28; 5/5, 5/12, 5/19; 6/2, 6/9 @ 3:30-5pm

Jehon Grist—Reading the Bible: The Biblical Facts of Life
Sundays: 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28; 5/5, 5/12, 5/19; 6/2, 6/9 @ 5:15-6:45pm

Programs in Progress
Jehon Grist: Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 2
9 Sundays: 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/25, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/31 @ 3:30-5pm

Jehon Grist—Reading the Bible: In the Beginning…Biblical and Other Creation Stories
9 Sundays: 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/25, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/31 @ 5:30-7pm; on Zoom

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