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Daniel Matt: Exploring the Zohar (Virtual on Zoom)
A partnership program of New Lehrhaus
In this course we read and study the Zohar, the masterpiece of Kabbalah. Currently, we are exploring the Zohar on the Book of Genesis. Students can enroll in the current series, held live on Zoom.
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Ken Blady—Among Cossacks and Commissars: A History of Ukrainian Jewry (Zoom Only)
4 sessions: Mondays May 1, 8, 15, 22 @7–8:30pm
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Daniel Matt: Exploring the Zohar (Virtual on Zoom)
A partnership program of New Lehrhaus
In this course we read and study the Zohar, the masterpiece of Kabbalah. Currently, we are exploring the Zohar on the Book of Genesis. Students can enroll in the current series, held live on Zoom.
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Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett: People of the Cookbook (Zoom Only)
Part of the "Soil to Soul: Agriculture and Jewish Culture" series
In conversation with Yael Raviv of Jewish Food Society
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Soil to Soul: Agriculture and Jewish Culture series
A partnership program of Urban Adamah and New Lehrhaus, and with Jewish Food Society
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Prof. Erich Gruen: Smiling through Tears? Jewish Humor in Antiquity (Zoom Only)
This program will consider a number of texts composed by Jews dwelling under imperial rule in antiquity (the Persian, Greek, and Roman empires) in order to understand how the substantial humor in those texts reflects the experience and attitudes of a subordinate people. The texts to be discussed are the biblical books of Esther and Jonah, the stories of Judith and Susanna, and the Testament of Abraham. (PDF files of the latter three will be sent to participants).
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Shalhevet Robinson: Ruth: A Literary Masterpiece, a Lesson in Kindness (In Person and on Zoom)
In partnership with Beth Jacob Congregation, Oakland
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Dr. Joseph Benatov: How the Bulgarian Jews Survived the Holocaust (Zoom Only)
We invite you to join these community Yom Ha-Shoah Programs held by partner organizations: JFCS Holocaust Center and "Under One Tent," a program of the Contra Costa JCC.
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Jhos Singer—Judaism in a Bottle: The Manischewitz Story (Zoom only)
Part of the "Soil to Soul: Agriculture and Jewish Culture" series
In partnership with JCCSF
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Soil to Soul: Agriculture and Jewish Culture series
A partnership program of Urban Adamah and New Lehrhaus, and with Jewish Food Society
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Dr. Zachary Mazur—80th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Special Bay Area Lectures (In Person Only)
Join our partners, Taube Philanthropies and POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw in marking the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising with three special Bay Area Lectures (in-person only).
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Dr. Zachary Mazur—80th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Special Bay Area Lectures (In Person Only)
Join our partners, Taube Philanthropies and POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw in marking the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising with three special Bay Area Lectures (in-person only).
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