Program Archive

New Lehrhaus  •  2021 – Present

Biblical Text

31

• Archaeology Before the BibleSteve Rosen
• Art as Biblical CommentaryAzzan Yadin-Israel
• Chew-ish/Jew-ish Lunch & Learn: What Really Happened at Sinai?Jessica Graf
• Friday Torah StudyMultiple Instructors
• Friendship in the Bible and Rabbinic TextsPatricia Karlin-Neumann
• Just Like Everybody Else, Only More So: Jewish Romans and the Rise of ChristianityPaula Fredriksen
• Prophets and Prophecy True and False in the Biblical WorldJehon Grist
• Reading Biblical Hebrew • A Betrothal Story: Isaac and RebekahJehon Grist
• Reading Biblical Hebrew • Abimelech Biblical Bad BoyJehon Grist
• Reading Biblical Hebrew • Jerusalem Falls Jeremiah 586 Bce and Josephus 70 CeJehon Grist
• Reading the Bible • Gifts of the Land: Food in the Biblical World and TextJehon Grist
• Reading the Bible • Wisdom in the Wine its Uses and Abuses in the Biblical WorldJehon Grist
• Reading the Bible • In the Beginning: Biblical and Other Creation StoriesJehon Grist
• Reading the Bible • Josiah's Three Stories: Kings, Chronicles, and JosephusJehon Grist
• Reading the Bible • Tricksters and the Art of DeceptionJehon Grist
• The Bible Now Qohelet EcclesiastesRobert Alter & Ron Hendel
• Ruth: A Literary Masterpiece, A Lesson in KindnessShalhevet Robinson
• Sacred Sounds: Kabbalat Shabbat Exploration in Learning & SongRobert Alter & Daniel Matt
• Scriptural Tales RetoldErich S. Gruen
• Reading the Bible • Isaiah 40–41: Defining and Defending Divine PowerJehon Grist
• The Bible Now: GenesisRobert Alter & Ron Hendel
• The Bible on the Couch: A Rabbi and Psychiatrist Analyze Sacred TextsJudy Shanks & James Gracer
• Reading the Bible • The Four Horned Altar: Searching for its Meaning and OriginJehon Grist
• The Fourth Window: Documentary Film About Amos OzYair Qedar, Robert Alter & Fania Oz-Salzberger
• The Kennicott Bible: A Masterpiece of Jewish Book ArtKatrin Kogman-Appel
• The Torah of Birth and ParentingDeena Aranoff & Naama Sedan
• To Be a Jew in the World: Torah from Sinai to OaklandRebecca Kaplan
• What Really Happened at SinaiJehon Grist & Peretz Wolf-Prusan
• What Really Happened on Passover?Robert Alter & Ron Hendel
• What Really Happened on PurimJehon Grist
• Where Heaven and Earth Kiss: Exploring New Perspectives in Jewish Environmental EthicsAriel Mayse

Talmud & Rabbinic Literature

17

• A Taste of TalmudPeretz Wolf-Prusan
• An Introduction to Bay Area Talmud CirclesPeretz Wolf-Prusan
• Berkeley Community Talmud CircleDeena Aranoff
• Bible, Midrash, and Art: The Richness of Bible NarrativesJody Hirsh
• Care to Make It Interesting? Seinfeld, Jewish Culture & the TalmudRon Reissberg
• Domestics or Divas? Women in the TalmudJudith Hauptman
• Lunchtime Community Talmud CirclePeretz Wolf-Prusan
• Marin Community Talmud CircleDorothy Richman
• Palo Alto Community Talmud CirclePeretz Wolf-Prusan
• People of the Book — But What Book? The Confrontation Between Torah and TalmudRon Reissberg
• Rabbi Dorothy Richman's Talmud CircleDorothy Richman
• Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan's Talmud CirclePeretz Wolf-Prusan
• San Francisco Community Talmud CirclePeretz Wolf-Prusan
• Talmud Circle 2025–26Peretz Wolf-Prusan
• Talmud for BeginnersDaniel Boyarin
• Talmud Study: High Holy DaysDeena Aranoff
• The World of MidrashYoel Kahn

Jewish Mysticism & Kabbalah

9

• Exploring HasidismAriel Evan Mayse
• Exploring the Zohar (in English)Daniel Matt
• Exploring the Zohar (in Aramaic)Daniel Matt
• Exploring the Zohar in EnglishDaniel Matt
• The Dybbuk Century: 100 Years of the Jewish Play That Possessed the WorldDebra Caplan
• The Essential KabbalahDaniel Matt
• The Tree of Life: Making Kabbalistic DiagramsYosef Rosen
• This Week in Jewish Mysticism: Reading the Zohar's Commentary on the Weekly Torah PortionPeretz Wolf-Prusan

Jewish History & Culture

33

• 80th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto UprisingZachary Mazur
• A Remedy for the Evil Eye: History of the Jews of AfghanistanKen Blady & Manny Yekutiel
• A Ukrainian Chapter: A Jewish Aid Worker's Memoir of SorrowMichael Nutkiewicz
• Abortion through Multiple LensesRachel Biale, Shalhevet Sarah Robinson, Michal Kohane, Carole Joffe, Debbie Bamberger, Roslyn Banish & Linda Scaparotti
• Among Cossacks and Commissars: A History of Ukrainian JewryKen Blady
• Around the World with FredFred Rosenbaum
• Birds of a Feather: Sephardic Jews and the Exotic Bird Feathers Craze in Pre-WWI EuropeSarah Abrevaya Stein
• Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Antisemitic Myth (Annual Pell Lecture)Magda Teter
• Fit Nation: Jews, Exercise & the Making of Modern American Fitness CultureNatalia Mehlman Petrzela
• From Animosity to Solidarity: Jews and Chinese in San FranciscoFred Rosenbaum & Yong Chen
• Heritage and Memory: The Jews of GreeceJehon Grist & Jim Mavrikios
• Honoring Your Jewish Child's Non-Jewish HeritageDawn Kepler
• How Interfaith Marriage Is Changing the American Jewish Community (But Not Necessarily in the Ways We Think/Fear)Bruce Phillips
• How the Bulgarian Jews Survived the HolocaustJoseph Benatov
• Jewish Identity in the World of Pagan AntiquityErich Gruen
• Jews and Gentiles in Antiquity: A Love-Hate RelationshipErich Gruen
• Jews of Color: Taking Charge of Your Jewish IdentityKim Carter-Martinez
• Millennial Jewish Stars: Navigating Racial Antisemitism, Masculinity & White SupremacyJonathan Branfman
• Poverty in the Bay Area Jewish CommunityBruce Phillips & Steve Chester & Robin Mencher
• Preaching the Promised Land: Mary Antin's American ReligionsRachel B. Gross
• Smiling through Tears: Jewish Humor in AntiquityErich Gruen
• Soil to Soul: Agriculture and Jewish Culture SeriesJhos Singer, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Yael Raviv, Jesse Yurow, Ariel Mayse, Debbie Harris & Aliza Grayevsky Somekh
• Stepchildren of the Shtetl: The Destitute, Disabled, and Mad of Jewish Eastern Europe 1800–1939Natan Meir
• The Architecture of Survival in the HolocaustNatalia Romikhideouts
• The French Revolution: Was It Good for the Jews?Jeremy Popkin
• The Jewish World of Alexander HamiltonAndrew Porwancher
• The Jews of Morocco: Prep Series for Study TourYoel Kahn, Vanessa Paloma Elbaz, Alma Heckman & Sarah Levin
• The Jews of the Rhineland and AlsaceFred Rosenbaum & Rachel Biale
• The World to Begin Again: Jews and the American RevolutionMichael Hoberman
• Walking in the Valley of the ShadowMultiple Presenters
• We Were Here: HIV/AIDS, the Bay Area and the Jewish CommunityYoel Kahn, David Weissman & Avi Rose
• Welcoming the New Year and the Stranger (Partnership with JFCS East Bay & HIAS)Sarah Gakenia Cleveland, Joe Goldman & Nawida Popa
• Zelda Popkin: A Jewish Woman Ahead of Her TimeJeremy Popkin

Yiddish Language & Literature

6

• Isaac Bashevis Singer's Simple GimpleDavid Stromberg & David Roskies
• Rabbi Nachman's Tales & A Heritage of SoundRobby Adler Peckerar & Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell
• Klezmer Music & Culture: Chords and ChronologyDmitri Gaskin
• The Fiddler PhenomenonNaomi Seidman, Alisa Solomon & Bonnie Weiss
• The Tsenerene: The Most Popular Yiddish Book in HistoryAvi Blitz
• Worldmaking Action: How Children's Literature Imagined Jewish FuturesMiriam Udel

Israel & Contemporary Issues

14

• A Turn in Israel: Politics and Society in Today's Jewish StateFred Rosenbaum
• Am Yisrael High: Jews and CannabisEddy Portnoy
• Between Shtisl and Fauda: Images of Israeli Men in Israeli TV SeriesIlan Vitemberg
• Gold and the Price of Collective HubrisEran Kaplan
• In Memory of Ilan VitembergYair Qedar
• Israel Prep Course: Give Peace a ChanceMultiple Presenters
• Israel/Palestine: A Dual Narrative ApproachEleanor Shapiro
• Reflects on Israel's Current Complex RealityBarak Heymann
• Resistance: Hitler's Germany, the US under McCarthy, Eastern Europe, South America, South Africa & IsraelMultiple Presenters
• Temptation Transformed: How the Forbidden Fruit Became an AppleAzzan Yadin-Israel
• The End of IsraelBradely Burston
• The Intractable Middle East: Dual NarrativesEleanor Shapiro
• What Now? Analysis of Israel's ElectionsKen Bob
• When Israel Was in Egypt's Land: The Middle Kingdom Ramses II and the ExodusJehon Grist

Arts, Film & Music

25

• Amos Oz: Writer, Activist, IconRobert Alter
• Breads of the JewsAliza Grayevsky Somekh
• By the Waters of Babylon: Jews and Music in IraqJohn Erlich
• Cabaret Culture in Interwar PolandEllie Shapiro
• Contemporary Jewish Art: A Guide for the PerplexedRon Glait
• Convergence: African American & Eastern European Musical TraditionsAnthony Russell
• Cook Across the Centuries: Recipes from Historical CookbooksJesse Yurow
• David Grossman: Film and Lecture (Co-sponsored Program)Vered Weiss
• Descendants of Light: American Photographers of Jewish AncestryPenny Wollin
• Femmes Fatales, Monsters, and Murderers: The Jewish Presence in Weimar CinemaJanis Plotkin
• Hebrew Writers: Film Biographies and Text ReadingVered Weiss & Shirelle Doughty
• Jewish Music MattersEleanor Shapiro
• Lost and Found (Book Launch)Rachel Biale
• Mickey Katz: Yinglish Comedy & the Continuity of KlezmerUri Schreter
• Off the Derech: Haredi Judaism and Beyond in FilmJanis Plotkin & Karen Davis
• Oh, the Hora! American Klezmer and Israeli Folk Music in ConversationUri Schreter
• People of the CookbookBarbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
• Poems on Paintings: A Workshop Using One Art to Explore AnotherStewart Florsheim
• Sex and Furniture in Jewish TraditionRachel Biale
• Short Film: Deciding Vote
• The Amazing Irving Berlin: From Yiddish Nightingale to White ChristmasBonnie Weiss
• The Promiscuous World of Jewish MusicJosh Horowitz
• The Queen's Table: An Evening of DelightDaniel Matt & Melila Hellner-Eshed
• Without Jews There Would Be No Comic Book SuperheroesHarry Manhoff
• Word Wizards: Broadway's Legendary Jewish LyricistsBonnie Weiss

Language Courses

20

• Beginning Prayerbook Biblical HebrewJehon Grist
• Beginning Prayerbook Biblical Hebrew aJehon Grist
• Beginning Prayerbook Biblical Hebrew BJehon Grist
• Biblical HebrewJehon Grist
• Grist Prayerbook Biblical HebrewJehon Grist
• Grist Prayerbook Biblical Hebrew 1 AcceleratedJehon Grist
• Hebrew 1 Prayerbook Biblical Hebrew the Fast Easy WayJehon Grist
• Intermediate Biblical Prayerbook Hebrew DJehon Grist
• Intermediate Biblical Prayerbook Hebrew Level EJehon Grist
• Intermediate Prayerbook Biblical HebrewJehon Grist
• Judeo-Arabic and the Jews of North AfricaTsipora Gabai & Jim Mavrikios
• Judeo-Kashani: The Endangered Language of Iran's "Little Jerusalem"Jacob Kodner
• Ladino: History, Culture, Music & LanguageRivka Amado
• Ladino: History, Culture, Music & Language (First Session)Rivka Amado
• Modern Hebrew 5 LevelsTikva Farber
• Prayerbook Biblical HebrewJehon Grist
• The Land as Woman: The Afterlife of a Poetic Metaphor in Women's Modern Hebrew PoetryChana Kronfeld
• Yiddish 2 Lernen YiddishKen Blady
• Yiddish from ScratchKen Blady
• Yiddish Ii Lernen YiddishKen Blady

Jewish Philosophy & Thought

17

• Aging with IntentionHoney Meir-Levi
• Buber and Heschel: Encountering the I-Thou and Articulating the IneffableMolly Karp
• Crazy Busy Jews: Overcoming a Crazy Busy Life as a Young Professional Using Applied Jewish WisdomGreg Marcus
• Divinity and Infinity: Exploring the Infinite in Mathematics and JudaismLarry Lesser
• Jewish Values vs. Democratic ValuesDavid Myers & Nomi Stolzenberg
• Martin Buber: A Land of Two PeoplesMolly Karp
• Modern Europe & SpinozaHannah Ginsborg & Sam Shonkoff
• Neshamah YogaKendra Fried
• Not Your Grandparents' Judaism: Exploring Personal Jewish Spiritual GrowthLavey Derby
• Old Boy at the New Lehrhaus: The Rosenzweig-Buber-Scholem Debate Transported to 2023Sam Shonkoff, Naomi Seidman & David Biale
• Roots: Getting Grounded in Jewish TraditionRory Katz & Elaina Marshalek
• The Chesed Voice: Kindness in Jewish TextsGreg Marcus
• The Ground on Which We Stand: Jewish Values Summoning Us to Care for Our Only HomeSheldon Lewis
• Time to Cancel Cancel Culture?Michael Krasny, Robert Alter, Eva Mrocek, Liora Halperin, Peretz Wolf-Prusan & Chai Levy
• Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good PeopleSteve Chester
• Writing with MussarJannie M. Dresser
• Yes, I Want to Be a MenschJudy Shanks

Holiday Programs

9

• Mor Anukkah a Moroccan Hanukkah PartyTsipora Gabai & Jim Mavrikios
• Sukkot Film Screening the Route of the Citron by Izza GeniniIzza Genini
• Tu Beav the Little Known Jewish Summer Love FestivalRachel Biale & David Biale
• What Really Happened on Hanukkah?David Biale
• What Really Happened on Lag Ba'Omer? The Multiple Traditions of Lag Ba'OmerYael Zerubavel
• What Really Happened on Simchat Beit HaSho'eva?Daniel Boyarin
• What Really Happened on Tishah Be'Av?Peretz Wolf-Prusan
• What Really Happens on Tu Bishvat? From the Kabbalah to the KibbutzPeretz Wolf-Prusan & Rachel Biale
• Why Hank Wouldn't Play on Yom Kippur: Jews in BaseballHarry Radousky

Community Programs & Special Events

20

• A Land of Milk and HoneyYoel Kahn & Debbie Harris
• AI and JudaismMolly Freeman & Ariel Mayse
• Becoming Elijah: Prophet of TransformationDaniel C. Matt
• Community Learning in Memory of Rachel BrodieMultiple Presenters
• Diaspora and Homecoming in Jewish Poetry (In Person)Dan Alter
• Diaspora and Homecoming in Jewish Poetry: A Reading and Writing ClassDan Alter
• Drop-In Book Club: Dara Horn's People Love Dead JewsDavid Waksberg
• Illuminated Medieval Passover HaggadahsYoel Kahn
• Jews and Booze — Yeah ReallyJhos Singer
• Josephus: Traitor or Hero?Daniel Boyarin
• Judaism in a Bottle: The Manischewitz StoryJhos Singer
• Living in the Presence: A Very Special Book LaunchMultiple Presenters
• Mind, Body & Soul: Maimonides' Eight ChaptersPeretz Wolf-Prusan
• Reading and Writing Grief and SurrenderMoriel Rothman-Zecher
• Shaping and Experiencing Sacred SpacesCraig Hartman, Susie Coliver & Steve Rajninger
• Shaping and Experiencing Sacred Spaces (Kol Shofar Tour)Susie Coliver & Steve Rajninger
• The Generational Rift Among American JewsDavid Waksberg
• The Heretic in the RoomMultiple Presenters
• The Middle East Crisis 1180 BceJehon Grist
• Visit Morocco — Information SessionYoel Kahn

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