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Ariel Mayse: Where Heaven and Earth Kiss: Exploring New Perspectives in Jewish Environmental Ethics

The April 10 session will not meet at Urban Adamah. Please email emayse@gmail.com for the new location. CA, United States

In partnership with Urban Adamah We will examine the relationship between theology, Jewish law, and aggadah with an eye to how Jewish teachings inform present-day environmental issues. Focusing on a range of issues--from pollution, zoning, and resource management, to distributive justice,...

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Dawn Kepler: Honoring Your Jewish Child’s Non-Jewish Heritage (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program Virtual Program

Every child needs to understand where they come from. If you are raising your child as a Jew but one parent is not Jewish it is essential that you teach your child about that side of their family. This workshop...

Free

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Daniel Matt: Becoming Elijah: Prophet of Transformation, in conjunction with his book’s publication in the Jewish Lives Series, Yale University Press. (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program Virtual Program

In partnership with Cong. Beth Israel How did the figure of Elijah change over time, from a zealous prophet into an immortal, compassionate being who revisits earth to rescue and enlighten—perhaps the most popular figure in Jewish folklore? How was...

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Beginning Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew B (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program Virtual Program

This course covers additional features of Hebrew commonly found in Biblical and Siddur (prayerbook) texts, using the text Prayerbook Hebrew the Easy Way. We will introduce more of the verbal system and new grammatical components, including the present and past...

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Intermediate Biblical/Prayerbook Hebrew, Level E

Virtual Program Virtual Program

We will complete our overview of the Hebrew verb system, and continue to build Biblical text translation and analysis skills, using Bibleworks software in class. We will also translate sample texts from the Hebrew Bible. Students who complete this course...

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Reading Biblical Hebrew: Abimelech–Biblical Bad Boy (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program Virtual Program

Abimelech in the Book of Judges is a true (if illegitimate) son of the legendary Gideon: clever, murderous, and vengeful. Although he ultimately lacks his father’s good luck, he packs more back-stabbing punch in his brief career than most any...

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Yoel Kahn: Illuminated Medieval Passover Haggadahs (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program Virtual Program

While synagogues and sacred books were rarely illustrated, Medieval Jews commissioned and created marvelously illustrated Haggadot (Haggadahs). The pictures in these 14th - 16th century books can tell us a lot about both how their illustrators and viewers imagined the...

Free
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Steve Rosen: Archeology BEFORE the Bible (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program Virtual Program

In partnership with Americans for Ben-Gurion University What happened BEFORE the Bible? This course will delve into periods and aspects of pre-biblical archeology, situated in today’s discourse about what is archeology and how is it harnessed to current national and...

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Dan Alter: Diaspora and Homecoming in Jewish Poetry: A Reading and Writing Class

Netivot Shalom 1316 University Ave, Berkeley, United States

Since our beginnings, the ache of exile and longing to come home have run through Jewish life and writings: our poetry is rich with them. We will read Biblical, Golden Age Spain, Modernist and contemporary texts, and write our own...

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Date:
April 10, 2022
Time:
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Cost:
Free
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Netivot Shalom
1316 University Ave
Berkeley, 94702 United States
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Rachel & David Biale: Aerograms Across the Ocean: A Love Story in Letters (Virtual on Zoom)

Rachel & David Biale: Aerograms Across the Ocean: A Love Story in Letters Presented by the Jewish Community Library: You must register through the Jewish Community Library link: https://jewishlearning.works/event/aerograms-across-the-ocean/  No registration option through New Lerhhaus. Aerograms Across the Ocean: A...

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Date:
April 13, 2022
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Erich Gruen: Jews and Gentiles in Pagan Antiquity: A Love-Hate Relationship? (Virtual on Zoom)

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The complex relationships between Jews and their Gentile neighbors will focus on four areas: Session 1: Was Ancient Judaism a Nation, an Ethnicity, or a Religion? Session 2: Was There Antisemitism in Pagan Antiquity? Session 3: Displaced in the Diaspora?...

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