The Bay Area Community Talmud Circle is a growing, dynamic and welcoming community of adult participants engaged in modern Talmud study and active conversation. While the majority of participants are continuing students, anyone may join! No prior experience with Talmud Study...
In partnership with Congregation Kol Emeth and Sha'ar Zahav An interactive workshop that looks at the challenges and opportunities of the aging process through a Jewish lens. We will explore our own lives, and our preconceptions and feelings about age while...
In partnership with Sha'ar Zahav and the Peninsula Jewish Community Center Many scholars believe king Ramses II was the Pharaoh of the Exodus. We’ll examine the pros and cons of this claim and also delve into the fascinating world he ruled. In...
The Land-as-Woman is one of the most deeply rooted metaphorical systems in Jewish as well as Western and Middle-Eastern cultures, used to support the discourses of colonialism and nationalism throughout history. It has its origins in the Hebrew Bible. In...
The Bay Area Community Talmud Circle is a growing, dynamic and welcoming community of adult participants engaged in modern Talmud study and active conversation. While the majority of participants are continuing students, anyone may join! No prior experience with Talmud Study...
Israel's fifth election in 3 years speaks volumes on its deeply divided society and the fragmentation of its political parties. Ken Bob, who will be in Israel during the election, will sort out the implications of the results of the November 1 elections and walk you...
In partnership with KlezCalifornia If you attended a typical American Jewish wedding in the 1950s, you probably wouldn't have heard much traditional Jewish music. American dances conquered the scene, and whatever space they left for the Jewish dance set was...
In partnership with Temple Isaiah, Temple Sinai and Congregation Beth El Qohelet (or Kohellet, Ecclesiastes) is one of the strangest and most revolutionary books of the Hebrew Bible. We will explore its poetry and philosophy in the context of biblical and...
Join Rachel Biale for the launch of her historical novel, Lost and Found, based on the true story of a Viennese Jewish family on the refugee boat with Rachel’s parents, all fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. Apprehended at sea by the British...
In person at the Magnes Museum in Berkeley. In partnership with the Jewish Studies Program and the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, the Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies at UC Berkeley, the Jewish Film...
In partnership with the East Bay International Jewish Film Festival and the Contra Costa Jewish Community Center 3 Wednesdays: 11/30, 12/7, and 12/14 @ 7:00 - 8:30pm (Virtual on Zoom) 1. Literature and Scholarship Profs. Michael Krasny (SFSU) and Robert...
