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...
The third semester of a three-semester sequence, this course is designed for those who have completed New Lehrhaus Hebrew 1 and 2 and have a working Hebrew vocabulary of about 200 words and are familiar with the grammar of nouns,...
The Hebrew Bible is surprisingly candid about the good and the bad of sexual relationships. Marriage may be the Bible's procreative ideal, but variations on the theme are frequently woven into the narrative and poetic texts. Our class will begin...
Superman, Batman and the Fantastic Four were all created by young Jewish men. In fact, almost all of the original DC and Marvel superheroes, except Wonder Woman, were created by Jewish writers and were drawn by Jewish artists. We will...
In partnership with Congregation Beth Emek The history of baseball is filled with interesting stories of Jewish players. In this program we'll take a closer look at many of the famous—and perhaps slightly less famous—players over the past 160 years,...
Fewer than two thousand Jews lived in North America during the American Revolution. Some were Tories, some sided with the rebellion, and a significant number couldn't make up their minds whose side they were on. Whether they took part in...
