We have a plethora of new programs starting right after Labor Day. Here’s the list: details and registration here (https://newlehrhaus.org/learn-with-us/).

Programs are listed in chronological order. All on Zoom unless otherwise noted, and $12/session tuition unless noted as FREE.

One-session Programs:

Uri Schreter: Oh, the Hora!! American Klezmer and Israeli Folk Music in Conversation. In partnership with KlezCalifornia: Sunday, Nov. 6 @ 3:00 – 4:30 pm

 

Yair Qedar, Robert Alter, and Fania Oz-Salzberger: The Fourth Window: Amoz Oz Documentary film screening followed by a panel discussion. In partnership with the Jewish Studies Program and the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at UC Berkeley. Sunday, November 20, 11:00am – 1:00pm. In-person @ Magnes Museum, Berkeley (with proof of vaccination & mask).

David Biale: What Really Happened on Hanukkah? In partnership with Osher Marin JCC. Hybrid: Thursday, December 15 @ 7:00- 8:30 pm

 

Multi-session Courses:

Daniel Boyarin: Talmud for Beginners: 4 sessions, Tuesdays, September 6, 13, 20, and Wednesday 9/28 @ 7:00 – 8:30 pm

Jehon Grist: Mexico & Its Jews in a Nutshell (Study Tour Preparation): 2 sessions, Tuesdays, September 14, 21 @ 4:00 – 5:15 pm FREE

Eleanor Shapiro: The intractable Middle East: Dual Narratives: 7 sessions, Wednesdays, October 12, 19, 26, November 2, 9, 16, 23 @ 7:00 -8:30 pm

Dan Alter: Reading & Writing Poetry: Part II: A continuation of the Spring 2022 class: NEW participants welcome! 5 sessions, Thursdays, October 20, November 3, 10, 17, December 1 @ 7:30 – 9:00 pm. In-person at Netivot Shalom, Berkeley. 

Honey Meir-Levi: Aging with Intention: In partnership with Kol Emeth. 4 sessions: Tuesdays, November 1, 15, 29 & December 13 @ 7:00 – 8:30 pm

Jehon Grist: “When Israel Was in Egypt’s Land:” The Middle Kingdom, Ramses II, and the Exodus: 3 sessions, Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16 @ 4:00 – 5:15 pm

Natan Meir: Stepchildren of the Shtetl: The Destitute, Disabled, and Mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800 – 1939: 3 sessions, Thursdays, November 3, 10, 17 @ 4:00 – 5:15 pm

Robert Alter & Ron Hendel: The Bible Now – Qohelet (Ecclesiastes): 4 sessions, Mondays, November 7, 14, 21, 28 @ 7:00 – 8:30 pm

Cancel Culture: Can We Separate the Art/Work from the Artist/Creator? In partnership with CCJCC’s Under One Tent. 3 sessions, Wednesdays, November 30, Dec. 7, 14 @ 7:00 – 8:30 pm

Talmud Circles

Peretz Wolf-Prusan, Deena Aranoff, Dorothy Richman: Talmud Circles Hybrid: In partnership with JCCSF, Oshman JCC, OMJCC, JCC  East Bay. Year-long program, multiple teachers & locations, Sundays starting October 2.

Languages

Jehon Grist: Beginning/Intermediate and Advance Hebrew: 8 sessions

Ken Blady: Yiddish from Scratch and Yiddish II: In partnership with KlezCalifornia: 8 sessions