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- Pacific Time
Jehon Grist: Read Hebrew? Yes, You Can!
Virtual Program
Yes, you can break the Hebrew sight-reading barrier! This two-hour session (with a break in the middle) teaches you how to write and name the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. It also introduces the key vowel symbols and sounds so you can build and read Hebrew words. And since appreciating Hebrew's importance includes learning how and where it began, we'll learn a bit about its origins. This class is the perfect first step in preparation to take Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 1 beginning Oct... Read more
Instructor
Register ➜Total Program Fee: $15.0029 spaces open
- Pacific Time
Rabbi Mychal Copeland: On Repentance and Repair
Make amends in an unapologetic world. Learn how to engage in repair work—intentional and interpersonal, whether or not you go to shul (synagogue). Find your own path into a meaningful engagement with the High Holidays, through shared study and reflection.
Instructor
Register ➜Total Program Fee: Free18 spaces open
- Pacific Time
Multiple Presenters: Just D'Jew It! New Vistas in Jewish Life and Practice
Virtual Program
New ways of engaging with Jewish life and practice have emerged in the Bay Area. This program will highlight four of them—Urban Adamah, Wilderness Torah, the Jewish Studio Project, and Chai Cycle. Each presenter will give a short talk, followed by a Q&A and an opportunity for participants to share their own experiences with "alternative Jewish practice."
Register ➜Total Program Fee: $15.0096 spaces open
Starts on - Pacific Time Series
Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan's Talmud Circle
Hybrid Program
Some sessions are in person or on Zoom, and some Zoom only
In the 2025-26 academic year (October to June) we'll dive into the sea of Talmud…with life vests and good companions. We will use the Koren Talmud Bavli featuring the scholarship of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, and Hebrew with a side-by-side English translation. In addition to the text (see the Talmud Circles page) you will receive... Read more
Location
JCCSF
3200 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94118 + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94118 + Google Map
Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto
3921 Fabian Way
Palo Alto, CA 94303 + Google Map
Palo Alto, CA 94303 + Google Map
Instructor
Register ➜Total Program Fee: $245.00Rabbi Wolf-Prusan Talmud Circle 30 spaces openRabbi Wolf-Prusan Talmud Circle (In Person) 21 spaces open
Starts on - Pacific Time Series
Jehon Grist: Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 1
Virtual Program
Become a member and pay only $57.50 for this program!
This three-semester sequence gives you the essential knowledge and skills to read, understand, and appreciate prayerbook texts and the Hebrew Bible. It starts at the beginning, teaching the alphabet and sight-reading skills, then moves on to build both vocabulary and grammar knowledge using the text Prayerbook Hebrew the Easy Way. And alon... Read more
Register ➜Total Program Fee: $115.0036 spaces open
Starts on - Pacific Time Series
Jehon Grist—Reading the Bible: Tricksters and the Art of Deception
Virtual Program
Become a member and pay only $57.50 for this program!
Tricksters in the Hebrew Bible break the rules. Sometimes they're outsiders or underdogs trying to gain an advantage. Sometimes they try to right a wrong. And on occasion, the trickster may be G-d. Our class will explore this theme, starting with the trickster motif in neighboring ancient cultures. Then we'll move on to some of the most famo... Read more
Instructor
Register ➜Total Program Fee: $115.0033 spaces open
Starts on - Pacific Time Series
Rabbi Dorothy Richman's Talmud Circle
Virtual Program
This Talmud Circle is Zoom only.
In the 2025-26 academic year (October to June) we'll dive into the sea of Talmud…with life vests and good companions. We will use the Koren Talmud Bavli featuring the scholarship of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, and Hebrew with a side-by-side English translation. In addition to the text (see the Talmud Circles page) you will receive support materials and ass... Read more
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Register ➜Total Program Fee: $245.0034 spaces open
- Pacific Time
Yair Qedar, Harriet Wolfe, MD, and Robby Adler Peckerar, Ph.D.—Outsider Freud: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
In partnership with Magnes Museum and the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA)
A screening of the landmark documentary Outside Freud followed by a panel discussion with the filmmaker; distinguished expert Dr. Harriet Wolfe, immediate past president of the International Psychoanalytical Association; and New Lehrhaus' executive director, Robby Adler Peckerar, Ph.D.
Through an intimate lens, the film... Read more
Starts on - Pacific Time Series
Rev. Bruce Bramlett: Antisemitism: The Dynamics and History of the “Longest Hatred”
Virtual Program
This course tracks the historical development of antisemitism in Western civilization from the Greco-Roman period to its present resurgence throughout the West. We will discuss the nature of antisemitic prejudice, constructions, and concepts of race, the relationship between antisemitism and anti-Zionism, and the ongoing reality of Jew-hatred as a recurring phenomenon. Together, we will work to understand the sources of antisemitism’s post-Holocaust resurgence, paying close attention to cur... Read more
Instructor
Register ➜Total Program Fee: $75.0092 spaces open
- Pacific Time
David Misch: Jewish Comedy and Musical Satire
Virtual Program
Given their prominence in show business, is it possible there’s a connection between Jews and comedy? The answer is "What are you, meshuga?". In this multimedia talk, David Misch (“Mork and Mindy,” “Saturday Night Live,” “The Muppets Take Manhattan,” “Funny: the Book”) looks at the interaction between comedy and Jews, born of a fatalistic sensibility that sees irony everywhere, often expressed by sarcasm. (If a Jew says “Good thinking, Einstein,” it’s not a compliment.) And as a free bonus—... Read more
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Register ➜Total Program Fee: $15.00100 spaces open
Starts on - Pacific Time Series
Erich Gruen: Jewish Identity in the World of Pagan Antiquity
Virtual Program
Jews in the ancient world were everywhere a subordinate people, a footnote or afterthought in the grand sweep of history featured by the empires of Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, Persia, Greece, and Rome. How did Jews conceive of their own place in this larger world? And how were they perceived by the greater powers? Did Jews see themselves as a distinctive people apart or as somehow participants in a broader society and culture? This class consists of four lectures tha... Read more
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Register ➜Total Program Fee: $72.00100 spaces open
