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- Pacific Time Series
Ron Glait—Contemporary Jewish Art: A Guide for the Perplexed (On Zoom)
Virtual Program
Contemporary art can offer us limitless opportunities to connect with the complex world we live in. But how does one start to uncover the many possible meanings behind an artwork? Discover how to understand contemporary art and how it can help us interpret the world by exploring artworks by today’s Jewish artists looking at the many aspects of Jewish culture, identity, and community.
Instructor
Register ➜Total Program Fee: $30.0084 spaces open
- Pacific Time Series
Rebecca Kaplan—To be a Jew in the World: Torah from Sinai to Oakland (on Zoom)
Virtual Program
Join Rebecca Kaplan in finding Torah in unexpected places, from the Liberty Bell to area murals, contemporary community work, and her years of work (and some recent battles) at the Oakland City Council.
Thursdays, January 23, 30, February 6 @ 7–8:30pm
Instructor
Register ➜Total Program Fee: $45.0089 spaces open
- Pacific Time
Prof. Gila Fine—The Madwoman in the Rabbi's Attic: Rereading the Women of the Talmud (on Zoom)
Virtual Program
In partnership with Cong. Etz Chayim, Palo Alto
How does the Talmud portray its heroines? Why are they never as they first seem? And what does this tell us about the rabbis’ views of marriage, sex, childbirth, and what it means to be a woman in the world? Gila Fine discusses her new book on the six named heroines of the Talmud.
Instructor
Register for this ProgramTotal Program Fee: Free
- Pacific Time
Profs. David Myers & Nomi Stolzenberg: Jewish Values vs. Democratic Values (on Zoom)
Virtual Program
This program is in memory of David Biale.
There has been discussion over the past thirty years about the vision of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state, as well as the compatibility of observant Jewish life and American democracy. Can the two—Jewish and democratic—be reconciled? The two presenters, one a Jewish historian, the other a scholar of American law, will explore the consonances and tensions between Jewish and democratic values in Israel and ... Read more
Register ➜Total Program Fee: Free54 spaces open
- Pacific Time
The Queen’s Table: An Evening of Mystical Delight
In partnership with Chochmat Halev, Berkeley
Join world-leading Kabbalah scholars Dr. Melila Hellner-Eshed and Dr. Daniel Matt in Berkeley for an unforgettable night. Come experience an evening of ecstasy and enchantment at Chochmat HaLev’s modern take on the Hassidic tisch. Join us as we reimagine the rituals of the Jewish mystics by gathering around a long candlelit table, sacred teachers illuminating ancient wisdom, wordless nigun melodies, libations... Read more
Register for this ProgramTotal Program Fee: $180.00
- Pacific Time
Prof. Michael Chemers—Man-made Monsters: The Golem and Beyond (on Zoom)
Virtual Program
“Create me not!” cries the Golem’s spirit at the beginning of Leivick’s legendary play. Hear why the Golem has become a powerful embodiment of the ethical crisis facing modern Judaism from Dr. Michael Chemers, an expert on monsters in performance. How do Jews survive with ethics intact when the enemies of Judaism will stop at nothing?
Wednesday, February 5 @ 7–8:30pm
Instructor
Register ➜Total Program Fee: Free97 spaces open
- Pacific Time
Deena Aranoff—Mystical Madness: An Open Talmud Session (In person or on Zoom)
Hybrid Program
In partnership with the Osher Marin JCC
Please join us as we study Talmudic accounts of creation and the mystical madness that such speculation can bring about. We will join the sages as they travel the mystical terrain of the natural world, the nature of the divine, and the place of humanity in the order of things.
Instructor
Register ➜Total Program Fee: FreeZoom: Mystical Madness 89 spaces openIn Person: Mystical Madness 100 spaces open
- Pacific Time
Prof. Michael Hoberman: Theodore Seixas Solomons: The Jewish San Franciscan who Inspired North America’s Most Famous Footpath (In person only)
In partnership with the Jewish Community Library, San Francisco
The John Muir Trail runs 212 miles along the crest of California's High Sierra, from Yosemite to Mt. Whitney. Did you know that its creator was the direct descendant of the only Jewish clergyman in attendance at George Washington's inauguration in 1789? Michael Hoberman tells the story of Theodore Seixas Solomons' explorations of the Sierra in the 1890s, as well as of his tireless (and larg... Read more
Instructor
Register for this ProgramTotal Program Fee: Free
- Pacific Time
Prof. Michael Hoberman—Theodore Seixas Solomons: The Jewish San Franciscan who Inspired North America’s Most Famous Footpath (In person or on Zoom)
Hybrid Program
In partnership with Congregation Kol Emeth, Palo Alto
The John Muir Trail runs 212 miles along the crest of California's High Sierra, from Yosemite to Mt. Whitney. Did you know that its creator was the direct descendant of the only Jewish clergyman in attendance at George Washington's inauguration in 1789? Michael Hoberman tells the story of Theodore Seixas Solomons' explorations of the Sierra in the 1890s, as well as of his tireless (and largely unrecogn... Read more
Instructor
Register ➜Total Program Fee: $15.00ZOOM: Hoberman on John Muir Trail 100 spaces openIN PERSON: Hoberman on John Muir Trail 40 spaces open
- Pacific Time
Rachel B. Gross—A Pickle Problem: The Deli Revival and American Jewish Religion (on Zoom)
Virtual Program
In recent years, there has been a nostalgic revival of the Jewish deli menu. Chefs and restaurateurs have reimagined American Jewish food, emphasizing sustainability, local produce, and a longing for Eastern European heritage. This Ashkenazi culinary revival provides an alternative, under-appreciated way of practicing American Jewish religion, as well as highlighting challenges in embracing the diversity within American Judaism.
Wednesday, February 12 @ 7–8... Read more
Instructor
Register ➜Total Program Fee: $15.0098 spaces open
- Pacific Time
Howard Freedman: Yiddish San Francisco (on Zoom)
Virtual Program
In partnership with the Jewish Community Library, SF and KlezCalifornia
The history of San Francisco Jewry tends to be told in terms dominated by the experience of Jews from German-speaking lands who settled in California in the mid-nineteenth century with great success. Less attention is given to the lives of Jews from Eastern Europe who arrived in the late 1800s and early 1900s. This presentation will focus on these immigrants through the prism of Yid... Read more
Instructor
Register for this ProgramTotal Program Fee: Free
- Pacific Time
Bonnie Weiss—The Amazing Irving Berlin: From "Yiddish Nightingale" to "White Christmas"
Virtual Program
Irving Berlin is best known as the gifted composer/lyricist of hit musicals like “Annie Get Your Gun” and “Call Me Madam” and songs like “God Bless America” and “Alexander’s Rag Time Band.” Less well-known are songs that reflect his Russian-Jewish heritage: “Yiddish Nightingale,” “Russian Lullaby,” and “Cohen Owes Me $47.” Learn about Berlin’s life and work and watch performances of the songs that clearly or subtly illustrate his Jewish heritage, plus video clips of Mr. Berlin performing so... Read more
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Register ➜Total Program Fee: $15.0098 spaces open
