Learning at a Glance
Everything we are teaching now, arranged by subject.
Subjects
Art & Culture
The arts, film, and music
At Home in Diaspora: The Spaces of Yiddish Literature
Thursday, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29 @ 12–1:15 pm
on Zoom
Robert Oppenheimer: The Sphinx Without a Secret
Sunday, 10/25 @ 1:30–3 pm
on Zoom
Representing the Jews: Philip Roth's Operation Shylock
Wednesday, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18 @ 12:30–1:30 pm
on Zoom
Liberation at Berkeley Rep: Feminism, Memory, and Social Change
Tuesday, 11/10 @ 7–10 pm
In person only
Ladino Music: Poetry, Song, and Memory in the Sephardic World
Wednesday, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9 @ 1–2:30 pm
In person only
The Ancestors Are Watching: Entering the Poetry of Avot Yeshurun
Wednesday, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16 @ 6–7:30 pm
on Zoom
Classical Texts
Bible, Midrash, and Talmud
Talmud Circle · SF and South Bay
Sunday, 10/4, 11/8, 12/6, 1/3, 2/7, 3/7, 4/4, 5/2, 6/6 @ 10 am–12 pm
In person or on Zoom
Talmud Circle · East Bay and Marin
Wednesday, 10/14, 11/4, 12/2, 1/6, 2/3, 3/3, 4/7, 5/5 @ 6:30–8:30 pm
Sunday, 6/6 @ 10 am–12 pm
In person or on Zoom
Friday Torah Study
Friday, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18, 12/25, 1/1, 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18, 6/25 @ 8–9 am
on Zoom
History & Society
History and thought, Israel, and contemporary Jewish life
Israel Votes: Behind the Headlines
Thursday, 10/1 @ 6–7:30 pm
on Zoom
Jews, Jesus, and the Early Church: Uncovering What We Thought We Knew
Monday, 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26 @ 7–8:30 pm
on Zoom
Tending the Garden: Jewish Environmental Ethics from Genesis to Today
Tuesday, 10/6, 10/13, 10/20 @ 7–8:30 pm
on Zoom
Reading Biblical Texts: Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land at 250
Sunday, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, 12/6, 12/13 @ 5:15–6:45 pm
on Zoom
Beyond the Treasures: Exploring Ancient Egypt
Thursday, 10/15, 10/22 @ 6–7:30 pm
on Zoom
On Reconciliation: What Israelis and Palestinians Can Learn from South Africa and Rwanda
Thursday, 10/15 @ 7–9 pm
In person only
Talking About Antisemitism: Who Is Listening, and How Can We Make a Difference?
Wednesday, 10/21, 10/28 @ 6–7:30 pm
on Zoom
Stories the Rabbis Did Not Tell: Chapters in Late Antique and Early Medieval Jewish History
Thursday, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19 @ 6–7:30 pm
on Zoom
Ancient Jews, Modern Myths: What We Get Wrong About the Jewish Experience in Antiquity
Sunday, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22 @ 2–3:30 pm
on Zoom
Are Jews an ethnicity? What SB 1387 means for California and American Jews
Monday, 11/2 @ 6–7:30 pm
In person only
Here Where We Live: The Jewish Labor Bund Then and Now
Friday, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 12/4 @ 12–1 pm
on Zoom
A Glimpse Into Bukharian, Kavkazi, and Georgian Jewish History
Tuesday, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24 @ 6–7:30 pm
on Zoom
Liberation at Berkeley Rep: Feminism, Memory, and Social Change
Tuesday, 11/10 @ 7–10 pm
In person only
Revisiting Troubling the Waters, 20 Years On
Wednesday, 11/11, 11/18 @ 6–7:30 pm
on Zoom
Sigmund Freud's Jewish Jokes
Thursday, 11/12, 11/19, 12/3, 12/10 @ 1–2:30 pm
on Zoom
The Children's House: Life, Literature, and Memory on the Kibbutz
Monday, 11/16, 11/23, 11/30 @ 7–8:30 pm
on Zoom
From Baghdad to Buenos Aires: Radical Jewish Politics in Global Perspective
Monday, 12/7 @ 6–7:30 pm
on Zoom
Languages
Language courses and instruction
Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 1
Sunday, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, 12/6, 12/13 @ 3:30–5 pm
on Zoom
Reading Biblical Texts: Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land at 250
Sunday, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, 12/6, 12/13 @ 5:15–6:45 pm
on Zoom
Judeo-Baghdadi Arabic 1
Sunday, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22 @ 11:30 am–1 pm
on Zoom
Yiddish: Bodies in Motion
Monday, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/23, 11/30, 12/7, 12/14 @ 5:30–7 pm
In person only
Language Keepers: Haketia
Tuesday, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24 @ 4–5:30 pm
on Zoom
Yiddish 1
Tuesday, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/17, 11/24, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15 @ 5:30–7 pm
Thursday, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/19, 12/3, 12/10, 12/17 @ 5:30–7 pm
In person only
Ladino 1: Judeo-Spanish Language & Culture
Sunday, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, 12/6, 12/13 @ 10–11:30 am
on Zoom
Everything Else
Programs outside the subjects above
Or browse by length
The same programs, sorted by commitment — an evening, or a season.
One-Session Programs
Standalone programs, one session each
Israel Votes: Behind the Headlines
Thursday, 10/1 @ 6–7:30 pm
on Zoom
On Reconciliation: What Israelis and Palestinians Can Learn from South Africa and Rwanda
Thursday, 10/15 @ 7–9 pm
In person only
Robert Oppenheimer: The Sphinx Without a Secret
Sunday, 10/25 @ 1:30–3 pm
on Zoom
Are Jews an ethnicity? What SB 1387 means for California and American Jews
Monday, 11/2 @ 6–7:30 pm
In person only
Liberation at Berkeley Rep: Feminism, Memory, and Social Change
Tuesday, 11/10 @ 7–10 pm
In person only
From Baghdad to Buenos Aires: Radical Jewish Politics in Global Perspective
Monday, 12/7 @ 6–7:30 pm
on Zoom
Multi-Session Courses
Courses that run across several sessions
Jews, Jesus, and the Early Church: Uncovering What We Thought We Knew
Monday, 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26 @ 7–8:30 pm
on Zoom
Tending the Garden: Jewish Environmental Ethics from Genesis to Today
Tuesday, 10/6, 10/13, 10/20 @ 7–8:30 pm
on Zoom
At Home in Diaspora: The Spaces of Yiddish Literature
Thursday, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29 @ 12–1:15 pm
on Zoom
Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 1
Sunday, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, 12/6, 12/13 @ 3:30–5 pm
on Zoom
Reading Biblical Texts: Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land at 250
Sunday, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, 12/6, 12/13 @ 5:15–6:45 pm
on Zoom
Beyond the Treasures: Exploring Ancient Egypt
Thursday, 10/15, 10/22 @ 6–7:30 pm
on Zoom
Language Keepers: Haketia
Tuesday, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24 @ 4–5:30 pm
on Zoom
Talking About Antisemitism: Who Is Listening, and How Can We Make a Difference?
Wednesday, 10/21, 10/28 @ 6–7:30 pm
on Zoom
Representing the Jews: Philip Roth's Operation Shylock
Wednesday, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18 @ 12:30–1:30 pm
on Zoom
Stories the Rabbis Did Not Tell: Chapters in Late Antique and Early Medieval Jewish History
Thursday, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19 @ 6–7:30 pm
on Zoom
Ancient Jews, Modern Myths: What We Get Wrong About the Jewish Experience in Antiquity
Sunday, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22 @ 2–3:30 pm
on Zoom
Here Where We Live: The Jewish Labor Bund Then and Now
Friday, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 12/4 @ 12–1 pm
on Zoom
A Glimpse Into Bukharian, Kavkazi, and Georgian Jewish History
Tuesday, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24 @ 6–7:30 pm
on Zoom
Revisiting Troubling the Waters, 20 Years On
Wednesday, 11/11, 11/18 @ 6–7:30 pm
on Zoom
Sigmund Freud's Jewish Jokes
Thursday, 11/12, 11/19, 12/3, 12/10 @ 1–2:30 pm
on Zoom
The Children's House: Life, Literature, and Memory on the Kibbutz
Monday, 11/16, 11/23, 11/30 @ 7–8:30 pm
on Zoom
Ladino Music: Poetry, Song, and Memory in the Sephardic World
Wednesday, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9 @ 1–2:30 pm
In person only
The Ancestors Are Watching: Entering the Poetry of Avot Yeshurun
Wednesday, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16 @ 6–7:30 pm
on Zoom
Friday Torah Study
Friday, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18, 12/25, 1/1, 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18, 6/25 @ 8–9 am
on Zoom
