A bird’s eye view of current offerings. Click the course title to read the full description and to register. All programs are virtual on Zoom unless otherwise noted. In-person programs may require proof of Covid vaccination and facemasks.
One-Session Programs
Prof. Julia Watts Belser—Moses: Provocations from a Disabled Prophet In partnership with the Jewish Community Library
Sunday, 4/14 @ 2–3pm
Multiple Presenters: Community Learning in Memory of Rachel Brodie (In Person Only) In partnership with Urban Adamah
Wednesday, 4/17 @ 7:30–9pm
John Erlich—By the Waters of Babylon: Jews and Music in Iraq (In person or on Zoom) In partnership with Congregation Netivot Shalom and KlezCalifornia
Thursday, 4/18 @ 7–8:30pm
Prof. Eran Kaplan: The Holocaust and the Yishuv (The Jewish Community in Palestine) In partnership with the JFCS Holocaust Center, the San Francisco-wide Yom HaShoah Commemoration and Day of Learning, and the Contra Costa community-wide commemoration
Wednesday, 5/1 @ 7–8:30pm
Prof. Yael Zerubavel—What REALLY Happened on Lag Ba’Omer: The Multiple Traditions of Lag Ba’Omer—A Jewish-Israeli View
Thursday, May 16 @ 5–6:30pm
October 7th & the Israel-Gaza War: Behind and Beyond the News
Session 6—Bradley Burston: The End of Israel?
Sunday, May 19 @ 11am–12:30pm
Rachel Biale: Sex and Furniture in Jewish Tradition
Wednesday, 5/22 @ 7–8:30pm
Multiple Presenters: The Art of the Ketubah (Hybrid) In partnership with the Magnes Museum, Berkeley
Sunday, 6/2 @ 11am–1:30pm
Multi-session Programs
Anastasiia Mikhailova: Let My People Go…and Stay!
Tuesdays, 5/28, 6/4 and 6/18 @ 7–8:30pm
Programs in Progress
Erich S. Gruen: Scriptural Tales Retold
Thursdays, April 25, May 2, 9 and Wednesday, May 15 @7-8:15pm
Jehon Grist—Reading the Bible: The Biblical Facts of Life
Sundays: 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28; 5/5, 5/12, 5/19; 6/2, 6/9 @ 5:15-6:45pm
Daniel Matt: Exploring the Zohar in English
Tuesdays, 3/19, 3/26, 4/2, 4/16, 5/14 and 5/21 @ 5–6:30pm
Daniel Matt: Exploring the Zohar in Aramaic
Thursdays, 3/28, 4/4, 4/18, 5/16, 5/23 and 5/30 @ 11am–12:15pm
Multiple Presenters: Walking in the Valley of the Shadow
Thursdays: 2/8, 2/22, 3/7, 3/21, 4/4, 4/11, 5/2 and 5/23 @ 7–8:30pm
Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan—Readings from the Zohar: Commentary on the Weekly Torah Portion
Fridays, 10/13-5/31 @ 12–1pm
Talmud Circles
Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan: Lunchtime Community Talmud Circle (Zoom only)
Wednesdays: 10/4, 10/18, 11/1, 11/15, 11/29, 12/13, 12/27, 1/10, 1/24, 2/7, 2/21, 3/6, 3/20, 4/3, 4/17, 5/1, 5/15, 5/29 @ 12-1pm
Deena Aranoff & Rabbi Dorothy Richman: Berkeley/Marin Community Talmud Circle (In Person or on Zoom)
Sunday or Monday mornings: 10/16, 10/29, 11/13, 12/11, 1/7, 2/12, 3/11, 4/15, 5/20, 6/2 @ 10am–12pm
Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan: San Francisco Community Talmud Circle (In Person or on Zoom)
Sunday mornings: 10/15, 11/19, 12/10, 1/21, 2/18, 3/17, 4/14, 5/19 and 6/9 @ 10am–12pm
Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan: Palo Alto Community Talmud Circle (In Person or on Zoom)
Sunday mornings: 10/22, 11/12, 12/3, 1/28, 2/25, 3/10, 4/7, 5/5, 6/2 @ 10am–12pm
Languages
Jehon Grist: Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 3
9 Sundays: 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28; 5/5, 5/12, 5/19; 6/2, 6/9 @ 3:30-5pm
Jehon Grist—Reading the Bible: The Biblical Facts of Life
Sundays: 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28; 5/5, 5/12, 5/19; 6/2, 6/9 @ 5:15-6:45pm
