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
Ilan Vitemberg Memorial Program (in person only) In Partnership with the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Congregation Beth Am, the Jewish Community Library, A Wider Bridge, and The East Bay International Film Festival
Wednesday, 9/27 @ 7–9pm
Book Talk: Walkers in the City—Jewish Street Photographers of Midcentury New York A partnership program with the American Jewish Historical Society and YIVO, New York
Thursday, 9/28 @ 3:30–5pm
Sukkot Film Screening: The Route of the Citron by Izza Genini (In Person Only) In partnership with Urban Adamah
Thursday, 10/5 @ 7–9pm
Maggid Jhos Singer: Jews and Booze? Yeah, Really! (in person only)
Sunday, 10/8 @ 3–4:30pm
Robert Alter—Amos Oz: Writer, Activist, Icon (in person only) In partnership with the Jewish Community Library
Sunday, 10/15 @ 2–3pm
Fred Rosenbaum & Prof. Yong Chen—From Animosity to Solidarity: Jews and Chinese in San Francisco from the Gold Rush to the Present In partnership with Congregation Beth Am and CCJCC’s “Under One Tent.” FREE program
Wednesday, 10/11 @ 7–8:30pm
Prof. Eran Kaplan: Golda and the Price of Collective Hubris (In Person or Livestream)
Monday, 10/23 @ 8–9pm
Jim Mavrikios & Ron Reissberg: Es a Bisl…mit Shtisel! (In person only) In partnership with Temple Sinai and KlezCalifornia
Wednesday, 11/1 @ 6-8pm
Rabbi Sheldon Lewis—The Ground on Which We Stand: Jewish Values Summoning Us to Care for Our Only Home (Introductory Session: In person or on Zoom) In partnership with Congregation Kol Emeth and Congregation Beth Am
Tuesday, 11/14 @ 7–8:30pm; FREE
Michael Nutkiewicz—A Ukrainian Chapter: A Jewish Aid Worker’s Memoir of Sorrow
Wednesday, 11/15 @ 7–8pm
Prof. Yaron Eliav: A Jew in the Roman Bathhouse
Sunday, 12/3 @ 3–4:30pm
Fiddler on the Roof Singalong with Chinese Dinner Buffet (In Person Only) In partnership with KlezCalifornia
Monday, 12/25 @ 5–8pm
Multi-session Programs
Stanley Saitowitz, Susie Coliver and Steve Rajninger & Craig Hartman: Shaping and Experiencing Sacred Spaces (Zoom and In Person)
Thursday, 9/28 @ 7-8pm, Sunday, October 1 @ 2pm, Thursday, October 12 @ 7pm, Shabbat, October 14 @ ~1pm, Thursday, October 26 @ 7:30–8:30pm and Sunday, October 29 @ 2:30–4pm
Rabbi Tsipora Gabai & Jim Mavrikios: Judeo-Arabic and the Jews of North Africa (Zoom and In Person) – in partnership with Urban Adamah
Mondays, 10/2 and 10/9 @ 7–8:30pm and 10/16 @ 6–8pm
Dr. Jehon Grist—The Jews of Spain: Their Story (In Person or on Zoom)
Thursdays, 10/5, 10/12 and 10/19 @7–8:15pm
Ken Blady: Yiddish Reading Salon In partnership with KlezCalifornia
Mondays, 10/9–12/11 @ 7–8:15pm
Rabbi Molly Karp—Buber and Heschel: Encountering the I-Thou and Articulating the Ineffable
Tuesdays, 10/10–10/31 @ 4–5:30pm
Daniel Matt: Exploring the Zohar
Tuesdays starting 10/10, ongoing @ 5–6:30pm
Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan—Readings from the Zohar: Commentary on the Weekly Torah Portion
Fridays, 10/13-5/31 @ 12–1pm
Jehon Grist—Reading the Bible: Josiah’s Three Stories: Kings, Chronicles and Josephus
Sundays: 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/12, 11/19, 12/3, 12/10 and 12/17 @ 5:30–7pm
Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann: Friendship in the Bible and Rabbinic Texts
Thursdays, 11/2, 11/9 & 11/16 @7-8:30pm
Rabbi Sheldon Lewis—The Ground on Which We Stand: Jewish Values Summoning Us To Care For Our Only Home (In person or on Zoom) In partnership with Congregation Kol Emeth and Congregation Beth Am
Tuesdays, 11/14, 11/21, 11/28 & 12/5 @ 7–8:30pm
Rabbi Judy Shanks: Yes, I Want to be a Mentsh! (In person or on Zoom) In partnership with BASE Bay in Rockridge
Wednesdays, 11/29 & 12/6 @ 7–8:30pm
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
Ken Blady: Yiddish Reading Salon In partnership with KlezCalifornia
Mondays, 10/9–12/11 @ 7–8:15pm
Jehon Grist: Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 1
Sundays: 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/12, 11/19, 12/3, 12/10 and 12/17 @ 3:30–5pm
Jehon Grist—Reading the Bible: Josiah’s Three Stories: Kings, Chronicles and Josephus
Sundays: 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/12, 11/19, 12/3, 12/10 and 12/17 @ 5:30–7pm
