A partnership program of Urban Adamah and New Lehrhaus, and with Jewish Food Society

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Join our partners, Taube Philanthropies and POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw in marking the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising with three special Bay Area Lectures (in-person only).

Join our partners, Taube Philanthropies and POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw in marking the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising with three special Bay Area Lectures (in-person only).

Explore why Israeli voters turned towards Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition partners at the November election, leading to his becoming the longest-serving prime minister of Israel and parliamentary losses for left-wing and Arab parties. Rosenbaum will delve into the major demographic changes that have taken place in Israel over the past decades as well as the judicial reform legislation that has led to protests throughout the country.

It’s not what you think, it’s not what the Hagaddah tells us, it’s not what you remember from Sunday School or "The Ten Commandments." Profs. Ron Hendel and Robert Alter will provide an analysis of the Biblical text, both historical and literary, which will turn your Passover Seder upside down.

In our fall semester, our class explored the tragic last days of the Kingdom of Judah in 586 BCE and its aftermath in texts from II Kings and Lamentations. To close the academic year, we’ll celebrate the restoration of the Jewish people promised in Isaiah 40-41. This text most likely dates to the 540’s BCE when the hated Babylonian Empire was about to fall to the Persians and Cyrus the Great. Exiled Judeans embraced the hope that soon, God would redeem them and return them home. In doing so, the writer jubilantly expresses the power of God in brilliant verses that confirm that the Jewish faith of the future would acknowledge only one God.

• Completes instructor text on the verb patterns and irregular verbs
• Covers three or more passages from The First Hebrew Reader
• Introduces the art and science of Biblical text translation and analysis
• Continues to explore aspects of the Hebrew Bible and its world

Required text: Jessica W. Goldstein, The First Hebrew Reader (J. Goldstein, EKS Publishing, 2000). Separate Instructor text and other materials provided free of charge

This course starts from the beginning and covers the following:

Your Shabbat-Prep Practice 

Eda Pell, our stalwart supporter and most generous donor, sponsors an annual lecture at UC Berkeley: we encourage you to attend.

In partnership with KlezCalifornia

In partnership with Temple Sinai, Oakland