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Multiple Presenters: Give Peace a Chance
In partnership with The New Israel Fund
The series will feature several projects that create bridges of collaboration and peace-building between Israelis and Palestinians, as well as neighboring Jordan.
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David Biale, Chen Mandel-Edrei & Marcin Wodziński—Hasidism: New Perspectives on an Old Movement (Zoom only)
We're pleased to invite you to a Partnership Program with the Taube Center for Jewish Life and Culture in Warsaw.
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Prof. Bruce Phillips, Rabbi Steve Chester, Brittany Couture, Robin Mencher: Poverty in the Bay Area Jewish Community (Virtual on Zoom)
In partnership with JFCS-East Bay
What are the scope, characteristics, and needs of those facing poverty and economic insecurity in the Bay Area Jewish community? What is our East Bay Jewish community doing to meet those needs?
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The Fiddler Phenomenon (Virtual on Zoom)
In partnership with Klez California, the East Bay International Jewish Film Festival, and Temple Isaiah
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Dr. Natalia Romik
Hideouts: The Architecture of Survival in the Holocaust
In partnership with Taube Philanthropies, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and UC Berkeley Center for Jewish Studies
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Ellie Shapiro: Cabaret Culture in Interwar Poland
In partnership with KlezCalifornia and the Jewish Community Library
In the 1920s and ’30s, only New York rivaled Warsaw as a capital of Jewish cosmopolitanism. This multimedia presentation will demonstrate the vitality of a community known more for how they died than how they lived.
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Howard Simon: Violence and Non-Violence in Jewish Tradition (Virtual on Zoom)
In partnership with Osher Marin JCC
This inquiry into violence and non-violence in Jewish tradition employs Gandhi’s model of satyagraha (“a determined but nonviolent resistance to evil”) as a benchmark for non-violent resistance.
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Prof. Sarah Abrevaya Stein
Birds of a Feather: Sephardic Jews and the Exotic Birds' Feathers Craze in Pre-WWI Europe (Virtual on Zoom)
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Jehon Grist
Reading the Bible—The Four-Horned Altar: Searching for Its Meaning and Origin (Virtual on Zoom)
Second only to the Ark of the Covenant, the four-horned altar ranks as the most important ritual tool in ancient Israelite practice. While the God of Israel communicated his presence and law through the Ark and the tablets contained within it, the Israelites communicated their ritual commitment to God and his law through sacrifices on the altar.
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Jehon Grist—Intermediate Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 4 (Virtual on Zoom)
- Introduces the command and infinitive verb forms
- Begins to cover the remaining Hebrew verb patterns
- Increased focus on reading more complex Prayerbook and Biblical texts
- Continues to explore aspects of the Hebrew Bible and its world
Covering the last chapters of Prayerbook Hebrew the Easy Way, this class continues the exploration of Hebrew grammar and builds a stronger vocabulary using a text provided by instructor.
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Prof. Steve Whitfield: Jewish Attorneys Against Jim Crow (Virtual on Zoom)
In Partnership with Brandeis University Alumni Network and Congregation B'nai Tikvah in Walnut Creek
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Jehon Grist—Beginning Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 1B (Virtual on Zoom)
This is the second half of Hebrew 1, which covers the following:
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