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Jehon Grist
Reading the Bible—Isaiah 40-41: Defining and Defending Divine Power
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.
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Jehon Grist—Intermediate/Advanced Biblical Hebrew 5 (Virtual on Zoom)
- 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
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Jehon Grist—Beginning Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 2 (Virtual on Zoom)
This course starts from the beginning and covers the following:
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Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan—Mind, Body and Soul: Maimonides’ Eight Chapters (Zoom Only)
Your Shabbat-Prep Practice
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Prof. Magda Teter
Blood Libel: On the Trail of An Antisemitic Myth (Annual Pell Lecture)—In Person Only
Eda Pell, our stalwart supporter and most generous donor, sponsors an annual lecture at UC Berkeley: we encourage you to attend.
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Josh Horowitz: The Promiscuous World of Jewish Music (Zoom Only)
In partnership with KlezCalifornia
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Stewart Florsheim
Poems on Paintings: A Workshop Using One Art to Explore Another (Zoom Only)
In partnership with Temple Sinai, Oakland
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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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