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

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.

We're pleased to invite you to a Partnership Program with the Taube Center for Jewish Life and Culture in Warsaw.

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?

In partnership with Klez California, the East Bay International Jewish Film Festival, and Temple Isaiah

In partnership with Taube Philanthropies, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and UC Berkeley Center for Jewish Studies

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.

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.  

In partnership with JIMENA

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.