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Wed 04

- Pacific Time

Yom HaZikaron - Yom Ha'Atzma'ut (Israel Memorial Day and Independence Day

Tue 03

- Pacific Time

Michael Krasny: Jewish American Fiction (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program

We will explore, via lecture and discussion, stories written by major Jewish American authors of the post-World War II period.  What does their fiction reveal to us about major motifs of Jewish identity and Jewish values and why is their work of ongoing importance? Authors will include Bernard Malamud, Grace Paley, and Isaac Bashevis Singer.

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Tue 03

- Pacific Time

Yom HaZikaron - Yom Ha'Atzma'ut (Israel Memorial Day and Independence Day

Mon 02

- Pacific Time

Jody Hirsh: Bible, Midrash, Art: The Richness of Bible Narratives

Virtual Program

Jody Hirsh: Bible, Midrash, Art: The Richness of Bible Narratives (Virtual on Zoom)

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Sun 01

- Pacific Time

Honey Meir-Levi: Aging With Intention: Building Kavanah for the Next Chapter

In partnership with JCCSF and Congregation Sha'ar Zahav

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Location

JCCSF

3200 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94118 + Google Map

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Thu 28

- Pacific Time

Susan Gilson Miller in conversation with David Biale: Years of Glory: Recovering the History of the Holocaust in North Africa (Virtual on Zoom)

In partnership with and a part of The JFCSC Holocaust Center Day of Learning and with the Jewish Studies Program at UC Davis

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Mon 25

- Pacific Time

Jody Hirsh: Bible, Midrash, Art: The Richness of Bible Narratives

Virtual Program

Jody Hirsh: Bible, Midrash, Art: The Richness of Bible Narratives (Virtual on Zoom)

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Mon 25

- Pacific Time

Ken Blady: Yiddish 2 – Lernen Yiddish (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program

In partnership with KlezCalifornia

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Sun 24

- Pacific Time

Ken Blady: Yiddish from Scratch (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program

In partnership with KlezCalifornia

Learn this rich and colorful language in a relaxed, irreverent and heimishe atmosphere.

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Sun 24

- Pacific Time

Eleanor Shapiro: Jewish Music Matters

Virtual Program

Eleanor Shapiro: Jewish Music Matters

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Wed 13

- Pacific Time

Rachel & David Biale: Aerograms Across the Ocean: A Love Story in Letters (Virtual on Zoom)

Rachel & David Biale: Aerograms Across the Ocean: A Love Story in Letters

Presented by the Jewish Community Library: You must register through the Jewish Community Library link: https://jewishlearning.works/event/aerograms-across-the-ocean/  No registration option through New Lerhhaus.

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Wed 13

- Pacific Time

Erich Gruen: Jews and Gentiles in Pagan Antiquity: A Love-Hate Relationship? (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program
The complex relationships between Jews and their Gentile neighbors will focus on four areas: Session 1: Was Ancient Judaism a Nation, an Ethnicity, or a Religion? Session 2: Was There Antisemitism in Pagan Antiquity? Session 3: Displaced in the Diaspora? Session 4: The Jew and the 'Other' in Antiquity

4 sessions, Wednesdays, April 13, 20, May 4, 11  @ 7:00 - 8:15 pm. Virtual on Zoom.

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