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Hebrew Writers: Film Biographies and Text Reading (Virtual on Zoom)
Hebrew Writers: Film Biographies and Text Reading (Virtual on Zoom)
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Tikva Farber: Modern Hebrew, 5 Levels
Learn modern conversational Hebrew in a fun, inspiring, and unique online program. Practice speaking Hebrew in a warm and supportive environment with the opportunity to further reinforce weekly lesson material outside of class. Online group classes are offered for beginner through advanced-intermediate students. Register for the upcoming spring classes at https://www.hebrewwithtikva.com. Contact Tikva for help determining your level.
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Cosponsored Program: David Grossman Film and Lecture
East Bay Jewish Film Festival presents (in partnership with New Lehrhaus) presents:
David Grossman: Documentary Film and Discussion
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Ariel Mayse: Where Heaven and Earth Kiss: Exploring New Perspectives in Jewish Environmental Ethics
In partnership with Urban Adamah
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Kim Carter Martinez: Jews of Color: Taking Charge of Your Jewish Identity (Virtual on Zoom)
It is not unusual for a Jew of color to be asked, “How did you get to be Jewish?” Quite simply the question stems from their appearance - “You don’t look Jewish.”
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Kendra Fried: Neshamah Yoga (Virtual on Zoom)
Nourish your body, calm your mind, and nurture your soul, through embodied Jewish devotion.
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Yair Qedar, Robert Alter & Fania Oz-Salzberger: The Fourth Window Documentary Film about Amos Oz: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Amos Oz is Israel’s best-known writer and a champion of peace with the Palestinians in a two-state solution, as a prominent member of Peace Now (Shalom Achshav) and a public intellectual. His work - a body of 40 books - has been translated to 45 languages and made into several films, including Natalie Portman’s A Tale of Love and Darkness. Among the many honors and awards he garnered are the Isr... Read more
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Ron Reissberg: Care to Make It Interesting? Seinfeld, Jewish Culture, and the Talmud (Virtual on Zoom)
In partnership wit Cong. Chevra Thilim, San Francisco
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Lavey Derby: Not Your Grandparents’ Judaism: Exploring Personal Jewish Spiritual Growth in Today’s World (Virtual on Zoom)
From its very beginning, Judaism has been an evolving spiritual tradition shaped, in part, by contact with other cultures and belief systems, and designed to meet the spiritual needs of the Jewish communities of the time. While some Jews find a spiritual home in the different Jewish denominations, so many others are yearning for a Jewish spirituality that will speak to their hearts, minds, and souls and will reflect the psychological, spiritual, and political understandings of our time.
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David Waksberg: Drop-In Book Club: Dara Horn’s "People Love Dead Jews" (Virtual on Zoom)
Drop-In Book Club: People Love Dead Jews by Dara Horn (VIRTUAL)
In partnership with the Jewish Community Library
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Jehon Grist: The Middle East Crisis… 1180 BCE (Virtual on Zoom)
Drought, famine, established powers on the edge of collapse, mass migrations from failed states to other countries: you may be thinking of the Middle East in 2022. Try 1180 BCE!
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Ilan Vitemberg: Between Shtisel and Fauda: Images of Israeli Men in Israeli TV Series (Virtual on Zoom)
We will examine how Israeli men are portrayed in such popular Israeli TV series as Fauda, Shtisel, and When Heroes Fly, and explore how these portrayals could serve as a lens through which we explore Israeli society and the Zionist endeavor more broadly.
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