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Hannah Ginsborg & Sam Berrin Shonkoff—Modern Europe: Spinoza (In-Person Only)
A screening of Yair Qedar’s documentary film on Spinoza followed by a panel discussion & refreshments. At the Dinner Room, GTU Library, Berkeley. Hybrid.
March 5 @ 5–7pm
This session is part of a five-part series called The Heretic in the Room. If you'd like to attend the entire series but cannot afford the full tuition you may contact programs@newlehrhaus... Read more
- Pacific Time Series
Prof. Erich S. Gruen: Scriptural Tales Retold (Zoom only)
Biblical narratives retain a powerful hold on the Jewish imagination, yet many Jewish (and some non-Jewish) writers in the Greco-Roman era rewrote many of these stories despite their ostensible sacredness. What did the authors of these
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- Pacific Time Series
Multiple Presenters: Walking in the Valley of the Shadow
In partnership with Sinai Memorial Chapel, the Ben Zakkai Institute, and Bay Area synagogues
Jewish ways in death and dying: traditional and contemporary concepts and practices, the approach of death, dying and burial, grief and comforting the bereaved.
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JCC of the East Bay
Berkeley, CA 94709 + Google Map
Base Bay Area
CA + Google Map
Kehilla Community Synagogue
Piedmont, CA 94610 + Google Map
- Pacific Time
Prof. Eran Kaplan: The Holocaust and the Yishuv (The Jewish Community in Palestine) (Zoom Only)
In partnership with the the JFCS Holocaust Center's San Francisco-wide Yom HaShoah Commemoration and Day of Learning, and the Contra Costa community-wide commemoration.
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- Pacific Time Series
Prof. Erich S. Gruen: Scriptural Tales Retold (Zoom only)
Biblical narratives retain a powerful hold on the Jewish imagination, yet many Jewish (and some non-Jewish) writers in the Greco-Roman era rewrote many of these stories despite their ostensible sacredness. What did the authors of these
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- Pacific Time
John Erlich—By the Waters of Babylon: Jews and Music in Iraq (In person or on Zoom)
In partnership with Congregation Netivot Shalom, Berkeley and KlezCalifornia
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- Pacific Time
Multiple Presenters: Community Learning in Memory of Rachel Brodie (In Person Only)
In partnership with Urban Adamah (along with Jewish Studio Project and JewishLearningWorks)
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- Pacific Time Series
Daniel Matt: Exploring the Zohar in English or the Original Aramaic (Virtual on Zoom)
A partnership program of New Lehrhaus
Read and study the Zohar, the masterpiece of Kabbalah. You may enroll in either of two sections—one reading the Zohar in English and the other working with the original Aramaic. Both are live on Zoom.
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- Pacific Time
Rabbi Julia Watts Belser—Moses: Provocations from a Disabled Prophet (Zoom only)
In partnership with the Jewish Community Library
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- Pacific Time Series
Multiple Presenters: Walking in the Valley of the Shadow
In partnership with Sinai Memorial Chapel, the Ben Zakkai Institute, and Bay Area synagogues
Jewish ways in death and dying: traditional and contemporary concepts and practices, the approach of death, dying and burial, grief and comforting the bereaved.
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JCC of the East Bay
Berkeley, CA 94709 + Google Map
Base Bay Area
CA + Google Map
Kehilla Community Synagogue
Piedmont, CA 94610 + Google Map
- Pacific Time Series
Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 3
The third semester of a three-semester sequence, this course is designed for those who have completed New Lehrhaus Hebrew 1 and 2 and have a working Hebrew vocabulary of about 200 words and are familiar with the grammar of nouns, adjectives, possessive endings and past and present tense verbs. It’s also a great choice for students with basic reading skills who seek a general grammar review.
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- Pacific Time
Prof. Azzan Yadin-Israel—Temptation Transformed: How The Story of How the Forbidden Fruit Became an Apple (Zoom only)
In partnership with the Jewish Community Library, San Francisco
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