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- Pacific Time
Rebecca Schisler—In the Garden of Words: Genesis in Translation
Virtual Program
Rebecca Schisler will reprise her popular session from our recent Alehouse Lehrhaus series. If you couldn't make it last November, or you want to go deeper into the text, here is your chance! Schisler will share her experience reading Genesis in its original Hebrew, and how the practice brought fresh eyes and profound reinterpretations regarding gender, sinfulness, and seduction to one of the most influential texts on earth.
Instructor
- Pacific Time Series
Dr. Jehon Grist and Dr. Eli Tadmor—In the Shadow of Empires: Assyria-Babylonia, Egypt and Biblical Israel
Virtual Program
Biblical Israel’s legacy from its ancient neighbors is not just a saga of conflict. Law, literature, early religious practices, and even food and drink owe much to the surrounding ancient cultures. Mesopotamia's cultures contributed to the foundational tales of the Torah—the Garden of Eden, Noah’s ark, the Tower of Babel and the Abraham narrative, the Jewish calendar, and the Hebrew language. Egypt’s hieroglyphs morphed into the Hebrew alphabet and Egyptian art influenced the iconography of... Read more
- Pacific Time
Rachel B. Gross—Preaching the Promised Land: Mary Antin’s American Religions
Virtual Program
Writer Mary Antin’s 1912 book The Promised Land, the first autobiography of a Russian Jewish immigrant to the United States, brought her national fame. But only a few years later, Antin abandoned celebrity in favor of exploring non-Jewish religious groups. Her spiritual journey reveals the resilience of Jewish identity, connections between health and religious practice, and the boundaries of religious communities.
Tuesday, March 18 @ 7–8:30pm, on Zoo... Read more
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- Pacific Time
Prof. Ron Hendel: How to Read the Book of Genesis
Virtual Program
In partnership with the Jewish Community Library, San Francisco
Prof. Ron Hendel will discuss his new commentary on the Book of Genesis and its meaning through the ages.
Instructor
Register for this ProgramTotal Program Fee: Free
- Pacific Time
Nicholas McGegan—From the Page to the Stage: the Bible in Text & Opera— Jephthah's Daughter
Virtual Program
Closing Session: Our Gift to You! Join us for the closing session of this course with international baroque music conductor and expert, Nicholas McGegan!
Not sure who Jephthah is, or his (unnamed) daughter? Watch the video of this week's session about the Judges Chapter 11&nbs... Read more
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- Pacific Time
Prof. Michael Hoberman—Theodore Seixas Solomons: The Jewish San Franciscan who Inspired North America’s Most Famous Footpath
Virtual Program
In partnership with Congregation Kol Emeth, Palo Alto
The John Muir Trail runs 212 miles along the crest of California's High Sierra, from Yosemite to Mt. Whitney. Did you know that its creator was the direct descendant of the only Jewish clergyman in attendance at George Washington's inauguration in 1789? Michael Hoberman tells the story of Theodore Seixas Solomons' explorations of the Sierra in the 1890s, as well as of his tireless (and largely unreco... Read more
Instructor
- Pacific Time Series
Prof. Daniel Boyarin—Josephus: Traitor or Hero?
Virtual Program
Program in memory of David Biale, supported by 140 donors and the Richard Goodman Family Foundation
Wednesdays, February 26 & March 5 @ 7-8:30pm... Read more
Instructor
- Pacific Time
Bonnie Weiss—The Amazing Irving Berlin: From "Yiddish Nightingale" to "White Christmas"
Virtual Program
Irving Berlin is best known as the gifted composer/lyricist of hit musicals like “Annie Get Your Gun” and “Call Me Madam” and songs like “God Bless America” and “Alexander’s Rag Time Band.” Less well-known are songs that reflect his Russian-Jewish heritage: “Yiddish Nightingale,” “Russian Lullaby,” and “Cohen Owes Me $47.” Learn about Berlin’s life and work and watch performances of the songs that clearly or subtly illustrate his Jewish heritage, plus video clips of Mr. Berlin performing so... Read more
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- Pacific Time
Howard Freedman: Yiddish San Francisco
Virtual Program
In partnership with the Jewish Community Library, SF and KlezCalifornia
The history of San Francisco Jewry tends to be told in terms dominated by the experience of Jews from German-speaking lands who settled in California in the mid-nineteenth century with great success. Less attention is given to the lives of Jews from Eastern Europe who arrived in the late 1800s and early 1900s. This presentation will focus on these immigrants through the prism of Yid... Read more
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- Pacific Time
Prof. Michael Hoberman: Theodore Seixas Solomons: The Jewish San Franciscan who Inspired North America’s Most Famous Footpath
In partnership with the Jewish Community Library, San Francisco
The John Muir Trail runs 212 miles along the crest of California's High Sierra, from Yosemite to Mt. Whitney. Did you know that its creator was the direct descendant of the only Jewish clergyman in attendance at George Washington's inauguration in 1789? Michael Hoberman tells the story of Theodore Seixas Solomons' explorations of the Sierra in the 1890s, as well as of his tireless (and larg... Read more
Instructor
Register for this ProgramTotal Program Fee: Free
- Pacific Time
Deena Aranoff—Mystical Madness: An Open Talmud Session
Hybrid Program
In partnership with the Osher Marin JCC
Please join us as we study Talmudic accounts of creation and the mystical madness that such speculation can bring about. We will join the sages as they travel the mystical terrain of the natural world, the nature of the divine, and the place of humanity in the order of things.
Instructor
- Pacific Time
Prof. Michael Chemers—Man-made Monsters: The Golem and Beyond
Virtual Program
“Create me not!” cries the Golem’s spirit at the beginning of Leivick’s legendary play. Hear why the Golem has become a powerful embodiment of the ethical crisis facing modern Judaism from Dr. Michael Chemers, an expert on monsters in performance. How do Jews survive with ethics intact when the enemies of Judaism will stop at nothing?
Wednesday, February 5 @ 7–8:30pm
