Are Jews an ethnicity? What SB 1387 means for California and American Jews
- Pacific Time In-Person Program
Free
Course Summary for Search and Accessibility
This course, Are Jews an ethnicity? What SB 1387 means for California and American Jews, is an Educational Program offered by New Lehrhaus. It is scheduled for November 2, 2026. The session is held on a Monday from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Pacific Time.
The total registration fee is Free. The course is conducted In-Person at the Stanford Graduate School of Education and focuses on SB 1387 and California demographic data, Jewish identity and ethnicity, and facilitated small-group discussion.
California has moved to add "Jewish" to its state demographic forms. What changes when a state counts Jews as an ethnicity? Ari Y. Kelman, director of the Berman Archive at Stanford, is joined by David Bocarsly of Jewish California, an author of Senate Bill 1387, and additional panelists for a short opening conversation. The conversation will be moderated by Asaf Elia-Shalev, Editor-in-Chief of The J. The discussion then moves to your table, with a facilitator and two questions. Presented with J. The Jewish News of Northern California.
Who this is for
- Anyone curious how Jewish identity gets defined, counted, and categorized by government institutions
- Californians who want to understand what SB 1387 actually does and why it matters
- Jewish community members interested in a facilitated, small-group conversation rather than a lecture
What you'll leave with
- A clear understanding of what SB 1387 changes about how California collects demographic data
- Multiple perspectives on whether, and how, Jewishness functions as an ethnicity
- Firsthand engagement with the questions at your table, shaped by your own community's experience
- A sense of how this legislative change may ripple beyond California to other states and institutions
Monday, November 2, 6-7:30pm Pacific Time
Details
- Date:
- Time:
- - Pacific Time
- Total Fee:
- Free
Location
Stanford Graduate School of Education
507 Lasuen Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-3096
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