History & Thought
Thu 20

- Pacific Time

Diaspora and Homecoming in Jewish Poetry: A Reading and Writing Class (In Person Only)

In partnership with Congregation Netivot Shalom
A continuation of the Spring 2022 class but NEW participants are very welcome.
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Location

Netivot Shalom

1316 University Ave
Berkeley 94702 + Google Map

Instructor

Sun 18

- Pacific Time

Visit Israel with Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan: Information Session (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program

It's never too EARLY to think about going to Israel!

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Sun 11

- Pacific Time

Daniel C. Matt: Becoming Elijah: Prophet of Transformation (In Person Only)

FREE program presented by our partners, the Jewish Community Library

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Location

Jewish Community Library

1835 Ellis Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 + Google Map

Instructor

Wed 30

- Pacific Time

Time to Cancel “Cancel Culture”? (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program
Sun 13

- Pacific Time

Rachel Biale: Lost and Found Book Launch (In Person Only)

Join Rachel Biale for the launch of her historical novel, Lost and Found, based on the true story of a Viennese Jewish family on the refugee boat with Rachel’s parents, all fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. Apprehended at sea by the British Navy, the family, with other refugees, boards the Patria, a large ship in the Haifa harbor, to be deported to the island of Mauritius. Moments after their arrival on the Patria deck there is an explosion; the ship sinks and their four-year-old boy disappears. The novel weaves a fictional narrative from that point forward, anchored in the family’s true story and built on historically authentic portrayals of WWII Haifa, a city shared (as it is today) by Moslems, Jews and Christians. Each community plays a key role as the drama unfolds.

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Location

Afikomen Judaica

3042 Claremont Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94705 + Google Map

Instructor

Sun 04

- Pacific Time

David Strathairn in "Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski" (In Person Only)

In partnership with Berkeley Rep and Taube Philanthropies

Sunday, December 4 @ 2-4:30pm

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Location

Berkeley Rep (Peet's Theater)

2025 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA 94704 + Google Map
Sun 22

- Pacific Time

Prof. Steve Whitfield: Jewish Attorneys Against Jim Crow (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program

In Partnership with Brandeis University Alumni Network and Congregation B'nai Tikvah in Walnut Creek

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Wed 25

- Pacific Time

Prof. Sarah Abrevaya Stein
Birds of a Feather: Sephardic Jews and the Exotic Birds' Feathers Craze in Pre-WWI Europe (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program

In partnership with JIMENA

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Wed 01

- Pacific Time

The Fiddler Phenomenon (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program
Tue 17

- Pacific Time

The Jews of Morocco

Virtual Program

In partnership with Jimena and Congregation Beth El

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Location

Congregation Beth El, Berkeley

1301 Oxford St.
Berkeley, CA 94709 + Google Map
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