Jewish Holidays
Sun 18

- Pacific Time

Prof. Naomi Seidman—Tu be’Av: The Little-known Jewish Summer of Love (In person only)

Part of “LEHRHAUS ALEHOUSE” at Beer Baron in Rockridge. First drink is on us!

The Mishna speaks of Tu Be’Av, an ancient matchmaking festival, one that disappeared until the modern period, when it was revived in the Land of Israel and in the Orthodox world. On the holiday, great rabbis pray, without charge, for unmarried men and women to find their mates. But who revived this festival? Neither Zionists nor Orthodox rabbis. Join us to discuss the role of a divorced woman... Read more

Location

Beer Baron Whiskey Bar & Kitchen

5900 College Avenue
Oakland, CA 94618 + Google Map

Instructor

Sun 11

- Pacific Time

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan: What REALLY Happened on Tish’ah Be-Av (Zoom only)

Virtual Program

Eicha, “how,” is the first Hebrew word of the Book of Lamentations, and its Hebrew title. Lamentations is read on Tish’a B’Av, but what really happened/happens on the 9th of Av, Tish’a Be-Av?

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Sun 15

- Pacific Time

Prof. Deena Aranoff—Talmud Study: High Holy Days

Hybrid Program

In partnership with the Osher Marin JCC

Please join us for an immersive two-hour Talmud session in which the words of the rabbis will enable us to step into the upcoming cycle of holidays: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. This study session will support us in preparing for this sacred time and its potential for restoration and transformation.

Sunday, September 15, 10am–12pm

Location

Osher Marin JCC

200 N San Pedro Road
San Rafael, CA 94903 + Google Map

Instructor

Sun 29

- Pacific Time

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan—If I Raise My Voice, Remember, I Am Only Praying: The Poetry of Alan Lew

Part of “LEHRHAUS ALEHOUSE” at Manny's in San Francisco

Are you seeking a more conversational and grounded circle to begin your process of personal contemplation this Elul? Join New Lehrhaus and Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan for our latest Lehrhaus Alehouse series! This gathering will introduce you to the lively, profound and versatile Jewish-Buddhist texts of the late, great Alan Lew, a San Francisco rabbi and the founder of the world's first Jewish meditat... Read more

Location

Manny's

3092 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103 + Google Map

Instructor

Tue 22

- Pacific Time

Prof. Daniel Boyarin: What REALLY Happened on Simchat Beit Hasho'eva (on Zoom)

Virtual Program
Simchat Beit Hasho'eva ("The Rejoicing at the Place of Water-Drawing") takes place during Sukkot. The Talmud says: "He who has not seen the rejoicing at the Place of the Water-Drawing has never seen rejoicing in his life."

This "Water Holiday" brought thousands to the Temple courtyard for a water libation ritual followed by music and dance, burning-torch tossing, handstands, feasting, and a bit of mayhem as men and women mingled.

Instructor

Wed 16

- Pacific Time

Marcia Falk: Passover and The Song of Songs

Virtual Program
“All the world is not worth the day on which the Song of Songs was given to the people of Israel.” So proclaimed Rabbi Akiba 2,000 years ago, in defense of a little book of poems about which raged a big rabbinic controversy: Did this slender book of love poetry deserve a place in the canon alongside “weightier” books of psalms and prophecy, creation stories and liberation tales? In the end, Rabbi Akiba prevailed, and since that time, Jews from many cultures have been reciting Shir Hashirim,... Read more

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Wed 23

- Pacific Time

Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)—Survivors and Liberators Speak: Remember This

A San Francisco Community-Wide Commemoration in partnership with The Holocaust Center and JCCSF

Commemoration and program at 6pm—Time is running out to hear from Holocaust survivors and liberators. As we mark 80 years since the end of WWII, join us to honor their voices and ensure their stories live on. Workshops and exhibits throughout the day, starting at 10:30 am..
Survivors and Liberators Speak: REMEMBER THIS... Read more

Location

JCCSF

3200 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94118 + Google Map
Register for this ProgramTotal Program Fee: Free
Thu 18

- Pacific Time

Erich Gruen & Ron Hendel · Hanukkah: Resistance or Accommodation?

Virtual Program

Brave Maccabees defeat the evil Seleucid Empire and rededicate the Temple; miracle oil burns for eight days (thus the latkes). Not really...the Books of the Maccabees tell a far messier tale.

Yes, Hanukkah celebrates a stirring victory of Jewish forces, led by Judah Maccabee, over those of the Greco-Syrian king Antiochus Epiphanes, who had sought to stamp out the religion, rituals, and institutions of the Jewish nation. But the historical record is more complicated. It was no... Read more

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