Religious Life & Spirituality
Mon 07

- Pacific Time

Lavey Derby: Not Your Grandparents’ Judaism: Exploring Personal Jewish Spiritual Growth in Today’s World (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program

From its very beginning, Judaism has been an evolving spiritual tradition shaped, in part, by contact with other cultures and belief systems, and designed to meet the spiritual needs of the Jewish communities of the time. While some Jews find a spiritual home in the different Jewish denominations, so many others are yearning for a Jewish spirituality that will speak to their hearts, minds, and souls and will reflect the psychological, spiritual, and political understandings of our time.

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Sun 23

- Pacific Time

Steve Chester: Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program

The course will address the eternal question, "Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?" If God is a compassionate and loving God, why do people suffer? In an attempt to answer these questions, we will look at the Biblical books of Deuteronomy, Job, and Ecclesiastes, as well as looking at modern theologians. Bring a Bible.

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Mon 14

- Pacific Time

Kendra Fried: Neshamah Yoga (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program

Nourish your body, calm your mind, and nurture your soul, through embodied Jewish devotion.

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Sun 10

- Pacific Time Series

Ariel Mayse: Where Heaven and Earth Kiss: Exploring New Perspectives in Jewish Environmental Ethics

In partnership with Urban Adamah

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Sun 03

- Pacific Time

Daniel Matt: Becoming Elijah: Prophet of Transformation, in conjunction with his book’s publication in the Jewish Lives Series, Yale University Press. (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program

In partnership with Cong. Beth Israel

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Thu 12

- Pacific Time

Yosef Rosen: The Tree of Life: Making Kabbalistic Diagrams (Virtual on Zoom)

Virtual Program

Learn about the aesthetic-theology of kabbalistic diagrams—full of trees, circles, spirals, lines, and letters—and use these as models to map your own relation to that which is essential but intangible (what might be called spirit, soul, or the divine). Our first two classes will focus on the history of these diagrams, and the final sessions on how to create your own kabbalistic diagram. 

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Sun 24

- Pacific Time

Eleanor Shapiro: Jewish Music Matters

Virtual Program

Eleanor Shapiro: Jewish Music Matters

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Sun 01

- Pacific Time

Honey Meir-Levi: Aging With Intention: Building Kavanah for the Next Chapter

In partnership with JCCSF and Congregation Sha'ar Zahav

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Location

JCCSF

3200 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94118 + Google Map

Instructor

Tue 10

- Pacific Time

Ron Reissberg: People of the Book, but What Book? The Confrontation Between Torah and Talmud

Virtual Program

3 sessions

Apparently uncomfortable with various portions of the Torah, the rabbis provide interpretations that tend to neutralize the troubling aspects of those texts.  In this class, we will engage in close readings of texts from the Torah and corresponding Talmudic passages.

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Sun 26

- Pacific Time

Divinity and Infinity: Exploring the Infinite in Mathematics and Judaism

Virtual Program

Mathematicians, theologians, and even children ponder the inspiring and surprising nature of the infinite. Dr. Lesser will explore—in a lively, interactive way—how math concepts can help illuminate some big ideas in Judaism, including the value of life, the value of commandments, and the coexistence of God's transcendence and immanence. While parts of this realm can get technical, have no fear: our session will maintain a liberal arts, general adult audiences sensibility to keep it accessible to a broad diversity of backgrounds in mathematics and in Judaism.

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