Part of the "Soil to Soul: Agriculture and Jewish Culture" series In partnership with JCCSF American wine-making history, immigration trends of the late 19th Century, and the rise and fall of Prohibition meet in the origin story of the most...
We invite you to join these community Yom Ha-Shoah Programs held by partner organizations: JFCS Holocaust Center and "Under One Tent," a program of the Contra Costa JCC. In partnership with JFCS Holocaust Center and Contra Costa Holocaust Memorial In 1943,...
In partnership with Beth Jacob Congregation, Oakland Megillat Ruth (The Book of Ruth) is an extraordinary novella with a simple but profound goal: to take us from the alienation of grief into a healed society. The story centers on a...
This program will consider a number of texts composed by Jews dwelling under imperial rule in antiquity (the Persian, Greek, and Roman empires) in order to understand how the substantial humor in those texts reflects the experience and attitudes of...
A partnership program of Urban Adamah and New Lehrhaus, and with Jewish Food Society Click the session titles below to reach the individual registration pages. SESSION 1: Jhos Singer—Judaism in a Bottle: The Manischewitz Story (Zoom only) Sunday, April 9 @ 3–4:30pm American wine-making...
Part of the "Soil to Soul: Agriculture and Jewish Culture" series In conversation with Yael Raviv of Jewish Food Society We have come a long way from the 18th-century kosher gourmet cookbook in German to the Jewish Food Society's online archive....
A partnership program of New Lehrhaus In this course we read and study the Zohar, the masterpiece of Kabbalah. Currently, we are exploring the Zohar on the Book of Genesis. Students can enroll in the current series, held live on...
4 sessions: Mondays May 1, 8, 15, 22 @7–8:30pm This series begins with the Crimea as the cradle of Eastern European Jewry reviews the pre-Ashkenazic Jews of Ukraine in medieval times and the Crusades, and the beginnings of mass migrations...
A partnership program of New Lehrhaus In this course we read and study the Zohar, the masterpiece of Kabbalah. Currently, we are exploring the Zohar on the Book of Genesis. Students can enroll in the current series, held live on...
We all have stories to tell. This fun, highly participatory workshop will help you discover and tell stories from your own life. Along the way you'll learn the essential techniques of storytelling, helping you to bring your tales to life...
Part of the "Soil to Soul: Agriculture and Jewish Culture" series Sunday, May 7 @ 3–4:30pm, in-person at Urban Adamah Cook a meal of dishes from Jewish cookbooks discussed in Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett: People of the Cookbook
A partnership program of Urban Adamah and New Lehrhaus, and with Jewish Food Society Click the session titles below to reach the individual registration pages. SESSION 1: Jhos Singer—Judaism in a Bottle: The Manischewitz Story (Zoom only) Sunday, April 9 @ 3–4:30pm American wine-making...
