Lisa Strauss

HaMaqom | The Place (originally founded as Lehrhaus Judaica) announces that after 47 years of providing inclusive and accessible adult Jewish education, it will be ending operations after its summer 2021 term ...
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HaMaqom | The Place (originally founded as Lehrhaus Judaica) announces that after 47 years of providing inclusive and accessible adult Jewish education, it will be ending operations after its summer 2021 term ...
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Bring our tribes close together, but do not consolidate them and blur their differences. What is unique must be preserved within the union ...
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Join us for a lively discussion about an often-overlooked segment of the Jewish world: LGBTQ+, Mizrahi, and Sephardic Jews. ...
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May your house be open to all So that each person can find comfort during their personal challenges: someone hungry will find food, someone poor will find charity, someone hard-pressed will find a loan, someone sick will find healing ...
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The Jewish Day of Love – Tu B’Av, the 15th Day of Av. Learn about this both ancient and modern holiday with us on Thurs., July 22nd @ 7:00 pm! ...
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We congratulate Rabbi Kleinberg on receiving an invitation to return to the Stanford Graduate School of Education as a Senior Researcher with a Concentration in Education and Jewish Studies. ...
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Sephardic wisdom and tradition is largely left out in many Jewish institutions. When people think of Sephardic tradition, they often know the food or the music. But Sephardic tradition is so much more than what we eat or sing. It is a vibrant canon of teachings that are incredibly relevant to our modern times. ...
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We at HaMaqom | The Place wish you and your family, be it a family of biology or a family of choice a zissen Pesach, “a sweet Passover” (Yiddish), and hope that you kome con gana, “eat with gusto” (Ladino) at your seder, however you hold it. We look forward to learning with you in the year ahead, and to hearing from you what you want to learn. ...
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Telling stories is one of the most powerful means that we have to connect with and inspire each other. Especially ...
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