Catalog View

Social Justice

Embodied Jewish Experience
with Marilyn Paul, Kendra Fried, and Zelig Golden
June 7 – June 21
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

In God’s Image: LGBTQ Dignity and the Jewish Community
with Randi Reed
April 14 – April 28
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

JOCSM – On the Racial Identity of Sephardi and Mizrachi Jews
with Hadar Cohen and Tamar Zaken
April 18
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Wise Women
with Various Educators
June 8 – June 29
7:00 PM – 8:15 PM

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Jewish Artistic Expression

Community Cafe: Stories of Liberation, Deliverance, Revelation, and Rebellion
with Ilan Vitemberg
March 23
5:30 PM – 6:45 PM

Israel Tales through Posters
with Ilan Vitemberg
April 15
5:30 PM – 6:45 PM

Poetry and Writing our Jewish Lineage
with Dan Alter
April 28 – May 26
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Poetry Preview: Ingathering of the Exiles: Poems of Jewish Lineage
with Dan Alter
April 22
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Pop, Politics and Play: Israel and the Eurovision Contest
with Ilan Vitemberg
April 29 – June 3
6:00 PM – 7:15 PM

Rebels and Rebbes in Israeli Rock and Roll
with Rabbi Yonatan Cohen
May 6 – June 10
7:30 PM – 8:45 PM

A Writer’s Voice
with Carl Nagin
April 21 – June 9
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

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Jewish Texts

Discovering the Book of Ruth
with Rabbi Ruth Adar and Jehon Grist
April 27 – May 18
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Psalms for Healing
with Rabbi Ruth Adar
May 5 – May 19
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM

The Power of the Story: Wisdom Stories, Gospel Parables, Zen Koans, Sufi Tales, and Hasidic Masters
with Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan
May 11 – June 8
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Beyond the Torah Isaiah: The Edge of Redemption
with Ken Cohen
April 8 – June 24
7:30 PM -9:00 PM

Spiritual Practice

Neshamah Yoga
with Kendra Fried
May 5 – June 9
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

The Tree of Life: Making Kabbalistic Diagrams
with Yosef Rosen
May 26 – June 16
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Yemima Live
with Naama Sadan
April 6
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Yemima Method
with Naama Sadan
April 18 – May 9
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM

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Jewish Experience

Come to Our Seder Table
with Various Educators
March 18
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Jewish Holidays and Traditions 101
with Various Educators
March 9 – January 18
7:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Introduction to the Jewish Experience: Holidays and Life Cycle
with Rabbi Ruth Adar
April 11 – June 6
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Sampling Judaism
with Rabbi Ruth Adar
June 2 – June 16
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

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History and Philosophy (Lehrhaus Legacy)

The Dead Sea Scrolls and Their World
with Jehon Grist
May 6 – May 27
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

The Inheritance of Peace: The Story of Jerusalem
with Jehon Grist
May 25 – June 15
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Tangled Roots, New Branches—The Jews of the American South from the Colonial Period to the Present
with Fred Rosenbaum
June 3 – June 17
6:00 PM – 7:15 PM

The Radical Jewish Union (RJU)
Sit-In for Jewish Education at the SF Jewish Community Federation
50 Years Later: Jewish Education – Then and Now
with Various Educators
May 2
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

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Text Circles

San Francisco/Santa Rosa Talmud Circle
with Peretz Wolf Prusan
September 13 – June 6
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Palo Alto Talmud Circle
with Peretz Wolf Prusan
September 13 – June 6
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Marin Talmud Circle
with Deena Aranoff
September 13 – June 6
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Berkeley Talmud Circle
with Dorothy Richman
September 13 – June 6
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Zohar in Aramaic
with Daniel Matt
September 10 – May 13
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

Lunchtime Talmud
with Peretz Wolf Prusan
September 16 – May 26
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Languages: Hebrew and Yiddish

All Modern Hebrew Class Levels

Hebrew: The Basics A1 (Beginners)
with Tikva Farber
April 7 – June 9
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Hebrew: The Basics A1 (Continuing)
with Tikva Farber
April 15 – June 17
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Hebrew Elementary B1
with Tikva Farber
April 15 – June 17
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Hebrew Elementary B2
with Orna Morad
April 8 – June 24
9:00 AM – 10:15 PM

Hebrew: Intermediate
with Orna Morad
April 6 – June 29
6:00 PM – 7:15 PM

Hebrew: Advanced Intermediate
with Orna Morad
April 8 – June 24
10:30AM – 11:45 AM

Hebrew: Advanced
with Orna Morad
April 8 – June 24
6:00 PM – 7:15 PM

Hebrew: Proficiency
with Orna Morad
April 6 – June 29
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM

Hebrew: Mastery
with Orna Morad
April 8 – June 24
7:30 PM – 8:45 PM

Beginning Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew B1
with Jehon Grist, Ph.D.
April 11 – June 13
3:00 PM – 4:25 PM

Intermediate Biblical/Prayerbook Hebrew F
with Jehon Grist, Ph.D.
April 11 – June 13
4:30 PM – 5:55 PM

Advanced Biblical Hebrew: Joseph in Egypt
with Jehon Grist, Ph.D.
April 11 – June 13
6:35 PM – 8:00 PM