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March 2021
Jewish Holidays and Traditions 101
Holidays 101 at HaMaqom is an opportunity to get to know the beauty of Jewish holidays and traditions, from scratch. Join us for these short, half-hour sessions where we will explore holidays you may know, like Hanukkah and Passover, along with holidays that are specific to certain Jewish communities. Together we will learn about the values and rituals of the holiday and we will have a chance to ask questions and share thoughts about what we’ve learned.
Find out more »April 2021
Hebrew Level F: Proficiency (Spring 2021)
In this course, students will develop their conversational skills by bringing current events and good news to discuss in class.
Find out more »Hebrew: Intermediate (Spring 2021)
This course will focus on enriching student vocabulary and strengthening our ability to speak. Students will begin to learn the…
Find out more »Hebrew Level B2: Continuing Elementary (Spring 2021)
This course will focus on the development of Hebrew vocabulary and an exploration of the present and past tenses. Students will celebrate the upcoming holidays in Hebrew and will learn about Israeli culture.
Find out more »Hebrew Level D: Advanced Intermediate (Spring 2021)
In this course, we will focus on enriching vocabulary and strengthening conversational skills. Students will continue to learn the future tense and class time will include celebrating Jewish holidays, learning songs, and sharing good news (All in Hebrew!).
Find out more »Hebrew Level E: Advanced (Spring 2021)
This course will provide a deep dive into the future tense (binyanim). Students will strengthen vocabulary, reading, and conversational skills.
Find out more »Hebrew Final Level: Mastery (Spring 2021)
This course is taught in Hebrew and is aimed at experienced Hebrew learners. Students will bring current events or good…
Find out more »Beyond the Torah Isaiah: The Edge of Redemption (Spring 2021)
This Spring, we conclude our study of the prophet Isaiah and his book. The voice of this Isaiah is an…
Find out more »May 2021
Neshamah Yoga (Spring 2021)
Nourish your body, calm your mind, and nurture your soul, through embodied Jewish devotion.
Find out more »The Power of the Story (Spring 2021)
Wisdom Stories, Gospel Parables, Zen Koans, Sufi Tales, and Hasidic Masters
Find out more »The Inheritance of Peace? The Story of Jerusalem (Spring 2021)
We'll begin our journey with a visit to Canaanite Jerusalem 4,000 years ago and view the first 'golden walls' of the city.... and we'll close with the most recent 2,000 years: Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic Jerusalem, leading to the tumultuous 20th century, and Jerusalem's emergence as the restored heart of modern Israel.
Find out more »The Tree of Life: Making Kabbalistic Diagrams (Spring 2021)
This four-part workshop is an invitation to diagram your own spirituality/theology using kabbalistic models and maps. In our opening session, we will explore the historical evolution of sefirot diagrams, from simple drawings found in medieval manuscripts to a ten-foot-long, nineteenth-century map of the kabbalistic worlds.
Find out more »June 2021
Tangled Roots, New Branches: The Jews of the American South (Spring 2021)
The Jews of the American South from the Colonial Period to the Present - Jews settled and thrived in the American South well before the Revolutionary War and numbered over 10,000 there by 1860. One of their own, Judah P. Benjamin, was second only to Jefferson Davis as a leader of the Confederacy...
Find out more »Embodied Jewish Experience (Spring 2021)
Each week we will learn more about the power of embodied practice to bring our spiritual life alive and to become more grounded in ways to express our culture and our faith.
Find out more »Wise Women (Spring 2021)
There are so many wise Jewish women in the Bay Area. These women are educators, artists, mothers, activists, writers, lawyers,…
Find out more »Sephardic, Mizrahi, and LGBTQ+: An intersectional experience on the margins (Spring 2021)
Join us for a lively discussion about an often-overlooked segment of the Jewish world: LGBTQ+, Mizrahi, and Sephardic Jews.
This session will provide an opportunity to begin exploring the diversity of Sephardic and Mizrahi histories and cultures. We will also discover the challenges that queer Jews from Sephardic and Mizrahi backgrounds have faced in finding spaces that fully embrace their multilayered identities.
July 2021
The Last Days of Pompeii: A Jewish Perspective (Summer 2021)
What was life like for Jews in the Roman world in the first century, especially for Jews in Roman Italy? (SEE VIDEO)
Find out more »Modern Hebrew Level A1 The Basics (Summer 2021)
Learn Hebrew from scratch! This course is designed for the complete beginner and is the foundation for all future Hebrew…
Find out more »Modern Hebrew Level B1 Elementary (Summer 2021)
This course will focus on the development of Hebrew conversational skills and vocabulary enrichment. Emphasis will be placed on using…
Find out more »Beyond the Torah: The Babylonian Exile (Summer 2021)
This summer, we will study the tragic exile of the Jewish people from their land in
586 BCE. But we will also look at the realities of life in Babylonia for Jews and non-
Jews alike through Biblical and other ancient Near Eastern texts, archaeological
realia, and the latest theories of scholars.
Love and Passion in the Biblical World (Summer 2021)
Our course introduces students to all the facets of Biblical love, from the inspiring devotion of Ruth and Orpah to the (not so) simple lust of Samson and Delilah, and the passionate poetry of the Song of Songs.
Find out more »Who Comes First in Jewish Life? Exploring Questions of Leadership, Inheritance, and Access (Summer 2021)
This miniseries will explore how entitlement complicates Jewish life in three key areas: birth order, gender, and inheritance; leadership and ordination; and judging others meritoriously (giving the benefit of the doubt).
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