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April 2021
In God’s Image: LGBTQ Dignity and the Jewish Community (Spring 2021)
This three-part session with Keshet explores LGBTQ+ language, identity, and inclusion, not only in our secular world but also in our Jewish community.
Find out more »Israel Tales Through Posters (Spring 2021)
During this creative event in honor of Israel's independence day, we will decode colorful posters, designed for Israel’s Independence Day from 1949 onward. Each poster, with its vivid imagery, symbols, and themes – encapsulates a time and a people and shows the progression of Israeli society through the decades. The posters offer a rare perspective into Israel's national mood and aspirations as well as a historic, design, and aesthetic timeline.
Find out more »Yemima Method (Spring 2021)
If you want a boost of self-care and clarity of mind and would like to do that by exploring Jewish wisdom please join us for this upcoming Yemima Series at HaMaqom. In this series, we will learn the Yemima Method, which includes dictation, journaling, discussion, and self-inquiry.
Find out more »JOCSM? On the Racial Identity of Sephardi and Mizrachi Jews (Spring 2021)
Jews of Color Sephardi Mizrachi? Join Hadar Cohen and Tamar Zaken for a conversation about the racial identity of Sephardi…
Find out more »Poetry Preview: Ingathering of the Exiles (Spring 2021)
In this preview session, we will read from the growing body of poems that bring our ancestors’ worlds closer—looking at one mine and one of another’s. This is a free session that will give you a taste for one of our upcoming courses: Poetry and Writing our Jewish Lineage.
Find out more »May 2021
The Radical Jewish Union (RJU) 50 Years Later (Spring Event)
On Friday afternoon, April 30, 1971 approximately 40 members of the Berkeley-based student group, the Radical Jewish Union (RJU), occupied the Federation offices in San Francisco. They presented their demands for dramatic increases in support for Jewish education including community-supported day schools and teen programs – demands that deemed radical at the time.
Find out more »A Link in the Chain (Spring/Shavuot 2021)
Shavuot is a holiday that celebrates the Jewish people receiving the Torah at Sinai. In this session, we will focus on the act of transmission and how transmission affects the ways we receive and pass down Torah.
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