X500-MG Instructors: Rosenbaum Starting: 02/12/2012 Location: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

This event on the history of the Jews of the Bay Area, is dedicated to the memory of Seymour Fromer, the Judah L. Magnes Museum's visionary co-founder. TRIBUTE Honoring Seymour Fromer (1922-2009), co-founder of the ...

H250-CJM Instructors: Rosenbaum Starting: 02/23/2012 Location: Contemporary Jewish Museum

A center of Orthodox religious life, but also of Zionism, socialism, and the Yiddish theater, the Fillmore was the hub of Yiddish-speaking Jewish culture in Northern California for almost half a century. But it was ...

X500-OFJ Instructors: Starting: 02/26/2012 Location: Oshman Family JCC

This program will be valuable to everyone who is interested and invested in the Bay Area's Jewish future. Fifteen short presentations will provide a glimpse of the future of our diverse and changing Bay Area ...

P200-TS Instructors: Adar Starting: 04/11/2012 Location: Temple Sinai

You will eat, you will be satisfied, and you will bless upon the good land that God has given you (Deut. 8:10) Eating is one of those ordinary experiences which Jewish observance makes holy. Traditionally, ...

H250-ST Instructors: White Starting: 04/18/2012 Location: Congregation Shomrei Torah

Why is wine different from all other agricultural products, particularly in Judaism? Explore how wine inspires us to find spirituality in the course of everyday life with Rabbi David White, executive director of WineSpirit, a ...

A200-LJ Instructors: Spence Starting: 02/02/2012 Location: Lehrhaus Judaica

As the products of interfaith families, we have unique stories to tell. Join writer Rebecca Spence for a four-week workshop in which we'll give voice to our experience. Through weekly discussions and creative writing exercises, ...

P200-ECH Instructors: Kepler Starting: 03/08/2012 Location: Congregation Etz Chayim

Join other women, Jewish or not, to examine interfaith marriage in relation to culture and gender. What are the unique expectations and responses that a woman encounters as she creates a home and builds a ...

T106B-CCD Instructors: Cohen Starting: 01/12/2012 Location: Contra Costa Jewish Day School

Of Sorcerers and Snakes and Scandalous Events This winter, we will continue our study of the Book of Numbers. In our classes, we will learn about the continuing revolts against Moses and God. After forty ...

T106C-CCD Instructors: Cohen Starting: 04/19/2012 Location: Contra Costa Jewish Day School

Sacred Time in a Sacred Land This Spring, we will complete our study of the Book of Numbers! Our class will include a study of the sacred times and observances of the holy days in ...

A200-OFJ Instructors: Milgram Starting: 03/06/2012 Location: Oshman Family JCC

A.B. Yehoshua, Amos Oz, David Grossman and Meir Shalev: these literary giants have shaped the character of modern Israeli literature in the Post-Holocaust era. In doing so, they have also shared with the world their ...

H400-SJ Instructors: Kaplan Starting: 02/21/2012 Location: JCCSF

Join us for the inaugural lecture of the Rhoda Goldman Chair of Israel Studies at San Francisco State University, Professor Eran Kaplan. This event takes place at the JCCSF in Fisher Hall. There will be ...

H350-CBE Instructors: Grist Starting: 03/06/2012 Location: Congregation Beth El

In January 2011, the self-immolation death of a Tunisian fruit-stand owner lit the flames of revolt throughout the Arab world. In a region where absolute rule from the top has been the norm for millennia, ...

H350-SJ Instructors: Grist Starting: 03/12/2012 Location: JCCSF

In January 2011, the self-immolation death of a Tunisian fruit-stand owner lit the flames of revolt throughout the Arab world. In a region where absolute rule from the top has been the norm for millennia, ...

H350-BA Instructors: Grist Starting: 03/15/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

In January 2011, the self-immolation death of a Tunisian fruit-stand owner lit the flames of revolt throughout the Arab world. In a region where absolute rule from the top has been the norm for millennia, ...

H350-ST Instructors: Grist Starting: 03/14/2012 Location: Congregation Shomrei Torah

Thanks to recent discoveries in archaeology and ancient text research, we know far more about Israel's monarchs than we did just 10 years ago. Our course will integrate biblical scripture, excavation finds, and Near Eastern ...

H250-JCL Instructors: Cohen Starting: 02/21/2012 Location: BJE Jewish Community Library

In his new book, The Worst-Kept Secret, Dr. Avner Cohen offers a bold and original study of this politically explosive subject. Along with a fair appraisal of the bargain's strategic merits, Cohen critiques its undemocratic ...

A350-TS Instructors: Kepler Starting: 03/28/2012 Location: Temple Sinai

Children experience life quite differently than adults. We will address what it is like to grow up Jewish if you don’t look Jewish. What comments and behaviors impact a multiracial child’s sense of their Jewishness? ...

H250-ST Instructors: White Starting: 04/18/2012 Location: Congregation Shomrei Torah

Why is wine different from all other agricultural products, particularly in Judaism? Explore how wine inspires us to find spirituality in the course of everyday life with Rabbi David White, executive director of WineSpirit, a ...