42 courses in 8 subcategories:
H100-TS Instructors: Mates-Muchin Starting: 10/24/2010 Location: Temple Sinai
What are the trends? How are we changing? Where are we going? What makes this century unique? Join us to explore the answers to these questions and more as we seek out a better understanding ...
H200-TS Instructors: Chester Starting: 09/14/2010 Location: Temple Sinai
From biblical times to modern day, we will survey the history of Jews and Judaism throughout the world. Ancient- Rabbi Steven Chester: September 14 - October 26 Medieval- Rabbi Andrea Berlin: November 2 - January ...
H250-JCL Instructors: Dollinger Starting: 10/12/2010 Location: BJE Jewish Community Library
The discovery of gold in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas inspired a massive immigration to California and an exciting new chapter in American Jewish history. Unlike cities to the east, San Francisco offered its ...
H250-TI Instructors: Gambert Starting: 11/17/2010 Location: Temple Isaiah
From Hill 24 Doesn't Answer to Sallah Shabati to more contemporary films like Lebanon and Eyes Wide Open, Israeli filmmakers have approached serious topics with bold insight. Using clips of feature films, shorts and documentaries, ...
T200-OMJ Instructors: Brodie Starting: 10/21/2010 Location: Osher Marin JCC
Using Joseph Telushkin's new biography of Hillel (due out September 2010) as the catalyst for text study and discussion, this series offers an in-depth exploration of the iconic religious leader whose approach to ethics and ...
I100-NS Instructors: Creditor Starting: 10/07/2010 Location: Congregation Netivot Shalom
Enjoy a free, three session class on the modern Jewish perspective on spirituality, ethics and community. This class is designed to give you a foundational understanding of Judaism in a fun, friendly environment. Everyone is ...
T200-NS Instructors: Newmark Starting: 10/07/2010 Location: Congregation Netivot Shalom
This class is designed to introduce students to the mussar (ethics) classic The Path of the Just. Written by the renegade Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzatto ('The Ramchal') and first published in the Netherlands in 1740, ...
P200-JCL Instructors: Fishkoff Starting: 12/09/2010 Location: BJE Jewish Community Library
Fishkoff offers a compelling overview of the phenomenon of kashrut and the kosher food industry in today’s world. She explains why 85 percent of the 11 million Americans who regularly buy kosher food are not ...
P150-BE Instructors: Melamut Starting: 11/28/2010 Location: Congregation B'nai Emunah
We will begin with a brief introduction to the discipline of Musar, and then dive into the practice, reflection, and discussion of some of the values that can help guide our daily lives. These will ...
P200-BA Instructors: Kepler Starting: 11/14/2010 Location: Congregation Beth Am
Food plays a big part in Jewish culture and holidays. What if you’re not Jewish but want to create a wonderful festive meal for your family and friends? What if you are Jewish and you ...
P150-OMJ Instructors: Wasserman Starting: 10/17/2010 Location: Osher Marin JCC
Entrée to Judaism is the title of Tina Wasserman’s cookbook and exploration of foods of the Jewish Diaspora. Wasserman is well known for her monthly columns in Reform Judaism magazine and her dynamic presentations on ...
P200-JCL Instructors: Fishkoff Starting: 12/09/2010 Location: BJE Jewish Community Library
Fishkoff offers a compelling overview of the phenomenon of kashrut and the kosher food industry in today’s world. She explains why 85 percent of the 11 million Americans who regularly buy kosher food are not ...
P200-BA Instructors: Kepler Starting: 11/14/2010 Location: Congregation Beth Am
Food plays a big part in Jewish culture and holidays. What if you’re not Jewish but want to create a wonderful festive meal for your family and friends? What if you are Jewish and you ...
P100-MBH Instructors: Kepler Starting: 10/11/2010 Location: Brandeis Hillel Day School (Marin)
Children move through a variety of developmental stages. How can we support their identity development and family attachment in age appropriate ways? Children in interfaith families are integrating multiple traditions and family heritages, we will ...
P150-TS Instructors: Kepler Starting: 10/17/2010 Location: Temple Sinai
Children move through a variety of developmental stages. How can we support their identity development and family attachment in age appropriate ways? Children in interfaith families are integrating multiple traditions and family heritages, we will ...
P200-CBE Instructors: Kepler Starting: 10/06/2010 Location: Congregation Beth El
Explore the complexities of interfaith relationships in a warm and supportive atmosphere. Join us to discuss key issues that come up for interfaith couples: clarifying values, good communication, relationships with family and friends, finding community, ...
T106A-CCD Instructors: Cohen Starting: 10/07/2010 Location: Contra Costa Jewish Day School
This Fall, we focus on the Book of Numbers after completing our journey through Leviticus. In our study, we will learn a great deal about our ancestors “B’Midbar Sinai” – In the Sinai Wilderness. This ...
H250-TI Instructors: Gambert Starting: 11/17/2010 Location: Temple Isaiah
From Hill 24 Doesn't Answer to Sallah Shabati to more contemporary films like Lebanon and Eyes Wide Open, Israeli filmmakers have approached serious topics with bold insight. Using clips of feature films, shorts and documentaries, ...
H350-TI Instructors: Bramlett Starting: 01/26/2011 Location: Temple Isaiah
To understand the transcendent and troubling bond these three faiths feel for the Holy Land today, you need to dig into the past. This course will take you to the formative period of early Jewish ...
H350-SJ Instructors: Grist Starting: 09/21/2010 Location: JCCSF
The belief in one God is Judaism's gift to Christianity and Islam. But did it all start with Judaism? In fact, the ancient Near East produced two monotheistic faiths, one from Egypt, and one from ...
H230-JCL Instructors: Gitlin Starting: 12/01/2010 Location: BJE Jewish Community Library
Gitlin and Leibovitz argue that what unites the United States and Israel as allies in a “special friendship” is less common strategic interests than the deep-seated belief that they were chosen by God. In Chosen ...
H250-ST Instructors: Kohn Starting: 10/12/2010 Location: Congregation Shomrei Torah
Join Rabbi Daniel Kohn for a fast-paced survey of Jewish history beginning over 4,000 years ago with the Torah through the Talmud, including Greco-Roman times and more. We'll blast through Medieval times in Europe and ...
H170-JCL Instructors: Warburg Starting: 10/28/2010 Location: BJE Jewish Community Library
Sue and Felix Warburg will share their extensive research into the history and personalities of the Jewish pioneers who settled in Northern California in the 1840s and 1850s. Who were they, and what did they ...
H270-JCL Instructors: Krow-Local Starting: 12/12/2010 Location: BJE Jewish Community Library
This year marks the centennial of the first “yidish natsyonale shule” — National (ethnic) Jewish School — which opened for weekend instruction on December 10, 1910, on Madison Street in the heart of New York’s ...
P150-OMJ Instructors: Wasserman Starting: 10/17/2010 Location: Osher Marin JCC
Entrée to Judaism is the title of Tina Wasserman’s cookbook and exploration of foods of the Jewish Diaspora. Wasserman is well known for her monthly columns in Reform Judaism magazine and her dynamic presentations on ...
P200-JCL Instructors: Fishkoff Starting: 12/09/2010 Location: BJE Jewish Community Library
Fishkoff offers a compelling overview of the phenomenon of kashrut and the kosher food industry in today’s world. She explains why 85 percent of the 11 million Americans who regularly buy kosher food are not ...
T200-JCL Instructors: Seidman Starting: 10/14/2010 Location: BJE Jewish Community Library
How did modern Jewish literature modernize Jewish sexual practices, marital structures, and erotic experiences? Modernity brought with it a host of changes that included the transformations of gender roles and erotic practices, from arranged marriages ...
I100-NS Instructors: Creditor Starting: 10/07/2010 Location: Congregation Netivot Shalom
Enjoy a free, three session class on the modern Jewish perspective on spirituality, ethics and community. This class is designed to give you a foundational understanding of Judaism in a fun, friendly environment. Everyone is ...
P200-TS Instructors: Birnberg Starting: 10/13/2010 Location: Temple Sinai
This class will be experiential in nature, focusing on what Martin Buber has to teach us about having I-Thou relationships. We will learn from Buber, as if he were our Hassidic Rebbe, the practice of ...
P200-JCL Instructors: Fishkoff Starting: 12/09/2010 Location: BJE Jewish Community Library
Fishkoff offers a compelling overview of the phenomenon of kashrut and the kosher food industry in today’s world. She explains why 85 percent of the 11 million Americans who regularly buy kosher food are not ...
P150-BE Instructors: Melamut Starting: 11/28/2010 Location: Congregation B'nai Emunah
We will begin with a brief introduction to the discipline of Musar, and then dive into the practice, reflection, and discussion of some of the values that can help guide our daily lives. These will ...
H300-TI Instructors: Grist Starting: 10/13/2010 Location: Temple Isaiah
This series offers a Jewish perspective on winemaking and wine culture, as well as the uniquely Jewish spiritual and ritual values associated with wine. In our first session, we'll explore the origins of wine culture ...
H300-CBE Instructors: Grist Starting: 10/21/2010 Location: Congregation Beth El
This series offers a Jewish perspective on winemaking and wine culture, as well as the uniquely Jewish spiritual and ritual values associated with wine. In our first session, we'll explore the origins of wine culture ...
P200-OMJ Instructors: Lattin Starting: 10/07/2010 Location: Osher Marin JCC
Join us for a panel featuring four authors discussing the paths they have taken - and the books they've written - regarding spirituality and a connection to the divine. The program will include Michael Krasny, ...
I100-NS Instructors: Creditor Starting: 10/07/2010 Location: Congregation Netivot Shalom
Enjoy a free, three session class on the modern Jewish perspective on spirituality, ethics and community. This class is designed to give you a foundational understanding of Judaism in a fun, friendly environment. Everyone is ...
P200-TS Instructors: Birnberg Starting: 10/13/2010 Location: Temple Sinai
This class will be experiential in nature, focusing on what Martin Buber has to teach us about having I-Thou relationships. We will learn from Buber, as if he were our Hassidic Rebbe, the practice of ...
P150-BE Instructors: Melamut Starting: 11/28/2010 Location: Congregation B'nai Emunah
We will begin with a brief introduction to the discipline of Musar, and then dive into the practice, reflection, and discussion of some of the values that can help guide our daily lives. These will ...
H300-TI Instructors: Grist Starting: 10/13/2010 Location: Temple Isaiah
This series offers a Jewish perspective on winemaking and wine culture, as well as the uniquely Jewish spiritual and ritual values associated with wine. In our first session, we'll explore the origins of wine culture ...
H300-CBE Instructors: Grist Starting: 10/21/2010 Location: Congregation Beth El
This series offers a Jewish perspective on winemaking and wine culture, as well as the uniquely Jewish spiritual and ritual values associated with wine. In our first session, we'll explore the origins of wine culture ...
P200-OMJ Instructors: Lattin Starting: 10/07/2010 Location: Osher Marin JCC
Join us for a panel featuring four authors discussing the paths they have taken - and the books they've written - regarding spirituality and a connection to the divine. The program will include Michael Krasny, ...
T200-OMJ Instructors: Brodie Starting: 10/21/2010 Location: Osher Marin JCC
Using Joseph Telushkin's new biography of Hillel (due out September 2010) as the catalyst for text study and discussion, this series offers an in-depth exploration of the iconic religious leader whose approach to ethics and ...
T250-JCL Instructors: Alter Starting: 10/19/2010 Location: BJE Jewish Community Library
Robert Alter’s translations of the Torah, the Psalms, and Samuel I and II have deepened the English reader’s encounter with the Hebrew Bible, offering tremendous insight into the Hebrew text and restoring the poetic voice ...