L310-NS Instructors: Grist Starting: 02/05/2012 Location: Congregation Netivot Shalom

Lamentations marks the dividing line between the end of Israelite religion and the beginning of Judaism: the destruction of Solomon’s Jerusalem Temple in 586 BCE. Filled with eloquent despair, it also affirms an enduring belief ...

L315-CBE Instructors: Grist Starting: 04/08/2012 Location: Congregation Beth El

Imagine traveling back in time to Israel's birth moment, somewhere between the late 13th-12th centuries BCE. That's what we'll do as we translate and analyze passages from Judges 4-5. Judges 4 offers a prose account ...

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 ...

L500-LJ Instructors: Grist Starting: 06/17/2012 Location: Lehrhaus Judaica

Ancient Egyptian was one of the first 'picture languages,' employing beautiful images to express consonants, syllables and whole words. When Biblical Hebrew was born, Egyptian writing was already 2000 years old, a language rich in ...

P150-TS Instructors: Steingroot Starting: 03/14/2012 Location: Temple Sinai

Christianity has been described as Jewish wine in a pagan vessel. Likewise, the classical monotheistic grapes of Jewish history and law were grafted on to hardy mythic and magical rootstock, the agricultural year as a ...

H300-LJ Instructors: Grist Starting: 06/17/2012 Location: Lehrhaus Judaica

From Narmer to Cleopatra, Pharaonic Egypt spanned 3000 years. Our course will cover every century and all the key personalities and conflicts of this extraordinary civilization. But we'll dig deeper to discover Egypt's gods and ...

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, ...

H205-PSR Instructors: Grist Starting: 07/09/2012 Location: Pacific School of Religion at GTU

This course takes a decidedly holistic approach to understanding the scrolls in the context of their times. We'll begin with an overview of the history encompassing the scrolls, ca. 200 BCE-100 CE. From there, we'll ...

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 ...

D120-SH Instructors: Grist Starting: 04/15/2012 Location: Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum

Jewish tradition tells us to live Passover as if we ourselves were there with Moses over 3,000 years ago. This class gives you a chance to do just that. We will discover the land of ...

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, ...

A450-OFJ Instructors: Rosenbaum Starting: 02/16/2012 Location: Oshman Family JCC

Bernard Zakheim (1896-1985), who was born and raised in Warsaw under Czarist Russia and lived in his old age on a commune near Sebastopol, California, was one of the most seminal Jewish artists of the ...

A450-PJ Instructors: Rosenbaum Starting: 05/15/2012 Location: Peninsula JCC

Bernard Zakheim (1896-1985), who was born and raised in Warsaw under Czarist Russia and lived in his old age on a commune near Sebastopol, California, was one of the most seminal Jewish artists of the ...

H500-SJ Instructors: Kristof Starting: 05/07/2012 Location: JCCSF

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof is a boots-on-the ground reporter who calls attention to the most gripping stories imaginable, breathing life into sobering statistics from hotspots that include Congo, Darfur and ...

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 ...

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 ...