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Courses by region: Peninsula

Add to cart A Jewish Journey: The Beth Am Pre-Tour Course for Spain and Israel

H200-BA Instructors: Grist Starting: 03/19/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

This two-session preview of Congregation Beth Am’s tour to Spain and Israel will devote one session to each country. In the first session, we’ll explore the Jewish journey through Spain’s history, from the earliest known ...

Add to cart Advanced Conversational Hebrew

L500-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 01/05/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

This course will focus on conversational skills with an attention to improving fluency.

Add to cart Advanced Conversational Hebrew (summer)

L500S-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 05/31/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

This course will focus on conversational skills with an attention to improving fluency.

Add to cart Beginning Modern Hebrew 2B

L100B-OFJ Instructors: Morad Starting: 01/11/2012 Location: Oshman Family JCC

This is a continuation of Beginning Modern Hebrew from the fall. Students further develop vocabulary, grammar and basic conversational skills. The instructor will show both patience and sensitivity to the needs of adult learners who ...

Add to cart Beginning Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 1B

L100B-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 01/11/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

Continue to learn basic Prayerbook vocabulary.

Add to cart Beginning Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew 1C (summer)

L100C-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 05/30/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

Continue to learn basic Prayerbook vocabulary.

Boys who Played with Fire - Lehrhaus at Limmud Bay Area

H500-LBA Instructors: Wolf-Prusan Starting: 02/19/2012 Location: Asilomar Conference Grounds

Limmud is a world-wide movement that sponsors conferences and learning days in over 40 different communities. This is the Bay Area's first Limmud conference. 300 people will gather for two days to explore the Jewish ...

Add to cart Choosing Judaism

P100-BA Instructors: Rosenwasser Starting: 02/21/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

This series is designed for those who are interested in the possibility of converting to Judaism. We will discuss the conversion process and explore the issues of Jewish identity and status. Students will have ample ...

Add to cart Introduction to the Masters of Modern Israeli Literature

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 ...

Add to cart Introductory Yiddish Part Two

L350-KE Instructors: Levitow Starting: 02/23/2012 Location: Congregation Kol Emeth

This course is the second semester of Introductory Yiddish which began in the fall semester. New students are welcome, but the course will assume some ability on the students’ part to speak, to ask others ...

Add to cart Modern Hebrew Level A (summer)

L100S-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 05/29/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

Students learn basic pronunciation of Hebrew words and sentences while developing vocabulary, grammar and basic conversational skills. The instructor will show both patience and sensitivity to the needs of adult learners who have limited time ...

Add to cart Modern Hebrew Level B

L200-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 01/04/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

In this continuation of Modern Hebrew Level A2, students build on vocabulary, grammar and basic conversational skills. The instructor will show both patience and sensitivity to the needs of adult learners who have limited time ...

Add to cart Modern Hebrew Level B (summer)

L200S-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 05/30/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

In this continuation of Modern Hebrew Level A2, students build on vocabulary, grammar and basic conversational skills. The instructor will show both patience and sensitivity to the needs of adult learners who have limited time ...

Add to cart Modern Hebrew Level C

L300-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 01/03/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

A continuation of the intermediate level, this course takes students to a higher level of conversation and comprehension skills, while further developing an understanding of Hebrew grammar. Prerequisite: Completion of four semesters of Lehrhaus Judaica’s ...

Add to cart Modern Hebrew Level C (summer)

L300S-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 05/29/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

A continuation of the intermediate level, this course takes students to a higher level of conversation and comprehension skills, while further developing an understanding of Hebrew grammar. Prerequisite: Completion of four semesters of Lehrhaus Judaica’s ...

Add to cart Modern Hebrew Level D

L400-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 01/05/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

This course further expands fluency in Hebrew conversation and comprehension, and is designed for students with a reasonably developed level of modern Hebrew speaking and understanding. It continues building student vocabulary, grammar, and fluency skills. ...

Add to cart Modern Hebrew Level D (summer)

L400S-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 05/31/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

This course further expands fluency in Hebrew conversation and comprehension, and is designed for students with a reasonably developed level of modern Hebrew speaking and understanding. It continues building student vocabulary, grammar, and fluency skills. ...

Add to cart Modern Hebrew Level E

L405-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 01/03/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

This course further expands fluency in Hebrew conversation and comprehension, and is designed for students with a reasonably developed level of modern Hebrew speaking and understanding. It continues building student vocabulary, grammar, and fluency skills ...

Add to cart Modern Hebrew Level E (summer)

L405S-BA Instructors: Morad Starting: 05/29/2012 Location: Congregation Beth Am

This course further expands fluency in Hebrew conversation and comprehension, and is designed for students with a reasonably developed level of modern Hebrew speaking and understanding. It continues building student vocabulary, grammar, and fluency skills ...

Add to cart The Arab Spring One Year Later

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, ...

Add to cart The Art of Prophetic Justice: Bernard Zakheim in Depression-Era San Francisco

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 ...

Add to cart The Art of Prophetic Justice: Bernard Zakheim in Depression-Era San Francisco

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 ...

Add to cart What Really Happened in the Exodus? A Discovery Day for Kids and Parents

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 ...

Add to cart Where We Are Heading: Voices From Our Community Imagining What's Next

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 ...

Add to cart Women in Interfaith Relationships: A discussion for girlfriends, wives, mothers, and grandmothers

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 ...