Lehrhaus Judaica - The Adult School For Jewish Studies

Lehrhaus Judaica is a unique non-denominational Jewish studies adult school. Every course is open to the general public, and all interested adults are welcome, regardless of age, religion, or ethnicity.

For the first time in 30 years, the myth, magic and mystery of King Tut return to the Bay Area in June 2009 at the de Young Museum. Discover the history and culture of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty, culminating in the 9 year rule of the Boy King. Along the way, we’ll ask a number of intriguing questions, only recently answered by Egyptologists: who were Tut’s parents? What was his name at birth? Who was his wife and did he have children? Was he murdered?

We’ll also offer in-depth discussion of the exhibit pieces, using the latest in digital education technology. Each artifact tells an amazing story and this course will share those stories with you before you go.

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Lehrhaus Judaica King Tut Classes

Jerusalem Cuts

Hershkovits: At the Heart of Blackness
This fascinating, visually innovative documentary reveals the pioneering work and controversial legacy of American Jewish anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits, a towering scholar often credited with inventing the field of African studies in the 1920s through the 50s.

Jerusalem Cuts
Three different narratives of Israel's 1948 war of independence unfold side by side through the images of a British photojournalist, a Zionist movie producer and a Palestinian photographer in Liran Atzmor's revelatory film about the ways images shape our view of history.

Co-presented by Arab Film Festival, Lehrhaus Judaica, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley and The Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP)

For ticket information, please contact the box office at 866-55-TICKETS (866-558-4253) or visit the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival online at www.sfjff.org.

Gdanski Railway Station

Lake 68
In 1967 and 1968, Poland was gripped by a deep political crisis and student unrest. By spring of 1968, some 20,000 Jews-nearly 80 percent of the Jewish population at the time, most of them assimilated Polish citizens-were drummed from their jobs and universities and expelled to Israel or beyond. Some left without looking back; but others stayed, like filmmaker Irit Shangar's father, a journalist for communist newspapers, who rejected exile in Israel. Now, each summer, several Polish Jewish families reunite at the lake where they took refuge in 1968 while waiting for exit permits. Shangar has created that rare documentary that is both intellectually thought provoking and visually breathtaking.

Gdanski Railway Station
The purges of 1968 expelled thousands of Polish Jews to Israel on trains leaving from Warsaw's Gdanski Station. Reuniting on camera nearly 40 years later, some of these unwilling exiles share moments of poignant reflection about their homeland and the anti-Semitic hysteria they lived through, while archival imagery including hate-mongering speeches by Polish government leaders and family memorabilia reveals the experience of rebuilding a life beyond expulsion.

Gdanski Railway is sponsored by a generous grant from the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture. Co-presented by Judah L. Magnes Museum and Lehrhaus Judaica

For ticket information, please contact the box office at 866-55-TICKETS (866-558-4253) or visit the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival online at www.sfjff.org.

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