Don’t miss this EXCLUSIVE Bay Area appearance by one of the greatest Jewish thinkers of our time:
Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg –
A New Age for Humanity & Judaism: Coming to Grips with Power, Freedom & Choice
Thursday, March 18 @ 7:30 p.m.
Generally regarded to be one of the greatest modern Jewish thinkers alive today, Irving (Yitz) Greenberg is the former president of the Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation, a prolific writer, an Orthodox rabbi, and a Harvard Ph D. He will be speaking about the third era in Jewish history, the ethics of Jewish power, pluralism and post denominationalism.
In association with Lehrhaus Judaica
$20 public/$18 members/$10 students
March 7, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
JCCSF at 3200 California Street, San Francisco
Lehrhaus Judaica is proud to co-sponsor Bureau of Jewish Education’s 5th Annual Young Adult Feast of Jewish Learning “WANDER/LUST.”
To get a taste of the Feast, check out this 50 second video. Join hundreds of inquisitive minds for dozens of interactive workshops on Jewish texts, philosophy, mysticism, spirituality, culture, cooking, yoga, lust and love.
Click here to download the detailed class descriptions and teacher bios. Classes are taught by professors, rabbis, artists, and educators from all walks of Jewish life.
Each participant can attend three 75-minute workshops
Everyone (21-40ish) is welcome and everything is FREE.
Visit www.bjesf.org/feast to get the full scoop.
Questions? Contact Mariana Roytman Schiffner at bjefeast@gmail.com.
With Dr. Aaron David Miller
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
7:00 pm
FREE
Lehrhaus Judaica
2736 Bancroft Way, Berkeley (parking is available in the UC lot across the street from Lehrhaus and a block down on Bancroft)
Dr. Aaron David Miller, U.S. State Department advisor, formulated U.S. policy on the Middle East and the Arab-Israel peace process. His book, The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace, was published in March 2008; he has been featured on CNN, NBC, CBS, Fox and PBS and his articles have appeared in newspapers throughout the world.
http://jewishfed.org/event/elusive-search-arab-israeli-peace-1
Eve Bernstein (in purple) with her family
Lehrhaus Judaica and honoree Eve Bernstein wish to thank the following individuals and organizations for making our 36th anniversary memorable. Approximately 250 people attended a gala at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco on February 21 to mark our double chai anniversary. Thanks to everyone for helping us become a national leader in adult Jewish education.
Here is a complete list of the sponsors for our 36th anniversary:
Chancellor
Eve Bernstein and Alex Gersznowicz
The Goodman Family Foundation
Eda and Joseph Pell
The Laszlo N. Tauber Family Foundation
Dean
Mem Dryan Bernstein, Suzanne and Elliott Felson, and the Smorgon Family
Chris and Warren Hellman
Fran and Bobby Lent
Susan and Moses Libitzky
Barbara and Richard Rosenberg
Diane and Howard Zack
Professor
Barbara and Gerson Bakar
Patricia C. Dunn-Jahnke and
William Jahnke
Anita Friedman
Phyllis K. Friedman
Nancy and Stephen Grand
Bill Lowenberg
Lisa and John Pritzker
Varda and Irving Rabin
Ruthellen Toole
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