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The Arab Spring One Year Later
Instructors: Jehon Grist and Ferad Senzai
Tues., March 6 & 13
Beth El, Berkeley
In January 2011, the self-immolation death of a Tunisian fruit-stand owner lit the flames of revolt throughout the Arab world.
What triggered the unique wave of democratic reforms, and where will it go from here?
Register here.
The class is also at the JCCSF and Congregation Beth Am.
Legacy Study Tour Info Nights
Feb. 16, 6-7:30 pm
JFCS Holocaust Center
2245 Post Street
San Francisco
Feb. 23, 6-7:30 pm
JFCS Library
2150 Post Street
San Francisco
RSVP: KatieC@jfcs.org or 415-449-3717
Lehrhaus 360 presents Anti-Semitism: Historical Perspectives, Fresh Insights on Sunday, May 15, from 12:30-6 p.m. at the Osher Marin JCC in San Rafael. Register here. Click here to read the j. article on the conference. Anti-Semitism Conference Flyer Leon Wieseltier, the keynote speaker, has served as the literary editor of The New Republic since 1983.
Back by popular demand, the Jews of the Fillmore exhibition will be on display at the BJE Jewish Community Library from September 2010-January 2011. The free exhibition features a photographic depiction of San Francisco’s greatest Jewish neighborhood from 1907-1965.
A center of Orthodox religious life, but also Zionism, socialism, and the Yiddish theater, the Fillmore was the hub of Yiddish-speaking Jewish culture in Northern California for almost half a century. But, it was also the entertainment mecca for the whole city, and Jews were highly visible as the operators of restaurants, vaudeville houses, movie theaters, and Jazz clubs. The Fillmore produced one of the greatest violinists of the century, Yhudi Munhihn, along with many Jewish communal leaders.
Fred Rosenbaum, co-curator of the exhibition and author of Cosmopolitans: A Social and Cultural History of the Jews of the San Francisco Bay Area (UC Press, 2009) will deliver a presentation on the Jews of the Fillmore:
Thursday, November 18, at 7 p.m.
BJE Jewish Community Library
1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco
415-567-3327
Passover University Attend Passover University – a community multi-generational event — to help you prepare for Passover on Sunday, April 10 from 10 am to 12:45 p.m. at Congregation Beth El in Berkeley. See the attached flyer for details.
Lehrhaus Judaica is honored to be part of the inaugural lecture by Professor Eran Kaplan — the Rhoda Goldman Chair of Israel Studies at San Francisco State University. Kaplan will speak about Israel’s Summer of Discontent: Social Protests, Nostalgia, and the Future(s) of Zionism on Tuesday, Feb. 21, from 7-9 p.m. at the JCCSF in [...]
How We Got Here: Reflecting on the Past 150 Years Register here. This event on the history of the Jews of the Bay Area, is dedicated to the memory of Seymour Fromer, the Judah L. Magnes Museum’s visionary co-founder.
Save 50% on tickets to The Wild Bride and shake up your Christmas Eve tradition! Looking for an alternative to ordering take-out and seeing a movie this December 24th? Look no further than Berkeley Rep. Join us for “Take-In Christmas Eve” – a new way to celebrate the night before Christmas. Instead of going to [...]
The Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation Presents “The First Pop-Up Jewish Record Store in the World” Tikva Records Thursday, December 1 – Wednesday, December 28, 2011