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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
Attend one or both Lehrhaus 360 conferences on the history of the Jews of the San Francisco Bay and a look towards the future of our community.
Go here for details about How We Got Here: Reflecting on the Past 150 Years on Sunday, February 12. Read the j. story here.
Go here for details about Where We Are Heading: Voices From Our Community — Imagining What’s Next on Sunday, February 26.
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 Fisher Family Hall.
Zakheim: The Art of Prophetic Justice received glowing reviews in the fall of 2010 at the Jazz Heritage Center in San Francisco.
If you missed the exhibition, you will be able to see the photographic history portion in multiple locations in the Bay Area in 2012.
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