Welcome to 2011! I sure hope this year brings greater prosperity to the entire world. This time of year a lot of folks make new year’s resolutions. Let me suggest a few resolutions – 1. If Christmas was hard, agree to discuss and work on it NOW while you have 11 months before you have…
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Do You Have One Jewish Parent?
Do you see yourself as Jewish, half-Jewish, part Jewish, Jew-ish? Were you raised as a Jew, a Christian, a Hindu, some of this and that? We are looking for people who have one Jewish parent and would like to talk about their experience, share their stories, their questions, their wisdom. What was good? What was…
Read More »Jewish Jokes – Just for Fun
This is not an event of Building Jewish Bridges, it’s just a fun event taking place in Berkeley and I’m inviting you to come with me. A Night of Jewish Jokes Where They’ve Been and Where They’re Going The Borscht Belt, the cluster of Jewish summer resorts in upstate New York where Milton Berle, Eddie…
Read More »Jewish activities on Dec. 25
Community Day: Free Admission for All The Contemporary Jewish Museum’s Target Community Day on Christmas Day is a day of admission-free fun for all. Explore exhibitions and enjoy family-friendly performances and activities. In celebration of Curious George, families can make their own story boats and create animal pencil cases throughout the day. Take a break…
Read More »Parenting has its Sacrifices
I recently heard from a Catholic woman asking for help in navigating her interfaith divorced family. Her ex-husband is Muslim and their two daughters were being raised with both religions until the divorce. Things have reached a very painful state. I will pause here and ask you to think about this… What do you think…
Read More »Kabbalah According to Jim Carrey
Kabbalah, the increasingly popular study of mystical Jewish teachings, can seem dauntingly complex. Its building blocks known as the Sefirot, the perspectives of revelation of G-d’s character, all the more so. In this class, using the films and humor of Jim Carrey, we will look to uncover these foundational concepts and hope to bring new…
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