Diane Tobin is the Director of Be’chol Lashon and is our next speaker the What Color Are Jews series Imagine the Jewish Future Worldwide, the number of Jews is stagnant. Decimated by the Inquisition, the Holocaust, high intermarriage rates and low birth rates, Jews now comprise only 0.2% of the world’s people. In focusing our…
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A Jewish View of the Christian Testament
There’s a new book out, The Jewish Annotated New Testament. It is by two Jews and has commentary by many Jewish scholars. The authors’ goals are to help Jews understand that time when all followers of Jesus were Jewish and how time and circumstance brought about a divide. Here is a quote from an interview…
Read More »Introduction to the Jewish Experience
Have you been considering taking an introduction or beginning Judaism class? Anytime is a good time to start. Many bay area classes have rolling enrollment; so say you entered the class in March, you would finish up in Feb. or 2013. You wouldn’t be going to class non-stop, but classes would feed into each other…
Read More »Thanks to Rabbi Roberto Graetz for a stimulating talk on the Jews of Argentina
Rabbi Graetz mentioned our American ethnocentric view of South America – he is so right. Few of us know the difference between the cultural, political and religious differences between Argentina and Brazil. Those differences have made a big difference to Jews living in the two countries.
Read More »Start the Year with Learning!
This is a great time to start a class. There are many Introduction to Judaism classes listing in the new Lehrhaus Judaica catalog. Look here for the list. I particularly recommend the Introduction to the Jewish Experience with Rabbi Ruth Adar. You can begin the class at any of three entry times – fall, winter…
Read More »The Question of God
Ever asked a Jew what they think about God? Bet you got too many answers! Come hear Rabbi Dardik teach about God as one night in his Exploring Jewish class. One non-Jewish student’s comment upon exiting class two years ago, “That rabbi argues with everything, even himself. I like that!” Exploring Judaism What do Jews…
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