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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Where We Are Heading?
Abi & Andy with their kids Lori Voices From Our Community Imagining What’s Next Activists, environmentalists, single mothers, Israelis, interfaith couples, Jews of color, spiritual seekers, grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, adopted, transgendered – describe anyone you know? Join us Sunday, Feb. 26, from 1-5 p.m. at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto. I am…
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 »Videos to give you a taste of what’s to come
What’s coming up for the winter/spring term in the program, What Color Are Jews? Check out this video. Cooking classes – Purim and Passover
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…
Read More »Telling Interfaith Stories: A Writing Workshop
As the products of interfaith families, we have unique stories to tell. Join writer Rebecca Spence for a four-week workshop in which we’ll give voice to our experience. Through weekly discussions and creative writing exercises, we’ll explore the themes and narrative threads that arise when we allow ourselves the space. Born to an interfaith family…
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