Jewish Community Library Events

Wednesday, 5:30 PM PDT - 6:30 PM PDT

Reading Yiddish Literature (in Translation): A Four-Session Course (VIRTUAL)

Taught by Naomi Seidman In this class taught over Zoom for the Jewish Community Library by Naomi Seidman, participants will…

Sunday, 11:00 AM PDT - 12:00 PM PDT

Jewish Barcelona in the Middle Ages (VIRTUAL)

Presented by Dominique Tomasov Blinder Click here to register. The presence of Jews in Barcelona is documented from the mid-9th…

Wednesday, 7:00 PM PDT - 8:00 PM PDT

From Sarah to Sydney: The Woman Behind All-of-a-Kind Family (VIRTUAL)

Presented by Alexandra Dunietz Click here to register. Recently published by Yale University Press, From Sarah to Sydney: The Woman…

Sunday, 2:00 PM PST - 3:00 PM PST

The Lost Soviet Yiddish Songs of the Holocaust (VIRTUAL)

Presented by Anna Shternshis Click here to register. During World War II, Kiev-based ethnomusicologist Moisei Beregovski and his colleagues collected…

Thursday, 7:00 PM PST - 8:00 PM PST

A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg (VIRTUAL)

Presented by Nathaniel Deutsch Click here to register. Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has become a symbol for gentrification. It is also home…

Sunday, 2:00 PM PST - 3:00 PM PST

The Golem Lives! in Prague, in Legend, and in Comics (VIRTUAL)

Presented by Elizabeth R. Baer Click here to register. This presentation will provide a lively history of the golem, enhanced…

Wednesday, 7:00 PM PST - 8:00 PM PST

Drop-In Book Club: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker (VIRTUAL)

Led by Jim Van Buskirk Click here to register. Contact the Library to borrow a printed copy or download an…

Sunday, 2:00 PM PST - 3:00 PM PST

A Rosenberg By Any Other Name (VIRTUAL)

Presented by Kirsten Fermaglich Click here to register. Common thinking about Jewish name changing tends to focus on clichés: ambitious…

Wednesday, 7:00 PM PST - 8:00 PM PST

Congregation B’nai David and the Vanished Synagogues of San Francisco (VIRTUAL)

Presented by Doron Shapira and Howard Freedman Click here to register. Built in 1908, the former synagogue building on 19th…

Sunday, 11:00 AM PST - 12:00 PM PST

How Judeo-Arabic Literature and Culture Shaped Judaism as We Know It (VIRTUAL)

Presented by Miriam Goldstein Click here to register. What is Judeo-Arabic and why is it so important to understanding Judaism…