The Library’s events, which are currently taking place virtually, are free of charge and open to all. Click on an event below for registration information. Events are also listed on the Library’s Facebook page. Click here to sign up for the Library’s e-newsletter, with news of upcoming programs, community events, and new titles.
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22
Nov
2020
The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently
Please click here to register. Click here to purchase a copy of The Bible With and Without Jesus from Afikomen…
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01
Dec
2020
American Jews and the Civil Rights Movement
This program is presented by the SFSU Department of Jewish Studies as part of the Fall 2020 Lectures in Jewish… -
06
Dec
2020
The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City
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09
Dec
2020
Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children’s Literature
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13
Dec
2020
The Memory of al-Andalus After 1492
Click here to register for this event. How do different communities remember their past? The Iberian Peninsula under Islamic rule,… -
17
Dec
2020
Songs in Dark Times: Yiddish Poetry of Struggle from Scottsboro to Palestine
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20
Dec
2020
The Lost World of African-American Cantors: 1920-1953
Click here to register for this event. While the history of Black-Jewish cultural interaction generally focuses on how Jews adopted… -
03
Jan
2021
Genealogy Clinic: Brainstorming with the Mavens
Whether you’re trying to find your great-grandmother’s elusive hometown or your grandfather’s passenger manifest, you can bring your questions related… -
10
Jan
2021
Drop-In Book Discussion: The Color of Water by James McBride
Click here to register. Lashon Daley will lead a discussion of James McBride’s The Color of Water: A Black Man’s… -
13
Jan
2021
Apocalypse Now, Apocalypse Then: The End of Times in Jewish Texts
To register for this program, please click here. Beginning with the great flood and following Jewish thought on the end… -
31
Jan
2021
Italian Illuminated Ketubot
To register for this program, please click here. The Jews of Italy are known for their magnificent illuminated ketubot (marriage… -
07
Feb
2021
“Speculum in One Hand and Typewriter in Other”: Jewish Voices and Views from the Women’s Health Movement
Click here to register for this event. Blending the politics of second wave feminism with consumer rights activism, the women’s…
