Jewish Culture & Thought

SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER

Embracing a heritage that is always evolving, questioning and inclusive of a diversity of traditions – the JCCSF is where anyone can explore Jewish values and practices that enrich their lives. We invite everyone to experience Jewish culture and thought, regardless of background, age or spiritual beliefs.

For your convenience, Jewish-themed activities from throughout the JCCSF are listed below. Find classes, lectures, celebrations and entertainment for adults, children, teens or the entire family.

Senior Holiday Celebrations
Rosh Hashanah Lunch
and Entertainment
With Rabbi Eve Ben-Ora

Tuesday, September 7 • 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Music Salon – Opera & More: 12:45 – 1:45 pm
Free concert!

Holidays with The Hub
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Tashlih at Ocean Beach

Thursday, September 9 • 5:00 pm
Free!

Classes
Judaica Ceramics Workshops
Sundays, 1:30 – 3:30 pm
 

Tzedakah Box
September 26

 

Hanukkah Menorah
October 17

 

Shabbat Candle Sticks
and Kiddish Cup

December 5

Day Trips
Tour of Marshall's Honey Farm
Thursday, September 16 • 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
Tikkun Ha-olam – Social Action
Volunteering at Ronald McDonald House

Saturday, October 9
Tuesday, October 12

Hazon (CSA)

Buy Local Produce

Enrollment is ongoing!

Parent Education
Parenting Matters Discussion Group

Wednesdays, October 6 – November 24 • 6:30 – 7:45 pm

Theater
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By Joshua Walters – World Premiere
Thursday – Saturday, October 14 – 30 • 8:00 pm
Programs of the Taube-Koret Center for Jewish Peoplehood
at the JCCSF

The Taube-Koret Center for Jewish Peoplehood at the JCCSF promotes Jewish engagement, learning, exploration, celebration and innovation through classes, workshops, lectures, literary programs and public forums. Its diverse programs are open to all and address adults at every level of Jewish education.

 

Katz Snyder Gallery
Jewish Witness to a Polish Century

Pictures and Stories from the Centropa Interviews:
Poland, 2001 – 2008

September 15 – December 15

Lectures & Discussion
Meditation for the High Holidays

With Norman Fischer

Tuesday, September 7 • 7:00 pm

Jonathan Lethem, Chronic City

Friday, October 8 • 11:00 am

Out on a Ledge: A Holocaust Story

With Eva Libitzky and Fred Rosenbaum

Thursday, October 14 • 7:00 pm Free!

David Grossman, To the End of the Land

Wednesday, October 20 • 7:00 pm

Jewish Practice & Spirituality
Makor Or: Morning Meditation

Thursdays, 8:00 – 9:00 am Free!

Makor Or: Meditation Retreats
Sundays, 10:30 am – 5:00 pm
 

Preparation for the High Holidays
September 5

 

Reading Torah
October 24

 

Darkness and Light
November 28

Reading the Weekly Torah Portion

Parshat Ha-Shavuah

Fridays, September 3 – December 31 • Noon – 1:00 pm Free!

Introduction to Judaism
With Rabbi Pamela Frydman Baugh

Wednesdays, October 6 – December 15 • 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Hebrew Language Classes
Taste of Hebrew
Tuesdays, October 5 – December 7 • 6:15 – 7:45 pm
Beginning Hebrew
Tuesdays, October 5 – December 7 • 8:00 – 9:30 pm
Intermediate Hebrew
Wednesdays, October 6 – December 8 • 6:15 – 7:45 pm
Advanced Hebrew
Thursdays, October 7 – December 16 • 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Travel
The Birth of GOD: Legacies of Egypt & Israel

With Jehon Grist, PhD., Executive Director of Lehrhaus Judaica

Tuesdays, September 21 & 28
Free to trip participants!

Fall Holidays & Shabbat Events
Shabbat Celebration

Every Friday • 4:30 pm Free!

Rosh Hashanah
Erev Rosh Hashanah: September 8
Observed: September 9 – 10
 

Honey Sale
Tuesday & Wednesday, September 7 & 8
10:00 am – 4:00 pm

 

Community Rosh Hashanah Celebration
Wednesday, September 8 • 1:00 – 2:00 pm Free!

 

Tashlih
Monday – Friday, September 13 – 17 • All day Free!

 
Sukkot
 

Sukkot: Outside In – Event Calendar
September 21 – 28

  See the Pottruck Family Atrium transformed into a three-story sukkah. Join us for entertainment, delicious food, a special Yoga Shabbat and festivities for all ages.
 

Major funding for the Taube-Koret Center for Jewish Peoplehood is provided by Linda and Sanford Gallanter, the Koret Foundation, the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund and the Ingrid Tauber Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund.

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