Mah Jongg Mondays begins Monday, September 28 at the JCC East Bay in Rockridge! Our intermediate group for newer players is an ongoing group that meets every Monday from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. (except holidays). Drop-ins welcome. No registration required. Please RSVP to Mahjongg@jcceastbay.org if it’s your first time joining us or if you…
Discover the timeless appeal of Mah Jongg in a fun, engaging environment where every game brings new strategies, fresh challenges, and lasting friendships. Our intro to Maj Jongg, four-part class provides an in-depth, comprehensive tutorial/course on how to play American Mah Jongg by our esteemed JCC East Bay Mah Jongg instructors.
The JCC East Bay drop-in Yiddish Conversation group is a weekly gathering where people read Yiddish stories out loud, share laughs, and keep the Yiddish language alive. All ages and all levels of experience are welcome to schmooze. The group meets weekly on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. beginning September 2. No reservations are required. Join…
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Organizer: UC Berkeley Center for Jewish Studies Date and Time: Tuesday, October 6 @ 5:00-6:30pm Location: 3335 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley campus In her new book, Zionism in Translation: Encounters in the German-Hebrew Archive, Na’ama Rokem investigates written exchanges by a range of literary twentieth century authors, including Hannah Arendt, Gershom Scholem, Yehuda Amichai, Ludwig…
The JCC East Bay drop-in Yiddish Conversation group is a weekly gathering where people read Yiddish stories out loud, share laughs, and keep the Yiddish language alive. All ages and…
Organizer: UC Berkeley Center for Jewish Studies Date and Time: Wednesday, October 7 @ 4:00-5:30pm Location: 3335 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley campus The biblical story of the ten plagues, the series of disasters sent against Pharaoh and the Egyptian in order to compel them to free the Israelites, introduced into collective imagination a connection between…
Join us for an evening of song, prayer, reflection, and community in commemoration of October 7. Co-hosted by Netivot Shalom, Beth El, Congregation Beth Israel, Temple Sinai, Beit Jacob, Temple Beth Abraham JCOB (Jewish Coalition Of Berkeley), OJA (Oakland Jewish Alliance), and Sinai Memorial. For details and to register, please visit the official registration page.
KlezCalYidFest, the annual annual klezmer and Yiddish culture festival in Berkeley, California, is October 9-11th, 2026, with a weekend of concerts, workshops, dancing, and more, with local and international artists from the klezmer and contemporary Yiddish culture scene, including the Strauss/Warshauer duo, Levyosn, Veretski Pass, Avia Moore, and Der Goylem.
