Unplug, meet new friends, and gather around the campfire beneath the redwoods of Joaquin Miller Park. 5:30 to 6:15 pm Arrive, meet new friends, and enjoy a picnic dinner. Please bring your own dinner for your family. 6:15 to 6:45 pm Nature games led by Wilderness Torah. 6:45 to 7:15 pm PJ Library stories around…
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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 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…
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 JCC East Bay, Temple Sinai, Sinai Memorial, JCRC Bay Area, Jewish Federation Bay Area, Netivot Shalom, Congregation Beth Israel, Congregation Beth El, Temple Beth Abraham, JCOB (Jewish Coalition Of Berkeley), OJA (Oakland Jewish Alliance), Beth Jacob Congregation,…
Join us for Olamim’s signature bilingual family music program where Jewish learning comes alive through Latin American rhythms, Jewish stories, songs, movement, and play. Led by Tkiya-trained beloved musician Verónica Freidkes, families will sing in Spanish, Hebrew, and English while celebrating multilingualism, Jewish life, and the diversity of the global Jewish community. Designed for children…
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.
LudoLogic Sports is hosting free drop-in sessions for girls ages 4–6, featuring high-energy games and activities that build gross motor skills, confidence, and readiness to try sports. Sundays at 9:00-9:50 a.m., through December 21 Lake Temescal, North Lawn LudoLogic was founded by an Oakland dad who wanted to give his daughters the skills and confidence…
