Francisco jcc. She went to preschool there and i joined the board. I converted when i was eight months pregnant with my third child in 1982 and i was president of the jcc from 86 to a 89. During that time, i was fully in touch with the jewish life. It was amazing. At a conference, i met gary tobin who was then the director of the center for modern jewish studies at brandeis. With the emfa. Word modern there. He was very interested in how jewish life was moving forward and he was very we had a lot of synergy and our interests in life. He moved the center for modern jewish studies out to San Francisco and we became independent. Along the way, you got married . Yes, i did. We got married. Exactly. And what does the institute actually do . We are focused on identifying the most difficult questions facing the Jewish Community, the most pertinent questions and primarily those that dont essentially have the Data Available to answer these questions and we focus on identifying the right questio
In 'Zhen Yu and the Snake,' author Erica Lyons adapts a well-known story about Rabbi Akiva's daughter while also highlighting China's rich Jewish history