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building jewish bridges. welcome. thank you. good morning. let s just jump in and ask you what is house judaica and what does it it do? first and foremost it s an independent school non denominational. thoughtful ideas, challenging ideas and providing dialog for adults in the bay area for jews and non jews. the world house judaica is not english word. fred rosenbaum our founding director was a graduate student at u.c. bshgly and he was studying the lair house had it emerged in germany in the interwar period between world war i and world war ii. the word lair house is german for learning house which is basically he brew for madrash where people come and thern from each other and talk to each other and he was inspired looking at the lair house that was formed for adults in germany to learn about jewish resist rooe, jewish culture, floss nooe. without religious denomination and without pro propoening. it was reborn in berkley 1974. wonderful. and john we ll c ....
encourage those in the bay area jewish community and others to read and discuss the theme of the book, and the novel, moonglow and a great book, well written. it could be friends talking about it, or someone really discussing the book to get a lot about of it. is someone is interested how do they connect to you? go to the jewish community library and we are happy to talk about it or visit our website jewishcommunitylibrary.org. michael, tell us what your book is about. it is about a little girl that becomes an advisor to the sultan of the empire changing the course of history. is it complete fiction? it is based in a historical context, real but the idea of a little girl becoming an advisor to the sultan is completely made up. i know that people that read the books want to know how the author comes up with the idea, and what did it take to get that idea into a book form so that people can enjoy it. it all started when i lived in tunisia, and i had an image ....
the museum has so much happening all the time, and we have exciting exhibition and public programs throughout the season. you know we are in the beautiful jesse square, originally the power station that gave light to all of san francisco, re-envisioned by a jewish architect to become a contemporary jewish museum, and the roof line says in reboot hebrew letters, light, and the museum is for everybody, not only jewish people. we have a number of great shows, and new exhibitions that are coming up. i want to share with everyone the beautiful lane of the covenant, and he made this magnificent chandelier that is a reflection on the relationship between the human beings and the greater power that is out there. the great unknown, and in some respects a bremen nation of monotheism, a very inspired sculpture. when you look at this, you see the globes, lights and even animals. we invite all of the visitors to join us in wonderment in most of the folks know that there are othe ....
does the jewish community relations council do? the truth is that the jc rc is the umbrella body for the organized jewish community in the bay area, representing the jewish community on the vitally important public affairs issues, domestic and international, ranging from israel to the civil rights, anti-semitism and quality public education. we started just after the holocaust windy american jewish community realized the absence of the body, a fatal flaw in the jewish community, and we should not be in a position where we cannot bring together a full range of voices within the jewish community so that we can advocate effectively on the issues. in a moment, we will get to what drew you to dedicate your life to the organization, and it seems natural to ask at this point, what is the role of the faith- based structure in the civic life of the community, especially when you have a country that values separation of church and state, and we are always struggling with the ci ....
jumping into the conversation, this is different than what we usually have, but the lgbtq life in the safe community and jewish community, let s start out and asked each of you what your community your experiences been in the jewish community. maxine. i will date myself, so i him twice last. being a lesbian and being jewish was very difficult because i did not come out until graduate school. i did not think that being [ null ] had anything to being jewish, and i had no role model, and no one to model myself after. i did not think that i could be jewish and [ null ] until i met someone in graduate school at the same seminary that i attended as a commuter communal professional studying nonprofit management. and my first lover was at the college at usc and i realized that the heavens opened. talking about intersection analogy, two primary parts of myself that became integrated. reverend? you know, it is a very similar in very different story for me. being transgende ....