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Get ready for Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) by baking an apple pastry while chatting with Rabbi Laurie Matzkin about the High Holidays. The Jewish calendar is luni-solar, so the holidays begin in the evening, and continue through nightfall the next day. Rosh Hashanah kicks off with a festive evening meal, followed by another on […]
Discover the Art of Nonfiction Storytelling Join Dr. Jerry Saliman, MD, as he shares his journey into the world of writing after retiring from a 30-year career at Kaiser South San Francisco in 2012. From blogging for the PJCC to becoming a medical columnist for The J, Jerry has honed his skills in nonfiction storytelling […]
Food is essential to human existence, and people from all cultures engage in acquiring, preparing, and consuming it daily. Israeli food encompasses more than just popular items like falafel, hummus, schnitzel, and Bamba. By taking an anthropological perspective, Dr. Azri Amram will explore how food and eating habits reflect Israeli society and culture. Additionally, he […]
Join Deborah Kohn for a discussion of the music and life of one of the most significant and popular American composers of all time: George Gershwin. Even though Gershwin wrote primarily for the Broadway musical theater of the 1920s and 30s, his orchestral and piano compositions, such as Rhapsody in Blue, will be highlighted to […]
