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By examining how text, image, and ritual work together, Professor Stern will illuminate what the Haggadah teaches about the power and texture of the Jewish imagination. . . . David…","startDate":"2026-03-23T22:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"the-haggadah-and-the-jewish-imagination","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/the-haggadah-and-the-jewish-imagination","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/BPqqdbwzQxym51JgcDOL@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"6994bb8ad3c918aebecacab8","name":"Rediscovering the Lost Literature of Jewish American Women from the Gilded Age","description":"Lori Harrison-Kahan will discuss her new book  West of the Ghetto: Jewish Women, Old San Francisco, and American Literary Culture.  She will explore the lives and work of fascinating but forgotten Jewish women writers whose literary careers were shaped by their upbringings in the American West during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. 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Sefardi Herbalism: An Introduction to Earth, Water and Plant-Based Folk Traditions of the Sefardim by Naomi Spector explores the earth-based folk culture and healing tradition…","startDate":"2026-01-22T23:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"sefardi-kitchen-herbalism","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/sefardi-kitchen-herbalism","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/iE6k8yaHQyKsepgl43wB@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"695d4e9f3e61721f17cc6847","name":"Oy to the World: Traumatic Invalidation in the Jewish Community","description":"Yes, the original trauma was bad enough. But then came the comments sections, the \"well actually\" brigade, and the people you thought were allies suddenly developing very strong opinions about what you're allowed to feel—welcome to traumatic invalidation, where your lived experience gets peer-reviewed by people who weren't even there. In this 75-minute class, we'll explore the psychological aftermath of October 7, 2023, examining how chronic denial, emotional neglect, and the rise in…","startDate":"2026-01-21T23:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"oy-to-the-world-traumatic-invalidation-in-the-jewish-community","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/oy-to-the-world-traumatic-invalidation-in-the-jewish-community","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/GMjHdglkQaeHLVh6zsmh@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"69680e349991963861431d78","name":"Weekly Parsha Class: Exploring Parshat Bo","description":"In this class, we are going to do a deep dive into Chapter 12 of Exodus, and through the lens of Rabbinic writings and commentaries we will explore some core themes about the Exodus and Passover. 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Together, we’ll explore Shomer’s life—including his longstanding and dramatic feud with Sholem Aleichem—and get a taste of his stories through reading selected excerpts in English translation. No Yiddish knowledge required. Pamela…","startDate":"2026-01-20T23:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"shomer-the-greatest-yiddish-writer-you-ve-never-heard-of","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/shomer-the-greatest-yiddish-writer-you-ve-never-heard-of","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/8GRFUrhSSmcPkdZC1k4A@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"694ca8443a58531461f941f1","name":"Can a Broken Heart Change the World? Talmudic Stories of Love, Loss, and Power","description":"This class is sponsored by Paul Bernstein, Lisa Capelouto, Alyx, and Ana in honor of Leo Bernstein z\"l. Broken hearts have the power to destroy or save lives. Or, at least, that's how the Talmud tells it. 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The song has become popular in secular and religious audiences, and has become the anthem of Israel even in a massive time of war and division. Come learn how the song relates to contemporary Israel as well as a longstanding debate about the role of love and faith in Judaism. Dr. Shayna Weiss is the Senior Associate Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies…","startDate":"2026-01-18T22:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"unconditional-love-jewish-theology-meets-israeli-pop","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/unconditional-love-jewish-theology-meets-israeli-pop","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/EvvcDgdSS6PzF62DFtgr@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"6942d352a4c9600d8d78f135","name":"Lehrhaus Morning Meditation with Or HaLev","description":"Opening the day with mindfulness can change everything, helping us live our lives with more clarity, kindness, and ease. Join us Friday mornings as we open our doors early and practice together. 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Is being open and honest about the influences that have shaped us a key to having more effective arguments and maintaining our relationships? 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When the author travels to a quiet French village seeking renewal, she stumbles into a hidden past—one marked by courage, fear, betrayal, and unexpected acts of resistance. What begins as a personal retreat unfolds into a riveting…","startDate":"2026-01-11T22:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"the-spiral-shell-a-french-village-reveals-its-secrets-of-jewish-resistance-in-world-war-ii-a-memoir","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/the-spiral-shell-a-french-village-reveals-its-secrets-of-jewish-resistance-in-world-war-ii-a-memoir","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/KMlBCgltTlWhxCTKOfLG@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"692efa6dcf6b7af57eeae1b4","name":"Why Moshe Got an Egyptian Name - The Jewish Epic Hero and Cultural Complexity","description":"An open-ended textual exploration of the intrinsic connection between the epic Jewish leader (Moshe, Yaakov, etc.) and cultural complexity. 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Through gripping biblical text and powerful rabbinic interpretation, we’ll uncover how her daring choice to rescue Moshe from the Nile changed the course of Jewish history and defied the might of an empire. Come discover a hidden heroine, a story of courage and compassion, and insights so compelling they will transform how you read the Exodus story.…","startDate":"2026-01-06T23:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"weekly-parsha-class-shemot-s-royal-rebellion","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/weekly-parsha-class-shemot-s-royal-rebellion","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/LemX5MDSKCMubqkYG2IJ@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"69443b3fb59fb3ff1063df6e","name":"A Rabbi's Mission to Create Holiness: Army Chaplaincy","description":"A rabbi’s mission is to reveal holiness in unexpected places. From training Ukrainian chaplains on the front lines to comforting the grieving, Rabbi Aaron Gaber inspires with stories of faith, resilience, and the power of hope shining even in life’s hardest moments. 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In this session, we’ll explore these questions through two short poems by Avrom Sutzkever, \"Yiddish\" and \"Set Sail, My Word\" . 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This class uncovers how traditions developed over centuries as spiritual practices also became ingenious resilience strategies, long before science gave them a name. 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This, too, comes to its peak when we are distracted.” And yet, throughout much of his body of work, Rabbi Sacks does quite a bit of thinking about the Messiah, the role of messianic hope in \"a world still disfigured by evil,\" and how Jewish conceptions of time shape our agency in shaping the…","startDate":"2025-11-11T01:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"not-yet-rabbi-sacks-on-hope-time-and-the-messianic-future","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/not-yet-rabbi-sacks-on-hope-time-and-the-messianic-future","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/fu50psrqSWuEt2RyTvl7@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"69027df15e4056a1744e28f0","name":"The Beatles Meet Israeli Music: The stories behind \"Let it Be\" and \"Lu Yehi\"","description":"The Beatles' 1970 ballad \"Let it Be\" is their best-selling single, with over 6 million copies purchased. Naomi Shemer's \"Lu Yehi,\" was one of 1973's most important and beloved Israeli songs . 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Like its namesake dessert—smothered in chocolate and layered with twists and turns— BABKA is a sweet and surprising story of connection: when a newly blind Hasidic baker must adapt to life with a guide dog in a community that doesn’t accept dogs, an unlikely…","startDate":"2025-11-06T22:30:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"from-dough-to-dogs-the-making-of-babka","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/from-dough-to-dogs-the-making-of-babka","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/38OMs5l2T56HGCruEpVF@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"68f1a48bfdb5f5a4782e214f","name":"Up Above and Down Below: A Jewish Dream Circle","description":"According to the medieval mystical text, The Zohar, every night our souls go on a journey -- wandering the world above, coming back down full of secrets. According to the Talmud, our dreams contain both prophecy and revelation. The question becomes -- how do we listen to our dreams and honor their guidance? 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In this inspiring work, Yiscah invites readers to nurture an intimate relationship with the Divine by exploring each weekly Torah portion through classical and Hasidic teachings, spiritual reflection, and guided practice. Using the metaphor of tending a garden, she offers “seeds” of…","startDate":"2025-11-02T22:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"planting-seeds-of-the-divine-a-conversation-with-yiscah-smith","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/planting-seeds-of-the-divine-a-conversation-with-yiscah-smith","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/bxuVcsiNTxSsixgln5L0@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"68dffbdde2d432ed4197e84e","name":"Philip Roth: Stung by Life — Author Steven Zipperstein in Conversation with Abe Socher, Editor of the Jewish Review of Books","description":"Join us for a special event with award-winning author and distinguished Stanford historian Steven J. 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Prepare for a night that will linger long after the lights go out. Rabbi Josh Breindel is delighted to return to Lehrhaus. Serving as the rabbi of Congregation Beth El of the Sudbury River Valley, he holds Masters…","startDate":"2025-10-26T23:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"spooky-judaism","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/spooky-judaism","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/Pr1FE2lMTUO0Qg03iPLh@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"68e4023b174df0b8c12d2e2d","name":"In Search of a Jewish Identity in the Novel, Eva Schmidt: A Book Talk with Jill Morningstar","description":"In Eva Schmidt , novelist Jill Morningstar weaves a gripping tale of identity, secrecy, and survival in 1933 Berlin. Eva Schmidt, a secretly Jewish spiritual advisor to Magda Goebbels—the wife of Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels—is drawn into the dangerous allure of Germany’s elite as she balances her hidden past, her love for an American intelligence officer, and the moral cost of survival. Both haunting and suspenseful, the novel explores what it means to live truthfully in a time of…","startDate":"2025-10-26T21:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"in-search-of-a-jewish-identity-in-the-novel-eva-schmidt-a-book-talk-with-jill-morningstar","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/in-search-of-a-jewish-identity-in-the-novel-eva-schmidt-a-book-talk-with-jill-morningstar","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/xNbntKDQQ6u4nJEHkLov@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"68dc76e688f2bec847d3bb92","name":"Celebrating Jewish Joy: Stories of Jewish Culture & Heritage","description":"Join us for an evening of powerful storytelling as contributors to Manna Songs: Stories of Jewish Culture & Heritage share their work from this luminous new collection. Spanning continents and generations, these essays celebrate Jewish joy, resilience, and identity with humor, tenderness, and depth. 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Join composer, prayer leader and rabbinical student Sam Tygiel for a deep dive into \"Hallel\", his new album of original melodies for the Hallel service, which is prayed throughout the holiday of Sukkot. We will listen to excerpts from the album, learn Torah about the Hallel service and reflect on how communal prayer can guide us through difficult emotions and enable us to uncover authentic joy and gratitude. Sam…","startDate":"2025-10-09T22:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"shuvi-nafshi-hallel-for-a-broken-heart","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/shuvi-nafshi-hallel-for-a-broken-heart","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/VXVKXMPRtiolJG7GNfLd@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"68d169dc6cbbf85f389046c5","name":"Queer Torah: Creating a Ritual for Self-Forgiveness","description":"Each session of this ongoing series explores the intersection of Judaism and queer identity. 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How did a high school rock 'n' roller who worshiped Little Richard become the defining voice of the folk revival? Why do historians treat a brief, three-song electric set at the Newport Folk Festival as a seismic shift in American music and culture? And how did all of that turn into a hit movie? Elijah Wald is a musician, writer, and historian. He was…","startDate":"2025-09-28T21:00:00.000Z","timezone":"America/New_York","slug":"inventing-bob-dylan-folk-rock-and-the-making-of-an-american-icon","url":"https://events.humanitix.com/inventing-bob-dylan-folk-rock-and-the-making-of-an-american-icon","image":"https://images.humanitix.com/i/MBPcsKsmQ527dL89mb0a@original","location":"Lehrhaus"},{"id":"68c23a02d4381d850eabb0cd","name":"Getting Even with Glikl: The Lives and Afterlives of An Early Modern Yiddish Autobiographer","description":"In 1691, Glikl bas Leib (1646–1724)—a Jewish businesswoman, mother of fourteen, and gifted storyteller—began to chronicle her life. 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Join Lamplighter Brewing Co.’s Daniel Hennagin as he explores the stories of the Jewish hopsters, maltsters and brewers who inspired our Zoigl Star festbier, Lamplighter's Oktoberfest collaboration with Lehrhaus. Dan Hennagin is a Somerville, Massachusetts resident who's been a Brewer with Lamplighter for over a year. With over 8 years in the beer industry, his knowledge of brewing has been fostered from his journeys at breweries in the Boston area. 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With fearless honesty and lyrical brilliance, Fein’s poems bridge the worlds of English and Yiddish, personal history and collective legacy. Following the reading, engage in a lively Q&A with the poet himself—discussing his inspirations, his craft, and the enduring power of poetry to keep both language and life alive. 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