CJS | The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies

Revelation and Contemporary Jewish Theology

Homeland, Exile, and Diaspora: Contemporary Jewish Reflections

Please join CJS for another installment in our Spring "conversations@cjs" series on critical topics in the field of Jewish Studies. These online events will feature presentations from distinguished scholars along with facilitated dialogue and conversation.

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Dimensions of Time and Space in Rabbinic Literature

Please join CJS for the first installment in our Spring "conversations@cjs" series on critical topics in the field of Jewish Studies. These online events will feature presentations from distinguished scholars along with facilitated dialogue and conversation.

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In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27th, Taube Philanthropies is pleased to offer FREE STREAMING of the celebrated docudrama about the secret archives of the Warsaw Ghetto from January 23rd to February 5th. To watch this important film, CLICK HERE.

Please click the image to watch Dr. Aranoff's contribution to The Plagues Project, "Household and Halakha in a Time of Pandemic."

Please join the Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies for an intimate conversation with acclaimed Israeli author Etgar Keret and GTU Jewish Studies Professor Deena Aranoff. They will discuss Keret’s most recent writing and film projects, his approach to storytelling and to the world, his penchant for the absurd, and more.

Professor Sam Shonkoff will lead a 7-week class delving into the Neo-Hasidic thought of Martin Buber. The class will take place on Thursdays from 12–1pm (PST), Jan 7th – Feb 18th. Topics will include:

Please join us Tuesday, October 6th for a conversation between Adam Berman and Deena Aranoff as part of a special virual event "Sukkot Here and Now," presented by the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco and co-hosted by Urban Adamah.

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Please join us on December 3rd for this online event as part of our 2020-2021 Jews and Race Series with special guest Marva Shalev Marom.

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Please join Rabbi Yonatan Cohen and Dr. Ahmed Khater as we consider the challenges that the pandemic has posed to traditional forms of assembly and the way in which Muslim and Jewish religious leaders have helped to forge the possibility of assembly in a time of social distance.

Deena Aranoff, Director of the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies, and Munir Jiwa, Director of the Center for Islamic Studies, will moderate.