Carole King: She Made the Earth Move, with Jane EisnerVirtual

Click here to register for this free virtual program, co-presented by New Lehrhaus. Carole King’s extraordinary career has defined American popular music for more than half a century. Born in New York City in 1942, she shaped the soundtrack of 1960s teen culture with such songs as “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” one of many […]

Sun, Nov 02

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Virtual via Zoom

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PROTOCOLS: An Erasure, with Daniela Naomi MolnarVirtual

Please register for this free online program co-presented by New Lehrhaus. Note that it has been changed from an in-person event to a virtual one. PROTOCOLS: An Erasure transforms the world’s most influential antisemitic document, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, into an erasure poem exploring essential questions of power, history, and language. By […]

Mon, Nov 10

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Virtual via Zoom

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Imagining Early American Jews, with Michael HobermanVirtual

Click here to register for this free online program, co-presented by New Lehrhaus. Michael Hoberman examines how the Jewish experiences of the American Revolution, slaveholding in the early republic and antebellum period, and westward migration have been imagined, commemorated, and frequently mythologized. Focusing on how historical relationships between Jews and Native Americans and Jews and […]

Wed, Nov 19

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Virtual via Zoom

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Philip Roth: Stung by Life, with Steve Zipperstein, in Conversation with Sue FishkoffIn-Person

To register for this free in-person program, click here. The Library is located at 1835 Ellis Street in San Francisco, with free garage parking at 1227 Pierce Street between Ellis and Eddy.   In this groundbreaking literary biography, Steven J. Zipperstein captures the complex life and astonishing work of Philip Roth (1933–2018), one of America’s most celebrated […]

Sun, Nov 23

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Jewish Community Library

1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 94115

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Buber and Gandhi: Dialogue and Disappointment, with Howard SimonIn-Person

Please register to attend this free in-person program. The Library is located at 1835 Ellis Street in San Francisco, with free garage parking at 1227 Pierce Street between Ellis and Eddy.   In 1938, shortly after Kristallnacht, Jewish and Zionist leaders Martin Buber, Judah Magnes and Hayyim Greenberg engaged in spirited correspondence with Mahatma Gandhi regarding the […]

Tue, Dec 02

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Jewish Community Library

1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 94115

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The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City, with Henry SapoznikVirtual

Click here to register for this free online program, co-presented by KlezCalifornia and the Workers Circle / Arbeter Ring of Northern California. The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City (State University of New York Press, 2025) offers a new look at over a century of New York’s Yiddish popular culture. Henry Sapoznik tells the story in chapters […]

Sun, Dec 07

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Virtual via Zoom

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The Lady Who Changed Dickens’s Mind on the Jews, with Liz IsonVirtual

Please register to receive the Zoom link for this free online program. In 1863 Eliza Davis, a London Jewish housewife and mother of ten, wrote to Charles Dickens accusing him of prejudice against Jewish people for his derogatory portrayal of Fagin in Oliver Twist. Correspondence between the two persuaded Dickens to rethink his relationship with […]

Sun, Dec 14

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Virtual via Zoom

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The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906: Antisemitism and the Battle Over Christianity in the Public Schools, with Scott D. SeligmanVirtual

Please register to receive the Zoom link for this free online program, as Scott D. Seligman presents his newest book, The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906: Antisemitism and the Battle Over Christianity in the Public Schools. Today’s battle over Christianity in American public schools has deep roots. In the nineteenth century it was an intramural […]

Sun, Dec 21

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Virtual via Zoom

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Dog: A Novel, with Yishay Ishi Ron and Yardenne GreenspanVirtual

Click here to register for this free online program, with author Yishay Ishi Ron and translator Yardenne Greenspan in conversation. Dog is a haunting, unflinching exploration of PTSD, addiction, and redemption, told through the lens of an Israeli officer returning from Gaza. Struggling with his trauma, he descends into heroin addiction and finds himself among […]

Sun, Jan 04

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Virtual via Zoom

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East End Jews, with Vivi LachsVirtual

Click here to register for this free online program, co-presented by KlezCalifornia and the Workers Circle / Arbeter Ring of Northern California. Vivi Lachs will introduce her new book with a lively presentation with performed readings and a couple of Cockney Yiddish songs. East End Jews is a book of sketches from the London Yiddish press. It offers an unparalleled […]

Sun, Jan 11

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Virtual via Zoom

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Kavkazi “Mountain Jews,” with Valeriya NakshunVirtual

Please register for this free online program. The Jewish community of the Caucasus, the mountainous region between the Black and Caspian Seas, is known by many names. The term “Kavkazi,” derived from the Russian word for Caucasus, and “Mountain Jews” have been used interchangeably. Traditionally, however, this community has called themselves “Juhuro,” meaning “Jews” in […]

Sun, Jan 25

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Virtual via Zoom

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Reviewing Fagin, 1948-2005, with Charles DrazinVirtual

Click here to register for this free online program. David Lean’s 1948 adaptation of Oliver Twist provoked so many protests against perceived antisemitism in Alec Guinness’s portrayal of Fagin that the film was withheld from release in the United States until cuts had been made. Yet twenty years later, in Carol Reed’s musical version of […]

Sun, Feb 01

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Virtual via Zoom

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