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Lehrhaus Judaica

Fred Rosenbaum founded the original Lehrhaus in 1974 and will be teaching classes as part of the new Lehrhaus beginning next month.
Posted inBay Area

It’s back! New Lehrhaus to kick off first classes next month 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 9, 2021September 9, 2021

While the Bay Area community was still mourning the loss of beloved Jewish educational organization HaMaqom, known for 45 years as Lehrhaus Judaica, educators Rachel and David Biale quickly took […]

Jewish educator Rachel Biale and her husband, UC Davis Jewish Studies Professor David Biale, are behind a new initiative designed to replace the closing HaMaqom.
Posted inEducation

New Lehrhaus rises from HaMaqom’s ashes

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 29, 2021June 30, 2021
Rabbi Dorothy Richman teaches a Talmud course in 2013 offered through HaMaqom (then called Lehrhaus Judaica), which has announced it will close at the end of its 2021 summer term. (Photo/File)
Posted inEducation

Decision to close HaMaqom ‘irreversible,’ leadership says

by Sue Fishkoff June 22, 2021June 23, 2021
Jehon Grist teaching Hebrew in the early days of Lehrhaus Judaica, now know as HaMaqom | The Place, which has announced it will be shutting its doors for good at the end of its summer term. (Photo/File)
Posted inEducation

Jewish education hub HaMaqom to close after 47 years

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 17, 2021June 22, 2021
President Donald Trump walks at the White House, Aug. 20, 2019. (JTA/Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

March of the Living propaganda; HAMAQOM is a silly name; etc.

by J. Readers September 6, 2019
A 37°North Shabbat dinner in Berkeley this past summer (Photo/Courtesy Hamaqom)
Posted inNews

Lehrhaus Judaica sheds its name, expands mission

by Sue Fishkoff August 20, 2019August 20, 2019
an open bible
Posted inMixed & Matched

It hurt to learn I wasn’t considered Jewish or Christian

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler May 15, 2019
a ruined synagogue, roof caved in and windows smashed, seen from above
Posted inHistory

Europe’s Jews know Pittsburgh terror well, historian says

by Dan Pine November 14, 2018November 14, 2018
A Kevah study group in 2011
Posted inBay Area

Lehrhaus Judaica to acquire Kevah study groups

by J. Staff June 19, 2018June 20, 2018
November 5, 2017; Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael, California, USA; A Golden Age in the Golden State? Muslims and Jews Creating a Culture of Understanding co-presented by Lehrhaus Judaica;
Posted inNews

Marin confab: ‘Golden age’ for Muslim-Jewish love?

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 13, 2017November 14, 2017

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