Hamaqom The Place

06/30/2021

This is the first update on the progress of the HaMaqom | The Place.

Summer term is happening! Just visit our catalog page to explore the last courses offered at HaMaqom: https://hmqm.org/catalog-view/

Our number one priority is placement of programs and educators so that the learning of our students, their educators, and the programs that serve the Bay Area Jewish community will continue without interruption. We will be periodically updating the community on these placements as they are finalized...

Read more: https://hmqm.org/community-update/

06/18/2021

“You were naked when you left your mother’s womb with your hands open asking for kindness.

Your world responded, showed mercy, and gave you what you needed.

Do not close your hand like a person who is leaving this world.”

Rabbi Avraham Seba • 1440-1508 • Spain

https://hmqm.org/sephardic-sage-wisdom-of-the-day-rabbi-avraham-seba-6-18-2021/
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Thank you for joining us for our passion project —> sending Sephardic Sage Wisdom into the universe. 🌎 🙏 🔯

✨Be here every Friday for Sephardic Sage Wisdom of the Day ✨

❤️ 🙏

06/18/2021

HaMaqom | The Place (originally founded as Lehrhaus Judaica) announces that after 47 years of providing inclusive and accessible adult Jewish education, it will be ending operations after its summer 2021 term.

HaMaqom | The Place has deep roots in the Bay Area. It has been the leading provider of transformative adult Jewish learning experiences since 1974 offering courses and programs from leading Bay Area Jewish educators and serving the most diverse Jewish community in the world.

“This is an extraordinarily difficult decision for us to make, but I do believe that this is not the end, but a new beginning for our programs, staff, and extraordinary educators.” - Lisa Douglass, Board President

“Our hope is to conclude the teaching of Lehrhaus Judaica / HaMaqom | The Place with a final lesson: it is possible to wind up business operations in a manner in concert with Jewish values.” - Rabbi Ruth Adar, Executive Director

Read more: https://hmqm.org/important-community-announcement-and-farewell/

06/14/2021

Tomorrow!

06/12/2021

06/11/2021

"Bring our tribes close together, but do not consolidate them and blur their differences. What is unique must be preserved within the union."

Hacham Moshe Cohen Shauli, Shiraz, Iran 1920-1994

Thank you for joining us for our passion project —> sending Sephardic Sage Wisdom into the universe. 🌎 🙏 🔯

Learn more, link in bio.

✨Be here every Friday for Sephardic Sage Wisdom of the Day ✨

❤️ 🙏 🌈

06/08/2021

What was life like for Jews in the Roman world in the first century, especially for Jews in Roman Italy?

Our class introduces you to that world, then takes you on a virtual walking tour of Pompeii, from its theaters and eateries to its mansions and temples. Along the way, we’ll explore the likely Jewish presence in the city when Mt. Vesuvius erupted, and review mysterious texts that suggest Pompeii’s destruction was the work of the God of Israel.

Join us for this 2 session course beginning on July 1st

Learn more & register:

What was life like for Jews in the Roman world in the first century, especially for Jews in Roman Italy? Join Jehon Grist, Ph.D. & learn more

06/07/2021

Wise Women begins tomorrow night. Swipe ➡ to meet these inspiring Bay Area, Jewish educators.

Each session will focus on the educator’s favorite Jewish and other sources and how these connect to their vision, passion, and work in the Jewish community and beyond.

No prior knowledge or experience with Jewish texts required.

Tuesdays, June 8 - June 29
7:00 PM to 8:15 PM PDT

https://hmqm.org/course/wise-women-spring-2021/

LINK IN BIO

Use code "wise18" for $18 off at checkout!

Co-Presented by: Congregation Netivot Shalom, PJ Library Bay Area , and KlezCalifornia

06/05/2021

We must excel in the attribute of compassion, opening up our hearts and homes.

- Kess Wobasht Ayetgav
1906-1994
Gondar, Ethiopia

Thank you for joining us for our passion project — sending Sephardic Sage Wisdom into the universe. 🌎 🙏 🔯

✨Be here every Friday for Sephardic Sage Wisdom of the Day ✨

❤️ 🙏

Thank you for joining us for our passion project —> sending Sephardic Sage Wisdom into the universe. 🌎 🙏 🔯

06/04/2021

"'Rabbi Adar, is it dangerous to wear my Jewish star?' ⁠
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In 12 years of teaching 'Introduction to the Jewish Experience' through HaMaqom | The Place in the San Francisco Bay Area, no student ever asked me that question in those words.⁠
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This year three students have asked it of me. ⁠
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Every convert to Judaism makes a journey across the religious, cultural and emotional frontiers of Judaism. One of the milestones on that journey is the moment when antisemitism ceases to be theoretical, when it is felt in the kishkes, in the gut."⁠
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Full story from Ruth Adar in JTA News

https://www.jta.org/2021/06/02/opinion/conversion-students-are-asking-me-if-its-safe-to-become-jewish-this-is-what-i-tell-them

06/03/2021

Explore the lived experience of Jewish life

While we often think of Judaism as a mentally oriented, text-based religion, in truth, its power also comes from the ways in which Judaism embodies the fulfillment of basic human needs.

In these three sessions, we will deepen our understanding of four basic aspects of Jewish life and bring them to life with an embodied approach. Each week we will learn more about the power of embodied practice to bring our spiritual life alive and to become more grounded in ways to express our culture and our faith.

3 Sessions
Begins Monday!
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM PDT

1️⃣st session (6/7) w/ Kendra Fried from Neshamah Yoga and Wellness

2️⃣nd Session (6/14) w/ Marilyn Paul, Ph.D. author & Organizational Consultant & Coach

3️⃣rd Session 6/21) w/ Rabbi Zelig Golden from Wilderness Torah

Use code "eje18" upon checkout

https://hmqm.org/course/embodied-jewish-experience-spring-2021/

06/02/2021

Begins tomorrow!!

https://hmqm.org/course/tangled-roots-new-branches-spring-2021/