This is a class that gets you started reading and speaking Yiddish from the very beginning. No previous knowledge required! If you’ve always wanted to get started with Yiddish, this is the class for you. We will start with Yiddish literacy, learning to read Yiddish (in Yiddish) by learning the alphabet. By the end of […]

In this special community event, we join together the award-winning film J’Accuse! and a conversation between the film’s two main subjects - Silvia Foti, author of Storm in the Land of Rain: A Mother’s Dying Wish Becomes Her Daughter’s Nightmare, and Grant Gochin, an American philanthropist, journalist, politician, and activist of Jewish South African descent […]

Shabbat San Diego is an independent grassroots level community-wide, inclusive and egalitarian organization of volunteers dedicated to encouraging the entire San Diego Jewish community to participate in a unique, international Jewish identity event that inspires all Jews to experience Shabbat together. The International Unity Shabbat will take place in more than 1500 cities and 101 […]

The 2023-2024 season of the North County Lectures kicks off with academics, community leaders, educators, artists and historians from our very own community speaking on a variety of topics covering Jewish culture, history, art and so much more. To learn more about this season’s lectures, visit lfjcc.org/learning

This 6-session class will be focused on conversational Yiddish. You will learn everyday greetings and basics of Yiddish conversation, as well as a few simple Yiddish songs. When: Thursdays, starting on October 12, ending on November 16, 2023, 6:00-7:30 p.m. PT (8:00-9:30 p.m. CT, 9:00-10:30 p.m. ET). Cost: Early Bird (until September 28): $130 for […]

The play centers on Raja Englanderova, one of the children who survived Terezin, and her family, friends, and classmates. She shares her story of living in the concentration camp, while retaining a world filled with butterflies and flowers with other children in the camp.