In my continued quest to explore San Francisco and have adventures, I did a little poking around the 'net and found some great events and such coming up that I'm looking forward to checking out.
1. The
Jewish Community Center in SF (JCCSF) is so amazing, with classes and lectures and a pool and a Judaica shop and an art studio and, and, and. . . How to decide between ballet and ceramics? And also the many interesting events they have coming up, including. . .
2. The (I think) unfortunately named "
Three Rabbis Walk Into the Room," in which Reform, Conservative and Orthodox rabbis (one each) will be discussing conversion, gender and the "Jew of the future" in April. Although all three rabbis are men, I'm looking forward to hearing what they have to say.
3. I'm really pumped to check out
Sha-ar Zahev for a Shabbat service someday soon. They're really close to my house, and explicitly feminist (and also the self-proclaimed "vibrant community of gay and lesbian Jews" in SF). And their siddur (prayer book) is widely published and is available as far away as Boston. Fancy that! Also, if I remember right, their Torah study doesn't start until 10:00 on Saturday mornings, which breaks the usual 9:00 mold I've been seeing everywhere else. I really think the Universe wants me to sleep in on Shabbat.
4.
Or Shalom, a Reconstructionist temple, also seems like it would be good to check out, but it's a bit of a hike for me. We'll see. . .
And that's what I've got so far. I'm also still reading Jimmy Carter's book - it took a back seat to some faster paced fiction recently. But I swear, a review will be forthcoming!
