Join Jewish Educational Workshops in California providing educational opportunities for your community. These events offer learning experiences that honor cultural heritage while helping members of the Jewish community develop new skills and knowledge.
For more than seven decades, Brandeis-Bardin has marked the season through tree planting—a tradition championed by our founder, Shlomo Bardin, to help generations feel deeply connected to the land, to Jewish values, and to one another. This year, we proudly honor that legacy by gathering to plant new roots for the Jewish future.
Enjoy a spirited Tu Bishvat celebration with lunch, singing, and a special seder led by Alonim, BCI, and Ziegler alum Rabbi Joshua Katzan. Share this meaningful day with friends, family, and fellow alumni as we come together to rejoice in the miracle of the tree.
Our Alumni Committee is excited to welcome you:
CIT Year: Harriet Scharff ‘66 | Ken Goodman ‘80 | Stacy Schneider Schnaid ‘82 | Jen Thomas ’85 | Lisa Niver ’88 staff | Dana Saly '89 | Rebekah Belzer ‘94 | Dena Zelig Grimshaw '96 | Alisha Pedowitz ‘96 | Jackie Grinwald ‘98 | Offer Grinwald ‘99 | Eli Zevin ‘04 | Rachel Weinberg ’11
Event Highlights:
Family Tree Planting: Help bring new life to the Brandeis-Bardin landscape (rain or shine).
Lunch, Tu Bishvat Seder & Songs: A community meal and joyful singing led by Rabbi Joshua Katzan.
Optional Hike: Explore the rolling hills of our beautiful campus (weather permitting).
Special Alumni Swag: Take home a meaningful keepsake.
Activities for children will also be provided.
This day will honor our past and celebrate the next generation of Camp Alonim families.
RSVP today to reserve your spot and help us grow the Camp Alonim community together.
Sunday, 01, 10.30 -
Sunday, 01, 13.30
Simi Valley,
CA
_$25
Life today is loud — full of pressure, expectations, and endless inner noise.
But beneath all of it lives a truer you: clear, grounded, and unshakably whole.
This class is about returning to that place and hearing yourself again.
Doors open at 7:30. Class begins promptly at 7:45.
Wine and small bites served.
Tuesday, 06, 19.30 -
Tuesday, 06, 21.00
Los Angeles,
CA
_$25
NEW six-week course starts on Wednesday, February 11, and runs through March 18. Classes will be offered in the morning at 9:30AM and in the evening at 7:30PM.
Join this six-session course to discover the little-known world of rabbinic responsa, a vast archive of the real-life questions of ethics and practice Jews asked across history and the scholarly answers rabbis wrote.
Algiers is under siege: May I pray in a bathhouse? The Inquisition is watching: How will I celebrate Passover? Seventeen Jews are held hostage in faraway Regensburg after a blood libel: Must I help pay their ransom?
See what enables Jewish tradition to offer relevant guidance in a rapidly changing world and come face-to-face with raw Jewish history
Wednesday, 11, 19.30 -
Wednesday, 11, 21.00
Redondo Beach,
CA
_$25
For more than seven decades, Brandeis-Bardin has marked the season through tree planting—a tradition championed by our founder, Shlomo Bardin, to help generations feel deeply connected to the land, to Jewish values, and to one another. This year, we proudly honor that legacy by gathering to plant new roots for the Jewish future.
Enjoy a spirited Tu Bishvat celebration with lunch, singing, and a special seder led by Alonim, BCI, and Ziegler alum Rabbi Joshua Katzan. Share this meaningful day with friends, family, and fellow alumni as we come together to rejoice in the miracle of the tree.
Our Alumni Committee is excited to welcome you:
CIT Year: Harriet Scharff ‘66 | Ken Goodman ‘80 | Stacy Schneider Schnaid ‘82 | Jen Thomas ’85 | Lisa Niver ’88 staff | Dana Saly '89 | Rebekah Belzer ‘94 | Dena Zelig Grimshaw '96 | Alisha Pedowitz ‘96 | Jackie Grinwald ‘98 | Offer Grinwald ‘99 | Eli Zevin ‘04 | Rachel Weinberg ’11
Event Highlights:
Family Tree Planting: Help bring new life to the Brandeis-Bardin landscape (rain or shine).
Lunch, Tu Bishvat Seder & Songs: A community meal and joyful singing led by Rabbi Joshua Katzan.
Optional Hike: Explore the rolling hills of our beautiful campus (weather permitting).
Special Alumni Swag: Take home a meaningful keepsake.
Activities for children will also be provided.
This day will honor our past and celebrate the next generation of Camp Alonim families.
RSVP today to reserve your spot and help us grow the Camp Alonim community together.
Wednesday, 11, 19.30 - Wednesday, 11, 21.00
Simi Valley, CA
0.00
Life today is loud — full of pressure, expectations, and endless inner noise.
But beneath all of it lives a truer you: clear, grounded, and unshakably whole.
This class is about returning to that place and hearing yourself again.
Doors open at 7:30. Class begins promptly at 7:45.
Wine and small bites served.
Wednesday, 11, 19.30 - Wednesday, 11, 21.00
Los Angeles, CA
60.00
NEW six-week course starts on Wednesday, February 11, and runs through March 18. Classes will be offered in the morning at 9:30AM and in the evening at 7:30PM.
Join this six-session course to discover the little-known world of rabbinic responsa, a vast archive of the real-life questions of ethics and practice Jews asked across history and the scholarly answers rabbis wrote.
Algiers is under siege: May I pray in a bathhouse? The Inquisition is watching: How will I celebrate Passover? Seventeen Jews are held hostage in faraway Regensburg after a blood libel: Must I help pay their ransom?
See what enables Jewish tradition to offer relevant guidance in a rapidly changing world and come face-to-face with raw Jewish history
Wednesday, 11, 19.30 - Wednesday, 11, 21.00
Redondo Beach, CA
129.89
California's Pacific coastline runs for hundreds of miles where coastal mountains meet the sea — rugged headlands, turquoise coves, and sea stacks along the route from Big Sur and the Central Coast to beaches north and south.