Orange County Jewish Community Scholar Program Online Zoom™ Events are our way of staying connected, and continuing our mission to Ignite your Passion for Judaism. Our list is updated often as new events are planned. We hope to see you there!
To Join our online events, you will need to register for each event you wish to attend, and you will need to install the Zoom™ Software. To view previous events visit our Online Event Library.
February 3 2026 Tuesday 12:30 – 1:30 PM PST
Gila Levitan
From Sand to Skyline: An Urban Tel Aviv Exploration
Part 1 Foundations: From Colonies to City Streets
February 5 2026 Thursday 10:00-11:00 AM PST
Dr. Eyal Dojovny
Judaism and Astrology
February 8 2026 Sunday 10:00-11:00 AM PST
Evgenia Kempinski
Soviet Jews: From Revolutionaries To Refuseniks
Part 2 Builders of a New Society: Jews in the Early Soviet State
February 10 2026 Tuesday 12:30 – 1:30 PM PST
Gila Levitan
From Sand to Skyline: An Urban Tel Aviv Exploration
Part 2 Built to Tell: Tel Aviv in Architecture
February 12 2026 Thursday 12:30 – 1:30 PM PST
Dr. Sharon Keller
Derfner Judaica Museum: The Best Little Museum You Never Knew Existed
February 15 2026 Sunday 10:00-11:00 AM PST
Evgenia Kempinski
Soviet Jews: From Revolutionaries To Refuseniks
Part 3 Under Stalin: Terror, War, and the Destruction of Jewish Public Life
February 17 2026 Tuesday 10:00-11:00 AM PST
Rana Werbin
God, Nature, and the Lens: How Spinoza Really Saw the World
February 19 2026 Thursday 10:00-11:00 AM PST
Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller
Nobody Expects the Italian Inquisition: Jews on Trial in Italy
February 22 2026 Sunday 10:00-11:00 AM PST
Member Event
Prof. Stephen Berk
Heroes, Popes, Villains, and Rebirth: Italy in Modern History
February 24 2026 Tuesday 10:00-11:00 AM PST
Evgenia Kempinski
Soviet Jews: From Revolutionaries To Refuseniks
Part 4 The Thaw, the Struggle, the Exodus: Soviet Jews from the 1950s to the 1990s
February 26 2026 Thursday 10:00-11:00 AM PST
Tobi Kahn
Navigating the 2026 NYC Winter Art Scene