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!
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6/28/2026 Sunday 12:30 – 1:30 PM PDT
Prof. Marc Michael Epstein
Holy Loopholes: Adaptation and Integrity in Jewish Law
Part 8: Levirate Marriage & Prenups: “Isn’t This Just Setting Up a Legal Exit Before the Problem Even Happens?”
6/30/2026 Tuesday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Dr Tamar Ketko
The Untold Stories of Jewish Women in Wartime
7/2/2026 Thursday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Professor Howard Lupovitch
Radicals, Reformers, and Revolutionaries: Jews, Protest, and Power in the 1960s
Part 1: Jews and the Anti-Apartheid Movement
Member Series
7/5/2026 Sunday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Professor Rachel Elior
The Dead Sea Scrolls – A New Vantage Point on Judaism in Antiquity
Part 1 – The Dead Sea Scrolls – A new light on the sacred Priestley library found in Qumran
7/7/2026 Tuesday 12:30-1:30 PM PDT
Simona Di Nepi and Professor Michael Zell
Reality and Imagination: Rembrandt and the Jews in the Dutch Republic
7/9/2026 Thursday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Professor Howard Lupovitch
Radicals, Reformers, and Revolutionaries: Jews, Protest, and Power in the 1960s
Part 2: Jews, the French New Left, and the Cultural Revolution in Paris, 1968
Member Series
7/12/2026 Sunday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Professor Rachel Elior
The Dead Sea Scrolls – A New Vantage Point on Judaism in Antiquity
Part 2 – The Four-fold Division of the Priestly Library
7/14/2026 Tuesday 12:30-1:30 PM PDT
Rabbi Asher Lopatin
The New Syria: New Enemy or New Friend – First Hand Answers
7/16/2026 Thursday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Professor Howard Lupovitch
Radicals, Reformers, and Revolutionaries: Jews, Protest, and Power in the 1960s
Part 3: The Feminist Revolution in America: Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Shulamith Firestone Member Series
7/19/2026 Sunday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Professor Rachel Elior
The Dead Sea Scrolls – A New Vantage Point on Judaism in Antiquity
Part 3 – The struggle on the Calendar: Holy Place, Holy Time, Holy Liturgy, holy memory.
7/21/2026 Tuesday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Dr. Aviva Dautch
Unlocking the Jewishness of William Kentridge
Part 1: The Pull of Gravity: Kentridge’s Biography and How His Life Has Shaped His Work
7/23/2026 Thursday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Professor Jodi Magness
What Has Rome to Do with Jerusalem?
7/26/2026 Sunday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Professor Rachel Elior
The Dead Sea Scrolls – A New Vantage Point on Judaism in Antiquity
Part 4 – Pharisees and Sadducees: oral authority or a written authority?
7/28/2026 Tuesday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Dr. Aviva Dautch
Unlocking the Jewishness of William Kentridge
Part 2: Tide Table: Portrayals of South African Jewish Identity
7/30/2026 Thursday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Professor Howard Lupovitch
Radicals, Reformers, and Revolutionaries: Jews, Protest, and Power in the 1960s
Part 4: Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and the Chicago 7: The Trial of the Chicago 7
Member Series