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.
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
8/2/2026 Sunday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Callie Raynor
Navigating the Fall 2026 NYC Theater Scene
8/4/2026 Tuesday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Dr Aviva Dautch and William Kentridge
Unlocking the Jewishness of William Kentridge
8/6/2026 Thursday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Tobi Kahn
Exploring the Masterpieces of Art in Rome, Florence, and Venice
Part 1: Rome: 2,000 Years of Art, Power & Imagination
8/9/2026 Sunday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah
The Future is Peace
8/11/2026 Tuesday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Ronen Altman Kaydar
Berlin’s Forgotten Trailblazers: The Jewish Women Who Shaped a City
8/13/2026 Thursday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Stav Appel
The Torah in the Tarot
8/16/2026 Sunday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Etgar Keret
Living in Present Tense
8/18/2026 Tuesday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Dr. Dan Handel
Architects of Exile: From European Modernism to the American Dream
8/20/2026 Thursday 4:00-5:00 PM PDT
Prof. Daniel Matt
Finding God in the Material World
Session 1: The nature of God, God as the energy animating the universe
Member Series
8/23/2026 Sunday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Dov Abramson
Looking Jewish: Reimagining Jewish and Israeli Visual Culture
8/25/2026 Tuesday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Rabbi Elie Spitz in Conversation with Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
God, Hope, and Our Jewish Calling
8/27/2026 Thursday 4:00-5:00 PM PDT
Prof. Daniel Matt
Finding God in the Material World
Session 2: Raising the Divine sparks, sexual holiness
Member Series
8/30/2026 Sunday 10:00-11:00 AM PDT
Rick Sopher and Abdulla Galadari
Illuminating Scriptural Connections:Torah, Qur’an, and the Stories We Share