Name: For All Humankind
Start: 2026-04-29T09:30:00-07:00
Location: Jewish Community Center of the South Bay

Jewish Community Center of the South Bay

For All Humankind
Your Judaism holds a message the world wants to hear. It’s time to unlock it.
Join us for a 4-week Wednesday evening class led by Rabbi Zalman Gordon. Wednesdays, 7:30-9:00 PM April 29 – May 20
(A morning class option is also available; please refer to the separate event page for details.)
What values enable a good life? What values shape a just society? Join this four-part course to discover Judaism’s ethical message for all people.
Explore foundational Jewish texts to discover the spiritual path our tradition offers every individual. You’ll explore how these values guide family life and uncover the essential role of education. Plus, understand what it takes to achieve Judaism’s vision of a more perfect and peaceful world for all humanity.
(No previous Jewish learning necessary.)
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For All Humankind

For All Humankind
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A new groundbreaking class studying the classical mystical work Tanya. The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom and Kabbalah to answer the great personal and existential questions of life. The Tanya has revolutionized the way we think about G-d, the human soul, the world and our place in it.
No previous background in Kabbalah or Hebrew required to join. In-person &amp; virtual options. 
At the Jewish Community Center 2108 Vail Ave, Redondo Beach, CA 90278

Local Event: Tanya Class

Tanya Class

Tanya Class
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Award-winning Bob Gossom film closes National Poetry Month and opens Mental Health Awareness Month
Poet and playwright Bob Gossom brings back his acclaimed film Versified! The Human Equation for a limited encore streaming, blending contemporary poetry, motion, music, and storytelling to close National Poetry Month.
The film streams from 3 p.m. PT April 30 to 9 p.m. PT May 3 at bobgossom.com/film-viewing.
Adapted from Gossom’s acclaimed poetry collection The Human Equation, now in its expanded third edition, the production explores vulnerability, humor, contradiction and the shared experiences that connect people across generations and backgrounds.
First staged in Los Angeles, Versified! The Human Equation evolved from a live ensemble production, praised by reviewer Javier Ronceros for its performers who embody “dozens of characters in a dance of the human condition.”
This encore not only marks the shift from National Poetry Month to Mental Health Awareness Month, but also highlights poetry’s ongoing power for reflection and emotional wellness.
“Poetry has always been a place where people can process what they’re going through, often before they have language for it,” Gossom said. “It creates space to reflect and begin to heal.”
Writer, actor and director Levy Lee Simon praised Gossom’s distinctive voice and range.
“His vision and imagery leap from the page into the mind,” Simon said. “Bob has his own style. Versatility is his secret weapon.”
The production has received multiple honors, including Best Adaptation from the SoCal Film Awards in 2025, Best Original Idea from the Top Indie Film Awards in 2026, and Best Ensemble Cast from the Bare Bones International Film Festival in 2026. It also earned nominations for Best Writing and Best Editing.
Gossom is available for interviews, readings, and commentary on poetry’s cultural role and the connection between creative expression and emotional wellness.&nbsp;
Purchase The Human Equation at Amazon, Apple Books, or Barnes &amp; Noble, or here: https://bobgossom.com/books/
About Bob Gossom
Bob Gossom is a poet, playwright and film-industry professional whose career spans filmmaking, technology and decades of literary work. His collection The Human Equation reached No. 1 on multiple Amazon poetry charts, including Contemporary Poetry and American Poetry. Through page, stage and screen, he continues to champion poetry as a living art form grounded in the shared human experience.To watch the film, learn more, or schedule an interview or reading with Bob Gossom, visit bobgossom.com, where you will find viewing instructions and contact options.
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The month of April is a transformative one, not quite ready to herald the arrival of summer, but promising a bountiful, season to come. Transformations speaks to this promise with three solo shows from uniquely vibrant artists.
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To experience Saddlemire’s complex, geometrically abstract work is like entering a mesmerizing and intricate puzzle or taking a step into a brilliantly ordered wonderland. Experimentation and innovation lead her into a world that’s filled with compelling change and woven patterns that each explore a special story.
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May Exhibition Diversions Fine Arts Gallery
GATEWAYS
<table><tbody><tr><td>On view:May 9—May 30, 2026</td><td>Reception: May 9, 2026, 4-7 p.m. 
Artist’s Talk /Closing: May 30, 2026, 1-3 p.m.
Regular Gallery Hours:12-4 Thursday-Sunday or by appt.</td></tr></tbody></table>

May is the gateway to summer, and with the beautiful work in these three solo artists’ exhibitions, it’s time to step through each wonderful passage they present and explore their visionary work. Gateways merge, flow, and split. They are exclusive, inclusive, and parallel – which is what you might say about the gateways you’ll enter on your exploration through a universe of evocative, inspirational, and alchemic art.
Kaye Freeman
Freeman explores the transformative micro and macro interconnections of the environment, the self, and nature. Freeman works in painting, drawing, performance, and film, as she takes viewers on a passionate magical mystery tour that vibrates with color and surges with light and movement. Her images are both startlingly innovative and compellingly voluptuous.
Karen Hochman Brown
Experiencing Hochman Brown’s uniquely energetic forms and fascinating process is indeed a gateway to a new dimension, one in which her lush digital constructs is manipulated into a variety of art forms that dazzle with their own inherent mixture of line, shape, and movement. Whether working in time-based video or with fabric hangings that feature overstitching to accentuate the underlying print, her images are blissfully hypnotic.
Scott A. Trimble 
Scott A. Trimble’s work is a poetic fairytale, stories interwoven with feeling, memory, and the wonder of dreams. His writerly titles lead the viewer deep into imagery that evokes two worlds: ours, and another more surreal landscape of the mind and spirit. His art manifests memories and creates a deeply involving visual narrative that is entirely, gorgeously, his own.
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All three artists’ work are gateways to a rich experience, an unfolding world. In the words of Alec Derwent Hope, the art in this exhibition serves as “the dream and…my gates of entry/The means by which I waken into light.”
Step through these gateways, and enjoy the brilliant illumination of the Scott A. Trimble, Karen Hochman Brown, and Kaye Freeman in Gateways.

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May Exhibition Diversions Fine Arts Gallery
GATEWAYS
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