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Join Meaghan Fitzsimmons for an hour of guided meditation and energy healing rooted in Jewish spirituality and timeless wisdom. This session focuses on healing trauma and reclaiming your narrative to create a healthier, more grounded context for daily life. Together, we will cultivate inner harmony and share a collective sense of compassion and hope within a Jewish communal framework.
 When: 2nd Thursdays of the month&nbsp; July 9, August 13, September 10 Time: 12-1 pm. PT / 2-3 pm. CT / 3-4 pm. ET / 9-10 pm. CT / 10-11 pm. Time in Israel. Cost:
<ul><li>Suggested Donation: &nbsp;$5-$36 (sliding scale)</li><li>Options: $5, $18, $36</li></ul>
Guide: Meaghan Fitzsimmons 
Our Coach Bio: Meaghan Fitzsimmons
Meaghan Fitzsimmons holds a master's degree in clinical mental health counseling and currently serves as a professional mental health care and lifestyle coach here in La Jolla Village. Her experience in the international field of disaster trauma and group counseling facilitation allows her to support this local Jewish community to share, grieve and empower each other through these radical times of terrorism, war and social upheaval.

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 HEALING HEARTS: Guided Meditation & Healing.

Join Meaghan Fitzsimmons for an hour of guided meditation and energy healing rooted in Jewish spirituality and timeless wisdom....

Join ethnographer and musician Yale Strom for an online lecture exploring the deep and fascinating connections between Jewish culture and jazz. Drawing on decades of fieldwork, musicological research and artistic practice, Strom will uncover how Jewish musicians shaped one of America’s most iconic art forms.&nbsp;

Yale Strom is one of the world's leading ethnographer-artists of klezmer and Romani music. He holds a master's degree in Yiddish Studies and has directed 10 award-winning documentary films, including The Last Klezmer (Oscar short-list). He has written 15 books, recorded 20 CDs, and served as Artist-in-Residence in Jewish Studies at San Diego State University from 2006 to 2020.

Date: Sunday, September 20, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT / 1:00 – 2:30 PM CT / 2:00 – 3:30 PM ET
Location: Online via Zoom
Cost: $20 early bird (before September 6) | $25 regular

Local Event: Jews and Jazz – A Talk by Yale Strom

Jews and Jazz – A Talk by Yale Strom

Join ethnographer and musician Yale Strom for an online lecture exploring the deep and fascinating connections between Jewish...

A 5-lesson advanced online course in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) for learners with prior knowledge of the language seeking to deepen their reading, speaking, and grammatical awareness. Each session uses authentic Sephardi and contemporary Ladino texts including folklore, poetry, fables, and song to build vocabulary and develop fluency. Grammar topics include verb tenses, moods, pronoun systems, and the contrast between indicative and subjunctive.

Taught by Esther Rute, who holds a BA in Semitic Philology and two MAs in Jewish History and Spanish Studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is a certified language teacher, External Advisor to the National Authority for Ladino (ANL), and Deputy Editor of Aki Yerushalayim.

When: Mondays, September 28 – October 26
Time: 9:00 – 10:30 AM PT / 12:00 – 1:30 PM ET
Where: Online via Zoom
Cost: $270 Early bird for 5 classes (by September 27) | $300 Regular | $55 Per class

Local Event: Advanced Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) Course with Esther Rute

Advanced Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) Course with...

A 5-lesson advanced online course in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) for learners with prior knowledge of the language seeking to deepen...

Advanced Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) Course with Esther Rute

In this course, we will learn to read and write, hold short conversations, and begin growing our knowledge of grammar, vocabulary and culture. We will begin with printed and cursive letters, basic greetings and how to conjugate verbs in the present tense. We will also learn numbers, colors, dates and times—and we will play games, recite songs and poems, and begin to see glimpses of the Yiddish world, past and present.
Teacher: Zach Golden Zach Golden was the Deputy Yiddish Editor of the Forward (Forverts) from 2022 to 2024, ordained as a rabbi at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles in 2020, and is the co-founder of Der Nister Downtown Jewish Center, a synagogue and cultural center in Downtown Los Angeles.
When: Sundays, October 11, 18, 25 ; November 1, 8, 15 12:30 pm-1:30 pm PT / 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. CT / 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. ET Where: Online on Zoom Early bird: $180 (if registered before Sunday, Sep 27, 2026) Regular admission: $220 One Class: $35

Local Event: Yiddish for Beginners with Zach Golden

Yiddish for Beginners with Zach Golden

In this course, we will learn to read and write, hold short conversations, and begin growing our knowledge of grammar,...

Join historian Jeremy A. Stern, Ph.D., for a gripping online talk about Operation Bernhard, the Nazi scheme to counterfeit British bank notes during World War II using Jewish prisoners at Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
Forced to operate a makeshift forgery factory for the SS, the captive prisoners faced an impossible dilemma: produce convincing counterfeits and risk death upon completion, or stall and risk the Nazis abandoning and eliminating the operation entirely. Their astonishingly close copies of British currency, with only subtle errors, kept them alive for a time. But their ultimate fate hung on the decisions of the SS commander as the German war effort crumbled.
The talk is presented by Jeremy A. Stern, Ph.D., an independent historian, writer, and history educator who has long been drawn to this story&nbsp; and who owns an original forged Bernhard note, a rare physical artifact from the Nazi camps.
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT / 1:00 – 2:00 PM CT / 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET
Location: Online via Zoom
Cost: $18 early bird (by October 25) | $25 regular

Local Event: Forging Survival: Operation Bernhard and the Holocaustv

Forging Survival: Operation Bernhard and the...

Join historian Jeremy A. Stern, Ph.D., for a gripping online talk about Operation Bernhard, the Nazi scheme to counterfeit...

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