The OJO proudly offers opportunities for adult education via Zoom. Please join us.
Sunday May 21st, 2023
5pm HST, 8pm PST
Join us in a discussion about "The Passing of Ruth Klein" led by Rabbi Janet Madden. Download PDF below.
1 of 6: "Frieda and her Golem" by Lynn Levin: Sunday December 11th
2 of 6: "The Little Bottles" by Abigail Weaver : Sunday January 8th
3 of 6: "The Kippah Drawer" by Rob Granader: Sunday February 12th
4 of 6: "Munya's Story" by Leah Lox
Stories will be provided by Rabbi Janet Madden
who will join us on the second Sunday of the month at 5pm for a short story discussion.
TBA
December 11, 2022
Second Sunday Story "Frieda and her Golem"
December 2022
Yiddish Music Workshop with Cindy Paley Favorites Old and New
November 2022
Great Songs of the Yiddish Theatre, a 4-session course on Zoom with Cindy Paley
November 22, 2022
Cindy Paley, Mike Sirota, and Ed Labowitz
The Folk Experience
September 11, 2022
Rabbi Janet Madden
Ethical Wills: Leaving a Spiritual Legacy
April 24, 2021
Professor Robert J. Littman, University of Hawaiʻi
The Spanish Inquisition
March 11, 2021
Dr. Kiersten Neumann, University of Chicago
Myth and Magic in Ancient Mesopotamia
March 10, 2021 - August 11, 2021
Rabbi Janet Madden
A 6-part series:
Unpacking the Psalms
February 18, 2021
Professor Eric Cline, George Washington University
1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed
November 28, 2020
Professor Robert J. Littman, University of Hawai'i
Jews in Times of Plague, 1000 BCE - 2020 CE
November 15, 2020
Conversation with HI Senator Brian Schatz
From Capitol Hill to Hawai'i's Jewish Community: A Look Forward
November 12, 2020
Bettina Joy de Guzman
The Ancient Muse
October 1, 2020
Professor Robert J. Littman, University of Hawai'i
The Rosetta Stone and Tell Timai
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President: Chris Gerson; Vice President: Paul Gracie;
Secretary: Sue Brown; Treasurer: Andrea Berez-Kroeker.
Directors: Bob Brown, Hannah Hall, Patricia Kawa'a, Hank Trapido-Rosenthal, Melanie Rabiroff and Edwyna Spiegel.
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