Our programs
Learning Opportunities
The OJO proudly offers opportunities for adult education via Zoom. Please join us.
Upcoming & Current Courses
Coming Soon
Upcoming Lectures
Please join us:
TBA
Previous Learning Opportunities
November 5th, 2023
Dec 2022 - June 2023
Second Sunday Stories with Rabbi Janet Madden
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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Meet the board:
President: George Apter
Co-Vice Presidents: Melanie Rabiroff, Veronica Abney
Co-Secretaries: Karen Kimbrell, Hank Trapido-Rosenthal
Co-Treasurers: Harvey Rackmil., Lynne Rackmil
At-Large Members:
Sue Brown, Katie Friedman, Sharon Gordon,
Paul Gracie, Hannah Hall, Yahna Kawaʻa,
Alma Lemus, Jean Rosenfeld
OJO Mailing Address
4348 Waialae Ave #931, Honolulu, HI 96816
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