Past Events

Listening Circles

• Santa Cruz City Council Chambers – concurrent with post Oct. 7 council resolution 

• Chadeish Yameinu Santa Cruz Jewish Renewal 

• Temple Beth El, Santa Cruz 

• Panel discussions followed by Listening Circles:

  • Jewish students and the college encampments

  • Zionism

  • Anti-Semitism

• Sukkot: What is it like to be Jewish today?

• Movies on conflict in Isreal and Palestine, followed by Listening Circles

• No Other Land (Temple Beth El, Santa Cruz)

• October 8 (Jewish Film Festival and Temple Beth El)

• The Other (University of California, Santa Cruz)

• The Other (Monterey Bay Standing Together)

Workshops

• Skills for Listening and Dialogue Across Differences

  • Temple Beth El

  • Sister’s Resounding Conference

• Holiday Harmony – Dialogue with family members across polarization

• Peace Begins here: Practicing listening and empathy skills across divides 

• Responding to triggers