SHAVU’OT: REVELATION

Tikkun Leil Shavu’ot: Revelation, An Evening of Study  Saturday, May 26, 2012, 6:00 pm   Program Details 1st Session 8:00 -9:00 pm  Streams of Soul, Stream of Consciousness Archetypal psychology and Jewish ...

Chamber Music Concert

Chamber Music Concert Sunday, June 3, 4:00 PM Hear musical gems by Mozart, Beethoven, Dohnanyi and Handel/Halvorsen that promises for an afternoon of musical delight.   Endre Balogh, congregant and ...

Storytelling @ SOPHOS

Storytelling @SOPHOS café   HUB BUB at the HUB’s PUB Theme Reading & Storytelling Series THIRD THURSDAY OF MONTH – Starting June 14th ___________________________________________________________________________________ “Go to Your Room” Thursday, June ...

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Ma’aleh Film Screening

Ma’aleh Film Screening Saturday, June 2  7:00 PM  Dinner at Sophos Cafe ...

Minefields & Miracles: “Why Allah and God Need to Talk”

Discussion and Book Signing with author Ruth Broyde Sharone Saturday, June 28 ...

“The Far Side Of The Sky”, the story of a German Jew who escapes to Shanghai in the wake of Kristallnacht

  International Best Selling Author Daniel Kalla @ SOPHOS Thursday, June 7, ...

Paris @ SOPHOS

 PARIS NIGHT  at SOPHOS Café Saturday, July 21 Cafe opens at 6:00PM ...

Photo Exhibit

Photo Exhibit by Member Artists of the Community more details soon…

Young Adults Group

We’re excited to announce that we’ve started a Young Adult group made ...

Beginners Sewing

Beginners Sewing Class  with Csilla Balogh Coming Soon… Beginning sewing for those ...

Pilates

PILATES WEEKLY CLASS PREPARE FOR TOMORROW TODAY! PROTECT AND SERVE YOUR CORE… ...

Online Dating

Online Dating Workshop with Andrea Spector Thursday Nights in Sophos at 7:30-8:30 ...

Yoga

Yoga Classes Coming Soon…
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Sights and Sounds (check out the Hub Happenings)!

Sophos Café Menu Ohr HaTorah’s Official Passover 2012 Video Dixie Chicks meet ...

Hiking with Rena Benor

Next hike – Coming Soon Get into the outdoors!  Our local mountains ...

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Welcome to The Hub on Venice

The Hub on Venice is six separate facilities under one roof: Ohr HaTorah Synagogue Early Childhood Center Venice Boulevard Community Center Beach Communities Jewish Center Institute for Spiritual Formation & Moral Psychology Sophos Café From parenting groups to kabbalah and psychology classes; homework and ESL clubs to poker and dancing nights; fantastic performances and celebrations to [...]

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Aging Gracefully vs. Forever Young by Sheila Coop

Coming Soon A critical discussion of the contemporary values of our “youth is beauty” culture. We will explore the societal and personal pressures and calculate the costs – material, psychological and spiritual to be “forever young.” Is Jewish American culture better, worse, or the same as the surrounding culture? Should we expect it to be [...]

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A Group for Those Choosing to Live a Jewish Life by Mara Thorsen

First Meeting – Coming Soon For a person choosing to live a Jewish life, finding ways to deal with the complexities of creating a personal history and practice of Judaism can be difficult to face alone.  This can produce strain and make a person feel disconnected from the Jewish community.  Sharing the struggles of conversion [...]

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Reggio: It’s Not Just for Children by Rebecca Carpenter

Coming Soon 6 sessions total We all have activities we wish we had explored, or parts of ourselves we would like to develop a deeper relationship with, or even parts of ourselves that we “left behind” at certain parts of our lives because they didn’t seem useful at the time. This workshop is an exploration, [...]

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Forgotten Trials of the Holocaust by Michael Bazyler

First Meeting – Coming Soon 8 sessions total The first Nuremberg trial before the International Military Tribunal (IMT) in 1945-46 and the Eichmann trial in Israel in 1961-62 are generally perceived as the great trials of the Holocaust.  Sixty years later, this view is both understandable and, at the same time, grossly distorted.  These two trials are not representative [...]

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Food, Fitness and Fun by Alicia Anguiano

Wednesdays, 7:00-8:15pm – Coming Soon Recover your vitality and improve your health and wellness by making simple changes to your diet and routine. Food, Fitness and Fun is a series of classes that emphasize a variety of easy-to-implement nutrition and health tips that will help achieve your goals through small yet powerful changes. Alicia Anguiano [...]

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Jewish Cooking by Julie Giuffrida

Coming Soon Stay tuned for more details.  Your palate (and your friends) will thank you!

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Babyproofing Your Marriage – The Mom’s Perspective by Julia Kantor

Coming Soon Having a baby is joyous – but even the strongest marriages experience increased stress and conflict with the introduction of a new baby. In fact, research shows this is true for nearly 70% of couples. The greatest gift you can give your baby is your healthy marriage, and although it takes two to [...]

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Ethics in Science by Pamela Mahoney

Coming Soon 6 sessions total Ethics in science range from issues of authorship to issues of life and death.  What was once common practice and commonly regarded as sound science is now recognized as profoundly unjust and even sometimes murderous!  In this course we will explore the gamut of ethical issues in science and debate [...]

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