Sof Community Events

Published August 31, 2025 | By Lynley Shimat Lys

Upcoming

Israeli Dance Honolulu via Fran Margulies

Aloha Dancers, Our schedule for the rest of the year is shown below and on our website. Donations are accepted ($10 is suggested) but not required. We want you to attend! We will meet at the Ala Wai Golf Course Clubhouse Diamond Head Ballroom (upstairs) 404 Kapahulu Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815. Classes are 1pm-4pm. Web: https://israelidancehonolulu.wordpress.com/

Sept. 14, 2025 (1:30-3pm)	September 28, 2025	October 12, 2025	October 26, 2025
November 9, 2025	November 23, 2025	December 14, 2025	December 28, 2025

Sof Book Club, from Carolann Biederman

For questions or more information, contact Carolann Biederman.

Date	Title	Author	Genre
9/28/25	The Wolf Hunt	Ayelet Gundar-Goshen	Fiction
11/9/25	The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World	Jonathan Freedland	Non-fiction. Biography
12/21/25	The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss	Margalit Fox	Non-fiction. Biography

A Biblical Hebrew Class

from Lorna Holmes

Lorna Holmes is teaching an on-line / google Biblical Hebrew class every Sunday from 11:00am until noon. Please join in and / or audit it. It is an outstanding class that Lorna presents weekly with the parsha in Hebrew, as well as the English translation, line by line. This course is an amazing accomplishment all around. Contact Lorna if you are interested.

Talmud at Sof

with Gregg Kinkley

The morning bi-monthly session meets in the oneg room at Sof Maarav at 9:00 am and the weekly afternoon shiur meets at 2:00 pm (both sessions are also on Zoom with an address sent in the weekly Sof email). In the weekly afternoon session, a core group of Sof colleagues led by Jay Friedheim meet and discuss, one tractate at a time, every footnote and analytical detail, reading aloud (in English) the Mishnah, Gemara, and Schottenstein commentary edition of the Talmud. We are very friendly, please join us! Questions? Feel free to email Gregg.

Jewish Community Services:

Calendar of Events: https://www.jcs-hi.org/calendars-by-island

Support JCS Hawaiʻi at Foodland

At checkout – pick “JCS of Hawaii” or code 77215

Donate up to $249

Make sure to send a copy of the receipt to:

Text: 808-258-7121, Email: tonya@jcs-hi.org

PO Box 235805 Honolulu HI 96823

Questions: 808-258-7121 Mahalo!

Pre-Teens Weekend Retreat: February 20-22, 2026, RSVP: admin@jcs-hi.org

Widowed & Moving Forward: Last Thursday of every month: RSVP: Skye.malamavillage@gmail.com

JCS Caregivers Support Group: Zoom & In person 1^st & 3^rd Tuesdays, RSVP required: Kamala 808-861-7801 or Kamala@jcs-hi.org

Kupuna Zahav Talk Story Zoom: 1st Monday of the Month 10-11am, RSVP: Mimi@jcs-hi.org

Coping with Antisemitism Zoom: 3rd Wed. of the Month 6:30-7:30 pm: RSVP: Aiko@jcs-hi.org

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