Literature & Writing
Interested in enhancing your writing skills? Join us for creative writing workshops, and be driven by the passion and energy of the JCCSF community.
Get help from a volunteer facilitator to polish off your existing work or simply get some first words together. Apart from gaining skills, you’ll gain new friends as you work through the creative process together.
This group will be meeting online. Please reach out to Shiva Schulz at [email protected] to find out how.
2020 – 2021 Creative Writing Class Anthology
The collection below is a sampling of pieces contributed by many of the writers who attended our online creative writing workshops during the pandemic. Enjoy!
Schedule
July 2025
Arts & Ideas
Tech Tutoring: Get Valuable Support
Date
Monday, July 28
Time
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Do you have a problem or question about a device or a tech-related undertaking? Take advantage of this opportunity to ...
Arts & Ideas
Contemporary Comedic Genius: Stephen Colbert & Comedy Central
Date
Thursday, July 31
Time
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
How did Stephen Colbert get his Late Show hosting chops? In this lecture by Martin Marshall, let’s revisit his ...
August 2025
Arts & Ideas
Our Legacy: The First Use of Nuclear Weapons
Date
Thursday, August 7
Time
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
On this 80-year anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we’ll revisit the thinking of those who ...
Arts & Ideas
Matinee Movie: Hiroshima Mon Amour
Date
Wednesday, August 13
Time
1:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Experience this 1959 classic which dramatizes the effects of the atomic bomb as a backdrop to a love story between a ...
Arts & Ideas
Nostalgia Served Fresh: Exploring Religion Through Deli Cuisine
Date
Thursday, August 14
Time
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Discover how artisanal delis reveal the dynamic nature of American Jewish religious practice.
Arts & Ideas
The Marx Brothers: The Greatest Jewish Comedy Team
Date
Tuesday, August 19
Time
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Relish the life and times of the multi-talented Marx siblings, sons of immigrants whose humor, although not overtly ...
Arts & Ideas
Funny Stuff: How Great Cartoonists Make Great Cartoons
Date
Tuesday, August 26
Time
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Learn as the "cartoon professors" reveal what makes great cartoons work. Get a hearty laugh as they present New ...
September 2025
Arts & Ideas
The Three Stooges: Clown Princes of Jewish Slapstick Comedy
Date
Wednesday, September 10
Time
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Revisit the escapades of these unforgettable funsters who defined slapstick comedy with yuks, gags, and mishaps in close ...
Arts & Ideas
DAN PELOSI & JUANITA MORE! – LET'S PARTY
Date
Wednesday, September 10
Time
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Come for the conversation, stay for the stories – and maybe leave with a new favorite recipe or two.
Arts & Ideas
Yiddish San Francisco: Keeping Culture Alive
Date
Monday, September 15
Time
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Learn how Jewish immigrants made the Yiddish language part of San Francisco’s cultural and political life in the early ...
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