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
December 2025
Arts & Ideas
MICHAEL WINOGRAD & IRA KHONEN TEMPLE – LIVE IN CONCERT
Date
Monday, December 8
Time
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
An evening of new klezmer sounds, Yiddish anthems, and radical joy with two of today’s most thrilling and inventive ...
Arts & Ideas
Latkes Shmatkes: Enjoy Some Hanukkah Humor
Date
Wednesday, December 10
Time
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Get your holiday groove on in comedic style. Laugh along to a bevy of hilarious ditties and seasonal favorites.
Arts & Ideas
DEENA ARANOFF & NAOMI SEIDMAN – MOTHER'S MILK
Date
Thursday, December 11
Time
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Discover how Jewish culture has been sustained not just in texts and traditions, but in the everyday acts of family life.
Arts & Ideas
Glowing Hanukkah Pop-Up at Ghirardelli Square
Date
Sunday, December 14
Time
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Experience the magic of Hanukkah at Ghirardelli Square with crafts, vibrant music, delicious hot donuts, and the menorah ...
Arts & Ideas
60+ Holiday Luncheon: Rejoice in the Light
Date
Thursday, December 18
Time
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
At this festive Hanukkah celebration, we’re ramping up that special light within each of us to shine brightly as we ...
Arts & Ideas
Songs of Light & Joy
Date
Thursday, December 18
Time
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Celebrate the winter season with beautiful songs presented by the Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco. The chorus will ...
Arts & Ideas
Hanukkah Movie Night at The Vogue: The Hebrew Hammer
Date
Thursday, December 18
Time
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Break out the disco dreidels and dust off your leather fedora – the world’s baddest Hebraic hero is back on the big ...
January 2026
Arts & Ideas
Activist Artists: The Social Practice of Art
Date
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Time
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Not just for museum walls! Experience how contemporary artists engage in everything, everywhere, all at once to produce ...
Arts & Ideas
Motown Records: The Greatest Soul Music Label
Date
Monday, January 12, 2026
Time
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Groove to the sights and sounds of Motown, the American Black-owned record label founded 67 years ago on January 12, ...
Healthy Aging
Coloring Craze: Bolster Your Health Through Art
Date
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Time
12:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Try a fun exercise that is healing, therapeutic, and offers an entertaining way to keep sharp.
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