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The Arab Spring One Year Later
Instructors: Jehon Grist and Ferad Senzai
Tues., March 6 & 13
Beth El, Berkeley
In January 2011, the self-immolation death of a Tunisian fruit-stand owner lit the flames of revolt throughout the Arab world.
What triggered the unique wave of democratic reforms, and where will it go from here?
Register here.
The class is also at the JCCSF and Congregation Beth Am.
Legacy Study Tour Info Nights
Feb. 16, 6-7:30 pm
JFCS Holocaust Center
2245 Post Street
San Francisco
Feb. 23, 6-7:30 pm
JFCS Library
2150 Post Street
San Francisco
RSVP: KatieC@jfcs.org or 415-449-3717
Join us for one or all of Fred Rosenbaum’s talks on different themes in his new book, Cosmopolitans: A Social and Cultural History of the Bay Area (UC Press, 2009).
Cosmopolitans: The Jews of the Bay Area from the Gold Rush to the Present
Thursday, April 29, 7 pm
Congregation Beth El, Berkeley
Early Emancipation: Bay Area Jewish Women from the Gold Rush to the Present
Wednesday, May 5, 7 pm
Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto
Click here to read a review of the book in the San Francisco Chronicle.
The book was also recently selected as recommended reading by the San Francisco Chronicle.
The book was featured as the cover story in the January 29 issue of j. The Jewish News Weekly. Click here to read the full story: From Gold Rush to gay rights: new book chronicles history of Jewish life in Bay Area