Tuesday, April 27
9:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
at Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
Price: Free
Register at 415.292.1200
Engage with speakers, local businesses and non-profits specializing in helping people age gracefully. Stay healthy and energized with: updates in medicine, self care, dental health and more; insights on life changes; opportunities for re-invention and lifelong learning
Raffle prizes and free chair massages, brain stretching manuals, hearing and balance screenings, blood pressure readings, research study opportunities and much more! read more
Engage with speakers, local businesses and non-profits specializing in helping people age gracefully. Stay healthy and energized with: updates in medicine, self care, dental health and more; insights on life changes; opportunities for re-invention and lifelong learning
Raffle prizes and free chair massages, brain stretching manuals, hearing and balance screenings, blood pressure readings, research study opportunities and much more!
Free Kaiser Permanente Seminars:
9:45 – 10:30 Aging with Grace: Evelyn Miccio, PsyD
11:00 – 11:45 Scrumptious Spring Salads: Demo & Tasting with Heather D’Elisio Gordon, RD
1:00 – 1:45 Keeping Your Brain Fit: Charles Vella, PhD
2:00 – 2:45 Moving and Thriving: Heather Peluso, PT
http://www.jccsf.org/programs/health-wellness/the-art-of-aging-gracefully/
Thank you to everyone who attended the March 18 opening night event for the Lilith Magazine exhibit. A special thank you to our panelists: Rabbi Judy Shanks, Rachel Biale, Nell Mahgel-Friedman and Dawn Kepler. The exhibit will be on display at Berkeley Hillel (2736 Bancroft Way in Berkeley) until May 12. The Lehrhaus exhibit is made possible through the generous support of the Laszlo N. Tauber Family Foundation.
American Splendor’s Harvey Pekar, who brought a hard-boiled Jewish neurosis to the graphic novel, and Etgar Keret, Israel’s most provocative artistic innovator, share their views on art, Hollywood and Jewish identity. They will also show clips and images from their award-winning films and best-selling books and graphic novels. Book signing and reception with the authors to follow.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Contemporary Jewish Museum
736 Mission Street (between 3rd and 4th Streets), San Francisco
$15; $10/members (Includes day-of Museum admission)
Etgar Keret, Champion of young and fresh Israeli short-short stories (The Bus Driver who Wanted to be God, The Nimrod Flipout, Kneller’s Happy Campers and many others), a master of graphic novels (such as Pizzeria Kamikaze) a unique filmmaker and inspiration for films (International Cannes Film Festival awarded Jellyfish, $9.99, Wristcutters: A Love Story, starring Tom Waits) and the creator of a fantasy world in dialogue with Harvey Pekar, master of American-Jewish graphic novel (American Splendor) which inspired a cult movie. Pekar and Keret will discuss their work, their Jewish worlds and show clips from their cinematographic work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etgar_Keret
Harvey Pekar is an award-winning author of the autobiographical comic-book series “American Splendor,” which was made into a film in 2003. His first language was Yiddish. He learned about America through comic books, jazz, and the Cleveland Indians. He collaborated with Dan Plonsey on the avant-garde opera “Leave Me Alone,” and is currently working on a book-length comic on Yiddish literature.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Pekar
For more information, please visit http://jewishfed.org/event/etger-keret-dialogue-harvey-pekar?id=3251
Lehrhaus Judaica has recently made the switch from a Facebook organization page to a Facebook fan page. We invite you to join our lively interactive community by clicking here.
Lehrhaus news and events, community news, photographs, and discussions will be among the content on the new fan page. We are looking forward to having lively discussions and posts on the wall of our new Facebook presence. We will remove our Facebook organization page in a few weeks.
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