Community Events

Don’t miss this EXCLUSIVE Bay Area appearance by one of the greatest Jewish thinkers of our time:

Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg –

A New Age for Humanity & Judaism: Coming to Grips with Power, Freedom & Choice

Thursday, March 18 @ 7:30 p.m.

Generally regarded to be one of the greatest modern Jewish thinkers alive today, Irving (Yitz) Greenberg is the former president of the Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation, a prolific writer, an Orthodox rabbi, and a Harvard Ph D. He will be speaking about the third era in Jewish history, the ethics of Jewish power, pluralism and post denominationalism.

In association with Lehrhaus Judaica

$20 public/$18 members/$10 students

March 7, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
JCCSF at 3200 California Street, San Francisco

Lehrhaus Judaica is proud to co-sponsor Bureau of Jewish Education’s 5th Annual Young Adult Feast of Jewish Learning “WANDER/LUST.”

To get a taste of the Feast, check out this 50 second video. Join hundreds of inquisitive minds for dozens of interactive workshops on Jewish texts, philosophy, mysticism, spirituality, culture, cooking, yoga, lust and love.

Click here to download the detailed class descriptions and teacher bios. Classes are taught by professors, rabbis, artists, and educators from all walks of Jewish life.

Each participant can attend three 75-minute workshops
Everyone (21-40ish) is welcome and everything is FREE.

Visit www.bjesf.org/feast to get the full scoop.

Questions? Contact Mariana Roytman Schiffner at bjefeast@gmail.com.

With Dr. Aaron David Miller

Tuesday, March 23, 2010
7:00 pm
FREE

Lehrhaus Judaica
2736 Bancroft Way, Berkeley (parking is available in the UC lot across the street from Lehrhaus and a block down on Bancroft)

Dr. Aaron David Miller, U.S. State Department advisor, formulated U.S. policy on the Middle East and the Arab-Israel peace process. His book, The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace, was published in March 2008; he has been featured on CNN, NBC, CBS, Fox and PBS and his articles have appeared in newspapers throughout the world.

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This internationally recognized concert pianist and authority on Yiddish music will perform with Sephardic singer Daniella Rabbani. Mlotek’s Yiddish-Klezmer music hit Broadway with Those Were the Days, the first bilingual musical honored with a Drama Desk Award and nominated for two Tony Awards. He conceived the All Star Klezmer Extravaganza at Lincoln Center. It was televised by PBS for Great Performances and released on CD and video as In the Fiddler’s House with Itzhak Perlman. Mlotek’s Yiddish choral work can be heard on Mandy Patinkin’s CD, Mameloshen.

Sunday, February 7
7:00 PM
$25 Members, $30 Non-members, $20 students & seniors

Contact: Katie Chapin, Administrative Assistant
Phone: (650) 223-8622
Email: kchapin@paloaltojcc.org

For more information, visit the Oshman Family JCC website here.

This concert is being underwritten in memory of Naomi Leah Solomon by the Solomon family.

In the fall of 2008, Rick Saal joined a small group of photographers on a journey to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. With some basic language skills, an eye prepared for the unexpected and a friendly and open approach, Saal captured people in their multi-faceted daily lives.

Exhibit Opening: Sunday, February 7
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Location: Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto, Room E104
Fee: Free

Contact: Sally B. Oken, Cultural Arts Director
Phone: 650-223-8613
E-mail: soken@paloaltojcc.org

The exhibit will be open from February 7 – Feb 25.

For more information, visit the Oshman Family JCC website here.

The Yuval Ron Ensemble, with Dervish Aziz, from the Mevlavi Sufi Order.

7:00pm: Special reception and talk with Yuval Ron about his life’s work with music as a bridge between Muslims and Jews plus delicious refreshments and schmoozing, hosted by the Madrasa-Midrash Course sponsors.

JCC of the East Bay
1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley

Ticket prices and purchase at www.jewishmusicfestival.org.

To sign up with PJA for discounted group tickets, contact Alexander Sharone at Asharone@pjalliance.org.

Join us for a spectacular panel taking place in three locations in the Bay Area. The panel features three speakers who are surviving representatives of the Sephardi, Russian, and Holocaust–refugee Jewish communities that lived in China in the first half of the 20th century. These events are related to the “Jews of Modern China” photography exhibit, which will be held at the Presidio Officers’ Club Exhibition Hall, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco, from February 24 – May 16, 2010.

Sunday February 7, 3-5 pm
Oshman Family JCC
3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto

Sunday, March 21, 4-6 pm
Congregation Netivot Shalom
1316 University Avenue, Berkeley

Thursday, April 29, 7-9 pm
Presidio Officers’ Club Exhibition Hall
50 Moraga Avenue, Presidio of San Francisco

Leah Jacob Garrick was born in Shanghai, the fourth generation of her family to live there. She lived through the war years under Japanese occupation and came to the United States in 1947. She served twice in the IDF, Israel Defense Forces, as a volunteer. Leah resides in San Francisco and has spoken the world over – from California to New York, London, Australia, Israel and Shanghai.

Rabbi Ted Alexander, Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation B’nai Emunah, has been a beloved teacher and spiritual leader in Northern California for over 50 years. Rabbi Ted is the descendant of a long line of distinguished German Jewish rabbis. In 1939, he escaped Berlin, arriving in Shanghai. Rabbi Ted was ordained in Shanghai in 1946.

Inna Mink was born in Harbin, China. At age two, her parents moved to Shanghai. She lived in Shanghai through the war and came to the States in January l949. Inna appears in the film Exit Shanghai, directed by Ulrike Ottinger.

Linda Frank chairs the “Jews in Modern China” exhibit wearing the hat of board member of the American Jewish Committee San Francisco Office, the lead sponsor of the exhibit. Linda has recently completed her first novel, which is previewed on her Web site: www.lindafrankbooks.com.

This program is part of the Shanghai Celebration. For more information on this year-long San Francisco Bay Area-wide collaboration and its associated exhibitions, films, performances, lectures, and other events, please visit www.shanghaicelebration.com. The cornerstone of the Celebration is the Asian Art Museum’s presentation of Shanghai, a major exhibition examining the visual culture of one of China’s most cosmopolitan cities, scheduled for February 12 – September 5, 2010.

Organizer: China International Culture Exchange Center
Lead Sponsor: American Jewish Committee San Francisco Office
Partners: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Asia Society of Northern California, Consulate of the Peoples Republic of China in San Francisco, Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest-San Francisco, Judah L. Magnes Museum, Presidio Trust, and Sino-Judaic Institute
Media Partner: jweekly.com

Museum Preview events are made possible through the generous support of the Laszlo N. Tauber Family Foundation.