Saul Singer Briefing

Editorial Page Editor of the Jerusalem Post & Author of Confronting Jihad: Israel's Struggle & the World After 9/11.

Saul Singer is Editorial Page Editor and author of the weekly column "Interesting Times" for the Jerusalem Post . Mr. Singer's writings have also appeared in the Wall Street Journal , the Middle East Quarterly , Moment , and the New Leader , and he has been interviewed widely in the broadcast media, such as NPR, CNN, BBC, and others. Before moving to Israel from the Washington area in 1994, Mr. Singer served for ten years as an advisor on the personal and committee staffs of the United States Congress, including the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Senate Banking Committee, and Senator Connie Mack. In 1992, Mr. Singer traveled to Thailand, Indonesia, Nepal, and India where he lectured on the U.S. Congress and American politics for the United States Information Agency. Mr. Singer lives in Jerusalem with his wife and three children.

Thursday, July 29, 2004: 8:00 - 9:30 PM. Congregation Beth Am, 26790 Arastradero Rd., Los Altos Hills, CA. Phone: 650-493-4661

A Land Twice Promised with Storyteller Noa Baum

IsraeIi storyteller Noa Baum, who began a heartfelt dialogue with a Palestinian woman while living in the United States, weaves together their memories and their mothers' stories. She creates a moving testimony illuminating the complex history and emotions of Israelis and Palestinians alike.

Sat, 11/1/03 7:30 PM: Berkeley Richmond JCC 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley. Info & tickets ($7-$10): 510.839.2900 #253

Sun, 11/2/03, 5 PM: as part of Israel Education Day (1pm-5pm), Osher Marin JCC, 200 N. San Pedro Rd. San Rafael. Info: 415.444.8061; tickets: 415.444.8060, www.marinjcc.org

Rabin Memorial

A pre-recorded message from Dr. Yossi Beilin who had to leave to sign the Geneva Document

Lecture with Professor Moshe Maoz

Professor  Moshe Maoz received his Ph.D. in  History of the Middle East  from Oxford University. A native Israeli, Professor Maoz has served as an advisor on Arab-Israeli relations to prime ministers Yitzchak Rabin and Shimon Peres Preceding these terms he was the Advisor on Arab Affairs to Defense Minister Ezer Weizman and the Assistant-Advisor on Arab Affairs in Israel to Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. Professor Maoz has been a lecturer and professor at the Hebrew University in Yerushalayim for the past 35 years, and he has taught at several other universities such as Harvard, Columbia, and Brandeis . He has also published several books and has dedicated much of his life to educating people about Arab-Israeli relations.

Sat, 11/8/03, 7:30 PM: Congregation Emanu El, 2 Lake St., San Francisco.

Please join Hadasash Aviv-Avivit fund raising event with Professor Nitzhia Shaked:

The Trial of Jesus - A Legal Review of the Most Famous Trial in History

Just as the new Mel Gibson movie on Jesus is about to hit the screens, it will be very interesting to hear Prof. Shaked talk about her research and book on The Trial of Jesus.

All proceeds to benefit the Pediatric Oncology Unit at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital.

Sunday, Feb. 8th at 7:30 pm. Lecture (In Hebrew) 8:00 p.m. At the home of Alona and Eli Barkat, 4161 Oak Hill Avenue, Palo Alto.

An Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land with Author Donna Rosenthal

Author Donna Rosenthal on her new book The Israelis . Who are these people who order Big Macs in the same language used to write the Ten Commandments? Her observant eye and pen capture everything from Israeli drivers disobeying parking signs to Ethiopian Jews singing reggae songs in Hebrew.

Tue, 11/11/03, 10 AM: Contra Costa Jewish Book Festival, Contra Costa JCC. Info & tickets ($5): 510.839.2900 # 253

Wed, Feb 11, 7:30pm : Berkeley/Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, CA. Info: (510) 848-0237 or www.theisraelis.net. FREE.

A. B. Yehoshua

A.B. Yehoshua, described by The New York Times as "a kind of Israeli Faulkner," is one of Israel's best-known authors; a novelist and a playwright who has a particular gift for capturing the mood of contemporary Israel.

Wed, 4/14/04, 8 PM: JCC of San Francisco , 3200 California St. (at Presidio), San Francisco. Info & tickets: 415.346.6040, www.jccsf.org

"The Case for Israel"

by one of America's most distinguished defenders of civil liberties
Professor Alan Dershowitz

Thursday, April 29, 7:30 p.m. Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley. General Admission: $25, Student Admission: $8

Join us on Thursday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m. for a powerful and thought-provoking evening with Professor Alan Dershowitz, the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.
Professor Dershowitz has been described by Newsweek as "the nation's most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer and one of its most distinguished defenders of individual rights." In his latest book, The Case for Israel, he presents a "detailed and penetrating analysis of the issues that fuel the continuing war in Israel…Every charge leveled by Israel's opponents is dealt with lucidly and convincingly by one of the nation's brightest minds and most effective advocates."(Mario M. Cuomo)
Alan Dershowitz is also a prolific and passionate commentator on Judaism. He's the author of many books, including The Genesis of Justice, The Vanishing American Jews and Chutzpah.

Please note a change of venue to Zellerbach Hall!

Sponsored by Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay and Berkeley Hillel.