Kids Activities

All in Hebrew: Songs, stories, dances. Palo Alto JCC at the Israeli Library.

Tickets: $5. Dates & info: 415.844.7503, www.israeliconsulate.org

RABIN MEMORIAL EVENT

Yitzhak Rabin Memorial

Keynote speaker, Dr. Yossi Beilin. (See Lectures and Literature.)

Sat 11/8/03 7:30 PM: Congregation Emanu El, 2 Lake St., San Francisco. Info: 415.512.6203

The Arena

A special evening with the Israeli Movie Club for Rabin's Memorial Day, with a screening of The Arena — the story of the Tel Aviv Municipality Square, later known as Rabin Square, and the dramas that formed its “personality”. No English subtitles.

Tel Aviv by Lens and Canvas Reception, followed by Stories from Inside the Little Blue Box with Doron Nesher

Thursday, February 5, 6:30pm - reception; 7:30pm - Doron Nesher, Osher Marin JCC, 200 N. San Pedro Rd., San Rafael. $5 suggested donation at the door.

Opening Reception with light refreshments. Photographs by Bernie Robinson and paintings by a variety of Israeli artists. Followed at 7:30pm by a special event in honor of Tu BiShvat: Out of the Little Blue Box with Doron Nesher Amazing stories, from the hilarious to the poignant, gathered by Doron Nesher as he traveled collecting donations in the Jewish National Fund. The Israeli author, film director, radio/TV host and comic is also the National Jewish Fund representative for the West Coast.

Power of One

A gathering of Jewish women to celebrate and inspire the power of each and every one of us to make a difference in this world. Keynote speaker Madeleine Albright.

Thursday February 12, Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, $80.

The North Peninsula Jewish Community Speakers Series 2003/2004 presents:

Congressman Tom Lantos speaking on The "New" Anti-Semitism

The North Peninsula Jewish Community Speakers Series is dedicated to bringing our Jewish community together and providing high quality information about issues of concern in our Jewish Community.

Co- Sponsored by the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, Marin, the Peninsula and Sonoma Counties, Jewish Community Relations Council, Peninsula Jewish Community Center, Jewish Day School of the North Peninsula, Peninsula Sinai Congregation, Peninsula Temple Beth El, Peninsula Temple Sholom, Temple Beth Jacob, and AIPAC.

Wednesday, February 18, 7:00 P.M. Seating - lecture begins at 7:20
Temple Beth Jacob, 1550 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City. Cost is $5.

AJWS 2nd Annual Salsa Party

Come bust a Latin move and support American Jewish World Service programs in Latin America! American Jewish World Service (AJWS) fights poverty, hunger and disease by supporting grass-roots non-governmental organizations in developing world countries regardless of race, religion, or nationality. The proceeds from the salsa party will go directly to the programs that AJWS supports in Latin America. Program alums who have worked in Peru, Honduras, El Salvador and Guyana will be there to answer questions about AJWS-on the dance floor! Dress: No sneakers. 21 and over.

Saturday, February 21. Doors open 8pm; Salsa lesson 8:30-9:30pm; Live orchestra 10pm. Roccopulco, 3140 Mission Street (South of Cesar Chavez), San Francisco, CA. Cost: $20 (includes VIP room and salsa lesson at 8:30)

Naomi Ackerman - Meet the Actress

Naomi Ackerman in person at a luncheon, featuring highlights from her performance Flowers Aren't Enough and a discussion.

More information about the production and the artist.

Sunday, February 29th , 12 noon: Bar Ristorante Raphael, 2132 Center Street, Berkeley. Tickets are $50 and will include a kosher Italian gourmet lunch by Raphael's.

For information and tickets contact Shalom Bayit: Bay Area Jewish Women Working to End Domestic Violence 510-451-8874.

Special Event: In Conversation: Yoshifumi Inao, Artistic Director of Batsheva

In Conversation: Yoshifumi Inao, Artistic Director of Batsheva.

Monday, March 8, 8:00 PM: At the San Francisco Jewish Community Center.

Dance/Screen: Batsheva Dance Company in Anaphaza.

Tuseday, March 9, 7:00 PM: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Mission St., at Fourth St., San Francisco.

See related performance Batsheva Dance Company: Deca-Dance.

Student Conference on Israel's Environment

Seeking a Sustainable Future in Israel:
Environmentalism and Social Awareness in a Time of Conflict

April 2 - 4. Los Altos Hills. $50 (financial aid available)

Designed to support U.S.-based, student-led initiatives on environmental protection in Israel, this two-day conference offers the tools attendees will need to create a regional environmental campaign for Israel. Sessions will address:

• Israel's unique ecosystems and its urgent environmental problems
• Israel's growing Green Movement
• Environmental justice and social activism in the current political climate
• Volunteer and internship opportunities with some of Israel's top environmental organizations

You'll also have the opportunity to hike the lush Los Altos Hills, visit Hidden Villa's farms, eat organic delicacies, and enjoy the company of like-minded students from around the region.

More info: contact Roni at roni@jfed.org or call 510.839.2900 ext 254, or go to http://www.jfed.org/IsraelEnvironment/

Sponsored by USD/Hagshama, the Jewish Community Federation of the Geater East, and the Jewish Global Environmental Network. In cooperation with the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.

Special Spring Series!

Dialogue Through Culture -
Keeping the Hope Alive
A message of hope coming from the Middle East:

3 performances of artistic dialogue between Jews and Arabs

January through April 2004

This spring, the Israel Center is bringing to the Bay Area a three-part performance arts series that is a dialogue through music, dance, and theater. All three performances are presented by a Jew and an Arab who collaborate in their respective artistic fields.

More info..

In addition, the Israel Center has recently acquired Coexistence , an exhibition of posters from the Museum on the Seam. (See under Visual Arts.)

Yom Ha'shoa, Holocaust Memorial Day

Keynote Speaker: Natan Sharansky, Minister for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs

Sunday, 4/18/04: Congregation Emanu El, 2 Lake St., San Francisco. Door open at 5:30pm, program begins at 6:30pm. Info: 415.751.6040.

Persented by Holocaust Center of Northern California, and the Jewish Community Relations Council. www.israeliconsulate.org

Yom Ha'zikaron, Israel Memorial Day

The Consulate General of Israel will conduct the ceremony with the Israeli Scouts. In Hebrew.

Sat, April 24: Palo Alto. Info and location: 415.844.7503, www.israeliconsulate.org

Sat, April 24, 8:30 PM: Berkeley Richmond JCC, 1414 Walnut St., Berkele Info: 510.839.2900 # 253

Monday, April 26, 1:15 pm:
JCF Koret boardroom, 121 Steuart St., San Francisco.

Kindly join us in commemoration of the Memorial day for Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism. On the eve of Israel's independence day we ought to remember heroes and heroines who gave the ultimate sacrifice for Jewish independence.

"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.

Israel-in-a-Day, East Bay

An all-day festival celebrating Israel's 56th year of independence.

Sun, 5/16/04. Info: 510.839.2900 # 253

Yom Ha'atzmaut: Israel In the Ball Park 2004

Save the date! Celebrate Israel's 56th Independence Day and the diversity of the Bay Area's Jewish community at the ball park in San Francisco's SBC park, with a day-long family festival, an open-air concert of Israeli music, arts & crafts, Middle Eastern cuisine and much more.

Sunday June 6 , 2004: SBC Park, San Francisco

See images from Israel In The Gardens 2003

Updates on www.israelcentersf.org and www.israeliconsulate.org or 415.512.6203