Israeli Pages: A Year of Hebrew Literature

A special lecture series for Israel@60, featuring Israel’s finest literary voices, is presented by The Israel Center, The Taube Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford University, in collaboration with the JCC of San Francisco. It will take place from September ‘07 to April ‘08 at Stanford, JCCSF and UC Berkeley.

Other authors partcipating in the series: Sami Michael, Michal Govrin, Meir Shalev, Sayed Kashua, Agi Mishol, Aharon Megged, A.B. Yehoshua.

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The story of a Muslim Bedouin as a part of Israeli society, as told by Deputy Consul General Ismail Khaldi, who was born in a Bedouin village in the Galilee. Prior to his appointment as Consul in December 2006, Khaldi worked for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs after having served in the Defense Ministry, the Israeli Police, and the Israeli Defense Forces. Khaldi holds a Masters in International Relations from Tel Aviv University. More about Ismail Khaldi...

Sunday, September 16, 10:30 a.m. Free.
Congregation Kol Shofar, 215 Blackfield Dr., Tiburon, 94920
www.kolshofar.org, 415.388.1818 (ext.18)

Israeli illustrator and comic book artist, who has published unique graphic books and has been among the leaders of the new visual-literary artist movement in Israel, Rutu Modan will talk about her new graphic novel Exit Wounds.

October 17-18, Location and time TBA
www.israeliconsulate.org, (415) 844-7508

Deputy Consul General of Israel, Ismail Khaldi, will provide insights into the pluralistic, multicultural nature of Israeli society, with a special emphasis on his own traditional Muslim-Bedouin upbringing in a village in the Western Galilee.. More about Ismail Khaldi...

Sunday, November 4, 7:00 p.m.
Congregation Beth Israel-Judea, 625 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco.
Suggested donation: $5, Free for members of BIJ.
Info: 415.678.0327 / www.bij.org
Presented by the Consulate General of Israel, the Israel Center and Congregation Beth Israel-Judea

Sophie Judah: Dropped from Heaven

Born in India in 1949 and immigrated to Israel in 1973, novelist Sophie Judah will discuss her novel about everyday life within the little-known Jewish community of Bene Israel in India over the course of more than a century.

Sunday, November 4. Time TBA.
JCCSF, 3200 California St., San Francisco.
Tickets: $8-$10.
Info: 415.292.1233 / www.jccsf.org/arts.