To Life! 8th Annual Jewish Cultural Street Festival

The largest Jewish Cultural Street Festival in Northern California offers a fun-filled day for people of all ages with an array of live Israeli entertainment, arts, culture, community and food. To Life! brings together Jewish people from the greater Bay Area. More...

Sunday, September 9, 11:00 am–6:00 pm
California Ave., Palo Alto
www.paloaltojcc.org, (650) 852-3506

JCCSF and JCC Maccabi Israel Present a special sports event for Jewish youth ages 14-17, who are welcome to join other Bay Area Jewish teens on the ultimate Israel experience. This trip is a two-week, non-stop adventure that takes its participants from the Dead Sea to the Golan Heights. The program highlights include hiking and rappelling in the Negev, camel rides, an evening with Bedouin hospitality, hike and bike in Jerusalem and visits to Tel Aviv.

Informational meeting: Monday, September 17, 6:30 p.m.
Trip: Saturday, December 22–Friday, January 4
JCCSF, 3200 California St., San Francisco
Info: 415.292.1233 / www.jccsf.org

West Bank Story: Special Screenings with Composer Yuval Ron and Live Music

A special screening of the Oscar-winning short film, West Bank Story, with its score’s Israeli composer Yuval Ron and the Yuval Ron Trio. West Bank Story, directed by Ari Sandel, is a musical comedy set in the fast-paced, fast-food world of competing falafel and shawarma stands in the West Bank, in which an Israeli soldier falls in love with the Palestinian daughter of the rivaling fast-food establishment. The special screenings will be followed by Q&A with the composer and a live performance of Yuval Ron trio.

Monday, September 24, 8:00 p.m.
Temple Beth El/JCC, 3055 Porter Gulch Rd., Aptos, 95003
Info and tickets: (831) 479-3444 / www.tbeaptos.org

Tuesday, September 25, 7:00 p.m.
Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco
Info and tickets: 415.826.2402 / www.redpoppyarthouse.org

Sign up for the Israel @ 60 Community Mission - Looking Back, Leading Forward Registration now open at www.sfjcf.org.