Presidential Forums: October 2008

Monday, October 6, 2008
7:00pm
Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco
Party Representatives: Larry Greenfield and Jeff Bleich

Sunday, October 12, 2008
6:30 - 9 PM
Contra Costa JCC, 2071 Tice Valley Blvd, Walnut Creek
Party Representatives: Larry Greenfield and Larry Magid

Monday, October 27, 2008
7:00pm
Peninsula Temple Sholom
Party Representatives: John Rothmann and Larry Greenfield

Behind the Scenes:
JCRC Gala & Auction
October 28, 2008
5:30 pm
San Francisco
Join as we honor the unsung heroes in the community.
Feeding people in a world of hunger: What do our faiths say?
Jews, Christians and Muslims in Conversation
Sunday, October 26, 2008
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Temple Emanu-El, San Francisco The JCC, Sonoma County's 15th Simcha Sunday
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Noon - 4 p.m.
Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building Church of Reason (Knessiyat Ha-Sekhel)
With the Picasso Quartet
Saturday, October 18, 2008

TRIBUTE TO SDEROT
8:00 PM
JCCSF
3200 California Street
San Francisco The JCRC is being honored!
A Gathering of Blessings to Honor
Jewish Community Relations Council
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Reception 4:30
Ceremony 5:30 pm
Main Post Interfaith Chapel, Presidio of San Francisco MOBILIZE! No on Prop 8!
Jewish Community Mobilization for Marriage Equality

Sunday, October 5, 2008
3:00 - 5:00 pm
Congregation Shomrei Torah in the Sanctuary
2600 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa

Sunday, October 19
4:30pm
26790 Arastradero Road
Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills

ING's Annual Supporters Dinner:
Telling Our Stories, Transforming the World
Sunday, October 5th
JCRC - East Bay will be awarded with the 'Building Bridges Award.'

Special Public Policy Forum
"Israel as the Second Silicon Valley"
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
12:00 - 1:30 pm
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Main Post Interfaith Chapel, Presidio of San Francisco
Day of Action for Darfur
California State Legislature Lobby Day
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
1 - 4 p.m.
Capitol Building, Room 447
Sacramento, California

Israel @ 60
U.S-Israel Relations Discussion with Consul General David Akov
Friday, July 25, 2008
12:00-1:00 pm
Commonwealth Club
595 Market Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco

Book Talk with authors:
John Rothmann and David Dalin:
Icon of Evil: Hitler's Mufti and the Rise of Radical Islam
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
4:30-6:30 pm
Jewish Community Federation, San Francisco

Natan Sharansky: Defending Identity in conversation with David Waksberg
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
1:00 pm
Kehillah Jewish High School
3900 Fabian Way, Palo Alto, CA

Dialogues: Zionism on Canvas
A Benefit for the East Bay Jewish Community Relations Council
Honoring out-going chair, Howie Perlin
Sunday, June 8, 2008

Holocaust Remembrance Day 2008
Yom HaShoah 5758

Israel @ 60
Israel in the Bay Area

...in San Francisco!
Israel @ 60
Educational Symposium: Arts & Culture, Diversity, Conflict and Innovation
Thursday, May 8, 2008
10:00 am - 9:00 pm

...in the Peninsula!
Celebrate Yom Ha'azmaut Israeli-Style!
on Israel's 60th Birthday
featuring Israeli Singer/Songwriter Miki Gavrielov
Thursday, May 8, 2008
5 pm
Temple Beth Jacob
1550 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City

Life in Sderot:
A Photojournalist Perspective
with Noam Bedein, Director, Sderot Media Center
April 30, 2008
8:30 - 10 am
The Jewish Community Federation
121 Steuart Street, San Francisco, CA

JPAC Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California
Annual Mission to Sacramento
April 28-29, 2008
Sheraton Grand Hotel
Sacramento, CA

The Spiritual Wounds of War:
Clergy as First Responders to Returning Veterans
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
9 a.m.
Presidio Chapel
130 Fisher Loop, San Francisco

Darfur Day of Action:
Carry the Olympic Torch to Darfur
A major visibility event to pressure China on Darfur
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
San Francisco

Fractures Within the Abrahamic Faiths:
Can We Get Along in Our Own Families?
Jews, Christians and Muslims in Conversation

Reflections by:
Marvin Goodman
Executive Director, Board of Rabbis of Northern California

James A. Donahue
Professor of Ethics and President of Graduate Theological Union

Mahmoud Ayoub
Professor of Islamic Studies and Comparative Religion at Temple University

Sunday, April 6, 2008
4:30 - 7:30 pm
The Islamic Society of San Francisco
20 Jones Street, San Francisco

Jewish Vote 2008 Forum
Join this panel discussion focusing on a range of Jewish ideas and issues in the context of the 2008 election.

Panelists include Howie Perlin, Chair of the East Bay JCRC; Joel Freid, attorney and a California Democratic Party Central Committee Member; and Larry Greenfield, California Director of the Republican Jewish Coalition.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
6:45 pm - Registration and Refreshments
7:00 - 9:00 pm - Program
Temple Beth Abraham
327 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA

Presented by: Temple Beth Abraham, The JCRC East Bay Region, the Northern California Chapter of the Republican Jewish Coalition and the Raoul Wallenberg Jewish Democratic Club

Be'chol Lashon Purim Festival
Celebrate the Diversity of the Jewish People!
March 16, 2008
1 - 4:30 pm
The African American Art & Culture Complex
762 Fulton Street @ Webster, SF; Free Parking

13th Annual Contra Costa International Jewish Film Festival
Beaufort
A film by Joe Cedar

Israel, 2007, 125 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles
East Bay Premiere! With director Joe Cedar being named ÒBest DirectorÓ at the Berlin International Film Festival and the film being nominated for an American Oscar, Beaufort can indeed be called ÒIsrael's first great war movie.Ó Based on true events that took place in 2000, this feature film explores the heart breaking and unenviable mission of a small Israeli unit stationed at Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon.
March 2, 2008
5 pm
Century CineArts
2314 Monument Blvd., Pleasant Hill
Presented by: Jewish Community Foundation, JCRC and Israel @ 60.

Research, Writing, and Film: Creating a World through Journalism
A Talk with Ron Leshem

Award-winning novelist, journalist, Israeli TV station director, and Academy Award Nominee

Wednesday, February 27, 2008
5:00 - 7:00 pm
UC Berkeley North Gate Library
Hearst at Euclid Avenue, Berkeley

Thursday, February 28, 2008
3 pm
San Jose State University
Schiro Room, Special Collections Room, 5th Floor
Martin Luther King, Jr. Library

Friday, February 29, 2008
12 noon
World Affairs Council
312 Sutter Street #200, San Francisco

Forgotten Refugees
with Gina Waldman, JIMENA
and Stanley Urman, Justice for Jews from Arab Countries
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
5:30 pm - Reception
6:00 pm - Program
Commonwealth Club
595 Market Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco

Film Screening: "The Making of a Martyr"
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker, Brooke Goldstein
Audience Choice Award for Best Film at the 2006 United Nations Documentary Film Festival

Monday, February 4, 2008
7:30 - 9:00 pm
Congregation Etz Chayim
4161 Alma Street, Palo Alto

Wednesday, February 6, 2008
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Jewish Community Federation
121 Steuart Street, San Francisco

Interfaith Speakers Bureau
A collaborative educational effort to teach across multiple faith communities, the Interfaith Speakers Bureau delivers onsite educational service through interactive panel presentations and discussions.

Training Workshops:
January 14
Mid-Peninsula
Peninsula Temple Beth El

January 23
East Bay
First Congregational Church of Oakland

January 25
South Bay
India Community Center

District Attorney Kamala Harris to speak on Human Trafficking
Friday, January 11, 2008
5:30 pm
Marin Meyer Sanctuary
Temple Emanu-El
2 Lake Street, San Francisco

Co-sponsored by the Jewish Coalition to End Human Trafficking

Direct from Off-Broadway
Iris Bahr in Dai (Enough)
January 10-12, 8:00 pm
January 13, 2:00 pm
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

Israeli-American actress, stand-up artist and neuroscientist Iris Bahr presents a startling, provocative and miraculously entertaining solo show about the splintered Israeli psyche...

Islam: Towards a New Understanding
Lecturer: Steven West, Ph.D.
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

Moderator: Yitzhak Santis
Director, Middle East Project, JCRC

Thursday, January 10, 2008
5:30 pm, Reception
6:00 pm, Program
Commonwealth Club
595 Market Street, San Francisco

Magevet in Concert
Yale University's Israeli Choral Ensemble

...In honor of Israel @ 60

Sunday, January 6, 2008
11:30 am - 1 pm
Congregation Beth Israel-Judea
625 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco