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TZAVTA’S ISRAEL UPDATE

MABAT SHENI* - Spring 2006

A Journalist, a Scholar and a Playwright

Perspectives on current Israeli social and political affairs associated with the 2006 elections — providing context and analysis that goes behind the headlines.

7:30 pm Wed, Feb 1, 2006
Stuart Schoffman
Associate Editor of the Jerusalem Report

Associate Editor and columnist at the Jerusalem Report, Stuart Schoffman worked as a journalist for Fortune and Time magazines in New York, as a screenwriter for many Hollywood studios and producers, and taught at the University of Texas and the University of Southern California film school before making Aliya in 1988. He wrote the script for “The Wordmaker”, a film for Israel Television about Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and the 19th century origins of Israel’s current “culture war.” He is a frequent lecturer in Israel and abroad, and is currently developing a new program for journalists at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he is a graduate of Harvard and Yale.

7:30 pm - Wed, Mar 1, 2006
Dr. Sami Shalom Chetrit
Activist scholar, poet, writer and filmmaker

Studied at Hebrew University and Columbia University. He was among the founders and leaders of KEDMA — a Mizrachi Internet portal, The Association for Equal Education in Israel and Hakeshet — a Mizrachi social movement. He is the author of numerous articles and books on ethnic relations, culture, society, education and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. With Eli Hamo he co-directed the documentary “The Black Panthers (in Israel) Speak.” He teaches critical studies on politics, literature and ethnicity. He was a guest lecturer at UC Berkeley, and currently he is a research associate and a guest lecturer at the Center for the Study of Religion at UCLA.

7:30pm Wed, Mar 29, 2006
Joshua Sobol
Israeli Playwright

The Right to Resist: Perspective on Moral Dilemmas in Time of War
A leading Hebrew playwright, Sobol has been artistic director of the Haifa Municipal Theater; he has also taught esthetics and directed theater workshops at Tel Aviv University as well as at various colleges. He has written 13 plays, many of which have been staged in Europe and the USA to great critical acclaim. Soul of a Jew was performed at the Edinburgh, Berlin and Chicago Festivals. Ghetto was named Britain’s “Play of the Year” in 1989, and has been staged in Vienna, Cologne, Toronto, Oslo, Paris, Los Angeles, Berlin and Washington. Most recently, his play Witness was performed at the Heidelberg Theater Festival, 2005. Sobol has also published two novels, Silence (2000) and Whiskey’s Fine (2004).

For more info, visit www.israelcentersf.org or call 415-512-6203.

Co-sponsored with TZAVTA of the SF Israel Center, the Taube Center for Jewish Life at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, Jewish Community Relations Committee and the Israel Action Committee of Congregation Emanu-El

TZAVTA is supported by the Hellen Diller Jewish Community Endowment Fund
**Mabat Sheni, in Hebrew, is Second Look*, named after a “60 minutes”-like TV magazine

		Events TZAVTA’S ISRAEL UPDATE MABAT SHENI* - Spring 2006 A Journalist, a Scholar and a Playwright Perspectives on current Israeli social and political affairs associated with the 2006 elections — providing context and analysis that goes behind the headlines. 7:30 pm Wed, Feb 1, 2006 Stuart Schoffman Associate Editor of the Jerusalem Report Associate Editor and columnist at the Jerusalem Report, Stuart Schoffman worked as a journalist for Fortune and Time magazines in New York, as a screenwriter for many Hollywood studios and producers, and taught at the University of Texas and the University of Southern California film school before making Aliya in 1988. He wrote the script for “The Wordmaker”, a film for Israel Television about Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and the 19th century origins of Israel’s current “culture war.” He is a frequent lecturer in Israel and abroad, and is currently developing a new program for journalists at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he is a graduate of Harvard and Yale. 7:30 pm - Wed, Mar 1, 2006 Dr. Sami Shalom Chetrit Activist scholar, poet, writer and filmmaker Studied at Hebrew University and Columbia University. He was among the founders and leaders of KEDMA — a Mizrachi Internet portal, The Association for Equal Education in Israel and Hakeshet — a Mizrachi social movement. He is the author of numerous articles and books on ethnic relations, culture, society, education and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. With Eli Hamo he co-directed the documentary “The Black Panthers (in Israel) Speak.” He teaches critical studies on politics, literature and ethnicity. He was a guest lecturer at UC Berkeley, and currently he is a research associate and a guest lecturer at the Center for the Study of Religion at UCLA. 7:30pm Wed, Mar 29, 2006 Joshua Sobol Israeli Playwright *The Right to Resist: Perspective on Moral Dilemmas in Time of War* A leading Hebrew playwright, Sobol has been artistic director of the Haifa Municipal Theater; he has also taught esthetics and directed theater workshops at Tel Aviv University as well as at various colleges. He has written 13 plays, many of which have been staged in Europe and the USA to great critical acclaim. Soul of a Jew was performed at the Edinburgh, Berlin and Chicago Festivals. Ghetto was named Britain’s “Play of the Year” in 1989, and has been staged in Vienna, Cologne, Toronto, Oslo, Paris, Los Angeles, Berlin and Washington. Most recently, his play Witness was performed at the Heidelberg Theater Festival, 2005. Sobol has also published two novels, Silence (2000) and Whiskey’s Fine (2004). For more info, visit www.israelcentersf.org or call 415-512-6203. Co-sponsored with TZAVTA of the SF Israel Center, the Taube Center for Jewish Life at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, Jewish Community Relations Committee and the Israel Action Committee of Congregation Emanu-El TZAVTA is supported by the Hellen Diller Jewish Community Endowment Fund *Mabat Sheni, in Hebrew, is Second Look, named after a “60 minutes”-like TV magazine