Educational Symposium
Arts & Culture, Diversity, Conflict and Innovation
Thursday, May 8, 2008
10:00 am – 6:30 pm
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
3200 California Street, San Francisco 
Courses will be available on the topic of Israel’s arts and culture, multicultural community, conflict with its neighbors and the technological and environmental innovation. Keynote lecture from Alan Kaufman at lunch (12:00–1:30 PM) and in a closing ceremony we will hear from Dr. Steven Spiegel on the US–Israel relationship, particularly in an election cycle (5:15–6:30 PM). Israeli dancing and light dinner following closing ceremony and screening of two rare silent films: Oded Hanoded, directed by Chaim Halachmi, the first feature film ever made in Israel (1932) and The Wandering Jew (aka The Life of Theodor Herzl), directed by Otto Kreisler (1921).
Schedule
| 10:00–10:30 | Registration |
| 10:30–12:00 | Session One |
| 12:00–2:00 | Lunch Keynote: Alan Kaufman |
| 2:00–3:30 | Session Two |
| 3:30–5:00 | Session Three |
| 5:00–6:30 | Closing Session Keynote: Dr. Steven Spiegel |
Registration
$36.00 Adults – Full day (including lunch)
$12.00 Students/Seniors – Full day (including lunch)
$18.00 Adults – Half day (covers second half of day starting at 2:00 pm)
Please call the JCCSF Box Office to purchase tickets: (415) 292-1233
Classes
Session One
10:30 am – 12 noon
“Israel’s Environmental Challenges:
A Springboard for Innovation and Cooperation”
- David Weisberg, Executive Director of the Friends of the Arava Institute
“Being Black in Israel”
- Becky Buckwald, Associate Director, New Israel Fund
“Israel’s Strategic Environment After Annapolis”
- Dr. Joshua Teitelbaum, Senior Research Fellow Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University
Session Two
2:30 – 3:30 pm
“Israel’s Environmental Challenges: A Springboard for Innovation and Cooperation”
- David Weisberg, Executive Director, Friends of the Arava Institute
“Contemporary Israeli Art”
- Dr. Michal Gavish, Israeli Artist
“On the Margins: Children of Foreign Workers in Israel”
- Orli Bein, Associate Director, New Israel Fund
“Zionism (Jewish Nationalism) and Palestinian Nationalism: An Introduction”
- Dr. Joshua Teitelbaum, Senior Research Fellow Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University
“The History of Israel and the U.S.–Israel Relationship”
- Valerie Porush, San Francisco Area Director, AIPAC
Session Three
3:30 – 5:00 pm
“Israel’s Environmental Challenges: A Springboard for Innovation and Cooperation”
- David Weisberg, Executive Director of the Friends of the Arava Institute
“Contemporary Israeli Art”
- Dr. Michal Gavish, Israeli Artist
“Arab Citizens of Israel: Ending Racism in Israeli Soccer”
- Steven Rothman, Director, New Israel Fund
“The Iranian Threat and how it relates to Israel and the United States”
- Elias Saratovsky, Pacific Northwest Regional Political Director, AIPAC
“Delegitimizing Israel: The New, Old Threat”
- Dr. Joshua Teitelbaum, Senior Research Fellow Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University
“Secrets of the Holy Land: A Virtual Tour of Israel”
- Uri Harash, Israeli Tour Guide and Hebrew Teacher, Jewish Community High School of the Bay
For more information regarding the Educational Symposium please contact Julie Bernstein at jbernstein@jcrc.org or 415-977-7434
- Please call the JCCSF Box Office at 415-292-1233 to purchase tickets
Peninsula-wide Israel @ 60 event
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
For more information, call (650) 852-3508.
For more info on the Peninsula JCC, click here
Co-Sponsors
The JCRC is a beneficiary agency of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties and the Jewish Federation of the East Bay
