Israel @ 60
Educational Symposium
Arts & Culture, Diversity, Conflict and Innovation
Thursday, May 8, 2008
10:00 am – 9:00 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 lectures 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).
Courses will be taught by Joshua Teitelbaum, Michal Gavish, Uri Harash, and representatives from New Israel Fund, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and AIPAC.
For more info, contact Julie Bernstein at 415-977-7434 or jbernstein@jcrc.org
