Israel @62 - Join Our Community Celebration! Tuesday, April 20, 5:30 – 9:00 pm at Congregation Beth El, 1301 Oxford St., Berkeley, CA 94709. Children's Activities and Story-telling! Speakers! Israeli Sing-A-Long! Entertainment! Israeli Dancing! Kosher Israeli Food available for purchase! Admission is free. For more information: 510.318.6453. Sponsors include Chochmat HaLev, Cong. Beth El, Cong. Beth Israel, Cong. Netivot Shalom, JCRC/East Bay, Kehilla Community Synagogue & the Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay
Travel to Washington, D.C. for the Annual AIPAC Policy Conference (March 21-23, 2010) An opportunity to join more than 6,000 of American pro-Israel activists to hear from presidents and prime ministers; policy makers; and Middle East scholars about the issues affecting the U.S.-Israel relationship. To learn more or to register for this year's AIPAC Policy Conference, please visit www.aipac.org/PC2010 or contact Emily Blanck (415-989-4140 x 6155) if you are interested in joining Netivot Shalom's delegation to Washington, DC.
MONDAY, APRIL 26, 7:30PM: A CONVERSATION WITH NEAL BASCOMB, AUTHOR OF HUNTING EICHMANN, presented by The Jewish Federation of the East Bay's Israel Center and Congregation Netivot Shalom. Hunting Eichmann reveals key details about the Mossad operation that have never before been published and provides new information on how Eichmann was able to remain free for fifteen years. Presented in a pulse-pounding, hour-by-hour account, this fully documented, finely nuanced history offers the intrigues of a detective story and the thrills of great spy fiction. And it comes at just the right time, as 2010 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Eichmann's capture. Admission is free. For more information: 510.318.6453 or riva@jfed.org.
MAY 6, 7:30PM: CALLING ALL JEWISH SPOKEN WORD PERFORMERS! - We invite your submissions for "...and it was revealed: an evening of spoken word, a celebration of epiphanies and fervent fruition" as Jewish performance artists share their original spoken word pieces, stories, songs and poetry. The event, part of a series of spoken word happenings (see the recent J article - http://bit.ly/berkeleyword), will be held on Thursday, May 6 at 7:30 pm at Congregation Beth Israel in Berkeley. If selected, performers agree to participate in a one-hour "playshop" evening in April. (The playshop will provide a supportive environment for receiving feedback on performance and content.) Jewish content is optional, however, profanity, explicit language and divisive political content would not be appropriate for this event. To apply to be featured, please send to safranimate@gmail.com before March 28:
1) Your proposed spoken word piece (poetry, prose, story, song/rap)
2) Your bio (75 words or less - can be very casual)
3) Your phone number
Piece should:
- Focus on a colorful personal story and designed to move, inspire/provide insight
- Be no more than 5 minutes long when performed (please time it before submitting)
- Lend itself to live performance (dramatic is good)
- Roughly relate to the topic: "...and it was revealed" (epiphanies and fervent fruition)
