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| | The UCLA Center for Jewish Studies | In 1933, at the beginning of the National Socialist regime, Germany counted some 500,000 Jews. In 1946/47, three years after Germany had been declared judenrein, at least a quarter million Jews, survivors of the Final Solution-a small remnant of German Jews and over 200,000 East European Jewish "Displaced Persons"-were living in Germany, albeit on occupied and defeated territory. In the period 1945 to 1949, before the establishment of the two postwar German states, Germans and Jews lived, as is often remarked, in different worlds on the same terrain, divided by memory and experience. But they also continually interacted as they negotiated the nitty-gritty of everyday life-from the black market to medical and child care-and confronted questions of relative victimization, guilt and responsibility, revenge, and possible futures. The lecture examines these complicated and yet commonplace encounters, and their gendered component, in the years immediately after the war and Holocaust. | 314 ROYCE HALL | | | http:// www.cjs.ucla.edu/events/Flyers/1939_Grossmann.pdf |
 | | Mishpacha, Hillel at UCLA | We will be serving a FREE kosher dinner at 6pm, followed by a screening of the film Yidl Mitn Fidl (translated literally from Yiddish: Little Jew with a Fiddle) at 7pm. Yidl Mitn Fidl is a movie about a young woman (Molly Picon) who poses as a man in order to join a band of musicians traveling the Polish countryside. She falls in love with one of her colleagues with delightfully humorous results.
Basically, it's a film that not only deals with unusually progressive gender and sexuality issues (considering it was made in the 1930s!), but it's also adorable and downright hilarious! It is in Yiddish with English subtitles. So come on, how often do you get to hear Yiddish spoken fluently while watching a gender-bending movie and eating a free dinner? | UCLA Hillel building | | | http://www.mishpacha.net |
| | The UCLA Center for European and Euroasian Studies | with
Arch Getty (UCLA, History)
A few comments on totalitarianism
Arpad v. Klimo (Private University of Bremen)
"Nazi Discourses on 'Rausch' Before and After 1945:
Codes of Emotions and Experiences"
Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi (UCSB, Sociology)
"Ecstatic Crowds, Addicted Dictators, Intoxicating Politics:
Reflections on 'Rausch' and Fascist Italy"
Nitzan Lebovic (UCLA, History)
"The Life and Death of the 1920s:
Dionysian Politics and the Discourse of 'Rausch' in Germany"
Malte Rolf (Humboldt University, Berlin)
"Expressions of Ecstasy and Emotional Coding in the Stalinist Dictatorship"
Commentary and Discussion with:
Saul Friedlaender (UCLA, History)
Andrew Hewitt (UCLA, Germanic)
Arch Getty (UCLA, History) | 6275 BUNCHE HALL | | | http://international.ucla.edu/euro/events/showevent.asp?eventid=2198 |
| | LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY | FREE program.
Michael Curtis, an expert on political theory, comparative government, European politics, and the Middle East – discusses the relationship between historic traditional antisemitism in France and its current manifestations, including new factors and people, especially the extreme political left and Muslim immigrants.
Books available for purchase courtesy of the Library Store at the door.
Booksigning follows presentation. | Central Library. Mark Taper Auditorium. 630 W. Fifth St. | | | http:// www.lapl.org/events |
| | JCC at Milken | This evening program will feature a unique discussion between leading Holocaust Historians Dr. Stephen Feinstein and Dr. Michael Berenbaum. Feinstein and Berenbaum will address a variety of issues that relate specifically to art, representation of the Holocaust, and the establishment of memorials in the post 9-11 era. A short question & answer session with the audience will conclude the evening’s activities. | The New JCC at Milken | | | http://www.jccatmilken.org |
| | JCC at Milken | SPEAKERS:
Father Greg Boyle
Jesuit Priest and Founder of Homeboy Industries
He’s been nearly killed in full-blown street gun battles, burying 113 young men and women, most of whom he knew well, and were cut down senselessly by gang violence. In 16 years in Boyle Heights, he has put his body in harm’s way to break up gang fights, and comforted as best he could family members and friends of murdered children. Father Greg Boyle, ex-pastor of Dolores Mission Parish, will discuss the work of Homeboy Industries, an organization Boyle founded in 1992 to provide thousands of jobs and counseling services to ex-gang members who’d be otherwise unemployable.
Marty Omoto
Director of the California Disability Community Action Network
Omoto, a one-man staff of the California Disability Community Action Network, e-mails 40,000 people across California, several times a week, with an up-to-the-minute report on state government actions affecting people with disabilities. Omoto attends countless legislative hearings where lawmakers and advocates speak in budget jargon. Then he rushes back to his office to pound out an e-mail translated into common terms. Relating disability issues to the Holocaust, Omoto will reflect on Nazi Germany as the ultimate example of a society that failed to value people with disabilities. He will weave personal stories to ignite your passion about how we and others ought to treat all members of our community. | JCC at Milken - 22622 Vanowen St., West Hills, CA 91307 | | | http://www.jccatmilken.org |
| | JCC at Milken | Speakers:
Rabbi Stan Levy
Over 30 years ago, attorney and Rabbi Stan Levy turned his commitment to ‘Never Forget' into action when he became one of the founders of Bet Tzedek Legal Services. Bet Tzedek pursues justice for victimized and poor Angelenos. Rabbi Levy will weave powerful personal anecdotes with sacred texts and modern philosophy as he describes how Bet Tzedek fulfills a commitment to enrich our lives by serving the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and the needs of the survivors.
Mark Rothman
Following Rabbi Levy's talk, Bet Tzedek Holocaust Services Advocate Mark Rothman will guide those in attendance through an exciting and compelling reparations simulation. The simulation will demonstrate the true challenges of Swiss bank accounts repayments, settlements for insurance policies purchased by murdered ancestors, slave labor compensation, and pensions for labor performed in the ghetto. This innovative, non-competitive experience demonstrates the distance between promise and payout. Finally, it will lead participants to discover how they can help fight for Holocaust restitution.
RSVP required: Call 818-464-3300 in advance to reserve your seats. | The New JCC at Milken - 22622 Vanowen St. West Hills, CA, 91307 | | | http://www.jccatmilken.org |
| | The California Institute for Yiddish Culture & Language | This year, Make it a real holiday -
Come explore the riches of Yiddish culture -
Farbreng mit undz oyf yidish
Come for the week, for a day (December 19), or attend individual cultural events
(and help yourself to our 10% discount for enrollments by November 24) | Skirball Cultural Center | | | http://www.yiddishinstitute.org |
| | Skirball Cultural Center | This slide-illustrated talk by Diana Kormos Buchwald will shed light on Albert Einstein’s revealing personal papers and correspondence. As an editor of the ambitious series The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein (Princeton University Press), Buchwald has gained rare insight into Einstein’s life and work. Buchwald is an associate professor of history at Caltech, and is head of the Einstein Papers Project there.
$5 Students | SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER. 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd | | | |
| | The UCLA Department of History and The Center for Jewish Studies | Benjamin Isaac
Lessing Professor of Ancient History, University of Tel Aviv
Professor Isaac's most recent book is The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity (Princeton, 2004)
Reception will Follow the Lecture | UCLA History Conference Room - 6275 Bunche Hall | | | http://www.cjs.ucla.edu/events/upcoming_events.html |
| | UCLA Film and Television Archive & The Bijan Amin and Soraya Amin Foundation | The 15th Annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema is taking place at UCLA this month. If you're interested in seeing some wonderful Iranian films,check out this web-site:
http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/calendar/calendardetails.aspx?details_type=2&id=155 | James Bridges Theatre, UCLA, 405 Hilgard Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90095 | | | http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/calendar/calendardetails.aspx?details_type=2&id=155 |
| | | "On his first performance in North America, Idan Raichel rocked the house in Toronto. At the beginning of the third song the audience, 900 people, got up from their chairs and kept dancing and singing until the end of the show. An hour after the Concert was over people were still waiting for autographs and pictures with the group."
-Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Don't miss the chance to see this amazing concert for yourself. The Idan Raichel Project will be in Los Angeles February 12th at the Wilshire Ebell Theater. For more information see www.kcdancers.org or call 818.986.7332. | WIlshire Ebell Theater | | | http://www.teev.com/irp |
| | The UCLA Center for Jewish Studies | The UCLA Center for Jewish Studies is pleased to present "Turning it over again and again": Reading Jewish Texts sponsored by The Joy and Jerry Monkarsh Family Endowment for Jewish Studies. The conference will feature papers by graduate students from a variety of disciplines with responses by faculty in related fields.
For thousands of years, Jewish texts have served variously as sources of authority, inspiration, instruction and interpretation. In turn, the process of reading and re-reading these texts has played a formative role in shaping Jewish communities. This conference aims to investigate both the diverse approaches of engaging the texts and the many implications of such engagement. By opening wide the question of the complex relationship between Jewish texts and the communities that read them, we aim to foster a cross-disciplinary conversation among graduate students in and proximate to Jewish Studies (e.g., history, sociology, literature, religion, and philosophy). We also aim to foster conversation between graduate students and faculty, who will serve as respondents for the papers. The keynote speaker will be Charlotte Fonrobert, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University, whose research focuses on talmudic literature and the construction of gender in it.
The conference is organized into four panels and one keynote speech on Sunday and Monday (February 13-14, 2005). A detailed conference program is available at http://www.cjs.ucla.edu/CJS_Grad_Conf.htm
The conference is cosponsored by Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of California at Davis, the University of California at Santa Barbara, the University of Southern California, the University of Judaism and Hebrew Union College
| UCLA campus | | | http://www.cjs.ucla.edu/CJS_Grad_Conf.htm |
| | Skirball Cultural Center | Few artists have fundamentally incorporated issues of light, space, and time into their work as meaningfully as James Turrell, one of America’s leading visual artists and a seminal figure in the California Light and Space movement. Turrell will discuss his prolific career and present slides of his work. | SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER. 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd | | | |
| | anthropop and workmen's circle | a discussion with Andy Abrams
Please RSVP by Feb 9th to Elkanah5730@yahoo.com | Workmens Circle (1525 S Robertson Blvd LA, CA 90035) | | | http://www.tattoojewmovie.com |
| | Temple Israel of Hollywood | Envision Chamber Consort: Honoring 350 years od Jews in America
West Coast Premiere Performance featuring works of: Mendelssohn, Andre Previn, Lefkowitz, Territo, Skloff
Order tickets: 213 805 4261 or email: nimoyconcertseries@earthlink.net | Temple Israel of Hollywood (7300 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood, CA 90046) | | | |
| | USC Hillel | Honoring Jewish Student Filmmaking on campuses across the globe
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY-Tour of the Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts at USC School of Cinema-Television
Meet at Hillel Time: TBA shortly
FRIDAY NIGHT –Shabbat Dinner honoring the filmmakers at USC HILLEL.
6pm Reform & Conservative Services
7:30 Kiddush & Dinner
8:30 Dessert with Guest Panel of industry members:
Page Ostrow, President, Ostrow & Company (financing, representation, distribution)
Richard Propper, President, International Documentary Association
Ken Topolsky, Television Producer (Wonder Years, Clubhouse, Party of Five)
SATURDAY-Free time during the day.
6pm Dinner for filmmakers at Hillel
7pm An exclusive night with Honoree Gabe Sachs at the Ron Howard Screening Room at the Zemeckis Center. We’ll screen Gabe’s favorite episode of Freaks & Geeks, and his current show, Life As We Know It, and then Gabe will be on hand for a Q&A discussion.
9pm Possible jaunt into the city for coffee, ice cream, dancing etc. Details TBA
SUNDAY –10AM Bagels, juice & coffee will be available at Hillel until 11:30 for the filmmakers, families, and any committee members that would like to stop by.
Festival begins at Noon at Norris Theatre.
Total run time is approximately 2 hours.
Awards presentation at 2:15
Q & A with the filmmakers from approx 2:20 to 3pm.
Dessert reception outside of Norris from 3-4pm
SUNDAY-Optional All filmmakers, JFF chairs, and committee members are invited to join us at USC Hillel for a pizza and Academy Awards Viewing Party at 5pm | USC Hillel (213 747 9135) | | | |
| | Makif Productions | Come to celebrate with us and dance at the CD Release Performance and Party on Monday evening, March 7th, 2005 @ 10:00 p.m. at the Temple Bar in Santa Monica!
FLOR DE SERENA presents Ladino music in all its passion and power. Great percussion, a funky bass line combined with flamenco guitar riffs and vocals that sound like Portugese Fado make this group a real experience for anyone who loves good music. This CD is a combination of lively upbeat rhythms and lyrical melodies with haunting lyrics.
Buy the CD FLOR DE SERENA online and hear free samples:
www.CDBaby.com/FlordeSerena
Join us for a CD Release Performance and Party
Soak in the unique vibe of the Temple Bar while hearing exotic and hip world music, and buy copies of the FLOR DE SERENA CD in person, for a special introductory discount price!
Where: Temple Bar, 1026 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica
310-393-6611
When: Monday evening, March 7th, 2005 starting @ 10:00 p.m.
ONLY $5 Cover!
MAKIF PRODUCTIONS IS: MAKIF MUSIC, MAKIF BOOKS AND MAKIF CLOTHING -- soon bringing you music, books and clothing that are inspired in traditional cultures. A cool mix of tradition and innovation for your body, mind and soul. | Temple Bar (1026 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica) | | | http://www.FlordeSerena.com |
| | Progressive Jewish Alliance | PJA’s Seminary Students for Justice is a new group of future rabbis, educators, and Jewish communal leaders who seek to raise awareness about and effect progressive social, political and economic change. This group will meet quarterly for text study and discussion on economic, criminal or restorative justice, and human rights. Each meeting will be facilitated by a local rabbi or activist.
We invite you to join us for the first session when we will explore the Jewish tradition of social justice from a textual and historical perspective with Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller of UCLA Hillel.
At UCLA Hillel
Park at: St. Alban's Episcopal Church
Bishop Johnson Memorial
580 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
Please RSVP to Salomon (sgruenwald@uj.edu) or the PJA office 323.761.8350
For more information about the event or this group, please talk to
• Salomon Gruenwald – salomoneg@mac.com
• Mark Goodman – taoschlep@yahoo.com
For information about PJA visit www.pjalliance.org or call 323.761.8350 | UCLA Hillel (574 Hilgard Avenue, on the eastern perimeter of the UCLA campus ) | | | Progressive Jewish Alliance |
| | Consulate General of Israel | The Kabbalistic Hidden Spirituals from Asia, Europe and Africa
Student prices are available!
To order tickets make checks payable to:
Israeli Cultural Awareness Foundation
Mail to: Leah Bleiweis
6380 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1700, Los Angeles, CA 90048.
(please include the following information)
The East-West Ensemble, founded in 1985 by Yisrael Borochov, is Israel's pioneer multi-ethnic musical ensemble and one of the first in the world. The Ensemble's work is located on the seam between well-defined musical areas; the contents and inspiration for the Ensemble's melodies and arrangements comes from a wide range of musical styles that cross intercultural borders and create a new musical environment. This is not fixed precisely on any one familiar category, but avoids innovation purely for its own sake. Instead, the Ensemble bravely attempts to find the "common denominator" between varied musical styles. Since the Ensemble boasts such a varied collection of instruments, musicians, styles and themes, they are invited to perform at many different types of music festivals throughout the world. The East-West Ensemble performs both at festivals of modern western music and progressive rock as well as at world music, ethnic music and jazz festivals.
The Ensemble has appeared onstage in New York, London, Tokyo, Berlin, Barcelona, Hong Kong, New Mexico and elsewhere. It has produced three CD's: Sinai Memories (1988), Zurna (1992), and Imaginary Ritual on the Ethiopian-Persian Border (1998). The CDs were favorably reviewed by the electronic and print media, each CD hailed as a groundbreaker in multicultural music in Israel. Prizes include the prize for original creative arts at Israel's official 40th anniversary celebrations, First Prize in the Eilat Jazz Festival and the Histadrut Prize for integrating arts traditions.
| Nessah Cultural Center- 142 South Rexford Drive Beverly Hills | | | http://www.israeliconsulatela.org |
| | Skirball Cultural Center | Giving a taste of émigré life in Los Angeles in the 1940s and 1950s, CalArts's New Millennium Players perform music composed by Arnold Schoenberg and Ernst Toch while they were living in Los Angeles, followed by delicious traditional Viennese Kaffee und Kuchen (coffee and pastries). The program culminates in an illuminating conversation about the development of L.A.'s cultural life as shaped by the émigré community of that time. Moderated by Kenneth Turan, film critic for the Los Angeles Times, and featuring longtime New Yorker writer Lawrence Weschler, who is the grandson of Ernst Toch, art historian Naomi Sawelson, and UCLA German literature professor Ehrhard Bahr.
$20 General, $17 Skirball Members, $15 Students
Advance tickets: (866) 468-3399 or www.ticketweb.com
(310) 440-4500
Parking is free and plentiful.
| SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER- 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. | | | Skirball Cultural Center |
| | The California Institute for Yiddish Culture & Language (CIYCL) | Documentary screenings in Yiddish and English with a presentation by filmmaker Albert Barry
On Tuesday, March 22, filmmaker and photojournalist Albert Barry will present his film, "The Lost Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe", a documentary that traces the history of these jewel box structures and surveys those very few that still stand. Of more than a thousand that existed before the war in shtetls across Eastern Europe, only a tiny handful remain. They are boarded up, abandoned, and in hideous disrepair.
Created by artists and craftsmen of the highest caliber, the hand-hewn engineering marvels boasted vaulted ceilings and intricate carvings, many dating to the 1700's. The synagogues were the centers of Jewish worship in the shtetls/rural towns from which many of our ancestors came. The Nazis reduced nearly all to ash, and what they missed was finished off by the Soviets, who converted the remaining buildings into stables and garages.
This film, narrated by Theodore Bikel, tells the story of the synagogues, the life that surrounded them before the War, and what has happened to them in the last fifty years. It has won awards in five film festivals and has received rave reviews from a broad audience of critics and scholars. "Now for the first time ever, after years of research, all may soon see the wonders of a period that is gone." - The Plantation Historical Museum
CIYCL is showing this historically and educationally significant film on March 22 in both its English and Yiddish versions, with Barry presenting and leading a discussion. The Yiddish version screens at 6:30 PM followed by a presentation by Albert Barry (in English) at 7:30. The English version screens at 8 PM followed by discussion.
Cosponsored By
The Michael and Irene Ross Fund
The UCLA Center for Jewish Studies
UCLA Hillel
Admission is $8 general; $5 seniors; $3 students with ID.
UCLA Hillel is located at 574 Hilgard in Westwood. Parking in Lot 2 at Westholme. 310-745-1190 for more information. | UCLA Hillel, 574 Hilgard, Westwood | | | |
| | | One of the most celebrated Israeli films in recent years, Nina's Tragedies was a #1 box office smash in Israel and won 11 Israeli Academy Awards including Best Picture.
In Tel Aviv, thirteen year-old Nadav is in love with his aunt Nina, and it's easy to see why - she's beautiful, full of life and kind. Through his eyes, we share Nina's pain over the intefada-related death of her husband, her joy at the kindling of new romance, and her discovery that finding true happiness is never as easy as it seems.
Director Savi Gabizon infuses his universe with moments of transcendent humor, beauty and joy. Nina's Tragedies is a film unlike any other - it makes us laugh and cry at the same time and takes us into a world that is very much like our own.
OPENING! 4/1 LOS ANGELES
Laemmle Sunset 5
Pasadena: Laemmle Playhouse 7
Orange County: Edwards University 6
Encino: Laemmle Town Center 5
| various | | | For more details |
| | Keshet Chaim - (Brought to UJ by World Culture Club) | Transcend generations of Jewish thought and emotion through a mosaic of music, dance and color when Israeli singing sensation Noa Dori joins Keshet Chaim Dance Ensemble in Neshama: Stories of the Soul.
For Tickets call: 818-784-0344 or 818-986-7332
or Ask Cecilia Hanono (chanono@uj.edu) for students' and groups' discounts.
Neshama: Stories of the Soul celebrates the myths evoked by the city of Jerusalem for thousands of years, embracing biblical images as dramas of the soul. The full-length, multimedia performance is inspired by personal, spiritual journeys and enriched by thousands of years of Jewish legends, commentaries and religious texts. Through movement, music, song, visuals and narration, the production sweeps through the millennia, beginning before the creation of the universe and ending in the present. According to University of Judaism professor Miriyam Glazer, “For thousands of years the city of Jerusalem has been a dream, an aspiration, a source of myth, a place of pilgrimage and poetry, an ideal. To dance the story of the city is also to dance the great drama of human life.”
Background: Keshet Chaim, which means “Rainbow of Life,” was established in 1983, and is considered to be the major professional American-Israeli contemporary dance troupe in the United States. The group’s repertoire is inspired by Jewish life in many lands and covers a vast span of history, from the time of Solomon and Sheba to the present. Influenced by world music, the multi-ethnic roots of the Jewish people and a constant drive for interpreting and exploring Jewish values through art, Keshet Chaim has become a pioneer in the development of Jewish dance. For the last 22 years, artistic director Eytan Avisar has developed a comprehensive and varied repertoire reflecting diverse elements of the Jewish experience, adding his own American Jewish influences to the art form. The company consists of 24 dancers from the US, Israel, Russia and South America. A combination of high-energy drama and audience-engaging performances make the company's work appealing to people of diverse backgrounds.
| Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. | | | website for tickets and more info about Keshet Chaim |
| | UCLA Center for Jewish Studies | Bruce Phillips (Hebrew Union College) will be giving the Naftulin Family Lecture on Studies in Jewish Identity on "Fault Lines: Jewish Identity and Community in Los Angeles"
Please RSVP to cjs@humnet.ucla.edu. | 314 Royce Hall- UCLA campus | | | |
| | Beach Hillel | Join an international student and young professional gathering, featuring scholars, hipsters, gurus, radicals, designers, conservatives, liberals, musicians, activists and pranksters under one roof. We’re bringing together some of the most talented and creative young Jews in the country to have fun, collaborate, and innovate.
Enjoy jewlicious food, music and entertainment. Talk about love, the universe and everything. Learn the art of blogging, Jewish henna, t-shirt fashion, artful and spiritual journeying. Experience Hip-hop Jewish Latin rhythms, Jewish Henna Tattoos, Spiritual Journeying, Kiddush Wine Tasting, T-shirt fashion, PJ Party, Fondue and more.
Are you facebooking, blogging, or myspacing? Are you into pop-culture, Israel, or Judaism? Do you body-art, play music, or write? Please join us as we create a weekend of wonderful happenings.
Jewlicious is for trend-setters, jet-setters, and spirit-seekers; for Ashkenazim, Sephardim, and Mizrachim; for atheists, agnostics, and believers; for nerds, jocks, and hipsters. Bring your passion and your instruments, your laptops and your bathing suits, your open mind, and sleeping bag. Because Jewlicious@ The Beach is a gathering of the tribe, an innovative conference, an inspiring Shabbat experience, a happening event, unlike any other weekend conference in Jewish history.
Jewlicious @ The Beach will be net-cast in streaming audio and blogged in real time, allowing participation worldwide. The event-site will be WIFI enabled, so laptops will interact, comment, surf, and blog.
Lodging and meals are available on site and in nearby hotels.
Student rate $36 meals & lodging included.
Info Line: (866)-JEWLISH or (562)-985-7068
| Long Beach | | | JEWLICIOUS @ THE BEACH |
| | CURE FD FOUNDATION | Cure FD Foundation will hold a benefit concert and auction on Sunday, April 10, 2005, at 1:30 at University Synagogue in Brentwood. The funds raised will go directly to move forward the research at Fordham University, already beginning to help the children who suffer from the degenerative, neurological, fatal genetic disease Familial Dysautonomia (FD), present from birth and carried by 1 in 27 persons of Central or Eastern European Jewish descent. Eleven local rabbis and cantors, all very talented musicians, will perform in a fantastic concert of popular music.
Please contact Cure FD Foundation for tickets at (310) 459-1056, or info@curefd.org, and visit our website at www.curefd.org Don’t miss your chance to be at this very special event and help hundreds of children survive. | University Synagogue in Brentwood | | | http://www.curefd.org |
| | THE GRANT INSTITUTE | GRANTS 101: Professional Grant Proposal Writing Workshop
The Grant Institute’s Grants 101 Course is an intensive and detailed introduction to the process, structure, and skill of professional proposal writing. This course is characterized by its ability to act as a thorough overview, introduction, and refresher at the same time. In this course, participants will learn the entire proposal writing process and complete the course with a solid understanding of not only the ideal proposal structure, but a holistic understanding of the essential factors, which determine whether or not a program gets funded. Through the completion of interactive exercises and activities, participants will complement expert lectures by putting proven techniques into practice. This course is designed for both the beginner looking for a thorough introduction and the intermediate looking for a refresher course that will strengthen their grant acquisition skills. This class, simply put, is designed to get results by creating professional grant proposal writers.
Participants will become competent program planning and proposal writing professionals after successful completion of the Grants 101 course. In three active and informative days, students will be exposed to the art of successful grant writing practices, and led on a journey that ends with a masterful grant proposal.
Grants 101 consists of three (3) courses that will be completed during the three-day workshop.
REGISTRATION
$597.00 tuition includes all materials and certificates.
Each student will receive:
· The Grant Institute Certificate in Professional Grant writing
· The Grant Institute’s Guide to Successful Grant Writing
· A to Z Grant Writing
· The Grant Institute Grant Writer’s Workbook with sample proposals, forms, and outlines
REGISTRATION METHODS
1) On-Line -Visit www.thegrantinstitute.com and click on the Registration area. Fill out the online registration form completely. We’ll send your confirmation by e-mail.
2) By Phone - Call toll free (888) 824 - 4424 to register by phone. Our friendly Program Coordinators will be happy to assist you and answer your questions.
3) By E-mail - Send an e-mail with your name, organization, and basic contact information to info@thegrantinstitute.com and we will reserve your slot and send your Confirmation Packet. | | | | The Grant Institute |
| | Noy & Teev Productions | Noy & Teev Productions Present: HADAG NACHASH, Tuesday, April 12th @ 8pm
$47.50 (tickets are $45.00 + 2.50 service charge), check out www.teev.com
| El Rey Theater | | | http://www.teev.com/hadag/ |
| | UCSB Hillel, Forest Foundation, Jewstar.com, the LA Jewish Journal and the LA Hillel Council | Would you like to party at an exclusive club in LA with hundreds of Jewish college students from all over Southern California? Santa Barbara Hillel is making it happen! We have partnered with some great local and national organizations such as the Forest Foundation, Jewstar.com, the LA Jewish Journal and the LA Hillel Council to create an event that allows college students to do what they do best....party and go clubbing!
How: Tickets for the event only cost $15 and include club entry, transportation, a free shot glass and a night like no other!
Who: Every Jewish college-aged student (ages 18-25)
Contact: Joanna @ Duchess715@aol.com for more info
Check out the event flyer at www.theforestfoundation.net. Transportation will be available on a first come first serve basis. | Club Element in Hollywood | | | http://www.theforestfoundation.net |
| | LA Hillel Council | Did you know that Los Angeles has the WORST air quality in the US? 80,000 people will sleep on the streets of LA tonight? or that 775,000 people in LA can't afford food today? Get involved and do something about it! Join hundreds of other Jewish students on April 17th to be a part of Los Angeles
Hillel's regional Mitzvah Day!!! Check out www.dosomethingaboutit.org for more info and to register. Free Kosher BBQ!!! and Free T-shirts for the first 100 people to sign up!!! | Hebrew Union College | | | http://www.dosomethingaboutit.org |
| | | We hope that you and your organization/ congregation/ school/ community plan to attend this event.
If you wish to have a booth, participate, donate or advertise in the festival please contact us at : 818-757-0123
E-mail israelfestival@yahoo.com
Israelifestival@aol.com | Woodley Park | | | http://israelfestival.com |
| | | | Woodly Park, Los Angeles | | | http://www.israelfestival.com |
| | VBS Jewish Vegetarian Society | RABBI Miryam Glazer will be presenting at the monthly meeting of the Valley Beth Shalom Jewish Vegetarian Society meeting.
For info contact: Dr. Irving Kett (818) 349-2581 in LA or Linda Wold (805) 485 6845 in Ventura County | Valley Beth Shalom (15739 Ventura Blvd in Encino) | | | |
| | | Film Festival Info. & Tickets
Nancy Weinberger (562) 426-7601, ext. 1012
nweinberger@alpertjcc.org
The Alpert Jewish Community Center
3801 East Willow St.
Long Beach, CA 90815
(562) 426 - 7601 | The Alpert Jewish Community Center | | | http://www.alpertjcc.org/LongBeachJewishFilmFestival.aspx |
| | | ISRAEL WOMEN'S FESTIVAL is an afternoon celebration of Israeli women. The event will feature a fashion show by USA-based Israeli designers, music, performances and an excellent luncheon. There will also be exhibits of selected products, which enhance a woman's life and beauty.
Eretz Culture
6170 Wilbur Ave. Tarzana
Starting at 12 noon
$65 per person
Tickets can be purchased at Eema's Market & Musicall
For more information call: 310 951-199 | Tarzana | | | |
| | Adat Ari El's Response to Homelessness and Housing | JOINS WITH THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES IN A COMMUNITY WIDE COLLECTION FOR THE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA
SPECIAL COLLECTION ITEM:
BOXED CEREAL
This collection will take place up until Friday, September 23rd.
Drop off your donation in the specially marked bin at the synagogue entrance. On September 25th the cereal will be boxed and brought to a central collection area. We need volunteers to help box and deliver the cereal on September 25th.
Please call Christine Prell at 818-506-0248 to sign up. | | | | http://www.adatariel.org |
| | | with THE YUVAL RON ENSEMBLE
Sufi, Jewish and Armenian Sacred Music
Featuring: Whirling Dervish, Aziz the Arabic vocalist, Najwa Gibran and Armenian Woodwind Legend Yeghish Manukian
Alfred Newman Recital Hall 7:00 PM
General public: $15
USC Faculty/staff, Senior Citizens: $10
USC Students w/ Valid ID: $5 | Alfred Newman Recital hall | | | http://ev10.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3AIBM%3ACE05%3ASP401%3A&linkID=usc&shopperContext=&caller=&appCode= |
| | Tikkun Olam | On Sunday, October 23, from 11-2PM in Clover Park, in Santa Monica. The Tikkun Olam Club will be going to the American Association of Kideny Patients Annual Walk. It's a fun filled day, free lunch provided, with a fun game of bingo, with great prizes. You can register the day of! So come join the Tikkun Olam Club.
Email gsiegal-eisman@uj.edu for questions or comments. | | | | |
| | | You are invited to the premiere of
TOLERATING INTOLERANCE
a StandWithUs Documentaryabout hate speech on campus
Los Angeles Premiere: Thursday evening, September 29th 7pm at the Writer's Guild Theatre
This is a great opportunity for all UJ students. If you are interested in going, you need to RSVP, so let me know that you are interested and I can get you more information. It's coming up soon, so email me as soon as possible ( jborgner@uj.edu). I hope you all can join us!
| Writer's Guild Theatre | | | |
| | Heidi Ducker's Collage Dance Theatre | Celebrates its 20th Anniversary with the presentation of "The Entire World is a Narrow Bridge"
Heidi Duckler draws on the rich and varied past of Boyle Heights, one of LA's oldest neighborhoods, to create a smart, modernist work with a haunting score by Obie-award winning composer Robert Een.
Casa del Mexicano
2900 Calle Pedro Infante
Los Angeles, CA 90063
Bos office: 818-784-8669 | Casa del Mexicano | | | Collage Dance Theatre |
| | | Classical Spanish Dance and Flamenco Dance Workshop with
Israeli Master Choreographer and Dancer SILVIA DURAN
Internationally acclaimed as a dancer and choreographer and Silvia Duran is recognized as one of the finest exponents in her field - Spanish and flamenco dance and all that it embraces. Recently, Silvia Duran was the invited flamenco choreographer for the Los Angeles Opera production of Bizet's classic "Carmen" at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to weeks of sold out performances.
The workshop will be held at:
The Montejano Residence
1136 Hauser Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
(please use entrance on Edgewood St.)
Beginning to Intermediate Level
Flamenco Intensive Class 7-8pm &
Master Class! Spanish Classical Dance
High Intermediate to Advanced Level 8-9 pm
Single class: $35, discount available for multiple classes. Only cash accepted.
RESERVE YOUR SPACE TODAY!: designspring@yahoo.com | The Montejano Residence | | | Israeli Consulate- Calendar of Events |
| | Temple Adat Ari El/Stephen S. Wise | HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Pierce Street Project, Pacoima – Phase I
2005 SUNDAY WORK SCHEDULE
September 25, October 23, November 6 (Mitzvah Day) and December 11
Minimum age requirement is 16 years. There is no maximum. There is work available for everyone at all levels of ability.
No experience necessary!
Please contact Ruth or Mike Devine for information and registration.
rmdevine@pacbell.net
(818) 242-4458
We hope you will join us in this wonderful joint project co-sponsored by Adat Ari El and Stephen S. Wise | | | | Temple Adat Ari El |
| | | Announcing a unique opportunity for Israeli dance teachers, arts specialists and Jewish educators to explore the interdependence and importance of the arts in Jewish cultural education including the integration of dance into specific areas of study. Featuring an expert professional staff of Jewish dance educators from Israel, New York and Los Angeles.
Presented by:
the Israeli Dance Institute Keshet Chaim Dance Ensemble
in cooperation with:
Skirball Cultural Center
Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles
10:00am to 6:00pm
SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER
Los Angeles, CA | Skirball Culural Center | | | http://www.kcdancers.org/intro.htm |
| | Temple Adat Ari El/Stephen S. Wise | HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Pierce Street Project, Pacoima – Phase I
2005 SUNDAY WORK SCHEDULE
September 25, October 23, November 6 (Mitzvah Day) and December 11
Minimum age requirement is 16 years. There is no maximum. There is work available for everyone at all levels of ability.
No experience necessary!
Please contact Ruth or Mike Devine for information and registration.
rmdevine@pacbell.net
(818) 242-4458
We hope you will join us in this wonderful joint project co-sponsored by Adat Ari El and Stephen S. Wise | | | | Temple Adat Ari El |
| | | As part of their sold-out International tour, the multi-platnium Idan Raichel's Project brings Los Angeles an amazing fusion of Israeli/Ethiopian music. The 28-year-old dreadlocked Israeli singer/songwriter's tremendous appeal comes from the unique blend of ethnic rythms and modern beats. Joining them will be Keshet Chaim, American's finest Israeli/American dance company.
KODAK Theater, Hollywood
November, 19th
8:00 pm | KODAK Theater | | | http://www.kcdancers.org/idan.htm |
| | | The mission of the Israel Film Festival is to spotlight Israel¹s thriving film and television industry, to enrich the American vision of Israel¹s social and cultural diversity and to advance tolerance and understanding. In the last two decades, more than 550 films have been enjoyed by over 700,000 film enthusiasts in Los Angeles, New York and Miami. | Various locations | | | http://www.israelfilmfestival.com/iff05/ |
| | UCLA's Viterbi Center | Azariah de Rossi (1511-1577): An Exceptional Italian Jew of the Renaissance, given by Joanna Weinberg of Cambridge University
All lectures are free, but pre-registration is required. Please call (310) 267-5327 to RSVP | UCLA, 314 Royce Hall | | | |
| | Temple Adat Ari El/Stephen S. Wise | HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Pierce Street Project, Pacoima – Phase I
2005 SUNDAY WORK SCHEDULE
September 25, October 23, November 6 (Mitzvah Day) and December 11
Minimum age requirement is 16 years. There is no maximum. There is work available for everyone at all levels of ability.
No experience necessary!
Please contact Ruth or Mike Devine for information and registration.
rmdevine@pacbell.net
(818) 242-4458
We hope you will join us in this wonderful joint project co-sponsored by Adat Ari El and Stephen S. Wise | | | | Temple Adat Ari El |
| | NoHo Arts Center | "Jerusalem" is a comedy about what happens when an agnostic Jewish psychiatrist who is married to a non-practicing Protestant, begins to develop an interest in the spiritual aspects of his life. He is subsequently sent reeling from a traditional mid-western Christmas celebration all the way to the Holy Land, struggling toward enlightenment the entire time. This play "Humorously tills the fertile soil that is Jewish-gentile relations." (LA Weekly)
Tel: 818-508-7101, ext. 5
Performances: Thurs-Sat, 8:00pm, Sun 3:00pm
11136 Magnolia Blvd, corner of Lankershim and Magnolia | No Ho Arts Center | | | http://www.thenohoartscenter.com |
| | UCLA Live! | With nearly 50 albums to her credit, many of them now gold, platinum, or triple platinum, Chava Alberstein is the most accomplished singer in Israeli history, musically meandering from folk to rock to traditional and worldbeat styles. The evening is a unique double bill with the Paris-based octet Les Yeux Noirs performing an irresistibly modern gypsy-klezmer fusion.
http://www.uclalive.org/event.asp?Event_ID=272 | UCLA, Royce Hall | | | |
| | Getty | Sounds of L.A. 2006 opens with the soaring vocals of countertenor Emil Zrihan, cantor of the synagogue in Ashkelon, Israel. | Harold M. Williams Auditorium | | | |
| | UCLA's Viterbi Center | Italy as a Gate and Center of Jewish Mysticism: 850-1300, given by Moshe Idel of Hebrew University
All lectures are free, but pre-registration is required. Please call (310) 267-5327 to RSVP. | UCLA Faculty Center | | | |
| | Pasadena Jewish Temple | This is a must see show addressing the moral challenges of two women and the world at large. In fact, Critics Choice acclaims this play to be a "powerhouse performance."
Mr. Gruener has performed for audiences at country clubs, other temples and for a local group of Hadassah women, and has been well received at all of his performances.
Contact: Rachel Coleman
626-798-1161, ext. 105
Ticket Price: $5 | Pasadena Jewish Tample and Center, 1434 N. Altadena | | | |
| | | Don't miss the unique reggae- hip hop sounds of Matisyahu!
Presented by Associated Students Claremont McKenna College and Hillel at The Claremont Colleges in association with Bridges Auditorium
* Tickets go on-sale to the general public on Tuesday, February 7 @ 10am through Ticketmaster and at Bridges Auditorium box office.
* Tickets are available at Bridges Auditorium box office Monday thru Friday between 10am to 4pm or you may call ext 18032 (621-8032) for additional information or if you wish to purchase/charge your tickets by phone.
* Bridges Auditorium (www.cuc.claremont.edu/bridges) is located at 450 N. College Way (corner of 4th Street and College Way). Bridges Auditorium is owned and operated by Claremont University Consortium (CUC) for The Claremont Colleges.
About the artist:
Combining the sounds of Bob Marley and Shlomo Carlebach, yet remaining wholly original, Matisyahu's performance is an uplifting, powerful experience for all in his presence. Even the most pessimistic in his audience is inspired by his ability to so honestly convey such a delicate, topic as faith/spirituality. It is his dedication to his belief and openness to others that compels one to respect his artistry and message. It's in that fleeting moment when our skepticism melts and our souls open up, that Matisyahu enters with his booming sound of faith. His new album, Youth, is a compelling mix of ancient and modern sounds and ideas. The propulsive title track, with its rallying cry "youth is the engine of the world," draws upon Matisyahu's studies of Chabad Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneersohn – as well as his own tumultuous past. "When teenagers rebel, the reason is because there is something wrong. Not with them, but with the environment around them. That song is about making the transition from being an angry teenager, to actually becoming a grown man or a woman, changing yourself and the system around you."
| Bridges Auditorium | | | http://www.cuc.claremont.edu/bridges |
| | Keshet Chaim Dance Ensemble | Don't miss Keshet Chaim with pieces from their repertoire. This is the small theatre at Thousand Oaks and seating is limited. Organize your groups now!! | Thousnd Oaks Civic Arts Plaza | | | http://www.kcdancers.org/ |
| | Keshet Chaim Dance Ensemble | Don't miss Keshet Chaim with pieces from their repertoire. This is the small theatre at Thousand Oaks and seating is limited. Organize your groups now!! | Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza | | | http://www.kcdancers.org/ |
| | Temple Beth Haverim | Documentary depicting the last heart-wrenching days of the Israeli presence in the Gaza strip, was filmed and produced by Israel's Channel 2 News and directed by Dov Gil-Har. Gilad Millo, will answer questions about the film the recent election of Hamas, and the political arena in pre-election Israel.
Ticket Reservations:
$10.00 in advance, $12.00 at the door; Students & Seniors: $8.00
Time: 2:00-4:00pm
| Temple Beth Haverim - 29900 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, CA 91301 | | | http://www.templebethhavertim.org |
| | UCLA's Viterbi Center | Di Razza Ebraica: Jewish Intellectuals, Fascism, and Anti-Semitism in 20th-Century Italy, featuring Simon Lewis Sullam, David Bidussa, Michelle Sarfati, and Marla Stone
All lectures are free, but pre-registration is required. Please call (310) 267-5327 to RSVP.
| UCLA Faculty Center | | | |
| | A Noise Within | Pa Ubu, a brutal, lovable, pig of a man, spurred on by his equally brutal, lovable, pig of a wife sets out to devour the world with a ravenous appetite unequalled in the annals of mankind’s checkered history. French convention shatterer Alfred Jarry’s pseudo-prototypical-hypothetical-neo-dramatic ode to seduction and power insures an evening of Flash Trash and Splash!
Glendale’s Historic
Masonic Temple Building
234 South Brand Boulevard, Glendale
234 South Brand Boulevard • Glendale, CA 91204 • P: 818.240.0910 | Glendale | | | http://www.anoisewithin.org/season.shtml |
| | A Noise Within | Through the bedroom window enter Bluntschli-"Chocolate Cream Soldier" and epitome of the Shavian life force. With that fortuitous entrance, the calculated calm of the Petkoff family household is hilariously shattered and mended in George Bernard Shaw’s most famous and seductively sparkling adventure/comedy.
Glendale’s Historic
Masonic Temple Building
234 South Brand Boulevard, Glendale | Glendale | | | http://www.anoisewithin.org/season.shtml |
| | | 6801 Hollywood Blvd. @ Hollywood & Highland center
for tickets & information
Productions office: 310-273-2824 | Kodak Theatre | | | |
| | Temple Judea | Special Event with Ambassador Koby Koomson
JWW invites you to attend a non-partisan U.S. foreign policy forum, featuring Ambassador Koby Koomson Thursday, March 16th at 7pm at Temple Judea (5429 Lindley Ave., Tarzana).
Ambassador Koomson will be addressing: 1) the economic and political challenges in Africa; 2) the genocide and human rights violations in Sudan; 3) the solutions for future U.S. foreign policymaking.
Admission is free, and the event is open to the general public. Coffee and dessert will be provided. Please RSVP to Laurie Rubin by phone at 818-758-3800 or by e-mail at jww@wissot.com
| | | | http://jww@wissot.com |
| | A Noise Within | On March 18, A Noise Within will stage an open house for visitors from all over the Los Angeles area who are interested in slipping behind the velvet curtain of our theatre company, in order to see how a tiny theatre in an imposing building is changing the cultural landscape of the Valley.
Glendale’s Historic
Masonic Temple Building
234 South Brand Boulevard, Glendale
All events at the Open House are scheduled to begin at 3:00 pm. Please arrive on time to join the tour and enjoy each aspect offered.
Tickets $20
Light refreshments will be provided
Call the Box Office to RSVP by March 15th
(818) 240-0910 ext. 1 | Glendale | | | http://www.anoisewithin.org/events.shtml |
| | | Don't miss this rare Los Angeles appearance of Grammy Award winning artist performing his songs, ballads and medleys.
Special guest appearnces
Singer/Songwriter - Julie Silver
Cantor - Kenny Ellis of Beth Haverim of Agoura
Cantor - Mike Stein of Temple Aliyah of WH
Tickets available throug Congregation Or Ami 818-880-4880
General Admission seating $35/ticket
| Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, at the Scherr Forum Theater | | | http://www.orami.org |
| | PJTC | Please join us on March 19th from 10:00am to 12:00pm for an interesting and informative bagel breakfast as Mr. Glenn Rothner enlightens us on the connection between the Jewish Community and the Farm Worker's Movement.
Contact Person:
Rachel Colemam - 626-798-1161, ext. 105
Admission: $5.00
| Pasadena - Jewish Temple and Center - 1434 N. Altadena Drive | | | |
| | Sigi Ziering Institute | On Behalf of the Sigi Ziering Institute, we invite you for a special screening of We Want the Light a brilliant new film that explores the impact of German music on Jews and the influence of Jews on German music. The film showcases the role that music played in the acculturation of German Jews and the unique avenue it provided for Jews during Emancipation. It confronts the contribution of German music to the rise and success of Nazism and then explores the music performed by Jews in concentration camps and ghettos.
We Want the Light also deals with the ongoing controversy surrounding performances of Richard Wagner’s music in Israel. Following the movie, there will be a panel discussion and Q & A session with Christopher Nupen, writer, director and producer of the film, Professor Steven Lowenstein, an expert on German Jewish Culture and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, at the University of Judaism and E. Randol Schoenberg, a Los Angeles Attorney who just won a major case before the US Supreme Court on Holocaust-related art and who is the grandson of Jewish émigré composer Arnold Schoenberg, whose experience is reflected in the film.
To RSVP, please call Tosha Petronicolos at 310-440-1279 or email tpetronicolos@uj.edu .
| UJ, Gindi Auditorium | | | |
| | PJTC | Please join us as Mr. Harry Schwartzbart discusses what he sees as the erosion of the church-state separation. As part of his presentation, Mr.Schwartzbart will explore various church-state issues such as women's reproductive rights and teacher-led prayers in public schools.
Contact Person:
Rachel Coleman at 626-798-1161 - ext. 105
Admission: $5.00 | Pasadena - Jewish Temple and Center - 1434 N. Altadena Drive | | | |
| | A Noise Within | Emerging from the turbulence of a journey into his soul, an exiled, obsessive monarch renounces the seductive powers of white magic, reclaims his rightful throne, and orchestrates the marriage of his only child. In Shakespeare’s penultimate celebration of forgiveness and release, illusion and reality collide in a fusion of the supernatural, the fantastical, and the merely mortal.
Glendale’s Historic
Masonic Temple Building
234 South Brand Boulevard, Glendale | Glendale | | | http://www.anoisewithin.org/season.shtml |
| | | The first Los Angeles Community Men’s Seder will take place on Monday, April 10, 2006, at 6 p.m. at the University of Judaism, and you are invited to attend. For the first time in LA, there will be a gathering of Jewish men from across the movements to celebrate and grapple with what it means to be a Jewish man. A special HUC Student price has been arranged at $18 per student, register TODAY at www.templejudea.com/mens-seder-student
Through study, song and discussion we will explore such themes as:
• Halachma Anya – Our fear of poverty and earning a living
• Avadim Hayinu – What enslaves us as men?
• The Four Sons – Parenting/Fathering at different stages of life
• Dayenu – What are our blessings? How do we evaluate success as men?
• Ten Plagues - 10 Plagues of being a man (prostate cancer, heart disease, weight gain, hair loss, etc)
• Motzi, Matzah, Maror – What angers us, what embitters our soul
• Pesach – What have we sacrificed, what makes us free
The Community Men’s Seder is part of Let My People Sing: A Nine-Day Celebration of Freedom, Song, Dance and Spirit, produced by Craig Taubman and sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and the Shout Factory and more than two dozen other sponsors, the Festival promises to be one of the city's cutting-edge cultural events of the year.
Take a moment, pick ‘a few good men’ and signup for this unique and special seder, registration can be made on line at www.templejudea.com/mens-seder-student because after 40 years in the desert, it’s time the men got a sense of direction.
For more information, or additional publicity materials, please contact Rabbi Dan Moskovitz at 818.758.3800 or rabbidan@templejudea.com.
Rabbi Dan Moskovitz, Temple Judea
Rabbi Perry Netter, Temple Beth Am
Hazan Mike Stein, Temple Aliyah | University of Judaism | | | Community Men's Seder |
| | UCLA Hillel | Join students from all over the West for a weekend of Shabbat ruach, amazing speakers, and fun in sun. Sign up now (at www.uclahillel.org); the cost is only $45! Call or email Emily Green with any questions: 818.986.0907 or green@uscj.org. This program is sponsored by KOACH, the Los Angeles Hillel Council, and UCLA Hillel.
| | | | http://www.uclahillel.org |
| | | JEWISH COLLEGE NIGHT...it's back! - Thursday, April 27 @ Club Avalon, Hollywood
What: Southern California Jewish College Night
Where: Club Avalon, Hollywood
When: Thursday, April 27, 2006
Who: Jewish College Students/Young Adults ages 18-25
Cost: $10 at the door
Info: www.jewishcollegenight.com
Southern California Jewish College Night is a club event bringing together young adults from all over the Los Angeles area to dance, network and socialize. After its first success in spring of 2005, Jewish College Night is back to rock the Avalon in Hollywood on Thursday, April 27, 2006. With double the venue capacity of last year's event, which was held at Hollywood's Club Element, over 1000 Jewish college-aged partiers can take advantage of this year's bash.
This year, Southern California Jewish College Night will feature a VIP area, a special drink of the night, and door giveaways. Another improvement for the program is bus transportation to and from UCLA/USC AEPi houses (tell your friends from other schools to meet you there!)
| Club Avalon, Hollywood | | | http://www.jewishcollegenight.com |
| | UCLA's Viterbi Center | The Italian Jewish Kitchen: A Gastronomic and Historical Tour, featuring Gino Angelini and Luigi Ballerini
All lectures are free, but pre-registration is required. Please call (310) 267-5327 to RSVP.
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| | | Let's Enjoy, Celebrate & Identify with the State of Israel
Official Ceremony hosted by Dennis Prager of NewsTalk870 KRLA
Non Stop Entertainment
| Woodley Park | | | Israel Independence Day Festival |
| | The Jewish Federation | THE JEWISH FEDERATION–LEGAL DIVISION cordially invites you to explore
From War Crimes To Wiretapping: Are Rights Being Wronged?
panel discussion featuring
Judge Alex Kozinski
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Judge Stephen Reinhardt
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
MODERATOR
Eugene Volokh
Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Academic Affiliate, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
5:30 p.m. Cocktails & Hors d’Oeuvres
7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Panel Discussion
$100 per person • $50 for judges • $30 for students
THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL
9641 Sunset Boulevard, Beverly Hills
NO HOST BAR • DIETARY LAWS OBSERVED • NO SOLICITATION
R.S.V.P. BY NOVEMBER 1, 2006 TO (323) 761-8233
| Beverly Hills Hotel | | | |
| | | Join more than 1,000 students who will take to the streets and beaches of Los Angeles on November 12 when Hillel launches JUST for a Day, a one-day social-justice blitz that will make a difference in lives of Angelinos.
Meet students from all over the west coast, volunteer your time and learn about the issues affecting LA. Organizations with volunteer opportunities include:
P.A.T.H. (People Assisting the Homeless)
Heal the Bay
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
Midnight Mission
Venice Family Clinic
Beit T’shuvah
Downtown Women’s Center
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
And after all is said and done…
GUSTER and the LeeVees will perform a closed show for all JUST for a Day participants at the Henry Fonda Theatre in LA!! | | | | http://www.hillel.org/tzedek/initiatives/justforaday/default |
| | The Jewish Federation | As Jews, it is our responsibility to take care of one another because we are all connected. By volunteering on Super Sunday, you can fulfill that responsibility on the largest single day of fundraising for The Jewish Federation’s Annual Campaign.
On Super Sunday, your participation will strengthen our Jewish family locally, in Israel and around the world – and help all the families in the broader Los Angeles community. It’s a fun and easy way to make a connection that makes all the difference for those in need – all year long.
To volunteer or for more information,
visit www.JewishLA.org or call
(323) 761-8319 for the City
(818) 464-3227 for the Valley Alliance
(310) 375-0863 for the South Bay
or e-mail SuperSunday@JewishLA.org
| Varied | | | http://www.JewishLA.org |
| | Jewish Life & Temple Beth Ami | PURIMFEST
The world's Largest Purim Carnival. Enjoy a full day of Purim fun and psecial family entertainment, with over 100 rides, shows and attractions.
*Performances by the Schneiderman Sisters from the "Oy Baby" video series
*Youth Choirs
*Face Painters
*Kosher Food Vendors
*Special Appearances by Community Leaders and Entertainers
*Celebrity Purim Shpiel | Magic Mountain | | | |
| | | The mission of the Israel Film Festival is to spotlight Israel's thriving film and television industry, to enrich the American vision of Israel's social and cultural diversity and to advance tolerance and understanding. In the last two decades, more than 600 films have been enjoyed by over 650,000 film enthusiasts in Los Angeles, Miami, New York.
| Various | | | http://www.israelfilmfestival.com/iff07/ |
| | UCLA Israel Studies Program | In a special appearance, the former Chief Justice of Israel's Supreme Court, Aharon Barak, will discuss human rights in Israel.
Known for his independence, Aharon Barak placed human rights at the forefront of his decisions during his 11-year service as head of the Israeli Supreme Court. In 2002 Barak noted, "I must take human rights seriously during times of both peace and conflict. I must not make do with the mistaken belief that, at the end of the conflict, I can turn back the clock."
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Special Instructions
Parking available from the Westholme kiosk for $8. | UCLA Law School, Room 1357 | | | Website |
| | | Main Performance: Yehoram Gaon
Official Ceremony Host: Mike Burstyn
Non stop entertainment: The Moshav Band, Tzeirei Tel Aviv, 4 stages, Skydiving show, Firsst rate performers, Fashion Show, Youth activities, Cafe Tel-Aviv, Hundreds of booths, Variety of Kosher Food, Petting Zoo
Admission $5, Parking Free
818-757-0123
800-644-9505 | Woodley Park | | | http://www.Israelfestival.com |
| | Temple B'nai Hayim in sherman Oaks | Temple B’nai Hayim in Sherman Oaks announces their High Holy Day Schedule of Services
All services will be held at the synagogue, 4302 Van Nuys Blvd
Call Ilene Yudell at 818/788-4664 for more information
Saturday, Sept. 8 – Selichot Services/Dessert at 8PM
Wednesday, Sept. 12 – Erev Rosh Hashanah Services at 8 PM
Thursday, Sept. 13 – Rosh Hashanah Services at 8:30 AM
Friday, Sept. 14 – Rosh Hashanah Contemporary Services at 8:30 AM
Friday, Sept. 21 – Kol Nidre Service at 6:30 PM
Saturday, September 22 – Yom Kippur Services at 8:30 AM
Yiskor at 11:30 AM
Mincha Services at 4:30 PM
Niliah Services at 6 PM
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Temple B’nai Hayim announces
Religious School Open House
Sunday, September 9, 2007
10 AM – 12 noon
contact Limor Bengio at 818/788-4664 for more information
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| | | SEND IN NOW FOR YOUR TICKETS !!
CURE FD FOUNDATION’S
“MAKING MUSIC FOR A CURE”
Join us for a wonderful variety show of terrific singing, dancing, comedy, and music, etc. See our website, www.curefd.org
Sun., Oct. 14, 2007~2:00 to 4:15 PM-Hershenson Hall, Stephen S. Wise Temple,15500 Stephen S. Wise Dr., L.A. 90077 (call 310-459-1056)
AN AFTERNOON OF FAMILY FUN AND AN EXCITING RAFFLE, AS WE ALL JOIN TOGETHER TO HELP FUND THE RESEARCH THAT IS ON THE BRINK OF SAVING HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN’S LIVES!
BECAUSE WE REALLY ARE “SO CLOSE TO A CURE”!
OUR TALENTED, WONDERFUL PERFORMERS: Famous Emcee/Comedian Robert Baxt, Award-Winning Magicians Amos Levkovitch (works with doves) & Goldfinger & Dove(all have appeared in movies, TV); Yan Steindl, Israeli Pianist (with major new CD); Susan Stolovy, (Klezmer Violinist); Kol Echad (A Cappella Singers from Milken High); Musicians & Singers Ariella Forstein & Avram Mandell (World folk music); Adam Berger & Michael Lipp (Milken High Jazz Duo); The Sunset Blvd. Rabbis (Steven Carr Reuben & Morley Feinstein), with songs of Israel; and Funky Brothers Fusion Five (Yoni Arbel, Jonathan Kaye, Asher Levy, & Jesse Paller) from Milken High. All this donated talent is incredible & deserves everyone’s support as we all help to cure the kids with FD !!
___________________________________________________________________________________________
Please send the order form below with your check to “Cure FD” to: Cure FD Foundation, 1029 Via de la Paz #128, Pacific Palisades CA 90272. Call (310) 459-1056 for more info:
Name:_____________________________________________________________________
Address:_____________________________________________________________________
Street City State Zip
Phone:___________________________E-mail:______________________________________
#Adults @ $36 Donation_____ #Full-Time Students @ $18 Donation _____
Total Amt. of Check Payable to “Cure FD Foundation”: $_____________
THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING THERE FOR THE CHILDREN WITH FD
WHEN THEY NEED YOU MOST! HAVE A GREAT TIME AS WE TOGETHER
WILL BE “MAKING MUSIC FOR A CURE” !!
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| | AJWS | Rabbi Lee Bycel, Executive Director of the Western Region of American Jewish World Service and former president of the Brandeis-Bardin Institute, will be speaking about the work of AJWS around the globe in Northridge on November 2, 2007.
"Jews as Global Citizens: The Challenge of Pursuing Justice in the 21st Century"
Friday, November 2, 2007
8:00 p.m.
For more information, please visit www.ajws.org/events or contact Elizabeth Friedman Branoff at efbranoff@ajws.org or 510.593.3297. | Temple Ahavat Shalom, 18200 Rinaldi Place, Northridge | | | http://www.ajws.org/events |
| | | Join us raine of shine!
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Race begins and ends at the Jewish Home's
Eisenberg Village Campus,
18855 Victory Boulevard, Reseda
One of the largest fundraising walks in the San Fernando Valley, the annual Wells Fargo Walk of Ages is a family-oriented event, generating essential funds to support the Home's vital services. The Jewish Home started the Walk of Ages in hopes of involving the entire community in enriching and securing the lives of our seniors. Three and four generations - including families with toddlers in strollers, teens and many of our residents - participate in this fun-filled day replete with food,m music, clowns and magicians. Walkers and runners of all ages collect donations from friends, relatives, and business acquaintances to raise funds which directly benefit our residents.
Register online www.walkofages.kintera.org
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| | Jewish Healing Center of Los Angeles | Erefa'einu
A monthly healing service open to everyone seeking community and comfort - Monday, November 19, 2007 Innovations in the Fight Against Breat Cancer - guest speaker Dr. Susan Love. The services are designed to bring well being and wholeness to those facing life challenges - their own or that of a loved one - 7:30 to 9:00 pm, Temple Beth Am, 1039 La Cienega Blvd., LA - 310-652-7353 | | | | |
| | Kevin Jeske Young Artists Fund, Taglit-birthright israel, Hillel at UCLA & the Gali & Daniel Ziv Family | Don't miss this opportunity to see one of Israel's biggest success stories!
Dynamic keyboardist and composer Idan Raichel's cross-cultural collective of Israel's Ethiopian, Arab, Yemenite and Caribbean musicians fuse African folk, Middle Eastern mysticism and West Indian rhythms with modern electric beats in a spectacular live performance. The Idan Raichel Project has performed to sell-out crowds in Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Singapore and beyond.
Friends of Taglit-birthright israel and Hillel save 15% via phone or at the box office. Use code HILIR. Subject to availability. Some restrictions apply . Please call the Central Ticket Office at (310) 825-2101 to purchase tickets. Click here to learn more about UCLA Live events.
This evening's performance is supported by the Kevin Jeske Young Artists Fund, Hillel at UCLA, Taglit-birthright israel and the Gali & Daniel Ziv Family. | UCLA's Royce Hall | | | |
| | Brandeis-Bardin Young Adults (BBYA) | Whether you are already somehow connected to Brandeis-Bardin or just want to meet cool young adults in the Los Angeles area, then you definitely do not want to miss celebrating Shabbat with Brandeis-Bardin Young Adults.
When: Friday, November 16 at 7:30
Where: Our community will gather together at homes in the city and in the valley (Final locations will be announced approximately one week prior to the dinner.)
What to Bring: VEGETARIAN POTLUCK - After you RSVP and we give out the locations we will designate dishes for guests to bring and share. Sharing is Caring!
*These dinners will be vegetarian fare to ensure that more people with dietary restrictions can participate.
Let us join together to get to know each other and welcome Shabbat. Please RSVP to bbiaju@aol.com by November 9th and let us know if you prefer a city or valley location. Everyone is welcomed. We look forward to seeing you in a few weeks!
The Brandeis-Bardin Young Adults Committee:
Dana Saly, Erin Fish, Alisha Pedowitz, Shira Moldoff, Rebecca Saliman
Our mission is to create a community comprised of Jews in their 20's and 30's connected to Judaism - in the tradition of Brandeis-Bardin - and in an attempt to share experiences that inspire personal growth, exploration, and learning through spiritual, intellectual, creative and social programming.
RSVP Soon...the last dinners filled quickly... | Valley or City | | | |
| | Taglit-birthright Israel & JDub Records | From the producers who brought you Matisyahu…
Balkan Beat Box and Dengue Fever
Tickets:
$15 – thru December 7
$20 – at the door
FREE VALET PARKING!
Doors open at 8 PM/Show at 9 PM
18+
Listen to the Bands! www.goeight.com/losangeles | Echo Plex: 1154 Glendale Blvd., LA 90026 | | | Click here to buy tickets now |
| | | Sunday, December 16th at 6:00 pm
Winner of the Golden Globe and an Oscar nominee in 1965, this comedy features Chaim Topol, Gila Almagor, and Arik Einstei. It is described today on the web as follows:
Israeli stage and film favorite Chaim Topol tops the cast of Sallah. Topol plays a Sephardic Jewish refugee who moves his family to Israel shortly after the official establishment of that "promised land." Unlike his hard-working new neighbors, Topol is shiftless and lazy, forever finding the easiest, most painless means to support his family. Amazingly, Topol becomes a hero when, while wheeling and dealing, he uncovers misappropriations and corner-cutting in Israel's housing industry.
Originally released in Israel, Salah Shabati trades on many common images of Sepharadim in Israeli culture. Join us for a discussion of these stereotypes and their continuing presence in the public discourse.
Film & Discussion with Reception
Suggested Donation $10 adults, $5 seniors & students w/ID
Kahal Joseph Congregation
SELA Sephardic Legacy Alliance
10505 Santa Monica Blvd, L.A. 90025
310.474.0559 www.kahaljoseph.org
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| | Skirball Cultural Center | Jewish Works from His Personal Collection
January 11–March 30
View more than 30 paintings and drawings from the personal collection of twentieth-century American artist R. B. Kitaj (1932–2007), one of the most celebrated and controversial artists of our time. Created in cooperation with Kitaj over the course of two years, this exhibition focuses on his intimate explorations of Jewish identity, history and culture.
Several of the works have never been exhibited to the public, including the compelling Passion series (1985–1986), in which Kitaj portrays the Holocaust as a Jewish passion play, casting the chimney as an icon of Jewish suffering. Visitors will also see a series of paintings that reveal Kitaj’s shifting assessment of the relationship between Arabs and Jews over several decades, as well as works that pay homage to Jewish literary and intellectual giants such as Sigmund Freud and Franz Kafka.
A number of archival materials will also be on view, including Kitaj’s correspondence with leading artists and cultural figures, philosophical musings, photographs and handwritten drafts from his two published books.
$10 General
$7 Seniors and Full-Time Students
$5 Children 2–12
Free to Skirball Members and Children under 2
Tickets available at the door.
Includes admission to all exhibitions; however, admission to Noah’s Ark and Bob Dylan’s American Journey, 1956–1966 requires timed-entry tickets.
Hours: Tuesday– Friday 12:00–5:00 p.m.; Thursdays until 9:00 p.m.; Saturday–Sunday 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; closed Mondays.
Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90049
(310) 440-4500
www.skirball.org | | | | |
| | | A Concert of Women Cantors
A day of study and song at Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center 1434 N. Altadena Drive, Pasadena, CA
Sunday, January 13, 2008
1:00 - 4:00 pm
Contact The Women's League Office for more information at 310-476-5359 or wlpsw@ajula.edu
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| | The Hayworth Theatre Hosts | The world premiere of “The Boychick Affair”, by Amy Lord, will take place on January 27th, 2008, at The Hayworth Theatre in Los Angeles. In the tradition of “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding” and “Grandma Sylvia’s Funeral”, this environmental comedy gives new meaning to the catch phrase ‘dysfunctional family.’
“The Boychick Affair” is a hands-on show where audience members will mingle with the actors. From Harry Boychick’s ceremony to the rompous reception afterward, the play tells the story of twenty-three different characters dealing with contemporaneous issues in a humorous way. There is dancing, fun and a celebratory meal as well.
Amy Lord is the co-creator of the hit show “Grandma Sylvia’s Funeral” which is renowned for being the ‘5th longest running show off-Broadway’ and continues to enjoy audiences worldwide. Amy is wife and mother to six children. Her son Harry (not “Boychick”) will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah this January.
There will be no Friday night or Saturday matinee performances in observance of the Jewish Sabbath. Sundays at 2 pm are when some of Los Angeles’ most outrageous and seasoned character actors will perform this “hysterical, touching and thoroughly enjoyable” show.
The Boychick Affair premieres Sunday, January 27th, 2008, and will initially play on each subsequent Sunday indefinitely. All performances are at 2 pm. Ticket prices are $36.00 which includes a meal during the reception. There is a senior discount and group sales are available.
The Boychick Affair is playing at The Hayworth Theatre, 2511 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. For reservations call Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006. Group sales of 10 or more call Rosalie Lazarus at 818-986-2908. | | | | |
| | | Skirball Cultural Center-Ahmanson Ballroom
Benefits California Fire Victims & Katrina Relief!
Friday, February 1, 2008
8:00 pm – 1:00 am
KIIS FM STREET TEAM WILL BE THERE!
Live Band & DJ / Dance Contest / Free Parking/ Cocktail Hour 8-9 w/Light Snacks / Munchies All Night / Chocolate Fountain / Beads Galore, Hats, Tiaras, Boas, Party Favors, Raffles, Prizes, Photographer, Videographer & So Much More!
For Singles & Couples.
$5 off w/code AJULA at checkout
Get Details, Directions & Tickets at:
www.DateinLA.com
Elisa Kotin
Skirball Cultural Center
Hospitality and Private Events Specialist
2701 North Sepulveda Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Phone: 310-440-4574
Fax: 310-440-4549
E-Mail: ekotin@skirball.org
Web: www.skirball.org
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| | | Meet and hear from the families of two fallen heroes: Noam Apter and Roi Klein (see attached for bios). Featuring the film "With All Your Soul - The Story of Roi Klein" and an Israel Television Documentary about Noam Apter's bravery at Yeshivat Otniel.
AJU students get a special discounted ticket cost of $50! Regular tickets run $100-900. All proceeds to benefit the educational and leadership training programs of Bnei Akiva of Los Angeles.
Doors open at 7PM. Program begins at 7:30PM. Special greetings by Yaacov Dayan, Consul General of Israel. Dessert Reception following the program.
Location: Writer's Guild of America West Theater, 135 South Doheny Drive in Beverly Hills
For tickets and information, please call Shalom Ashkenazi at 310-467-8179. | | | | |
| | Bnei Akiva of Los Angeles | Meet and hear from the families of two fallen heroes: Noam Apter and Roi Klein (see attached for bios). Featuring the film "With All Your Soul - The Story of Roi Klein" and an Israel Television Documentary about Noam Apter's bravery at Yeshivat Otniel.
AJU Students get a special discounted ticket cost of $50! Regular tickets run $100-900. All proceeds to benefit the educational and leadership training programs of Bnei Akiva of Los Angeles.
Doors open at 7PM. Program begins at 7:30PM. Special greetings by Yaacov Dayan, Consul General of Israel. Dessert Reception following the program.
For tickets and information, please call Shalom Ashkenazi at 310-467-8179. | Writer's Guild of America West Theater, 135 South Doheny Drive in Beverly Hills | | | |
| | Los Angeles Police Federal Credit Union | Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
Please see the attachment. | | | | |
| | | From the creator of Club Disco and Grandma Sylvia's Funeral, The Boychick Affair is ... "A 'must-see' ... a comic masterpiece!"
Please see attached flier for the website.
All AJU students will get a special price of $25.00 per ticket (normal $36.00)
Please contact Amy at ablumlord@aol.com for these discounted prices. | | | | |
| | Birthright Israel NEXT, Los Angeles | Whether you went to Israel three years ago or three weeks ago, join us! You can practice your Hebrew, reunite with your bus mates and meet new people from LA who shared the life-changing experience of a Taglit-Birthright Israel trip. Enjoy kosher-style appetizers, cash bar, pool tables, darts, upstairs VIP area. | Bar and Billiard Lounge, 11835 Wilshire Blvd, West LA 90025 | | | RSVP here! |
| | Grand Performances | The ¡Viva Yiddish! Project is the new sound of Yiddish-Latino music, a celebration of our ciudad, our shtetl.
Experience the world premiere concert of The ¡Viva Yiddish! Project, a debut band celebrating the rich interplay of contemporary Yiddish and Latin American music. Don't miss this tradition-fusing, dynamic and ecstatic concert after sundown. | California Plaza: 350 S Grand Ave, Downtown LA | | | http://www.yiddishkayt.org |