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Join Jews’ Next Dor in July and Beyond

Posted by challahbackgirl on July 1, 2009

Join the Jews’ Next Dor community for some great upcoming events. Don’t forget to get your tickets for all the August Jewish appreciation sports games that we’re joining with Roots Collective and SVYAD for.

  • Thursday, July 2, 7:15pm, Volunteer Meeting

    Jews’ Next Dor is fully volunteer led, come find out how you can contribute to our community, suggest events, help with publicity, and more. The meeting will be at a private home in Cupertino. RSVP for the address to JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org.

  • Sunday, July 5th, 10am, Fun in the Sun–Santa Cruz Beach Day

    What is better than warm weather? The only thing better is warm weather on a hot beach with friends.  Join us on July 5th from 10:00 to 4:00 as we venture over the hill for Jews’ Next Dor’s Santa Cruz Beach Day. We will begin at  Congregation Beth David, 19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga, Ca where we  will then carpool to  Lighthouse beach.  Please bring $12 for food, bathing suits, towels, frisbees, etc. Please RSVP to JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org for some fun in the sun! Please let us know if you’re willing to drive a carpool and how many people you can take.

  • Wednesday, July 8, 7pm, Meet & Greet @ New Saffron Indian Restaurant

    July’s Meet & Greet will be at New Saffron Indian Restaurant, 2700 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA.  See http://www.newsaffronrestaurant.com/dinner.htm for a menu, but remember we’ll be ordering vegetarian/dairy to share.  Bring cash for a $15-$20/person, to be collected after the meal.  Meet & Greet is a great way to meet old and new friends!  RSVPs appreciated to JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org.

  • Friday, July 17, 7pm, Potluck Shabbat in Mountain View

    Join Jews’ Next Dor for a potluck Shabbat dinner at 7pm in Mountain View. Please bring a vegetarian or dairy dish to share. RSVP with what dish you plan to bring, please consider what others are bringing so we balance our meal out. The event will be at a private home in Mountain View. Please RSVP to JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org for the address.

  • Tuesday, July 21, 9pm, Karaoke

    Come sing your heart out at the Peacock Lounge, 102 East Fremont, Sunnyvale, CA 94087. Or come hangout and wish Aileen a happy birthday. RSVPs appreciated to JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org.

  • Sunday, July 26, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, Biking Monterey’s 17-Mile Drive

    Join us for a bike ride along the beautiful 17-mile drive of Monterey! We’ll meet at 10:00 AM at Congregation Beth David to carpool down to Pacific Grove, where we’ll rent bikes and helmets and bike the coast for several hours. Bringing your own bike is not necessary; however, a limited number of bike rentals are available, so if you can transport your own bike that would be great.

    Cost to rent a bike is $22, payable in cash at the beginning of the event. You should also bring your camera (both the bike ride and the drive to and from will be gorgeous), a sack lunch if you want to eat between 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM that day, and, of course, a water bottle.

    Due to the limited number of bike rentals available, RSVPs in advance are absolutely necessary. Please RSVP by Sunday, July 19, to JewsNextDor[at]beth-david.org in order to be included. In your RSVP, please say a) if you can drive a carpool (and, if so, how many people can ride with you), b) if you can transport bikes (and, if so, how this changes your ability to transport people), c) if you have your own bike to bring or will want to rent. You will be contacted no later than Wednesday, July 22 to be notified of whether you are needed to drive and whether you can get one of the bike rentals.

    Schedule for the day is as follows:

    10:00 AM Meet at Beth David, depart for Monterey

    11:45 AM Rent bikes, eat lunches

    12:15 PM Begin biking

    4:15 PM Return bikes, depart for Beth David

    6:00 PM Return to Beth David

    ****RSVPing by Facebook is appreciated as well; however, due to the detail-oriented nature of the RSVP for this event, the only RSVPs that will be considered official and binding will be those that come via e-mail.***

  • Sunday, August 2, Jewish Heritage Day with the SJ Earthquakes

    Join Jews’ Next Dor, SVYAD, and Roots Collective for the first annual Jewish Heritage Day for our own San Jose Earthquakes Major League Soccer team. They’re taking on the Seattle Sounders FC at Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara, Ca on August 2nd, 2009 @ 12:00pm. Tickets are just $18 and include your ticket to the game and a Jewish heritage giveaway!  Don’t miss this exciting event.  RSVP here.

  • Sunday, August 2, 4:30pm, Jewish Appreciation Day with the San Jose Giants

    For $5 a ticket, cheaper then a movie come out an enjoy some good old American fun with a big Jewish twist including supporting Congregation Beth David. Sunday, August 2, 2009 head to Municipal Stadium, 588 East Alma Avenue, San Jose, CA 95112 for Jewish Appreciation Night with the San Jose Giants on . Game at 5pm. The Giants are the 1st half champions this season. The game will be family-friendly, with Jewish-themed contests between each inning and an atmosphere that will remind you why baseball is the great American sport. Buy tickets early – there are limited seats available. There are 2 ways to get your ticket for the game both that help Congregation Beth David at the same. Purchase your ticket online at http://jewishgiants.com/ and be sure to select “Buy Tickets from Beth David” when you get to the “Group Information” section. You can also purchase a “Kosher Dinner Pack” when ordering tickets online. Online purchase is subject to a small transaction fee. Or avoid the online fees by getting your ticket directly from CBD’s Men’s Club by sending an e-mail to mensclub@beth-david.org.

    Kosher Dinner Pack ($10) includes:

    • 1 Homemade Pastrami Sandwich on Homemade Rye from Metropolis Bakery
    • 1 Homemade Pickle – 3/4 Sour, Old Russian Style
    • 1 Bag ‘Dirty Brand’ Salt & Pepper Potato Chips
    • 1 Soda (Coke or Diet Coke)

    SAVE 20% – regularly $12
    All items made under Orthodox Kosher Supervision

  • Thursday, August 27, SF Giants Jewish Heritage Night

    Join SVYAD and Jews’ Next Dor as we travel up to AT&T Park for Jewish Heritage Night as the Giants take on the Arizona Diamondbacks. Tickets are $20 and include your ticket to the game in the Jewish Heritage sections and a giveaway Jewish Giants shirt! We will be organizing carpools and Caltrain-pools for those interested. Space is limited, so RSVPing sooner is generally better. Get your ticket with our groups online now!

  • Friday, August 28, 6pm, BBQ & Barchu

    Pull up a seat to the young adult table at this Congregation Beth David tradition. Men’s club will barbecue savory chicken, hot dogs, and a vegetarian entrée, accompanied by delicious side dishes and topped off with watermelon and cookies. Dinner at 6 pm, Services at 8 pm. Cost: Adults and teens: $18; Children 6-12: $10; Children 5 and under: free. Family Maximum: $60. RSVP on our website at: http://www.beth-david.org/rsvp.htm by Friday, August 21. For further information, call 408-257-3333 or email admin@beth-david.org.

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Young Adult Picnic in the Park & Ultimate Frisbee

Posted by challahbackgirl on June 12, 2009

Picnic in the Park &
Ultimate Frisbee

Sunday, June 14, 2009
11am
Las Palmas Park, Sunnyvale, Ca

Enjoy the sun, food, friends and fun as Jews’ Next Dor picnics in Las Palmas Park (850 Russett Dr., Sunnyvale, Ca) and plays Ultimate Frisbee.

Please bring a vegetarian or dairy dish to share. We’ll provide paper goods and drinks.

Please RSVP in the comments, on Facebook or to JewsNextDor@beth-david.org with what you plan to bring. Just showing up is very welcome too.

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JewSpam

Posted by Oyster on June 4, 2009

No, not the OU’s sequel to their successful fakin’bacon product…

I’m starting to get Jewish-themed or in-Hebrew spam comments on Oy-Bay! And even one in Cyrillic!

Bilingual readers: please help me out in separating the spam from the… Brisket?

Then again, at this point this site’s main audience is probably parochial spambots…

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Join Jews’ Next Dor in June

Posted by challahbackgirl on May 31, 2009

All Jewish 20 & 30 somethings are invited to join Jews’ Next Dor this June at any of their events:

  • Speed Dating!, Tuesday, June 2, 7-9pm

    Is someone bugging you to start dating a nice Jewish guy or gal?  Date a whole bunch in a single night with Jewish Speed Dating!  It will take place upstairs at the Sonoma Chicken Coop in Campbell, and is $20 per person, including appetizers and a drink!  We have again contracted with the Jewish Speed Dating Guru to run the application and matching process, so please email the Guru to express your interest by clicking here.  The Guru will respond with a questionnaire to fill out.  Space is limited, so RSVP today!

  • Sunday, June 7, 1pm Jews’ Next Dor goes to Israel in the Gardens

    Join Jews’ Next Dor and thousands of other Jews from across the bay area at Israel in the Gardens at the Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco (Mission and 3rd Streets). See old friends, meet new friends and enjoy falafel, music and entertainment.

    Jews Next Dor is arranging carpools to head north for this fabulous event to celebrate 61 years of Israel’s Statehood.

    We’ll convene at Just Desserts Café at the Sony Metreon at 2 pm.

  • Wednesday, June 10, 7pm, Meet & Greet @ Vegetarian House

    Try something new at the Vegetarian House, 520 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, Ca! They serve fresh organic vegan cuisine with a wide range of flavors from all over the world. Join fellow Jewish 20 and 30 somethings at Jews’ Next Dor’s monthly Meet & Greet. Take a look at the menu, vegetarianhouse.us/home.html and let us know what you’d like to try. Around $15 a person.RSVPs appreciated to JewsNextDor@beth-david.org.

  • Sunday, June 14, 11am Picnic in the Park & Ultimate Frisbee

    Enjoy the sunny, food, friends and fun as Jews’ Next Dor picnics in Las Palmas Park (850 Russett Dr., Sunnyvale, Ca) and plays Ultimate Frisbee. Please RSVP to JewsNextDor@beth-david.org with what dish you’ll bring to share. We’ll provide paper goods and some drinks.

  • Thursday, June 18, 8pm (SHARP), Mitzvah with Rotating Shelter (Help the Homeless trying to get back on their feet)

    Church of the Ascension across the CBD parking lot.
    12033 Miller Ave Saratoga, CA 95070

    Each year CBD participates in West Valley Community Services Rotating Shelter program, housing men trying to get back on their feet. Jews’ Next Dor will be greeters to set up the food for their dinner and visit with the men starting at 8pm. Please RSVP to jewsnextdor[at]gmail.com if you’re able to be there. Past young adult volunteers had a great time, read about it on our blog.

  • Sunday, June 28, 3:00pm, Mini-Golf!

    Golfland USA, 855 E. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087

    Cost: $10 for one course, $14 for both courses

    Come on, who doesn’t like a good game of mini-golf?  Join Jews’ Next Dor on a pleasant Sunday afternoon for a rousing round!  Or, if you’re feeling really adventurous, stick around to play both 18-hole courses Golfland USA has to offer!  Person to get the most holes in one gets… the honor of having made a bunch of holes in one. RSVP to JewsNextDor@beth-david.org


Jews’ Next Dor is Congregation Beth David’s Young Adult Group. “Dor” means “generation” in Hebrew. We’re an active community of Jewish 20 and 30 somethings centered in the South Bay. We enjoy multiple events each month including celebrating holidays, social action/mitzvahs, education and of course social events around the Bay Area. Our community is comprised of singles and couples and is fully volunteer-lead.

Jews’ Next Dor also serves as a resource for Young Jewish Life in the Bay Area. Don’t miss out on all the fun being had! We look forward to meeting you at a future event.

Join our mailing list:
Google Groups
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Email Us: JewsNextDor [at] beth-david [dot] org

Find Us Our Group on Facebook “Jews’ Next Dor”

Visit our blog: http://cbdyag.wordpress.com

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Speed Dating for Jewish Young Adults

Posted by challahbackgirl on May 24, 2009

Speed DatingIs someone bugging you to start dating a nice Jewish guy or gal? Date a whole bunch in a single night with Jewish Speed Dating!

Jewish Young Adult Speed Dating!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

7-9pm

It will take place upstairs at the Sonoma Chicken Coop in Campbell, and is $20 per person, including appetizers and a drink! We have again contracted with the Jewish Speed Dating Guru to run the application and matching process.

You must email the Guru to express your interest by clicking here. The Guru will respond with a questionnaire to fill out. Space is limited, so RSVP today! RSVPing to the Guru is mandatory, but you can check out the Facebook event if you’d like.

Speed Dating for Jewish Young Adults is brought to you by SVYAD and Jews’ Next Dor. If you’re looking for less formal ways of meeting fellow Jewish young adults check out Jews’ Next Dor’s other upcoming events.

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The Kitchen Table Restaurant- Now Open!

Posted by kneidalach on May 14, 2009

kitchen table
The Kitchen Table Restaurant- Artisanal Kosher Cuisine is now open!
It is located at:
142 Castro Street in Mt. View, CA
Website:
http://thekitchentablerestaurant.com/
Yelp reviews:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-kitchen-table-restaurant-artisanal-kosher-cuisine-mountain-view
Go and enjoy!

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This Weekend: Mission Minyan Torah Bonanza

Posted by Oyster on May 12, 2009

Food and Prayer: Get serviced this weekend with the Mission Minyan.

Food and Prayer: Get serviced this weekend with the Mission Minyan.

The Mission Minyan, a young and dynamic independent minyan in the Mission District of San Francisco, is about to receive their first Torah. Having been in the community for the past year, I am very excited for this huge milestone. I anticipate that the receiving of a Torah will really change the nature of the community, since once you have a Torah, you have to take care of it, you have to worry about insuring it and people will want to start to house it in something nicer than a closet in the Women’s Building. And then there will be talk about a permanent building, etc. Slipperly slope to institution-building. Is the community going from Mishkan to Beit HaMikdash? Who cares, come and celebrate with us!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact
Lee Kravetz
510-414-3963
torah@missionminyan.org
www.missionminyan.org

SAN FRANCISCO’S MISSION MINYAN MARKS ARRIVAL OF NEW TORAH WITH
COMMUNITY-WIDE CELEBRATION

**May 17, 2:00 PM—6:00 PM at the Women’s Building in San Francisco’s
Mission District**

San Francisco, CA— April 2009— With jubilant celebration, The Mission
Minyan community will welcome the arrival of its first Torah on May
17, 2009.

The ushering in of the new Torah – a handwritten scroll containing the
five Books of Moses—will include dancing, singing, food and live
entertainment that begins at 2 PM at the Women’s Building in San
Francisco’s Mission District (3543 18th St. between Guerrero and
Valencia, on the first floor.)

Open to the Jewish and San Francisco community at large, the Mission
Minyan will mark the Torah’s welcome with a mixture of entertainment,
reading and teachings and an opportunity for anyone present to fill in
the final letters on the Torah parchment with the help of a scribe.
The Siyym (filling in of letters) and Torah reading will take place at
2:00 PM.  The Hachnasat Sefer Torah Festive Welcome will begin at 4:00
PM.

“The Mission Minyan began three years ago in the living room of a
community member and moved from one negotiated space after another,
having never owned its own torah,” said David Henkin, co-founder of
the Mission Minyan and member of the Torah committee, which saw this
two-year project to completion.

“We’ve never aspired to own resources or to any of the trappings of
permanence that mark the establishment of more conventional
synagogues, but having a sefer torah, inscribed specifically for the
use of our community, feels very special and very appropriate,” he
said.  “That kind of permanence is something we can all agree on.”

The Mission Minyan started its Torah pledge campaign in 2007, rapidly
raising the more than $30,000 it needed from community member
donations.  Friends, family and other communities also made donations.
The Torah took an expert scribe about a year to make and was written
specifically for the Mission Minyan on uncoated calfskin.

“We were all more than a little surprised by the overwhelming show of
support the Mission Minyan received when we started the fundraising
campaign; people just came through,” said Emily Shapiro Katz, a member
of the celebration committee.  “We’re a young community and, by many
measures, a transient community.  More than anything, though, we are a
Torah-centric community.  Our new Torah signals that the Mission
Minyan has grown up.”

For more information about the Torah celebration or the Mission
Minyan, please visit www.missionminyan.org.

THE MISSION MINYAN
The Mission Minyan is a vibrant, lay-led, pluralistic Jewish community
centered in San Francisco’s Mission District.  It gathers for
spirited, aesthetically compelling and liturgically complete prayer,
as well as study and social events.  The Mission Minyan is a highly
participatory, queer-inclusive community.  It is committed to local
tzedakah (charity) and ecological awareness.  Started in 2003, the
Mission Minyan meets every Friday night for Kabbalat Shabbat at 7:00
PM and every other Saturday morning at the Women’s Building (3543 18th
St. between Guerrero and Valencia, on the second floor.)  Today, the
Mission Minyan hosts upward of 500 participants.  For more information
about the Mission Minyan, please visit www.missionminyan.org.

EDITORS, PLEASE NOTE:
Media interested in attending/covering the Mission Minyan’s Torah
welcoming celebration should contact Lee Kravetz at
torah@missionminyan.org or by calling 510-414-3963.  Media can also
download information at www.missionminyan.org.

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Jewish Dispatches from the Durban Review Conference

Posted by Oyster on April 22, 2009

This dispatch was sent to me by my friend Liora. Liora is part of the American Jewish Committee’s young professional delegation to the Durban Review Conference (DRC), a UN conference being held in Geneva from April 19 – 24 to review progress to cobat raciscm, racial intolerance, xenophobia and related intolerances since the orginal conference held in Durban, South Africa in 2001. Unfortunately, the 2001 conference turned into an Antisemetic and anti-Israel forum, punctuated by an ugly NGO forum dominated by blatant Antisemetism. AJC and other Jewish organizations have sent delegates to Geneva as a voice to the media and conferenece participants that Antisemitism and singling out of Israel at the expenses of serious racial abuses around the world, such as Darfur and Zimbabwe, are unacceptable.

Greetings from Geneva! First I must address yesterday. What a day. I will focus on Ahmadinejad for this posting. Much to the dismay of the Western World and Jews particularly, Ahmedinejad was invited as a main guest speaker on the very first day of the Durban Review Conference. Yes, this is the same national leader who has consistently called the Holocaust a myth and called for Israel to be “Wiped off the map”. The UN could not have found a more appropriate speaker to demonstrate the hypocrisy of the Durban Review Conference and the hijacking of important racism and intolerance issues at the expense of politics.

It was odd that in the face of such controversial preparations leading to the DRC, the pending and now finalized withdrawal of key countries such as the US, Germany, Canada, Poland, Australia, Italy, etc, the UN would choose to discredit the conference further through inviting Ahmadinejad to speak.

Needless to say, there was bit of a debate within our delegation about where we belonged during the infamous speech. Clearly, an element of curiosity led us to want to hear Ahmadinejad’s hateful words for ourselves and witness the UN reaction first hand. Nonetheless, we also felt that the last thing we wanted to do was give Ahmadinejad even more of an audience for his tirade and give weight to his ideas by listening live. My fellow delegate, Naomi, and I decided we would instead attend a rally organized outside the Palais de Nations protesting Ahmadinejad’s speech. However, walking around prior to the scheduled 3:14 speech without seeing any rally, we found out that the protest was going to happen afterwords. Outside the Palais de Nations we witnessed a loud caravan of police escorts leading Ahmadinejad to the Palais de Nations. Since the rally was not happening, we decided to go inside the building in hopes of speaking to media and explaining our position on Ahmadinejad’s invitation and the DRC in general.

Inside the Palais de Nations, our timing could not have been better. As we entered, we were quickly ushered along with a delegation of about 15 Iranians, including security, cameramen, and the President of Iran himself. Naomi and I clutched each others hands, not believing that 5 feet in front of us was Ahmadinejad, and we were now ad hoc members of his delegation! We continued walking as if we completely belonged with his group, even though I was sure two noticeably American girls attached to a delegation of formal Iranian men was slightly odd.

We followed the group until we got to the main hall, where we pulled aside an Iranian cameraman and offered to be interviewed. I gave a couple-minute statement about our view that the conference was being hijacked for political reasons instead of focusing on core racism issues. I discussed Israeli’s desire to live in peace alongside the Palestinians as well as our view that Ahmadinejad’s Holocaust denials and threats to destroy Israel makes him unfit to be a lead speaker at a conference addressing Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerances. Afterwords, the cameramen told us he was one of Ahmadinejad’s official filmmakers and was doing a documentary on Ahmadinejad’s visit to the DRC which would air on Channel 1 in Iran. I’m not quite sure I believe any of that, and am a little nervous about the usage of the film!

The craziness continued as a couple minutes later it looked like ‘our’ Iranian delegation was walking into the main floor of the Palais de Nations. We quickly took our place in the delegation, walking with Ahmadinejad right past UN security. Naomi and I were thrust onto the main floor of the hall, for which only diplomats and one representative from each NGO were credentialed! We found a spot in the back, trying to look inconspicuous. We didn’t know what to expect!

When Ahmadinejad took the stage, one person jumped out onto the main floor screaming and waving his hands, wearing a clown hat! Security rushed to him and dragged him out, but another clown jumped out and did the same! The circus of the DRC and Ahmadinejad’s presence was finally demonstrated! After this ruckus, Ahmadinejad began speaking. Unfortunately we were unable to access headphones for the translation of the speech and were still bewildered at our presence on the main floor. A few minutes into his speech, delegates and diplomats on the main floor suddenly rose and walked out, booing the Iranian President. I quickly realized that this must be in protest, and Naomi and I joined the others around us who officially walked out in disgust (see video above).

It turns out that 23 countries from the EU walked out, along with Morocco, Jordan, and ironically enough, the Palestinian delegate (presumably because he objects to Hamas and their ties with Iran as well as Iranian politicization of the Palestinian issue).

Naomi and I quickly joined the European Union of Jewish Students who had organized a rally just outside the plenary hall which had its own share of excitement, advocates such as Elie Wiesel and Alan Dershowitz, and UN attempts to silence the demonstrators. More about this to come!

Overall, I felt disgusted by the events at the UN yesterday. I don’t understand why Ahmadinejad was invited, and furthermore, why he received rousing standing ovations from many delegates who did not walk out. I thought the use of clown costumes and red clown noses by protesters was a perfect symbol of the circus this conference has become. After learning more about the multilateral workings of the UN, I sadly do not believe it is the forum to tackle the serious human rights issues our world faces. UN politics unfortunately further isolate real victims of racism and discrimination, and we need to look to alternative methods to make their voices heard.

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Oy Bay’s Pick for the Jewish Music Festival: Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird, with Yuri Lane

Posted by Oyster on March 24, 2009

Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird

Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 9:00 PM also featuring Beatboxer Yuri Lane

Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 8:00 PM

Order tickets online now for Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird

Direct from Berlin, Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird’s second CD Partisans & Parasites is an explosive mix of klezmer, radical Yiddish song, political cabaret and punk folk. Thursday the 26th features Beatboxer Yuri Lane! (see below)

“Kahn writes like the rainy ghost of Woody Guthrie hitched a ride with 
Tom Waits to New Orleans, spilling accordions, ukuleles, busted pianos, and broken dreams all over the road from Brooklyn to the bayou.” – Detroit Metro Times

March 26 with Beatboxer Yuri Lane!

Rickshaw Stop Club, 155 Fell St., San Francisco
$12 students/seniors/JCC members, $14 general
Order Tickets

American Premiere and CD Release Party

With Yuri Lane, pioneer of the art of Beatbox Theater, known internationally for his one man hip-hop play From Tel Aviv to Ramallah and his beatbox harmonica videos on YouTube.

Presented in association with the Hub of the JCCSF; co-sponsored with Gaia Fund

Thursday, April 2

Congregation Beth Am
26790 Arastradero Rd., Los Altos Hills
Order Tickets

Presented in association with the Roots Collective, 
a project of Congregation Beth Am

$12 students/seniors/JCC members, $14 general

Both shows are a project of the Bay Area Jewish 
Community Centers’ Jewish Cultural Collaboration

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Oy Bay Weekend Pick: Feast of Jewish Learning ‘09!

Posted by Oyster on March 24, 2009

Don't ask how Mariana managed to get Kibbutz Har Ben-Tal to change their sign.

Don't ask how Mariana managed to get Kibbutz Har Ben-Tal to change their sign.

Oy Bay is proud to be a co-sponsor of

Bureau of Jewish Education’s 4th Annual YOUNG ADULT

Feast of Jewish Learning “Lost and Found”

Sunday, March 29, 2:00 - 7:00 p.m.

at JCHS at 1835 Ellis Street in San Francisco

Everything is FREE! Even garage parking!

  • Join your friends for 30 free workshops on Jewish texts, film, dance, philosophy, spirituality, culture, yoga, cooking, music, history, life and love
  • Taught by professors, rabbis, artists, and educators from all walks of Jewish life
  • Each participant can attend three 75-minute workshops
Everyone (21-40ish) is welcome – bring your friends!
Please take a moment to RSVP now.
Join the Feast(ivities) on Facebook.
Get the full scoop at www.bjesf.org/feast.
Questions? Contact Mariana Roytman Schiffner.
Check out the video. It’s dope:

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