March 12: PresenTense Zionism Panel in San Francisco

Yes, you heard us right. A panel on Zionism, in San Francisco.

San Francisco: Zionism Now!

Four leaders speak on the present and future of Zionism, with Ariel Beery

Host:	PresenTense Magazine
Type:	Education – Lecture
Network:	Global

Date:	Thursday, March 12, 2009
Time:	6:00pm – 7:00pm
Location:	Jewish Community High School of the Bay
Street:	1835 Ellis St.
City/Town:	San Francisco, CA
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Phone:	4153459777
Email:	contact@presentense.org

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Description

Is the Zionist tradition alive and well? What is the future of Zionism in Israel and the Diaspora?
Come hear four prominent panelists speak on living Zionism– in today’s worlds of arts and culture, media, politics and social entrepreneurship.

PANELIST BIOS:

Zack Bodner is the Pacific Northwest Regional Director for AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, America’s pro-Israel lobby that works to ensure American support for Israel remains strong.

Jonathan Carey is the Executive Director of BlueStarPR, a San Francisco- based non-profit that promotes Israel within communities and campuses challenged by anti-Israel sentiments. Through positive posters, billboards and DVDs designed to build knowledge and understanding, BlueStarPR highlights Israeli successes in the areas of democracy, innovations, freedom of the press, assembly and speech and minority rights.

Ariel Beery is co-director and CEO of the PresenTense Group, which is growing a new generation of halutzim–social entrepreneurs who are developing infrastructure for the Jewish People in the 21st century. As a widely published columnist, Ariel frequently writes about the future of Zionism and the Jewish People.

Alan Kaufman is a San Francisco-based author and artist. His recent books are the widely acclaimed JewBoy: A Memoir, and Matches, a novel about soldiers serving in the West Bank. Alan is a co-founder of Miriam Books with Polly Zavadivker, and his paintings are the subject of its first publication,Visionary Expressionism: A Zionist Art.

Panel will be moderated by Polly Zavadivker, a graduate student in Jewish History at UC Santa Cruz, and Program Officer at The Jewish Community Foundation/Federation in Oakland.

Editor’s Note: Oy Bay is a digital publication of the PresenTense Group.