JULY | | Friday, July 11, 2008
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Parents Place, 200 Channing Ave., Palo Alto
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Meet other Chai Baby families, receive your Chai Baby gift box, learn about PJ Library and other resources in the Jewish community.
Admission: Free.
Sponsored by: Chai Baby, Parents Place
Contact: Chai Baby, 415.777.4545, chaibaby@sfjcf.org | Tuesday, July 15, 2008
6:00 p.m. | Jewish Community Federation, 121 Steuart Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco
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Do you identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Queer? Do you identify as Jewish or as a community leader? Are you interested in leveraging your skills to help build our LGBT Jewish community? If yes, please join us for an informational meeting on our forming LGBT Alliance Lay Leadership Outreach Committee.
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Sponsored by: LGBT Alliance, Congregation Sha'ar Zahav
RSVP: LGBT Alliance, 415.369.2863, lgbt@sfjcf.org | Tuesday, July 15, 2008
8:00 p.m. | Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California Street, San Francisco
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Former Soviet dissident, political prisoner, and human rights icon, Natan Sharansky has spent his life championing democracy and freedom.
His latest book, Defending Identity, is a piercing examination of the dominant force that shapes political interactions and its indispensable role in protecting democracy.
Admission: CCSF Members: $15 | Public: $18 | Students: $10.
Sponsored by: The Israel Center, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
Contact: JCC of San Francisco, 415.292.1200, info@jccsf.org | Saturday, July 19, 2008
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Congregation Sherith Israel, 2266 California St., San Francisco
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Bring your little ones in their "PJs" for songs, dancing, and a pizza party. More info.
Admission: Free.
Sponsored by: Congregation Sherith Israel, Chai Baby
Contact: Gail Green, 415.512.6233, gailg@sfjcf.org | Thursday, July 24, 2008 - Monday,
August 11, 2008 | San Francisco, Berkeley, Palo Alto, San Rafael
It is the world’s first and largest Jewish film festival, takes place in San Francisco and three other Bay Area cities in late July and early August, drawing an audience of approximately 30,000 people.
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Sponsored by: Osher Marin JCC, Albert L. Schultz Jewish Community Center
Contact: San Jose Jewish Film Festival Office, 408.358.5929, info@sjjff.org | Monday, July 28, 2008 - Thursday,
August 7, 2008
9:30 p.m. | San Francisco, Berkeley, Palo Alto
This entertaining religious mystery is a dramatic inside view of women and their struggle to be heard in the patriarchal world of the ultra-orthodox.
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Sponsored by: Jewish Mosaic, Frameline Film Festival, LGBT Alliance, The Israel Center, Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Contact: LGBT Alliance, 415.369.2863, lgbt@sfjcf.org | Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - Monday,
August 4, 2008
4:30 p.m. | San Francisco, 429 Castro Street, Berkeley
More than 16 years have passed since furrier Stefan Braun passed away, but for Eliezer Rath, his lover and life-partner for 39 years, Stefan's heart is still beating. Day in and day out he sits in Stefan's room which hasn’t been touched since Stefan's passed a way, recording himself talking to him. He is confronted by Stefan's cohesive family who raise doubts and suspicions about Stefan's last days in light of the will he left behind.
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Sponsored by: Frameline Film Festival, Jewish Mosaic, LGBT Alliance, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, Congregation Sha'ar Zahav
Contact: LGBT Alliance, 415.369.2863, lgbt@sfjcf.org | Tuesday, July 29, 2008
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. | Castro Theatre & The Bar on Castro, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco
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Come see pride and prejudice collide in the award-winning documentary Jerusalem Is Proud to Present, about the 2006 World Pride Conference in Jerusalem, 7:00pm at the Castro Theatre. Following the Castro screening, Nitzan Gilady, the Director, will participate in a panel on Pride & Prejudice: LGBT Rights in Jewish Life Today. More info.
Sponsored by: Frameline Film Festival, Bureau of Jewish Education, Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay, the Hub at the JCCSF, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, Jewish Mosaic, LGBT Alliance
Contact: LGBT Alliance, 415.369.2863, lgbt@sfjcf.org
Register online | AUGUST | | Saturday, August 2, 2008 - Sunday,
August 3, 2008
2:00 p.m. | Berkeley, 2025 Addison St, San Francisco
This film is a thorough investigation of the tradition and implications of circumcision under the humorous pretext of the director looking for his missing piece.
Sponsored by: Frameline Film Festival, Jewish Mosaic, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, LGBT Alliance
Contact: LGBT Alliance, 415.369.2863, lgbt@sfjcf.org | Tuesday, August 5, 2008
4:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. | The Roda Theatre (Berkeley Rep), 2025 Addison Street, Berkeley
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Join the LGBT Alliance for two Jewish Film Festival showings followed by rockin drinks in the East Bay!
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Sponsored by: the Hub at the JCCSF, Jewish Community Center of the East Bay, Frameline Film Festival, Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, Bureau of Jewish Education, American Jewish World Service, The Israel Center, Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay, Jewish Mosaic, Nehirim, LGBT Alliance, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Contact: LGBT Alliance, 415.369.2863, lgbt@sfjcf.org | Thursday, August 28, 2008 - Sunday,
August 31, 2008 | Camp Tawonga, 131 Steuart Street, Suite 460, San Francisco
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Providing a strong community for LGBT parents and their children to learn, explore, and play in the beauty of the Sierra Mountains!
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Admission: Adults $305.
Sponsored by: Camp Tawonga, LGBT Alliance
Contact: LGBT Alliance, 415.369.2863, lgbt@sfjcf.org
Register online | SEPTEMBER | | Sunday, September 7, 2008
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | TBD, TBD
Annual Women's Alliance Board Retreat
Sponsored by: Women's Alliance
Contact: The Women's Alliance (San Francisco), 415.512.6292, women@sfjcf.org | Monday, September 8, 2008 - Wednesday,
September 17, 2008 | Jewish Community Federation's LGBT Alliance, 121 Steuart Street, San Francisco
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A 10-Day trip for people in their 20's and 30's who want to experience Israel from a LGBT Queer perspective.
You never thought a trip to Israel could be so gay.
You never thought a gay trip could be so Jewish.
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Admission: Double Occupancy and without airfare: $1,199.
Sponsored by: Young Judea, LGBT Alliance
Contact: LGBT Alliance, 415.369.2863, lgbt@sfjcf.org
Register online | Thursday, September 18, 2008
7:30 p.m. | JCC East Bay, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley
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Filmmaker Parvez Sharma travels the many worlds of this dynamic faith, discovering the stories of its most unlikely storytellers: lesbian and gay Muslims.
Admission: $8.
Sponsored by: Jewish Mosaic, Jewish Community Center of the East Bay, LGBT Alliance
Contact: LGBT Alliance, 415.369.2863, lgbt@sfjcf.org
Register online | OCTOBER | |
Date TBA
10:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. | TBD, TBD
Fundraising event honoring Lions of Judah in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Sponsored by: Women's Alliance
RSVP: Women's Alliance, 415.512.6297, women@sfjcf.org | NOVEMBER | | Monday, November 3, 2008
7:45 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Four Seasons Hotel, 757 Market Street, San Francisco
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Learn from top legal, tax and financial professionals.
Admission: Morning Session $80, Lunch Session $30, Morning & Lunch $110.
Sponsored by: Jewish Community Endowment Fund
Contact: Tax Seminar, 415.512.6215, taxseminar@sfjcf.org | Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - Sunday,
November 16, 2008 | ILOJ, Tel Aviv, Israel
Join other Lion of Judah women from all over the world as we come together and celebrate in Tel Aviv. This conference leads up to the GA in Jerusalem. More info.
Sponsored by: Women's Alliance
Contact: The Women's Alliance (San Francisco), 415.512.6292, women@sfjcf.org | Sunday, November 16, 2008 | Jerusalem, Israel
The 2008 GA -- the third to be held in Israel -- will mark Israel's 60th anniversary with a series of high-profile meetings and events in Jerusalem, inspirational visits to the North and South to see how UJC/Federation-supported work supports the Jewish state, and to Israel's cosmopolitan hub, Tel Aviv.
Admission: $300 - $600.
Sponsored by: United Jewish Communities
Contact: UJC Direct, 212.284.6944, ujcdirect@ujc.org
Register online | Tuesday, November 18, 2008
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Jewish Community Federation, 121 Steaurt Street, Levitas Library, San Francisco
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Review of Endowment Grant Guidelines including Endowment Fund Policy Statements.
Admission: None.
Sponsored by: Jewish Community Endowment Fund
Contact: JCF, 415.777.0411, info@sfjcf.org | Wednesday, November 19, 2008
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Jewish Community Federation, 121 Steaurt Street, Levitas Library, San Francisco
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Review of Endowment Grant Guidelines including Endowment Fund Policy Statement.
Admission: None.
Sponsored by: Jewish Community Endowment Fund
Contact: JCF, 415.777.0411, info@sfjcf.org | DECEMBER | | Tuesday, December 2, 2008
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Jewish Community Federation, 121 Steaurt Street, Koret - Boardroom, San Francisco
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Meeting to develop community recognition and support for the Jewish Community Endowment Fund. Review of Endowment Grant Guidelines and Endowment Fund Policy Statement.
Admission: None.
Sponsored by: JCF, Jewish Community Endowment Fund
Contact: JCF, 415.777.0411, info@sfjcf.org | Sunday, December 21, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Peninsula Jewish Community Center, 800 Foster City Blvd., Foster City
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Revel in the spirit of Hanukkah with this annual family favorite! Spend a festive afternoon enjoying live music, entertainment, arts and crafts, adult learning sessions, latkes, and more!
Admission: Free.
Sponsored by: Peninsula Jewish Community Center, North Peninsula Region
Contact: North Peninsula Region, 650.349.1523, northpen@sfjcf.org | MAY | | Friday, May 8, 2009 - Sunday,
May 10, 2009 | Walker Creek Ranch, 1700 Marshall-Petaluma Road, Petaluma
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Join 100 queer Jews, partners, and allies for a weekend unlike any other.
Sponsored by: Jewish Mosaic, Nehirim, Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, LGBT Alliance
Contact: LGBT Alliance, 415.369.2863, lgbt@sfjcf.org |
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