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Newsbriefs: March 2007

Young Adult Mission To New Orleans

The Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans is inviting Jewish young adults from throughout North America to a Tikkun Olam rebuilding mission May 11-12, with optional programming May 10 and May 13. The mission includes meals, hotel, transportation, Kosher-style Cajun/N’awlins food and the opportunity to help rebuild the community devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Join in making a difference in the world, one mitzvah and one community at a time. For more information, contact Amy Enchelmeyer at the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans. amy@jewishnola.com or (504) 780-5604.

Lag B'Omer Community Event Sunday, May 6 at Levy Family Campus

Save the date for a big, community LAg B'Omer celebration at the Levy Family Campus on Sunday, May 6 in the afternoon. The celebration will include a music concert on the lawn, food, games, a song circle and more. The event will be open to the public. Shannon and Scott Guggenheim will produce the event. For more information please contact Arielle Hendel at (408) 357-7501 or Arielle@jvalley.og.

Preschool parenting seminars

Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley and the Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center Preschool are launching a series of parenting seminars for parents of young children.
The program will begin with free discussions on various topics. The schedule is March 6, Communicating with young children; March 13, Family traditions and quality time; March 20, Toilet learning; March 27, Feeling parental guilt. The discussions will be an opportunity to exchange ideas with other parents. Lizi Oceransky, Social Services/Counselor for Jewish Family Services, and Cyndi Sherman, APJCC Director of Early Childhood Services, will facilitate the discussions. The seminars will be held in a preschool classroom from 9 -10 a.m. Bring questions and ideas and stop by! For more information call Lizi at (408) 357-7425.

Passover Food Drive

Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley is kicking off its annual Passover Food Drive on March 11 at Connections. Beginning March 12, food drive barrels will be available at the Albertson's Supermarkets in Los Altos and the El Paseo shopping center and the Levy Family Campus lobby. Kosher for Passover food items will bedistributed to lower income and elderly Jews. This year, local synagogues, a San Jose State Jewish fraternity, Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County, campus agencies, and South Peninsula Hebrew Day School will participate.
Below is a partial list of items that can be donated: gefilte fish, horseradish, jam, candies, honey, latke mix, potato starch wine, matzohball soup in a jar, matzot, macaroons, cookies, dried fruit (pre-bagged or pre-boxed), matzoh meal, cake meal and tea. People unable to donated food, may sponsor a package with a $36 donation. For more information on the Passover Food Drive or to sponsor a package, please contact Marilyn Popper at (408) 357-7453.

Tallit Painting Class

Congregation Shir Hadash will host a tallit (prayer shawl) painting class on Sunday, March 25, from 1 to 5 p.m. in the Oneg Room. San Francisco artist Natasha Foucault will teach attendees how to create their own tallit on silk. A $45 per person fee includes all materials (except the tzitzit kit). Children 10 years old and older are welcome to attend alone. To RSVP and reserve a place in the class, please drop off a check made out to Natasha Foucault at the Shir Hadash office. Questions on the class can be directed to Paula Riley at paulariley@sbcglobal.net.

Passover in the Aisles

Congregation Beth David will have volunteers in two local Albertsons supermarkets this month for its “Passover in the Aisles” programs. On March 25 and 29, volunteers will staff tables inside the supermarkets to answer questions about Passover and the local Jewish community. A raffle will encourage people to fill out information cards. ?
The goal of this program is to reach out to the unaffiliated Jewish community, and to create good interfaith relationships with people in the general community. For more information contact Barbara Biran at Congregation Beth David at (408) 366-9106

Chamber Players at APJCC March 25

The Addison–Penzak Jewish Community Center of Silicon Valley will host a concert featuring the “San Jose Chamber Players” on Sunday, March 25 at 2 p.m. The concert will include compositions from Beethoven, Bloch and Brahms and will be followed by a reception with appetizers and the opportunity to meet the artists.
The “San Jose Chamber Players” was founded in 1989 by cellist Peter Gelfand, and has performed with virtually every major arts organization and educational institution in Santa Clara Valley. The ensemble includes Gelfand, violinist Christina Mok and pianist Mark Anderson. In 2005, Mr. Gelfand was named the Artistic Advisor for the APJCC, where his “San Jose Chamber Players” have been designated Artists-in-Residence.
Tickets cost $40-per-family, $18-adult, $15-senior and $10-children 18 and under. For more information or tickets call (408) 357-7492.

Healthy Living Health Fair 2007

Congregation Shir Hadash is partnering with the Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church to host a Healthy Living Health Fair 2007 on Sunday, April 29 from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m.
The fair offers health care services and information to the medically under-served community. At last year’s Health Fair, more than 3,000 county residents attended. Primary-care physicians, nurses and other health professionals are needed to help with blood pressure checks, obesity screening, and counseling after glucose and cholesterol screenings, and to interpret bone-density tests. Multi-lingual health care providers (Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese) are especially needed.
Other needs include people to assist with the set-up and clean-up, donations of tooth brushes, toothpaste, and dental floss, attorneys, especially immigration attorneys, to offer legal information, and cash donations to help offset the cost of table and chair rentals, snacks, busses and other items. To help in any area, please contact Joe Isaacson, jmimd@comcast.net or (408) 656-1516. As it says in the Talmud, “To save one life is as if you have saved the world.”

Yavneh Gala on May 20

In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Yavneh Day School will throw a tremendous party on Sunday, May 20, 2007, at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of the Levy Family Campus. The theme of the school’s celebration is “From Silver to Gold: Foundation for the Future,” commemorating the past 25 years and looking forward to a strong and healthy golden jubilee. Stephanie Milrad, a parent of a student in Gan (Kindergarten), is the chair of the event.
The gala will honor Lew and Jean Wolff for their exceptional generosity. Special outreach efforts are being made to locate alumni and encourage them to attend the May 20th Gala, by offering alumni tickets at a special rate. Please contact Eleanor Weber Dickman at (408) 357-7475 or Eleanor@yavnehdayschool.org for more information.

Middle School tuition discounts offered for Yavneh students

Yavneh Day School recently announced the continuation of its middle school pioneer grant for the 2007-2008 school year. The program, which offers a $2000 tuition discount to 6th grade students, a $1000 discount to 7th grade students and a $500 discount to 8th grade students, is considered a “need-blind” subsidy. All middle school students are eligible and no means test or provision of income statement is required. More

Israeli author at Beth David Feb. 15

Author Eva Etzioni-Halevy, professor emeritus of political sociology at Bar-Ilan University, will speak at Congregation Beth David on February 15 at 7:30 p.m. She will discuss her new novel, “The Garden of Ruth,” based on the biblical tale of Ruth the Moabite. More

Author to speak about growing up in a Jewish-Arabic family in America

Author Jack Marshall will speak at Congregation Beth David on Thursday, November 9, at 7:30 p.m. In his memoir, he explores the expulsion of Arabic-speaking (Sephardic, or Mizrachi) Jews from Spain in 1492, and their scattering into Muslim countries, including the difference in treatment by their host monarchs from their European (Ashkenazic) counterparts, and their emigration to America during the Depression. In America, they comprised an insular minority within a minority, keeping their Old World customs and language and rigorously observing their ancient Jewish laws and traditions, while adjusting to the demands of earning a living and raising their families in the New World.

Besides the memoir, “From Baghdad to Brooklyn,” Marshall has published ten volumes of poetry and received several awards. He has been a writer-in-residence and taught at the University of Iowa Writers Workshop, San Francisco State University, University of Hawaii, and UC Davis. Book sales and signing will follow the lecture. This talk is part of the Conversations in Jewish Learning (CJL) lecture series, and is free to members and CJL partners; a $5 donation is requested from non-members. For more information please call 257-3333.

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