It's never too EARLY to think about going to Israel!

FREE program presented by our partners, the Jewish Community Library

In partnership with the East Bay International Jewish Film Festival and the Contra Costa Jewish Community Center

Join Rachel Biale for the launch of her historical novel, Lost and Found, based on the true story of a Viennese Jewish family on the refugee boat with Rachel’s parents, all fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. Apprehended at sea by the British Navy, the family, with other refugees, boards the Patria, a large ship in the Haifa harbor, to be deported to the island of Mauritius. Moments after their arrival on the Patria deck there is an explosion; the ship sinks and their four-year-old boy disappears. The novel weaves a fictional narrative from that point forward, anchored in the family’s true story and built on historically authentic portrayals of WWII Haifa, a city shared (as it is today) by Moslems, Jews and Christians. Each community plays a key role as the drama unfolds.

In partnership with Berkeley Rep and Taube Philanthropies

Sunday, December 4 @ 2-4:30pm

In Partnership with Brandeis University Alumni Network and Congregation B'nai Tikvah in Walnut Creek

In partnership with JIMENA

In partnership with Klez California, the East Bay International Jewish Film Festival, and Temple Isaiah

In partnership with Jimena and Congregation Beth El

Join us on a musical journey from "I Have a Little Dreidel" and "Rock of Ages" to original songs, hilarious Tom Lehrer satiric numbers, and Hanukkah-themed new lyrics set to music by Leonard Bernstein and other acclaimed composers. Listen to songs you may have never heard about the Maccabees, the history of Hanukkah, and the "miracle" of making edible latkes in the song "Latkes, Shmatkes.”