Grownup alert! No matter how hip you are, you’re not invited to join the drumming circle at the Jerusalem 3000 Festival on Sunday, Oct. 13 at Marin Jewish Community Center’s Swig Field.
Teens, on the other hand, are encouraged to bring drum-making supplies such as cans, boxes and strings, and join the gang from Marin Jewish Youth Contact in the Tzedakah Tent, a Bedouin-style gathering place replete with tapestries, rugs and pillows, which will house teen events.
Drumming will be one of many activities to take place at Jerusalem 3000 Festival, 11:45 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 200 N. San Pedro Rd., San Rafael. All ages are welcome to attend, according to festival co-chairs Shelly Porges and Ovi Pasternak.
Adults can enjoy live music by Serenade, belly dancing on stage and in lessons, seminars on Israel and Jews in film, information and exhibits about Marin’s Jewish organizations and services, and of course, lots of food.
Henry Schreibman will swap his workaday role as Brandeis Hillel Day School director for that of mime, performing on stage. The Marin Jewish Community Children’s Choir will also entertain.
On the serious side, Professor William “Zev” Brinner will offer an update on Israel at 1 p.m. in Congregation Rodef Sholom’s sanctuary. At 2 p.m. in the JCC Senior Lounge, Jan Wahl, KRON/Bay TV film critic, will discuss “Jews in Film.”
Jewish-oriented arts and crafts made by local artists and artisans will be available for early Chanukah shopping, and will include ceramics, weaving, original cards, candles and jewelry. Avi-Ously Delicious will offer Mideast lunch fare, while desserts include Ben and Jerry’s ice cream.
Kids’ activities will abound. Teens can make beaded bracelets and necklaces, and taste and cook Mideast delicacies — all to the background of “Jerusalem-type music that the teens can bring,” said Mitchell Adler, MAJYC director.
“It could be klezmer or David Broza, but it should be related to Israel and Jerusalem,” he explained.
The MAJYK teens, who will dress in costumes of Israeli characters, will direct a range of hands-on art projects and activities for younger kids, such as creating “Chagall” windows and King David shields, a scavenger hunt for real Israeli shekels, and face- painting.
Additionally, the San Francisco-based Jewish Community Federation will kick off its 1997 annual campaign, providing information about what it does in the greater Jewish community.
The festival, which is free, is sponsored by the JCF, Jewish Community Relations Council, Consulate General of Israel, Osher Marin JCC, MAJYK, Congregation Kol Shofar, Congregation Rodef Sholom, Brandeis Hillel Day School, Jewish Family and Children’s Services and the JCF’s Israel Center.
For information, call 472-5128 or 499-1223.