Education Free talks and activities fill the festival of learning Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By J. Correspondent | February 2, 2001 Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. It will take place at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11 at Congregation Beth Israel-Judea, 625 Brotherhood Way, S.F. Information: Ruth Amber, (415) 586-8833. Moskovitz also will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13 during PAJE [Peninsula Academy of Jewish Education] Opening Night at Peninsula Sinai Congregation, 499 Boothbay Ave., Foster City. Information: Rebecca Schwartz, (650) 349-1610. *"Jewish Heroes of Tinseltown: How Jewish Are They?" This session led Amy Holberg, a specialist in Jewish identity and visual arts, will look at clips from films starring Barbra Streisand, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen and Bette Midler. The group will discuss Jewish heroes in film — what makes them Jewish and how Jewish are they? It will take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Congregation Beth Sholom, 1301 Clement St., S.F. Information: Rabbi Dorothy Richman, (415) 221-8736, ext. 222. She also will speak at 7 p.m. Feb. 13 during PAJE Opening Night (see above). *"To Make the World Whole: Songs of Peace, Protest, and Change" Mark Levy, musician and music teacher, will lead a program on songs written by the heroes of the labor, feminist, peace and environmental movements of the past 125 years, many of whose leaders were Jewish. The event will be part of PAJE Opening Night at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13 (see above). J. Correspondent Also On J. Music Ukraine's Kommuna Lux brings klezmer and Balkan soul to Bay Area Religion Free and low-cost High Holiday services around the Bay Area Bay Area Israeli American reporter joins J. through California fellowship Local Voice Israel isn’t living up to its founding aspirations Subscribe to our Newsletter I would like to receive the following newsletters: Weekday J From Our Sponsors (helps fund our journalism) Your Sunday J Holiday Bytes