Calendar Benefits & social events Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By J. Correspondent | September 29, 2006 Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. saturday | 30 Berkeley Bonfire of Reflection. YeaShOre Community bonfire with guest RebbeSoul. At the Berkeley Marina. 7 p.m. www.yeashore.org. wednesday | 4 “Love and War: How Jewish Women Struggle to Hold Onto Each Other.” With poet, essayist and playwright Alison Luterman. At USF, Xavier Hall, S.F. 1:30 p.m. www.artsci.usfca.edu. Irish-Israeli-Italian Society annual luncheon. Guest speaker author Alessandro Baccari. At San Francisco Italian Athletic Club, 1630 Stockton St., S.F. 11:30 a.m. $30-$40. (415) 648-2024. “Aliya: Three Generations of American Jewish Immigration to Israel.” Reading and talk with Liel Leibovitz. At BJE Jewish Community Library, 1835 Ellis St., S.F. 7:30 p.m. Free. (415) 567-3327 ext. 703. friday | 6 Interfaith Family Program. Weekend-long event and Sukkot celebration. At Camp Tawonga. (415) 543-2267. saturday | 7 Musical fundraiser and silent auction for Tzfat’s Rifka Ziv Government Hospital. At Peninsula Temple Beth El, 1700 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo. 7:30 p.m. Free. (650) 921-6204. sunday | 8 Spook’ot: A spooky Sukkot gathering for young adults. At Dolores Park, S.F. 5 p.m. (415) 751-2541 ext. 124. J. Correspondent Also On J. Bay Area Federation ups Hillel funding after year of protests and tension Local Voice Why Hersh’s death hit all of us so hard: He represented hope Art Trans and Jewish identities meld at CJM show Culture At Burning Man, a desert tribute to the Nova festival’s victims 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