Benefits & social events Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By J. Correspondent | June 28, 2013 John Schott (left) and Glenn Hartmann of Ark Ensemble Pomp and circumstance The Jewish Music Festival says goodbye to director Ellie Shapiro, who is traveling to Poland for a year as a Fulbright fellow, and celebrates its annual fundraiser with a dance party and music from Jewish super group the Ark Ensemble and klezmer trio Veretski Pass. 8 p.m. Saturday, July 13 at JCC East Bay, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley. $36. www.jewishmusicfestival.org sunday/30 San Francisco Pride Parade. March with the Bend the Arc contingent down Market Street. 10:30 a.m. Free. For location, visit http://bay.bendthearc.us/events-bay. thursday/4 Kosher BBQ and pool party. Hosted by Jews’ Next Dor. At private residence, San Jose. 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $10. RSVP for address to http://goo.gl/AHjNj. tuesday/9 “Hillel Sizzlers.” Kosher BBQ for young adults. At Hillel of Silicon Valley, 44 S. 11th St., San Jose. 5 p.m. Free. www.hillelsv.org. saturday/13 Israeli folk dance party. Café Shalom presents monthly dancing and munchies. At St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, 1399 43rd Ave., S.F. 7:30 p.m. $5-$8. café[email protected] Second Saturday. Night for Jewish young adults with dancing, drink specials and appetizers. At the Cellar, 685 Sutter St., S.F. 8 p.m. $15 includes four drinks. www.cellarsf.com. J. Correspondent Also On J. Israel In Israel, American teens join protests — or not The Bagel Report ‘Extrapolations’ and AI haggadahs Bay Area Storm damage shutters Beth Ami's preschool indefinitely Local Voice Legal protections for trans people are long overdue Subscribe to our Newsletter Enter Email Sign Up