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Yom HaShoah event with screening of film about Jewish journalists secretly reporting on Nazi atrocities in the Warsaw Ghetto. In English, Polish and Yiddish with subtitles. Free.
Israel’s consul general to the Pacific Northwest discusses the Israeli elections, American Jewry and other topics. Must be accompanied by a Beth El member. Free; RSVP required.
For Jewish families who have members that identify as bi or multiracial or as Jews of color. Food provided, bring drinks and dessert to share.
Koret visiting scholar Tomer Persico and J. editor-in-chief Sue Fishkoff discuss what has shifted in Israeli society/politics, what hasn’t and what the future might hold. Sponsored by J Street.
Jewish Baby Network prep-for-Rosh-Hashanah event with singing, movement and puppets. Bring a blanket. For families with kids 1½ years and younger, and older siblings. $10 suggested donation.
Reform congregation invites the community to an event with family-friendly programming, performance by Beth El’s chorus, Havdalah and catered dinner. Registration required.
Event with Passover songs, crafts, puppets and dancing. Single-serve snacks and drinks provided. Masks required for 2 and up. Presented by Jewish Baby Network and Beth El Katanchiks program. Registration required.
Event for the community includes a falafel bar and Israeli dinner, a “Western Wall,” a “visit” to Tsfat, Israeli games and other festivities. Plus a report (also available on Zoom) from a local J Street member who went on a recent trip to Israel and the West Bank that included 10 members of Congress.
S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation presents a program on handling interactions with an unknown person at an event, countering an active threat and making good decisions under stress. With security/safety experts, including the man who trained the Colleyville, Texas rabbi. Each two-hour course is identical. 11:30 a.m. May 15 at Peninsula Sinai (Foster City); 5 p.m. May 15 at Beth Sholom (San Francisco); 7 p.m. May 16 at Ner Shalom (Cotati); 7 p.m. May 17 at Beth Chaim (Danville); 7 p.m.…
S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation presents a program on handling interactions with an unknown person at an event, countering an active threat and making good decisions under stress. With security/safety experts, including the man who trained the Colleyville, Texas rabbi. Registration required.
Historian Michael Uhl discusses his German-language book about the tragic story of Betty Rosenfeld, a nurse who escaped from Germany to pre-state Israel, participated in the Spanish Civil War, and eventually was caught by the Nazis and murdered in Auschwitz. Followed by Q&A about pre-war Jewish society in Germany.