Annie Bloom’s welcomes Oakland author Hilary Zaid, whose debut novel is Paper Is White. Zaid will be in conversation with Portland poet Willa Schneberg.
Paper Is White:
When Holocaust oral historian Ellen Margolis and her girlfriend decide to get married, Ellen’s search for a blessing leads her into a complicated relationship with a wily survivor of the Kaunas Ghetto, a woman in search of a blessing of her own. Set in ebullient, 1990s Dot-com era San Francisco, Paper is White is a novel about the gravitational pull of the past and the words we must find to make ourselves whole.
Join our Emeritus Rabi for weekly study of our sacred texts.
Families with children ages 4-5 are invited to come check out Neveh Shalom’s education program, ALIYAH! Feel free to invite friends with children of Kindergarten age or older to join us as well.
Families will meet in the Main Lobby at the dates/times listed below for a tour with Mel and then visit our Kindergarten classes. Please RSVP to Mel Berwin at mberwin@nevehshalom.org
- Weds, Mar. 21, 4:30pm
- Sun, Apr 15, 9:30am
- Sun, Apr. 29, 9:30am
Weds, May 2, 4:30pm
Exhibits Feb. 16- May 27
Vedem: The Underground Magazine of the Terezin Ghetto
Vedem Underground examines the literary magazine written by Jewish teens imprisoned at Terezin, a Nazi camp in Czechoslovakia during the Second World War. Using pop-art graphics, drawings and paintings, and the prose and poetry, these brave adolescents secretly wrote and illustrated the longest-running underground magazine in a Nazi camp. Vedem (Czech for “In the Lead”) documented their voices with defiance, humor and heartbreak. The exhibition breaks down their 800 original pages and reconstructs them in the form of a contemporary magazine. Curated by Rina Taraseiskey and Danny King.
To Tell The Story: The Wolloch Holocaust Haggadah
On view in the East Gallery: Commissioned by Helene and Zygfryd B. Wolloch, The Holocaust Haggadah is richly illustrated with lithographic prints by David Wander and calligraphy by Yonah Weinreb that link the story of liberation from ancient Egypt to the Holocaust.
Join us for a fun, introductory Israeli dance class. All levels are welcome. Six people needed to run class. Instructor: Allsion Victor
Register with code: CG302
Everyone has a story to tell and every story is unique, interesting, and special. In this workshop you will have an opportunity to write your story in a supportive, noncritical atmosphere. Dorothy Dworkin, an experienced author, columnist, and writing coach, will offer prompts and suggestions to get you started on writing your stories.
Every Thursday April 5-May 3. Class on April 19 will begin at 12:00 pm.
Class is located in Ballroom A.
Class size is limited to 12.
Weekly learning and discussion with Rabbi Emeritus, Daniel Isaak.
Keep The Change Opens Friday May 4 (length of run may be extended)
Film inspired by Adaptations a community for adults on the autism spectrum that meets at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Manhattan.
Two adults on the autism spectrum strike up an unlikely and transformative relationship
in Rachel Israel’s charming romantic comedy with a message of acceptance and inclusion.
Show times daily: 11:45 am, 2:40 pm, 4:30 pm, 6:40 pm and 8:50 pm
When aspiring filmmaker David (Brandon Polansky) is mandated by a judge to attend a social program at the Jewish Community Center, he is sure of one thing: he doesn’t belong there. But when he’s assigned to visit the Brooklyn Bridge with the vivacious Sarah (Samantha Elisofon), sparks fly and his convictions are tested. Their budding relationship must weather Sarah’s romantic past, David’s judgmental mother (Jessica Walter), and their own pre-conceptions of what love is supposed to look like. Under the guise of an off-kilter New York romantic comedy, KEEP THE CHANGE does something quite radical in offering a refreshingly honest portrait of a community seldom depicted on the big screen. Rarely has a romcom felt so deep and poignant. Thoroughly charming and quite funny, the film’s warmth and candor brings growth and transformation to the characters, and ultimately, to us.
While David struggles to come to terms with his own autism, he unexpectedly falls for Sarah, a quirky and outgoing woman whose lust for life both irks and fascinates him. As David and Sarah’s relationship evolves, KEEP THE CHANGE blossoms into a refreshingly off-kilter story about the ups-and-downs of romantic love– and the rewards of acceptance, self-love and mutual trust.
Film Director Rachel Israel cast KEEP THE CHANGE with non-professional actors from Adaptation and she worked closely with them to create fictional versions of themselves for the film.
An endearing and naturalistic romantic comedy about people navigating the difficulties of a relationship, Keep the Change details an underrepresented community with authenticity, optimism and humor.
Join other families for prayer, singing, conversation and fun followed by an indoor picnic-style lunch.
Join other young families for singing, dancing, stories, indoor picnic-style lunch and Shabbat fun.