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Music |
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2008 Jewish Music Festival Israel @ 60 - Chen Zimbalista and Friends Israeli percussionist Chen Zimbalista has dazzled audiences around the world with an enchanting array of rhythmic sounds that he cajoles from more than forty instruments, played with his lightening quick hands, some of them at the same time. His music – a euphonious blend of pulses and beats – defies classification. A true feast for the senses, his programs are taken from classical, blues, jazz and occasionally rock idioms. March 27 (Thursday) @ 7:30pm - St. John’s Presbyterian Church - 2727 College Avenue, Berkeley - map - www.brownpapertickets.com - $20-$24 & March 31 (Monday) @ 7:30pm - Congregation Emanu-El - 2 Lake St., San Francisco - map - www.jewishmusicfestival.org - $17-$20 The Ark presents CYCLICAL RITUALS (part 1): Spring This World Premiere showcases the historic collaboration of nine internationally-renowned artists from Israel, Ukraine, New York, New Orleans and the Bay Area. As singularly innovative musicians they defy the limits of Jewish musicians in their exploration of tradition, creativity, time, environment through art and music. March 29 (Saturday) @ 8:00pm - JCC San Francisco - 3200 California St., San Francisco - map - www.jewishmusicfestival.org - $18-$24 |
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Women's Concert - A Journey Through Music Join women from across the Bay Area for a magical Rosh Chodesh evening of music, featuring internationally acclaimed singer and actress Caroline Cohen. Proceeds to benefit Friends of the Israel Defense Forces. April 6 (Sunday) @ 6:30pm - Cubberley Community Center Theatre - 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto - map - $35 General / $18 Seniors |
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Dance |
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Shlomit Fundaminsky - Skid Marks "Skid Marks" is a story about a couple and the way they choose to live their lives. They live so close to each other; they easily unite into one person, but almost without looking. They are not able to communicate; their world is full of visions, desires, strength, fears and innocence as their only way of existence. Despite all their desires to leave, they box themselves and escape into their imagination. They spend their lives fighting about territory, building walls and borders; ignoring the fact they are sharing an unavoidable fate living side by side. May 30 (Friday) @ 7:00 pm, May 31 (Saturday) @ 2:00 pm, June 1 (Sunday) @ 9:30 pm - Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th Street, San Francisco- map - www.brownpapertickets.com - $20 General Admission |
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Theater |
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Address Unknown This play is based on a 1938 novel, which was written as a series of letters between a Jewish art dealer living in San Francisco and his business partner, who had returned to Germany in 1932 and adopted gradually the Nazism ideology. The novel is credited with exposing, early on, the dangers of Nazism to the American public. In 2002, the Hebrew text was adapted by Avi Malka to this theatre production. April 6 (Sunday) @ 7:30 pm - Congregation Beth Am - 26790 Arastradero Road, Los Altos Hills - map - www.betham.org - Vered: (408) 530-8243 - Tziona: (650) 965-2799 - Orly's Book Store: (408) 732-3238 ( Visa/MC) - $20 Student (up to 30 years old), $35 General Admission, $50 Front Row |
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Lectures |
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On the Cutting Edge: Israel’s Environmental Conservation With Dr. Michal Perle-Kellner Join us as Environmental Engineer and Fulbright Scholar Dr. Michal Perle-Kellner discusses Israel’s cutting-edge advancement in environmental technology. Dr. Perle-Kellner will address Israel’s unique environmental challenges and innovations used to achieve high-level conservation. April 9 (Wednesday) @ 8:30 am - Jewish Community Center of San Francisco - Boardroom - 121 Steuart St., San Francisco - map - www.israelinthebay.org - FREE |
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The Miraculous Rebirth of the Hebrew Language With Rabbi Eliezer Ben-Yehuda Congregation Beth Israel-Judea is privileged to host a visiting scholar who will offer a fascinating presentation on a subject of great historical significance. Rabbi Ben -Yehuda is the grandson of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the founder of modern Hebrew. He will do the D'var Torah portion of the Friday evening service, which will be followed by a reception and his presentation. March 28 (Friday) @ 7:30 pm (services), 8:30 pm (reception) - Congregation Beth Israel-Judea - 625 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco - map - www.bij.org - (415) 678-0327 - FREE |
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Films |
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Jellyfish Poignant, often witty and exceedingly dramatic, Jellyfish tells the story of three very different Tel Aviv women whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Co-directors and husband and wife team, Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen, are popular Israeli writers. Jellyfish, their first feature-length film won the prestigious Camera d'Or for Best First Feature at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. April 12 (Saturday) @ 9:30pm - Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) - 2700 24th Ave. E, Seattle - map - www.ticketweb.com - $10 General / $7 Student |
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Art & Exhibitions |
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Shai Kremer: Broken Promised Land The Robert Koch Gallery presents a selection of large-scale color photographs of Israeli landscape transformed by the military presence. Shai Kremer’s transfixing compositions explore contested territory throughout Israel. Whitney Museum Curator Sylvia Wolf comments that Kremer’s photography is “rich in contradiction and reflects both aggression and vulnerability.” His images mirror the psychological trauma and resulting ambivalence of living in a world of on-going friction. His work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. April 3 - May 31 - Robert Koch Gallery - 49 Geary St., San Francisco - map - www.kochgallery.com - (415) 421-0122 |
| Treasures from the Holy Land at the Legion of Honor This exhibition includes rotating examples of the rare and precious Dead Sea Scroll fragments in addition to artifacts spanning over 5000 years, from the Chalcolithic Age (4,000 BC) to the Fatimid Period (11th century AD). The Dead Sea Scrolls are one of the greatest archaeological discoveries in history. All of the treasures on view are on loan from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), and most have never been seen outside of Israel. Free-$10 February 16 - August 10 @ 9:30am-5:15 pm - Legion of Honor - Lincoln Park, 100 34th Avenue, San Francisco - map - www.thinker.org |
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| @60.art.israel.world Sixty years after the establishment of the state of Israel, Israeli art is truly integrated into the contemporary global culture. Savvy, bold, thoughtful, beautiful—Israeli art is a presence in private and public collections worldwide. In a collaboration with the Judah L. Magnus Museum and the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest, this exhibition brings together work from the last decade by Israeli artists found in important private Bay Area collections. February 19 - July 27 - Judah L. Magnes Museum - 2911 Russell Street, Berkeley - map - www.magnes.org - (510) 549-6950 |
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Mailing List & Calendars |
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Israeli Consulate's Mailing List Looking for the latest on Israeli news, opinions, culture, and events happening in our region? Check out the various Israeli Consulate mailing lists. You can easily modify your subscription at any time. Click here to subscribe or to change your subscription. Ha'Bait Ha'Israeli Hebrew Newsletter Looking for activities geared specifically towards Israelis? Check out the Israeli House Newsletter for upcoming events and community news. The newsletter is written in Hebrew. www.israelihouse.org There is a new website in town - israelinthebay.org As we head towards Israel’s 60th anniversary, this communal web-calendar is the place to go to find out about Israeli concerts, lectures, movies, celebrations, exhibitions and more happening in the Bay Area. The site is operated mutually by the Consulate General of Israel and the Israel Center, and it is open to Israel@60 event submissions from other local organizations. www.israelinthebay.org Israeli Consulate's Google Calendar Getting tired from adding all these great events to your planner? No worries, we took care of the work for you. Google Account holders click here to add the Consulate's calendar to your Google calendar. To view the calendar without signing in, click here. |
