2007
May 2007
Sunday 20 May 2007
Sun 20 May. Great Jewish Comics of the Past 75 Years with Steve Budd This scintillating revue of Jewish humor combines performance and lecture. In the performance portions, Steve Budd delivers standup routines and jokes of well-known Jewish comedians like Jerry Seinfeld, Paul Reiser, Jackie Mason, Woody Allen, Jack Benny, and the Marx Brothers. In the lecture portion, he address the history of Jewish comedians in America, consider the reasons for their popularity, and provide some answers to the question, "What makes Jewish humor Jewish?" Sunday, May 20, 1pm –with Steve Budd $5. 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, 94709. Joel Bashevkin, 510-848-0237. Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center - [email][events]
Sun 20 May, 2 pm. A rare opportunity to learn the art of art of calligraphy through the Hebrew Alphabet with the world's first Soferet (female ritual Hebrew scribe). Soferet Aveilah Barclay writes: The ability to create, to bring ideas, images and materials to interact cohesively and take form as a whole, are a privilege as well as another opportunity to emulate and thereby draw closer to Gd. This bridges the gap between conception and experience. 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, 94709. Joel Bashevkin, 510-848-0237. Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center - [email][events]
Sun 20 May, 3 pm. The Eastenders Repertory Company previews a couple of scenes from their full production Fear and Misery of The THIRD REICH by Bertolt Brecht. The two chilling portraits of everyday life under the Nazis are Judicial Process, a blackly humorous piece about a Judge who must decide a case of robbery and battery by three SA men against a Jewish shopkeeper; and The Jewish Wife, a heart-wrenching study of an upper middle-class woman who must flee to Amsterdam to protect the career and reputation of her husband. Brecht wrote of his brutal, powerful and timely documentary play: “how ineffectual terror is bound to be … how inevitably it must create resistance.” Sunday, May 20, 3:00pm and 7:30pm $20 public/members • For more information or to register call 510-848-0. 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, 94709. Joel Bashevkin, 510-848-0237. Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center - [email][events]
Tuesday 22 May 2007
Tue 22 May to Wed 23 May. Continuing a yearly tradition, come and learn both Torah and current events with gifted instructors throughout the night. Co-sponsors: East Bay Synagogues & Organizations Tuesday & Wednesday, May 22-23, 6:45pm-7:00am, FREE • For more information or to register call 510-848-0237 x110. 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, 94709. Joel Bashevkin, 510-848-0237. Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center - [email][events]
Saturday 26 May 2007
Sat 26 May, 7 pm. THE BREW: A monthly music series Get your stomping shoes ready: the sizzling bop of Gypsy Jazz outfit Gaucho meets the riotous rhythm of the Bay Area’s hottest Balkan Brass Band, the Brass Menazeri. Celebrating the release of their full length debut CD, the Brass Menazeri will be at their feverish best – these zealots of the horn are bound to make you dance. Co-Sponsor: Jewish Music Festival Saturday, May 26, 7:00pm $8 members, $10 general public. 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, 94709. Joel Bashevkin, 510-848-0237. Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center - [email][events]
Wednesday 30 May 2007
Wed 30 May. Did you miss a movie while it was playing in the theater and would love a second chance to view it with a friendly group? The films to be shown are: Volver, Blood Diamond, History Boys, Notes on a Scandal, The Queen, Last King of Scotland, Little Children, Painted Veil, Pan's Labyrinth (All films subject to change). All screenings followed by a lively group discussion facilitated by George Porter. Co-Sponsor: Berkeley Adult School Suggested donation: $2-$5 • For more information or to register call 510-848-0237 x110. 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, 94709. Joel Bashevkin, 510-848-0237. Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center - [email][events]
Wed 30 May, 7:30 pm. Rev. Gina Rose Halpern's book responds to the question: what can heal a heart and relieve the suffering? The answers come from nature, through beauty, through loved ones and pets, and a relationship to faith and the Divine. Rev. She is the founder and co-director of the Chaplaincy Institute for Arts and Interfaith Ministries and the Executive Director of Healing Through the Arts, an organization that bridges the creative and healing arts. Co-Sponsor: Aquarian Minyan Wednesday, May 30, 7:30pm Fee: $10-$20 sliding scale, to benefit The Aquarian Minyan. 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, 94709. Joel Bashevkin, 510-848-0237. Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center - [email][events]