BJE's 4th Annual Young Adult Feast of Jewish Learning March 29, 2009

Lost & Found: BJE's 4th Annual Young Adult Feast of Jewish Learning

SUNDAY, MARCH 29: 2 - 7 pm
at JCHS: 1835 Ellis Street in San Francisco

EVERYONE (Ages 21-40ish) is WELCOME and EVERYTHING is FREE (Including FREE garage parking!)

* Join your friends for 30 free workshops on Jewish texts, film, dance, philosophy, spirituality, culture, yoga, cooking, music, history, life and love
* Taught by professors, rabbis, artists, and educators from all walks of Jewish life
* Each participant can attend three 75-minute workshops

Attend THREE of these interactive sessions:

* Are There Jewish Gurus? Rabbi Ahron Hecht, Richmond Torah Center
* Find Yourself Here - A Self-realization Workshop: Rabbi Joshua Marder, Jewish Study Network
* Finders Keepers? A Talmudic Treasure Hunt: Rabbi Peretz Muchkin, Chabad of North Beach
* Hidden in Plain Sight: The Troubling History of Jews in Blackface: Dr. Ari Y Kelman, UC Davis
* How To Change The World: What Moses and Obama Have In Common: Toby Rubin & Maya Bernstein, UpStart Bay Area
* Is "Eco-" the New Kosher? Rabbi Dorothy Richman, UC Berkeley
* Is Being Good-looking a Blessing or a Curse?: What Flight of the Conchords Teaches Us: Rabbi Joshua Strulowitz, Congregation Adath Israel
* Israel's Contradictions through the lens of hip-hop, rap, and rock music: Gabe Salgado, Timeless Cities
* Israeli Family Through the Eyes of Young Israeli Filmmakers: Shevi Rosenfeld, Filmmaker
* Jewish Counterculture: Freedom Riders or Fundamentalists? Dr. Ari Y Kelman, UC Davis
* Joy in the Face of Anxiety – a Kabbalah Perspective: Rabbi Ahron Hecht, Jewish Educator
* Kabbalah of Relationships: Rabbi Shlomo Zarchi, Congregation Chevra Tehilim
* Life and Death, Love and Loss, War and Peace: The Poetry of Yehudah Amichai: Rabbi Larry Raphael, Congregation Sherith Israel
* Lost in Violence - A Biblical Perspective: Rabbi David Kasher, UC Berkeley
* Lost Origins of Judaism and Christianity: Dr. Henry Shreibman, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
* Lost, and Now Found, Jews of Uganda: Dr. Marc Dollinger, SF State
* Lost, Found, and Scratchy: What Old Jewish Records Tell Us: Howard Freedman, Jewish Community Library
* "New" Jews: What Have We Lost? Whom Have We Found? Rabbi Sydney Mintz, Congregation Emanu-El
* One People, Two Worlds: An Exploration of Chabad and Reform Views: Rabbi Jonathan Jaffe, Congregation Emanu-El & Rabbi Gedalia Potash, Chabad of Noe Valley
* Righteous Women of the Exodus: Unsung Heroes: Rabbi Chai Levy, Congregation Kol Shofar
* Searching for Perfection…with Maimonides: Joshua Klein, Jewish Educator
* Seeking Jewish Spirituality: Rabbi Bridget Wynne, Jewish Gateways
* Sexual Healing or Sexual Scarring? Dr. Henry Shreibman, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
* Soul Mates: Is There a B'shert for Me? Judith Gottesman
* COOKING CLASS: Creating Gourmet Passover dishes: Rebecca Ets-Hokin, Chef Extraordinaire
* DANCE CLASS: Mad Hot Klezmer and Hasidic Dance - Old school to Hip Hop: Bruce Bierman, Jewish Dance Theater
* YOGA CLASS: Finding our Balance: Yoga and the Sacred Sephirot: Julie Emden, Yoga Instructor

***In an effort to help save the environment, we will not be printing flyers. so please forward to your friends.

The BJE Feast is co-sponsored by:
510 - Berkeley Hillel's Grad and Young Professionals Group | American Jewish World Service | Avodah | Bay Area Tribe | Be’chol Lashon (In Every Tongue) | Birthright Israel NEXT Bay Area | BJE Jewish Community Library | Chabad of Noe Valley | Chabad of North Beach | Congregation Adath Israel | Congregation Netivot Shalom Young Adults Havurah | Congregation Sha'ar Zahav | Congregation Sherith Israel | Eco Jews of the Bay | Jewish Film Festival | Jewish Mosaic | KlezCalifornia | Lehrhaus Judaica | Moishe House SF | Oy Bay! | Progressive Jewish Alliance | Reconstructionist Rabbinical College - West | San Francisco Hillel | Second Saturday at the Cellar | The Hub at the JCCSF | Tzavta Young Adults of the Israel Center of the Jewish Community Federation | UpStart Bay Area | Young Adult Community of Congregation Emanu-El | list in formation...

Official Website: www.bjesf.org/feast