The Hub

Join us the first Friday of the month for a Shabbat Potluck dinner in a private home.

NEXT SHABBAT POTLUCK
Friday, June 6

Email Dena Stern to RSVP or for more information about hosting in your home!

Location and dish assignment will be sent when we recieve your RSVP for the event. Please plan on bringing a dish for 10 (and all necessary serving supplies) to the meal.
Space is limited so please RSVP early!

Please note that there will be no Potluck in July due to Independence day!

JCCSF is beginning its first season as part of Hazon's national Jewish CSA program, with support from EcoJews of the Bay and Congregation Emanu-El.

Tuv Ha-Aretz: Hazon's Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program enables the Jewish community to support local, sustainable agriculture. It is the first Jewish CSA Project in North America, where individuals pre-purchase a share of a farmer’s produce for an entire season. In addition to guaranteeing the farmer a secure market, it gives members access to local, organic produce at competitive prices, while helping to preserve farmland and build community.

Tuv Ha-Aretz is also a platform for innovative educational and community-building programs that explore the intersection of food and Jewish tradition. Tuv Ha-Aretz provides a tangible encounter with organic and sustainable agriculture issues and serves as a catalyst for engaging and revitalizing the Jewish community.

Click here to sign up. Please download the registration form and mail it in. For all other questions and/or requests for more information, please contact Rabbi Eve Ben-Ora or call 415.292.1251.

Hands on Bay Area provides volunteers for over 300 organizations in the Bay Area. The Hub is creating a volunteer team for Hands on Bay Area! Starting in June, The Hub team will begin volunteering monthly through Hands on Bay Area. Team members will help to choose which projects The Hub Volunteer Team participates in. If you would like to be a part of the team just follow the four easy steps below!

Questions? Email team leader Dena Stern or call 415.276.1509

1) Click here to register with Hands on Bay Area and take a quick online orientation.
2) Click here to Join The Hub team!
3) Explore the site! If you find a project you would like the Hub team to participate in email team leader Dena Stern
4) Check your inbox for announcements about upcoming service projects!

A Touch Away broke television rating records in Israel when it was broadcast in 2007.

Forbidden love blossoms in the Orthodox neighborhood of Bnei Brak, when Zorik, a young, secular Russian immigrant, and his family move in next door to Rochale and her Orthodox family. Rochale is destined for an arranged marriage (shidduch), but she cannot ignore the sparks that fly when Zorik is near. The love that soon buds between the two young neighbors, and the secrets that each family must hide, threaten the families' deeply rooted cultural assumptions and challenge individual family members' beliefs.

Schedule:
Sunday, April 13, 5:30pm - episodes 1 and 2 and guest speaker from the Israeli Consulate
Wednesday, April 30, 7:00pm - episodes 3 and 4
Sunday, May 11, 5:30pm - episodes 5 and 6
Thursday, May 29, 7:00pm - episodes 7 and 8, series actor and guest speaker Henry David

All screenings followed by discussion

Space is limited, RSVP to Alexandra Belinski

Particpate in a master class with Ariel Schrag to learn the ropes of becoming a graphic novelist. Divided into a lecture and a workshop, topics include:

• Beginning a graphic novel
• Narrative options
  
• Style
  
• Depicting content through page layout
  
• Narrative pacing
  
• Comics vocabulary and materials
  
• Discussion on major artists such as Marjane Satrapi, Daniel Clowes, Art Spiegelman, Chris Ware
  
• And much more!

Ariel Schrag is the author of the autobiographical graphic novels Awkward, Definition, Potential, and Likewise which chronicle her four years at Berkeley High School. Her illustrations and comics have appeared in many publications including The San Francisco Chronicle, Jane, Paper, and The Village Voice. Shrag was a staff writer and story editor of the hit Showtime series The L Word.

Click here to register!

Presented in collaboration with Intersection for the Arts

Join The Hub and Intersection for the Arts as we present a panel featuring four up-and-coming Graphic Novelists who will discuss their unique visions and share their work.

The panel features:

• Miriam Libicki
• Jaime Cortez
• Keith Knight
• Ariel Schrag

Make your reservations now, this event will sell out.

Click here to register!

$5 - $15 sliding scale
(audience members choice)

Presented in collaboration with Intersection for the Arts

After the party, it's the Israel in the Gardens After Party!

Come enjoy the sunset and some great music with friends! Immediately following The Idan Raichel Project's performance head up to the Metreon's 4th Floor City View Room for a special outdoor performance by Israeli band Eggroll and DJ Mei-Lwun. (Latke Ball 2007) as well as free alcohol and Israeli snacks. Everyone (21 & up!) is invited so bring your good vibes and dancing shoes!

Call 415-512-6203 or click here for more information

Reboot, the Contemporary Jewish Museum and The Hub cordially invite you to DAWN 2008: an all-night cultural arts festival celebrating the grand opening of San Francisco’s new Contemporary Jewish Museum and the Jewish Holiday Shavuot.

Taking place simultaneously throughout the Museum, Dawn ’08 will feature a packed, late-night evening of headlining performances and events AND the opportunity to explore the Museum's new building and exhibitions before the doors open to the public the following morning.

Dawn ‘08, which coincides with the Jewish Holiday Shavout, celebrates the opening of a new cultural institution in San Francisco in the spirit of the revelation at Mt. Sinai, which is the foundation for much of modern-day Judaism.

Dawn 2008 features:

An exclusive performance by Cambodian-American psychedelic pop sensation DENGUE FEVER

AND JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER, author of the international bestseller Everything Is Illuminated

Plus:
Live Bands, Theatrical and Spoken Word Performances, Film Premieres, Original Scores, Visual Arts, Dancing, DJs, Lectures, Readings, Comedy, Open-Space Discussion Forums and Special Guests.

For further information, please visit the Dawn 2008 website

Mosh Ben Ari was born in Israel in 1970. He comes from a Yemenite and Iraqi background. He first discovered music as a child through the traditional Jewish and Ethnic chants that were part of his everyday life. He started playing music at the age of 16 and since he has studied music in many countries like India, The Sahara and Sinai. He plays various string instruments such as Acoustic & Classic Guitar, Indian Sarod, Persian Tar, Turkish Jumbush, Moroccan Ginberi and Bass. In 1997 he founded, with a few friends, the world music ensemble “Sheva” (www.sheva.net) who have released 4 albums and continue to tour the world doing dozens of shows in the most prestigious festivals & events. In 2001 Mosh’s debut solo album ‘Ad Elay’ came out. In 2004, Mosh’s second album ‘Derech’ (A Way) came out and established him as one of Israel’s foremost singers/songwriters and performers. This album quickly became “Gold”. In 2006, Mosh’s third album “Massa Umatan” (Go giving) was released and is a great success. All of the albums were produced by ‘Globalev World Music - Israel. Mosh’s music & performance is a celebration of groove & spirit blending rock, soul, reggae & world music all together with his rich unique voice.

Buy Tickets here

Visit Mosh Ben Ari on MySpace

Join the Hub for a fun weekend in the woods! We'll leave after work on Friday and return Sunday afternoon. They'll be a fun, moderately difficult hike on Saturday, and lots of campfire fun on Saturday night!

Cost includes, tent and camping equipment (sleeping bag not included), Friday Campfire Shabbat Dinner, Saturday and Sunday breakfasts, Saturday and Sunday lunch and Saturday night dinner and S'mores! Some transportation is available on a first come first served basis. We will depart from the JCCSF at 6pm on Friday, and we are still looking for volunteer drivers.
Space is limited so save your spot early!

Questions? Want to be a volunteer driver? Email Young Adult Program Coordinator Dena Stern

Jews on Canoes is back and better than ever.

Join us for a relaxing and fun day on the gorgeous russian river! Cost includes rental and snacks, please bring your own lunch and dress to get wet!

We will be carpooling to the event and transportation is not included in the price, if you can drive please call Dena at (415) 276- 1509 or email Dena Stern. We will meet at 9:00am at the JCCSF to caravan to the river.

Please note, this event is not for non-swimmers. In order to participate you must be able to swim the length of a high school sized swimming pool without the aid of a flotation device.