Documentary Discussion Group Thursday, March 31 7:00 PM, Lounge
Adult Education Opportunity! An on-line Learning experience!
Journey Through the Bible:
This evening will feature a documentary focusing on the tumultuous early days of this iconic vaudeville superstar Sophie Tucker, who ruled the 1920’s Flapper Era in the U.S. Tucker was the first woman to infatuate her audiences with a bold, bawdy and brassy style unlike any other previous performer. Using all of The Last of the Red Hot Mamas 400+ recently rediscovered personal scrapbooks, authors Susan and Lloyd Ecker take you on their seven-year journey retracing Tucker’s 60-year show business career. This film includes Barbara Walters, Tony Bennett, Carol Channing. 2014. Time 96 Mins Please RSVP to ghalpert@flash.net to assure adequate seating
The Next Best Thing to Time Travel a Hebrew College Me’ah Online offering Internationally renowned Bible scholar Dr. Marc Brettler has planned your itinerary of captivating lectures, selected texts and questions to ponder. Your experience will be enriched by stimulating discussions in the context of a warm and welcoming community of adventurers. • • •
Classes begin the week of March 7, 2016 Cost: $310 ($295 tuition; $15 registration fee) 10 Sessions
Registration and more information: http://www.hebrewcollege.edu/meah-online
Save the Date!
Congregant of the Year Celebration Honoring Judy and Phil Callahan Saturday evening June 4, 2016
You are invited to the
2016 Annual Women’s Forum “Women Who Make A Difference”
March 6, 9:30 AM
Celebrate the Special Women of our Jewish Community
Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center
will be honoring
Andrea Mark Andrea Blum Mark
Thursday, March 31, 2016 9:15 am Doubletree Hotel, Monrovia
Keynote Speaker – Dr. Ron Wolfson Ron Wolfson is a visionary Jewish educator whose enthusiasm for bringing Judaism alive in homes and synagogues has shaped his work in the community. He is the author most recently of Relational Judaism: Using the Power of Relationships to Transform the Jewish Community. Ron is currently the Fingerhut Professor of Education at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles.
~ Tributes ~
Congratulate a Women’s Forum Honoree in the event program with a single line tribute @ $18 or more. Deadline: March 16 For more information, please contact Marilyn Weintraub at (626) 445-0810, x 304 or mweintraub@jewishsgpv.org Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of the Greater San Gabriel & Pomona Valleys
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March 2016