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25 th Annual Community-Wide Tikkun Leyl Shavuot An All-Night Study Session on Shavuot WEDNESDAY TUESDAY | MAY 14 15 | 6:15PM TIL DAWN JCC EAST BAY | 1414 WALNUT ST | BERKELEY LIST OF SPEAKERS: Joel Abramovitz, Rabbi Ruth Adar, Professor Deena Aranoff, Fred Astren, Barry Barkan, Zvi Bellin, Rabbi Shalom Bochner, Robin Braverman, Maya Brodkey, Rabbi Carol Caine, Rabbi Yonatan Cohen, Rabbi David J. Cooper, Talia Cooper, Nico Correia, Rabbi Menachem Creditor, Zephira DerblichMilea, Rabbi David Dunn Bauer, Danny Farkas, Hannah Feiner, Ron H. Feldman, Ph.D., Rabbi Yoshi Fenton, Rabbi Yehuda Ferris, Estelle Frankel, Rabbi Pamela Frydman, Joel Gerwein, Julia Gilden, Maggid Zelig Golden, Leslie Gordon, Abigail Grafton, Rivka Greenberg, Ph.D., Rabbi Burt Jacobson, Rabbi Yoel Kahn, Rabbi David Kasher, Nur Katz, Rabbi Dean Kertesz, Yael Kirsch, Eliana Kissner, Michal Kohane, Rita J. Kuhn, Ph.D., Judy Kunofsky, Sarah Lefton, Rabbi Joshua Ladon, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Rabbi Chaim MahgelFriedman, Rabbi Harry A. Manhoff, Ph.D., Rabbi Adam NaftalinKelman, Mark Priven, Ma’ayan Rabinovich, Jennifer Read, Yiskah Rosenfeld, Rabbi Mike Rothbaum, Brian Yosef SchachterBrooks, Rabbi SaraLeya Schley, Miriam Schwartz, Naomi Seidman, Rabbi Sara Shendelman, Claire Sherman, Joel Siegel, Alex Tan, Max Weinryb, Rabbi Peretz WolfPrusan, Ariel Wolpe, & Rabbi Bridget Wynne SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Aquarian Minyan, Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice, Berkeley Hillel, Beyt Tikkun, Chochmat HaLev, Congregation Beth El, Congregation Beth Israel, Congregation Netivot Shalom, East Bay Minyan, Fair Trade Judaica, Gdcast, JCC East Bay, Jewish Community High School of the Bay, Jewish Federation & Jewish Community Foundation of the East Bay, Jewish Gateways, Jewish LearningWorks, Kehilla Community Synagogue, Keshet, Kevah, Jewish Youth for Community Action (JYCA), KlezCalifornia, Lehrhaus Judaica, Midrasha in Berkeley, Moishe House, Nishmat Shalom, Or Zarua, Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies Graduate Theological Union, Shalom Bayit, Tehiyah Day School, Temple Beth Hillel, Temple Beth Sholom, Temple Sinai, Urban Adamah, Wilderness Torah, and Yeashore Community
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25th Annual Community-Wide

Tikkun Leyl Shavuot An All-Night Study Session on Shavuot

WEDNESDAY  -­‐  TUESDAY    |    MAY  14  -­‐  15    |    6:15PM  TIL  DAWN  JCC  EAST  BAY    |    1414  WALNUT  ST    |    BERKELEY    

LIST  OF  SPEAKERS:  Joel  Abramovitz,  Rabbi  Ruth  Adar,  Professor  Deena  Aranoff,  Fred  Astren,  Barry  Barkan,  Zvi  Bellin,  Rabbi  Shalom  Bochner,  Robin  Braverman,  Maya  Brodkey,  Rabbi  Carol  Caine,  Rabbi  Yonatan  Cohen,  Rabbi  David  J.  Cooper,  Talia  Cooper,  Nico  Correia,  Rabbi  Menachem  Creditor,  Zephira  Derblich-­‐Milea,  Rabbi  David  Dunn  Bauer,  Danny  Farkas,  Hannah  Feiner,  Ron  H.  Feldman,  Ph.D.,  Rabbi  Yoshi  Fenton,  Rabbi  Yehuda  Ferris,  Estelle  Frankel,  Rabbi  Pamela  Frydman,  Joel  Gerwein,  Julia  Gilden,  Maggid  Zelig  Golden,  Leslie  Gordon,  Abigail  Grafton,  Rivka  Greenberg,  Ph.D.,  Rabbi  Burt  Jacobson,  Rabbi  Yoel  Kahn,  Rabbi  David  Kasher,  Nur  Katz,  Rabbi  Dean  Kertesz,  Yael  Kirsch,  Eliana  Kissner,        Michal  Kohane,  Rita  J.  Kuhn,  Ph.D.,  Judy  Kunofsky,  Sarah  Lefton,  Rabbi  Joshua  Ladon,  Rabbi  Michael  Lerner,  Rabbi  Chaim  Mahgel-­‐Friedman,  Rabbi  Harry  A.  Manhoff,  Ph.D.,  Rabbi  Adam  Naftalin-­‐Kelman,  Mark  Priven,  Ma’ayan  Rabinovich,  Jennifer  Read,  Yiskah  Rosenfeld,  Rabbi  Mike  Rothbaum,  Brian  Yosef  Schachter-­‐Brooks,  Rabbi  SaraLeya  Schley,  Miriam  Schwartz,  Naomi  Seidman,  Rabbi  Sara  Shendelman,  Claire  Sherman,  Joel  Siegel,  Alex  Tan,  Max  Weinryb,  Rabbi  Peretz  Wolf-­‐Prusan,  Ariel  Wolpe,  &  Rabbi  Bridget  Wynne    

SPONSORING  ORGANIZATIONS:  Aquarian  Minyan,  Bend  the  Arc:  A  Jewish  Partnership  for  Justice,  Berkeley  Hillel,  Beyt  Tikkun,  Chochmat  HaLev,  Congregation  Beth  El,  Congregation  Beth  Israel,  Congregation  Netivot  Shalom,  East  Bay  Minyan,  Fair  Trade  Judaica,  G-­‐dcast,  JCC  East  Bay,  Jewish  Community  High  School  of  the  Bay,  Jewish  Federation  &  Jewish  Community  Foundation  of  the  East  Bay,  Jewish  Gateways,  Jewish  LearningWorks,  Kehilla  Community  Synagogue,  Keshet,  Kevah,  Jewish  Youth  for  Community  Action  (JYCA),  KlezCalifornia,  Lehrhaus  Judaica,  Midrasha  in  Berkeley,  Moishe  House,  Nishmat  Shalom,  Or  Zarua,  Richard  S.  Dinner  Center  for  Jewish  Studies  -­‐  Graduate  Theological  Union,  Shalom  Bayit,  Tehiyah  Day  School,  Temple  Beth  Hillel,  Temple  Beth  Sholom,  Temple  Sinai,  Urban  Adamah,  Wilderness  Torah,  and  Yeashore  Community    

 

     

   

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Time/Room     Teachers           Topics         * denotes use of musical instruments, AV, writing, etc. 6:15p – 6:50p *Auditorium Jewish Renewal Mincha Service with Aquarian Minyan & Kehilla Community Synagogue (musical instruments used) *Rm 13 Family Programming Begins (til 7:45) (musical instruments used) – Please see Family Programming Flyer for more information 6:50p – 7:45p *South Hall Julia Gilden Movement-based Expressive Arts and the Hebrew Alphabet (recorded music played) Center Room Zephira Derblich-Milea & Rivka Greenberg Lashon Hara: Tattling or Telling? Rm 19 Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan Chaos to Order and Back Again Rm 20 Rita J. Kuhn G-d Manifest in Nature: Psalm 104 and Three Poems Library Rabbi David J. Cooper Night Rituals and the Discovery of Coffee: The Case of Shavuot Rm 22 Michal Kohane Jewish Peoplehood: Exploring Current Issues Through Text Rm 7 Rabbi Carol Caine A Chanting Journey Through the Book of Ruth Game Rm Rabbi Sara Shendelman Drawing Back the Veil 7:45p – 8:30p Auditorium Egalitarian Combined Ma’ariv Service with Congregation Netivot Shalom 8:30p – 8:50p Auditorium Community Gathering and Welcome

Yizkor (Remembrance) Dance Prayer – The Moving On Dance™ Project with Cheryl Bartky, sponsored by Sinai Memorial Chapel 8:50p – 9:10p Courtyard Kiddish, Handwashing, & Motsei 9:10p – 10:10p Please be mindful of arriving at your sessions as promptly as possible! Auditorium Rabbi Menachem Creditor Martin Buber and the Place of the Past South Hall Professor Deena Aranoff Why Do We Do What We Do: Medieval Perspectives on the Mitzvot (Commandments) Rm 19 Rabbi Burt Jacobson & Max Weinryb G-d is Everything: A Teaching of the Ba’al Shem Tov Rm 20 Barry Barkan Growing G-d in Your Own Heart: Swami Ram Das Meets Reb Shlomo Carlebach Library Rabbi Mike Rothbaum Stranger in a Strange Land: Finding (Y)our Jewish Voice in the Immigration Debate Rm 22 Yiskah Rosenfeld Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: Geography, Gender, and Spiritual Love Rm 7 Claire Sherman & Judy Kunofsky Sing Your Way Through the Jewish Year (includes the Seder’s 4 Questions in Yiddish) Game Rm Rabbi Joshua Ladon Is the Meaning of the Torah Translatable? Rm 13 Sarah Lefton Animating Text Art Room CBI Youth Room 10:20p – 11:20p Auditorium Naomi Seidman & Jennifer Read The Sacrifice of Sarah: Sarah and the Akeidah South Hall Rabbi David Kasher Face-off With G-d Rm 19 Robin Braverman, Leslie Gordon, Let My People Go: Slavery Today and What Jews Should Do About It Mark Priven & Joel Siegel Rm 20 Estelle Frankel Listening to the Voice of the Divine in a Noisy World Library Rabbi Michael Lerner Healing the World Under the Rule of the Breasted G-d Rm 22 Rabbi Bridget Wynne Love the Stranger…Or How About Your Spouse? Rm 7 Maggid Zelig Golden The Nature of Revelation Game Rm Rabbi Dean Kertesz Choice or Coercion – Two Different Visions of Revelation Rm 13 Rabbi Yoel Kahn Birkhat Tal – Celebrating the Dew Art Room CBI Youth Room 11:30p – 12:30a Auditorium Rabbi Yonatan Cohen Dusting It Off with the Rabbis – On Wrestling with the Teachings of Our Sages South Hall Rabbi Shalom Bochner The Mixed Metaphors of the Shalosh Regalim Rm 19 Zvi Bellin & Ariel Wolpe I-Thou Love You (and You, Too!) Rm 20 Rabbi Ruth Adar Converting Ruth: It Took the Village Library Jewish Youth for Community Action Youth Empowerment for Everyone – Connecting Across Generations Rm 22 Rabbi Yoshi Fenton Holy Arguments and Jewish Pluralism: Can’t We All Just Get Along? Rm 7 Brian Yosef Schacter-Brooks What Does G-d Want Me to Do? Game Rm Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman Pareve: Why Do I Have 3 Sets of Dishes? Rm 13 Rabbi SaraLeya Schley Torah of Fire and Darkness Art Room CBI Youth Room  

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Time/Room     Teachers           Topics     12:40a – 1:40a Auditorium Rabbi Yehuda Ferris What Really Happened at Sinai? South Hall Rabbi Pamela Frydman Up Against the Wall Rm 19 Abigail Grafton Building Holy Community Rm 20 Resting Room Library Joel Abramovitz Justice of Revelation Rm 22 Eliana Kissner Chalom: Dream Interpretation in the Talmud and You Rm 7 Ron Feldman Sabbath, Festival, and the Garden of Eden – at Burning Man Rm 13 Rabbi Harry A. Manhoff If There Were No Jews There Would Be No Superheroes Art Room CBI Youth Room 1:50a – 2:50a Auditorium Fred Astren At the Mountain: Exodus 19 & 20 South Hall Hannah Feiner A Hebrew? An Egyptian? Neither? An Exploration of Moses’ Identity Rm 19 Robin Braverman What Do We Do With the Violence Committed by G-d in The Torah? Rm 20 Resting Room Library Chevruta Study Session Rm 22 Rabbi Chaim Mahgel-Friedman Think Jewish Shop Local Rm 13 Rabbi David Dunn Bauer Queer Theology...How It's Good For the Jews! Art Room CBI Youth Room 3:00a – 4:00a Auditorium Rabbi Shalom Bochner Obscure Dates in the Hebrew Calendar South Hall Ma’ayan Rabinovich The Hardest Mitvah to Fulfill Rm 19 Joel Gerwein The 49 Day Tikkun: The Omer and Social Justice Rm 20 Resting Room Library Chevruta Study Session Art Room CBI Youth Room 4:10a – 5:10a Auditorium Rabbi Yonatan Cohen Kevah and Kavanah – Prayer Paradigms South Hall Maya Brodkey Busting Down the Binary: A Jewish Exploration of Gender and Gender Performance Rm 20 Resting Room Library Chevruta Study Session Art Room CBI Youth Room 5:20a Auditorium Combined Egalitarian Shacharit Service – Led by Rabbi Pamela Frydman and Yael Kirsch South Hall Orthodox Shacharit – Led by Congregation Beth Israel Rm 14 Childcare (ends at 7am, please pick up your children by this time) Art Room CBI Youth Room 5:45a Beyt Tikkun Synagogue Without Walls in Berkeley Sunrise Service at the Berkeley Pier

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Workshops6:50p  –  7:45p  Session    Movement-­‐Based  Expressive  Arts  and  the  Hebrew  Alphabet  This  year  we  explore  the  Hebrew  letter,  SHIN,  crowns  and  shadows,  nexus  of  opposites,  the  relationships  of  three.    We  will  use  movement,  drawing,  writing,  and  sounding  to  find  the  story  of  shin  as  told  by  your  expressive  art.    No  dance  or  art  experience  necessary.    Dress  to  move  comfortably,  and  try  to  come  on  time.    Appropriate  for  all  ages  and  abilities.    Julia  Gilden  is  a  graduate  of  Tamalpa  Institute  and  teaches  movement-­‐based  expressive  arts  to  different  populations.    (South  Hall)    Lashon  Hara:  Tattling  or  Telling?  -­‐  We  will  look  at  multiple  interpretations  of  the  prohibition  against  lashon  hara  in  contrast  to  the  command  to  not  stand  idly  by  (Lev.  19:16).  Both  the  notion  of  “healthy  boundaries”  and  the  text  itself  will  be  the  lens  through  which  we  can  decide  what  constitutes  “gossip”  vs.  when  to  speak  up.    Zephira  Derblich-­‐Milea  is  the  Youth  Program  Coordinator  at  Shalom  Bayit  and  winner  of  the  2012  Helen  Diller  award  for  excellence  in  Jewish  education,  for  her  work  teaching  about  healthy  relationships.  Rivka  Greenberg,  Ph.D.  is  the  Board  Chair  of  Shalom  Bayit  and  consultant  in  the  areas  of  children  and  families  at  risk.    (Center  Room)    Chaos  to  Order  and  Back  Again  Do  you  suffer  from  Mishna  confusion?    In  social  situations  when  the  Mishna  is  mentioned  and  everyone  else  smiles  and  winks  knowingly,  do  you  fake  it?    In  this  session  your  miasma  over  Mishna  will  be  cured  and  the  wisdom  of  the  sages  revealed  and  you  can  hold  your  head  high  and  say,  "I  am  a  Mishna  maven."    Rabbi  Peretz  Wolf-­‐Prusan  is  a  Senior  Educator  at  Lehrhaus  Judaica,  your  neighborhood  partner  in  Jewish  studies  since  1973.    (Rm  19)    G-­‐d  manifest  in  Nature:  Psalm  104  and  Three  Poems  We  will  discuss  how  and  why  the  concept  of  finding  God  in  nature  changed  over  the  centuries  by  comparing  Psalm  104  with  three  poems:  King  David,  Wordsworth,  and  Rilke.    Rita  J.  Kuhn,  Ph.D.  is  originally  from  Berlin,  Germany,  where  she  survived  12  years  of  Nazi  occupation.    Her  memoir  Broken  Glass,  Broken  Lives  has  just  been  published  by  Amazon.    She  has  been  a  public  speaker/teacher  for  25  years.    (Rm  20)    Night  Rituals  &  the  Discovery  of  Coffee:  The  Case  of  Shavuot  A  big  fan  of  Jewish  history,  Rabbi  David  is  particularly  interested  in  the  early  modern  period  and  Renaissance,  when  developments  from  exploration  and  scientific  discovery  affected  religious  outlooks  and  rituals.  From  the  1500’s  on,  coffee  from  the  Americas  enabled  late  night  religious  rituals.  Find  out  more  about  all  this  at  the  workshop.    Rabbi  David  J.  Cooper  serves  Kehilla  Community  Synagogue.    (Library)    Jewish  Peoplehood:  Exploring  Current  Issues  Through  Text  In  this  workshop,  we  will  explore  the  relationship  between  the  Jewish  communities  of  the  Diaspora  and  Israel,  then  and  now  through  Torah  &  Talmudic  text.    Originally  from  Israel,  Michal  Kohane  has  been  a  teacher  and  leader  for  over  20  years  in  the  Jewish  community  of  Northern  CA.    (Rm  22)    A  Chanting  Journey  through  the  Book  of  Ruth  During  Shavuot,  we  read  the  story  of  Ruth,  who  joined  a  people  out  of  love,  and  boldly  changed  history.  In  this  workshop,  we  will  use  meditative  Hebrew  chant  as  a  vehicle  to  take  Ruth’s  journey  inside  us.  Rabbi  Carol  Caine  is  a  graduate  of  the  Reconstructionist  Rabbinical  College  who  integrates  an  intellectual  and  devotional  approach  in  her  work.    (Rm  7)    Drawing  Back  the  Veil  Being  open  to  our  connections  is  a  sacred  gift  to  understanding  ourselves  and  what  we  came  into  this  life  to  do.  We  have  angels  and  guides  who  assist  us.  Simple  techniques  will  be  taught  to  tap  into  our  eternal  knowledge,  which  help  us  make  changes  and  achieve  our  goals,  as  well  as  exercises  to  help  us  keep  our  balance  with  everything  swirling  about  us.  “The  intuitive  mind  is  a  sacred  gift  and  the  rational  mind  is  a  faithful  servant.  We  have  created  a  society  that  honors  the  servant  and  has  forgotten  the  gift.”  -­‐-­‐Albert  Einstein      Rabbi  Sara  Shendelman,  a  Life  Cycle  Officiant,  Reiki  Master  and  Clairvoyant  Seer  &  Healer,  &  intuitive  counselor,  is  the  founder/director  of  Jewish  Arts,  and  Culture  School  and  a  former  rabbi  of  Chochmat  HaLev.  She  has  just  finished  a  book  of  spiritual  teaching.    (Game  Rm)      9:10p  –  10:10p  Session  Martin  Buber  &  the  Place  of  the  Past  We  close  the  Torah  service  with  the  Hebrew  phrase  "Chadeish  Yameinu  KeKedem  /  Return  our  days  as  of  old."  Which  "days  of  old"  do  we  mean?  And  do  we  really  mean  it?  What  role  does  the  past  play  when  Jews  dream  of  the  future?  Come  examine  selections  from  the  writings  of  Martin  Buber  and  explore  what  he  called  "ever-­‐recurring  renunciation"  of  the  past.  Rabbi  Menachem  Creditor  serves  as  the  spiritual  leader  of  Congregation  Netivot  Shalom  in  Berkeley,  CA.    Named  by  Newsweek  as  one  of  America’s  Most  Influential  Rabbis  in  2013,  his  work  as  an  author,  musician,  teachers,  and  activist  amplifies  prophetic  Jewish  voices  in  the  world.    Find  out  more  at  menachemcreditor.org.    (Auditorium)    Why  We  Do  What  We  Do:  Medieval  Perspectives  on  the  Mitzvot  (Commandments)  This  session  will  explore  classical  medieval  discussions  of  the  commandments  and  their  purpose.    Professor  Deena  Aranoff  is  assistant  professor  of  Medieval  Jewish  Studies  at  the  Graduate  Theological  Union  in  Berkeley,  CA.  She  is  also  a  community  educator  and  teaches  Bible,  rabbinics,  and  Jewish  thought  in  a  variety  of  adult  education  programs.    (South  Hall)    G-­‐d  is  Everything:  A  Teaching  of  the  Ba'al  Shem  Tov  In  this  class,  Max  will  teach  a  core  Besht  Hebrew  text  on  divine  immanence,  focusing  on  the  vocabulary,  grammar  and  syntax,  and  Rabbi  Burt  will  use  lecture,  guided  meditation  and  class  discussion  to  enable  students  to  grasp  the  text's  meaning  and  significance.  Attendees  need  to  be  able  to  read  unvocalized  Hebrew  texts.  Max  Weinryb  has  been  a  participant,  leader,  and  teacher  in  local  havurot  and  at  the  National  Havurah  Committee  summer  institute.  Rabbi  Burt  Jacobson,  Founding  Rabbi  of  Kehilla  Community  Synagogue,  is  completing  a  book,  The  Mystery  of  the  Ba'al  Shem  Tov.    (Rm  19)    Growing  G-­‐d  in  Your  Own  Heart:  Swami  Ram  Das  Meets  Reb  Shlomo  Carlebach  "Friends  please  open  your  hearts,  what  I  have  to  say  is  so  deep,"  the  holy  rebbe  Reb  Shlomo  Carlebach  often  said.    Each  of  our  hearts  is  the  meeting  place  where  the  Holy  Blessed  One  enters  our  lives,  our  communities  and  the  world.    We'll  learn  together  a  little  bit  about  how  to  live  in  our  hearts  and  bring  the  Ruach  HaKodesh  into  the  world.    Barry  Barkan  has  visited  many  spiritual  paths  and  finds  his  tribal  home  among  the  Jewish  people,  some  of  who  call  him  a  "ba’al  brucha",  master  of  blessing.    (Rm  20)    

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 9:10p  –  10:10p  Session  cont.  Stranger  in  a  Strange  Land:  Finding  (Y)our  Jewish  Voice  in  the  Immigration  Debate  The  Jewish  story  has  been  an  immigrant  story,  from  Abraham  to  Ellis  Island.      Come  hear  Jewish  stories  of  immigration  from  Torah  to  today,  reclaim  your  own  stories,  and  learn  how  to  take  powerful  action  as  a  Jew  in  the  current  struggle  for  justice  by  today's  immigrants.    Rabbi  Mike  Rothbaum  serves  as  Rabbi/Educator  at  Beth  Chaim  in  Danville.    He  has  been  a  passionate  teacher  and  activist  in  the  Jewish  world  for  two  decades,  and  a  leader  with  Bend  the  Arc,  a  national  organization  that  pursues  justice  as  a  core  expression  of  Jewish  tradition.    (Library)    Ain't  No  Mountain  High  Enough:  Geography,  Gender,  and  Spiritual  Love  Tonight  we  will  explore  the  physical,  mythic,  and  psycho-­‐spiritual  landscape  of  two  holy  encounters  in  the  Exodus  story:  one  below  sea  level,  the  other  at  the  highest  peak.  What  can  these  powerful  terrains  and  texts  teach  us  about  our  personal  quests  for  spiritual  connection  and  intimacy?  Yiskah  Rosenfeld  holds  graduate  degrees  in  law  and  literature,  and  studied  at  the  Reconstructionist  Rabbinical  College.  An  award-­‐winning  poet  and  long-­‐time  Jewish  educator,  she  currently  serves  on  the  faculty  of  the  Tauber  Jewish  Studies  Program  in  San  Francisco.    (Rm  22)    Sing  Your  Way  Through  the  Jewish  Year  (includes  the  Seder’s  4  Questions  in  Yiddish)  Starting  at  Shavuot  let's  take  a  musical  tour  through  the  holidays.  We'll  sing  something  from  each  holiday,  including  the  different  nusach  for  the  High  Holidays.  We'll  end  with  the  four  questions,  Di  Fir  Kashes,  in  Yiddish.    Judy  Kunofsky  is  Executive  Director  of  KlezCalifornia,  which  promotes  Yiddish  culture  and  klezmer  music  in  the  Bay  Area.    Claire  Sherman  is  a  visual  artist,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  Congregation  Netivot  Shalom,  where  she  enjoys  davening,  chanting  Torah,  and  singing  in  honor  of  Shabbat.  (Rm  7)    Is  the  Meaning  of  the  Torah  Translatable?  How  important  is  Hebrew  to  understanding  the  meaning  of  the  Torah?  Does  the  Torah  transcend  human  language?  We  will  look  at  several  different  stories  told  about  the  Septuagint  -­‐  the  Greek  translation  of  the  Torah,  as  well  as  a  couple  of  modern  Jewish  thinkers  on  the  goals  of  translation  and  study  of  the  Torah.    Rabbi  Joshua  Ladon  teaches  rabbinic  literature  and  Jewish  thought  at  the  Jewish  Community  High  School  of  the  Bay.  He  also  teaches  for  Kevah  and  is  a  member  of  Congregation  Beth  Israel  in  Berkeley.    (Game  Rm)    Animating  Text  This  workshop  will  take  you  through  a  short  text  from  the  book  of  Samuel;  the  group  will  experiment  with  midrashic  voiceover  and  virtual  cartooning  (no  writing)  get  at  new  ways  to  read  the  text.    Sarah  Lefton  is  the  founder  and  director  of  G-­‐dcast,  which  produces  animated  short  films  and  games  about  Jewish  stories.    (Rm  13)      10:20p  –  11:20p  Session  The  Sacrifice  of  Sarah:  Sarah  and  the  Akeidah  While  Sarah  famously  fails  to  appear  in  the  story  of  the  Binding  of  Isaac  in  Genesis  22,  the  rabbinic  and  post-­‐rabbinic  tradition  has  made  up  for  this  gap  by  imagining  her  role  in  this  pivotal  story  in  a  number  of  ways.  In  this  workshop,  we  will  present  selections  from  midrashic  material,  the  Tsenerene  (the  Yiddish  women’s  Bible),  and  modern  Hebrew  poetry  on  Sarah  and  the  Akeidah,  in  an  attempt  to  understand  the  connection  between  maternity,  sacrifice,  and  religious  identity.  Naomi  Seidman  is  the  Koret  Professor  of  Jewish  Culture  and  Director  at  the  Richard  S.  Dinner  Center  for  Jewish  Studies  at  the  Graduate  Theological  Union.  Jennifer  Read  has  recently  received  her  M.A.  in  Jewish  Studies  at  the  Graduate  Theological  Union,  where  she  completed  a  thesis  on  representations  of  Sarah  in  the  Akeidah  story  in  Midrash,  the  Crusader  Chronicles,  and  the  Tsenerene,  the  Yiddish  women's  Bible.  (Auditorium)    Face-­‐off  With  God  The  Torah  tells  us  that  Moses  spoke  to  God  "face  to  face."    What  in  the  world  does  that  mean?!?    Does  God  even  have  a  face?!    We'll  explore  this  paradoxical  image  together,  and  see  if  it  provides  any  clues  as  to  how  we  might  speak  to  God  ourselves.    Rabbi  David  Kasher  is  the  Director  of  Education  at  Kevah,  a  Bay  Area-­‐based  organization  that  helps  people  set  up  Torah-­‐study  groups  in  their  homes.    (South  Hall)    Let  My  People  Go:  Slavery  Today  and  What  Jews  Should  Do  About  It  You  may  not  know  it,  but  slavery  could  be  present  in  products  you  use  every  day,  like  cell  phones,  chocolate,  coffee,  computers,  sugar,  cotton,  rugs  and  even  cars.    In  this  session  we  will  present  information  about  present-­‐day  slavery,  discuss  Jewish  principles  that  apply  to  slavery,  and  explore  what  we  can  do  to  help.    The  presenters,  Robin  Braverman,  Leslie  Gordon,  Mark  Priven,  and  Joel  Siegel,  are  members  of  a  chevra  at  Congregation  Netivot  Shalom  working  to  raise  awareness  and  motivate  action  among  members  of  our  congregation  and  the  wider  community  about  present-­‐day  slavery.    (Rm  19)    Listening  for  the  Voice  of  the  Divine  in  a  Noisy  World  Jewish  mystics  teach  that  in  order  to  be  receptive  to  divine  revelation,  we  have  to  go  beyond  what  is  "known,"  and  rest  in  the  wordless  silence  and  stillness  of  our  innermost  being.    This  open  state—beyond  thoughts  and  thinking—creates  the  fertile  ground  for  the  unknown  Mystery  to  be  revealed.    In  this  class,  we  will  explore  the  dialectics  of  divine  revelation—how  sound  emerges  from  silence,  knowing  from  not-­‐knowing.    Estelle  Frankel  is  a  practicing  psychotherapist,  spiritual  advisor,  and  author  of  Sacred  Therapy,  a  book  exploring  the  intersection  of  Judaism  &  depth  psychology.    (Rm  20)    Healing  the  World  Under  the  Rule  of  the  Breasted  God  In  the  Aleynu  prayer,  Jews  repeat  the  words  "le'takeyn  olam  be'malchut  Shadai."  In  this  workshop,  we  will  try  to  imagine  together  what  that  might  look  like  –  a  world  ruled  by  the  feminine  energy  of  God,  and  how  we  might  actually  contribute  to  making  that  world  a  reality.  And  we'll  look  at  Rabbi  Lerner's  spiritual  update  of  the  "ten  commandments"  (really,  the  speech  acts,  aseret  ha'dibrot)  as  part  of  that  process.    Rabbi  Michael  Lerner  was  mentored  by  Abraham  Joshua  Heschel  at  the  Jewish  Theological  Seminary  and  is  the  editor  of  Tikkun  Magazine.    (Library)    Love  the  Stranger...  Or  How  About  Your  Spouse?    You  fall  in  love  -­‐-­‐  he  or  she  seems  perfect  -­‐-­‐  your  similarities  are  magnified,  you  delight  in  your  differences.  Then  reality  sets  in,  and  you  discover  that  your  partner  is  a  stranger,  full  of  annoying  habits  and  deep  flaws.  Our  tradition  calls  upon  us  to  love  the  stranger,  for  we  know  the  heart  of  the  stranger.  This  challenging  yet  profound  teaching  can  help  us  to  enrich  our  most  intimate  relationship,  with  the  stranger  who  is  also  our  beloved.    Rabbi  Bridget  Wynne  works  with  Jews,  people  of  Jewish  heritage,  or  those  in  a  Jewish  family  who  long  for  Jewish  community  and  tradition  that  feels  meaningful  and  relevant.    (Rm  22)    

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 10:20p  –  11:20p  Session  cont.  The  Nature  of  Revelation  Although  many  claim  that  the  experience  of  revelation  is  no  longer  accessible  to  us,  Jewish  texts  and  stories  show  us  an  open  doorway  to  the  divine:  the  wilderness.    Drawing  from  seminal  Torah  passages,  as  well  as  examples  from  his  leadership  in  the  movement  to  reconnect  Judaism  and  nature,  Zelig  will  guide  our  exploration  on  how  our  connection  to  the  wilderness  is  at  the  heart  of  our  spiritual  awakening.  Maggid  Zelig  Golden  is  a  founding  co-­‐director  of  Wilderness  Torah,  which  awakens  the  earth-­‐based  traditions  of  Judaism.    (Rm  7)    Choice  or  Coercion  -­‐  Two  Different  Visions  of  Revelation  Was  Torah  given  out  of  love  between  God  and  Israel  or  were  the  Jewish  people  forced  to  accept  it?  In  this  workshop,  we  will  study  two  different  rabbinic  texts  about  the  giving  of  Torah  at  Sinai.  Through  close  reading  and  discussion  we  will  examine  whether  the  Jews  chose  Torah  or  were  forced  to  receive  it.  No  Hebrew  required.  Participation  essential.    Rabbi  Dean  Kertesz  serves  at  Temple  Beth  Hillel  in  Richmond  California  and  teaches  at  the  Jewish  Community  High  School  of  the  Bay.    (Game  Rm)    Birkhat  Tal  -­‐  Celebrating  the  Dew  Beginning  at  Passover,  we  recognize  the  life-­‐giving  power  of  dew.  This  workshop  will  explore  the  symbolism  of  dew  in  Jewish  texts  (ancient  and  modern)  and  its  celebration  in  a  medieval  poem  by  Eliezer  Kallir.  "Menuchat  Tal,”  composed  in  the  7th  century  and  now  available  in  English,  involves  alphabetical  acrostics,  embellishments  of  most  of  the  verses  in  the  Song  of  Songs  and  all  of  Psalm  92,  and  a  botanical  thesaurus  invoking  every  imaginable  (and  many  perhaps  previously  unknown)  alimentary  and  ornamental  plant  in  the  Hebrew  lexicon.  All  texts  in  Hebrew  and  English.  Rabbi  Yoel  Kahn,  Rabbi  of  Congregation  Beth  El,  writes  and  teaches  about  the  history  and  spirituality  of  the  liturgy.    (Rm  13)      11:30p  –  12:30a  Session    Dusting  It  Off  with  the  Rabbis  -­‐  On  Wrestling  with  the  Teachings  of  Our  Sages  We  will  focus  on  surprising  sources  that  advocate  for  a  relentless  pursuit  of  truth  even  at  the  expense  of  obedience  to  the  authority  of  the  rabbis.    Rabbi  Yonatan  Cohen  is  the  spiritual  leader  of  Congregation  Beth  Israel  (CBI),  Berkeley's  vibrant  Modern  Orthodox  community.    (Auditorium)          The  Mixed  Metaphors  of  the  Shalosh  Regalim  In  this  session  we'll  examine  the  Shalosh  Regalim  (3  annual  pilgrimage  festivals)  and  see  how  each  offers  a  fascinating  mixed  metaphor.    Passover,  Shavuot,  and  Sukkot  all  have  ancient  agricultural  and  historical  significances,  and  also  offer  deep  insights  into  the  holiday  cycle  and  the  human  condition.    Rabbi  Shalom  Bochner  is  based  in  Berkeley  and  is  the  Director  of  Alma  Retreats,  which  provides  approaches  to  Judaism,  which  are  meaningful,  traditional,  text-­‐based,  and  interactive.    (South  Hall)   I-­‐Thou  Love  You  (and  You,  Too!)  Together  we  will  share  some  texts  that  offer  a  deeper  understanding  of  Buber's  I-­‐Thou  construct.  We  will  discuss  how  this  timeless  concept  finds  relevance  in  every  relationship  and  how  it  can  transform  a  community.    Zvi  Bellin  is  the  Director  of  Jewish  Education  for  Moishe  House  and  a  private  psychotherapist  in  Berkeley.  Ariel  Wolpe  is  a  resident  of  the  East  Bay  Moishe  House  with  a  fierce  creative  spark.    (Rm  19)    Converting  Ruth:  It  Took  the  Village  We  will  first  look  at  the  traditional  rabbinical  understanding  of  the  conversion  of  Ruth.  Then  we  will  look  to  the  Book  of  Ruth  for  insights  and  inspiration  about  the  role  of  Jewish  community  in  making  new  Jews.    Rabbi  Ruth  Adar  assists  at  Temple  Sinai  in  Oakland,  and  teaches  for  Lehrhaus  Judaica  in  Berkeley.    (Rm  20)    Youth  Empowerment  for  Everyone-­‐  Connecting  Across  Generations  We  will  offer  an  opportunity  for  people  to  connect  across  the  generations  in  discussing  the  concept  of  "adultism"  -­‐  the  oppression  of  young  people.  Learn  from  youth  activists  and  remember  your  own  younger  years!  Discuss  and  engage  in  activities  that  present  how  the  idea  of  youth  empowerment  connects  to  all  of  us  and  how  it  can  helps  us  become  better  leaders  of  social  change.  This  workshop  will  be  presented  by  Talia  Cooper,  Alex  Tan  and  Nico  Correia  –  staff  and  youth  leaders  of  Jewish  Youth  for  Community  Action  (JYCA),  the  Bay  Area's  uniquely  own  youth  empowerment  and  activist  organization.    (Library)    Holy  Arguments  and  Jewish  Pluralism:  Can’t  We  All  Just  Get  Along? In  this  shiur,  we  will  look  at  what  it  means  to  be  in  holy  argument  with  someone.    Through  both  ancient  and  modern  text  we  will  investigate  "machlokot"  as  a  method  of  learning  Torah.    Join  us  in  this  exploration  of  'machloket',  or  arguments.  What  is  machloket,  how  does  it  shape  the  way  we  learn,  and  can  we  still  be  friends  afterwards?    Rabbi  Yoshi  Fenton  is  Associate  Director  of  Jewish  LearningWorks  and  lives  in  Berkeley  with  his  family.      (Rm  22)  What  Does  G-­‐d  Want  Me  to  Do?    Explore  the  non-­‐dual  territory  beyond  the  linear  mind  to  discover  the  moment  before  G-­‐d  and  human  become  separate  –  that  is,  the  present  moment.    Led  by  Brian  Yosef  Schacter-­‐Brooks.  (Rm  7)    Pareve:  Why  Do  I  Have  3  Sets  of  Dishes?  On  a  night  dedicated  to  eating  dairy,  we  will  be  looking  at  some  of  the  source  texts  that  created  the  whole  concept  of  food  being  pareve.    We  will  explore  major  halakhic  principals  of  kashrut  and  explore  how  they  are  relevant  today.    Led  by  Rabbi  Adam  Naftalin-­‐Kelman.  (Game  Rm)    Torah  of  Fire  and  Darkness  “Why  was  the  Torah  was  given  in  fire  and  darkness?”  asked  Rabbi  Isaac  in  the  Zohar.    The  study  of  sacred  text  is  our  guide  on  the  burning  trajectory  through  three  levels  of  darkness  into  the  very  heart  of  heaven.    Together,  we  set  an  intention  that  our  hearts  will  open  into  Torah  so  that  our  personal  revelation  will  become  clear.  Rabbi  SaraLeya  Schley,  who  serves  Chochmat  HaLev,  was  ordained  through  ALEPH,  is  the  mother  of  3  adult  children,  has  a  day  job  as  a  gynecologist,  and  is  also  a  member  of  Congregations  Beth  Israel  and  Netivot  Shalom.    (Rm  13)        

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 12:40a  –  1:40a  Session  What  Really  Happened  at  Sinai?  There  was  thunder  and  lightning  to  accompany  the  greatest  Divine  revelation  ever  experienced  by  our  people.  But  the  message  of  the  10  commandments  seems  to  be  self-­‐evident,  so...  why  the  big  deal?    Chassidic  philosophy  has  a  unique  slant  on  the  innovation  of  the  revelation  at  Mt.  Sinai.    Rabbi  Yehuda  Ferris  is  the  director  of  Chabad  of  the  East  Bay.    (Auditorium)    Up  Against  the  Wall  Last  Friday  500  men  and  women  prayed  and  celebrated  the  new  Jewish  month  together  at  the  Western  Wall  in  Jerusalem  surrounded  by  a  human  chain  of  Israeli  police  protecting  them  from  5000  ultra  Orthodox  protesters.  Come  learn  texts  about  what  is  and  isn’t  allowed  in  traditional  Jewish  prayer  for  women  and  mixed  groups.  Rabbi  Pamela  Frydman  is  the  International  Co-­‐Chair  of  Rabbis  for  Women  of  the  Wall.    (South  Hall)    Building  Holy  Community  Our  holy  communities  and  social  movements  are  important  to  us  and  are  also  frustratingly  difficult  to  start  and  maintain  as  we  would  wish.    Reb  Zalman  Schachter-­‐Shalomi  has  posed  five  important  questions  to  consider  in  doing  this  work,  and  we  will  explore  them  experientially  in  this  workshop.    Among  his  questions  are:    How  do  we  envision  a  cosmology  that  will  heal  Mother  Earth?    How  do  we  include  both  right-­‐  and  left-­‐brain  approaches?  How  do  we  include  G-­‐d?    Abigail  Grafton  is  a  psychotherapist,  organizational  consultant,  and  co-­‐Shomeret  of  The  Aquarian  Minyan.    (Rm  19)    Justice  of  Revelation  Encountering  G-­‐d  -­‐  at  Sinai,  in  prayer,  in  meditation,  nature,  or  elsewhere  -­‐  can  be  an  agitating  experience.  It  unsettles  us  and  forces  us  to  change  our  perceptions  about  ourselves  and  about  our  society.  Through  text  and  discussion,  we'll  consider  how  revelation  can  compel  us  to  work  towards  justice  in  our  community.  Joel  Abramovitz  is  a  day  school  teacher,  educator  with  Kevah,  and  a  volunteer  leader  with  Bend  the  Arc:  A  Jewish  Partnership  for  Justice.    (Library)    Chalom:  Dream  Interpretation  in  the  Talmud  and  You  Come  join  Eliana  on  a  nighttime  textpedition  and  explore  rabbinic  dream  interpretation  from  Tractate  Berachot  of  the  Babylonian  Talmud.  We'll  study  this  ancient  text  of  possible  dreams  ranging  from  elephants  to  fig  trees  to  forbidden  passions  and  even  saying  the  shema.    We'll  also  have  a  chance  to  share  our  own  dreams  with  each  other.    Eliana  Kissner  is  a  singer,  composer,  performer,  and  talmudette  who  interweaves  Jewish  text,  practice,  and  performance.    (Rm  22)  

Sabbath,  Festival  and  the  Garden  of  Eden  –  at  Burning  Man  Certain  practices  that  have  evolved  at  the  annual  Burning  Man  festival  are  surprisingly  similar  to  Jewish  observances  of  Sabbath  and  festivals  which  arouse  a  yearning  for  a  better  world  and  provide  a  taste  of  the  messianic  “world-­‐that-­‐is-­‐coming.”  Come  to  a  discussion  of  how  Black  Rock  City  can  be  seen  as  a  contemporary  quest  for  the  Garden  of  Eden.    Ron  H.  Feldman,  Ph.D.  has  published  widely  on  Jewish  subjects,  is  a  Visiting-­‐scholar  at  the  Graduate  Theological  Union  and  works  at  the  JCC  of  the  East  Bay.  He  is  bald  because  he  wears  many  hats!    (Rm  7)  

If  There  Were  No  Jews  There  Would  Be  No  Superheroes  Since  1938,  young  Jews  have  been  writing,  drawing,  editing  and  publishing  comic  books  for  DC  Comics,  Marvel  and  minor  publishers  as  well.    This  may  explain  why  there  are  so  few  good  super  villains.    This  certainly  explains  the  creation  of  graphic  novels!    Described  by  the  J.Weekly  as  the  Super  Fan,  Rabbi  Harry  A.  Manhoff,  Ph.D.  began  collecting  and  re-­‐collecting  comic  books  twenty  years  ago.    For  the  last  ten  years,  he  has  been  lecturing  about  the  Jews  who  created  the  Superhero  genre.    (Rm  13)    1:50a  –  2:50a  Session    At  the  Mountain:  Exodus  19  &  20  Chapters  19  and  20  of  Exodus  constitute  a  concise  narrative  of  the  Israelite  community's  preparations  for  revelation  at  Mount  Sinai  and  the  reception  of  the  Ten  Commandments.  Join  Fred  for  a  wide-­‐ranging  reading  of  Torah  that  brings  together  approaches  from  religious  studies,  literature,  history,  anthropology,  and  Jewish  tradition.    Fred  Astren  is  Professor  and  Department  Chair  of  Jewish  Studies  at  San  Francisco  State  University.    (Auditorium)    A  Hebrew?  An  Egyptian?  Neither?  An  Exploration  of  Moshe's  Identity  This  session  will  be  exploring  the  psukim  in  the  first  few  chapters  of  Shmot,  looking  for  hints  about  Moshe's  personal  identity  before  G-­‐d  spoke  to  him.  The  question  of  who  Moshe  identifies  as  in  his  childhood  is  very  important  when  thinking  about  who  he  was  as  OUR  leader.    Hannah  Feiner  is  a  10th  grader  attending  Jewish  Community  High  School  of  the  Bay  in  SF.    (South  Hall)    What  Do  We  Do  with  The  Violence  Committed  by  God  in  The  Torah?    Sadly  violence  continues  to  plague  our  world,  raising  questions  about  the  role  religion,  any  religion,  may  play  in  inspiring  violence.  God  behaves  violently  in  many  places  throughout  the  Torah.    As  Jews,  the  role  model  of  a  God  who  repeatedly  behaves  in  angry,  violent  ways  in  our  most  sacred  text  presents  obstacles  for  many  of  us  in  embracing  Torah  as  Truth.  This  night,  as  we  receive  Torah  anew,  let  us  wrestle  together  with  God-­‐violence  in  Torah.    Robin  Braverman  teaches  creative  approaches  to  Jewish  learning  and  practice  that  express  Jewish  values  in  social  action  and  everyday  life  and  go  beyond  Jewish  denominational  differences.    (Rm  19)    Think  Jewish  Shop  Local  There  is  a  principle  in  the  Torah  that  if  property  is  being  bought  or  sold,  preference  be  given  to  buy  from  or  sell  to  other  Jews.  The  rabbis  have  reinforced  this  and  accept  it  as  a  standard  practice.  This  workshop  will  explore  the  mitzvah  of  supporting  our  fellow  Jews  when  buying  things.    Rabbi  Chaim  Mahgel-­‐Friedman  is  the  co-­‐owner  of  Afikomen  Judaica  in  Berkeley  and  a  teacher  of  Jewish  thought  and  practice.    (Rm  22)    Queer  Theology...How  It's  Good  for  the  Jews!    We'll  look  at  the  creation  texts  from  Bereishit  and  explore  how  a  Queer  understanding  of  our  stories  of  our  original  connections  to  God  can  change  and  reinforce  the  shape  and  intensity  of  Jewish  faith.  Rabbi  David  Dunn  Bauer  is  an  alumnus  of  the  Reconstructionist  Rabbinical  College  and  holds  a  certificate  in  Sexuality  and  Religion  from  Pacific  School  of  Religion.  He  has  been  teaching  about  Queer  spirituality  and  Religion  and  Eros  for  over  a  decade.    (Rm  13)        

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 3:00a  –  4:00a  Session    Obscure  Dates  in  the  Hebrew  Calendar  In  this  session,  we'll  explore  the  Hebrew  Calendar  and  some  of  its  lesser-­‐known  significant  dates,  such  as  when  the  universe  was  created,  when  the  Hebrews  arrived  at  Mount  Sinai,  and  when  the  flood  during  Noah's  time  started  and  ended.    Rabbi  Shalom  Bochner  is  based  in  Berkeley  and  is  the  Director  of  Alma  Retreats,  which  provides  approaches  to  Judaism,  which  are  meaningful,  traditional,  text-­‐based,  and  interactive.      (Auditorium)    The  Hardest  Mitzva  To  Fulfill  In  a  post-­‐modern  world,  where  each  individual  is  free  to  make  decisions  about  their  life,  there  are  a  few  Torah  commandments  that  seem  to  clash  with  this  concept.  How  can  we  rebuke  and  love,  leave  our  comfort  zone  and  dare  to  respond  to  an  act  that  seems  wrong?  A  text-­‐based  class  and  chavruta  (partner-­‐study).    Ma'ayan  Rabinovich  is  an  instructor  at  the  Merkevah  Torah  Insitute,  and  Youth  Director  at  Congregation  Beth  Israel.  (South  Hall)    The  49  Day  Tikkun:  The  Omer  and  Social  Justice  Join  him  to  discover  and  revive  the  traditional  connections  between  the  omer  and  a  sustainable  and  just  food  system.    Joel  Gerwein  is  an  environmental  professional  who  likes  to  think  about  food.    (Rm  19)      4:10a  –  5:10a  Session    Kevah  and  Kavanah  -­‐  Prayer  Paradigms  We  will  explore  the  tensions  between  fixed  prayer  and  the  spontaneous  pouring  of  the  heart  through  the  works  of  contemporary  Jewish  theologians.    Rabbi  Yonatan  Cohen  is  the  spiritual  leader  of  Congregation  Beth  Israel  (CBI),  Berkeley's  vibrant  Modern  Orthodox  community.    (Auditorium)    Busting  Down  the  Binary:  A  Jewish  Exploration  of  Gender  and  Gender  Performance  What  is  gender,  and  how  do  we  experience  it?  How  are  Jewish  experiences  of  gender  different  than  non-­‐Jewish  ones?  And  what  do  all  those  letters  in  LGBTQIA  stand  for,  anyway?  Come  learn  the  answers  to  those  questions  and  more!    Maya  Brodkey  is  the  Bay  Area  Community  Organizer  for  Keshet.    (South  Hall)        

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