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EREV NAVIDAD

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WHAT DO JEWISH PEOPLE IN NAPA DO ON CHRISTMAS
EVE?

Join Us For Erev Navidad!
Congregation Beth Shalom’s
Annual Fun(d)raising Event

Thursday, December 24th @ 5 PM

Dinner/Movie/Dessert $65 Per Person, All Inclusive

R.S.V.P. & Payment Required by December 20th

Reservations may be made at www.cbsnapa.org

QUESTIONS ?

Contact: Rhonda Simon

707-255-6677 or mssimonsez@comcast.net

A WING AND A PRAYER: Documentary

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bTitle card -A Film By Boaz DvirA WING AND A PRAYER tells the remarkable, if little-known, story of an improbable group of World War II veterans who risked their lives and American citizenships to give the newborn state of Israel a chance to survive. In 1947, the United Nations voted to partition British-controlled Palestine between the Arabs and Jews. The Jews agreed to the two-state deal, but the Palestinian Arabs (two-thirds of Palestine’s population) rejected the plan. In response, the five-nation Arab League vowed to conquer all of Palestine. Moved by the plight of Holocaust survivors and Jews trapped in Palestine, former U.S. Air Transport Command flight engineer Adolph Schwimmer masterminded a plan to arm the besieged Palestinian Jews. Schwimmer and his crew of pilots smuggled 12 million dollars’ worth of World War II surplus rifles, machine guns, bullets and planes into ill-equipped Israel just as the 1948 Arab-Israeli War broke out. Schwimmer’s group – made up of Jews and non-Jews – eluded the FBI, outsmarted the U.S. State Department and created fictitious airlines to help the Israeli army ward off attacks from Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Egypt. Produced to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, A WING AND A PRAYER follows the twists and turns of this clandestine operation. Narrated by William Baldwin, the documentary features interviews with more than 20 of the operation’s key aviators, their family members and historians.

Produced, written and directed by award wining filmaker: Boaz Dvir

Mr. Dvir will be available for a discussion and dialogue with the audience via Skype.

Brought to you by the Jewish Historical Society of Napa Valley.

When: Sunday, November 8th 2015

Where: Congregation Beth Shalom, 1455 Elm St. Napa CA

How Much: Free of charge to JHSNV members. Suggested donation of $5.00 for all non-members.

Who:  RSVP and info-> 707-251-9092 or info@jhsnv.org

 

 

Community Thanksgiving Service

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unnamed (3)What: Community Thanksgiving Service

When: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 7:00 p.m.

Where: Congregation Beth Shalom 1455 Elm Street, Napa, CA

Come, ye thankful people, come,
Raise the song of harvest home…

Following the service, there will be a time for fellowship and pie in the Social Hall.
(Bring your favorite Thanksgiving pie to share!)

Sponsored by Napa Downtown Churches:
First Presbyterian Church
Congregation Beth Shalom
First United Methodist Church
Napa Community Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Napa Valley Lutheran Church
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church

For more information, please call (707) 224-8693

The Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin

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YR-quoteWhat:  The Legacy of  Yitzhak  Rabin, Nobel  Peace  Prize Recipient

When: Tuesday Night, November 3, 7:00 -8:45 at Congregration Beth Shalom

Why: In commemoration of Prime Minister Rabin’s 20th Yartzheit, one  of  the  most  important  people  in  Israel’s history whose legacy lives on  today.

Open to the Community

This program is presented  by two  educators  from  the Dror Israel Movement*  in Israel

7:00 – 7:30: Come view the exhibit which chronicles Rabin’s life

7:30 – 8:45: Interactive program on Rabin’s life, his legacy and what it means for  Israel today.

 

*Dror Israel is a pioneering educational movement whose mission is to effect meaningful, long-term educational and social change in Israeli society in order to promote solidarity, social activism, democracy and equality. They aim to form the grassroots nucleus of an exemplary society in Israel based on the vision of the prophets of Israel and the founders of Zionism.   In the past decade, Dror Israel has established 16 Educators’ kibbutzim in the social and geographic periphery of Israel. There are currently 1,200 young adults living in these kibbutzim, aged 20-40, who work daily in the organization’s educational, cultural and social activities with over 100,000 children, teens and adults. 

Deli Man – October 18th 4:00 pm @ CBS

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What Else:  Jewish Deli Food (Chicken soup with matzo balls, Bagels with the fixings, Herring, Smoked fish….and more!)
The FUN:  Popcorn while you watch a hunger provoking film…
The FUND:  Raising $$ for our “Christmas at The Table”
How Much:
$45 per person over the age of 10 years
$10 for children under 10 years
Must Pre-Register: Only room for 100 people with ALL proceeds going to The Table Christmas Meal!
Cook and volunteers to help: contact Rivla at rivkalivni@gmail.com

CBS at the Movies: The Film is “Strange Fruit” – Sunday June 14th 7:00 pm

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maxresdefault“Strange Fruit” explores the origins and legacy of Billie Holiday’s haunting classic, one of the most influential protest songs ever written.

While many people assume the song “Strange Fruit” was written by Holiday herself, it was actually conceived as a poem by a Jewish-American schoolteacher from the Bronx.

Disturbed by a photograph of a lynching, the teacher wrote the stark verse and brooding melody. It was first put to music at a meeting of his New York teacher’s union. But it was when Billie Holiday began performing the song at New York’s Cafe Society and then later recorded it that “Strange Fruit” began to gain notoriety. The song reached number 16 on popular music charts just months after being released, despite a ban by radio stations who labeled it “subversive”. Footage of Lady Day herself performing her bitter and heart wrenching signature song stands at the of the film.

The film is 57 minutes long produced and directed by Joel Katz was released in 2002. It was screened at the SF Jewish Film Festival in 2003.

The film is appropriate for anyone over the age of 10.

@7:00 pm on June 14th at Congregation Beth Shalom Napa.

Shavuot Celebration at Diamond Creek

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14129b0ba4ef80a7d436021134ab3a1e5ea05491-x425-2Congregation Beth Shalom‘s annual celebration of Shavuot will be at Diamond Creek Vineyards in Calistoga thanks to the generosity of Boots Brounstein.

Join Congregation Beth Shalom and Congregation B’nai Israel for this spectacular day.

Sunday, May 24th, beginning at 10:30 am Swimming, “schmoozing” etc. will end at 3:30pm

Services will take place at 11 am with Rabbi Lee Bycel, CBS, and Rabbi David White with music led by CBS Music Director, Gordon Lustig

Shorashim (children 4 and under with their parents) will celebrate in an area with leader Mimi Greisman

It’s a day spent in beauty with a lake (and paddleboats), swimming pool, trees, vineyards, waterfalls, and sunshine (we hope) in abundance.

Plan to bring a picnic including beverages, towels, folding beach chairs, and bathing suits.

Go north on Highway 29 past St. Helena. Turn left on Diamond Mt. Road (one block past Dunaweal Lane). Proceed to 1500 Diamond Mt. Road, where you will see the first of many signs directing you to the lake at Diamond Creek Vineyards which is farther up the road and around the hill to the right. Note: if you get to the stop sign on Highway 29, turn around and go back to Diamond Mt. Road.

Winemakers, Musicians, Comedians, Politicians To Participate In A One-Of-A-Kind Interpretation Of The Story Of Passover In A Live Sit-Down Seder.

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(March 6, 2015 – NAPA, CA) The “Napa Seder-Beyond 4 Cups” transcends religion and highlights the cultural connection to the historic Jewish liberation from slavery and universal struggle with freedom. Wine is a prominent theme in the traditional Passover Seder, and Michael Dorf, City Winery owner and founder wants to ask the question “why on this night in Napa should we only have 4 cups of wine?”. Mr. Dorf has produced his unique celebrity driven Seder in NY since 1988, taken it to Chicago in 2012 and will premier it in Napa on March 29th at City Winery Napa—one week prior to the official start of the holiday.

For the Napa Seder, over 10 winemakers and winery owners will sit down with various musicians, comedians, and political thinkers, including Israeli Superstar, David Broza in an engaging Seder luncheon. The interpretive Seder will offer inspiration, fun, and a unique cultural connection between wine, music, tradition, and peace.

This event is a chance for Dorf to combine his deep connections to the entertainment industry (prior to launching City Winery he created and ran New York’s iconic music venue, The Knitting Factory) with his love of wine and entertaining. Special guest David Broza was recently featured by Vanity Fair writer Jordan Hoffman, who opened his story with the line;

“He did more for the Middle East peace process in eight days than Secretary of State John Kerry has done in two years. Is he a diplomat or religious leader? No, he’s a singer-songwriter, and if no one else is going to try and heal the world, he will.”

The event will open with a viewing of the new film East Jerusalem/West Jerusalem, produced by Broza, it is a spectacular & important film showing how music can bridge people in Israel and Palestine, even in a longtime war zone. Film will screen at1:30PM, followed by Q&A, then a short performance by Broza during the Seder.

“This Seder is an opportunity for the community to explore our connection to our ancestors in a one-of-a-kind evening that could only happen in an open, free society, cosmopolitan and sophisticated city like Napa. “ Said Michael Dorf
Beyond Four Cups: The Napa Seder
City Winery Napa
1030 Main Street Napa, CA 94559
Noon Doors – 1:30 PM Start
Cost: $90
Ticket and Information Link

Weapons of the Spirit – Filmshowing + QA with Director

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weaponsofthespiritWhen: Sunday April 12th @ 12:30 pm

Where: Congregation Beth Shalom

A Unique Conspiracy of Goodness

Weapons of the Spirit is the internationally acclaimed documentary film about a small village in Nazi-occupied France that saved 5,000 Jews during World War II. Following the film we will have a Q&A with the filmmaker Pierre Sauvage, led by Rabbi Lee Bycel.

Open to the entire community and appropriate for children 5th grade and above.

Yom HaShoah  Commeration.