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From Fanny Brice to Natalie Portman, Jewish women have made their mark on the silver screen. In this episode of “Jewish Thought Leaders”, movie reviewer and film critic Jan Wahl shares inside stories of what she calls REEL Jewish Women – that’s reel with two “e”s… Hear clips from some stellar moments of old movies and films that have yet to be released on DVD – all showing the range of talent and the impact that Jewish women have had on the industry and the cultural landscape.

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When Professor Deborah Lipstadt published Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth & Memory”, she couldn’t imagine that her next book would be detailing the trial she won when Holocaust denier David Irving sued her for libel. In this talk, presented at the Osher Marin JCC, Lipstadt speaks about History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier and about the state of anti-semitism today, particularly on college campuses.

 

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Do you ever crave foods when you’re not hungry? Ever wonder why you can’t just eat one cookie or potato chip? Former FDA Commissioner Dr. David Kessler has investigated this and in his best-selling book, The End of Overeating – Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite, he explains how our brain chemistry is manipulated by processed foods that layer fat on sugar on fat on salt. This episode of “Jewish Thought Leaders” provides strategies for gaining control and shares how we can make the food industry more accountable to consumer health.

 

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In honor of Israel’s Independence Day, a panel of San Francisco-based experts share the latest on Israel’s high tech economy, the explosion in arts and culture, efforts to improve the lives of Israeli Arabs and Israel’s place in the world. Israel’s Consul General Akiva Tor speaks about efforts on college campuses to divest in companies that do business in Israel. Rabbi Brian Lurie, co-chair of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arabs speaks about progress to open lines of communication and commerce between Jews and Arabs in Israel. Bruce Taragin of Blumberg Capital shared positive news about Israel’s growing high tech economy and amazing gains that have been made there in I.T. and Dr. Donny Inbar paints a glowing picture of the arts scene today in Israel.

 

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Since his teens, Frank Ferrante has been enamored by Groucho Marx and has collected artifacts and memorabilia that are being exhibited for the first time at the Osher Marin JCC in San Rafael, California. As star of “An Evening with Groucho”, Ferrante recreates his hero on stage in a roller coaster ride of classic jokes, wit, songs, stories, dances and hilarious improvised audience interaction. Here, he shares stories about Groucho at the opening of the gallery exhibit of his personal collection.

 

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April 17th at the Osher Marin JCC

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If the first phase of Jewish history was biblical, and the second phase rabbinic, Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg believes that we’re now in the third phase – post Holocaust and the modern state of Israel – where G-d is more hidden and the role of the Jewish people is to truly be a light unto the nations. In this talk he sets this viewpoint in context of all that has taken place and inspires us to behave in acknowledgment that we are all created in G-d’s image.

 

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Creating a Jewish home and raising Jewish children does not always come naturally. And even when it does, there’s always more to learn. In this episode of “Jewish Thought Leaders”, Karen Kushner, educator, therapist and co-author, along with Anita Diamant, of How to Raise a Jewish Child, shares tips and insights on parenting with the best in Jewish values and tradition. Karen is currently the executive director of the Jewish Welcome Network, a San Francisco based organization welcoming interfaith families, unaffiliated Jews and spiritual seekers into synagogues.

 

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For many, tikkun olam or repairing the world has meant the “haves” giving or doing things for “the have nots”. Rabbi Jill Jacobs, author of “There Shall Be No Needy – Pursuing Social Justice Through Jewish Law & Tradition” & rabbi in residence at the Jewish Funds for Justice thinks its time for a new model. As a former community organizer and a leading expert on Jewish social justice, Jacobs believes that we should be creating holy communities where we come to understand one anothers problems and, together, move toward solutions. This episode of Jewish Thought Leaders features Rabbi Jill Jacobs in conversation with Rabbi Lavey Derby of Congregation Kol Shofar in Tiburon, CA.

 

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Six and a half years after founding Noah’s NY Bagels, Noah Alper sold the business for $100 million. At the time, it was the largest Kosher retailer in the U.S. In this episode of “Jewish Thought Leaders”, Noah Alper discusses the ethical business practices that led to his success with seven different ventures, including Bread and Circus, a Massachusetts-based grocery chain that’s now a part of Whole Foods. Today Noah is a consultant to aspiring entrepreneurs and shares the wisdom he wrote about in his new book, Business Mensch.

 

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While San Francisco’s Jewish population is not huge, the impact that Jews from the Bay Area have made on California and the world is significant. In this episode of Jewish Thought Leaders, three authors with deep roots in the San Francisco area share stories about local Jewish personalities who have made history. Hear a conversation moderated by writer Stephen Dobbs with Fred Rosenbaum, author of Cosmopolitans: A Social and Cultural History of the Jews of the San Francisco Bay Area, and Frances Dinkelspiel, author of Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California.

 

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