# Tuesday, February 26, 2013

9:30 am - 11:00 am

Qigong

Programs , Santa Monica

Qigong for Cancer Patients and Their Families in Clover Park, Santa Monica This FREE class is intended to help improve the lives of those with cancer and their families. Come strengthen your body, mind and spirit with the practice of qigong with instructor and brain cancer survivor since 2000,...

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Gospel Fusion- Gershwin and Beyond

Arts & Entertainment , San Gabriel Valley
Organizations/Sponsors: Los Angeles Jewish Symphony

Gospel Fusion- Gershwin and Beyond A Celebration of the Historic and Contemporary Connections Between African-American and Jewish Music of the Spirit Monday, April 29, 2013, 8:00 pm, Ann & Steve Morgan Auditorium, University of La Verne The program will feature a wide variety of participants,...

All Day

Voices and Visions

Arts & Entertainment , Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: Skirball Cultural Center
Venue: Skirball Cultural Center

Drawing on the power of the visual arts to communicate humanistic ideals, this exhibition presents a series of poster images inspired by Jewish texts, both ancient and modern. The words of Jewish luminaries from Hillel to Maimonides to Susan Sontag are newly interpreted and graphically transformed...

6:00 pm - 8:15 pm

THE ANNUAL ALL-NEW ONE-TIME-ONLY NEW YEAR’S EVE MUSICAL REVUE!

Arts & Entertainment , Santa Monica
Organizations/Sponsors: Santa Monica Group Theatre
Venue: Santa Monica Playhouse

“One of the Ten Best New Year’s Eve Events in LA” raves LA Weekly. A scrumptious and sumptuous complimentary buffet supper starts off the evening, then it’s “on with the show!” as internationally acclaimed Actors’ Repertory Theatre brings you a highly entertaining, family-friendly...

All Day

Leaving the Land of Roses

Arts & Entertainment , Venice/Marina DR
Organizations/Sponsors: Shulamit Gallery
Venue: Shulamit Gallery

Shulamit Gallery is pleased to launch our second inaugural exhibition Leaving the Land of Roses, which explores the contemporary Iranian Jewish story. This exhibit is an official satellite show of the Fowler Museum’s Light and Shadows: The Story of Iranian Jews. This partnership aligns...

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Charlie Kaplan - Sculpture, Pleasing Curves

Arts & Entertainment , Downtown
Organizations/Sponsors: PYO Gallery LA
Venue: PYO Gallery LA

PYO Gallery LA is pleased to announce “Sculpture, Pleasing Curves” a solo exhibition of works by Charlie Kaplan. The exhibition opens on January 19 and continues thru March 9, 2013. A reception for the artist will be held on Saturday, January 19, from 6 to 8pm. PYO Gallery is pleased to present...

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Shirley Valentine

Arts & Entertainment , Burbank
Organizations/Sponsors: Falcon Theatre
Venue: Falcon Theatre

Falcon Theatre is proud to present Shirley Valentine written by Willy Russell and directed by Andrew Barnicle, the fourth production of the Falcon Theatre’s 2012-2013 Subscription Season. This critically acclaimed Tony-nominated one-woman show stars DeeDee Rescher, who is best known for her...

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Elementary Hebrew Conversation Classes and Intermediate Hebrew Conversation Classes

Classes , Pico/Robertson
Venue: AISH LOS ANGELES

Beginning Hebrew: Wednesday evenings from 7-8:30PM For those with zero background-we will start from the alphabet and work our way up to basic conversation for a variety of life settings such as travel to Israel, in the workplace, shopping, restaurants and Jewish themes. Speaking, reading,...

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Elementary Hebrew Conversation Classes and Intermediate Hebrew Conversation Classes

Classes , Pico/Robertson
Venue: AISH LOS ANGELES

Beginning: For those with zero background-we will start from the alphabet and work our way up to basic conversation for a variety of life settings such as travel to Israel, in the workplace, shopping, restaurants and Jewish themes. Speaking, reading, writing and listening are stressed with equal...

4:42 pm

Learn Krav Maga

Sports , Los Angeles
Venue: {REL[9085][cal_event_venue]GfiT4Q0rREL}

Friends, please come and try a krav maga class as my guest.  This is self defense system of the Israeli military, special forces and anti-terror units. Easy to learn, hard to forget and a fun workout.  Suitable for men and women aged 14 and up.  Class is Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 7-8pm....

6:30 pm

Dementia and Alzheimer’s Support Group

Seniors , Beverly Hills
Organizations/Sponsors: Sunrise Senior Living

Providing direct care to a loved one with memory loss or dementia can be a rewarding, exhausting and frustrating experience. Sunrise Senior Living understands and has been assisting families with memory loss and dementia since 1981.  This gathering is designed to provide emotional support and...

6:30 pm

Dementia and Alzheimer’s Support Group

Seniors , Beverly Hills
Organizations/Sponsors: Sunrise Senior Living

Providing direct care to a loved one with memory loss or dementia can be a rewarding, exhausting and frustrating experience. Sunrise Senior Living understands and has been assisting families with memory loss and dementia since 1981.  This gathering is designed to provide emotional support and...

7:00 pm

Water & Oil Do/n’t Mix

Arts & Entertainment , Burbank
Organizations/Sponsors: Artist Co-op7
Venue: Creative Arts Center Gallery

Burbank, CA:  Seven exceptional Los Angeles artists present monotypes, oils, and watercolors which uniquely demonstrate Artist Co-op 7 philosophy of discovery and creative expression. Members are: Adria becker, Rita Borofsky, Judy Dekel, Caren J. Gafni, Susan Gesundheit, Jeanne Hahn, Linda Taibi....

7:00 pm

TATTOOS AND ISRAEL’S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

Lectures , Beverly Hills
Organizations/Sponsors: The American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem
Venue: A Private Home

You are invited to a unique and powerful evening at the Home of Abigail Goldberg. Full address disclosed upon registration (see below). The evening will feature the following presentations: *Personal Testimonies from Courageous Machal Volunteers from Overseas Who Helped Win Israel’s War of...

7:30 pm

Magic, Ritual and Healing in Ancient Egypt

Lectures , Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: California Museum of Ancient Art
Venue: Wilshire Blvd. Temple

On April 22 and 29, and May 13 and 21, the California Museum of Ancient Art will host “Magic, Ritual and Healing in Ancient Egypt,” a multi-media lecture series by a veritable “Who’s Who” of global experts. The series will explore the power and world-view of Ancient Egypt, which flourished...

7:30 pm

Study Samuel I with famous scholar Rabbi Rachel Adler

Adult Education , Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: Beth Chayim Chadashim
Venue: Beth Chayim Chadashim

World-renowned scholar, Rabbi Rachel Adler, returns to BCC to study the first book of Samuel with those interested in a court history set around 1000 BCE. It deals, among other things, with the kingships of Saul and David and the “was it love?” - affair between David and Jonathan. Rabbi Adler...