Bruce and Jeanette Geller were influential Los Angeles residents whose passion for creativity and the pursuit of art defined their lives. Bruce Geller was an award-wining Hollywood screenwriter most famous for creating, directing and producing the highly successful, Mission Impossible. Our first Festival of the Arts is an exciting week long program that bridges artistic worlds, including TV, music, dance, literature and comedy—passions which exemplified the Geller family. Their generous contributions to arts education commemorate and celebrate their great legacy.
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Your Next Israel Journey Begins at Home
Moledet (Homeland) picks up where Birthright left off. It is designed to reignite your Birthright passion, reconnecting you to Israel and Jewish culture right here at home. The program kicks off with a ten day retreat at American Jewish University’s Brandeis-Bardin Campus in Simi Valley. Modeled on the kibbutz lifestyle and philosophy, the campus offers swimming pools, art studios, hiking paths, horse trails and more.
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Burton Sperber Jewish Community Library of Greater Los Angeles in conjunction with the Bel & Jack Ostrow Library
The Burton Sperber Library at American Jewish University now serves as the official Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles. This new library succeeds the original Peter M. Kahn Jewish Community Library that was formerly housed at the Los Angeles Jewish Federation. Dedicated by his family in memory of noted Los Angeles philanthropist and landscape developer Burton Sperber, this library welcomes the entire Los Angeles Jewish community to enjoy its state-of-the-art facility including regularly scheduled programs for children and families as well as author and other literary encounters.
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Join Us at our Brandeis Bardin Campus May 3-5, 2013
SPEND THE WEEKEND AT OUR BRANDEIS-BARDIN CAMPUS, A 3,000 ACRE RETREAT CENTER NESTLED IN THE BEAUTIFUL SANTA SUSANA MOUNTAINS.
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Cultural? Secular? Religious? GET A NEW ANGLE ON THE JEWISH WOMAN.
An innovative theater experience for women and the men who love them. Q & A with writers & actors following performance
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THE WHIZIN CENTER FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION and the MA’ALEH SCHOOL OF TELEVISION, FILM & THE ARTS present
Please join us for the Fourth Annual Power of Jewish Films Festival on April 21, 2013 at 7pm. Following the sold-out success of the last three years, we are pleased to host the MA’ALEH SCHOOL OF TELEVISION, FILM & THE ARTS, the only film school in the world committed to exploring the Jewish experience through the medium of film. Located on the dividing line between the old and new cities of Jerusalem, the school trains its filmmakers to produce work inspired by their rich Jewish traditions, contemporary Israeli experience and Western cultural values.
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THE SIGI ZIERING INSTITUTE, THE SURVIVOR MITZVAH PROJECT and LOS ANGELES MUSEUM OF THE HOLOCAUST present
Film Screening & Discussion • Sunday, April 28 • 4:00pm
When heroes are killers, truth becomes the enemy.
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