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TUES, NOV 11 • 1PM & 7PM
Rialto Cinemas, Sebastopol
“The late, great Tony winner Linda Lavin (Alice) shines as an overbearing Jewish grandmother in One Big Happy Family, a big-hearted contemporary Bat Mitzvah comedy about mothers, daughters, sisters and the mensches we pick along the way to join our chosen family. L’chaim!”
- Thelma Adams, Rotten Tomatoes Top Critic
When a DNA test completely upends a woman’s life, while planning her daughter’s Bat Mitzvah, she embarks on a hilarious journey with her eccentric mother to find out who she really is.
This is the last film of two-time Golden Globe® and Tony Winner, Linda Lavin (Netflix’s “No Good Deed,” Hulu’s “Mid Century Modern”) who died a few days before its premiere at Miami Jewish Film Festival.
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THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SF - "The Ancient World: Strike a Pose for Eternity" 

MON, OCT 27 • 10:15 - 12 PM
Online (Zoom)
We hope you will join us “The Ancient World: Strike a Pose for Eternity” Consider the features of this small figure, less than one foot tall. In what ways is this artwork “modern” in its appearance yet one of the oldest artworks in the FAMSF collections? Is it true…that what is old is new, and what is new is old? How does the past intersect with the present?
Please join FAMSF docents Lani Shepp and Charlotte Read for a lively conversation on descriptions of and fabulous stories surrounding several artworks that portray the human figure from ancient Greece, Egypt and more… and how they each are a witness to history.
| | Cycladic Figure from the Cyclades Islands in the Aegean Sea. 2,500 BC, Marble | | (New newsletter coming next week!) | | | | |
COMING UP: SONOMA COUNTY & BEYOND
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FOOD PANTRY
VOLUNTEER DAY!

TODAY
THURS, OCT 23 • 4 - 6 PM
Elim Lutheran Church (Petaluma)
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KABBALAT SHABBAT

FRI, OCT 24 • 5:30 PM - 9PM 
Sacred Redwood Grove, West Sonoma County 

Join us in the Grove as we welcome Shabbat together.
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ISRAELI SINGALONG
With Meiron Egger - Shira B'Tzibur

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$20 minimum contribution suggested.
MORE INFO / RSVP
israeli-singalong-soco@googlegroups.com
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SAT, NOV 1 • 1 - 4 PM
Location TBD (Sonoma County)
Israeli songs - from oldies to newer ones, and whatever is in between that makes our hearts sing. A spontaneous singalong, where the participants request songs, lyrics show up on the screen, the rest of us join our voices together, and Meiron artfully accompanies.
This time, the general theme is childhood: childhood songs, intergenerational songs, and everything childhood, plus more.

1-2 p.m. Potluck lunch
2-4 p.m. Sing our hearts out
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SHABBAT DINNER -
One Beth Ami Has Never Tried Before!
FRI, NOV 7 • 6 PM
Beth Ami, Santa Rosa
David Kahn has devised a way to use our outdoor cookers to produce, for the first time, a Kosher roast beef Shabbat dinner.
It will follow the Shir Shabbat services with Rabbi Koas and Klezmer Creek, Friday November 7 at 6:00 pm
RSVP by Nov. 5 at noon.
$20 for members age 12 and up.
$25 for age 12 and up non-members.
$9 for Under 12.
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Contact our office with RSVPs 
for guests and non-members
BethAmiSR.org • 707-360-3000 • office@bethamisr.org
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NTRODUCING: TOT SHABBAT!
SAT, NOV 15 • 11 AM
Beth Ami, Santa Rosa
We're excited to invite you and your little ones to a brand-new, kid-friendly Shabbat experience led by Zoe Baruch. Join us once a month for Tot Shabbat, a warm and playful hour designed just for children ages 1 to 5.
We'll have stories, songs, and activities that help introduce our youngest members to the beauty of Shabbat and Jewish traditions in a way that's fun and engaging. Beginning November 15th from 11:00 am until noon. Bring your kids, let them sing along, and watch them discover the joy of Shabbat in a welcoming and lively atmosphere.
Then join us for lunch! We can't wait to celebrate together.
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SEEKING RELIGIOUS SCHOOL TEACHERS - Part Time: Sun & Wed

Shomrei Torah, Santa Rosa
Shomrei Torah's Religious School is hiring. In collaboration with the Director of Education & Youth Engagement, the Religious School Teacher provides direct instruction to students, teaches with the synagogue's mission and vision in mind, manages their classroom and builds meaningful, safe, and positive relationships with students and their families/caregivers.
EMAIL
nicole@cstsr.org
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A CONVERSATION 
WITH GERSHOM GORENBERG
Israeli Author & Journalist
SUN, NOV 9 • 11 • 2 - 4:30 PM
Shomrei Torah, Santa Rosa
Gershom Gorenberg is an American-born Israeli journalist and the author of four critically acclaimed books on Israel's modern history, in which he explores and explains the vexing religious and political conflicts that challenge Israel. He co-authored Shalom Friend, a biography of Yitzhak Rabin. Gorenberg is a contributing writer for The Atlantic. His op-eds have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. He has contributed in Hebrew to Haaretz and Maariv. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife, journalist and playwright Myra Noveck.
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"COEXISTANCE, MY ASS!"
Sneak Peek with Q&A with Director Amber Fares, comedian Nato Green, and writer Adam Mansbach, moderated by Dawn Valadez!
SUN, NOV 9 • 2 - 4:30 PM
Roxie Theater, San Francisco
COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! follows activist-comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi as she creates a comedy show by the same name. Shot over five tumultuous years, the film traces Noam’s personal, professional and political journey in tandem with the region’s steady deterioration. Raised in a bilingual Israeli-Palestinian village — the only intentionally integrated community in the country — Noam grows disillusioned with traditional peace activism. She pivots to stand-up and quickly attracts attention across the Middle East. But as her star rises, everything around her falls apart. With biting satire, Noam pushes her audiences to face difficult truths that aren’t always funny but do remind us that another reality is possible.
More showtimes soon, starting Friday, Nov. 14!
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TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
SUN, NOV 9 • 3 - 5 PM
Ner Shalom, Cotati & Online (Via Zoom)
Join us as we gather in community for Transgender Day of Remembrance in collaboration with Celebrate Love. This is a time to honor the lives of transgender people lost to violence, especially trans women of color who continue to be most at risk.
Our gathering will be a space of remembrance, reflection, and resilience. The names of those we’ve lost will be read aloud by Athena Rowan Gomez. We will spend time uplifting voices and stories of courage, as well as sharing our collective vision of a kinder world through listening, discussion, music, and community ritual. Together we remember, as we dream of a future where all trans lives are celebrated, and all people are safe.

This event is free and open to all. 
Sponsored by the Ner Shalom Tzedek committee.
Light refreshments will be provided
Pre-registration is required for this event.
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TORAH LISHMAH 
8th- 12 Grade
ONE SUNDAY A MONTH
 • 10:00 - 11:30 AM
Santa Rosa, or Cotati Coffee Shop
Torah Lishmah means “learning for its own sake.”
The Torah Lishmah class is an opportunity for young people past B.Mitzvah age to continue their Jewish learning on their own terms. Every month students will meet Reb Irwin at a convenient café. (Coffee is on him.) Together we will explore Jewish texts, history, mythology, philosophy – whatever the class decides they’d like to dive deeper into. This is learning for its own sake – not B.Mitzvah prep, not readying for a test. Learning for the pleasure and enrichment that only learning can provide.
Torah Lishmah will meets once per month at Ner Shalom or a nearby coffee shop, Oct - April.
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JUDA
Judaism Through the Arts
MONDAYS • 3:30 - 5 PM
Chabad of Petaluma
Registration for 2025-26 Now Open
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