April 30th, 2026

Lag BaOmer - Sundown Monday, May 4 - Nightfall Tuesday, May 5

THE LAST SPY


TUES, MAY 12 • 1 PM & 6:30 PM

Rialto Cinemas, Sebastopol

The Last Spy isn’t your typical cloak and dagger documentary – it’s espionage as high satire.

Imagine Dr. Strangelove meets Argo, only the man narrating it is a 102 year old spymaster with great comic timing as good as any late-night TV host. Peter Sichel is known as the “Jewish James Bond”. And he finally unmasks the CIA’s origins with biting wit, honesty, and a twinkle in his eye.

Born into a wealthy German-Jewish family, Sichel’s youth of privilege vanished with Hitler’s rise, forcing his family to flee. Once in America, Sichel became the wunderkind of the OSS, and then the CIA. Filmed when Sichel was a spry 100 year old, he happily skewers the mystery and mythology of espionage, al the while loving the drama. This film is both hilarious and haunting.

Sichel’s daughter Bettina will join us for a Q&A after the evening film

SISTER ACT

SAT, MAY 30 • 2 PM
6th St Playhouse, Santa Rosa 


A Disco Diva, a Choir in Crisis, and a Whole Lot of Soul!


“One of the season’s happiest surprises.”

—Elisabeth Vincentelli for New York Post

Sister Act is the high-energy musical comedy based on the beloved 1992 film. Featuring an electrifying Alan Menken score infused with disco and gospel beats, this feel-good show is a celebration of music, sisterhood, and second chances.



When disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a crime, she’s forced into hiding—in a convent! Disguised as a nun, she transforms the struggling choir with her powerhouse voice, helping them find their sound while discovering her own. Nominated for five Tony Awards, Sister Act is a joyful, soul-stirring spectacle that proves music—and a little mischief—can work miracles!

music by Alan Menken

lyrics by Glenn Slater

book by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner

additional materials by Douglas Carter Beane

based on the Touchstone Pictures Motion Picture ‘Sister Act’ written by Joseph Howard

BESAME MUCHO
For Pre-Show Lunch


SAT, MAY 30 • 12 PM
6th St Playhouse, Santa Rosa 


Join us before the show for lunch at Besame Mucho!

We've been growing and need to add a new position to our team! Lead Teacher.

Additionally, do you know someone who wants to teach in a Jewish preschool but hasn't earned enough ECE units yet? We partner with the SRJC's Early Educator Apprentice Program. This means someone could would work with us while also earning their units.

From all of us at JCC SoCo, we wish Katie all the best in her next chapter.

It has been a pleasure partnering with CST during her leadership.

We'll miss you!

A SHABBAT FAREWELL 
FOR KATIE EVENBACK

FRI, MAY 1 • 6:15 PM 
Shomrei Torah, Santa Rosa (and online via Zoom)


Join us as we gather to celebrate and honor our beloved Executive Director, Katie Evenbeck, as she begins her next chapter. Over her years of dedicated service, Katie has poured her heart into every corner of Congregation Shomrei Torah—from the quiet logistics that keep our community running to the moments of warmth and care that our members will carry with them always. What better way to say thank you than together, as Shabbat ushers in a spirit of gratitude and blessing. 


Come raise a glass, share a memory, and send Katie off with the love she so richly deserves. 

Please register to attend.

SHAVUOT MEDITATION MINI-RETREAT

FRI, MAY 16 • 12 - 4 PM 
Shomrei Torah, Santa Rosa

A retreat led by Alissa Hirshfeld, MFT, Jewish spiritual director and Rabbi George Gittleman. As we approach Shavuot, this will be a time to meditate on the theme of revelation in our own lives. We welcome those new to meditation and curious about the practice as well as our regulars and those more experienced. This will be a time to continue to cultivate inner balance, calm, and peace. We will precede the sit with a catered lunch to build our meditation community.

Regular meditation sits continue through June, 5:30 PM Tuesday evenings and 7:30 AM Thursday mornings, over Zoom.

$18 for members

$22 for non-members.  

Email to Register cst@cstsr.org

SHABBAT DINNER 
With Guest Speaker on Immigration

FRI, MAY 8 • 6, 6:45, 7:30 PM
Beth Ami, Santa Rosa

Shabbat Service at 6:00. Dinner at 6:45. Speaker at 7:30

Guest speaker, Monica Julian, lawyer from VIDAS, Vital Immigrant Defense Advocacy and Services in Sonoma County, who provide low-cost and free immigration legal services.

BBQ chicken, salads, grilled corn, baked beans, selection of desserts and beverages.

$20-members $22-non-members Under-12 is $10.

Must make your reservation by Monday, May 4th by noon firm.

A portion of net proceeds from the BBQ will go directly to VIDAS. Hosted and sponsored by the Advocates for Social Justice

office@bethamisr.org • 707-360-3000 
BethAmiSR.org

There is no charge for Rabbi Koas' classes on Torah, Prophets, The Siddur, and Introduction to Judaism.

SHAVUOT KABBALAT SHABBAT - Tikkun & Revelation Ritual

FRI, MAY 22 • 6 - 10 PM



Shavuot arrives as a threshold—fifty days after Passover, we come to receive again the medicine of Matan Torah, the gift of our ancestral wisdom. This is not only a remembering, but a re-opening: a chance to attune ourselves to revelation as a living, breathing possibility.

This year, as Shavuot and Shabbat meet, we gather to enter the festival together—in rhythm with sacred time, in community, and around the fire.

Come as you are. Come ready to listen, sing, learn, teach, and receive.  

Free for members
$18-$54 for visitors  

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