May 7th, 2026

THE LAST SPY


TUES, MAY 12 • 1 PM & 6:30 PM

Rialto Cinemas, Sebastopol

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

The Last Spy…

"Affectionately known as the Jewish James Bond to his friends… Sichel is a dapper centenarian…." 
—Screen Daily

"Is, at its core, a portrait of a man who seems almost too extraordinary to be real." 
— The People's Movies

"Looks at the history of the CIA from an insider's perspective. Sichel unearths the roots of conflicts that plague today's world and the toll espionage took on his personal life."
 —Variety

"Is a story of secrets, espionage and 'if I told you, I would have to kill you' moments."
—UWM Post

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!

LUNCH & LEARN -

Senior Health & Wellbeing Luncheon

THURS, JUNE 4 • 12 - 2:30

Rincon Valley Mobile Home Estates, Santa Rosa

Join us for an informative luncheon with:

Venessa Kettler 
Building Better Balance and Fall Prevention

Jamie Escoubas
CEO, Council on Aging

We'll learn from the speaker's extensive knowledge of the issues facing Sonoma County’s growing senior population.

We're adding a new position to our team: 
Lead Teacher

FT Employees:
15 Days Paid Holidays (Jewish & Secular)
15 Days Paid Vacation
5 Days Paid Sick
= ~7 Weeks Paid Vacation

+ All employees over 25 hours 
are eligible for health insurance!

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.

As a program of JCC SoCo, our preschool is part of a national, professional family and community network of over 200 JCCs. The JCC network serves 30,000 preschoolers nationwide every year, and is a renowned leader in quality ECE. 
We are proud partners with the Sheva Center Leadership Institute for Early Childhood Professionals. 

JCC Teachers become members of this community and have access to layers of professional development, resources and new opportunities within the field.

TOT SHABBAT 
Featuring Lauren Kalmanson

SAT, MAY 16 • 10:30 AM
Beth Ami, Santa Rosa

Congregation Beth Ami invites you to Tot Shabbat, a Jewish experience for the whole family especially for young children 1 to 8 years old. Siblings encouraged to come.

You and your young child are invited to explore the value of Tzedakah (Giving). One of the pillars of Judaism and how this can become a ritual in your home.


Songs

Storytelling

Art Activity

Making a Tzedakah box

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 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

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  

SUMMER MEET & GREET - Tuesdays Night Farmer's Market on the Plaza

TUES, MAY 25 • 5 PM 
(+ 6/23, 7,28, 8.25)
Northeast Corner by Bear Flag Monument, Sonoma Plaza

The beautiful season of Sonoma Plaza Farmers Markets is arriving and we hope you'll stop by and say "hello", or even better, plan to join Shir Shalom:

Bring family and friends, blankets, and chairs, and enjoy the long warm evening, good food and music.

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