Wine Tasting and Artist Reception

Artist Peter Zelle will display Selected Works from March 11 to April 22 in the Tychman Shapiro Gallery at the Sabes JCC. Using colored glass and light, local artist Peter Zelle invites viewers to contemplate the idea of personal place and space. Zelle finds interest in the interaction of objects within an environment and is inspired to capture how pieces activate that space.

In conjunction with this exhibit, the JCC will host a wine tasting from 6–6:30 pm followed by a reception and gallery tour by artist Peter Zelle. Learn about Kosher wine, the only liquid which has its own special blessing in Jewish tradition, and then taste some just in time for Passover. Art and wine will delight the senses!

Fee $5 – for wine tasting only. No reservations necessary

Beyond Golda: Celebrating Women is Israel with Consul General of Israel to the Midwest Orli Gil

Join the Israel Program Center of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation, along with the Sabes JCC, St. Paul JCC and United Jewish Fund and Council, as we celebrate International Women's Day with Orli Gil. The first place winner of the Beyond Golda essay contest will also be honored. This event will take place at the St. Paul JCC (1375 St. Paul Avenue) and is free. For questions, contact Noga Shavit at 952.381.3551.

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Theatre Or Presents Jack and Rochelle

By Buffy Sedlachek
Directed by Todd Bruse
Based on the memoir Jack and Rochelle, A Holocaust Story of Love and Resistance

In this gripping memoir play, local Holocaust survivors Jack and Rochelle Sutin share their tale of an almost impossible love affair that has lasted over sixty years. This is a powerful and true story of two young Jews who escape from Nazi ghetto labor camps, join a Jewish resistance group, and eventually escape to America to build a family, and it exemplifies the message of believing in one’s dreams, no matter how unbelievable they may seem. Appropriate for ages 10+.

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Live from 92Y Presents: Jon Meacham & Fareed Zakaria: America and World Affairs

For the first time, Jon Meacham, editor of Newsweek and Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International appear together on our stage to discuss America’s role in the world. Jon Meacham is the editor of Newsweek and the author of Franklin and Winston and American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Fareed Zakaria is the editor of Newsweek International. His stories and columns on subjects from globalization and emerging markets to the Middle East and America’s role in the world reach more than 25 million readers weekly. He is also the host of the weekly international news program, Fareed Zakaria GPS, which airs on CNN. His most recent book is the national bestseller, The Post-American World.

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The Israel Program Center of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation Presents
Israel and the United Nations: Challenges of Global Diplomacy and Advocacy

Featuring Professor Gabriela Shalev, Israel's Ambassador to the U.N.

This evening will support the Louis Herman Israel Experience Fund - to help send our teens to experience Israel! This event is free - donations for this teen scholarship program are great appreciated.

Co-sponsored by the Sabes JCC, Adath Jeshurun Congregation, AIPAC, JCRC, Hadassah, and NCJW.

For details, download the flier (.pdf) or contact Noga Shavit at 952.381.3551.

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