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Join PJA for this pre-Passover night of inspiration as we honor today’s leaders and those who came before us.

In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. accepted an invitation to Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Passover seder. He was assassinated before the holiday began. What would they have talked about? And what would they talk about now?

The evening will feature special guided tours of the Skirball’s "Road to Freedom" and "Breach of Peace" exhibits, and an exciting, topical conversation about social justice and civil rights moderated by acclaimed author Gina Nahai.

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Meet our panelists and speakers, including Reverend James Lawson, Tavis Smiley, Rabbi Sharon Brous, and Dr. Manuel Pastor.


This Year, We are Honoring...









and Spotlighting Young Changemaker...

A Conversation with
California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass



In recognition of African American History month, she will share her experience as the first African American woman Speaker of the Assembly in the nation.
 
Additional topics will include:
* Her recent visit to Israel
* State Budget crisis
* Transition/new Speakership

When: Friday February 26th, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Where:  The Jewish Federation Goldsmith Center
(6505 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048)

 Lunch couvert $10. Dietary laws observed.

RSVP by Wednesday, February 24 to
DLeonard@JewishLA.org or (323) 761-8325.

Celebrate the LA premier of Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible, a new book from NYU Press.



Join the conversation with co-editor Gregg Drinkwater, and contributors Rabbis Elliot Dorff, Lisa Edwards, Denise Eger and Julie Pelc Adler. The Torah Queeries book will be available for purchase and signing by the contributors!
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About TORAH QUEERIES

“Provides a challenge to readers and preachers who are single-mindedly devoted to the straight and narrow.” - Daniel Boyarin, author of "Carnal Israel: Reading Sex in Talmudic Culture"

"With Torah Queeries, no longer is the LGBT community an outsider in the Bible. ... This is a volume that I would describe as a must for the Jewish bookshelf." - Rabbi Andrew Sacks, Director of the Rabbinical Assembly in Israel, Jerusalem Post

"The diverse group of scholars and rabbis who have contributed to Torah Queeries ask us to bring the whole of our selves — our imaginations, bodies, and senses — to Torah. They collectively demonstrate that every parashah can speak to us as embodied, conflicted, desiring selves and as cognitive individuals." -Mara Benjamin, Sh'ma

Co-Sponsored by:
The Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement I USC Office of Religious Life
NewGround: Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change

“America I AM: The African American Imprint” is an impressive presentation of nearly 500 years of contributions from the African American community to this nation’s history.  The exhibit houses rare artifacts, photos, documents and objects that chronicle and celebrates the trials and the triumphs that have shaped the black experience in America.

The brainchild of popular broadcaster Tavis Smiley, the exhibit debuted in Los Angeles at the California Science Center on October 30, 2009 for a limited engagement.  This will be the first showing of the exhibit on the west coast and the third stop on a four year, multi-city tour.  

The exhibition is a 13,000 sq ft presentation that details economic, socio-political, cultural and spiritual contributions made by African Americans to American history.  The exhibition journeys from important events relating to the African Diaspora up through notable contributions in the 21st century, including the election of the first African American president.