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MANDELBAUM FAMILY LECTURE SERIES: Featuring former U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Harry Litman
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 | 10:00 am
WINN ROOM | Coronado Public Library
640 Orange Avenue, Coronado, CA 92118
We are joined by Harry Litman, former United States Attorney, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and clerk to two Supreme Court justices, Litman is also the senior legal columnist for the LA Times op-ed page; a practicing lawyer specializing in constitutional law and the False Claims Act; and a frequent legal and political commentator on MSNBC, CNN, CBS, and NPR.
Price: Free
Despite being previously listed as 10:30 AM, THIS LECTURE WILL TAKE PLACE AT 10:00 AM
MANDELBAUM FAMILY LECTURE SERIES: Featuring former U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Harry Litman
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THE MAURY & LILLIAN NOVAK DISTINGUISHED AUTHOR SERIES: Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman
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Born the first son to a dynastic Rabbinical family, Abby Chava Stein was immediately set on a path to become a religious leader in her ultra-Orthodox community. However, when she transitioned into womanhood, Stein was forced to leave the way of life she’d always known. Becoming Eve explores Stein’s incredible journey to becoming the person she was meant to be.
Price: $36 | JCC Members: $30
Becoming Eve
Lewberger & The Wizard of Friendship
Sunday, March 31, 2024 | 7:00 pm
David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre
Lawrence Family JCC
Lewberger is Keith Habersberger (The Try Guys), Alex Lewis, and Hughie Stone Fish. This 3-man comedy band based in Los Angeles, CA, got a standing ovation on America’s Got Talent, were finalists on NBC’s Bring The Funny, and are now presenting their first ever musical! We are thrilled to bring their sold out Off-Broadway engagement to San Diego!
Price:
GA Ticket: $36 | JCC Members: $30
VIP Ticket: $75 | JCC Members: $60
THE MEET & GREET FOR VIP TICKET HOLDERS WILL TAKE PLACE AT 5:30 PM PRIOR
TO THE PERFORMANCE.
Lewberger & The Wizard of Friendship
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Our Shabbat Table with Kitty Morse
Friday, April 5, 2024 | 7:30 pm
The Bean
Lawrence Family JCC
Join us for an author talk and Shabbat dinner with Kitty Morse, author of Bittersweet. Morse was inspired for her cookbook when she discovered a notebook belonging to her great-grandmother, Blanche listing 160 heirloom recipes. This event will feature Morse’s retelling of how she adapted Blanche's recipes for the American kitchen and will include a dinner highlighting Blanche’s recipes.
Price:
Ticket including a copy of Bitter Sweet: $84 | JCC Members $73
Ticket not including a copy of Bitter Sweet: $54 | JCC Members $43
Our Shabbat Table with Kitty Morse
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THE MAURY & LILLIAN NOVAK DISTINGUISHED AUTHOR SERIES: When Your Family Says No: The Journey to Freedom, Independence, and Happiness
Thursday,April 11, 2024 | 7:00 pm
David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre
Lawrence Family JCC
Laya Martinez’s life was planned for her by her Orthodox family, one of seminary school, arranged marriage, and an expectation that she would bear as many children as possible. When Your Family Says No gives us an inside look into Martinez’s decision to follow love over tradition, demonstrates the power of choice, and the complexity of family love.
Price: Free
When Your Family Says No
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North County Lecture Series- Bittersweet: a wartime journal and Heirloom Recipes From Occupied France
Monday, April 15, 2024 | 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Carlsbad City Library | Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium
1775 Dove Lane
Carlsbad, CA 92011
In Bitter Sweet, her 11th cookbook, and her second food memoir, award winning author Kitty Morse shares an intensely personal look at a once lost chapter of her ancestor’s lives in Occupied France, relatives who perished in the Holocaust. This food memoir is the recent recipient of an award in Food History by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.
Price: Free
North County Lecture Series- Bittersweet: a wartime journal and Heirloom Recipes From Occupied France
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JPLAYS WITH THE ROUSTABOUTS PRESENTS: The Last Night of Ballyhoo
Monday, April 15, 2024 | 6:30 pm
David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre
Lawrence Family JCC
Alfred Uhry’s dark comedy examines the inner workings of the South’s finest Jewish families in 1939, as Gone With the Wind is enjoying its world premier and Hitler is invading Poland. However, this upper class German-Jewish community is more concerned with who is attending the formal ball, Ballyhoo. Hilarity ensues as these families are forced to confront their intra-ethnic bias.
Price: $36 | JCC Members: $30
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MANDELBAUM LECTURE SERIES: From Vienna to America: Tracing the Influence of Freud, Adler, and Frankl on Contemporary Psychology
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 | 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
WINN ROOM | Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Avenue, Coronado, CA 92118
We are joined once again by renowned San Diego psychologist and mindfulness expert Dr. Oded Shezifi whose lecture will explore the profound impact Freud, Adler and Frankl had on modern psychological thought. In this presentation, Dr. Shezifi will dive into 3 of the most infamous psychologists and the impact they left on the world.
Price: Free
MANDELBAUM LECTURE SERIES: From Vienna to America: Tracing the Influence of Freud, Adler, and Frankl on Contemporary Psychology
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Remembrance Reading - I Never Saw Another Butterfly
Presented by JCompany Youth Theatre
Saturday, May 4, 2024 | 7:30 pm
David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre
Lawrence Family JCC
The play centers on Raja Englanderova, one of the children who survived Terezin, and her family, friends, and classmates. She shares her story of living in the concentration camp, while retaining a world filled with butterflies and flowers with other children in the camp.
Price: Free
Remembrance Reading - I Never Saw Another Butterfly
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Professor Jacob Goldberg Lecture Series
Tuesday, May 14 - Thursday, May 16, 2024 | 7:00 pm
David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre
Lawrence Family JCC
Professor Jacob Goldberg, a former senior advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, presents his annual lecture centered on the current political landscape in the ever-changing Middle East.
Price:
Individual Lectures: $36 | JCC Members $30
Series 3-Pack: $90 | JCC Members: $75
Professor Jacob Goldberg Lecture Series | 3 Pack
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Professor Jacob Goldberg Lecture Series | Tuesday, May 14
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Professor Jacob Goldberg Lecture Series | Wednesday, May 15
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Professor Jacob Goldberg Lecture Series | Thursday, May 16
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KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONGS - A Musical Documentary Tribute to Charles Fox
Sunday, June 2, 2024 | 6:00 pm
David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre
Lawrence Family JCC
Come see the musical documentary about composer Charles Fox, known for pop hits including "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "I Got A Name”, as well as iconic television show themes for Happy Days and Wonder Woman. After the film, experience the world premiere mini-musical (written just for us): JCOMPANY - WHAT THEATRE MEANS TO ME, featuring Charles himself.
Price: $36 | JCC Members: $30
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JPLAYS WITH THE ROUSTABOUTS PRESENTS: Falsettos
Sunday, June 23, 2024 | 7:00 pm
David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre
Lawrence Family JCC
Hilarious, heartbreaking and utterly unique, Falsettos is a contemporary musical about family, relationships, bar mitzvahs, baseball and AIDS. When Marvin leaves his wife Trina and son Jason to be with his lover Whizzer, tempers flare, problems escalate and everyone learns to grow up. Falsettos features a local star studded cast including Heidi Gantwerk, Debra Wanger, Benji Katzke, Joey Landwehr.
Price: $45 | $38 JCC Members
JPLAYS WITH THE ROUSTABOUTS PRESENTS: Falsettos
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