"Congregation Bnai-David Judea's Annual Dinner" on Sunday, June 6 at 5:00pm.

Event: Congregation Bnai-David Judea's Annual Dinner
What: Benefit
Start Time: Sunday, June 6 at 5:00pm
End Time: Sunday, June 6 at 10:00pm
Where: Nessah Cultural Center

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=733130596&k=33F4Z5RRST2C4DMCY1WVPVW224CD43&oid=346532746835

*Dear Friend and Neighbor,*

* **We find ourselves in a crisis this year – the eruv right now is
completely out of funds, and therefore the eruv is appealing to you for
continued and additional support.*

* **Maintaining our eruv requires a team of Torah scholars inspecting miles
of fences, wires, adapters, walls and hillsides every week. The Eruv has a
dedicated crew in the field to fix breaks, move walls, build fences or
otherwise face the unexpected with an immediate response, and an excellent
track record, as you are surely aware of. The eruv is also required to
maintain adequate insurance for operations. This does not come
cheaply and requires
your continued support. *

* **Expenses have been reduced on a monthly basis to the extent possible
without compromising one iota in adherence to halacha and vigilance in
checking. Without further funds the eruv will simply cease to operate until
such time as funds become available. AS OF NOW, THE ERUV IS SCHEDULED TO BE
DOWN NEXT SHABBOS, and future shabosim if we are unable to properly maintain
it.*

* **The Eruv budget can be met if each family in the Kehilla shoulders a
small part of the burden. Only with a steady base of community support
and an ongoing flow of sponsors will we be able to continue to cover the
operating costs. Your family, friends, neighbors and community at large all
appreciate your support.*

* **Checks can be mailed to: Los Angeles Community Eruv P.O. Box 351360, Los
Angeles, CA 90035*

*Or Online Credit Card contributions can be made at www.laeruv.com*

I hear YICC is about to hire a new assistant rabbi.

A Dangerous Neighborhood: Israel's Challenges for 2010
CAMERA invites you to a Lecture by

Yaakov Katz
Military Correspondant and Defense Analyst for the Jerusalem Post.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010
7:00 PM

American Jewish University
Gindi Auditorium
15600 Mulholland Drive
Bel Air, CA 90077

Admission: $10

Register online at www.camera.org/events

Subject: Seats are filling up fast; register today for Shabbat dinner with Khaled Abu Toameh on 2/19

Don't miss CAMERA YP's Shabbat dinner with Israeli Arab journalist Khaled Abu Toameh on February 19 in Beverly Hills.

Register online at: www.camera.org/events.

Rav Yosef Kanefsky writes from BnaiDavid.com:

Please circle two dates on your February calendars for two great Israel events:

The first is Saturday night, Feb. 20, when we'll be enjoying the Israeli hit movie Noodle at the Lions Gate theater in Culver City. http://www.israelifilms.co.il/40420/Noodle
The film is truly delightful, the theater will be all ours that night, and where else can you still see a movie for just $8?!  We chose Noodle both because it truly transports us to Israel for the evening, and because in its own beautiful way raises important questions about the pressing and complex social issue of foreign workers in Tel Aviv. And I'm delighted to share that the Deputy Consul General, Gil Artzyeli, who is an expert on this topic, will be sharing some thoughts and taking our questions after the film is over.  Please be sure to RSVP today to Vivian Lurie at kessian@aol.com .

From Jewlicious.com:

Hello!

Jewlicious Festival 6.0 is just over TWO weeks away, February 19-21, and we have an unreal comedy line-up that is guaranteed to bust your gut!!

Get your friends pumped for Jewlicious!
This weekend is going to be totally amazing.

If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, click here and do it soon before we sell out!

Eric Schwartz aka Smooth-E

One of the nation's hottest rising stand-up headliners, Eric Schwartz aka Smooth-E is a comedian, rapper, and MC. His music has appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," BET's "Comic View," Showtime's "White Boyz in the Hood," Mun2, SiTV and more. This bespectacled rhyme-spitter, writes, produces, and performs countless characters in his songs and videos, and does it all wearing multiple hats! Smooth-E pulls off funny, authentic-sounding parodies, appealing to people across the board from hip-hop heads to soccer moms. Check him out online!

Kira Soltanovich (Star of Girls Behaving Badly)
For four seasons, Kira has been a series regular on the nationally syndicated show, Girls Behaving Badly. She has also appeared on such shows as Jimmy Kimmel Live, 3rd Rock From The Sun, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Kira has been a winner, finalist and semi-finalist of several comedy competitions, including Comedy Central's Laugh Riots, NBC's Last Comic Standing, The Cape Town International Comedy Festival, the Boston Comedy Festival, and the Seattle International Comedy Festival. See HerSpace HERE!!

Simcha Levenberg
Born in Washington DC and bred in New Jersey, Simcha is our only comedian who also doubles as a Rabbi. A self-dubbed spiritual gangster, he draws out the comedic side of sprituality, G-d, world religion, meditation, drugs, as well as the counter-culture, music, and anything written by Tom Robbins. We are happy to welcome Simcha back to the festival to, once again, press the reset button on all stereotypes: Jewish, Rabbinic or otherwise.
Take a look at his website!

Robin Reiser
Robin Reiser is a stand-up comic and super model. The modeling career is really going badly so she is now a writer. To keep up appearances, she writes in full runway make up and does an outfit change every fifteen minutes! Find her online HERE!

Lizzy Cooperman

Lizzy Cooperman has been featured on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson", and has been featured on NBC's "Last Comic Standing", MTV's "Most Valuable Players", and The History Channel's "History of the Joke: Part One".

She is a winner of the Laugh Across America Contest and her stand-up comedy has also been featured in "New Faces" and "Dating It" at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. Lizzy was a finalist at The Las Vegas Comedy Festival, and featured in "Best of the Fest" at the New York Underground Comedy Festival. Check her out here!!

Line-up subject to change

As always, we care about what you think. Please feel free to shoot us an email: Eric@jewliciousfestivals.com with any thoughts or suggestions you may have!

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Jewlicious Festival 6.0 in Long Beach is a Co-Production of
Long Beach Hillel, SoCal Jewish Student Services,
Jewlicious.com and JConnect.

Jewlicious Festival, 1801 Ave. of the Stars, Suite 322, Los Angeles, CA 90067

From BnaiDavid.com:

Friday, February 5th
Modern Orthodoxy Faces the Future
When we look toward the future of Modern Orthodoxy, what do we see? Looking back to where we've been, what is ahead? Join us for a broad ranging discussion of the vision of Modern Orthodoxy and the challenges that lie ahead.
8:15 PM Shabbat Oneg

Shabbat Morning Drasha @ BDJ

During Seudah Shelisheet following Mincha @ 4:35 PM
An Approach for Coping With Life's Adversity
Drawing upon the writings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, as well as on personal life experiences, Rabbi Weiss will share a deeply rooted Jewish approach to absorbing and responding to the personal challenges that life presents.

Motzai Shabbat Kumzitz
We will usher out Shabbat, with songs of d'veykut and words of inspiration, led by Rabbi Weiss and a supporting BDJ cast.

DATE: January 17, 2010
TIME: 7pm – Cocktails and
Hors d'oeuvres
8pm – Comedy Show
LOCATION: The Comedy Store
8433 W. Sunset Blvd.
MORE: Hosted by Sunda Croonquist,
featuring comedian/actor Larry Miller and many others.

CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America) invites you to a lecture and book signing with George Gilder, author of the groundbreaking new book, THE ISRAEL TEST.

In THE ISRAEL TEST, technology guru George Gilder looks at Israel as it transitions into the twenty-first century and sees a nation that, alongside the United States, is a leader of human civilization, technological progress, and scientific advance.

This event is free of charge, however, for security reasons RSVP with full contact information is required. Please respond to Talia Shulman Gold at talia@camera.org or call 818-783-4437.

Copies of THE ISRAEL TEST will be available for purchase at the discounted rate of $15 (original list price $27.95).

Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Time:
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Location:
Skirball Cultural Center, Magnin Auditorium
Street:
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
City/Town:
Los Angeles, CA

George Gilder is author of fifteen books, including the international best-seller WEALTH & POVERTY, voted by National Review as one of the most important works of the twentieth century, and MICROCOSM, selected by Wired as the second most important technology book of the era.

I was a hardcore coffee drinker for years, someone who loved the great taste of a fresh brewed cup of gourmet java. Until my body said, Stop! The subsequent indigestion – call it coffee catharsis – was too great to bear . . . and I finally stopped drinking the stuff. Bear in mind I craved coffee because – surprise! – the really good beans taste great. And I had no intention of buying some medicated, diluted, mediocre "coffee flavored" substitute as a means of satisfying my longing for the real thing. No thanks. So coffee was like a former lover: something I remembered fondly, but could never have again. And then I discovered Puroast® Low Acid Coffee (www.puroast.com), the best thing to happen to coffee since, well, forever. This brand is gourmet – I repeat: this brand is gourmet coffee! – and the taste is incredible! Half the acid, all the taste . . . and the smoothest, tastiest Cup of Joe I've had in years. Best of all, I don't have any stomach upset when I drink Puroast®.

So far so good, right? I have even better news: Puroast® is now available at the pharmacy! In my quest to find the latest news about this brand – yes, my coffee addiction is back, and I'm so happy to have fallen off the wagon – I uncovered an announcement that Puroast® is the only gourmet coffee also available in the pharmacy. Check it out! Dee-licious!