Davidson
(Oxford University Press)
"Wrestling with God and Men: Homosexuality in the Jewish
Tradition" by Rabbi Steven Greenberg, (University of Wisconsin Press)
"The Texture of the Divine: Imagination in Medieval Islamic and
Jewish Thought" by Aaron W.koretfoundation. Most recently, via the Jewish World Watch
program, numerous congregations all over the world have joined VBS in
responding to the Darfur crisis.m.

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" He is the author of "Letters to
an American Jewish Friend," and "Across the Sabbath River.
Over its first quarter-century, Koret's funding philosophy has
evolved from traditional grantmaking to innovative, entrepreneurial
approaches to fundamental contemporary issues.

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Yehoshua, among others -- to San Francisco, where they will make
public appearances in addition to speaking at the invitation-only
awards ceremony scheduled for 7 p. For complimentary tickets to the
Saturday evening event, please contact the JCCSF box office at
415.m.

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org.. The celebration will culminate with a Gala Dinner on
Sunday, April 3, 2005.

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On Sunday, April 10, JCCSF presents selected Koret Jewish Book
Award winners in fields that include biography, fiction, philosophy ,
history, and children's literature, as well as an emerging young
writer on Jewish themes.
Since its inception in 1979, the Koret Foundation has awarded more
than $282 million in grants focused on a range of areas including
education reform and youth development, community and cultural
development , and policy analysis that responds to socioeconomic
challenges. For information about the book awards
ceremony, please e-mail your name and address to
kjba@koretfoundation.
Serving as a library and as a source of scholarship, education and
creative arts, the newly created Institute will preserve , expand and
share Schulweis' remarkable legacy.

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"Our goal is to share the talents of these winning writers with
our own Bay Area community, and to encourage our Jewish community to
engage with the best of Jewish books produced in the last year," said
book awards director Prof. Steven J. Norton +
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"Heir to the Glimmering World" by Cynthia Ozick (Houghton Mifflin
Company)
"The First Desire" by Nancy Reisman, (Pantheon Books)
"The Plot Against America" by Philip Roth (Houghton Mifflin
Company)

History

"Mothers and Children: Jewish Family Life in Medieval Europe " by
Elisheva Baumgarten (Princeton University Press)
"A Jewish Renaissance in Fifteenth-Century Spain" by Mark D. Norton + Company.
Koret also presents an award to a Young Writer (under 40) on
Jewish Themes, which includes a $25,000 cash prize and a three-month
residency at Stanford University , to write, teach, and conduct
research.

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on April 11 at JCCSF's Kanbar
Theater.. Opening the series
is renowned author, philosopher and lecturer, Harold S.

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Meyerson (Princeton University Press)
"American Judaism" by Jonathan D. Sarna (Yale University Press)
"Making Jews Modern: The Yiddish and Ladino Press in the Russian
and Ottoman Empires" by Sarah Abrevaya Stein (Indiana University
Press)

Philosophy and Thought

"Moses Maimonides: The Man and His Works" by Herbert A.
One of the leading U. Kushner.

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with Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket),
one of the most celebrated writers of our time, whose work has
exploded onto the silver screen.S.

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Awarding $10,000 prizes in fiction, biography, philosophy,
history, and -- for the first time this year -- children's literature ,
the annual program has been held in New York until now in order to
build its reputation among publishers, agents, publicists and writers
largely based on the East Coast.m. Zipperstein, director of the
Taube Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford University.
The awards ceremony will also include a program -- "Faith,
Politics, and the Jews: An Exchange Between Hillel Halkin and Anne
Roiphe " -- presenting two leading intellectuals on one of the most
contentious and perplexing issues in contemporary culture.

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W. Handler will discuss what inspires
him, what he aspires to, and what makes his writing Jewish. A brunch-and-learn study session and a
special opportunity for young children and their parents are featured
events in this day-long inaugural literary arts mosaic."
Beginning March 30, 2005, this gathering of great modern Jewish
rabbinic leaders will be moderated by VBS Rabbi Edward Feinstein. To
recognize the potential for goodness in the face of the Holocaust, he
established the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous.

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News Editors/Entertainment Editors/Book Editors

SAN FRANCISCO----For the first time
since its inception seven years ago, the Koret Jewish Book Awards
ceremony will be held in San Francisco this year as the centerpiece of
a literary arts "mosaic" scheduled April 9 to 12 at the Jewish
Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF).)
"Autobiographical Jews: Essays in Jewish Self-Fashioning" by
Michael Stanislawski (University of Washington Press)
"Nine Suitcases" by Bela Zsolt, translated from the Hungarian by
Ladislaus Lob (Schocken Books )

Children's Literature

"Cats in Krasinski Square" by Karen Hesse, illustrated by Wendy
Watson (Scholastic Books)
"Daniel in the Lions' Den" by Jean Marzollo (Little, Brown)
"Baby Babka, the Gorgeous Genius" by Jane Breskin Zalben,
illustrated by Victoria Chess (Clarion Books )

Fiction

"The Persistence of Memory" by Tony Eprile (W. In addition, Koret has launched a series of initiatives
that are revitalizing and strengthening the Bay Area's educational,
policymaking , and cultural institutions, as well as the economy in
Israel. Schulweis and mark the
establishment of the Harold M. His egalitarian
efforts to include women in Jewish religious services, his pioneering
NAACP membership, and his work in the mid-60's in the Haight-Ashbury
district of San Francisco marked the beginning of his efforts to evoke
social, religious and cultural change throughout the world. on Thursday, March 31, President of Jewish Life
Network/Steinhardt Foundation, Irving "Yitz " Greenberg, will continue
public discussion about changes in Judaism in recent decades.

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Halkin, an
Israeli, is a distinguished translator and a frequent contributor to
"Commentary" and "The New Republic." Roiphe, a
well-known American novelist, wrote "Secrets of the City" and the
widely discussed, fictional exploration of American Jewish Orthodoxy,
"Lovingkindness."

Book award categories and finalists are:

Biography, Autobiography, and Literary Studies

"Biblical Narrative and the Death of the Rhapsode" by Robert S.m.jccsf.292.

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Kawashima (Indiana University Press )
"A Tale of Love and Darkness" by Amos Oz, translated from the
Hebrew by Nicolas de Lange (Harcourt , Inc.org or call (415) 292-1219.

REMINDER/Institute Established to Honor Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis; Eminent Rabbis to Assemble at Inaugural Symposium to Celebrate Schulweis Accomplishments and

featuring Rabbi David Ellenson, President of Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

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Hughes (Indiana University Press)
A special award for translation and commentary will be presented
to Robert Alter for his book, "The Five Books of Moses," published by
W. His
influence in the last half century continues to be seen in counseling
and support innovations, welcoming gay and lesbians into the
synagogue , and moving the Jewish community to action on critical
global social issues.

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Now established as one of the
country's most prestigious award programs for Jewish writing, the
Koret Foundation is bringing the stellar winners' rosters -- which in
past years have included Philip Roth, Cynthia Ozick, Daniel Matt, and
A. Rabbi
Laureate of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, his books include
the best-seller "When Bad Things Happen to Good People," "How Good Do
We Have to Be?" and "Who Needs God. Remarks will also be heard from
Professor Rabbi David Hartman, Founder and Director of the Shalom
Hartman Institute.

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For information on the JCCSF Literary Arts Mosaic, please visit
www.

Rabbis Harold Kushner, David Hartman, Irving "Yitz" Greenberg and
David Ellenson are slated to participate in lectures and public
conversations. Hartman is a leading thinker among philosophers of
contemporary Judaism and an internationally renowned Jewish author.
Friday, April 1, evening services at VBS will begin at 8:15 p.

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Finalists for this prize are Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Tim
Bradford , Melanie Challenger, Joshua Cohen, Nan Cohen, Lou Cove,
Joshua Fagan, Aliza Fogelson, Victoria Haggblom -Arrias, and Adam
Langer.
For more information, please visit the Koret Foundation website at
www .

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REMINDER."
At 7:30 p.
Greenberg is President Emeritus and Cofounder of The National Center
for Learning and Leadership (CLAL).m.

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JCCSF's Literary Arts Mosaic includes an intimate evening
Saturday, April 9 at 8 p.

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B. Underlying the
philosophy of the Koret Foundation has been the vision of founder
Joseph Koret, whose unyielding commitment to democracy 's freedoms
enabled him to achieve the American dream. Ellenson is a distinguished
rabbi, scholar , and leader of the Reform Movement, internationally
recognized for his publications and research in the areas of Jewish
religious thought, ethics, and modern Jewish history.

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Koret Jewish Book Awards Move to San Francisco

Both of these events are free and open to the public, though
tickets are required.1233. The Institute's inaugural
symposium begins Wednesday, March 30 at 7:30 p.

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On Tuesday, April 12, Koret Jewish Book Award winners will visit
university Jewish Studies programs , Jewish day schools, Jewish
Community Centers, and other venues to be determined.

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LOS ANGELES----To honor and
celebrate the achievements of Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis Institute , Temple Valley Beth
Shalom (VBS) of Encino is hosting "A Conversation of the Learned. pulpit rabbis , Schulweis has a legacy of
scholarship, creativity, community development and spiritual
expression that has enriched the lives of Jews and non-Jews alike.