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Jewish Food and Wine Celebration
Alix Wall will speak about contributions of Jewish Chefs in the Bay Area.?Wall, founder of The Illuminoshi: The Not-So-Secret Society of Bay Area Jewish Food Professionals, will be joined by […]
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Richmond?s Illuminating Connection to the Statue of Liberty
Richmond Museum of History & Culture 400 Nevin Ave., RichmondBerkeley historian and author Richard Schwartz will tell the story of Jewish actor Maurice B. Curtis, who used his fortune to light the Statue of Liberty in 1886 when the US Congress didn?t want to spend the money. He is the author of The Man Who Lit Lady Liberty: The Extraordinary Rise and Fall of […]
Fred Rosenbaum Speaks on his book Taking Risks
Richmond Museum of History & Culture 400 Nevin Ave., RichmondFred Rosenbaum speaks about his book, Taking Risks, the story of Joseph Pell who was a partisan fighter during World War II. Joseph made his way to California after the war and eventually founded Moo’s Ice Cream in Richmond. Fred Rosenbaum, the Founding Director Emeritus of Lehrhaus Judaica, led the?school for 44 years until 2017. […]
