ART OF LIVING 2022
A Benefit for Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay
Temple Isaiah, Lafayette (with livestream option)
Sunday, April 24, 2022, 7:00 PM
Tickets available soon!
Special Guest:
Adam Mansbach is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and cultural critic. He is also a Berkeley local.
Adam is perhaps best known for his bestseller Go the F**k to Sleep, which has been translated into forty languages, sold more than three million copies worldwide.
He is also the author of the novels Rage Is Back, Angry Black White Boy, and The End of the Jews, which won the California Book Award. With Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel, Adam wrote For This We Left Egypt, a finalist for the Thurber Award for American Humor, and the bestselling A Field Guide to the Jewish People. His memoir in verse, I Had A Brother Once, was published in 2021.
Adam also wrote the award-winning screenplay for the Netflix Original Barry. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, New York Times Book Review, Esquire, The Believer, and The Guardian, and on National Public Radio‘s This American Life, The Moth, and All Things Considered.
In conversation with:
Manny Yekutiel is a strong friend and supporter of JFCS East Bay. He is the founder of Manny’s community space and a lifelong activist with a commitment to social justice.
The Master of Ceremonies for Art of Living 2022 is Michael Tate.
Become a Sponsor:
Your support of JFCS East Bay shows your commitment to and compassion for our community, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Afghan refugee crisis. This year, we invite you to step into a leadership role by becoming a family or business sponsor of our 15th annual Art of Living fundraiser.
- For individual, family, and group sponsorship opportunities, please click here.
- For business sponsorship opportunities, please click here.
- Sign up as a sponsor today! Please visit bit.ly/jfcseb2022.
The deadline to have your sponsorship listed on the Art of Living invitation is Wednesday, February 2.
For questions and for sponsorship by mail:
Shelley Waits, JFCS East Bay
2484 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 210
Berkeley, CA 94704
swaits@jfcs-eastbay.org
PLEASE BE ADVISED that if your Art of Living sponsorship payment is coming from a philanthropic institution, there may be restrictions regarding receiving benefits – like tickets.
Keeping Everyone Safe:
We prioritize the health of our community, and have incorporated many levels of safety protocols to minimize risk at our event.
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- Proof of vaccine (including booster) is required.
- Masks will be worn at all times.
- We have foregone the food and drink reception this year – each guest will receive a to-go dessert box.
- Seating will be set up to provide for greater social distancing.
- Increased ventilation.
- Security will be provided by Temple Isaiah.
Event plans will be subject to change as needed, and we will offer a livestream option for those at home.
We Thank Our Sponsors:
Thanks to the generous sponsors listed here, JFCS East Bay will be able to continue actively responding to the ongoing community crises affecting our East Bay community. Thank you.
Presenting
Frances Greenberg & Don Chaiken
Jackie Rosenson & Nick Gerson
Joan Sarnat & David Hoffman
Meryl & Al Norek
Gold
Midori & Paul Antebi
Silver
Judy & Edward Berne
Rabbi Judy Shanks & James Gracer
Robin Reiner & Frederick Isaac
Naomi Janowitz & Andrew Lazarus
Norma Perlstein
Anne & Nathan Petrowsky
Ruth & Barry Phillips
Mira Spaulding & Brad Shapiro
Shelley & Ari Zak
Jessica Nutik-Zitter & Mark Zitter
Bronze
Sue & Ronald Bachman
Judy & Leon Bloomfield
Robin & Rich Edwards
Sandra & Edwin Epstein
Heike & Eric Friedman
Lynn Simon & Larry Ginsburg
Johanna & Jeffrey Ilfeld
Mary Jacobs
Channah & Lawrence Katz
Hannah Kranzberg
Eric Leve
Judy & Steve Lipson
Susan & Willy Mautner
Aliza & Peter Metzner
Nancy & Norman Price
Allen Samelson
Susan Seeley
Jasmine & Rob Tarkoff
Vicki & Steve Zatkin
Friend
Sam Alcabes
Linda & Mike Baker
Yoel Kahn & Dan Bellm
Rachel & David Biale
Janis Burger
Shelly Ball & Jeff Burack
Leona & Rabbi Steven Chester
Robin Mencher & Matthew Dimond
Lori & Doug Elefant
Myra & Jerry Feiger
Judith Rosloff & Stewart Florsheim
Gennie & Daniel Gorback
Leslie Paine & Herb Holman
Penni Hudis
Janet & George King
Lynn & Marshall Langfeld
Rachel Leff-Kich
Deena Levine-Lipsett & Michael Lipsett
MaryJane & Steven Lowenthal
Debbie & Al Medvin
Sheila Sosnow & Richard Nagler
Florence & Paul Raskin
Monica Salusky & John Sutherland
Lewis Stiller
Valerie Sopher
Jan & Alex Trzesniewski
Martha Ann & Sanford Wishnev
Becki & Peretz Wolf-Prusan
Become a Sponsor:
- For individual, family, and group sponsorship opportunities, please click here.
- For business sponsorship opportunities, please click here.
- Sign up as a sponsor today! Please visit bit.ly/jfcseb2022.
For questions and for sponsorship by mail:
Shelley Waits, JFCS East Bay
2484 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 210
Berkeley, CA 94704
swaits@jfcs-eastbay.org
