Insiders’ views of post-election Israel

Yaron Deckel and Gil Hoffman, two Israeli journalists, will be in town for a number of speeches in the next two weeks.

At 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25, Deckel, the Washington bureau chief of the Israeli Broadcasting Authority, will appear at the JCC of San Francisco; tickets are $5. He will make a free speech one day later at the Palo Alto JCC at 7:30 p.m. At 5 p.m. Thursday, April 27, he will make another free speech at U.C. Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. For more information call the Jewish Community Relations Council at (415) 957-1551.

Hoffman, political correspondent and columnist for the Jerusalem Post, will speak at Congregations Sherith Israel in San Francisco and Beth El in Berkeley on Thursday, May 4 about post-election Israel.

The community gathering and kosher continental breakfast is sponsored by the Jewish National Fund.

Registration for the San Francisco event will begin at 7:30 a.m. and breakfast will begin at 8 a.m. at the synagogue, 2266 California St., S.F. Tickets are $18. RSVP to (415) 677-9600 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

The Berkeley speech will take place at 7:30 p.m.; a $10 donation is requested. Information: (510) 848-3988.