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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/37298/full/37298/a-bite-of-the-big-apple-hip-hopping-teens-more-d.c.-travelers-short-shorts-/ <br /><br /> <b>A bite of the Big Apple, Hip-hopping teens, More D.C. travelers, Short shorts ...</b> <br /> Thursday, February 26, 2009 | by suzan berns <br /><br /><h2><br /></h2> <h2><strong>A bite of the Big Apple</strong></h2> <p>If you’re reading this in the Bay Area, chances are you won’t see <strong>Kenny Altman</strong> of San Francisco doing his gig at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York City on Saturday, Feb. 28. He’s landed a spot in the club’s New Talent Comedy Showcase, but his first reason for hitting the Big Apple is to go to a reunion of former employees of NYC Tower Records stores. He was a Tower manager “in another life,” he says. You can see Altman locally on March 11 when he competes in a comedy competition at Rooster T. Feathers in Sunnyvale. Check him out at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/kennyaltman">http://www.youtube.com/kennyaltman</a>. P.S. Altman’s “day job” is at Parents’ Place at Jewish Family and Children’s Services, and the signature on his e-mail is “Stand-up Comic/Torah Trope Instructor” — now that’s cobbling together a career!</p> <p> </p> <h2><strong>Hip-hopping teens</strong></h2> <p>Students from the Jewish Community High School of the Bay in San Francisco will be hip-hopping at the Golden State Warriors’ Jewish Heritage game on Sunday, March 1. The team will perform on the court before the 6 p.m. game, which pits the Warriors against the Utah Jazz.</p> <p>The JCHS team is coached by <strong>Jen Schuman</strong> and <strong>Ava Jackson</strong>. The team members are <strong>Rachel Shatz, Martine Glickfield, Jael Berger, Max Malakoff, Ari Berman, Jennifer Klonoff, Adam Cameron, Elana Cohn, Amy Williams, Hannah Efron, Helen Lehrman, Briana Chereshmaya, Lena Elkins, Morgan Arrington, Avital Pelman</strong> and <strong>Tiffany Kats</strong>.</p> <p> </p> <h2><strong>More D.C. travelers</strong></h2> <p>Confirmation class kids from Lafayette’s Temple Isaiah participated recently in the L’Taken Teen Social Justice Seminar of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in Washington, D.C. They studied first, and then lobbied congressional representatives. Participants and their issues are <strong>Josh Downes</strong>, diplomatic involvement in the Middle East; <strong>Abi Horstman</strong> and <strong>Becca Pearl</strong>, federal funding for sex education in the schools; <strong>Rachel Kaufman, Jordan Myers</strong> and <strong>Jacqueline Garell</strong>, LGBT rights in the workplace; <strong>Matt Feld</strong>, renewable electricity standard; and <strong>Tessa Whitley, Hannah Ruben</strong> and <strong>Gabrielle Zoger</strong>, disability rights. <strong>Rabbis Alissa Forrest</strong> and <strong>Roberto Graetz</strong> accompanied the group.</p> <p> </p> <h2><strong>Short shorts ...</strong></h2> <p>Congregation Sha’ar Zahav’s “Music in the Mishkan” is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Notes <strong>Ron Lezell</strong>, “Music director <strong>Randall Weiss</strong> is dedicated to programming with the music of Jewish composers, especially those who wrote during the Holocaust.” The second of three programs is March 8. Visit <a href="http://www.shaarzahav.org">http://www.shaarzahav.org</a> for details … State Senator <strong>Mark Leno</strong> was named chair of two committees: the Senate Public Safety Committee and Budget Committee No. 3 on Health and Human Services, Labor and Veterans Affairs (try getting that title on your business card) … <strong>Marc Levine</strong> of San Rafael has been elected to the executive board of the California Democratic Party, representing the 6th Assembly District … <strong>Barry Kleiman</strong> of El Cerrito has been named to the board of directors of Maccabi USA/Sports for Israel. He’s the Contra Costa JCC Maccabi basketball coach and led the team, in its inaugural Maccabi competition, to a 7-0 record and a gold medal at the games in San Diego last summer.</p> <p><strong>Rabbi Michael Lerner</strong> of Berkeley has notified the Tikkun community that he has lung cancer, though he has never been a smoker. In an e-mail, he said, “I have cancer … and yes, you can help me deal with it.” He underwent surgery Feb. 19. You can find information on his recovery and a place to send personal notes at <a href="http://www.tikkun.org">http://www.tikkun.org</a>.</p> <p> </p> <h2><strong>Mea culpa</strong></h2> <p><strong>Josh Rushakoff</strong>’s Web site is <a href="http://www.musicalmatch.org">http://www.musicalmatch.org</a> (not .com as I mistakenly wrote in the Feb. 13 column).</p> <p><br />This columnist can be reached at <strong><a href="mailto:faces@jweekly.com">faces@jweekly.com</a></strong></p>

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