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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/41506/full/41506/jewish-themed-events-a-big-part-of-yearlong-celebration/ <br /><br /> <b>Jewish-themed events a big part of yearlong celebration</b> <br /> Thursday, February 25, 2010 | by <br /><br /><p>As part of the yearlong Shanghai Celebration, a number of Jewish-themed events are coming up. For more information about these events, and for further details about the full Shanghai Celebration, visit <a href="http://www.shanghaicelebration.com">http://www.shanghaicelebration.com</a>.</p> <p>• <strong>“Jews in Modern China”</strong> runs now through May 16.</p> <p>Photos and documents (including memorabilia from Bay Area families) depict the experiences of Sephardic, Russian and European Jews who settled in China over a 100-year period. Free. At the Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Ave., S.F. More information: (415) 777-3820 or <a href="mailto:info@shanghaicelebration.com">info@shanghaicelebration.com</a>.</p> <p>An opening reception at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 2, will include a viewing of the exhibit and a discussion featuring professor Pan Guang of Shanghai’s Center for Jewish Studies. Sponsored by the San Francisco office of the American Jewish Committee and the Asia Society of Northern California. $50.</p> <p>•<strong> “Shanghai’s Jews — Art, Architecture and Survival”</strong> on Thursday, March 4.</p> <p>A discussion about the Jews in Shanghai will cover art, architecture, survival and other aspects of their experience. 7 p.m. at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission Street, S.F. $5 includes access to all galleries. More information: <a href="http://www.thecjm.org">http://www.thecjm.org</a> or (415) 655-7800.</p> <p>• <strong>”Remembering Rena”</strong> on March 7.</p> <p>A program honoring the late Rena Krasno, a Shanghai-born Russian Jew who documented the Jewish experience in China. 2-4 p.m. at the Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Ave., S.F. Free. More information: <a href="http://www.ajcsanfrancisco.org/china">http://www.ajcsanfrancisco.org/china</a> or (415) 751-2535.</p> <p>• <strong>“A Young Man in Shanghai: Troubles and Triumphs”</strong> on March 10.</p> <p>Audrey Friedman Marcus discusses the Shanghai experiences of her late husband, Fred Marcus, whose diary was recently published. 7-9 p.m. at the Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Ave., S.F. Free. More information: <a href="http://www.ajcsanfrancisco.org/china">http://www.ajcsanfrancisco.org/china</a> or (415) 751-2535.</p> <p>• <strong>”Founders of the Shanghai Jewish Community: The Sephardic Story”</strong> on March 14.</p> <p>Shanghai-born Leah Jacob Garrick discusses the history and legacy of Sephardic families who shaped Shanghai’s business world and architecture. 2 p.m. at the Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Ave., S.F. Free. More information: <a href="http://www.ajcsanfrancisco.org/china">http://www.ajcsanfrancisco.org/china</a> or (415) 751-2535.</p> <p>Note: Another program led by Garrick (on the migration of Iraqi, Russian and European Jews to Shanghai from the 1840s to the 1930s) is slated for 6:30 p.m. April 15 at the Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St., S.F. Free with museum admission. More information: <a href="mailto:saa@asianart.org">saa@asianart.org</a> or (415) 581-3701.</p> <p>• <strong>“Jews in Modern China: Personal Stories and Reminiscences”</strong> on March 21.</p> <p>Bay Area residents, representative of the Jewish communities that settled in China, speak about living there. Presented by Lehrhaus Judaica and co-sponsored by the AJC San Francisco office. 4-6 p.m. at Congregation Netivot Shalom, 1316 University Ave., Berkeley. More information: <a href="http://www.lehrhaus.org">http://www.lehrhaus.org</a> or (510) 845-6420.</p> <p>Note: Repeats 7-9 p.m. April 29 at the Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Ave., S.F.</p> <p>• Three Jewish-oriented films have been included in the celebration’s “Shanghai Film Series.”</p> <p><strong>“The Port of Last Resort,” </strong>a tale of Jewish refugees in 1920s Shanghai, is told by former refugees and through rare home movies, newsreels and propaganda films. 79 minutes. May 2, 2:30 p.m.</p> <p><strong>“A Place to Save Your Life”</strong> is about Jews living in Japanese-occupied China. 52 minutes, in English. June 6 at 11 a.m.</p> <p><strong>“Shanghai Ghetto”</strong> a 95-minute documentary narrated by Martin Landau, with English subtitles. June 6 at 2 p.m.</p> <p>All three will screen at the Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St., S.F. Free, as part of Target First Free Sunday promotion. More information: <a href="http://www.asianart.org">http://www.asianart.org</a> or (415) 581-3500.</p>

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