SAT | FEBRUARY 16
(SHABBATON)
 Shabbaton, where he will address the question: “Can Israel Survive as a Jewish State?” 8:15 p.m. $10 (advance), $15 (door). Westwood Kehilla, 10523 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles. (310) 441-5289, ext. 22 or <a href=)
leah@linkla.org.
(ISRAEL)
Celebrating 60 years of a Jewish homeland means nonstop partying in Jewish communities around the world. The kick-off is well underway here in Los Angeles, where Israeli-born songman Danny Maseng will perform as part of “Israel: 60 Years of Song and Story,”an evening of food, wine and dance. As an added mitzvah, five trees will be planted in Israel for every ticket sold. 6:30 p.m. $150. Temple Beth Hillel, 12326 Riverside Drive, Valley Village. (818) 761-0192. johnseeman@aol.com.
SUN | FEBRUARY 17
(FILM)
(MUSIC)
MON | FEBRUARY 18
(WINE + FOOD)
You don’t have to go all the way to South Beach for a wine and food festival. Herzog Wine Cellars brings you the best of both worlds with the inaugural International Food and Wine Festival. Kosher winemakers from France, Spain, Israel and California invite you to slosh and spit your favorite grapes before chasing them with chef Todd Aarons’ Mediterranean-style dishes. 7 p.m. $100 (per person), $80 (two or more people). Herzog Wine Cellars, 3201 Camino Del Sol, Oxnard. (805) 983-1560, ext. 305. ” target=”_blank”>http://www.templemenorah.org.
(THEATER)
Award-winning playwright Bruce J. Robinson brings a seat-gripping true story to life with director Alex Craig Mann in “Another Vermeer.” Set in postwar Europe, Dutch art dealer Han van Meegeren is in deep after being arrested for selling a Johannes Vermeer masterpiece to Nazi Hermann Goering. To free himself from prison and looming death, Van Meegeren must convince the authorities that the Vermeer is a forgery. Mon.- Sun. Through March 9. $20-$22. Beverly Hills High School, Reuben Cordova Theatre, 241 S. Moreno Drive, Beverly Hills. (310) 364-0535. ” target=”_blank”>http://www.uclahillel.org.
(THEATER)
Playwright Jon Robin Baitz, creator of the ABC series “Brothers and Sisters,” brings another riveting drama to the stage with “The Paris Letter.” Set in the early 1960s, a successful New York businessman has an affair with a young male associate, after which he becomes tangled in a tragic game of financial and moral betrayal, sacrificing friends, family and love. Ron Rifkin, John Glover, Neil Patrick Harris, Josh Radnor and Patricia Wettig star in this L.A. Theatre Works production, which will be recorded for the nationally syndicated radio theater series, “The Play’s the Thing.” Wed.-Sun. Through Feb. 24. $20-$47. Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. (310) 827-0889.
