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Border police rescue people during Hamas's attack on the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Re'im on Oct. 7. Photo courtesy of Neta David.

Nova festival organizers insist they will ‘keep dancing’

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During a memorial ceremony for the hundreds of people murdered by Hamas at the Supernova Sukkot Music Festival near Kibbutz Re'im on Oct. 7, organizers vowed to "keep dancing." "We went through something that we...

Music of Shabbat to Soothe the Troubled Heart

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If music can soothe the troubled heart, the music of Shabbat may be particularly effective with its prayer chants for peace, for healing, and for the departed. The next Treasures from the Music Collection of...

Blending and Celebrating Diverse Cultures Downtown

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Intersections at UC San Diego Park and Market is a new multicultural concert series that showcases both local and non-local artists, curated by musician, performer, and filmmaker, Yale Strom. These events will take place...
From the Broadway show “Leopoldstadt.” Source: Screenshot.

Award-winning Broadway shows: Stories of painful Jewish history resonate amid rising hatred of Jews

“Eight times a week, I watch a Jewish man get lynched on Broadway.” — “Parade” actress Micaela Diamond Two antisemitism-themed Broadway plays, “Parade” and “Leopoldstadt,” both recently won several Tony Awards. They portray how deep-seated anti-Jewish hostility combined with...
Maya Kristal Tenenbaum, Michal Horowicz, Rosie Yadid and Ashley Goh in “Fury and Elysium” at London’s The Other Palace. Credit: Lexi Clare Photography. | Lexi Clare Photography

New musical ‘Fury and Elysium’ showcases women in pre-war Berlin

One of Stephanie Martin’s favorite parts of the musical “Fury and Elysium,” whose script she penned, is when the lover of a Socialist activist character named Rosa Luxemburg tells her that she is “too...

One-Woman Play Profiles Three First Ladies’ Travails in the White House

The late Jewish broadcast journalists Barbara Walters and Morley Safer came in for criticism or perhaps plaudits–depending on how you look at it — in the one-woman play Tea for Three: Lady Bird, Pat &...

Local Performances Spotlight Holocaust-Era Composers

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Polish-born pianist, Daniel Wnukowski, performed at two venues during his recent visit to San Diego County. On Sunday afternoon, November 13, he gave a recital of works by Mozart, Chopin and Schumann in the...

‘The Mechanicals’ Features Summer Camp Nostalgia

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Who doesn’t wax nostalgic for those halcyon days of summer camp? Even if there are snakes in the lake or bug juice or pit toilets, there is nothing that connotes summer vacation like a...

Amid World Premiere in San Diego, ‘The Remarkable Mister Holmes’ Looks Broadway-Bound

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What do you get when you combine the brilliance of actor/director/lyricist/playwright, Omri Schein with the actor/artistic director/heart of North Coast Repertory Theatre, David Ellenstein, with the “incredibly talented and joyously spirited cast” of The Remarkable...
Elon Gold. Credit: Courtesy.

A festival of laughs comes to Brooklyn, N.Y.

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There are Jewish comedians. And then there is Jewish comedy. The first-ever Chosen Comedy Festival, set for Aug. 16 in Brooklyn, N.Y., will bring both. “There’s so much about Jewish comedy that is talked about in...