Noura and the problems of immigrant families
Jews of Eastern European ancestry are all too familiar with the pogroms that forcibly removed their forebears from their homes in the 1800s and continued through the Holocaust. However, Jews don’t hold the exclusive...
Poems of Natan Alterman, Zelda, to be performed May 4
Two famous Israeli Poets, Natan Alterman and Zelda, will be featured at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 4, in a salute to Jewish Poets of the Past. The evening presented by Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices, under the...
‘In Every Generation:’ Playwright Ali Viterbi Out to Show That Jewish Stories Are Worth...
Ali Viterbi has been on my radar ever since I attended my first performance of Women of Valor at the San Diego Repertory Theatre. Viterbi co-authored that play with Artistic Director Todd Salovey, Leah Salovey, Sarah...
Former Hasidic reggae star Matisyahu finds salvation beyond perfection
Matisyahu has gone through some drastic changes in recent years, and this was the capper. In 2011, he’d shaved his beard and announced that he was backing away from Hasidic Judaism, a decision that...
Cantor, comics headline entertainment options in Palm Beach County
Two Jewish comedians will perform in a night of stand-up comedy on June 30 at 8 p.m. at Mizner Park Cultural Center in Boca Raton in a fundraising event for the Jewish Association for Resident Care...
Israeli Netta Barzilai to sing in finals of Eurovision contest
Israeli singer Netta Barzilai was voted on Tuesday to be one of the 10 singers in the final of the Eurovision song contest.
Barzilai, who performed the song “Toy,” will join finalists from Estonia, Cyprus,...
Soviet Jew Movement Exhibit Comes To Mandell JCC in Hartford CT.
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford has brought a traveling exhibit about the movement to free the Soviet Jews in the 1960s to the Mandell JCC's Chase Family Gallery.
The exhibit, "Power of Protest: The Movement...
Her Name is Carole King Her Story is the Beautiful Musical of a Lifetime
Beautiful — part biography, part jukebox musical — opened in San Francisco in 2013 before transferring to Broadway the following year. The show has netted two Tony awards and a further five nominations. It also...
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‘Hello Dolly’ is a whirl of joy
The opening performance of Hello Dolly at the Civic Theatre was dedicated to the memory of belovéd Broadway icon, Carol Channing, who recently passed at the age of 97. I first saw Channing on The Muppet Show and...
Hillel Kogan’s We Love Arabs explores the relationship between Arab and Jewish Israelis
Why do people have to take controversial issues so seriously? In a world where every political debate turns into a new reason to abuse barbiturates, it feels like it's time for everyone to just...