Israeli Cellist Nahar Eliaz Set for San Diego Encore
The last live classical music I heard before COVID isolation set in was the cello recital of 13-year old Israeli cellist Nahar Eliaz on March 4, 2020, at Congregation Beth Am. In my review for San...
Jewish music for any soul
For the 8th season, clarinetist Paul Green will bring Jewish music to the Berkshires with an international mix of chamber works and song.
His "Summer Celebration of Jewish Music" brings together an ensemble that includes...
‘My mother’s Italian, my father’s Jewish, & I’m in therapy!’ highlights joys and struggles...
Steve Solomon has made a successful career out of talking about his family.
The one-man show he created and stars in, “My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, & I'm in Therapy!” — which he will...
Cleveland POPS Orchestra spotlight Jewish music icons Bernstein, Robbins
The Cleveland POPS Orchestra will perform “A Broadway Celebration: Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins: A Centennial Celebration” from 8 to 11 p.m. March 2 at Severance Hall in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland.
“The...
A Life In Music
Friends and family intertwine within the music career of clarinetist Franklin Cohen. A local audience will get to experience the friendship during the final concert of the 2016-2017 season of the Chamber Music Society...
Nova festival organizers insist they will ‘keep dancing’
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...
Feuding family members featured in ‘Bad Jews’
Jewish actress Hannah Benitez stars in the one-act drama "Bad Jews," running now through Aug. 13 by Main Street Players at the Main Street Playhouse in Miami Lakes.
The story is centered on the death...
We can all relate to Making God Laugh
There’s an old Yiddish proverb: If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans. We all make plans for our futures. Some work out, but many don’t. We’re encouraged to reach for...
San Diego Symphony begins salute to Bernstein today; A columnist remembers her encounters with...
The San Diego Symphony, like many other orchestras throughout the world, is honoring the centennial birthday of Leonard Bernstein, the great 20th century American conductor, composer, pianist and educator, by including his works in...
Amid World Premiere in San Diego, ‘The Remarkable Mister Holmes’ Looks Broadway-Bound
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...