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Ari Axelrod on His ‘Celebration of Jewish Broadway’ Cabaret
Any anti-Semite who gets up and sings “God Bless America,” that is a song written by a Russian Jewish immigrant.
Idina Menzel, Ben Platt, Rabbis David Wolpe, Sharon Brous and More Invite You to a Virtual Seder
“Saturday Night Seder” will raise money for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation’s Coronavirus Emergency Response Fund as guests encourage viewers to donate.
Florida Holocaust survivors back in Warsaw to perform in former ghetto
A musical duo of Holocaust survivors from Florida who have toured the United States returned to their native Poland to perform there for the first time, at an outdoor concert in Warsaw.
Madonna to begin world tour in Israel
Madonna will go on tour from May for the first time in three years, starting in Israel before moving on to Europe, with legs in South America and Australia, where she has not performed for 20 years, tour promotion company Live Nation said on Tuesday.
Activists heckle actors during performance
Three activists, including an Israeli lawmaker, heckled actors during a performance at a theater in Tel Aviv.
For top stars like Madonna, Israel gig becoming more common
Madonna managed to sprinkle some of her fairy diva dust on Israel during her recent tour, calling the Jewish state the world\’s \”energy center,\” wrapping herself in the flag on stage and even lighting Shabbat candles with Sara Netanayahu.
Sondheim and Yiddish songs are ‘like prayer’ for Patinkin
\”I have acquired a taste for Patinkin verging on addiction,\” Clive Barnes wrote in the New York Post in 2001.\n\nMaybe you know him as Inigo Montoya, the Spanish fencer in \”The Princess Bride,\” who shouts, \”My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!\”\n\nOr perhaps you were introduced to him in \”Yentl,\” as the serious yeshiva boy whose confused feelings for Babs\’ cross-dressing Torah student entwined him in romance.\n\nOr maybe you simply know him as Mandy Patinkin, master showman.