Actresses, including Lainie Kazan (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”) and Liz Sheridan (“Seinfeld”), say the “V” word loud and proud today, in honor of V Day, a global movement aimed at ending violence against women and girls. They present “The Vagina Monologues” along with Eva Tamargo Lemus (“Passions”), April Madson (“Quintuplets”), Jerri Manthey (“Survivor”) and Rolanda Watts (“Sister, Sister”) in a special benefit performance for The Women of Iraq: Under Siege, Jewish Family Service – Family Violence Project and National Council of Jewish Women Los Angeles– Women Helping Women.
7 p.m. (silent auction) 8 p.m. (show) $25-$30. Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood. (310) 628-6094.
Sunday, February 27
Future Spielbergs show their stuff at this weekend’s sixth annual International Jewish Student Film Festival at USC. Friday night Shabbat dinner includes a guest panel discussion with industry execs Page Ostrow, Richard Propper and Ken Topolsky; Saturday offers screenings of episodes of honoree Gabe Sachs’ shows “Freaks and Geeks” and “Life as We Know It,” followed by a Q and A. And the official festival takes place today at noon, giving you plenty of time to catch some up-and-comers and still get home for the arrived.
The trial of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager falsely accused of murdering a young girl in 1913, was a dark moment in American history but also galvanized the newly created Anti-Defamation League. The play, “The Knights of Mary Phagan,” is based on the story of the Frank trial and its aftermath, and plays at Theatre 68 through March 20.
8 p.m. (Fri. and Sat.), 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. (Sun.). $20. 5419 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood.
In his new book, “The Triumph of Life: A Narrative Theology of Judaism,” Rabbi Yitz Greenberg revisits the central question posed to us by the Holocaust and Oct. 7.
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