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Saturday, April 23 Tune that radio dial to KCRW this morning for a different sort of Q-&-A. The station airs ListenUP’s latest holiday special, “Passover: A Time For Questions,” hosted by actor Arye Gross. Chef Ruth Reichl talks matzah brie, Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg reads from her children’s book, “Abuelitas Secret Matzahs,” singer/songwriter Debbie Friedman performs her music and Rabbi Sharon Brous asks the big holiday questions. 11 a.m. KCRW 89.9. Sunday, April 24 The Los Angeles Master Chorale and composer Billy Childs give voice to the children of Terezin Concentration Camp this evening. Based on six pieces of poetry from “I Never Saw Another Butterfly,” Childs’ “The Voices of Angeles” is meant to conjure emotions from anger and despair to hope. It will be performed as part of the program titled “hope” which also features Mozart’s “Coronation Mass” 7 p.m. $19-$79. Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles. (800) 787-5262. Monday, April 25 This Passover, consider the heritage of freedom from bondage that Jews and African Americans share with the help of “Let My People Go!” The new CD was created by folksingers and musical/educational activists Kim and Reggie Harris, and their friend Rabbi Jonathan Kliger. It’s a spoken word and song compilation that incorporates music from the hagaddah, traditional spirituals and new songs, as well as a poem by a Palestinian poet set to music by a Jewish cantor. $15. Tuesday, April 26 Artist Tobi Kahn’s Exhibition, “Avoda: Objects of the Spirit” has alighted on USC’s Doheny Memorial Library just in time for Passover. View the Jewish ceremonial objects that Kahn has created during the last 20 years, from candlesticks to seder plates. Then take Kahn up on his challenge to create your own. “I want people to realize that creating ceremonial objects can be special and transformative,” Kahn told the Journal. To let him know about your seder creations, you can reach Kahn at agarbowit@avodaarts.org. Through May 31. 3550 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles. (213) 740-2924. Wednesday, April 27 The sixth annual Polish Film Festival presents two documentary shorts of Jewish interest this evening. “Kazimierz Is Closed,” is about the city of Krakow, whose name conjures thoughts of Holocaust atrocities, but today is a hot spot where young people go to have fun. The second, titled “Future in Hand,” follows a Polish-born American teenager’s trip back to the place of her birth and early childhood and incorporates her poetry as the primary form of narration for the film. 7 p.m. Laemmle’s Sunset Five, 8000 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood.
Thursday, April 28 All that jazz, plus Yiddish novelty tunes and Catskills comedy could only mean chanteuse Janet Klein is involved. Tonight, the Comedy Central Stage at the Hudson presents “Janet Klein and her Borscht Belt Babies Yiddish Vaudeville Spectacular.” The variety show also features descendants of Catskills legends. 8 p.m. Free. 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood. R.S.V.P., (323) 960-5519. Friday, April 29 Just in time for date night comes director Yvan Attal’s French romantic comedy, “Happily Ever After.” The lives of two Parisian couples and a single man are the focus for exploring themes of romance, midlife crisis, sex and marriage. Attal also stars in the film opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg (“21 Grams”). There is a struggle within us between constriction and expansion, between despair and vitality. Good humor can be a powerful ally against the constriction that suffering creates. The 402-page book is organized around 36 life lessons related to the Book of Genesis, with thoughtful study questions and dozens of responses from respected sources in Jewish thought. Making Israeli films is not easy. Budgets are generally small by American standards, and international financing has become increasingly difficult to secure amid the cultural boycott of Israeli cinema. For Judith, her family’s experience as refugees from Iran is part of what drives her commitment to speaking out against antisemitism and never staying silent. Mickey Katzburg, founder of the World Center for Jewish Education, is trying to give Los Angeles Jews another option: an etrog grown in Israel, while at the same time helping support farmers in the country’s Gaza border region. Dates are a perfect way to add natural caramelized sweetness to desserts. The report, which can be found on CampusFairness.org, took into consideration five criteria: incident record, institutional response, anti-Israel organizing, Jewish life on campus, and the legal and structural environment. For both MAGA and Arday’s defenders, truth doesn’t matter, lies are accepted as facts, and tribe matters above all. When Jonah makes his appearance on the holiest day of the year, he is meant to remind Jews across the globe of the remarkable grace of repentance. In this time of introspection and rising adversity, let us resolve as American Jews to write our new chapter by better understanding our history. Among the most high-profile artists to criticize Macklemore’s MetLife Stadium rant was P!NK. Born Alecia Moore, P!NK is a Jewish Grammy-winning pop star who has been increasingly public about her Judaism and antisemitism since Oct. 7. Wyle won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for playing Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch on HBO Max’s “The Pitt.” Are you better off than you were four years ago? The collective assault against Israel has been so broad and deep it’s been hard finding anyone in the mainstream media who will dare go after the Hamas murderers whose biggest victims are the Palestinians. Clinical trial statistics tell us where investigational drugs are tested. They do not tell us who owns the assets, who uses the evidence to obtain regulatory approvals or who captures the economic value when those drugs succeed. A government can force a woman to cover her hair. It cannot force loyalty. We are all trying, in our own imperfect ways, to find an entrance into a better self. Grappling with the seemingly inexplicable is something to keep in mind as we resolve to improve ourselves in the days ahead. |
