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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”). What could our lives look like if we embraced the infinitesimal as infinite? Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community. Does the company we keep enable our name to be a blessing? Are we doing enough to make our name as great as God intends? Three years after Oct. 7, a country trying to heal is still waiting for a full accounting of what went wrong. Second of two parts “These women were pivotal to both the process and the outcome of the trial. Yet they were marginalized on many occasions, literally reduced to footnotes.“ This Hamin Toscano recipe reminded us of a Tuscan wedding soup. Three years after Oct. 7, Israel is still waiting for a full accounting of what went wrong. Selznick saw his idol David Bowie perform live when he was 15 and made up his mind that he wanted to create a show of his own and work with Bowie. “The Social Reckoning” isn’t about a power struggle, but shows that powerful companies are reluctant to change unless there is pain. In his article about his proposals for the Democratic Socialists of America, he jokes that “The DSA has great respect for religious traditions.” Memory is the mother of gratitude. If we do not remember our past, it is difficult to improve our present or build a better future. What began as a personal exploration of Judaism eventually became intertwined with Broukhim’s professional life. It’s worth paying attention to what is – or isn’t – happening to our “large” parties. They are quite small, or at least that’s how they appear in the polls even as Election Day draws near. We need not know where every decision will lead before taking the first step. Sometimes acting upon our deepest convictions is itself the beginning of wisdom. New opportunities and challenges have always come and gone. But pulpit clergy with their years of training, education and perspective on life, generated from atop the pulpit, are especially well suited for whatever lies ahead. Anyone who votes, or leads, would be wise to study the story of Abraham and David. |
