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Saturday, March 11 Opening tonight at the Fremont Centre Theatre is the Drama Desk Award-winning Jon Robin Baitz play “Three Hotels.” Jim Harnagel stars as Kenneth Hoyle, a former idealist whose souless work in a despicable corporation turns his own wife away from him. Thurs.-Sun., through April 9. $20-$35 (two-for-one discounts available Thursdays for students, seniors and groups). 1000 Fremont Ave., South Pasadena. R.S.V.P., (866) 811-4111. |
 
 
Sunday, March 12 Chief Rabbi of Rome Israel Valli’s controversial abandonment of his community and eventual conversion to Catholicism during World War II comes to the stage this evening. Los Angeles Jewish Theater presents “Sins of Omission,” written and directed by George Albertella, tells the story from a Jewish perspective. 4 p.m. $5 (at the door only). Congregation Ner Tamid Social Hall, 5721 Crestridge Road, Rancho Palos Verdes. (310) 377-6986. | |||||||||||||||||
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Monday, March 13 Crazy Purim shpiels abound this week, as each synagogue tries to outfunny the other. Four to look out for are written up on page 26, but one more title definitely caught our attention. B’nai Tikvah Congregation offers up their “Rocky Horror Purim Shpiel and Megillah Reading” this evening. Here’s hoping Haman’s not in drag. 6:30 p.m. Free. (Bring a box of macaroni and cheese to use as a grogger. They’ll be collected for donation to a food bank at the end of the night.) 8820 Sepulveda Eastway, Westchester. (310) 645-6262. | 
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Tuesday, March 14 Chabad sure can Purim. Monday night they’ve got the family experience down with Chabad of Conejo’s “Purim Live: An Interactive Purim Experience.” The Hyatt Westlake Plaza Grand Ballroom becomes Old Shushan, and kids and adults come face to face with Queen Esther, Mordechai, Haman and the lot. Megillah reading and other requisites can be expected, as well. Then tonight, Jewish hipsters head to the East Side for Chabad of Los Feliz’s “Purim in Mexico.” Three words tell you all you need to know: Megillah, Mariachis, Margaritas. $5. 880 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlake. (818) 991-0991. |  
Wednesday, March 15 Comedian Steve Solomon’s identity crisis becomes inspiration for his one-man show, “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m in Therapy.” Get to know the family through Solomon’s impressions of his parents, his bubbie, Uncle Vito and others. Through April 9. $25-$59. Brentwood Theatre, 11301 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. (213) 365-3500.
Thursday, March 16 Author Arlene Blum has reached career apexes — both metaphorical and actual in her life: She has set records as a Himalayan mountaineer; written a celebrated best-seller about that journey; and in a second career as a biochemist, has done work that led to a ban of carcinogenic flame-retardants in children’s sleepwear. She discusses it all, as well as her latest book, “Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life,” at Vroman’s Bookstore today. 7 p.m. Free. Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena.
Friday, March 17 The Falcon Theatre’s “Garry Marshall Presents” series features a special six-performance engagement of “Exiles in Paradise,” created and performed by soprano Constance Hauman. With live piano, violin, cello and clarinet accompaniment, as well as 16 mm film footage, Hauman tells the story of Europe’s exiled composers during the Nazi uprising and the Holocaust. 8 p.m. (Fridays), 4 p.m. (Sundays), through April 2. $35-$40. 4252 Riverside Drive, Burbank. R.S.V.P., (818) 955-8101. The Haredim who break out of their bubbles to join the IDF are often caught between faith, family and country. Here are some of their stories. Molly Crabapple has written a work of great inversion and of ultimate betrayal. For the director/artist, creating images inspired by Torah is a way of engaging with the stories, ideas and interpretations that have shaped Jewish life for thousands of years. I took three different dates, ages 6, 72 and 35, to see Dataland, the unusual digital art experience in downtown Los Angeles. This is the transcript of the speech Rabbi Dr. Bradley Shavit Artson gave at the 2026 AJU Gala on May 19, 2026. A classic Australian dessert chocolate coconut slice features a rich, dense, fudgy chocolate base packed with dried coconut, finished with a thick cocoa frosting and generously dusted with even more coconut. This roundup has recipes from two matchmakers: one is perfect for a special date night, the other is the perfect representative of lasting love. For decades, the question of Haredi enlistment has remained one of Israel’s most sensitive and unresolved conflicts. At the very least, the case would provide a global stage to debunk the genocide lie that is devastating world Jewry. This Tisha b’Av, as we mourn over the Temple once more, it is an occasion to consider what resonance the remnants of the Temple structure hold for us today. Coalition supporters want to define Eisenkot as a leftist because leftist is a title most Israelis do not want their Prime Minister to hold. But this definition has inherent limitations. Last week, I moderated a panel of interfaith leaders fighting antisemtism and supporting Israel as part of the American Muslim and Multifaith Women’s Empowerment Council’s conference. As if life needed one more complication, my anniversary with life, my birthday, usually falls somewhere inside the Three Weeks, that narrow corridor of Jewish time when celebration starts to feel suspicious. Does Morocco have genuine warmth toward Jews, or is it a way to reignite lucrative Jewish tourism? Does it even matter? Anti-Israelism has become a kind of cultural and political loyalty test that has almost nothing to do with the actual policy questions at stake. If the postwar liberal order is fragmenting, the story of Israel is a symptom of that fragmentation, not its cause. The film reminded me that an ancient poet could write about massacres but also about moral courage, while terrorists who dream of killing Jews can only think of going right to the massacre. | |||||||||||||
