There’s no business like shul business
Sarah Price Brown
October 26, 2006
The retirement of Rabbi Moshe Rothblum after 35 years on the bimah at Adat Ari El.
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jewish
British theater group Stan’s Cafe uses piles of rice to bring statistics to life
Sarah Price Brown
September 21, 2006
Upon entering the museum, visitors will receive a grain of rice, representing themselves. Then, they will walk into a room filled with 300 million grains of rice – one for every person in the United States. The rice will be divided into piles, each one illustrating a statistic, such as the number of people who have walked on the moon or the millions of immigrants who passed through Ellis Island. One grain of rice will stand for one person.
And there it will be, among all the piles: a large mound with 6 million pieces, representing each individual Jewish life lost in the Holocaust.
Performers Go It Alone and Like It That Way
Robert David Jaffee
July 6, 2006
While each show follows its own trajectory, Chaiken points out that many Jewish-themed plays explore the issue of legacy. These performers describe conflicted feelings about their parents and the aspirations held out for them. As clichéd as such scenarios may seem, they speak to the pain and humor of family, a commonality that usually resonates with audiences.
The Arrogant Poet You Love to Hate
Robert David Jaffee
June 1, 2006
In \”Pound of Flesh,\” at the Odyssey Theater, Ezra Pound spars with Pvt. Cooper, a young soldier who keeps him company while he awaits trial in Italy for his crimes of treachery against the United States in World War II. If this private is not Pound\’s intellectual match, he more than matches the poet on moral grounds.
Treasury Mainstreams Dramatic Plights
Ethan Kanfer
May 11, 2006
Published plays — especially those in anthologies — tend to be dismissed by the casual browser as specialty items, of interest only to students of theater history or to actors in search of audition material. Ellen Schiff and Michael Posnick clearly had something else in mind when they compiled their lively new collection, \”Nine Contemporary Jewish Plays.\”
Spectator – A Poet’s Slam-Dunk
Robert David Jaffee
January 12, 2006
With a gift for diction, Kadosh explores the cultural absurdities and political hypocrisies of America, dedicating one spoken-word poem to SUVs, and another to the cheese at the heart of America.
Senior Moments – Proudly Jewish in ‘Sunset’
Ellie Kahn, Oral Historian
November 17, 2005
Within the first moments of the comedy/drama \”Sunset Park,\” I wanted to get to know Sheila Oaks, who plays widowed mother.
Where India Meets Neil Simon
Susan Josephs
October 6, 2005
Schlitt spent the past five years transforming a midlife crisis, a professionally disastrous trip to India, and his burning and failed ambition to make a movie about that disaster into a one-man show called, \”Mike\’s Incredible Indian Adventure.\”
Young Jews Can Act Out — on Sundays
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
September 1, 2005
After landing the lead in several school plays at Sinai Akiba Academy in Los Angeles, Leora Weinstock, 13, decided she wanted to be a professional actress.
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