November 11, 2012 at 4:00 PM Le Salon de Musiques Co-Artistic Director – John Walz The second concert of Le Salon de Musiques’ 3rd season on November 11 will feature CHARLES MARIE...
Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Le Salon de Musiques Francois Chouchan is a French born Jew living in Los Angeles. Le Salon de Musiques Co-Artistic Director – John Walz The second concert...
The Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler published by Harper Collins, 2012 While wedding guests, most of whom she has never met, drink schnapps and eat herring in the banquet hall, Lily and...
Warmth and enthusiasm flow from internationally beloved violinist Itzhak Perlman as he tells the story of his new CD Eternal Echoes, Songs and Dances for the Soul. Through word of mouth, he had...
Starring Susan Claassen in her O! Nominated Role NOVEMBER 9 – DECEMBER 1 SPECIAL GUEST PRODUCTION AT THE CARRIE HAMILTON THEATRE AT THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE “Susan Claassen is...
I’ve been a baseball fan my entire life and there are few things that resonate for me like the thrill of Opening Day. Your team has been through Spring Training; they’ve done the...
I will love you, one day at a time for the rest of my life. I will never leave you, until the end of time Your dreams will be my dreams Your pain will be my pain Each day together will be a gift to...
The Sabbath (dedicated with much love to my mother) On the Sabbath Eve my mother’s hands circulate above and around the flickering candles, wafting the pungent smoke toward her face and...
[Editor's note: The book reviewed by Ran Ukashi below was the Winner of the 2011 Washington Institute Book Prize Silver Medal. Ran Ukashi has a Masters of Political Science from the University...
The Girl Who Cannot Eat Peanut Butter is a children’s rhyming picture book written by Winnipeg writer Sharon Chisvin and illustrated by long time Gray Academy junior kindergarten teacher Carol...
There are only ten days until the first rehearsal. At this point, as the director of the play, I’ve read it dozens of times. Between now and the first...
For the L-rd G-d brings thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; / A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and...
In 1993, Hart and I hosted our first Kaplan family seder (I think). Hart's Baba Edith did all the cooking, and of course the extended Linder family was included. My Baba Dolly brought gefilte...
A New Year! May it bring new chances, new hopes for peace and harmony: may we see an end to conflict and reach out to each other with love and honor. In our synagogues, we chant the prayers...
In the intimate setting of the historic outdoor Ford Amphitheatre, seemingly carved out of the hills of the Cahuenga Pass in Los Angeles, directly across from the massive Hollywood Bowl, on August...
6360 Canoga Avenue, Woodland Hills, California, 91367 Guest Cantorial Soloists: Norman Mittelman: Metropolitan Opera Star Aubrey Tadman: Emmy Winner,Jazz Recording Artist Karla Ross: International...
Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Ministry Launches Virtual Rosh Hashanah Initiative (Communicated by the Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Ministry Spokesman) The Public Diplomacy and...
Rosh Hashana Sweet Potato Honey Cake 1 cup honey ½ cup vegetable oil 3 eggs ½ cup orange juice concentrate, undiluted ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 2 ½ cups whole wheat...
The Editor of the Winnipeg Jewish Review recommends reading Winnipegger Aidan Fishman's recent article (from August) in the Times of Israel where he says that the Israel Pavillion...
Is there anybody young or old who doesn’t wish they had a nanny like the magical Mary Poppins? Well, that magic is now on stage for all to share. Center Theatre Group, Cameron Mackintosh and...
Winnipeg History from 1905: The Writings of Ben Miller who opened The People's Book Store even before the first Yiddish Newspaper "Dos Yiddishe Vort" was established in Winnipeg...
What if you died and were then brought back to life, your soul once again animating your briefly resurrected body? And what if you didn't know that you had died? This is the “what...
Have you ever wondered what local high school musical stars do in the summer or after they graduate from high school? Wonder no more. Seventeen of these very talented young people can be found in...
The audience deemed the opening night of Fresher, the Musical, a huge success giving it a standing ovation with producer, Kayla Gordon, in the audience. Fresher, the Musical shines a spotlight on...
Los angeles-The audience had so much fun. The cast had at least as much fun at opening night of Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein’s, "La Cage Aux Folles", on July 11th at...
[Editor's note: The writer is a Palestinain comedian whose wife is Jewish] I knew it was going to happen someday. Just as we approached our 15th year anniversary, Alison mentioned that I...
VISION TV The Original Promise – Premiere Wednesday, August 1 at 10pm ET / 7pm PT A new type of documentary about Isreal. A Christian and a Jew. One determined to keep a promise, the...
This year’s Mameloshen Festival of Yiddish Entertainment and Culture featured three programs. I have just returned from the final program Feedler Uhn Dehr Doch, musical excerpts from Fiddler...
Don't miss this amazing opportunity to go on a cruise that will take in beautiful scenery, Jewish Heritage sites, history, and culture along the Danube River.This 13 Day Jewish...
My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding earned a joy-filled standing ovation; the happy opening night audience buzzed around the whole team during the after-show celebration. Who wouldn't...
Jimmy Greene New Work January 19, 2012 Congratulations are in order as U of M Assistant Professor Jimmy Greene leaves Winnipeg. As local band leader Curtis Nowosad writes, “Jimmy Greene...
The book promotes a left wing approach to the situation in the Middle East. [Readers can flip through sections of the book by clicking here: ...
Suspense leading to the Los Angeles premiere at Hollywood and Vine’s Pantages Theatre on April 12th of the ten time Tony award winning theatrical production of “Billy Elliot The...
Last week while traveling on the train from the Ben Gurion Airport to Ashkelon I sat by an interesting fellow from Ashdod. His story was printed in the Jerusalem Post in May 2006. Nir sold...
The place names are different, but read the books and you may recognize medieval China, Reconquista-era Spain, and the Provencal Court of Love in the fantasy novels of internationally bestselling...
Memories, guilt, sadness, mourning all washed through me during Winnipeg Jewish Theatre's opening night of Tony Kushner's play Angels In America: Millennium Approaches. Like everyone around me...
The murder of thousands by their own government in Syria once again is a test of global foreign affairs. The notion that we in the West have a higher standard that other countries or that how we all...
in the evening sky I caught sight of an arcing sliver of moon; I hung my hopes on that thin white ledge... With these words about the new moon which begins each Jewish...
Comedy singer Al Simmons gave a very special concert at the Park Theatre on February 18. Like many Winnipegers, especially those who have raised or taught young kids (I've done both), I've seen Al...
Los Angeles based actor and artist Benson Simmonds has been acting, singing, teaching, directing, writing and painting
We Need A New Ritual Prayer to Inspire Us to Fight for Our Survival and Right to Live as Jews in Freedom, Peace and Security There are a number of Jewish holidays that specifically celebrate our...
Andrew Lustig been working on and thinking about his Jewish identity, through his poem "I am Jewish". It had been viewed by well ...
Mrs. Warren's Profession, in the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre's wonderful production, blends heart-felt, passionate performances with wit and demanding, challenging ideas. At the centre of Shaw's...
Toronto improv group The National Theatre of the World was here in Winnipeg to instantly create works in homage to great Jewish playwrights. I was lucky to attend when they presented the first and...
Village Wooing Village Wooing is about a woman, “A” and a man “Z”. Well chosen, minimal costumes and props, and a couple of sweet old-fashioned songs, show the time and place...
A woman goes to the post office to buy stamps for her Chanukah cards. She says to the clerk, "May I have 50 Chanukah stamps?" The clerk says, "What denomination?" The...
Review of Moral Lives of Israelis, Random House, 2011 David Berlin, was born in Israel, grew up in Toronto returning to Israel for several years in his late teens and early 20's. The...
The Afro-Semitic Experience closed out the musical offerings of the Rady JCC’s Tarbut festival on a high-note Nov 19, 2011, with a one of a kind musical fusion of Jewish and African American...
Beautiful story........... One afternoon a lawyer was riding in his limousine when he saw two men along the road-side eating grass. Disturbed, he ordered his driver to stop and got out to...
This past weekend, the Grant and Wilton Coffee House presented three terrific bands. The audience grew to a full house of 70 by evening’s end. The opening act called " Phil and...
