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Huge thanks to my schvesters in Park Slope Hadassah for the opportunity to present my latest program on Fiddler on the Roof: FROM GOLD TO DIAMOND Moving Beyond Our Father’s Fiddler The audience was feisty and fully present, and my schvesters gave me several new things to think about as I continue my research on Fiddler on […]
The Sisterhood of Temple Beth Emeth celebrated the 7th International SWAN Day with special guest Ruth Lehrer (accompanied, as always, by her terrific husband Arthur). Ruth delighted her audience by reading snippets from various chapters in her 36 chapter memoir My Book of Ruth: Reflections of a Jewish Girl, beginning with her answer to the vital question: […]
DAY ELEVEN OF THE 2014 NEW YORK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL Before the Revolution by Dan Shadur & Barak Heymann In the 21st Century, Iran is a major power in the Middle East and one of Israel’s greatest existential enemies. So it will no doubt surprise many people to learn that in the 20th Century, the Iranian […]
Multi-dimensional film co-written & co-directed by Philippe Kotlarski & Anne Weil captures the collision of idealistic youths with those worn down by life in a totalitarian state. (JLH: 4.5/5) Review by Managing Editor Jan Lisa Huttner DAY ONE OF THE 2014 NEW YORK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 1979: Friends from France returns us to the days when […]
Many thanks to the Members of the Sisterhood of Temple Beth Emeth of Flatbush for their warm welcome on 11/9/13. This was my “debut performance” in my new home of Brooklyn, so a very exciting day for me! Here is the write-up in the December issue of the TBE Newsletter: Sisterhood Lecture Series Although most […]
Wonder of Wonders, Miracle of Miracles! Alisa Solomon will be at the Book Stall in Winnetka on Friday, Nov 22 at 7 p.m. to sign copies of her new book Wonder of Wonders: The Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof. Solomon’s visit is scheduled exactly one month after the book’s official release date (October […]
TEMPLE BETH EMETH v’OHR PROGRESSIVE SHAARI ZEDEK INVITES YOU TO A SABBATH MORNING BRUNCH & LECTURE Tevye’s Daughters: No Laughing Matter Unlike most discussions of Fiddler on the Roof, this presentation will turn the spotlight on women—the female characters in Sholem Aleichem’s Tevye stories and the women in Solomon Rabinowitz’s personal life. Solomon Rabinowitz loved women—especially […]
UPDATE: Follow this link for the summary of this lecture that appears in the Fall 2013 issue of the Chicago YIVO Bulletin –> Fall2013ChgoYIVO On September 22, 1964—the opening night of a new Broadway musical called Fiddler on the Roof—a man named Harry Rabinowitz sat in the audience “amid a crowd of cousins and family friends.” After […]