Alternately hapless or game or concerned about his participation in a deepening lie, the sweet, underemployed actor charms Miriam and Abe. Sis Joan Bonnie Greene , a divorced psychotherapist, remains a harder sell.
Cowhick gets at the heartache and the humor in a play that goes too broad at times. Not a laugh would be lost, and the comedy would make the dilemma more sympathetic. Lisa Kennedy: or lkennedy denverpost. Written by James Sherman. Directed by Katie Mangett. First Place. By Lisa Kennedy lkennedywriter gmail. More in Theater. Jake will lead a Chanukah-themed culinary event. But as food writer and nice Jewish boy Jake Cohen demonstrates in this stunning debut cookbook, Jewish food can be so much more.
Imagine the components of an everything bagel wrapped into a flaky galette, latkes dyed vibrant yellow with saffron for a Persian spin on the potato pancake, best-ever hybrid desserts like Macaroon Brownies and Pumpkin Spice Babka! Jew-ish features elevated, yet approachable classics along with innovative creations!
As Jake reconciles ancient traditions with our modern times, his recipes become a celebration of a rich and vibrant history, a love story of blending cultures, and an invitation to gather around the table and create new memories with family, friends, and loved ones.
The incredible story of a Jewish philanthropist who helped to build more than 5, schools to help African-Americans in the South. Inspired by the Jewish ideals of tzedakah charity and tikkun olam repairing the. By his death in , Rosenwald had funded the building of 5, schools across the segregated American South, providing , black children with access to education.
Du Bois, and Langston Hughes. Rabbi Sandra Lawson sees her multiple identities as an asset and uses her identities as a bridge builder. Her 21st century rabbinate takes her from nursing homes, to cafes, to the world of social media where she uses the aspects of her identity to connect with others. She was born in St. Louis, Mo. Rabbi Sandra has served in the United States Army, as a Military Police person with a specialty in Military Police Investigations, specializing in cases involving child abuse and domestic violence.
Upon leaving the military she started a personal training business and later worked as an Adjunct Instructor of Sociology at local community colleges. Rabbi Sandra uses her rabbinic training to bring Judaism to where people already are in their lives. As a rabbinical student Rabbi Sandra received a prestigious grant to lead shabbat services for unaffiliated Jews in a vegan cafe, she also received a grant to launch her podcast Minutes of Torah.
Over the course of one summer that begins with a shocking tragedy, three generations of the Adler family grapple with heartbreak, romance, and the weight of family secrets. Every summer, Esther. This is the apartment where they raised their two daughters, Fannie and Florence. Now Florence has returned from college, determined to spend the summer training to swim the English Channel, and Fannie, pregnant again after recently losing a baby, is on bedrest for the duration of her pregnancy.
After Joseph insists they take in a mysterious young woman whom he recently helped emigrate from Nazi Germany, the apartment is bursting at the seams. In 27 lessons, drawn from 27 critical moments at the heart of 27 diverse narratives—from plays, novels, movies, television, and even songs and video games—Daniel Joshua Rubin unlocks the secrets of what makes a story work and then teaches us how to understand and use each principle in our own storytelling.
Rubin, an incisive and no BS teacher, writing consultant, and founder of the Story 27 Studio, expands our understanding of narrative by drilling into examples ranging from Hamlet to The Godfathe r, Parts I and II , from Harry Potter to an episode of South Park , and unearthing exactly what makes each scene tick. The result is a collection of priceless advice: Escalate Risk , with an example from Pulp Fiction. Clash Expectation with Reality , from Breaking Bad.
After each principle comes a lesson in how to do it, plus a Mini Final Exam and Related Principles from other sources. In other words, from where contemporary storytellers find their inspiration.
The Martels are one of many families of German heritage whose ancestors have farmed in Ukraine for more than a century. JAAMM is our flagship cultural arts program, with a focus on literary and Jewish-interest entertainment, and is the most comprehensive Jewish cultural arts festival in all of Colorado. We pride ourselves on bringing internationally acclaimed musicians, niche films, diverse speakers, recently published Jewish-interest authors, and co-presented theatre productions to our local community — all in the interest of offering unique, thought-provoking content through a Jewish lens.
This ethos — seeking justice and ways in which we can actively work to repair the world — informs our programming priorities and the themes we choose to explore in our events. It inspires us to present events with authenticity and with a focus on expanding representation for diverse and underserved populations. This allows us to present events that resonate with the Jewish and secular event calendars, expand favorite programs such as our Jewish Book Council author lectures into serial offerings, and strengthen thematic ties across programs, all from the safety and comfort of home!
Our virtual season is, essentially, an expanded speaker series, with special one-off events and VOD film content to reinforce the themes explored throughout our season.
Our season headliners are quarterly tent-pole events that bring incredible national and international content to our community. Our headlining comedy show, from Canadian sketch comedy duo YidLife Crisis, brings Yiddishkayt into contemporary entertainment and queues up a partnership that will extend through our popular Denver Jewish Film Festival.
Twitty, will be presenting an interactive lecture on the shared narratives of Diaspora and Exodus within the African American and Jewish communities, through the symbolism of the Passover holiday and the ingredients found on our most symbolic platform — the Seder plate — that comprise these narratives.
Our Jewish Book Council author lectures are now a monthly series! The dynamic women featured in our JBC series cover a wide swath of genres, including fiction, non-fiction, contemporary, historical, self-help, and memoir. Thus, we are proud to announce The Bookies as our Bookstore Partner! Finally, a major update: our entire event season will be hosted on the Eventive platform.
Our goal was to streamline your user experience — from perusing events, to purchasing tickets, to joining an event — all in one place, and we found a fabulous solution with Eventive. All members of your party, regardless of age, agree to wear a mask at all times while in attendance at this event. You are also agreeing to allow the JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center to use your provided information for contact tracing purposes should the need arise.
View Calendar. View Lineup. Buy Tickets. How to Fest. Current Month. Event Tag All Comedy. Event Details This hilarious sequel to Beau Jest brings the Goldmans back for even more mistaken identity, gut-busting hijinks, and light-hearted lessons about love, family and being true to yourself. Learn More. Calendar GoogleCal. Organizer Jenna Gragg jgragg jccdenver.
Event Details Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and neighbors and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland—some still in. Event Details Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and neighbors and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland—some still in their teens—helped transform the Jewish youth groups into resistance cells to fight the Nazis.
Yet the exploits of these courageous resistance fighters have remained virtually unknown. Event Details An artistic excommunication set on Wall Street in , A Kaddish For Bernie Madoff is a mystical meta-musical about the greatest financial fraud in history. Event Details The New York Times bestselling author of The Last Train to London revisits the dark early days of the German occupation in France in this haunting novel—a love story and a tale of high-stakes danger.
Event Details The New York Times bestselling author of The Last Train to London revisits the dark early days of the German occupation in France in this haunting novel—a love story and a tale of high-stakes danger and incomparable courage—about a young American heiress who helps artists hunted by the Nazis escape from war-torn Europe.
Event Details Former Israeli and Palestinian combatants renounce violence and together use peaceful activism to push toward the ever-receding goal of peace. Event Details From the National Book Award-winning and bestselling author of Let the Great World Spin comes an epic novel rooted in the real-life friendship between two men united by loss.
Event Details A brilliantly modern take on Jewish culinary traditions for a new generation of readers, from a bright new star in the culinary world. Event Details The incredible story of a Jewish philanthropist who helped to build more than 5, schools to help African-Americans in the South. Event Details Over the course of one summer that begins with a shocking tragedy, three generations of the Adler family grapple with heartbreak, romance, and the weight of family secrets.
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