Daniel Wise, his directed and produced productions in New York City, on and off Broadway, as well as in Japan, Russia, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Britain...
Easter is the fulfilled prophecy of the Messiah who would be persecuted, die for our sins, and rise on the third day. (Isaiah 53). Easter started...
Hate has shown its ugly head on Broadway. Originally I was going to ignore this story, so as not to give credence to the protestors, but...
Andy Rudnick nickname is the “Jewish Santa Claus” or patron saint of Jewish hookups on Christmas Eve. The exploding trend of select nightclubs remaining open Christmas...
Tonight Chanukah starts at sundown. The word Hanukkah means ‘rededication’ and commemorates the Jews’ struggle for religious freedom when, according to legend, the leaders of a...
Tom Stoppard’s masterpiece, Leopoldstadt, allows us a glimpse into four generations of an Austrian Jewish family tree. It is intimate, it is epic and it is heartbreaking. We...
Award-winning television veterans Hal Linden (Barney Miller) and Bernie Kopell (The Love Boat) star in Two Jews, Talking. This Emmy, Tony, and Golden Globe award winning...
The Jewish holiday of Passover, began at sundown April 15 and ends April 23rd. It starts with a ritual meal called a Seder and the reading...
“Are we safe?” When will hatred end? For that matter fear? This seems to be a theme in this seasons plays and Prayer for the French...
Charles Wahl’s The Mohel tells the story of a man caught between the worlds of religion and money as he prepares for his son’s Brit Milah ceremony. This film...
Tomorrow, Ash Wednesday, the Congress for Jewish Culture will host a special celebration of writer Sholem Asch, with an online event titled Asch Wednesday. Sholem Asch is...
Another New York City restaurant landmark has closed their doors, Sammy’s Roumanian Steakhouse was a Lower East Side. The Lower East Side fixture was famous for its latkes...
“G’mar chatima tova” means “May you be sealed in the Book of Life.” Yom Kippur, is observed from sundown Sunday to sundown Monday, and is considered...
Tonight Jews gather for Passover to remember the exodus from Egypt. Ten plagues, had Moses saying “Let My People Go”. As the coronavirus rears it’s head we have another...
Thousands of Jewish teens gathered in Times Square for a special havdalah ceremony. This ceremony shows off Jewish pride and unity; featuring a meaningful inspiration and...
Daniela Lavender, Sir Ben Kingsley, Halina Silber, Mushka Efune and Dovid Efune by PMC/Sean Zanni Actor Sir Ben Kingsley and U.K. Channel 4 TV star Rachel Riley were honored at The...
The most significant site of the Holocaust, Auschwitz was not a single entity, but a complex of 48 concentration, forced labor, and extermination camps, at which...
Passover bears images of wonderful traditional Seder meals commemorating Jews’ exodus from Egypt. And this year, Green Fig is kicking off the celebration with a special Passover menu...
Sometimes, it’s good to get out of your theatrical comfort zone. Yiddish was never spoken in my house. None of my grandparents were from the “old...
A “baloney artist” on a train, an evil stepmother who curses angrily, a hapless traveling business man – these are just some of the characters that...
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Christ’s Embassy Church, affectionately referred to as simply “Pastor Chris” by his parishioners, led an eight-day visit to the holy land. He and...
Tonight at 7pm, the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF), is presenting Broadway: A Jewish American Legacy honoring Jerry Zaks, iconic 4-time Tony Award winning director and Bruce...
Internationally acclaimed Hungarian Film “1945” makes it’s official North American premiere November 1, 2017 at the Lincoln Plaza Cinema and the Film Forum. The film is...
Menemsha Films and HCC are pleased to announce the official North American premiere of 1945, a new epic movie by distinguished Hungarian director Ferenc Török. To...
With Amerike—The Golden Land, you are struck by three things. One, how timely this piece is; two, what amazing voices this company has; and three, there...
