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Ariel Luckey will perform his klezmer hip-hop in "Cabaret by the Bay" at JCC East Bay, Nov. 5.
Posted inCulture

This weekend: a play, a movie, a cabaret and Silicon Valley Jewish film fest

by Liz Harris November 3, 2017March 23, 2018
Ariel Luckey will perform his klezmer hip-hop in "Cabaret by the Bay" at JCC East Bay, Nov. 5.
Posted inCulture

Yiddish culture, including Klezmer hip-hop, celebrated at ‘Cabaret by the Bay’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 18, 2017March 23, 2018
Charlie Varon serves up a steaming bowl of storytelling in his new show, "Back in the World," part of a series of pieces about a retirement home.
Posted inCulture

New storytelling show comes with brunch — including an actual bowl of borscht

by J. Staff October 16, 2017March 23, 2018
Danny Scheie as Ghost in “Imaginary Comforts, or The Story of the Ghost of the Dead Rabbit” (Photo/Berkeley Repertory Theatre-Joel Dockendorf)
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Daniel Handler takes us down the rabbit hole in imaginative play

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 12, 2017March 23, 2018
Danish actor Diluckshan Jeyaratnam plays Moses in “Prince of Egypt.”
Posted inCulture

Meet the father-son duo behind the ‘Prince of Egypt’ musical

by Rob Gloster October 6, 2017March 23, 2018
Herschel (right, Richard Aiello) and Shmuel (Evan Sokol) in “The Unveiling” (Photo/A. Lerner)
Posted inCulture

Holocaust survivor haunted by his past in new play

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 4, 2017March 23, 2018
Promotional art for Jewish Circle Theatre's "Lysistrata 2000"
Posted inCulture

Jewish Circle Theatre presents ‘Lysistrata 2000’

by J. Staff October 3, 2017March 23, 2018
Roger Grunwald rehearses for “The Obligation.” (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inCulture

One man’s ‘Obligation’ to recount the painful truths of the Holocaust

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 2, 2017March 23, 2018
Debórah Eliezer in “(dis)Place[d]” (Photo/Ben Yalom)
Posted inCulture

One-woman play recalls dad’s life in Jewish Baghdad

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 1, 2017March 23, 2018
Rachel Bluwstein, often simply "Rachel," Israel's national poet
Posted inCulture

Rachel: Israel’s beloved national poet gets her due in local musical

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen August 16, 2017March 23, 2018

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