Guide to the Arts
EXHIBITS
UNITED STATES
ARIZONA
Fine Arts Gallery, Jewish Community Center, Tucson (520-299-3000; www.tucsonjcc.org)
Ginny Tompkins Twenty-four of Tompkins’ large abstract paintings are on display; colorful, mystical and strange, they evoke other worlds and other states of being. Through August 24.
The Sylvia Plotkin Judaica Museum, Phoenix (480-951-0323; www.spjm.org)
On permanent view is a composite synagogue sanctuary from Djerba, Tunisia, with ornate floral-motif tiles and wooden Torah casings, and a life-cycle exhibit.
The Evanne Copeland Kofman Biblical Garden, accessible year round, is the museum's newest exhibit, featuring plants mentioned in the Bible—grape, flax, terebinth, papyrus, fig, date, ebony and olive.
Where the Wild Things Are: Maurice Sendak In His Own Words This interactive exhibit targets children ages 3-10 as well as adults who remember Sendak’s books from their own childhoods. Sendak’s personal notes, exhibited alongside his iconic artwork, reveal the stories behind his tales of childhood, stories of growing up in Brooklyn as the son of Jewish-Polish immigrants. Through August 31.
CALIFORNIA Art at the JCC, Jewish Community Center, Santa Barbara (805-957-1115; www.jewishsantabarbara.org)
Pioneer Jews and Contemporary Western and Historic Art The history of the western Jewish community is told alongside early and contemporary western art in this unique exhibit. Central to the exhibition is the question: Could Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo, discoverer of California, have been a Spanish Jew? Through October 29. Bade Museum, Berkeley (510-849-8285; www.care-gtu.org)
Echoes and Fragments Rene’e Powell and Carolyn Manosevitz employ ceramics, painting and mixed-media works in their exploration of the difficult legacy of loss and the aftermath of the Holocaust. Through August 27.
Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco ( www.thecjm.org) As It Is Written: Project 304,805 Scribe Julie Seltzer sits with parchment, ink and a hand-sharpened feather quill, writing a Torah scroll. In public view, she will complete the entire text of the Torah over the course of a full year. Through Fall 2010.
"Being Jewish": A Bay Area Portrait This ongoing exhibit is a mural of community photos and objects that reflect the flavor of Jewish life in the Bay Area, past and present. Jews on Vinyl This unique exhibit is based on Josh Kun and Roger Bennett’s book of the same name about the history of Jewish recorded music from the 1940s to the 1980s. Through August 22.
Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World) The first major exhibition dedicated to Maira Kalman, the illustrator, author and designer, renowned for rendering the ephemeral and profound with great detail and wit. Through October 26.
Reinventing Ritual Sculpture, textiles, architecture, metalwork and ceramics by more than 40 leading artists from Israel, Europe and the Americas reexamine ritual. Through October 3. Seeing Gertrude Stein A wealth of artistic and archival materials illuminate Gertrude Stein’s life and complex self-identity. Through September 6.
Black Sabbath: The Secret Musical History of Black-Jewish Relations This exhibit is also a musical experience, immersing the visitor in the sounds of a virtually unknown story—the secret history of the many African-American responses to Jewish music, the shared themes that made both groups sing along to the same tunes. August 26 – March 22. Orthodox in Meah Shearim: Photography by Michael Cohen Israeli-born photographer Cohen uses the camera as a way to tell visual stories, helping the viewer relate to a world that is usually hidden. This exhibit reveals the ultra-Orthodox enclave of Meah Shearim, Jerusalem, in all its religious festivity and everyday humanity. Through September 19. Friedkin Art Gallery, Contra Costa Jewish Community Center, Walnut Creek (925-938-7800; www.ccjcc.org)
Art of Michael Yashar Trained as an architect, Yashar applies a creative but critical eye to the world around him, reimagining the familiar world in his enchanting paintings. Through September 17. Ketubot One of the most popular forms of Jewish ceremonial art, a decorated marriage contract is often displayed prominently in a Jewish home. Members of the community have lent their own ketubot to this exhibit. Through September 17.
Jewish Heritage Museum at Reutlinger Community for Jewish Living, Danville (925-648-2800; www.rcjl.org)
By Hand – The Creative Process Various Jewish ceremonial objects, handmade in metal, wood, and glass, are on display. Through August 30. Katz Snyder Gallery, Jewish Community Center, San Francisco, (415-292-1200; www.jccsf.org
Wise Guys: Mobsters in the Mishpacha Graphic designer Pat Hamou drew this series of Jewish American gangsters. Without glorifying their crimes, Hamou tells the stories of some of the most colorful characters in the Jewish mob—“Bugsy” Siegel, “Lepke” Buchalter and Meyer Lansky. Through September 5.
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Los Angeles (323-651-3704; www.lamoth.org)
The Erich Lichtblau (Eli Lasky) Collection The artist, a survivor of Terezin, depicts everyday chores and errands of the ghetto, rather than barbed wire or prison uniforms, in his watercolors. Cut into fragments and hidden during the war, these reconstructed works reveal defiance, satire and indifference to the madness of the Nazi regime. Long-running.
Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San Jose (408-808-2000; www.tamarassaf.com)
Animals of the Bible Tamar Assaf has spent years researching and painting this series, exploring through painting and text the complex role played by animals in the Bible. Through August 31.
Courage An interactive, multimedia presentation depicts what life was like for African Americans living in the 1950s South, when the first lawsuit to challenge racial segregation in schools was brought, resulting in the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education.
Para Todos Los Ninos–Fighting Segregation in California This bilingual exhibit focuses on the Mendez family’s fight to end school segregation. Both exhibits through August 23.
Phyllis and Harvey Koch Art Gallery, Schultz Jewish Community Center, Palo Alto (650-223-8600; www.paloaltojcc.org)
The Spirit of Spring Five local artists, Paz Bar Am, Rechl Tirosh, Lionel Chapitel, Richard Small and Alexandra Barilko, present recent works reflecting the vibrancy of nature and the wonders of the natural world. Through August.
Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photographs of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman Born in Poland in 1924, Schulman received her first camera at age 13, and later used that camera to save her own life. She is the only known photographer to have documented the lives of the Jewish partisans—capturing the camaraderie, horror, loss and bravery of the partisans. Through August 14.
George Segal’s The Expulsion: With Photographs of the Artist at Work by Donald Lokuta The centerpiece of this exhibit is Segal’s life-sized tableau of Adam and Eve leaving the Garden of Eden, presented alongside photographs of the artist at work. Through September 5.
Home Sweet Home In this interactive performance installation, participants are asked to collaborate on a miniature cardboard community, developing property, making civic decisions and getting to know the neighbors. This exercise in imagination is also a way to look at the ties that bind and the problems that threaten a real community. September 24 – October 3.
CONNECTICUT Greater Hartford JCC Art Gallery, West Hartford (860-236-4571; www.mandelljcc.org)
An Exhibit of Russian Artists Featuring Stass Shpanin Now nineteen, Shpanin was named the Youngest Professional Artist by the Guinness Book of World Records at the age of ten—his vibrantly creative works reveal youthful energy and a sophisticated understanding of technique. Through August 9.
Faces of a Nation Lena Stein’s photographs chronicle the many ethnicities and cultures that live together in Israel, but since there are no captions telling the visitor the religious or ethnic background of the subject, the visitor can only see the subject as a fellow human being. August 22 – September 25.
FLORIDA
Bass Museum of Art, Miami (305-673-7530; www.bassmuseum.org)
Human Rites This ambitious exhibit attempts to analyze the role of art in ritual, and of ritual in art, by comparing ancient art to more contemporary works. The role of ritual art in Judaism is not ignored; one artwork features rings used in Jewish wedding ceremonies. Through October 3.
Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg (727-820-0100; www.flholocaustmuseum.com)
Andrea Keys Connell: Ceramic Sculptures In this award-winning sculptor’s installation, she grapples with the legacy inherited from her Holocaust survivor grandparents. Raw, unfinished-looking clay figures seem to sink into the walls and floor, under the weight of memory and intergenerational trauma. Through August 15.
Art & Autobiography: Paintings by Nava Mentkow The granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, Mentkow was inspired to interview and paint survivors like her grandparents, creating a visual testimony of their stories and their spirits. August 25 – October 3.
Mosaic: Jewish Life in Florida The core exhibition depicts Jewish life in Florida from 1763, when Jews were first allowed to settle there, to the present.
Florida Jews in the Military Stories of hundreds of Jews who have served in every branch of the military since the Seminole Wars in the mid-1800s through the current conflicts.Through September 12.
Lox With Black Beans & Rice: Portraits of Cuban Jews in Florida This photodocumentary exhibit on the contemporary Cuban Jewish community in South Florida includes 30 large-scale photographs and narratives reflecting Cuban Jews from all walks of life, providing an intimate view of a vibrant community. Through September 25.
GEORGIA JEA Art Gallery, Jewish Community Center, Savannah (912-355-8111; www.savannah.ujcweb.org)
Dennis Roth Delicate, detailed watercolors of landscapes from nearby Savannah to other locations around the world make up this exhibit. Through August 31.
The Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (678-812-4078; www.atlantajcc.org)
Excellent Hostess: Paintings and Works on Paper Lorraine Peltz’s most recent series of paintings include chandeliers and serve as homage to her mother's survival of the Nazi invasion of Eastern Europe. Through December 28.
Absence of Humanity: The Holocaust Years This permanent exhibit describes the systematic murder of six million European Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators through historical photographs and documents, personal memorabilia and family pictures, and in the voices of those who survived and made new lives in Atlanta. Permanent exhibit.
Creating Community: The Jews of Atlanta from 1845 to the Present This permanent display begins with the story of two young peddlers, Jacob Haas and Henry Levi, who settled in Atlanta and opened a dry-goods store, and continues to the present day when more than 100,000 Jews call metro Atlanta home.
Dr. Suess Goes to War…and More! Remarkable World War II Editorial Cartoons by Theodore Suess Geisel Long before he became known as Dr. Suess, Geisel was a political cartoonist, who used his art and writing to sound the alarm about the dangers of isolationism, racism and anti-Semitism. Through August 31.
The Legacy Project: Coming to America View portions of video interviews of Atlanta residents who are Holocaust survivors, explore family photograph albums and peruse relevant documents. Interactive maps of Europe provide historical information about the home countries of local survivors and the fate of Jewish populations during World War II. Permanent exhibit.
ILLINOIS
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, Skokie (847-967-4800; www.hmfi.org)
Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race This exhibit provides some insight on a questions with no answer: How did so many individuals in professions traditionally concerned with helping and healing people collaborate with the Nazis to legitimize persecution and genocide in the name of science? Through January 2.
Open Depot Collection Display This ingenious storage and display area houses and presents more than 1,500 objects. Ongoing.
What Does It Say to You?
Conceived to deepen the conversation between Spertus and its audiences, the exhibit presents more than 60 objects from the museum’s collection—including a silkscreen print by Yaacov Agam, a white leather football, humorist Allen Sherman’s Camp Granada game and a silver Sabbath oil lamp—along with videos of viewers’ reactions. Through November 22.
INDIANA
Candles Holocaust Museum, Terre Haute (812-234-7881; www.candlesholocaustmuseum.org)
Eva Kor survived Auschwitz as a child and dedicated her life to Holocaust education, primarily through this museum and through educational advocacy.
Mengele’s Twins This permanent exhibit tells the horrifying story of the thousands of twins who were experimented upon by Joseph Mengele, of whom museum founder Eva Kor is one. Jewish Community Center Art Gallery, Indianapolis (317-251-9467; www.jccindy.org)
Water Colors by Michael Maurer Matching dazzlingly bold colors to an equally eye-catching subject, Maurer’s paintings bring the viewer within inches of beautiful underwater vistas and the smallest, and most vibrant underwater creatures. Through August 27.
KANSAS
Kansas City Jewish Museum, Overland Park (913-317-2600; www.villageshalom.org)
Curtis Mann: Altered States Whitney Biennial 2010 participant Mann examines the effect of Internet photojournalism on our perception of the world. Photos of war-ravaged landscapes in Israel and other places have been altered to show how sometimes the most important part of the photograph lies outside the frame. Through August 22.
MARYLAND
The Jewish Museum of Maryland, Baltimore (410-732-6400; www.jewishmuseummd.org)
Voice of Lombard Street: A Century of Change in East Baltimore This long-term exhibit chronicles the area that was once the center of Jewish life in Baltimore in the early 1900s.
The Synagogue Speaks (Downstairs Lloyd Street Synagogue). This new long-term exhibit celebrates and explores the history of the landmark Lloyd Street Synagogue in Baltimore, built in 1845 and today the third-oldest standing synagogue in the United States.
Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Baltimore (443-263-1800; www.africanamericanculture.org)
Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges Hundreds of Jewish intellectuals fled Nazi Germany; many of them ended up at colleges with a largely African-American student body. Somehow, these two disenfranchised groups came together to form a special bond in the early years of the Civil Rights movement. Through September 26.
Transcending History: Moving Beyond the Legacy of Slavery and the Holocaust Works of art from both the African-American and Jewish communities reflect on the horrors that both communities have lived through, and the transformative effect survival can have on the collective psyche. Through September 26.
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Center for Jewish Culture, Boston (617-523-2324; www.vilnashul.org)
Reconnect the Tapestry Between 1850 and 1950, Boston’s Jewish community grew and flourished, primarily in seven neighborhoods. Boston’s Jews created a new American identity that balanced Old World with New, obligation with opportunity. This exhibit helps visitors learn about and reconnect with their Bostonian heritage. Long-running.
MASS MoCa, North Adams (413-662-2111; www.massmoca.org)
Secret Selves After retiring his iconic alter ego, Spock, in the seventies, Leonard Nimoy reinvented himself as a photographer. For this exhibit he asked subjects to dress and pose as their imagined “true selves,” revealing their inner selves through costume and artifice. Opens August 1.
National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst (413-256-4900; www.yiddishbookcenter.org)
A Journey to Jewish Cuba An exhibit about the Jewish community in Cuba based on stories by anthropologist Ruth Behar and featuring black-and-white photograph by Havana-based Humberto Mayol.
They Called Me Mayer July Featuring words and images of a Jewish childhood in prewar Poland by Mayer Kirshenblatt. Through August.
Essen! Jewish Food in the New World This exhibition includes restaurant signs from New York City's Lower East Side, menus, cookbooks and recipes exploring the world of Eastern European Jewish food. Through the end of October. MICHIGAN
Castle Museum, Saginaw (989-752-2861; www.castlemuseum.org)
Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings On loan from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., this exhibit looks at the American reaction to the rise of Nazism in Germany in 1933, specifically after groups of German university students organized burnings of books by American and Jewish writers. August 20 – October 4. Janice Charach Gallery, Jewish Community Center, Detroit (248-661-1000; www.jccdet.org)
Art from the Heart Dozens of local artists contributed their talent to this celebration of the fifteenth day of the month of Av, Chag Ha’ahavah, the holiday of love. Each began with the same base—a simple heart shape—and interpreted it in his or her own unique style and medium, representing the outward variations and underlying similarities of love itself. Through August 19.
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis (888-642-2787; www.artsmia.org)
Desire and Deliverance: Drama in the Old Testament Throughout history, artists have interpreted biblical narratives into scenes of passion, morality and nationalistic pride. This show includes several Rembrandts and the famous Durer Adam and Eve. Through September 5.
On Sacred Terrain Minneapolis-based photographer Stuart D. Klipper presents a photo essay of the people and history of the Holy Land, from all three religions that call it by that name. Through January 31.
Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul (651-221-9444; www.smm.org)
The Dead Sea Scrolls: Words That Changed the World Since their discovery in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have prompted discovery and debate, and become one of Israel’s greatest national treasures. This is a rare opportunity to see the Scrolls outside of Israel. Through October 24.
Tychman Shapiro Gallery, Sabes JCC, Minneapolis (952-381-3400; www.sabesjcc.org)
Toys From the Attic Marcia McEachron’s sculptures use welded and forged steel and incorporate found objects to explore the relationship between old and new, memory and reality, imagination and nostalgia. Through August 26.
Hidden Talents Sometimes, the best secrets are hiding in plain sight—like in this exhibit, which showcases the artwork of the JCC’s own creative staff. Through August 26.
Urban Research and Outreach Engagement Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (612-625-5716; www.uroc.umn.edu)
Ancestry: Celebrating Diversity and Commonality in Community Fawzia Khan and Lynn Fellman have created meaningful artwork in collaboration with several area organizations, including Jewish Community Action. Both explore perceptions of identity and ancestry, our shared lineage and unique interpretations, using sculpture, performance and portraits made with the DNA of the participants. Through January 7.
NEBRASKA Jewish Community Center Art Gallery, Omaha (402-334-6426; www.jccomaha.org)
Great Jewish Athletes In honor of the Maccabi Games currently being hosted by the Omaha JCC, local artist Michael Scheef has created a series of ten acrylics, depicting one Jewish star for each sport featured in the Games, from Dara Torres to Eli Ohana. Through August 30.
NEVADA Nevada Museum of Art, Reno (775-329-3333; www.nevadaart.org)
Natural Conflict: Video and Photography from Israel The work of seven Israeli artists--Shelly Federman, Ori Gersht, Sharon Glazberg, Avi Holtzman, Roi Kuper, Elyasaf Kowner and Shai Kremer--reveal the various environmental strains, such as real estate development and constant military presence, has impacted the Israeli landscape both physically and metaphorically. Using both common symbols of Israeli culture and glimpses at unfamiliar hidden places, these works assess both the real and potential beauty of this endangered region. August 27 – December 5.
NEW JERSEY
Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County, Freehold (732-252-6990; www.jhmomc.org)
Living Voices: A Tribute to Monmouth County’s Jewish World War II Veterans Monmouth County has been home to a Jewish community since 1720, and many of its members served in the US Armed Forces in World War II. This exhibit tells their story. Through September.
NEW YORK
Cofeld Judaic Museum, Buffalo (716-836-6565; www.tbz.org)
A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People A wealth of photos, videos, documents and artifacts record the contributions of Pope John Paul II to Jewish-Catholic relations in the last quarter of the 21st century. Through August 8.
2010 Middle and High School Self Portraits Thousands of teens were inspired by the memory of Anne Frank to create their own self-portraits, dealing with the difficult questions of identity and self-description along the way. The best self-portraits will be on display through August 27.
Sanctuary Revealed: The Restoration of an American Icon Since its completion in 1929, Temple Emanu-El has been a symbol of American Judaism, as well as an architectural landmark of Fifth Avenue. This exhibit chronicles both the birth of the historic synagogue nearly a century ago as well as the spiritual and physical renewal of its 2006 restoration.
CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY, New York
The American Sephardi Federation (212-294-8350; www.americansephardifederation.org)
Jerusalem and the Jews of Spain: Longing and Reality Artistically designed textual displays, poetry, lithographs, engravings and historic photos reveal the longing for and arrival of Spanish Jewry in Jerusalem. Through Summer.
Yeshiva University Museum (212-294-8330; www.yumuseum.org)
A Journey Through Jewish Worlds: Highlights from the Braginsky Collection of Hebrew Manuscripts and Printed Books Selections from the collection of renowned Swiss Judaica collector Rene Braginsky include Moses Nahmanides’ commentaries, illustrated marriage contracts from countries as diverse as Italy and India, and the Charlotte von Rothschild Haggadah, the only premodern Hebrew manuscript known to have been illuminated by a woman. Through August.
Creation and the Ten Commandments: A Visual Journey by Rudi Wolff An award-winning New York graphic artist, Wolff creates an abstract language that evokes the beauty of creation and the power of the Ten Commandments in his series of digital serigraphs.
Drawing on Tradition: The Book of Esther As you’ve never seen it before, this exhibit features the bold and edgy illustrations of JT Waldman’s Megillat Esther, bringing the epic tale of intrigue and redemption to life. Through August 15.
16 mm Postcards: Home Movies of American Jewish Visitors to 1930’s Poland This exhibit offers a moving picture—quite literally—of the Jewish communities of Poland in the 1930’s, through the home movies taken by visitors from the New World. Ordinary people go about their ordinary lives, all unaware that their entire way of life would soon be threatened. August 29—January 2.
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (212-246-6080; www.yivo.org)
From Dream to Reality: Zionism and the Birth of Israel
In honor of Israel's 60th anniversary, the exhibition chronicles the Zionist movement in Eastern Europe.
Avrom Sutzkever (1913-2010): A Memorial Exhibit YIVO remembers the great Yiddish poet with an exhibit of his published work, unpublished letters and manuscripts, photographs and memorabilia.
Cynthia Reeves Gallery, New York (212-714-0044; www.cynthia-reeves.com)
Sense of Place Israeli artist Shuli Sade’s series of photographs taken from the exact same spot over two years as a Tel Aviv tower was constructed convey awe and respect for the feat of architecture and human accomplishment. Through August 20.
Derfner Judaica Museum at The Hebrew Home at Riverdale (718-581-1596; www.hebrewhome.org/art.asp).
Tradition and Remembrance:
Treasures of the Judaica Museum
On display are objects by Jerusalem and European artisans at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, the Baum Legacy collection, Modernist interpretations of traditional objects and ritual art from a diverse range of Jewish communities. Open-ended.
VanDeb Editions: Monotypes + Etchings from a Printmaking Atelier This exhibit of prints, both monotypes and etchings, ranges from colorful, abstract compositions to scenes of domestic interiors. Through August 22.
Ways We Worship This short-run tour introduces people of all cultural backgrounds to Jewish practice, culture and ritual, from a Shabbat service at Eldridge Street Synagogue in 1887 to the present day.
Edward & Bernice Wenger Center for the Arts, Jewish Community Center, East Hills (516-484-1545; www.sjjcc.org)
Faces and Places The elaborate headdress and beaded costume are exotic and strange, but the shy, curious smile on the face of the girl wearing them is somehow still familiar. John Miodownik’s global portraiture photography celebrates cultural diversity and the human emotions that link us despite our differences. Through August 23.
The Jewish Museum, New York (212-423-3337; www.thejewishmuseum.org)
Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey
The permanent exhibition tells the unfolding story of Jewish culture and identity.
The Monayer Family: Three Videos by Dor Guez In this series of videos, the acclaimed filmmaker presents perspectives on ethnic identity, prejudice and citizenship through the interwoven stories of three generations of a family of Israeli Christian Arabs. Through September 7.
South African Photographs: David Goldblatt One of South Africa’s most highly regarded photographers, Goldblatt was witness to apartheid’s infiltration into every aspect of South African life. His photos focus on the minutiae of everyday life. Through September 19.
South Africa Projections: Films by William Kentridge Kentridge’s art, grounded in recent South African history, is acclaimed for its dramatic narrative invention and extraordinary technique. Through September 19.
Fish Forms: Lamps by Frank Gehry As part of a design competition sponsored by the Formica Company, architect Frank Gehry created a series of lamps shaped like fish—a personal icon of his. This exhibit will include those lamps and explore the significance of the fish imagery. August 29 – October 31.
Lesley Heller Workspace , New York (212-410-6120; www.lesleyheller.com)
The Young Israelis This exhibit showcases the next wave of Israeli artists who are transcending borders of national identity to reflect today’s increasingly complex world. Despite the shared experience of growing up in a society on the edge, these six artists in the twenties and thirties create pieces that vary widely, from satirical to dramatic. Through August 13. Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York (646-437-4200; www.mjhnyc.org)
The Morgenthaus: A Legacy of Service This exhibition tells the story of three generations of the Morgenthau family and explores the fascinating ways in which their service to others changed world events, American politics and Jewish history. Long-running.
Project Mah Jongg: A Nostalgic Exhibition Honoring the memories and meanings of the game, this whimsical exhibit explores the long-standing bond between the game and the American Jewish community through vintage advertisements and game sets, an ambient soundscape and an opportunity for visitors to play the game. Through January 2, 2011.
Traces of Memory: A Contemporary Look at the Jewish Past in Poland 42 images from the permanent exhibition of the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow. Photos of Poland’s villages and towns with a Jewish past.Through August 15.
Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and Museum, New York (212-431-1619; www.kkjsm.org)
Janina Project: Celestial Structures Hanging crystal structures by Judy Moonelis. Permanent display.
Something Old, Something New Weddings in Greece and within the Greek Jewish communities of New York celebrate a time long gone.
Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust and Resource Center at Queensborough Comunity College, Bayside, Queens (718-281-5770; www.qcc.cuny.edu/KHRCA)
Genocide Among the the Flowers: Seymour Kaftan’s Ponary Paintings The story of Vilnius's Jews, starting with the Nazi invasion and including the Ponary tragedy is portrayed through 26 images in oil.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (212-535-7710; www.metmuseum.org)
Hipsters, Hustlers and Handball Players In one photograph, an elderly Jewish man pores over his beloved Yiddish newspaper. In another, a young woman in bellbottom pants lies on the ground to protest a war. Photographer Leon Levinstein’s candid photographs span 30 years of New York City history, capturing the life of the city and its people. Through October 17.
New Museum, New York (212-219-1222; www.newmuseum.org)
Museum as Hub: The Bidoun Library Project This exhibit tries to represent the many ongoing conflicts in the Middle East through every format of written word—guidebooks, propaganda, magazines—without distinguishing good from bad, presenting the range of opinions and perspectives on these complicated topics as they choose to present themselves. Through September 26.
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City (718-784-2084; www.ps1.org)
Greater New York This exhibit presents a wide variety of avant-garde artworks by New Yorkers, including several born in Israel, such as Deville Cohen and Zipora Fried. Additionally, works by Dani Leventhal incorporate phrases from the Rosh Hashana liturgy into an endlessly looping video installation; a journey with no foreseeable destination. Through October 18.
NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh (919-807-7900; www.ncmuseumofhistory.org)
Down Home: Jewish Life in North Carolina One part of a multimedia historical exploration and educational effort, this exhibit chronicles the nearly 400 years of Jewish life in North Carolina, through photographs, artifacts and film. Through March 2011.
OHIO Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (216-421-7340; www.clevelandart.org)
The Casting Israeli artist Omar Fast tries to bridge the gap between narrative and the lived experiences upon which it was based in this new video installation. An interview with an Israeli Army sergeant becomes background noise as the process of creating a story out of his words, and the stories that do emerge, are layered on top of his voice. Through September 5.
Women and Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America Rare artifacts, photographs and first-person video accounts tell the stories of the women who established schools and hospitals and continue to work for peace and social justice. Through August 28.
Skirball Museum at the Hebrew Union College of Cincinatti (513-221-1875; www.huc.edu)
An Eternal People: The Jewish Experience This permanent exhibit is comprised of seven galleries that portray the cultural, historic and religious heritage of the Jewish people.
OKLAHOMA
On display are archaeological and ritual objects, costumes, fine art and Americana as well as memorabilia donated by Oklahoma veterans who took part in the liberation of German concentration camps and by Jewish refugees.
Touchstones of the Diaspora This exhibit of coins from the collection of Rabbi Leonard Helman marks the many kingdoms and nations that have served as a home to the Jewish nation in exile. Through September 20.
OREGON
Oregon Jewish Museum, Portland (503-226-3600; www.ojm.org)
Andy Warhol-Ten Portraits of Jews of the 20th Century Warhol referred to this collection as “my Jewish geniuses” which seems like a fitting title for paintings of Louis Brandeis, Sigmund Freud, Golda Meir and of course, Albert Einstein. Through September 5.
Traces of the Jewish Lower East Side Legendary photographer Lewis Hine documented Jewish life in New York’s Lower East Side in its early-20th-century heyday; now contemporary photographer Phil Decker has retraced his steps to create a portrait of a neighborhood then and now. Through September.
PENNSYLVANIA
American Jewish Museum, Pittsburgh (412-521-8010; www.jccpgh.org)
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Centennial Showcase As part of this venerable artists’ organization’s centennial celebration, twelve local artists are displaying a wide variety of paintings, photographs, and other works of art. Through August 28. Curious George: Let’s Get Curious! This exhibit, targeted at children aged 3-10, encourages curiosity and exploration in kids through an environment modeled after the book. The exhibit also introduces children to Margret and H.A. Reys’ remarkable escape from war-torn France with the manuscript that was to become the beloved children’s classic. Through October 3.
Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia (215-236-3300; www.easternstate.org)
Alfred W. Fleisher Memorial Synagogue
Completed around 1924 and used continuously until the Eastern State Penitentiary closed in 1970, the synagogue has been faithfully restored with dark wooden benches, a beautiful Ark, reader’s table, ornate plaster Star of David and an eternal flame. An exhibit describes Jewish life in the 180-year-old institution. Permanent exhibit.
The Gershman Y. Galleries, Philadelphia (215-446-3001; www.gershmany.org)
Mapping: Inside/Outside Four artists use maps to bend our understanding of the outside world, including Leila Daw, Joyce Kozloff, Eve Laramee and Nikolas Schiller. Through August 15.
Capturing Sky Large-scale pinhole photographs by Masaki Koboyashi. Through August 15.
National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia (215-923-3811; www.nmajh.org)
Shaping Space, Making Meaning
Visitors can learn how a museum creates a major exhibition and at the same time have input into developing a show prior to opening in 2010.
TENNESSEE Janet Levin March Gallery at the Gordon Jewish Community Center, Nashville (615-356-7170; www.nashvillejcc.org)
Sarah Kaufman and Kirk Seufert Although both of these artists live locally, their styles could not be more different: Kaufman’s luminous, colorful paintings are whimsical and light-hearted, while Seufort creates multimedia sculptures with the deterioration of man-made objects and the quiet permanence of stone. Through August 31.
Temple Israel Museum, Memphis (901-761-3130; www.timemphis.org)
Flight: Chagall, Miro and the Plight of Refugees Twelve works by 20th century masters represent the struggle of the refugee, in a series organized by the International Rescue Committee. (Some of the artists were themselves rescued by the IRC.) In one haunting painting by Eugene Berman, a figure of a man can be seen carrying his two children through a burning, smoky ghetto. Through August 22.
TEXAS
Deutser Art Gallery, Jewish Community Center, Houston (713-729-3200; www.jcchouston.org)
Showcase Houston Seven Houston artists exhibit works on a variety of mediums—including paper, fabric, and even needlepoint—on the themes and issues brought to mind by the approaching High Holy Days. August 22 – September 1.
Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston (713-942-8000; www.hmh.org)
Bearing Witness: A Community Remembers Film footage, artifacts, photographs and documents show life in prewar Europe, the Nazi move toward the Final Solution and life after the Holocaust. This permanent exhibit includes a rare collection of children’s shoes recovered from the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland.
Never Let It Rest! This documentary art project—with oral testimonies and historical documentation—by German artist Hans Molzberger revolves around the German town of Salzwedel, where a concentration camp for women was erected in 1944. Through October 3.
Examining Restitution: The Bielitz Collection In 1938, after the annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany, the Steiner-Beilitz family fled Vienna for the United States. After the war, they began the arduous legal process of trying to reclaim their property left behind, a process that took over fifty years. This exhibit chronicles their story and illustrates the reverberations of the Holocaust into the following generations. Through August 31.
VIRGINA
Beth Ahabah Museum and Archives, Richmond (804-353-2668; www.bethahabah.org)
Minding the Store: Richmond’s Jewish Merchants Telling the story of Richmond’s Jewish merchants as they progressed from street carts to small shops to malls, this long-running exhibit links names from an earlier era with modern-day businesses.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington, Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum (202-789-0900; www.jhsgw.org)
Through the Lens: Jeremy Goldberg’s Washington This exhibit follows the path of the Washington Jewish community from its19th-century downtown synagogues to new neighborhoods of the suburbs. Through August.
National Gallery of Art (202-737-4215; www.nga.gov)
Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsburg 79 photographs trace the arc of Ginsburg’s career, from the now-famous snapshots of Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs to self-portraits taken just as Ginsburg began to achieve literary fame. But these photos are more than just a personal album; they express the same attention and intensity as Ginsburg’s poetry. Through September 16.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (866-998-7466; www.ushmm.org)
State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda This long-term exhibit reveals how the Nazi Party used modern techniques as well as new technologies to carefully craft messages to sway millions with its vision for a new Germany.
WISCONSIN
Jewish Museum, Milwaukee (414-390-5730; www.jewishmuseummilwaukee.org)
Growing Up Milwaukee Summer camp has always played an integral role in the Jewish American childhood experience—this exhibit includes photos and memorabilia from summer camps throughout the Milwaukee region that celebrate the camp “ruach” (spirit) while serving as a nostalgic trip down memory lane. Through November 28.
CANADA Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario (416-979-6648; www.ago.net)
The Storyteller A wide variety of mediums engage a number of narrative strategies to explore the narrative powers of art; in Israeli artist Omer Fast’s video Spielberg’s List, the relationship between the experience of the past and the retelling in the present is brought to life through the experiences of extras on the set of Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List. Through August 29.
At Work Three separate exhibitions on three artists all explore the process and labor of studio art. “Studiowork” focuses on Eva Hesse, a prolific sculptor and a survivor of the Nazis. Since her death in 1970, Hesse’s work has been exhibited extensively, but never before has a museum displayed her prototypes, experimental models, and test pieces, exposing the care and consideration that went into her famous abstract sculptures. September 22 – January 2.
Jewish Museum of British Columbia, Vancouver (604-257-5199; www.jewishmuseum.ca)
Home Away from Home: Building Identity and Community at Jewish Summer Camps Through artifacts, photographs, and interactive displays, this exhibit looks at the pivotal role that Jewish camps of British Columbia played in the formation of a Jewish identity for three generations of Jewish children. Through October 7.
A Joyful Harvest This exhibit chronicles the Jewish community’s contributions to farming life in southern Alberta, telling the surprising tales of the lives of Jewish cowboys and ranchers going back over 100 years. August 5 – 31.
Morris and Sally Justein Heritage Museum at Baycrest, Toronto (416-785-2500; www.baycrest.org)
Cabinets of Curiosities: Treasures from the Permanent Collection These ceremonial objects, chosen from the archives of the museum represent the collective memory of a past life spanning the international origins of the Baycrest community.
Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario (905-844-4402; www.oakvillegalleries.com)
Real Life, with Ron Mueck and Guy Ben-Ner Israeli artist Ben-Ner’s video interpretations of this exhibit’s theme star himself and his family, as they mock and question our perceptions of social norms and the role of art. In one, his family steals famous bicycle sculptures and rides off into the city, transforming art into real life. In another, they playact family life in an Ikea model apartment, changing real life into a consumer product. Through September 5.
St. John Historical Jewish Museum, New Brunswick (506-633-1833; www3.personal.nbnet.nb.ca/sjjhm/)
The museum opens for its summer season with five new exhibits, covering everything from the history of the Jewish community of St. John to one of the museum’s most popular—Under the Chuppah: Jewish Weddings in St. John, a celebration of the elegance and festivity of the traditional Jewish wedding. Through October 29.
UNITED KINGDOM
Etz Chayim Gallery, London (01923-822-592; www.npls.org.uk)
Testimony and Memory Textile artist Carole Smollen muses on the role of tradition in modern life in her series of miniature Torah mantles and ceramics. August 31 – October 17.
Jewish Museum, London (+44 (0)-20-7284-7384; www.jewishmuseum.org.uk)
Illumination:
Hebrew treasures from the Vatican and Major British Collections This exhibition explores how together Jews, Christians and Muslims have contributed to the development of the book. Bringing together, for the first time, a range of rare and exquisitely beautiful Hebrew manuscripts from The Vatican Library, The Bodleian Library, and other notable libraries, the exhibition will cast new light on the study of sacred texts by all three Abrahamic faiths. One notable inclusion is the prayerbook considered to be the oldest surviving Hebrew book. Through October 10.
Cross Purposes: Shock and Contemplation in Images of the Crucifixion Marc Chagall was only one of many Jewish artists to utilize a surprising motif in his work: the crucifix. This exhibit examines how and why artists of different religions use the cross as a symbol of persecution and suffering, including the shocking 1942 painting by Emmanuel Levy, “Jude, Crucifixion”, which depicted a man in prayer shawl and tefillin (phylacteries) nailed to the cross. One of the most-talked about and controversial exhibits of the year. Through September 19.
Manchester Jewish Museum, Manchester (0161-834-9879; www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com)
Red Bank: A Seedbed of Modernity Red Bank, a disease-ridden slum that housed many poor Jewish immigrants in the latter half of the nineteenth century, was the birthplace of both the Manchester Jewish community and of working class radicalism. This exhibit traces the birth of both of these intertwined traditions. Through September 29.
MUSIC
MASSACHUSETS
Second Annual Yiddish Theatre and Klezmer Music Festival, Truro (508-487-5400; ppactruro.org)
This celebration of all things Yiddish includes films (Yiddish Theatre: A Love Story), lectures, readings and performances by many beloved Yiddish and Klezmer artists, including the Andy Statman Trio, Tony Award nominee Eleanor Reissa, and a capella sextet The Western Wind. August 14 – 18.
CANADA
Ashkenaz Festival, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto (416-979-9901; www.ashkenazfestival.com)
This weeklong festival includes a dizzying variety of performances: live theater, concerts, films, and dance, as well as exhibitions, workshops and lectures. Highlights include a performance and discussion by klezmer band The Other Europeans; a performance of Frank London’s A Night in The Old Marketplace; an exhibit titled “Isaac Bashevis Singer and His Artists”; and a lecture by Aaron Lansky, founder of the Yiddish Book Center. August 31 – September 6. Montreal Jewish Music Festival, Montreal (514-826-8962; www.montrealjewishmusicfest.com)
A project of KlezKanada, this festival will bring a mix of Klezmer, Sephardic and other Jewish music to the streets and various venues of downtown Montreal. Highlights include the Middle Eastern rockers Moshav Band, the Klezmer-Roma group The Other Europeans, and Montreal legend SoCalled, a genre-bending performer who fuses hip-hop, klezmer, funk and classical music. August 29 – September 2.
TELEVISION
Point of View Documentary Series Several upcoming documentaries in this long-running PBS series have Jewish themes:
Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy This documentary tells the story of an 8-year-old Chinese orphan who is adopted by a Jewish Long Island family, depicting her struggle to find a new identity in these strange circumstances. Tuesday, August 31.
Off and Running Avery is the adopted African-American child of white Jewish lesbians, with Puerto Rican and Korean brothers, whose unusual life is thrown into crisis when she contacts her biological mother, forcing her to struggle with her family identification, her estrangement from black culture, and her own identity. Tuesday, September 7.
THEATER
CALIFORNIA
Hershey Felder in Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein In this story spanning the 20th century, Leonard Bernstein broke every artistic ceiling possible to become America’s greatest musician: conductor, composer, pianist, author, librettist. Hershey Felder brings to life this iconic Jewish composer. November 2 – December 12.
Greenway Court Theatre, Los Angeles (310-285-9476; www.jewtopiaplay.com)
Jewtopia After a best-selling run in New York, this play returns to L.A. to tell the story of Chris O’Connell and Adam Lipschitz, two men in search of a nice Jewish girl. Stereotypes collide and cultures clash in this critically-praised comedy. Open run.
COLORADO
Telluride Theatre, Telluride (970-728-4539; www.telluridetheatre.com)
The Merchant of Venice Presented outdoors, this classic and controversial tale of the Jewish moneylender caught in a storm not of his own making will provide food for thought and discussion. August 18 – 28.
CONNECTICUT
Third In Wendy Wasserstein’s last play, a liberal college professor struggles with her elderly father, rebellious daughter, sick best friend and a privileged student who just turned in a paper she feels sure has been plagiarized. August 12-15.
GEORGIA
Center Theater, Marcus Jewish Community Center, Atlanta (678-812-4002; www.atlantajcc.org)
Still In Therapy: The Comedy Chaos Continues Steve Solomon is back with an all-new show; the hilariously familiar cast of characters, from Solomon’s cousins to his therapist, all conspire to add chaos to Solomon’s already-overwhelming life. August 5 – 15.
ILLINOIS
After the Fall In Arthur Miller’s nonlinear play, Quentin, a New York Jewish intellectual (loosely based on Miller himself) reviews his own life in order to decide whether to marry the beautiful Holga. This play provides a fascinating glimpse into the mind of one of the great Jewish American writers. Through August 22.
KANSAS
Topeka Civic Theatre, Topeka (785-357-5211; www.topekacivictheatre.com)
Fiddler on the Roof Local acting legend Robb Baker shines as Tevye in this revival of the ever-popular play about a milkman, his five daughters, and their tenuous grasp on tradition. Through August 14.
MARYLAND
You Can’t Take It With You Kaufman and Hart’s play first won hearts (and the Pulitzer Prize) when it premiered in 1936, but the portrayal of a colorful, eccentric family and the mayhem that ensues when the prospective son-in-law brings his straight-laced parents for dinner is just as funny today. August 12 – 16.
MASSACHUSETS North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly (978-232-7200; www.nsmt.org)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat This Andrew Lloyd Webber- and Tim Rice-created colorful extravaganza of a musical stars American Idol finalist Anthony Federov as Joseph and twenty local children in the chorus. August 3 – 22.
MICHIGAN Andiamo Novi Theatre, Novi (248-348-3838; www.andiamonovitheatre.com)
My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish, and I’m in Therapy! Steve Solomon weaves together tales of knishes and lasagna, Chanukah and Christmas, to create a painfully funny tapestry of modern life. August 18 – 29.
Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, Holland (616-395-7890; www.hope.edu)
The Last Night of Ballyhoo Alfred Uhry’s romantic comedy, winner of the 1997 Tony Award for Best Play, is set in the home of a prominent Jewish family in Atlanta in 1939. The family is pulled apart and forced together, while Gone with the Wind premieres and rumors of war come from Europe. Through August 14.
13 – The Musical 12-year-old New Yorker Evan Goldman is determined to have the best bar mitzva ever, despite his parents’ divorce and his recent move to Indiana in this high-energy rock musical. Through August 15.
NEW YORK
Zero Hour In this new play by Jim Brochu, a naïve reporter attempts to interview theater legend and New York Jew Zero Mostel, prompting an explosion of memory, humor, outrage and backstage lore. Although Mostel is remembered for his comedic genius and iconic roles such as Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof”, in the 1950’s he was equally known for his place on the Hollywood blacklist. Open run.
Fringe Festival, New York (212-279-4488; www.fringenyc.org)
Abraham’s Daughters Ranya, Sara and Kate, three college freshman, confront their respective faiths when they encounter a moral crisis that threatens their friendship and independence. August 15 – 28 at the SoHo Playhouse.
A Gilgl fun a Nigun (The Metamorphosis of a Melody) This solo multimedia performance, in Yiddish with English supertitles, is based on the classic Yitchak Leybush Peretz story of the journey and transformation of a melody as it travels from singer to singer. August 14 – 24 at the Fourth Street Theatre.
Feed the Monster Rita Emerson is an eighties rock goddess who has a secret past as an Orthodox Jew from Brooklyn. She finally confronts her Jewish identity, her relationship with her parents and her own love life through songs from the sixties, seventies and eighties. August 14 – 26 at The Club at La Mama.
Jew Wish Single Jewish Female navigates the world of online dating, while dealing with her nosy parents, and continues to dream about meeting Prince Charming, or at least a mensch., August 14 – 20 at the Players Theater.
The Mad 7 – A Mystical Comedy with Ecstatic Dance Inspired by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov’s “The Seven Beggars,” a San Francisco office drone takes a coffee break and unexpectedly meets seven mystics who will change his life. August 13 – 29 at the Fourth Street Theatre.
My Name is Ruth It’s the Bible story of Ruth and Boaz, except in 1950’s Minnesota, where young widow Ruth works at Fields’ department store, and Boaz is a local businessman. August 15 – 22 at the Connelly Theater.
Omarys Concepcion Lopez Perez Goes to Israel A Persian/Puerto Rican Catholic girl heads to the Western Wall to speak to God in this solo comedy. August 13 – 29 at the Players Loft.
Pigeons, Knishes and Rockettes Two young people find each other in the hustle and bustle of the New York City holiday season. August 14 – 24 at the Cherry Pit.
Two Girls Gabrielle Maisels, granddaughter of Nelson Mandela’s defender in the “Treason Trial” of 1958, wrote and performs this story of two South African girls, one Jewish, one black, taking on the trauma apartheid has left behind. August 19 – 24 at the Connelly Theater.
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre, New York (212-352-3101; www.freudslastsession.com) Freud’s Last Session What if Freud, the atheist Jewish psychiatrist, had met C.S. Lewis, the Christian theologian and writer? What if their conversation had spanned everything from God to human nature to Freud’s own childhood? Open run.
St. Luke’s Theatre, New York (212-239-6200; www.dannyandsylvia.com)
Danny and Sylvia: The Danny Kaye Musical How did David Daniel Kaminsky from Brooklyn become Danny Kaye, beloved American comedian? The secret is his mentor/manager/wife, Sylvia Fine. This play features some of Kaye’s best-known songs, such as “Tchaikovsky” and “Minnie the Moocher.” Brian Childers stars as Kaye in an award-winning performance. Open run.
Theatre for the New City, New York (212-924-0496; www.dreamupfestival.org)
The Dybbuk After a decade of touring Europe, this acclaimed play finally meets its American premiere as a part of the Dream Up Festival. In it, a woman traveling through Germany finds a dybbuk, or wandering soul, and she imagines the history and meaning of the famous legend, through its retelling by the Jews of a 1942 ghetto. August 10 – 25.
York Shakespeare Company, New York (212-239-6200; www.yorkshakespeare.org)
The Punishing Blow After a drunk-driving arrest and an anti-Semitic rant, Leslie avoids jail time by giving a lecture on Jewish boxer Daniel Mendoza, and the resulting lecture reveals more about Leslie’s own insecurities and bitterness than he ever intended. From the writer of the New York Times column “The Ethicist.” August 13-28.
OREGON Fiddler on the Roof This perennial Jewish favorite tells the story of Tevye the milkman and his five daughters, and includes the beloved “Sunrise, Sunset” and “If I Were A Rich Man.” August 5 – 22. PENNSYLVANIA
2010 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival – Philly Fringe, Philadelphia (215-413-9006; www.livearts-fringe.org)
Dysfunctional Circumstances Leni Riefenstahl made some of the greatest propaganda of all time. But with the war nearly over, she must struggle with her Nazi past and keep her sanity. September 15.
Etty A Holocaust survivor offers a new kind of resistance—engaging with the horror of her past, rather than shrinking from it, refusing to abandon her writing and her sense of humor. September 2-17.
Judith/Dresses/Zoe Fusing together three modernist plays—Samuel Beckett’s Eh Joe, Gertrude Stein’s Counting Her Dresses, and Bertolt Brecht’s The Jewish Wife—this experimental work deals with marriage and history in the 20th century. September 10 – 11.
Marx in Soho Bob Weick is Karl Marx, risen from the grave to clear his name and explain himself a little better. After 180 performances across the country, the moving but funny show returns to Philadelphia. September 8 – 18.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Theater J at the Jewish Community Center (800-494-8497; www.washingtondcjcc.org)
Something You Did Playwright Willy Holtzman is known for his dramatic reinterpretations of real historical events. In his latest work, a student has been imprisoned for 30 years for an anti-war bombing. Now, she is visited by the daughter of the police officer killed by her bomb, and by a former comrade who has now turned against her. August 28 – October 3.
FILM FESTIVALS
COLORADO Mizel Museum Summer Outdoor Israeli Film Series, Denver
June 17 – August 12
MASSACHUSETS
Berkshires Jewish Film Festival, Pittsfield
July 12 – August 16
www.knessetisrael.org
Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center Film Series, Vineyard Haven
June 27 – August 15
www.mvhc.org
NEW YORK
Monticello Jewish Film Series, Monticello
July 6 –August 19
www.templesholomny.org
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