As I mentioned in my review of Hard Love the UTC's Festival of Jewish Theater continues with performances every day through Sunday June 14th. See the festival calendar for titles and performance times. The productions in the festival were planned and funded before the recent economic downturn. Enjoy Jewish theater while you can; due to market conditions the Foundation for Jewish Culture will not be accepting any grant applications for New Jewsih Theater Projects in 2009. Not all the plays in the festival were funded by FJC, but one can expect that other sources of funding will also be affected by the economic recession. On the other hand, as FJC's President and CEO told me in a March 2009 interview "artists are the most resourceful people."
Reminder: tomorrow, June 11th, the Derfner Judaica Museum and the modern art collection at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale open to the public; see my article on the two collections.
Tomorrow evening June 11th both the
JCCManhattan and the
92nd Street Y will host wine tastings. At JCCManhattan wine expert Gary Landsman AKA "The Wine Tasting Guy" will present Sip and Swirl: Israeli Wine Tasting from 7:00-9:00 PM, $20 members, $25 non-members, Amsterdam Ave at 76 Street in Manhattan. At the 92nd Street Y wine expert Stefani Jackenthal will match wines with snacks at a mixer for 30s and 40s from 7:00-8:30 PM, $40, Lexington Ave at 92nd St in Manhattan.
If 70s rock music is more your thing head over to Yivo where 4 Jewish punk rock fathers—Ramones co-founder and original drummer Tommy Ramone (born Tamas Erdelyi), Blondie co-founder and guitarist Chris Stein, Dictators singer and radio personality Handsome Dick Manitoba (Richard Blum), Patti Smith guitarist and journalist Lenny Kaye—will convene at to discuss the glorious heyday of New York punk, the arc of their individual careers, and the impact their Jewish experience had on their music.
Loud Fast Jews: A Summit With Four Jewish Fathers of Punk, 7:00-8:30 PM Thursday June 11, $18 ($14 Yivo members), Center for Jewish History, 15 W 16th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues in Manhattan.
Also tomorrow June 11th from 6:00-8:00 PM female
Kinky Jews will meet for an evening of
Titties n' Tapas: Throw on your sexiest top & grab a drink n' a nosh with some KinkyJews at our first all-girl event. NO MEN ALLOWED. AGOZAR, 342 Bowery in Manhattan. Contact:
Ginger Millay.
Kinky Jews Lower East Side Walking Tours continue every Sunday in June.
On Shabbat morning, June 13th,
Kane Street Synagogue will devote its morning study and community discussion to the urgent, ethical issue of organ donation. Robert Berman, founder and Director of the
Halachic Organ Donation Society, will speak about “Organ Donation: Jewish law and modern needs” Mr. Berman's talk will begin around 11:15 A.M. Kane Street Synagogue is located at 236 Kane Street in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.
This weekend is the final weekend of
BWAC's "Color of Hope" Spring 2009 Fine Art Show which I discussed in
in an article prior to its opening 5 weeks ago.
On Sunday June 14th the 92nd Street Y will offer walking tours of
Jewish Harlem and of
Madison Square/Gramercy Park. Both tours start at 11:00 AM. The Jewish Harlem tour meets at the northeast corner of Adam Clayton Powell Blvd and 125th Street in Manhattan, in front of the statue of Adam Clayton Powell and costs $35. The Madison Square/Gramercy Park tour meets in front of the Flatiron Building (23rd Street where 5th Ave intersects with Broadway in Manhattan) and costs $25.
ManhattanJCC will screen films on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
A Walk On The Moon takes place in a bungalow colony in the Catskills, circa 1969. Minutes from Woodstock and in the shadow of the moon landing, Pearl Kantrowitz has an awakening as she falls in love with the mysterious Blouse Man. Staring Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, and Liev Schreiber. A Walk On The Moon will be shown on Sunday June 14th from 6:00-8:00, $5, $3 members.
Veahavta—And Thou Shalt Love, Directed by Chaim Elbaum (30 min, Israel, 2008)
Winner of the coveted Wolgin Prize for Best Drama at the Jerusalem Film Festival, 2008. Ohad is a student in a hesder yeshiva who is secretly in love with his best friend. Torn between his homosexuality and his religion, Ohad must struggle between his love for God and his love for Nir.
Screening with...
Zirei Kayitz - Seeds of Summer, Directed by Hen Lasker - (63 min, Israel, 2007)
Hen Lasker’s feature documentary takes us back to the place where she first fell in love with a woman—the Israeli Defense Forces. Baby-faced teen recruits transform into combat-ready soldiers by day and cry for their parents by night. Lasker takes a close look inside a little seen world, and ends up revealing part of herself.
$10, $8 members. Amsterdam Ave at 76 Street in Manhattan.
On Tuesday June 16th from 7:00-9:00 PM watch
Jerusalem is Proud To Present, Directed by Nitzan Gilady - (80 min, Israel, 2007)
In the summer of 2006, Jerusalem was to host the World Pride events and parade. The planned events stirred turmoil in the politically complex city, with Jewish, Muslim and Christian religious leaders banding together in an uncompromising battle against what they said would “defile the holy city.” On the other side stood the activists of the Open House, Jerusalem’s LGBTQ community center. Steadfast in the face of anti-gay sentiment, they dealt with threats that extended beyond their right to march.
$10, $8 members. Amsterdam Ave at 76 Street in Manhattan.
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