Yet another amusing Jewish video…
Thanks to my pal Dr. Robert Rabinowitz for sending this on. This is quality. Enjoy! Yiddish with Dick and Jane!
Here’s the Press Release for Driving School!
November 15, 2004 – by BWW News Desk VITAL THEATRE COMPANY is pleased to present its ninth installment of VITAL SIGNS, the company’s annual new works festival. The three-part series begins Wednesday, December 2nd at 7:00 p.m. Each series runs 1 week – Wednesdays through Sundays at 7:00 p.m. – through December 19th. Tickets are $15.00, $10.00 for students. TDF Accepted. To purchase tickets, please log onto www.TheaterMania.com or call (212) 352-3101. For more information, visit www.vitaltheatre.org. Vital Theatre Company…
Eliyahu McLean
Born in a Sikh in Hawaii, now a Chasid in Jerusalem, Eliyahu Punjab McLean is a one-of-a-kind. I got a mention in McLean’s wonderful diary of peacemaking.
Invocation for Rabbi David Rosen
Rabbi David Rudin, former Chief Rabbi of Ireland and head of the Council of World Religions for Peace spoke last night at Auburn. I was asked to deliver an invocation: The father of many, Abraham, dug wells, and a desert thirst was quenched with those waters. But as time went on, the wells were not taken care of and they became clogged. So, we read this week that Isaac dug anew the wells of his father, drawing fresh water from…
UTS Address
I had the great honor of giving the sermon during the services today at Union Theological Seminary. I was asked to speak on Isaiah 65…..here goes: “I create Jerusalem a rejoicing” – Isaiah 65 If there is peace in Pittsburgh, the residents of Squirrel Hill will rejoice – as will residents all around the three rivers, the suburbs, and much of Western Pennsylvania. If there is peace in Belfast, not only Northern Ireland, but all of Ireland, indeed all of…
Clothes Make the Woman
I’ll be hanging out with Jenna Weissman Joselit tonight at an event at the JCC. She’s a visiting prof at Princeton and writes for the New Republic. Her book Wonders of America is a brilliant romp on assimilation.
Tickets! Get your tickets!
Tickets are now on sale for Vital Signs Play Festival, which features Driving School of America – my new one-act – running December 1-5.
Dabru Emet
I met yesterday with Rev. Chris Leighton of the National Institute of Jewish-Christian Studies down in Baltimore. He was up speaking with the Presbyterains Concerned for Jewish- Christian Relations, the group which continues to work on the recent anti-Israel actions of the Presbyterian general assembly.
Tradgedia
This past Sunday night I watched the Nir Bergman film Broken Wings — a new Israeli film that speaks in a simple, raw emotional language. The film has shades of the Ice Storm and In America — focusing on family tragedy and the search for something to hold onto when everything is lost. Stunning.
Talkin’ ’bout my generation
I spent the first part of the week out in LA at the Faith, Fear and Indifference Conference at USC, which focused on how teenagers, post 9-11 think about religion. Moralistic Theraputic Deism was the big theme. But the highlights were Brother John from Taize and Amira Quraishi speaking on the Muslim Youth Camp. We had dinner with USC’s president, who spoke about the unique role private schools have in fostering religious identity. It was inspiring.