Calendar Picks and Clicks: April 6-13, 2013 [YOM HASHOAH CALENDAR]

Published on April 3, 2013

This Arab-Jewish ensemble, composed of three members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and four musicians from Israel’s Arab community, performs a concert for peace in honor of Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel’s 65th birthday. Sun. 4-6 p.m. Free. Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Irmas Campus, 11661 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles. (424) 208-8932.

March 16-22

By Ryan Torok
Published on March 13, 2013

Celebrate the Jewish people’s deliverance from Egyptian slavery with Pesach events that begin well before the first seder on March 25.

Mar. 2-8

By Ryan Torok
Published on February 27, 2013

One-third of the legendary Peter, Paul & Mary, the folk icon and political activist has reinvented himself by authoring children’s books that draw on egalitarian themes.

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for June 28 - July 4

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin
Published on June 27, 2008

Hello, Shalom

By Dikla Kadosh
Published on March 13, 2008

7 Days in the Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on July 19, 2006

7 Days in The Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on March 23, 2006

Hollywood Fight Club's current production "A Lively ... and Deathly Evening With Woody Allen" brings to the stage three written works by the Neurotic One. Woody Allen's "God," "Death Knocks" and "Mr. Big" all deal with existential dilemmas as only Allen can.
Jewish school spirit can be found in abundance on the USC campus this weekend. The Jewish Student Film Festival has coordinated a weekend of Jewish activities, which culminates in today's film fest. Friday evening, attend Shabbat services at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion followed by Shabbat dinner at USC Hillel; Saturday, attend "Jewzika: A Night of Jewish Musicians" featuring Dov Kogen and the Hidden, SoCalled and the Moshav Band.

Calendar

By Keren Engelberg
Published on January 13, 2005

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7 Days In Arts

Published on August 26, 2004

7 Days In The Arts

Melting Pot for Peace

By Gaby Wenig
Published on June 10, 2004

It's hard to imagine a period when Jews and Arabs got along -- but that's apparently what they did from 800-1400 B.C.E., in the historical Al-Andalus period. In Spain and North Africa, Jews, Christians and Muslims got together and collaborated on arts and sciences to create one of the world's most advanced societies.

Now, Al-Andalus, an eclectic group of musicians from all over the world is recreating the spirit of the historical Al-Andalus in concerts that celebrate the mystical pluralism of the Arab-Jewish music traditions.

A Resonant Voice

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on June 3, 2004

The first thing one notices about Theodore Bikel is the voice.

As he settles on a divan in his book-filled West Hollywood apartment, chatting about his upcoming 80th birthday gala, it's not so much his strapping frame, white beard or sharp blue eyes that make an impression as his voice.

This is the resonant baritone that has sung countless folk music concerts, recorded 27 albums in 21 languages and performed in approximately 35 films. This is the actor who has appeared more than 2,000 times as the milkman Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof," besides playing Captain Von Trapp in Broadway's "The Sound of Music" and opposite Bogie in the film, "The African Queen."

Shlock Rock ‘n’ Roll

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on March 4, 2004

If spoof dj Dr. Demento hosted a Purim show, he'd have to spotlight the Jewish band Shlock Rock. Shlock 'n' roll includes clever parodies of pop hits like "I Don't Get No Humentashen (based on the Stones' "Satisfaction") and "Achashverosh" (think Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus").

7 Days In Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on February 5, 2004

7 Days In The Arts

Symphony’s Sephardic Premier

By Ellen Jaffe-Gill
Published on September 11, 2003

Ten years ago, it was a first -- and it's still an only. When Noreen Green established the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony (LAJS) in 1993, Los Angeles became the only city in the world with a resident symphony orchestra devoted to Jewish music, and the city maintains that unique status today.

7 Days In Arts

Published on July 3, 2003

7 Days In The Arts

Harmonic Convergence

By Ellen Jaffe-Gill
Published on August 1, 2002

Singers and lovers of Jewish music will gather in Sepulveda Pass this week for a festival celebrating Jewish choral music of the past and present.

7 Days In Arts

Published on June 27, 2002

7 Days In The arts

Zachor:Remember

By Sherri Lipman
Published on January 4, 2001

On Nov. 15, the Los Angeles Zimriyah Chorale, along with other Los Angeles choral groups, left for a European trip that included performances in Prague and, most notably, Nuremberg, where the chorale participated, on Nov. 25 and 26, in performances of Leonard Bernstein's "Symphony No. 3, Kaddish," in a concert hall built on the site of the famous Nazi Nuremberg rallies of the 1930s.