Theatre Dybbuk: Company invokes folklore, myth to stretch boundaries of Jewish theater

Published on September 10, 2012

When Aaron Henne decided to form a new Jewish theater company, he knew he needed to push boundaries and make bold statements to challenge the traditional image of what constitutes Jewish theater. So now, with its first major production, Henne’s aptly named Theatre Dybbuk is attempting just that, with “Cave … A Dance for Lilith,” a collaborative, imaginative piece conceived in partnership with the L.A. Contemporary Dance Company.

‘The Possession’ possesses the box office

Published on September 4, 2012

“The Possession” is off to a devilishly good start at the box office, grossing $21.3 million -- making it the second best opening for a movie on Labor Day weekend after “Halloween” in 2007, which brought in $30.6 million.

Hollywood dybbuk invades suburbia

By Tom Tugend
Published on September 4, 2012

‘The Exorcist’ at the Geffen: No green vomit, but plenty of evil

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on June 27, 2012

Out-of-the-Box Horror [TRAILER]

By Adam Wills
Published on May 17, 2012

Raimi sells ‘Dibbuk Box’

By Adam Wills
Published on March 22, 2010

7 Days in The Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on May 11, 2006

7 Days in the Arts.

Dybbuks and Heroes Liven Holiday Books

By Penny Schwartz
Published on December 22, 2005

Kibitzers, dreamers, medieval travelers and dybbuks are among the wide array of heroes, heroines and mystical villains in this season's crop of Jewish children's books, as publishers expand their offerings beyond holiday books and biblical retellings.

Danger in Not Knowing Our Story

By Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
Published on April 15, 2004

Claire Luce Booth, the wife of the owner of Luce Publications, reported a frank conversation with a Jewish friend. Booth said, "I must admit being positively bored by all this talk of the Holocaust and its constant repetition of Jewish suffering." The Jewish friend replied, "I know just how you feel. I feel exactly the same way about the Crucifixion."

Each would like to see the other's story go away. But neither will go away. Golgotha and Auschwitz, the Crucifixion and the Holocaust, remain the dybbuk of our culture. They must both be confronted and understood.