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Material Girl Nixes Israel Dates

Has the Material Girl become the new target for terrorists? According to Britain\’s The Sun, Madonna cancelled the Israel leg of her Reinvention Tour after terrorists allegedly threatened to kill her and her children, Lourdes and Rocco, if she performed in Israel.

The threats reportedly came in the form of a series of poison-pen letters that were sent to Madonna\’s Los Angeles office. According to The Sun, Madonna first thought she was being targeted because of her kabbalah beliefs, but then she realized that she was being threatened because she represented all the things that these terrorists hate about the West. The terrorists were reportedly Palestinian, and Madonna took them seriously enough to cancel her three September concerts at Tel Aviv\’s Bloomfield Stadium — her first concerts in Israel since 1993 — because they knew intimate details about members of her staff.

Shoah-Era Opera an Allegory of Victory

Today, \”Brundibar\” is experiencing a revival of sorts. It is the title and story of a new children\’s book written by Tony Kushner, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak (Hyperion Books for Children), and this weekend, the Jewish Community Foundation and the Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation sponsored Youth Opera Camp of Santa Monica College Conservatory will be performing the opera at the Miles Memorial Playhouse and Simon Wiesenthal Center.

The Musical Sound of ‘Lights’

Not all Chanukah music is kiddie music — even when it\’s played by kids. On Sunday, Dec. 1, the Skirball Cultural Center will host the West Coast premiere of Russell Steinberg\’s suite, "Lights On!"

Comedic Warfare

A funny thing happened on the way to the synagogue: A rabbi and an Egyptian American, both professional comics, teamed up to perform \”One Arab, One Jew, One Stage\” this week at Temple Beth Hillel in Valley Village and Temple Beth El in Aliso Viejo.\n\n\”It sounds like a joke, especially as violence is escalating in the Middle East\” says Bob Alper, 57, who bills himself as \”the only practicing rabbi in the country doing standup — intentionally.\” \”But the point is to diffuse the tension and to humanize our two groups.\”\n\nThe humor is nonpolitical, says Ahmed Ahmed, a 31-year-old actor who turned to standup after being typecast as cabbies and terrorists.

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