Lisa Traiger

With political theater playing out in unruly ways throughout Congress, the administration and the court system, it’s no surprise that politics will be a theme in a number of productions with Jewish and Israeli themes running this fall.

With political theater playing out in unruly ways throughout Congress, the administration and the court system, it’s no surprise that politics will be a theme in a number of productions with Jewish and Israeli themes running this fall.

Wealthy Lebanese banker and film producer Antoun Sehnaoui, a Christian and staunch Zionist, stepped forward to launch the U.S.-Israeli Opera Initiative.

Wealthy Lebanese banker and film producer Antoun Sehnaoui, a Christian and staunch Zionist, stepped forward to launch the U.S.-Israeli Opera Initiative.

The resulting “The Berlin Diaries,” a D.C., regional premiere, wrestles with what has become familiar fodder on the Holocaust play circuit.

This spring the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum is uncovering the ignored, forgotten or consciously shunned stories of LGBTQ+ Jews.

This spring the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum is uncovering the ignored, forgotten or consciously shunned stories of LGBTQ+ Jews.

Yael Luttwak, JxJ artistic director, found inspiration and validation from a teaching by the late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.

Yael Luttwak, JxJ artistic director, found inspiration and validation from a teaching by the late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.

Jewish college students from six campuses came together this past weekend on University of Maryland’s College Park campus.

Potty-mouthed comedian Sarah Silverman has a knack for startling audiences with her little-girl voice telling stories both scatological and sexual, filled with four-letter words.

If one must find indoor activities, theaters, art galleries and museums and film houses are a fine place to spend an afternoon or evening.

If one must find indoor activities, theaters, art galleries and museums and film houses are a fine place to spend an afternoon or evening.

Ari’el Stachel spent much of his life hiding his identity. Today he’s a Tony Award-winning actor, but his journey was fraught and arduous.

The sold-out program featured singers, dancers, comedians, musicians, and a storyteller in an evening that was billed as “for women, by women.”

This fall will see a varied mix of theater, film, music and museum shows that reflect Jewish themes and tell Jewish stories.

Tamar Fishman, a Bethesda, Maryland-based Israeli-American artist who was at the forefront of reviving Jewish paper cutting, died Aug. 14.

Jill Feingold-Damti and Amnon Damti come from different worlds. American-born, but raised in Israel as one of seven children, Feingold studied gymnastics and performed water ballet and studied film at Tel Aviv University. Damti, the Israeli son of a Yemenite mother, grew up institutionalized in a facility for deaf children.

Bringing You Closer To Your World

Bringing You Closer To Your World