Cleveland Israel Arts Connection

Violins of Hope

The Way We Looked: Photographs of Shtetl Life

The Neighbor’s Grief is Greener

Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company

Shai Azoulay: One Hour a Day

2014-15 SEASON

Jewish Federation

OF CLEVELAND

Erica Hartman-Horvitz and Roe Green Co-Chairs, Cleveland Israel Arts Connection

Dear Friends:

If energetic dance, insightful film, virtuoso music, or captivating visual art intrigues you, then you are in for quite a treat with the 2014-15 Cleveland Israel Arts Connection season: • Dance plays a major role with Emanuella Amichai’s Visual Theatre Company presenting a fringe production at Cleveland Public Theatre in October followed by the Kibbutz Dance Company’s two performances at the Allen Theatre in November.

• Israeli filmmakers are featured in numerous festivals throughout the season.

• Music will come in many forms: classical piano, violin, electronic guitar, and oud.

• Stunning visual art will be on display at the Federation’s Roe Green Gallery with an exhibit of long-lost photographs from 1910’s Pale of Settlement in Russia this fall and contemporary artist Shai Azoulay exhibiting his show, “One Hour a Day,” in the spring.

• Look for a preview of a ground-breaking cultural event that will engage your heart and spirit next fall, Violins of Hope.

We look forward to seeing you during the season.

L’hitraot!

CLEVELAND ISRAEL ARTS CONNECTION

2014-15 SEASON AT A GLANCE

SEPTEMBER

NOVEMBER

JANUARY 2015

4-14 Mandel JCC Cleveland Jewish FilmFest

5-23 Mandel JCC Festival of Jewish Books & Authors J

8-9 Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company

29, 31 Vadim Gluzman

12 Ari Shavit, My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel 14 Oud Beats Duo

SUMMER May Shai Azoulay: One Hour a Day

FEBRUARY 19-22 Yefim Bronfman

Yael Bartana’s “Inferno”

27 – Mar 22 Mona Golabek in “The Pianist of Willesden Lane” J

The Way We Looked: Photographs of Shtetl Life J

MARCH

OCTOBER 5 Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv vs.

Cleveland Cavaliers 8-12 Chagrin Documentary FilmFest 21 A Man in His Life 23-25 The Neighbor’s Grief is Greener

18-29 Cleveland International Film Festival

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22 Adi Neuhaus

15 Gil Shaham 23 Mitchell Bard

July 12 The Revisionist

The Reel Israel J

DECEMBER

APRIL

14 The Music of Chanukah

26 G-d’s Honest Truth J

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FALL Violins of Hope

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SEPTEMBER

MANDEL JCC

CLEVELAND JEWISH FILMFEST

Presented by the Mandel Jewish Community Center

September 4-14 The 8th annual Cleveland Jewish Film Festival will showcase a broad selection of feature, documentary, and short films with Jewish themes. These films represent the Israeli film industry or are of specific Israeli interest.

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For tickets, visit www.mandeljcc.org/ filmfest, Mandel JCC Membership Service Desk (no Saturday sales), or at theater on day of show. Many screenings sell out; please purchase tickets in advance!

Visit www.mandeljcc.org/filmfest for a complete listing of films.

For more information, contact filmfest@mandeljcc.org or 216.593.6278.

ABOVE AND BEYOND: THE BIRTH OF THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE A film by Roberta Grossman

Friday, September 5 @ 11 am Wednesday, September 10 @ 7:30 pm Cedar Lee Theatre In 1948, a group of American World War II pilots volunteers to fight in Israel’s War of Independence. The motley group of heroes helps prevent the destruction of Israel while establishing the framework for the Israeli Air Force. Wednesday screening will include a special Q&A with producer Nancy Spielberg.

KIDON

THE GREEN PRINCE

CUPCAKES

Friday, September 5 @ 1:30 pm Thursday, September 11 @ 7:30 pm Cedar Lee Theatre

Monday, September 8 @ 7:30 pm Cedar Lee Theatre

Tuesday, September 9 @ 4 pm Cedar Lee Theatre

The film tells the riveting story of Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of a cofounder of Hamas. Yousef spent a decade as an Israeli informant and helped take down the terrorist organization he was once groomed to inherit.

After a group of Israelis compose a tacky song to submit to the television show “Universong,” they are selected to represent Israel in the finals in France.

A film by Emmanuel Naccache

When Mahmoud al-Mabhouh is found dead in a hotel room in Dubai, police are quick to blame the Mossad. But during the investigation, the Mossad realizes it is just one player in a high-stakes con game involving a conspiracy of diplomats, goons, and spies from France, Russia, and Iran.

A film by Nadav Schirman

Sponsored by Erica Hartman-Horvitz & Richard Horvitz and the Cleveland Israel Arts Connection.

A film by Eytan Fox

OPERATION SUNFLOWER

A film by Avraham Kushnir Wednesday, September 10 @ 1:30 pm Cedar Lee Theatre In a tense, fictional story set during the 1950s & 1960s in Jerusalem and Paris, Iranians are about to launch missiles at Israel when David BenGurion gives an order to develop Israel’s nuclear option as a safeguard for Israel.

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SEPTEMBER

ARI SHAVIT

MY PROMISED LAND: THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF ISRAEL Presented by The City Club of Cleveland

September 12 @ 12 pm Why did Israel come to be? How did it come to be? Can Israel survive? Ari Shavit tackles these questions in his most recent book, My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel. Ari Shavit is an Israeli reporter and columnist who has been writing for Haaretz since 1995, and the book is a Natan Book Award, National Jewish Book Award and Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winner. Shavit studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

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For tickets, visit www.cityclub.org or call 216.621.0082.

YAEL BARTANA’S

OUD BEATS DUO Sunday, September 14 @ 3 pm

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INFERNO

Now through October 19 Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage 2929 Richmond Road, Beachwood

One WorldFest Cleveland Cleveland Cultural Gardens Rockefeller Park, Cleveland

Yael Bartana, one of the most celebrated Israeli artists of her generation, has described her provocative film as a “historical preenactment,” commingling fact and fiction, prophesy and history.

Oud Beats Duo is a project of two talented artists from two different music genres that combines classical Middle Eastern sounds with new age electronic beats. Yuval Havkin, aka Rejoicer, is one of Tel Aviv’s busiest producers and founder of the Raw Tapes label, home to Tel Aviv’s own beat movement. Itai Peer, born in Jerusalem in 1980, is a Guitarist and Oud performer with affinity to Middle Eastern folk music. This collaboration brings a new, hip cluster of sounds that just might make you move.

Building on Bartana’s early video work, INFERNO explores the complexity of contemporary life. Debuting in 2013 and filmed in São Paulo, INFERNO looks at the rise of Evangelism and Neo-Pentecostalism in Brazil and their connections to the ‘Holy Land’ as well as Judaic traditions and history. Specifically, the film considers the implications of the actual construction of the third Temple of Solomon in São Paulo. Built to biblical specifications, this new temple will be a replica of the first temple in Jerusalem, the violent destruction of which signaled the diaspora of the Jewish people in the 6th century BCE. Through this vision, Bartana asks if the temple’s construction foreshadows its destruction. Using a powerful cinematic language, INFERNO collapses histories of antiquity in the Middle East with a surreal present unfolding halfway around the world.

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Free and open to the community. For more information, visit www.clevelandoneworldfestival.com.

Sponsored with support from the Jewish Federation’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection.

For more information, visit www.maltzmuseum.org or call 216.593.0575.

Sponsored with support from the Jewish Federation’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection.

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OCTOBER

CHAGRIN

DOCUMENTARY FILMFEST

“Snapshot: Israel” highlights Israeli filmmakers and films with Israeli & Jewish themes.

JEWISH COMMUNITY NIGHT AT THE Q

MACCABI ELECTRA TEL AVIV VS. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS Sunday, October 5 @ 6 pm Quicken Loans Arena 1 Center Court, Cleveland

Show solidarity with Israel and cheer on the 2014 Euroleague Champions Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv as they take on the new-look Cleveland Cavaliers in this very special pre-season game. After the game join new Cavs Coach (and former Maccabi coach) David Blatt for a post-game Chalk Talk moderated by Les Levine. Limited seats available, so order early!

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October 8-12 Various Venues Chagrin Falls

The 5th annual Documentary FilmFest will bring compelling films for five exciting days. Events include panel discussions and the opportunity to experience stories from around the world.

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For tickets, schedules, and venues, visit www.chagrinfilmfest.org

Sponsored with support from the Jewish Federation’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE?

A film by Dan Wasserman and Barak Heymann

BEFORE THE REVOLUTION

A film by Dan Shadur and Barak Heymann

Wednesday, October 8 @ 6:45 pm Sunday, October 12 @ 3 pm

Saturday, October 11 @ 12:45 pm Sunday, October 12 @ 3 pm

Even though Tova does not believe in love, she has had a remarkable success as a matchmaker. Paralyzed because of muscular dystrophy, Tova specializes in finding matches for people with disabilities.

Her tough-love approach leads to a unique matchmaking style but her passion for the work and for her clients is undeniable.

During the 1960s and 1970s, thousands of Israelis are living in Tehran, enjoying a special relationship with the Shah and his dictatorial rule. By the time they understand that their ‘Iranian Paradise’ is turning into hell, it is almost too late, and they stand to find themselves in the middle of the Islamist revolution, due to take Iran by storm.

NORTH INTO THE MIST A film by Neil and Ariel Weisbrod Thursday, October 9 @ 2:45 pm The father and son Weisbrod team turned their cameras northward following two Norwegian scientists who set out on a three-month expedition in a small hovercraft to the Polar Ice Cap. The presenter-narrator is renowned, American-born scientist Dr. John K. Hall, a retired Marine geophysicist from the Geological Survey of Israel.

For tickets, please call Scott MacDonald, 216.420.2019. Mention code “JFED.”

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OCTOBER

A MAN IN HIS LIFE Presented by The Laura & Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program at Case Western Reserve University

Tuesday, October 21 @ 7 pm Siegal Facility Building 26500 Shaker Boulevard, Beachwood

A musical and theatrical journey based on the beloved poetry of Yehuda Amichai. The show incorporates poetry reading, theatrical scenes based on Amichai’s poems, personal stories, and biographical turning points in his life: his childhood in Germany, coming to Israel as a child, his recruitment to the Palmach, his life in Jerusalem, the loves of his life, his thoughts about writing, and more.

Yehuda Amichai is recognized as one of Israel’s finest poets. His poems — written in Hebrew — have been translated into forty languages. Among his many other honors and awards, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize.

Emanuella Amichai — director and actress, Amichai’s daughter — will read from her father’s poems and share personal stories and memories from their household.

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THE NEIGHBOR’S GRIEF IS GREENER

BY THE VISUAL THEATRE OF EMANUELLA AMICHAI

For tickets and details, visit www.case.edu/lifelonglearning or call 216.368.2091.

Sponsored with support from the Jewish Federation’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection.

Presented by Cleveland Public Theatre

October 23-25 @ 7:30 pm Yehuda Amichai, it has been remarked with some justice, is the most widely translated Hebrew poet since King David.”

Translator Robert Alter Emanuella Amichai

Gordon Square Theatre 6415 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland

Through non-verbal dance, the company presents a macabre visual performance inspired by 1950s-era music, television, and consumer culture. The show combines bold physical theatre, contemporary dance, and award-winning production design to tell the story of three women and a man living together in the sterile setting of an archetypal, suburban kitchen.

**For mature audiences only**

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For tickets, visit www.cptonline.org or call 216.631.2727 x501.

Use code “JFED” for ticket discounts.

Sponsored with support from the Jewish Federation’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection and Israel’s Office of Cultural Affairs.

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NOVEMBER

KIBBUTZ CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY Presented by DanceCleveland

Saturday, November 8 @ 8 pm Sunday, November 9 @ 3pm Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square 1501 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland

Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (KCDC), Israel’s most innovative and prominent dance ensemble, has soared into the international spotlight with gorgeous technique, sophisticated choreography, and stunning dancers. Led by Rami Be’er, one of Israel’s most esteemed choreographers, and housed at Kibbutz Ga’aton, the world-renowned troupe combines dramatic high-energy moves in mesmerizing, unison patterns with free-flowing solos and duets.

With its technically strong and physically eclectic cast of dancers and its dynamic sensibility, KCDC characterizes Israeli dance at its best and performs regularly in the most respected theaters around the world. Expansive energy, remarkable power, and creativity, KCDC will have you on the edge of your seat.

The committed performance of the cast and the purity of the choreography will win you over.”

Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times

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For tickets, visit www.playhousesquare.org/ceo or call 216.241.6000.

Enter promotional code “JFED” for ticket discounts.

Sponsored with support from the Jewish Federation’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection.

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Photo: Uri Nevo

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presented by The Cleveland Orchestra

NOVEMBER

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

March 18-29

All performances at Severance Hall 11001 Euclid Avenue Cleveland

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Tower City Cinemas 230 West Huron Road, Cleveland The Jewish and Israeli Visions sidebar will feature films from or about Israel and the Jewish Diaspora. Schedule to be released in late February 2015.

Visit www.clevelandorchestra.com or call 216.231.1111 for tickets. Use code “19593” for ticket discounts, some restrictions apply.

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Discount not available for Gil Shaham/SFSO Concert.

GIL SHAHAM

MOZART VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 5 (TURKISH) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, November 15 @ 8 pm Gil Shaham, born in the United States to Israeli parents, returned with his family to Jerusalem when he was two. Shaham is known as one of the foremost violinists of our time; his combination of flawless technique with inimitable warmth and a generosity of spirit have solidified his legacy.

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MARCH

ISRAELI VIRTUOSOS @ SEVERANCE HAL L

CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

VADIM GLUZMAN

PROKOFIEV VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 2 The Cleveland Orchestra

Thursday, January 29 @ 7:30 pm Saturday, January 31 @ 8 pm Vadim Gluzman’s extraordinary artistry brings back to life the glorious violinistic tradition of the 19th and 20th centuries. His wide repertoire embraces contemporary music and his performances are heard around the world. Born in the former Soviet Union in 1973, Gluzman began violin studies at age 7 before moving to Israel in 1990. Early in his career, Gluzman enjoyed the encouragement and support of Isaac Stern.

YEFIM BRONFMAN

BRAHMS PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 The Cleveland Orchestra

For tickets and schedule, visit www.clevelandfilm.org.

ADI NEUHAUS Classical Piano Series Presented by Cuyahoga Community College

Thursday, February 19 @ 7:30 pm Friday & Saturday, February 20-21 @ 8 pm Sunday, February 22 @ 3 pm

Sunday, March 22 @ 2 pm

Grammy Award-winning pianist Yefim (“Fima”) Bronfman is among the most talented virtuosos performing today. His commanding technique and exceptional lyrical gifts have won consistent critical acclaim. Born in Tashkent in the former Soviet Union in 1958, Bronfman immigrated to Israel with his family in 1973, where he studied with pianist Arie Vardi, head of the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University.

Born in Tel Aviv in 1996, Adi is a student at the Conservatory of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Descendent of the legendary pianists and teachers Heinrich and Stanislav Neuhaus, Adi is a laureate of several Israeli competitions.

Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Boulevard

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Recital is free and open to the public.

For information, call 216.987.4444.

Sponsored with support from the Jewish Federation’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection.

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MARCH

MAY

THE REEL ISRAEL

Presented by @Akiva and The Laura & Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program at Case Western Reserve University

MARCH 2015

YELLOW PEPPERS A comic drama about a family that grows peppers for export in the south of Israel discovers that its lovely, brilliant, and musical 3-year-old son is autistic. The boy’s mother is convinced they can grow the child out of autism and the entire family, close friends, and the Thai farmhands take on the mission of caring for the boy. Along the way, he teaches them a lesson in communication and mostly he teaches them how screwed-up their own communication skills are.

GOLANI – BASIC TRAINING REALITY

BIALIK - KING OF THE JEWS

This original Ynet documentary by Nir Cohen and Eli Strul follows the soldiers of the Golani Brigade’s 51st Battalion during their rigorous basic training period. The film brings the personal stories of an orphan from Venezuela who goes AWOL in the middle of basic training, a soldier whose mother has Muscular Dystrophy, a platoon commander who is relieved of his duties, and more.

The most beloved Jew of his time, 100,000 people attended his funeral in 1934 in Tel Aviv and at age 30 he became the Zionist national poet. Who was Chaim Nachman Bialik, also known as the King of the Jews?

The series was awarded five prizes at the recent Israeli Academy of Film and Television awards ceremony, including best drama series, best screenplay, and best directing.

Using specially designed animation, narration of Bialik by Chaim Topol (Fiddler of the Roof) and early 20th century music sung by Ninnette, Israel’s’ most popular singer, the film unveils the story of this once very known and loved man who laid the foundation for Israeli culture.

ONE HOUR A DAY

BY SHAI AZOULAY Presented by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection

In his paintings, Azoulay creates a narrative abundant with figures and scenes that radiate human warmth, compassion, and slight irony. His work ranges between drawing and painting, between the sophisticated and the naïve, and between the omnipotent to the limited. As such, the work addresses the two conflicting worlds found in the mind of the contemporary painter – the classic, iconic, romantic, and spiritual world on one side, and the modern, moonstruck, and saturated world on the other.

May - September

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Trudy Wiesenberger, curator

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For tickets and details visit www.case.edu/lifelonglearning or call 216.368.2091.

Born in Israel in 1971, Shai Azoulay lives and works in Jerusalem. He studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, where he received both his BFA and MFA. His work has been shown at the Israel and Tel Aviv museums and in galleries in Israel, New York, and Rome. Azoulay was the recipient of the Tel Aviv Museum prize for young artists and the Mazes Prize in Jerusalem.

Roe Green Gallery, Jewish Federation of Cleveland, Mandel Building 25701 Science Park Drive, Beachwood

To schedule group tours, contact israelarts@jcfcleve.org or call 216.593.2866. For more information about the artist and his work, visit www.artiscontemporary.org/artist_detail.php?id=64.

Sponsored with support from the Jewish Federation’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection and Cuyahoga Arts & Culture

Sponsored with support from the Jewish Federation’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection.

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THIS ANNUAL FESTIVAL WILL FEATURE FASCINATING NATIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORS. ISRAELI HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

Mandel JCC Jewish Book Festival November 5-23

JEWISH-THEMED CULTURAL EVENTS

The Way We Looked

PHOTOGRAPHS OF SHTETL LIFE FROM THE “PETERSBURG JUDAICA” ARCHIVES IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA Presented by the Jewish Federation of

Cleveland’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection

Daniel Levin and Israel Wiener, curators

September – March

Roe Green Gallery, Jewish Federation of Cleveland, Mandel Building 25701 Science Park Drive, Beachwood Shlyome-Zanvl Rappoport, known by his pen-name S. An-Sky, was not only “the father of Jewish anthropology and folklore,” but also the uncle of Jewish visual ethnography. From 1912 to 1914, S. An-sky and his nephew, the photographer Solomon Iudovin, gathered materials and took photographs of Jewish daily life in pre-Revolutionary Russia’s Pale of Settlement.

Iudovin took over 2,000 photographs, documenting all aspects of Jewish life inside the Pale, including work, education, and religious and cultural traditions. The photographs include portraits, some in mug-shot form for anthropological documentation, craftsmen staged at their works, teachers and children in traditional schools, and views of shtetl homes and squares.

The original photographs, misplaced for decades, were rediscovered in the early 21st century under a sofa in an artist studio that once belonged to a friend of Iudovin. Experts at “Petersburg Judaica” at the European University in St. Petersburg restored the photographs.

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To schedule group tours, contact israelarts@jcfcleve.org or call 216.593.2866. For more information about Petersburg Judaica, visit http://www.judaica-spb.com/en/.

Sponsored with support from the Jewish Federation’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection and Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

MITCHELL BARD

Death to the Infidels: Radical Islam’s War Against the Jews Sunday, November 23 Mandel Jewish Community Center 26001 South Woodland Road Beachwood

For more than a century, a lot of the attention given to the Middle East has focused on the Arab-Israeli conflict; however, Muslim terrorist attacks have been directed at Jews all over the globe, particularly in France. Death to the Infidels is an acclaimed novel that documents the growth of radical Islam in the Middle East and how it has evolved into a one-sided religious war.

Mitchell Bard specializes in U.S.-Middle East policy. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from UCLA and a master’s degree in public policy from Berkeley.

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For tickets and full schedule, visit www.mandeljcc.org/bookfest or Mandel JCC Membership Service Desk (no Saturday sales). For more information, contact bookfest@mandeljcc.org or call 216.593.6216.

Mitchell Bard threads an enormous amount of information into powerful focus, creating a tectonic shift in understanding.”

Edwin Black, New York Times bestselling author of IBM and the Holocaust and The Farhud

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Interplay Jewish Theatre

Founded in 2011 by Beachwood playwright Faye Sholiton, Interplay Jewish Theatre presents staged readings of outstanding works that view the contemporary world through a Jewish lens.

Dobama Theatre 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights

JEWISH-THEMED CULTURAL EVENTS

The Music of Chanukah Cleveland Orchestra Musical Rainbow

Sunday, December 14 @ 12:30 pm The Temple-Tifereth Israel 26000 Shaker Boulevard, Beachwood Presented by The Cleveland Orchestra

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Explore the historic traditions and stories of Chanukah and get your family into the holiday spirit with this special 40-minute Holiday Rainbow program, recommended for children ages 3+.

Featuring: Carolyn Warner, violin and piano Stephen Warner, violin Cantor Kathryn Wolfe Sebo, host

For schedule and tickets, visit www.clevelandorchestra.com or call 216.231.1111.

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The Pianist of Willesden Lane Adapted and Directed by Hershey Felder

February 27–March 22

At age 14, pianist Lisa Jura was separated from everything and everyone she knew and loved. In The Pianist of Willesden Lane, Jura’s daughter, renowned pianist Mona Golabek, brings her mother’s true tale of survival and triumph to the stage. Featuring live performances of classics by Chopin, Beethoven, and Debussy, Pianist is a deeply moving story infused with hope and the life-affirming power of music.

Recommended for children ages 10+.

Allen Theatre at PlayhouseSquare 1407 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland Presented by Cleveland Play House

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To save $10 on regular price tickets, please use promo code 10ORG at www.clevelandplayhouse.com/partners.

G-D’S HONEST TRUTH

by Renee Calarco

Sunday, April 26 @ 2 pm Monday, April 27 @ 7 pm Larry and Roberta, a well-meaning, well-todo suburban couple, have rescued a Torah that survived the Holocaust and donated it to their synagogue. So why does the shul in the next town have one, too? G-d’s Honest Truth asks how far we will go to believe a story too good to be true.

First prize winner of the Jewish Plays Project 2014 international playwriting competition.

THE REVISIONIST

by Jesse Eisenberg

Sunday, July 12 @ 2 pm Monday, July 13 @ 7 pm A blocked young novelist travels to his cousin’s home in Poland, hoping to be left alone with his thoughts. He finds instead a 75-year-old survivor with an urgent need to connect with family she barely knows. As their stories unfold, the nature of “family” becomes less and less clear. Eisenberg, best known as an actor (The Social Network) costarred in the off-Broadway production of The Revisionist with Vanessa Redgrave. Dorothy Silver stars in the Redgrave role. Jacqi Loewy directs.

Readings are free and open to the public.

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Photo Credit: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

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For reservations, contact interplayjewishtheatre@gmail.com, or call 216.393.PLAY. Interplay will also present staged readings at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, with dates and titles TBA. For updates, visit www.interplaycleveland.com or www.maltzmuseum.org.

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FALL 2015

coming next season

VIOLINS OF HOPE Centered around stringed instruments that survived the Holocaust, Violins of Hope provides an incomparable opportunity for learning and reflection regarding one of the most horrific periods in human history.

Through exhibits, lectures, and a performance by the Cleveland Orchestra, the program allows greater Clevelanders to explore the power of music to sustain the human spirit in even the most desperate of circumstances.

Painstakingly restored by second-generation Israeli violin maker Amnon Weinstein, the instruments travel the world to offer tangible symbols of resilience and sustenance, inspiration and imagination.

The project’s centerpiece will be a concert on September 27, 2015 by the Cleveland Orchestra under the direction of Franz Welser-Möst, featuring soloists playing the restored violins. The event will also herald the grand opening of The Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at The Temple – Tifereth Israel.

The violins’ visit to Northeast Ohio is made possible through the cooperation and support of Case Western Reserve University, Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, The Cleveland Orchestra, Jewish Federation of Cleveland, Cleveland Institute of Music, and ideastream, the nonprofit organization that includes PBS television station WVIZ, National Public Radio affiliate 90.3 WCPN, and classical music station WCLV 104.9. The project will include related university course offerings throughout the semester, a major exhibition at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, lifelong learning classes, public lectures, programming

by WVIZ/PBS ideastream, and performances by Cleveland Institute of Music and Case Western Reserve University students.

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The Cleveland Israel Arts Connection is a program of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.

Our Federation is a 110+ year old community cornerstone that aspires to leave no community member behind. Rooted in traditional Jewish values of justice (tzedek), repairing the world (tikkun olam), acts of loving kindness (gemilut hesed), and Jewish peoplehood (klal yisrael), we commit our values into action every day.

Reneé Chelm, Board Chair Stephen H. Hoffman, President

Cleveland Israel Arts Connection Advisory Group

Roe Green and Erica Hartman-Horvitz Co-chairs Gabe Adler Samantha Baskind Miriam Becker Michael Belkin Zeda Blau Stanley Blum Richard Bogomolny Joanne Cohen Natalie Epstein Matthew Garson Jay Geller Valerie Geller Rebecca Heller Joan Horvitz Sara Hurand Robert Jackson Simone Jowell Terry Kovel Donna Kurit

Rachel Lappen Karen Levinsky Irwin Lowenstein Deborah Ratner Barbara Robinson Sharon Rosenbaum Anita Siegal Scott Sill Ivan Soclof Marilyn Soclof Cathy Stamler Herb Wainer Penni Weinberg Neil Weinberger Elie Weiss Trudy Wiesenberger Ruth Wolfson Scott Zeilinger

Jewish Federation of Cleveland Staff Israel Wiener, consultant Hedy P. Milgrom Debra S. Yasinow

The Jewish Federation’s 2014-15 Cleveland Israel Arts Connection is brought to you by these generous individuals, corporations, and foundations: CLEVELAND ISRAEL ARTS CONNECTION PATRON SOCIETY

Platinum Sponsor

Star Patrons

Roe Green Foundation David and Inez Myers Foundation Richard Horvitz & Erica Hartman-Horvitz Joan Horvitz Stanley Blum Bob Immerman Gordon & Evie Safran

The Leonard Krieger Fund Silver Sponsors

Platinum Patrons

Miriam Becker, Ph.D. The Jean, Harry & Brenda Fuchs Family Foundation Toby Devan Lewis Norma and Ernie Siegler Family Foundation

Gold Patrons

Robert and Eileen Sill Family Foundation

Silver Patrons

Nathan L. and Regina Herman Charitable Fund Sara Hurand & Elie Weiss Holly & David Neumann Sharon & Bruce Rosenbaum David and Robert Stein Family Foundation

BECOME A PATRON OF ISRAELI ARTS & CULTURE! Join our Patron Society and help ensure highquality, thought-provoking and emotional Israeli arts and culture continues in Cleveland. Benefits include ‘Meet The Artist’ receptions, name recognition in the Season Brochure and on www.jewishcleveland.org, plus the satisfaction of knowing you are helping connect Cleveland and Israel through the arts.

For more information about the Cleveland Israel Arts Connection Patron Society, please contact Hedy Milgrom at hmilgrom@jcfcleve.org or 216.593.2850.

Bronze Sponsors

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NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID CLEVELAND, OHIO PERMIT NO. 581

Jewish Federation of Cleveland Mandel Building 25701 Science Park Drive Cleveland, Ohio 44122

coming this spring

ONE HOUR A DAY

BY SHAI AZOULAY Trudy Wiesenberger, curator Presented by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection

May - September

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