CIAC 2015 Spring and Summer Season

The Idan Raichel Project

One Hour a Day: Paintings by Shai Azoulay

2015

Ester Rada

Violins of Hope

SPRING & SUMMER

SEASON

Jewish Federation

OF CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND ISRAEL ARTS CONNECTION

MARCH 15 Open House: The Way We Looked: Photographs of Shtetl Life J 18-29 Cleveland International Film Festival

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

Dear Friends: It is with great pleasure that we come to you with a special edition of the Cleveland Israel Arts Connection brochure. Myriad compelling opportunities have presented themselves and we are delighted to share them with you.

• Visiting Scholars from Petersburg Judaica will be in Cleveland from March 9-15 to present various lectures surrounding their identification and restoration of the An-sky Expedition Photographs, on display in the Roe Green Gallery through March 31; • David Horovitz, author and founding editor of The Times of Israel will address the community on April 14 at the Federation’s 111th Annual Meeting; • World musicians, The Idan Raichel Project will entertain the entire community as part of the April 23 Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration; • Jazz phenom Ester Rada will headline Cleveland’s celebration of International Jazz Day on April 30; • The Visual Theatre of Emanuella Amichai has rescheduled their appearance at Cleveland Public Theatre for May 1-3.

We are confident you will enjoy these exceptional additions to your Arts & Culture calendar.

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2015 SPRING & SUMMER SEASON AT A GLANCE APRIL

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28 A Man in His Life

18 Hip-Hoppin’ Jews: on the Bible and Israeli Pop Music

30 Ester Rada in Concert >

MAY 1-3 The Neighbor’s Grief is Greener 12-21 CIPC Young Artists Piano Competition

JUNE 17-July 1 Chamberfest Cleveland

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17 One Hour a Day: Paintings by Shai Azoulay

APRIL 14 David Horovitz 23 The Idan Raichel Project

FALL Violins of Hope

26-27 G-d’s Honest Truth J 27 Modern Israeli Art or Modern Art in Israel?

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MARCH

CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL March 18-29

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.

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For tickets and schedule, visit www.clevelandfilm.org

AN EVENING WITH ETGAR KERET

NILI ADLER MEMORIAL LECTURE

ADI NEUHAUS Presented by Cuyahoga Community College

Sunday, March 22 @ 2 pm Gartner Auditorium Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Boulevard

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.

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

Wednesday, March 25 @ 7 pm Siegal Building 26500 Shaker Blvd, Beachwood

Prominent Israeli author and director, Etgar Keret is known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television.

His works have been translated into dozens of languages and his writing appears regularly in The New Yorker and The New York Times.

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Free and open to the public. $18 Preferred Seating Option Available To register visit www.siegallifelonglearning.org or call 216-368-2091.

Made possible through the support of the Herbert and Marianna Luxenberg Siegal College Israel Lecture Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.

APRIL

DAVID HOROVITZ 111TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND

Tuesday, April 14 @ 7:30 pm B’nai Jeshurun Congregation 27501 Fairmount Boulevard Pepper Pike

BEHIND

the

HEADLINES WHAT THE AMERICAN

MEDIA IS NOT TELLING US

111th Annual Meeting of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland

David Horovitz is the founding editor of the online newspaper The Times of Israel. He was previously the editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post, and editor and publisher of The Jerusalem Report. Horovitz often seeks to promote intra-Jewish tolerance and to urge the Israeli leadership to devote more attention to the struggle for Israeli legitimacy on “the second battlefield” – in the media, the legal arena and diplomatic forums.

He has conducted landmark interviews with a succession of Israeli and international figures, including all of Israel’s recent prime ministers and U.S. Presidents.

Horovitz is the author of 2004’s Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of Terrorism, and 2000’s A Little Too Close to God: The Thrills and Panic of a Life in Israel.

Horovitz immigrated to Israel from London in 1983 and did his army reserve service in the Educational Corps. He is married to Lisa and they have three children.

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Free and open to the public, however pre-registration is recommended.

Visit www.jewishcleveland.org

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CELEBRATION

YOM HA’ATZMAUT

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THE IDAN RAICHEL PROJECT

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Thursday, April 23 @ 8:00 pm Park Synagogue Main 3300 Mayfield Rd., Cleveland Heights

Producer, keyboardist, and composer Idan Raichel has become a global music icon since the unveiling of The Idan Raichel Project, a multi-ethnic tour de force that changed the face of Israeli popular music. The Project enchants audiences with entrancing fusions sung in Hebrew, Arabic and Ethiopian languages. Raichel has collaborated with over 95 celebrated artists from around the world.

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Free and open to the public, however pre-registration is required.

Visit www.jewishcleveland.org

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

MODERN ISRAELI ART OR MODERN ART IN ISRAEL? WITH SAMANTHA BASKIND

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

Monday, April 27 @ 5:30 pm Siegal Facility Building 26500 Shaker Boulevard, Beachwood

In the land of Israel, 20th century art oscillated between two poles: modernist Tel Aviv and traditionalist Jerusalem. Looking at paintings, sculptures, and photographs, this lecture explores the various social and cultural conditions in which this art was produced.

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For tickets and details, visit www.case.edu/lifelonglearning or call 216-368-2091.

A MAN IN HIS LIFE

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

Tuesday, April 28 @ 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.

Emanuella Amichai – director and actress, Amichai’s daughter, will read from his poems and share personal stories and memories.

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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

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APRIL

ESTER

RADA IN CONCERT INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY Presented by Tri-C JazzFest

Thursday, April 30 @ 7:30 pm Hanna Theatre 2067 East 14th Street, Cleveland

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APRIL

ESTER RADA’S cross-cultural sound is a deep reflection of the

Israeli born Ethiopian’s heritage. Growing up in a religious Jewish family in more than modest conditions in Israel gave Rada the drive to change her way of life and fulfill her dream of creating music. Critics describe her genre mixing sound as "gracefully combining Ethio-Jazz, UrbanFunk, Neo-Soul and R&B, with mixed undertones of black grooves."

Ester’s increasing popularity saw her tour the US, Canada, and Europe, and most recently the highly respected Glastonbury Festival.

With strong influences from early 20th century soul power women such as Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin, as well as contemporary soul sisters Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill and Jill Scott; Rada is bringing a new voice to soul that is already spreading worldwide.

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For tickets, visit www.playhousesquare.org or call 216-241-6000.

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

“GRACEFULLY COMBINING ETHIO-JAZZ, URBAN-FUNK, NEO-SOUL AND R&B, WITH MIXED UNDERTONES OF BLACK GROOVES.”

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY

In November 2011, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) officially designated April 30 as International Jazz Day in order to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe.

Each year on April 30, this international art form is recognized for promoting peace, dialogue among cultures, diversity, and respect for human rights and human dignity; eradicating discrimination; promoting freedom of expression; fostering gender equality; and reinforcing the role of youth in enacting social change.

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MAY

ONE HOUR A DAY PAINTINGS BY SHAI AZOULAY TRUDY WIESENBERGER, CURATOR

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

May - September

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

OPEN HOUSE: SUNDAY, MAY 17 @ 1-4 pm Meet the Artist, Shai Azoulay

Additional open houses to be held monthly from June through September. Visit www.jewishcleveland.org for dates and times.

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.

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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.

Gallery hours are by appointment only. To schedule appointments or group tours email israelarts@jcfcleve.org or call 216-593-2868.

Sponsored with support from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture

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MAY Photo: Uri Nevo

THE NEIGHBOR’S GRIEF IS GREENER

BY THE VISUAL THEATRE OF EMANUELLA AMICHAI Presented by Cleveland Public Theatre

May 1-2 @ 7:30 pm Sunday, May 3 @ 3 pm Cleveland Public 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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CIPC YOUNG ARTISTS Presented by Cleveland International Piano Competition

May 12-21

Gamble Auditorium 96 Front Street, Berea, OH 44017 CIPC Young Artists is an international competition for pianists ages 12-18.

Launched in 2003 as a one-day competition for Ohio piano students, the program has been reorganized to follow the multi-round format of the Cleveland International Piano Competition.

This year many young pianists from around the world have submitted applications including a number from Israel.

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For information and tickets, visit www.clevelandpiano.org or call 216-707-5397.

HIP-HOPPIN’ JEWS: ON THE BIBLE AND ISRAELI POP MUSIC

WITH SARI LOWIN Presented by The Laura & Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program at Case Western Reserve University

Monday, May 18 @ 5:30 pm Siegal Facility Building 26500 Shaker Boulevard, Beachwood

The first two generations of secular Zionist Israelis maintained an abiding connection to the Bible even as they rejected its religious authority. By contrast, popular wisdom would have many think that for the current secular generation, the Bible is both unfamiliar and irrelevant. This is not the case.

Evidence of the Bible’s influence can be found in contemporary rock, hip-hop and rap music. Israeli pop stars who are fiercely irreligious, are actually mining Jewish sacred texts for use in their art: providing an unexpected window to explore Israeli culture as both secular and Jewish.

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For tickets and details, visit www.case.edu/lifelonglearning or call 216-368-2091.

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JUNE

CHAMBERFEST CLEVELAND SEASON 4: CROSSING BORDERS June 17 – July 1 Various Venues

“Crossing Borders” explores the important geographic, cultural, stylistic and spiritual crossings made by great composers, and how these influences and experiences inspired and shaped their music.

As part of this year’s festival offerings, ChamberFest Cleveland will honor Franklin Cohen, the legendary principal clarinet of the Cleveland Orchestra and co-artistic director of ChamberFest, as he concludes a stellar career with the Cleveland Orchestra spanning almost 40 years.

The 2015 ChamberFest Cleveland features two renowned Israeli artists:

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For schedule, concert information or tickets, visit www.chamberfestcleveland.com or call 216-471-8887.

YEHONATAN BERICK

a violin and viola virtuoso was born in Israel in 1968 and began his musical education at age 6. In high demand internationally since becoming a prizewinner at the 1993 Naumburg Violin Competition, Berick enjoys a busy concert schedule as soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and pedagogue, throughout North America, Europe and Israel.

ROMAN RABINOVICH

pianist, was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1994.

At age 10 he made his Israel Philharmonic debut under the baton of Zubin Mehta and has since performed as a soloist with all the Israeli orchestras. He was the winner of the 12th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, praised for his“vivacity and virtuosity” and “the impeccable clarity of execution.”

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JEWISH-THEMED CULTURAL EVENTS

THE WAY WE LOOKED

PHOTOGRAPHS OF SHTETL LIFE FROM THE “PETERSBURG JUDAICA” ARCHIVES IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA DANIEL LEVIN AND ISRAEL WIENER, CURATORS Presented by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection

Open Houses: March 15 & 29, 1-4 pm Exhibition closes March 31

Roe Green Gallery, Jewish Federation of Cleveland, Mandel Building 25701 Science Park Drive, Beachwood From 1912 to 1914, famed ethnographer and author of The Dybbuk Shloyme-Zanvl Rappoport, known by his pen-name 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. The photographs documented all aspects of Jewish life inside the Pale, including work, education, and religious and cultural traditions.

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” restored the photographs that illustrate “The Way We Looked.”

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Gallery hours are by appointment only.

To schedule appointments or group tours email israelarts@jcfcleve.org or call 216-593-2868.

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

GALLERY OPEN HOUSE WITH PETERSBURG JUDAICA SCHOLARS A conversation on the recently rediscovered An-sky expedition photographs.

Sunday, March 15 @ 1 - 4 pm 1:30 pm Russian Language Lecture 3:00 pm English Language Lecture

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

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Free and open to the public

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THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE

ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY HERSHEY FELDER

February 27–March 22

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

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

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Photo Credit: Michael Lamont and courtesy of Getten Playhouse

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

G-D’S HONEST TRUTH

THE REVISIONIST

Sunday, April 26 @ 2 pm Monday, April 27 @ 7 pm

Sunday, July 12 @ 2 pm Monday, July 13 @ 7 pm

Larry and Roberta, a well-meaning, well-to-do 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. Wendy Kress directs.

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-yearold 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. Dorothy Silver stars, Jacqi Loewy directs.

by Renee Calarco

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by Jesse Eisenberg

Readings are free and open to the public.

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

FALL

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-MÜst, featuring soloists playing the restored violins.

Approximately 20 of the restored violins will be on display from October 1, 2015 – January 3, 2016 at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage. The violins each represents very different histories that illustrate both the strength of the human spirit and the power of music.

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

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland, founded in 1903, funds and supports a wide range of social service, educational and humanitarian activities that strengthen Jewish life in Cleveland, Israel and more than 70 countries worldwide.

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 Sponsors

Star Patrons

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

The Leonard Krieger Fund

Platinum Patrons

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

Silver Sponsors

Gold Patron

Robert and Eileen Sill Family Foundation

Silver Patrons

Rochelle & Harley Gross Nathan L. And Regina Herman Charitable Fund Sara Hurand & Elie Weiss Holly & David Neumann Sharon & Bruce Rosenbaum David and Robert Stein Family Foundation Herb & Jody Wainer

BECOME A PATRON OF ISRAELI ARTS & CULTURE! Join our Patron Society and help ensure high-quality, thought-provoking and emotional Israeli arts and culture continues in Cleveland.

Bronze Sponsors

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.

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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 May

ONE HOUR A DAY

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

May - September

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