It’s emblematic of the play “Love, Bombs & Apples,” a new production of the Middle East-centric Golden Thread theater company, that a Pakistani-British actor plays an American Jew in a play written by a British son of Iraqi parents. In one of four vignettes, called “Landing Strip,” the apolitical character Isaac infuriates his Jewish Voice…
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Theater
Marquee stars put the ultimate drama — death — onstage in S.F.
As Sophocles surely knew, people often are able to absorb tragedy much more easily on a stage than in their own lives. That’s the principle behind an…
Dance
Koresh Israeli dancers will bring rhythms of humanity to S.F.
Emotive. Eclectic. Egalitarian. Three words that describe the different sides of choreographer Roni Koresh, who has animated the American dance scene…
Israel at 70
I defend you, I criticize you, I love you from afar
My Dear Land, It is almost your birthday. At 70, you are not a young country anymore. Some will consider me a stepdaughter because I left you, deciding to…
Theater
Off-Broadway Harvey Milk musical puts gay Jewish pride onstage
In the Off-Broadway musical “A Letter to Harvey Milk,” the slain San Francisco supervisor and community leader becomes not just a symbol of gay…
Film
An intimate documentary portrait of Arthur Miller by his daughter
“Arthur Miller: Writer,” a lovingly crafted documentary about the award-winning American playwright, succeeds at filling the gaps between Miller’s public…
Theater
Jewish Circle Theatre's 'Love Sick' wins best Bay Area premiere
“Love Sick,” the musical play inspired by the biblical Song of Songs that debuted in the Bay Area last winter, has won the 2018 Will Glickman Award,…
Tu B'Shevat
Head for the redwoods this Tu B'Shevat
David Katznelson goes to redwood forests when he needs to make a big decision or a major change in his life. That’s where he went in 2016 before taking…
Art
To Jew or not to Jew? That’ll be Bob’s question in Berkeley
Bob Garfield, who will be bringing his one-man show “Ruggedly Jewish” to Berkeley later this month, was in Los Angeles a while back when he bought a…