Archive for the ‘Arts and Entertainment’
Sandler and Samberg on Fallon, Joan Rivers’ plastic surgery ‘700 club,’ Oprah’s Chasidim show
By Six Degrees (No Bacon) Staff Writer Jewish Telegraphic Agency NEW YORK (Six Degrees No Bacon) — The post-Super Bowl “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” featured Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg. Both have SNL under their belts (Fallon does too), both are very Jewish and, according to Sandler, they both have a pretty similar name — [ Read More...]
Zabava performs at the JCC, Jan. 29
Community dance and song ensemble Zabava will perform at the JCC on Jan. 29, at 2 p.m. Zabava is a dance and song group based on different folklore and cultures. This is their premiere performance. The group is led and choreographed by Shota Ebanoidze, a Russian refugee from Tbilisi, Georgia. He is a famous international [ Read More...]
Cedar Village presents Battle of the Bands
When John Fox speaks about rock ‘n’ roll, he speaks with pride. That’s because Fox, a member of the Greater Cincinnati Jewish community, has found dozens of Jewish connections to 1950s and ‘60s rock. “Jews were associated with the best rock music in history,” he boasts. On Sunday, Dec. 4, Fox will be performing with [ Read More...]
Roar of the Jungle – A leader born
By Yehoshua Mizachi Assitant Editor Who Dey Nation should savor the 23-20 victory of our Cincinnati Bengals over the Buffalo Bills. This past Sunday I saw things I never thought I’d see during the Mike Brown era at Paul Brown Stadium. I saw a head coach get schooled by a legend and learn from it. [ Read More...]
Cincinnati Playhouse in the park – “What’s Buggin’ Greg”
The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s production of “What’s Buggin’ Greg” will perform at the Mayerson JCC at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 23. This performance is free and open to the entire community. “What’s Buggin’ Greg,” a world premiere written for Playhouse in the Park and winner of the Macy’s New Play Prize, is [ Read More...]
Traveling exhibit showcasing work of groundbreaking children’s author Ezra Jack Keats
By Penny Schwartz Jewish Telegraphic Agency NEW YORK (JTA) — Fifty years ago, during the height of the civil rights campaigns, the publication of a picture book changed American children’s literature. “The Snowy Day” was about the delight of a young African-American boy named Peter as he experienced the wonder of a freshly fallen snowstorm [ Read More...]
Wolf Center for Arts and Ideas debuts Sept. 22 at the JCC
The Mayerson JCC is proud to introduce the new Wolf Center for Arts and Ideas to the entire community at a special event immediately following the JCC Annual Meeting on Thursday evening, Sept. 22. The JCC meeting begins at 7 p.m. and the Wolf Center event begins at 7:30 p.m. The new Wolf Center at [ Read More...]
Wise Temple Library establishes collection of historic children’s Judaica
A unique research collection of children’s Judaica has been established at the Ralph and Julia Cohen Library. Named for Bess Shavzin and Judith Carsch, whose tenure as librarians at Wise Temple spanned nearly 50 years, it is unique among the various special collections of children’s literature housed in public, private and university libraries. Multicultural children’s [ Read More...]
The new Koren Mahzor review
By Yossi Francus Contributing Columnist Until now the choice of a High Holiday machzor with the traditional form of the liturgy used in Orthodox synagogues with an English translation has been mostly limited to Birnbaum – now out of print – (Hebrew Publishing Company, 1951) and Art Scroll (Mesorah Publications Ltd., 1991). To that list [ Read More...]
“The Badge” by Chuck Klein
By Morris Berg Contributing Columnist Chuck Klein is at it again. Cincinnati’s own ex-cop, ex-private investigator, novelist, story teller and Second Amendment advocate , has a new collection of stories and essays which treat the author’s many interests. These include old fashioned beat cop stories and hot- rodding tales evocative of James Dean or American [ Read More...]
