Center Makor

Artsakh: the Cry from the Mountains
2020-11-19 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
For Immediate Release, Please
November 5, 2020
Media Contact: Mark W. Soucy
mark@arlekinplayers.com 978-289-9887

Arlekin Players Theatre, Cherry Orchard Festival, and Broadband Collaborative
Present
ARTSAKH: THE CRY FROM THE MOUNTAINS
An Evening Dedicated to Armenia
November 19, 2020 at 7:30pm EDT on Zoom

Needham, MA – Arlekin Players Theatre, co-producer Sara Stackhouse of BroadBand Collaborative, and presenting partner Cherry Orchard Festival in NY, will present an evening dedicated to Armenia, featuring Hayk Demoyan, Director of the Aurora Prize and former director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute. The evening will include additional performances and remarks from Arthur Ghukasyan of HIGH FEST International Performing Arts Festival, Vahan Badalyan of the National Centre of Aesthetics and Art Director of Small Theatre in Yerevan, cellist Karen Ouzounian, artist Kevork Mourad and members of the Arlekin Players Theater Company. The event will take place on Thursday, November 19 , 2020 at 7:30pm on ZOOM.
Tickets are FREE with reservation. Donations encouraged to benefit Hayastan All Armenian Fund. For more information or to reserve a Zoom spot, visit arlekinplayers.com or call (617) 942-0022.
“We are humbled to host this incredible group of Armenian artists and thinkers to share their stories and perspectives with us. We are coming together to raise awareness and raise critical funds to support efforts for peace in Armenia,” says Golyak. “The world needs to step in. This cannot and should not happen in the modern times. Let’s please stop the war.”
Arlekin Players Theatre was created in Boston in 2009 and has since toured to New York, Chicago, and Hartford, as well as to international festivals in Russia, Armenia, Ukraine, and Monaco. It’s current international virtual tour of State vs Natasha Banina continues to receive World-wide acclaim, including the New York Times Critics’ Pick, and has performed for audiences in 40 US States and in 16 countries. Arlekin has received multiple awards for its work including four 2020 Elliot Norton Awards from the Boston Theater Critics Association for its recent productions of The Stone and The Seagull. Alekin takes strong pride in their emphasis on self-identity; they are a company of immigrants performing works that play on the ideas of cross-culture, home, and traditions, challenging the idea of nationality, and finding common themes that unite us all. The company makes its home in Needham, MA. For more information, visit www.arlekinplayers.com.
Bios
Igor Golyak (Arlekin Founding Artistic Director) received the 2020 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Director for Arlekin’s The Stone and was also nominated in the same year for his direction of Arlekin’s The Seagull . He is an Associate Professor at the Boston Conservatory, and has spent over a decade teaching the art of theatre. He is the founder of the Igor Golyak Acting Studio and Artistic Director of Arlekin Players Theatre which has won numerous awards in the United States and internationally. Arlekin Players Theatre is a multicultural, multi-national collaborative that is growing year to year in the number of audience members, company actors, and volunteers. His theatre has been invited to perform on famous stages and at world-renowned festivals all over the world, including Moscow Art Theatre, and festivals in Yerevan, Armenia, New York City, Chicago, Lviv, Ukraine, Monaco, and many others.
Hayk Demoyan (speaker) Dr. Demoyan was born in the city of Leninakan (now Gyumri) in Soviet Armenia in 1975. He is a graduate of Yerevan State University (1998) and received his degree of Doctor of historical sciences from the Armenian National Academy of Sciences in 2012. From 2002 till 2005 he was a lecturer at the History Department of Yerevan State University. The sphere of research interests of Hayk Demoyan includes such topics as the Armenian Genocide, Turkish foreign policy and Turkey’s involvement in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Dr. Demoyan is author of 15 books (among them “Armenian Genocide: Front page coverage in the world media”, Yerevan, 2014, (in Armenian, in English, in Russian and in French), “Foreign Policy of Turkey and Karabakh Conflict”, Yerevan, 2013 (in Russian), “Armenian Sports and Gymnastics in the Ottoman Empire”, Yerevan, 2015, 2015, “Western Media Coverage of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in 1988-1990” (in English), Yerevan, 2008) and of about 40 academic articles.
From 2006 to 2017 he was the Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum and Institute (AGMI) in Yerevan, Armenia. From 2011 to 2015 Hayk Demoyan was the Secretary of the State Commission on Coordination of the events dedicated to the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. From 2017 to 2018 Dr. Hayk Demoyan was a US Fulbright visiting scholar at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies of Harvard University to research the identity transformation processes in the South Caucasus. In 2018 he published his new book “Armenian Legacy in America: 400-year heritage” dedicated to the arrival of the first Armenian in Virginia back in 1618. In 2019 a new book “Armenian churches and monasteries in the international postcards” was released. Currently he is chairman of “Gyumri 20/25” foundation which aims at establishment of the Museum of the Armenian photographic art, Museum of Armenian women and Armenian sports museum in Gyumri within 5 years.
At a glance:
Artsakh: The Cry from the Mountains – An Evening Dedicated to Armenia
Artistic Director: Igor Golyak
Theatre Manager: Mark W. Soucy
Producers: Arlekin Players Theatre and Sara Stackhouse, BroadBand Collaborative
Presented by: Arlekin Players Theatre and Cherry Orchard Festival
Event: Artsakh: The Cry from the Mountains – an evening dedicated to Armenia
Venue: ONLINE via ZOOM
Performance Schedule: Thursday, November 19, 7:30pm
Ticket Prices: Free with Suggested Donation to benefit Hayastan All Armenian Fund
Telephone: 617-942-0022
Online: arlekinplayers.com

State vs Natasha Banina International Digital Tour
2020-11-15 20:00 - 22:00, 2020-11-13 20:00 - 22:00, 2020-11-12 20:00 - 22:00, 2020-11-01 20:00 - 22:00, 2020-10-29 20:00 - 22:00, 2020-10-22 20:00 - 22:00
STATE VS NATASHA BANINA
International Digital Tour
October 22 – December 5, 2020

The future of online productions might be best represented so far by Arlekin Players Theatre’s State vs. Natasha Banina.”

– This Week in New York

Join us virtually for a celebrated one-woman show performed live on ZOOM from Boston’s award-winning Arlekin Players Theatre.

State vs. Natasha Banina — which began in May 2020 as a living room experiment and went on to be a New York Times Critic’s Pick — is set inside a “ZOOM courtroom.” In this interactive work of digital theater, the audience serves as the jury that will determine the fate of a teen accused of a crime of passion.

Darya Denisova (2020 Elliot Norton Award, Outstanding Actress) gives a “charismatically off-kilter performance” (The New York Times), delivering alluring testimony that draws viewers into Natasha’s world, illustrated by vivid animation and video design.

Is Natasha guilty? You, the jury, will decide.

Performance Schedule:
October 22, 2020 at 8:00PM
Co-presented by The Wilma Theatre, Philadelphia
October 29, 2020 at 8:00PM
Co-presented by ShowOne Productions, Canada
November 1, 2020 at 8:00 PM
Co-presented by ShowOne Productions, Canada
November 12, 2020 at 2:30PM
Co-presented by Voila! Europe, London
November 13, 2020 at 2:30PM
Co-presented by Voila! Europe, London
November 15, 2020 at 12:00pm
Co-presented by Voila! Europe, London
December, 3-5, 2020
Co-presented by Gesher Theater, Israel
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Bernice Lerner – “All the Horrors of War”
2020-11-15 13:00 - 14:00
3GNY Author Series
Bernice Lerner – “All the Horrors of War”
Hosted by 3GNY Board Member Shannon L. Saks
Sunday November 15, 2020 | 1:00pm ET | Virtual Event on Zoom
Please join us on November 15, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. via Zoom to hear Bernice Lerner discuss her new book, All the Horrors of War, which tells the remarkable stories of Rachel Genuth, a poor Jewish teenager from the Hungarian provinces, and Hugh Llewelyn Glyn Hughes, a high-ranking military doctor in the British Second Army. The two converge in Bergen-Belsen, where the girl fights for her life and the doctor struggles to save thousands on the brink of death.

Bernice will be in conversation with 3GNY board member Shannon Saks, whose grandmother was liberated from Bergen-Belson. Shannon will share snippets of her grandmother’s story, discuss how she relates to Bernice’s book, and share how her family history has shaped her involvement with 3GNY.
About the Author:

Bernice has served as director of Boston University’s Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character (now the Center for Character and Social Responsibility), as well as worked at Hebrew College—most recently as dean of adult learning. All told, she has more than twenty-five years of experience in the field of adult education. It has been her great privilege to create and implement innovative programs, lead productive teams, and work with outstanding faculty in the realms of philosophy, education, and Jewish studies.
Bernice earned a bachelor’s (summa cum laude) from Stony Brook University, a master’s from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and a doctorate from Boston University. Among courses she taught at Boston University were Resistance During the Holocaust and Character and Ethics Education. She also designed and taught Ethical Decision Making for Education Leaders for Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies.
3GNY is honored to have Bernice sit down with us for a few words about her new book followed by a Q&A. Please register to reserve your spot today.

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TLV TV Israeli TV Binge: Unchained - Live Q&A
2020-11-15 11:30 - 12:30
TLV TV Israeli TV Binge: Unchained
Season 1 (Episodes 1–12), Hebrew with subtitles
Massachusetts Premiere
November 15, 2020
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
ZOOM event
In this 2019 Israeli TV Series, Rabbi Yossef Mourad works for Israel’s rabbinical courts, tracking down husbands who refuse to give their wives a gett, the document required to grant women Jewish divorces. But when Yossef uncovers a secret which threatens to dissolve his own marriage to Hana, his world begins to crumble. Read more and watch the trailer. Episodes will be introduced by Dr. Shayna Weiss, Associate Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University.

Unchained: Live Q&A
Sunday, Nov 15, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM EST
On Zoom
Included with purchase of ticket or all-access pass.
A conversation with creator/director Tamar Kay, lead actress Avigayil Koevary, and Dr. Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, Shulamit Reinharz Director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, moderated by Boston Jewish Film Artistic Director Ariana Cohen-Halberstam.
How to participate:
Step 1: Buy tickets. Need help? Check out this step by step guide.
Step 2: Binge watch the series. Start streaming anytime, beginning November 4.
Step 3: Attend the live event online: Visit this page and click on “Link to Live Program” to log in.
Sponsored by the Boston Jewish Film Festival, the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies with cosponsorships from the following Brandeis University partners: Brandeis Alumni Association, Hebrew Language and Literature Program, Hillel, and the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies.

LimmudBoston eFestival 2020
2020-11-15 11:00 - 16:30
Take advantage of Early Bird discount
for eFestival 2020

(Discount code LF2020EB good until 10.15.20)

Sunday, November 15
from 11:00 am – 4:30 pm
Join us for a day filled with Jewish culture,
learning, music and so much more!
Do you love Broadway? SNL? Jewish music? Then please join us for LimmudBoston’s eFest for a day including Jewish culture, art and more

David Benkof
You can join renowned Jewish Culture expert, David Benkof and share some laughs at the antics of the Funny Jews of SNL. Remember Gilda Radner? Coffee Talk? Are you “farklempt” already?

Josh Breindel
Did you know that West Side Story was supposed to be East Side Story – a play about a Jewish boy and Catholic girl? Can’t picture it, but who knows? (Bernstein’s Jewish roots run deep in all he did.) Join Josh Breindel and learn about this and about the long love affair between Jews and live theater.

Trio Sephardi
The long history of Sephardic Jews is most often associated with an ever growing love of Sephardic food. But the Sephardic culture was so much more. Trio Sephardi sings the songs and tells the stories of the ancestry of famed songwriter, Flory Jagoda, in an enchanting hour of history, music and culture.
Join us for the fun and learning on November 15th.
Sign up now for Early Bird rates and we’ll “see” you online in November.
In the meantime, stay safe and healthy

Вебинар - Что такое хорошо и что такое плохо
2020-11-15 09:00 - 10:00
Мы созданы из желания насладиться, и потому есть вещи, которые мне не нравятся и я хочу от них отдалиться, поскольку они негативно воздействуют на мое желание насладиться, и есть вещи, которые я люблю и хочу к ним приблизиться, потому что они положительно действуют на мое желание наслаждений. И в этом вся моя жизнь – между тем, от чего мне хорошо, и тем, что для меня плохо, между ненавистью к плохому и любовью к хорошему.
Но может быть, мы должны воспитать себя, изменить свои понятия о том, что такое хорошо и что такое плохо, от чего наслаждаться, а от чего нет? И потому тут требуется воспитание, т.е. изменение отношения человека к тому, что кажется ему хорошим и приятным, и к тому, что кажется ему наоборот, плохим и неприятным.

3GNY Stories Live: WEDU Wednesdays Featuring Yoni Litwok
2020-11-11 20:00 - 21:00
3GNY Stories Live: WEDU Wednesdays
The Quest for a Hidden Torah
Featuring Guest Speaker Yoni Litwok
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 | 8:00 pm ET | Virtual Event on Zoom

In 2018, Yoni discovered testimony his grandfather, Zygmunt (Ziggy) Litwok, a Holocaust survivor, had provided to the Shoah Foundation. Ziggy described that after the Nazis invaded his hometown, the Jews were notified that the synagogue would be destroyed. Late that night, they snuck into the synagogue, took the Torah scrolls to the local Jewish cemetery, and hid them.
Ziggy wanted to go back and recover the hidden Torah scrolls. However, he did not have the opportunity prior to his sudden passing in 2002.
After hearing this story, Yoni embarked on a journey, to see if he could trace his Papa’s roots and find the hidden Torah. Through a series of improbable events and remarkable people, Yoni found himself in Poland, learning more about his family than he could have ever imagined.
Join Yoni Litwok as he takes you on “The Quest for a Hidden Torah”, a story of incredible perseverance and revelation.
Yoni Litwok
Yoni was born in Israel and raised in Marlboro, New Jersey. He graduated from Brandeis University as an Economics major, and after a brief Wall Street career, switched paths and attended Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Yoni is currently completing his Cardiology Fellowship at Northwell Health in Long Island, New York.
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ZOOM PLAY “FOOLS” by Neil Simon – Andover Outing Theater - Act 2
2020-11-11 19:30 - 20:30
The “Zoom Play” became our signature format after the premier of “Travel Agency” by Elena Ulanovsky performed by Andover Outing Community Theater Group.
The next show on the roster is the famous play “Fools” by Neil Simon.
The premiere of Act 1 will take place on November 4th, 7:30pm followed by Act 2 on November 11th, 7:30pm. Please donate $25 (or more) to the Israeli kids from Ariel Youth Video/Theater Studio and you will get ZOOM LINK to see both shows!
https://rjcf.com/donate/?name=Ariel

Leon Tolchinsky is ecstatic. He’s landed a terrific teaching job in the Jewish-Ukrainan village Kylenchikov. When he arrives, he finds people sweeping dust from the stoops back into their houses and people milking upside down to get more cream. The town has been cursed with Chronic Stupidity for two hundred years, and Leon’s job is to break the curse. No one tells him that if he stays over twenty-four hours and fails to break the curse, he too becomes stupid. But he has fallen in love with a girl so stupid, she has only recently learned how to sit down.

“Fools” by Neil Simon is a comedy that is sure to keep you laughing the entire show.
The characters are all very different from each other and our talented actors from Andover Outing Community Theater are showing a whole spectrum of funny and stupid dialogs.
When put onto one stage, their dynamic will be sure to keep you laughing with their foolish dialogue until your stomach hurts.
The play allegedly was written as the result of an agreement Simon made with his wife during their divorce proceedings. She was promised the profits of his next play, so he attempted to write something that never would last on Broadway. Here we are!

American Jews and the State of Israel: As One or Divided?
2020-11-09 12:00 - 13:00
American Jews and the State of Israel: As One or Divided? Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy in conversation with Jonathan Sarna and Shirley Idelson, based on the book “Never Alone”
Hear Natan Sharansky, hero of the Soviet Jewry movement and former chair of Israel’s Jewish Agency, along with his “Never Alone: Prison, Politics, and My People” co-author, historian Gil Troy, discuss Israel’s relationship with American Jewry, antisemitism on college campuses, the failed compromise aimed at opening the Western Wall for non-Orthodox prayer services and more — in conversation with Schusterman Center director, Jonathan D. Sarna, and Director of the Hornstein Program, Rabbi Shirley Idelson.
Natan Sharansky is one of the most famous former Soviet refusniks and an Israeli politician, author and human rights activist. Read more.
Gil Troy is a Distinguished Scholar in North American History at McGill University, currently living in Jerusalem, and an award-winning American presidential historian and a leading Zionist activist. Read more.
Jonathan D. Sarna is University Professor, Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History and director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University
Rabbi Shirley Idelson is Leon A. Jick Director of, and associate professor in the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program at Brandeis University
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INSULTED. BELARUS(SIA)
2020-11-08 20:00 - 21:00, 2020-10-25 20:00 - 21:00, 2020-10-18 20:00 - 21:00
ARLEKIN PLAYERS THEATRE and CHERRY ORCHARD FESTIVAL PRESENT
INSULTED. BELARUS(SIA)
A READING OF THE NEW PLAY BY BELARUSIAN PLAYWRIGHT ANDREI KUREICHIK
October 18 and 25 and November 8, 2020
Needham, MA – Arlekin Players Theatre, and its presenting partner Cherry Orchard Festival in NY, will present two virtual readings of Insulted. Belarus(sia), a new play by Andrei Kureichik, with English translation by John Freedman. The play will be presented in Russian on Thursday, September 17 at 8:00 pm (Directed by Igor Golyak), and in English on Monday, September 21 at 8:00 pm (Directed by Blair Cadden). Both readings will offer a post-show discussion with the playwright, who is currently in hiding from Berlarus authorities.
The readings will take place online via the Zoom platform. Tickets are FREE, but must be reserved in advance. For more information or to reserve a Zoom spot, visit arlekinplayers.com or call (617) 942-0022.
The readings are happening World-wide through a number of organizations – see full list below. ““I am thrilled that Igor Golyak and Arlekin Players will be the first of over 20 companies in five countries to present “Insulted. Belarus(sia),” a brilliant and important new play, to the public,” says Translator John Freedman. “Written by Belarus’s top playwright as the revolution was happening all around him, it is filled with drama, pain, and hope.”
Andrei Kureichik is a well-known Belarusian playwright and a member of the Coordination Council of Belarus—a group working to lead the transition to a new government and institute free elections in the wake of the falsified election that took place this August and the massive, ongoing protests that followed. Many members of this group are now in prison. Others have been forced into hiding or out of the country. Less than a week ago, while in hiding, Kureichik sent the text of his just-finished play to his translator with a request to quickly arrange readings so that others could know what they were experiencing. Within a week, over twenty theaters have signed on to present readings, and that number continues to grow.
The play tells the story of the first month of the Belarusian revolution, its ups and downs on the eve of the inevitable democratization of the country after 26 years of dictatorship. All characters have real prototypes; in some you will recognize former and current leaders of the country, in others – incredible Belarusians who have gone out to battle the totalitarian machine, sometimes at the cost of their lives, their freedom, and their loved ones. They represent polar points of view in the awakened Belarusian society. The author seeks to understand how the Belarusian revolution differs from Prague in 1968, Russia in 1991 and Ukraine in 2014. He tells of the tragic escalation of violence and repression employed by the authorities to repress freedom-seeking Belarusians with bayonets and clubs, and how solidarity, truth and faith in human values inevitably lead to victory over evil.
Arlekin Players’ Artistic Director Igor Golyak says, “It’s quite gruesome and unbelievable what is currently happening in Balarus. People are being tortured, found in forests, randomly picked up by men with no identifiers as a reaction to hundreds of thousands of people peacefully protesting the falsified election. With the playwright in hiding and afraid for his life, this play needs to be heard now!” Blair Cadden adds, “It’s rare in the theatre to have the chance to tell a story while it’s still unfolding, but thanks to this playwright’s talent and courage, we’re able to do just that. It’s an honor to be part of telling this story, and it’s incredibly exciting to put this virtual medium we’ve all been forced into to its best possible use—as a way to share an urgent, important story quickly and widely.”
Arlekin Players Theatre was created in Boston in 2009 and has since toured to New York, Chicago, and Hartford, as well as to international festivals in Russia, Armenia, Ukraine, and Monaco. It’s current international virtual tour of State vs Natasha Banina has received World-wide acclaim, including the New York Times Critics’ Pick. Arlekin has received multiple awards for its work including four 2020 Elliot Norton Awards from the Boston Theater Critics Association for its recent productions of The Stone and The Seagull. Alekin takes strong pride in their emphasis on self-identity; they are a company of immigrants performing works that play on the ideas of cross-culture, home, and traditions, challenging the idea of nationality, and finding common themes that unite us all. The company makes its home in Needham, MA. For more information, visit www.arlekinplayers.com.
Artistic Bios
Igor Golyak (Director, Arlekin Founding Artistic Director) received the 2020 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Director for Arlekin’s The Stone and was also nominated in the same year for his direction of Arlekin’s The Seagull . He is an Associate Professor at the Boston Conservatory, and has spent over a decade teaching the art of theatre. He is the founder of the Igor Golyak Acting Studio and Artistic Director of Arlekin Players Theatre which has won numerous awards in the United States and internationally. Arlekin Players Theatre is a multicultural, multi-national collaborative that is growing year to year in the number of audience members, company actors, and volunteers. His theatre has been invited to perform on famous stages and at world-renowned festivals all over the world, including Moscow Art Theatre, and festivals in Yerevan, Armenia, New York City, Chicago, Lviv, Ukraine, Monaco, and many others.
Blair Cadden (Director) is a native of Charleston, SC, where she co-founded 5th Wall Productions, a small and scrappy theatre company with a focus on new work. She is currently pursuing her MFA in directing at Boston University. Some of her favorite productions include Spring Awakening (5th Wall Productions), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Flowertown Players), Polaroid Stories, and Time Stands Still (BU School of Theatre). Blair has previously collaborated with Arlekin Players as dramaturg for their 2019 production of The Seagull.
Andrei Kureichik (Playwright) is one of the top playwrights, screenwriters and producers in Belarus. Author of some 30 plays, he has 17 credits on IMDB as a screenwriter, 4 as a producer, 3 as a director. His plays have been performed at the prestigious Moscow Art Theatre and Janka Kupala Theaters in Moscow and Minsk, as well as at numerous theatres throughout the former Soviet Union. Andrei wrote a much-read article about the events in Belarus two weeks ago for American Theater magazine. He is a member of the Coordinating Council of Belarus, whose members are called upon to lead the transition to a new government in Belarus. Many of the members are now in prison.
John Freedman (Translator) has written or edited and translated eleven books in the sphere of Russian drama and theater, including Silence’s Roar: The Life and Drama of Nikolai Erdman and Provoking Theater: Kama Ginkas Directs (co-authored with Ginkas), and his play Dancing, Not Dead won The Internationalists’ Global Playwright Contest in 2011. His Real and Phantom Pains: An Anthology of New Russian Drama is the largest collection of Russian plays ever published. He currently holds the position of Advisor to the Artistic Director at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre in Moscow. He was the theater critic of The Moscow Times from the paper’s inception in 1992 until October 2015. He has been: a columnist for Plays International since 1994; the editor of the Russian Theater Archive for Harwood Academic Publishers (1992-2002); and has frequently contributed to the New York Times and other periodicals.
List of Participating Theatres
US
New York Theater Workshop, NY, Jim Nicola
St. Olaf College, Northfield MN, Marc Robinson
Acropolis Performance Lab, Seattle, Zhenya Lavy/Joseph Lavy
Minnesota State University, Mankato, Vladimir Rovinsky
Arlekin Players Theatre, Boston, Igor Golyak & Blair Cadden
Moscow Nights with Streamyard, New Orleans, LA, Natasha O. Ramer/Kathy Randels
Theatre First, SF, Jean Emery Johnstone
The Art Institute of Chicago, Ruth Margraff
Studio 6, NY/NC, Robert Olinger
Shrewd Productions, Austin, Chris Humphrey
Wilma Theater, Yury Urnov
Towson University, Dave White
Rogue Machine, Los Angeles, Rachel Brunner
Dept. Of Slavic Langs. And Lits., Harvard U, Cambridge, Jenya Mironava
SCOTLAND
Nicola McCartney, Scotland
IRELAND
Dublin Theatre Festival, Willie White
ENGLAND
ARTEL and Maketank, Exeter, Devon, Bryan Brown/Olya Petrakova
New Perspectives Theatre, Nottingham, Jack McNamara
Slung Low, Holbeck, Alan Lane, James Blakey, Joanna Resnick
The National Center for Writing, Norwich, William Galinsky/Eimear McBride
Insulted. Belarus(sia) – Staged Reading – at a glance
Artistic Director: Igor Golyak
Theatre Manager: Mark W. Soucy
Producer: Arlekin Players Theatre
Presented by: Arlekin Players Theatre and Cherry Orchard Fesitval
Play: Insulted. Belarus(sia)
Venue: ONLINE via ZOOM
Author: Andrei Kureichik
Translator: John Freedman
Directors: (Russian version) Igor Golyak and Blair Cadden (English version)
Cast: To Be Announced
Performance Schedule:
Sunday, October 18, 8:00pm (in Russian)
Sunday, October 25, 8:00pm (in Russian)
Sunday, November 8, 8:00pm (in English)
Ticket Prices: Free with Suggested Donation
Telephone: 617-942-0022
Online: arlekinplayers.com
Reserve your free tickets!

Вебинар - Неча на зеркало пенять…
2020-11-08 09:00 - 10:00
Правильное восприятие реальности – это понимание, что изменение может быть не в свете и даже не в нас, а только во мне одном. Ведь то, как я сейчас ощущаю каждого в мире, все происходящие с ним изменения, определяются лишь тем, как я сам меняюсь. Вместо того, чтобы требовать от других измениться, мне нужно за счет взаимодействия с ними, вызвать изменения в себе – и тогда весь мир изменится.

Умные люди уже давно поняли по опыту своей жизни, что бесполезно пытаться изменить других. Никто не изменится – все зависит от меня. Наука каббала приводит человека к очень простому восприятию реальности, объясняя, что каждый должен исправлять только себя, а не других.

ZOOM PLAY “FOOLS” by Neil Simon – Andover Outing Theater - Act 1
2020-11-04 19:30 - 20:30

Встреча с Эдуардом Тополем
2020-11-01 13:00 - 14:00
У нас в гостях – Эдуард Тополь
кинорежиссёр, сценарист, продюсер, кинодраматург и писатель, романы которого переведены на многие языки
Ведущий – Владимир Фойгельман, президент Центра Макор
Смотрите 1 ноября в 1:00 p.m. на YouTube/Center Makor
Live Broadcast
ZOOM

Вебинар - Быть как все, или особенным
2020-11-01 09:00 - 10:00
Почему я должен быть как все? Наоборот, каждый должен стремиться к индивидуальному развитию. Не пытаться быть похожими на других, максимально выражать себя. Тогда все будут отличаться друг от друга, и каждый сможет принести обществу что-то особенное, «выпуклое», такое, что в нем есть, а в остальных нет.

Различия – не проблема. Проблема в том, что у нас нет общей методики, общего знания, позволяющего из уникальностей выстраивать сплоченное общество. Люди должны меняться. Они должны все быть очень разными и при этом устремляться к единой цели. Таково четкое развитие противоположностей на их соединении в одном общем источнике.

Affirmative Squatting: Mizrahi Women in Israel Correcting Past Injustices
2020-10-29 12:00 - 13:00
Affirmative Squatting: Mizrahi Women in Israel Correcting Past Injustices
October 29, 2020
12:00 – 1:00 PM EDT
Claris Harbon, Research Associate, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University. Assistant Professor in Gender Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane
Claris Harbon is a scholar of law, socio-legal studies, race/ethnicity studies, and gender studies. Her work examines the home, especially public housing in Israel as a site of both oppression and resistance.
Harbon received her DCL from McGill University with a dissertation “Lawbreaking as Lawmaking: Redefining Women’s Everyday Resistances to Injustices”. She holds two LLM degrees, one from Tel Aviv University and one from Yale Law School.
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Armenian Ceramics: How the Art of a Genocide Survivor Changed the Face of Jerusalem
2020-10-28 19:30 - 20:45
Armenian Ceramics: How the Art of a Genocide Survivor Changed the Face of Jerusalem
October 28, 2020
7:30 – 8:45 PM
ZOOM event
Illustrated lecture with Sato Moughalian, author of Feast of Ashes – The Life and Art of David Ohannessian. All participants will receive a code for 20% off the book during the event.
Joining for Q&A: Marc Mamigonian, Director of Academic Affairs, National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) in Belmont, MA.
Ms. Moughalian will detail the lineage of her grandfather David Ohannessian’s ceramic tradition and document the critical roles his deportation and his own agency played in its transfer—aspects of the story obscured in the art historical narrative. She will speak about the process of coming to terms with her family’s past, the ways in which that served as an impetus to excavate and reconstruct her grandfather’s history through archival research, and the importance of preserving the stories of peoples displaced through migration.
Sato Moughalian is also an award-winning flutist in New York City and Artistic Director of Perspectives Ensemble, founded in 1993 at Columbia University. She serves as principal flutist of the American Modern Ensemble and Gotham Chamber Opera, and can be heard on more than thirty chamber music recordings. Since 2007, Ms. Moughalian has traveled to Turkey, England, Israel, Palestine, and France to uncover her grandfather’s traces and has published articles and given talks on the genesis of Jerusalem’s Armenian ceramic art.
Cosponsored with the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
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Der Oitzer: Adventure of Jewish Literature in Russia (Presented in Russian)
2020-10-27 19:30
Der Oitzer: Adventure of Jewish Literature in Russia (Presented in Russian)

Join us for an adventure of hunting for the treasure of the secular Jewish literature, presented (In Russian) by actor and director Gera Sandler most recently known from the Emmy winning series “Unorthodox”. Immerse yourself in this virtual journey, as he blends the lines between theater and written word, fully engaging you in the fascinating and humorous narration.
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Вебинар - Зачем нам любить ближнего
2020-10-25 10:00 - 11:00
Если человек хочет достичь любви к кому-то — «Возлюби ближнего как самого себя», то он должен понять, что этот человек является его спутником на пути к чему-то высшему, совершенному, вечному. Тогда и этот человек будет для него высшим, вечным и совершенным, близким другом навсегда, как та цель, которой он достигает с его помощью и вместе с ним. Поэтому самое важное в любви – цель, которая обяжет к любви. Тогда любовь станет возможной, не доставит боли и не приведет к разочарованиям.
Какой же смысл кроется в любви к ближнему? Любить ближнего – значит присоединять к себе его желание и работать со своим желанием, чтобы наполнять его желание. Тогда оба мы спаиваемся в единое целое – только я наполняю, а он наполняется. Наполняется в чем? В своем желании. Его желание по отношению к моему. Вот в чем состоит моя работа.

Soviet Jews 1941-45: Resistance and Victory (Part II) Presented in Russian
2020-10-20 19:30
Soviet Jews 1941-45: Resistance and Victory (Part II) Presented in Russian
This session will be presented in Russian and is dedicated to the most tragic events in the lives of the Soviet Jews of the 20th century – the Holocaust. Einsatzgruppen, local police, mass executions, life in the ghetto, and liquidation will unfold in front of our eyes. But, as importantly, we will talk about the struggle of the Jewish people for their lives and dignity.
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Windows to Israeli Society through Literature and Life
2020-10-18 11:00 - 12:00
LIMMUDBOSTON INVITES YOU

Rachel Korazim and Laura Mandel in Conversation:
Windows to Israeli Society through Literature and Life
Sunday, October 18 at 11 am
Zoom link provided upon registration

A maven of Israeli poetry and literature, and a delightfully engaging teacher, Rachel Korazim will be LimmudBoston’s special guest this year at its November 15th eFestival. Join us in October for a special preview, a chance to learn more about Rachel’s own story, and hear about her experiences teaching during the time of coronavirus.

Rachel will be in conversation with Laura Mandel, Executive Director of the Jewish Arts Collaborative.

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Visit www.limmudboston.org to register.

Вебинар - Чего хочет моя душа
2020-10-18 09:00 - 10:00
Душа – это часть Творца свыше. То есть это такое наше желание, которое достигло состояния подобия Творцу – абсолютно бескорыстного, беззаветного свойства отдачи и любви. Оно существует вне тела человека, вне его эгоистического желания. Это приобретенная, но вечная составляющая нашего духовного «я».
Когда мы заменим все наши эгоистические желания на желание стать такими, как Творец, в отдаче и в любви к другим и через других к Нему, это и будет обретением нашей души.

Text and Violence in Jerusalem: Hebrew Graffiti on the Western Wall
2020-10-15 12:00 - 13:00
Yair Wallach is Senior Lecturer in Israeli Studies at SOAS, University of London, where he is also the head of the SOAS Centre for Jewish Studies. He is a cultural and social historian of modern Palestine/Israel, who has published articles in Hebrew, Arabic and English on urban and visual culture, and on Jewish-Arab relations. His book, A City in Fragments: Urban Text in Modern Jerusalem, which was published by Stanford University Press in 2020, looks at Arabic and Hebrew street texts (inscriptions, banners, graffiti and other media) in modern Jerusalem.
Dr. Wallach is currently (2020-2022) a Leverhulme Research Fellow, and his project “The Arab Ashkenazi” looks at Jewish Ashkenazi acculturation in the Arab Levant. Wallach has also published articles in Haaretz, the Guardian, and other media.
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Вебинар - Я и моя душа
2020-10-11 09:00 - 10:00
Согласно биологической классификации человек относится к царству животных. Но в отличие от животных у нас есть также духовная составляющая – это то, как мы связываемся друг с другом. В духовном пространстве учитывается только связь между нами.
Эта связь разбита – но она принадлежит духовному. Поэтому мы можем устроить себе хорошую животную жизнь, но это не относится к духовному. Духовное начинается с выяснения связи между нами.
И не просто любой связи – а связи с целью раскрыть Творца. Я хочу раскрыть Творца и поэтому выясняю, что нуждаюсь в других людях, ведь от любви к ближнему приходят к любви к Творцу. Только для этого Творец разбил наши души.
