CIAC 2015 Spring and Summer Season

Ester Rada

The Idan Raichel Project

One Hour a Day: Paintings by Shai Azoulay

Violins of Hope

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MARCH15 Open House:The Way We Looked: Photographs of Shtetl Life

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22Adi Neuhaus

Through March 22Mona Golabek in the Pianist of Willesden Lane

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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.

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

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28A Man in His Life

30Ester Rada in Concert >

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

17-July 1Chamberfest Cleveland

12The Revisionist

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14David Horovitz

23The Idan Raichel Project

26-27G-d’s Honest Truth

27Modern Israeli Art or Modern Art in Israel?

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ADI NEUHAUS

Sunday, March 22 @ 2 pmGartner Auditorium Cleveland Museum of Art11150 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.

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.

Presented by Cuyahoga Community College

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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.

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

Wednesday, March 25 @ 7 pmSiegal Building26500 Shaker Blvd, Beachwood

CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALMarch 18-29Tower City Cinemas230 West Huron Road, Cleveland

The Jewish and Israeli Visions sidebar will feature films from or about Israel and the Jewish Diaspora.

For tickets and schedule, visit www.clevelandfilm.org

AN EVENING WITH ETGAR KERETNILI ADLER MEMORIAL LECTURE

Free and open to the public. $18 Preferred Seating Option AvailableTo 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.

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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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111TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND

Tuesday, April 14 @ 7:30 pmB’nai Jeshurun Congregation27501 Fairmount Boulevard Pepper Pike

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Thursday, April 23 @ 8:00 pmPark Synagogue Main3300 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.

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

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WITH SAMANTHA BASKIND

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

Monday, April 27 @ 5:30 pmSiegal Facility Building26500 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.

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

MODERN ISRAELI ART OR MODERN ART IN ISRAEL?

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

Tuesday, April 28 @ 7 pm Siegal Facility Building26500 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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Thursday, April 30 @ 7:30 pmHanna Theatre2067 East 14th Street, Cleveland

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAYPresented by Tri-C JazzFest

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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, Urban-Funk, 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.

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.

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

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


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

ONE HOUR A DAY PAINTINGS BY SHAI AZOULAY

May - SeptemberRoe Green Gallery, Jewish Federation of Cleveland, Mandel Building25701 Science Park Drive, Beachwood

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

TRUDY WIESENBERGER, CURATOR

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

Gallery hours are by appointment only. To schedule appointments or group tours email [email protected] or call 216-593-2868.

Sponsored with support from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture

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.

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.

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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**

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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THE NEIGHBOR’S GRIEF IS GREENER

Presented by Cleveland Public Theatre

May 1-2 @ 7:30 pmSunday, May 3 @ 3 pmCleveland Public Theatre6415 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland

BY THE VISUAL THEATRE OF EMANUELLA AMICHAI

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CIPC YOUNG ARTISTSPresented by Cleveland International Piano Competition

May 12-21Gamble Auditorium96 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.

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

HIP-HOPPIN’ JEWS: ON THE BIBLE AND ISRAELI POP MUSICWITH SARI LOWINPresented by The Laura & Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program at Case Western Reserve University

Monday, May 18 @ 5:30 pmSiegal Facility Building26500 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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June 17 – July 1Various 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:

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

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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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Gallery hours are by appointment only. To schedule appointments or group tours email [email protected] or call 216-593-2868.

A conversation on the recently rediscovered An-sky expedition photographs.

Sunday, March 15 @ 1 - 4 pm1:30 pm Russian Language Lecture3:00 pm English Language Lecture

Roe Green GalleryJewish Federation of Cleveland25701 Science Park Drive, Beachwood

Free and open to the public

JJEWISH-THEMED CULTURAL EVENTS

THE WAY WE LOOKEDPHOTOGRAPHS OF SHTETL LIFE FROM THE “PETERSBURG JUDAICA” ARCHIVES IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIADANIEL LEVIN AND ISRAEL WIENER, CURATORS

Open Houses: March 15 & 29, 1-4 pmExhibition closes March 31Roe Green Gallery, Jewish Federation of Cleveland, Mandel Building25701 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.”


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

GALLERY OPEN HOUSE WITH PETERSBURG JUDAICA SCHOLARS

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THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANEADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY HERSHEY FELDER

February 27–March 22Allen Theatre at PlayhouseSquare1407 Euclid Avenue, ClevelandPresented by Cleveland Play House

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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+.

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

Photo Credit: Michael Lamont and courtesy of Getten Playhouse

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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 Theatre2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights

G-D’S HONEST TRUTHby Renee CalarcoSunday, April 26 @ 2 pmMonday, April 27 @ 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.

THE REVISIONISTby Jesse Eisenberg Sunday, July 12 @ 2 pmMonday, 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. Dorothy Silver stars, Jacqi Loewy directs.

Readings are free and open to the public.

For reservations, contact [email protected], 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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VIOLINS OF HOPECentered 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.

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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Jewish Federation of Cleveland StaffIsrael Wiener, consultant

Hedy P. MilgromDebra S. Yasinow

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 ChairStephen H. Hoffman, President

Cleveland Israel Arts Connection Advisory Group

Roe Green and Erica Hartman-Horvitz Co-Chairs

Gabe AdlerSamantha BaskindMiriam BeckerMichael BelkinZeda BlauStanley BlumRichard BogomolnyJoanne CohenNatalie EpsteinMatthew GarsonJay GellerValerie GellerRebecca HellerJoan HorvitzSara HurandRobert JacksonSimone JowellTerry KovelDonna Kurit

Rachel LappenKaren LevinskyIrwin LowensteinDeborah RatnerBarbara RobinsonSharon RosenbaumAnita SiegalScott SillIvan SoclofMarilyn SoclofCathy StamlerHerb WainerPenni WeinbergNeil WeinbergerElie WeissTrudy WiesenbergerRuth WolfsonScott Zeilinger

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.

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 [email protected] or 216-593-2850.

CLEVELAND ISRAEL ARTS CONNECTION PATRON SOCIETY

Star PatronsRoe Green Foundation

David and Inez Myers FoundationRichard Horvitz & Erica Hartman-Horvitz

Joan HorvitzStanley Blum

Barbara & Peter GalvinBob Immerman

Gordon & Evie Safran

Platinum PatronsMiriam Becker, Ph.D.

The Jean, Harry & Brenda Fuchs Family FoundationToby Devan Lewis

Norma and Ernie Siegler Family Foundation

Gold PatronRobert and Eileen Sill Family Foundation

Silver PatronsRochelle & Harley Gross

Nathan L. And Regina Herman Charitable Fund Sara Hurand & Elie WeissHolly & David Neumann

Sharon & Bruce RosenbaumDavid and Robert Stein Family Foundation

Herb & Jody Wainer

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

The Leonard Krieger Fund

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Jewish Federation of ClevelandMandel Building25701 Science Park DriveCleveland, Ohio 44122

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ONE HOUR A DAY PAINTINGS BY SHAI AZOULAYTrudy Wiesenberger, curator


May - SeptemberRoe Green Gallery, Jewish Federation of Cleveland, Mandel Building25701 Science Park Drive, Beachwood

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CIAC 2015 Spring and Summer Season

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