@home with Rachel Kann recorded: Sunday, March 21 at 5 pm PDT https://youtu.be/1YkMCbotphU Join us virtually @home for a literary event inspired by Pesach (Passover) featuring poet and Kohenet Rachel Kann. Exploring the themes of liberation, leaps of faith, gratitude, and sovereignty, Kann shares her celebrated poetry with us and invites us to step into… Read More @home with poet Rachel Kann
@home with Guy Mintus Wednesday, February 24 at 12-12:30 pm PDT Free and open to the public Register here Gather with us for a half-hour lunchtime @home event featuring award-winning pianist Guy Mintus. A trained concert pianist with the energy of a rock-star and a jazz musician’s sense of adventure, Guy is unafraid to throw… Read More @home with Guy Mintus
https://youtu.be/_84pCd81OR0 @HOME WITH RACHEL MASON Thursday, January 28 @ 5:00 pm For over 35 years, the gay porn shop, Circus of Books, served as the epicenter for LGBT life and culture in Los Angeles. Unbeknownst to many in the community it served, the store was cultivated and cared for by its owners, Karen and Barry… Read More @home with Rachel Mason
https://youtu.be/gK6LpJHzBEg TIOH Arts & Culture presents @home with Chloe Pourmorady Thursday, December 17 7 pm PDT /9 pm CDT / 10 pm EDT Free Chloe Pourmorady is an award-winning artist known for the versatility of her creative expression. A recent winner of both the Global Music Awards and Independent Music Awards for debut album,"Begin Majesty,"… Read More @home with Chloe Pourmorady
https://youtu.be/F-VbJWW0Crg TIOH Arts & Culture presents @home with "NANI" NOAM VAZANA Sunday, December 13 9:30 am PDT / 11:30 pm CDT / 12:30 pm EDT Free, registration recommended “Noam Vazana is one of the few artists to whom the term ‘exceptional talent’ actually applies” —Nürnberger Nachrichten, Germany Multilingual, multi-instrument, multi-genre virtuoso Nani Noam Vazana joins… Read More @home with Nani Noam Vazana
https://youtu.be/_mrOCa14SYE TIOH Arts & Culture presents @home with "NANI" NOAM VAZANA Thursday, November 19 10:30 am PDT / 12:30 pm CDT / 1:30 pm EDT Free, registration recommended “Noam Vazana is one of the few artists to whom the term ‘exceptional talent’ actually applies” —Nürnberger Nachrichten, Germany Multilingual, multi-instrument, multi-genre virtuoso Nani Noam Vazana joins… Read More @home with Nani Noam Vazana
https://youtu.be/1rnR5lFNGZQ — TIOH Arts & Culture presents @home with Shimon Braun Sunday, October 18 3 pm PDT / 5 pm CDT / 6 pm EDT Free, registration recommended Renowned dancer, choreographer, painter, and teacher Shimon Braun will be joining us from his home in Philadelphia to share stories of serving as an officer in the… Read More @home // Shimon Braun
Additional Links & Information:• Learn more about JLM 1913/1921 on Bandcamp, and explore more of Markey Funk's music on his Website, Instagram, and Spotify• For a deeper dive into the Israeli contemporary music scene, check out dublab's three unique series: “Conversations from the Mena region,” “Tradition and Transition,” and “Louder Than the Noise”— On Monday,… Read More @home // Markey Funk: JLM 1913/1921
Watch above or use this link to watch the event on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TempleIsraelofHollywood/posts/1663353223843377 — On Wednesday, July 15, Obie-awarding winning actor and writer Roger Guenveur Smith joins us from his home in Los Angeles to share excerpts from "Otto Frank," the latest in his ever-evolving stage repertoire. Smith will also share reflections about… Read More @home // Roger Guenveur Smith (watch on demand)
Join us for a conversation about the creation of "Unorthodox" between writer/producer Anna Winger and lead actor Shira Haas moderated by TIOH member Marta Kauffman. Their 45-minute conversation will be followed by an audience Q&A. Shot in Yiddish and English, the German-American drama mini-series inspired by Deborah Feldman's bestseller of the same name tells the… Read More @home // Anna Winger and Shira Haas of “Unorthodox” (watch on demand)
— On Thursday, June 4, dancer and choreographer Netta Yerushalmy joined us from her home in New York City to perform a live, responsive improvisation. Feeding off prompts from the audience gathered in advance and in real-time, as well as new music by composer and vocalist Judith Berkson, Netta welcomed everyone to influence her movements… Read More @home // Netta Yerushalmy (watch on demand)
Janice Mautner Markham, the vibrant violinist of Mostly Kosher, joins us from her own home on Tuesday night to perform on the 100+-year-old violin her grandfather Eugene Mautner bought on the streets of Hungary. Unrefined in look, but beautiful in sound, the instrument’s legacy now includes thousands of violinists, including many of Janice’s own relatives.… Read More @home // Janice Mautner Markham (watch on demand)
We at TIOH Arts & Culture have been closely following the COVID-19 outbreak. The health, safety, and well-being of our staff, artists, audiences, congregation, and our fellow Los Angelenos has been and continues to be our top priority, and with that in mind, we’ve made the decision to postpone all shows and events through at… Read More [POSTPONED] Violins of Hope: Mostly Kosher
“Refreshingly eclectic.” —Rolling Stone “The music is perfection... Outstanding bluegrass from New York natives tracked in Nashville with a veritable all-star backing band.” —The Journal of Roots Music: No Depression Nefesh Mountain is the place where Bluegrass, Old-Time, and American Roots music meet with Jewish heritage and tradition. Creators, band leaders and husband and wife… Read More Nefesh Mountain: Bluegrass, Newgrass, Jewgrass
Catch the first public staged reading of a new play-within-a-play by William P. Hausdorff (b. 1958) based on a new translation of a 1904 theatrical hit by the celebrated Jewish and German mathematician Felix Hausdorff (1868-1942). TRANSLATING FELIX by William P. Hausdorff direction and dramaturgy by Diana Wyenn Includes excerpts from DER ARZT SEINER EHRE… Read More Translating Felix by William P. Hausdorff
Since 2015, photojournalist Saskia Keeley has conducted photography workshops in the West Bank for Palestinian and Israeli women and girls that promote dialogue and understanding between these two groups who would otherwise have no interaction. The purpose is twofold: to develop photographic skills and foster an environment where women can interact in a daily setting… Read More Saskia Keeley: Beyond the Lens: Photography Bridging Divides
Since 2015, photojournalist Saskia Keeley has conducted photography workshops in the West Bank for Palestinian and Israeli women and girls that promote dialogue and understanding between the two groups who would otherwise have no interaction. The resulting images are striking, deeply personal, and highlight the innate dignity of the individual. “The camera is a tool… Read More Saskia Keeley: Dialogue and Transformation
Award-winning composer and master of the oud Yuval Ron brings together Arabic, Jewish, and Christian artists for an ecstatic, trance-inducing evening of world music and dance from the mystical Sufi traditions of the Middle East and Central Asia. Featuring Qawwali singer Sukhawat Ali Khan and Dervish Aziz, Seeker of Truth unites the sacred musical traditions… Read More Yuval Ron Ensemble: Seeker of Truth
Multimedia performance artist Miwa Matreyek creates magical, visually rich fusions of intricate animation, shadow play, and live performance that leave audiences spellbound. Her latest work, This World Made Itself, is a fantastical kaleidoscopic journey—sophisticated yet full of childlike wonder—through the history of the earth from its birth to present day. Matreyek also performs Myth and… Read More Miwa Matreyek: This World Made Itself and Myth and Infrastructure
TIOH Arts & Culture, Label Curatorial, and dublab present TERRY RILEY August 11, 2019 | 7 pm This private performance celebrating the closing of the Dilexi Multi Venue Retrospective and 50th Anniversary of the Dilexi Foundation Film Music with Balls has reached its capacity. — California Composer Terry Riley pioneered the Minimalist movement through interlocking… Read More Terry Riley
A chronicler of time, identity, and memory, artist Doni Silver Simons uses myriad materials, including paint, frayed canvases, and video, to mark the moments of our lives with quietude, compulsion, and repetitive variation. Measured Ascent explores the ascension and the sacredness of time. “Marking time is universal. It is what we all do throughout our… Read More Doni Silver Simons: Measured Ascent
with special guests cimbalomist Cory Beers and vocalist Marisol “Enough spark to raise the dead!” —Folkworld “Should be on prescription for those who need their spirits lifted!” —AmericanRootsUK Masters of ragtime, Dixieland blues and early swing, the Grammy-nominated California Feetwarmers draw from their Hispanic and Jewish backgrounds and are renowned for an earthy depth of character… Read More California Feetwarmers
Film/Video | Conversation In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decided to fight back. Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group vowed to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda not with… Read More Who Will Write Our History
Film/Video | Conversation "Electric, riveting...the most exciting documentary for fans of modern dance since Pina." —Variety Ohad Naharin, artistic director of the Batsheva Dance Company, is regarded as one of the most important choreographers in the world. Filmed over a period of eight years, director Tomer Heymann mixes intimate rehearsal footage with an extensive unseen archive and breathtaking dance sequences. Join us… Read More MR. GAGA
"In conversations about the Holocaust they often say, 'I survived because I was lucky.' Listening to them tell their stories, or even a great joke, I believe they are here because they are Survivors in the truest sense of the word." —Nancy Baron, photographer Beginning in 2010, noted photographer Nancy Baron volunteered to make portraits… Read More Nancy Baron: Into the Light
Featuring Queertet, LA Choral Lab, pianist Michael Alfera, and soprano Shelly Fox Experience a stirring evening of music for piano, voice, and strings by composers Alexander Zemlinsky, Erwin Schulhoff, Viktor Ullman, and more. Well known in their time and part of the long legacy of important European composers like Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, and Mahler, they… Read More Rediscovered Voices
"Agami is a maverick force within her community of makers across discipline areas and has emerged as choreographer whose contributions are bold, vitally honest and highly compelling.” —Kristy Edmunds, Artistic Director of CAP UCLA Performing for the first time in Los Angeles in almost a year, Ate9 and TIOH Arts & Culture present a double… Read More Ate9 Dance Company: Old/News
Now on view in the Top Floor Gallery “As an immigrant, I am often asked about my nationality because of my accent and physical appearance. Perhaps this should not be relevant anymore…” —excerpt from Artist Statement In her portrait series Invisible Hands: Eleven Million, artist Hedy Torres recognizes and elevates the undocumented immigrants living in… Read More Hedy TorresInvisible Hands: Eleven Million
with La Caro (Guitarrista), Clarita (Cante y Baile), Manuel Guitierrez (Cante y Baile), Gerardo Morales (Percussion), Alfredo Caceres (Mandola y Palmas), and Molina (Guitarra) Experience a fiery evening of music and dance exploring the shared roots of Ladino/Sephardic and Flamenco music with maestro Molina and his gifted ensemble musicians, vocalists, and dancers.The Spanish music we… Read More Molina Flamenco: Flamenco Sepharad
Film/Video | Conversation To some, Gloria Allred is a shrill feminist prone to tawdry theatrics; to others she's the most effective and fearless women's rights attorney in America. In this intimate, warts-and-all documentary, one thing is certain: Allred's 40-year devotion to asserting, protecting and expanding the rights of women is unwavering and her influence unassailable.… Read More LA Jewish Film Festival: Seeing Allred
