Watch tonight's event live at 8 pm PDT <<< here >>> On Monday, August 31, Temple Israel of Hollywood and LA-based online radio station dublab are teaming up to present a screening of JLM 1913/1921 and conversation with its composer Markey Funk. Originally commissioned by the Jerusalem Cinematheque for the annual Jewish Film Festival, JLM… 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
Theater | Music In the early eighth century BCE, the Neo-Assyrian Empire conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel, from whence it has been said that ten of the twelve ancient tribes of Israel were deported and assimilated. These tribes are now lost to history, with a variety of folktales, legends, and theories about their fates… Read More theatre dybbuk: Lost Tribes
Music | Art "One of the most astonishing, deep & soulful music experiences in recent memory." —KCET Opium Moon is Kama Sutra music... a sensual and groovy collaboration of master musicians Lili Haydn on Violin/Voice, Hamid Saeidi on Santoor (Persian hammered dulcimer) and voice, MB Gordy on ancient percussion, and Itai Disraeli on fretless bass.… Read More Opium Moon w/ Norton Wisdom
Film/Video | Conversation "Everybody Loves Raymond" creator Phil Rosenthal travels the globe to take in the local cuisine and culture of Bangkok, Lisbon, Mexico City and more. On March 11th, Temple Israel of Hollywood will screen and celebrate the Tel Aviv episode of the new Netflix hit series with its creator, Phil Rosenthal. Somebody Feed… Read More Somebody Feed Phil
Igael Gurin Malous: Theoretically Bereft February 1 – June 1, 2018 Works and sounds from the Tefila (Prayer), the Talmud, the Midrash, the Bible or Philosophy evoke many ideas and images, but most importantly they ask us questions about ourselves and our world. Igael Gurin Malous is a artist, photographer and TIOH congregant.
Theater Internationally renowned theater artist Lisa Wolpe has played more of the Bard's male roles than any woman in history, always to superlative reviews. In Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender she performs Romeo, Hamlet, Richard III, Shylock and more, while exploring her growing awareness of her father’s life as a WWII war hero and… Read More Lisa Wolpe: Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender
Music Experience a spellbinding night of elegant, soulful music from two world-renowned virtuosos, Malian kora master Ballaké Sissoko and French cellist Vincent Segal. Drawing from the ancient well of West African troubadour songs, the rich heritage of Baroque music, and an elusive, but somehow clearly modern sensibility, the unexpected, expressive duo have created a unique… Read More Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal
Erik Voake: Water August 21, 2017 – January 12, 2018 “Everybody has their good fight, one they believe in and one that they will make a difference in but the one fight we all share is this planet and its resources.” Erik Voake is a filmmaker and photographer. He and his wife Jenni and their two… Read More Erik Voake: Water
