Lisa Sopher
By Lisa Sopher
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News THE 15TH OF AV: A DAY FOR LOVE AND WHITE DRESSES
Just six days after Tisha B’Av, the Ninth of Av — the day of mourning commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples — comes the often-overlooked joyous holiday of Tu B’Av, the 15th of Av, which falls this year on the eve of August 12 and the day of August 13. On this…
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News SEVEN DECADES OF CHAGALL
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art presents “Marc Chagall,” a retrospective that brings together roughly 65 paintings and 88 works on paper by Chagall. The first comprehensive display of the artist’s oeuvre since his death in 1985, the exhibition includes many works never before seen in the United States. The retrospective, which draws on…
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News A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Bobby Roth’s “Manhood” (2003) makes its West Coast premiere at the 23rd San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, which features some 51 films from 13 countries. The sequel to 2001’s “Jack the Dog,” “Manhood” follows Jack (Nestor Carbonell), a reformed womanizer who is now divorced and living with his 14-year-old son, Sam (Andrew Ferchand). Jack has…
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News THE STREETS OF SHANGHAI, CIRCA 1938-1942
“The Last Refuge: The Story of Jewish Refugees in Shanghai” (2003), directed and written by Xiaohong Cheng and co-produced by Noriko Sawada, tells the story of the roughly 18,000 Jews who between 1938 and 1942 escaped Eastern Europe to Shanghai, which required no documentation upon entry. Shanghai’s prewar Jewish neighborhood could no longer contain the…
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News INSIDE ‘THE HOUSE OF ATREUS’
Fourteen actors — Israeli, Ethiopian-Israeli and Palestinian — perform in the American premiere of “Mythos” by Israel’s 14-year-old Itim Theatre Ensemble. Adapted and directed by Rina Yerushalmi, “Mythos” is a three-hour retelling of Aeschylus’s Greek myth “The House of Atreus” — part of the “Oresteia” trilogy — that explores a royal family’s acts of vengeance…
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