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Adam Weiner. (Dark Star Pictures)<\/p>\n Adam Weiner. (Dark Star Pictures)<\/p>\n
By Stephen Silver<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a roundup of Jewish and Jewish-adjacent arts events around the Philadelphia region this fall.<\/p>\n
The Jewish comedian Rachel Feinstein is performing at Helium Comedy Club for five shows from Oct. 9 to 11. The show \u201cinvites viewers into Rachel\u2019s delightfully chaotic life as the wife of a firefighter, a mother, and a comedian,\u201d according to Helium\u2019s website.<\/p>\n
Scott Levy, the longtime professional wrestler who wrestled as Raven in the Philly-based ECW in the 1990s, is the star of a new documentary, \u201cNevermore: The Raven Effect.\u201d It\u2019s having a local premiere on Oct. 11 and 12 at PhilaMOCA, with Raven himself in attendance.<\/p>\n
He may no longer identify as the \u201cHasidic reggae superstar,\u201d but Matisyahu is still performing while dealing with Jewish themes. He\u2019s set for a show at the Brooklyn Bowl on Oct. 15, as part of his \u201cAncient Child\u201d tour.<\/p>\n
The annual Philadelphia Film Festival, hosted at the Film Society Center and other Film Society venues, runs from Oct. 16 to 26, with Rian Johnson\u2019s \u201cWake Up Dead Man\u201d as the opening night film and Joachim Trier\u2019s \u201cSentimental Value\u201d on closing night.<\/p>\n
Jewish comedian Jessica Kirson is performing at the Fillmore Philadelphia on Oct. 17, and will likely have some stories to tell about her appearance at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n
Fans of \u201cThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel\u201d will know Darius de Haas as the singing voice of the character of Shy Baldwin. De Haas, also a Broadway veteran, is set to perform on Oct. 20 at the Philly Cabaret at Rittenhouse.<\/p>\n
The National Constitution Center on Oct. 21 will host an event with its CEO, Jeffrey Rosen, and Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg, to discuss Rosen\u2019s new book, \u201cThe Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America.\u201d The event, also presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, will also be streamed online.<\/p>\n
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, the prominent senior rabbi at Central Synagogue in New York, comes to the Weitzman on Oct. 23 for the launch of her memoir, \u201cHeart of a Stranger.\u201d She will discuss the book with journalist Sandee Brawarsky.<\/p>\n
The Jewish and transgender singer Ezra Furman is performing at Union Transfer on Oct. 27.
Comedians Jamie Elman and Eli Batalion come to the Weitzman for a showing of their new film, \u201cSWEDISHKAYT: YidLife Crisis in Stockholm,\u201d as well as a comedy performance, on the evening of Oct. 30.<\/p>\n
The comedy duo known as \u201cTwo Jews,\u201d Adam and Eyal, perform at the Punch Line Philly on Nov. 6, \u201ctaking on world affairs, friendship, Jewish identity, toxic masculinity, and more,\u201d according to Punch Line\u2019s website.<\/p>\n
On Nov. 7, the Philadelphia Orchestra will present a performance of Vivaldi\u2019s \u201cThe Four Seasons,\u201d led by violinist and leader David Kim, and cellists Priscilla Lee and Hai-Ye Ni.<\/p>\n
Jewish singer Marc Cohn, best known for \u201cWalking in Memphis,\u201d will perform on Nov. 8 at the newly restored Lansdowne Theater in Delaware County, along with \u201cSunny Came Home\u201d singer Shawn Colvin.<\/p>\n
The annual Jewish Film & Media Festival, presented by Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media, is set for Nov. 12 to 23, mostly at the Weitzman. \u201cJanis Ian: Breaking Silence,\u201d the documentary about the folk music legend, is the opening film on Nov. 12, featuring a talkback with Ian herself and director Varda Bar-Kar. The closing film, on the 23rd, is \u201cThe Floaters,\u201d a Jewish summer camp film starring Jewish Philadelphia native Seth Green.<\/p>\n
Producers Becky and Shai Korman and director Rachel Israel will appear for the closing night.<\/p>\n
Pam Nadell comes to the Weitzman Museum on Nov. 13 for an in-person program in which she will discuss her new book, \u201cAntisemitism, An American Tradition,\u201d with the museum\u2019s CEO, Dan Tadmor.<\/p>\n
The Jewish actor and comedian Paul Reiser, known for everything from \u201cMad About You\u201d to \u201cAliens,\u201d comes to town for a show at the Keswick Theater in Glenside on Nov. 15.
Singer Kaleb Cohen, the voice of a recent Starbucks ad, brings his musical stylings to World Cafe Live on Nov. 20.<\/p>\n
Comedian Guy Branum, the son of a Jewish mother, brings his show to PhilaMOCA on Dec. 17, where this \u201cmiddle-aged, clinically obese homosexual confronts science and God to determine if there\u2019s any actual purpose to his existence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Low Cut Connie, the music project of Philadelphia-based Jewish musician Adam Weiner, plays a New Year\u2019s Eve double header, on Dec. 30 and 31, at Ardmore Music Hall in Ardmore.<\/p>\n
Stephen Silver is a Broomall-based freelance writer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adam Weiner. (Dark Star Pictures) By Stephen Silver Here\u2019s a roundup of Jewish and Jewish-adjacent arts events around…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":284769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,648,1448,2830,1311,7213,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-284768","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-pa","11":"tag-pennsylvania","12":"tag-philadelphia","13":"tag-philadelphia-arts","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115334877607808049","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}