PAGE 6 AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD JULY 17, 2015 Twin Cities Calendar TPT to screen Driving Miss Daisy ONGOING JULY 22 As part of its Great Performances AMRAM-BRICK EXHIBIT — B’NAI ABRAHAM CONCERT series, PBS will screen Alfred Uhry’s We’re in America Now, an exhibit — The B’nai Abraham Museum and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Driving featuring works by Twin Cities artists Cultural Center in Virginia, Minn., will Miss Daisy. It will be screened 9 p.m. Fred Amram, a Holocaust survivor, present a performance by Kanteleen Friday, July 17 on TPT 2; it will repeat and Sandra Brick, is on display Soitajat 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 22 at 3 a.m. Saturday, July 18 on TPT 2, and through July 21 at the Benedictine its restored building on the corner of 2:30 p.m. Sunday, July 19 on TPT Life Center, 2675 Benet Rd., Maplewood. Fourth Avenue and Fifth Street. The (check local listings). For information, call 651-777-7251 group features 18 musicians who play Uhry’s play is a hopeful represen- or email: benedictinecenter@stpauls the kantele, an ancient Finnish instru- tation on race relations in America, monastery.org. ment. For tickets and information, told through the complex relationship *** visit: www.ironrangejewishheritage. between two enduring characters, WOODY ALLEN PLAY — The- org. Daisy Werthan, a widowed, 72-year- atre in the Round Players (TRP) old Jewish woman living in mid- will present Woody Allen’s comedy century Atlanta, and Hoke Colburn, Don’t Drink the Water in weekend JULY 24 her African-American chauffeur. performances through July 26 at the SINFONIA CONCERT — The The show features Angela Lansbury theatre, 245 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis. Minnesota Sinfonia, under the direc- as Daisy and James Earl Jones as Hoke. Shows take place 8 p.m. Fridays and tion of Jay Fishman, will perform its It was recorded at the Comedy Theatre Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays. Allen’s Summer Concert Series II, featuring in Melbourne, Australia. Courtesy of Broadway Near You Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones in Great Performances: first play is described as a “showcase Young Artist Competition winner For more information, visit: www. Driving Miss Daisy. for his trademark one-liners, gags, and Katia Tesarczyk and 40 local young pbs.org. stand-up humor,” according to a press musicians, 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 24 release. Tickets are $22; for informa- at the Lake Harriet Bandshell (rain tion, call 612-333-3010 or visit: www. site will be the Basilica of St. Mary). theatreintheround.org. Admission is free. For information, *** call 612-871-1701 or visit: www. St. Paul JCC’s summer soiree is Aug. 2 WATERS OF CREATION — The mnsinfonia.org. The St. Paul JCC Summer Soiree High Rollers who sponsor a game All proceeds will support senior Jewish Artists’ Laboratory, a regional will take place 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. table will receive four complimen- services at the St. Paul JCC. For arts initiative through the Sabes JCC, 2 at the JCC, 1375 St. Paul Ave. This tary admissions, and special recogni- information or to make a reserva- is presenting The Waters of Creation JULY 28 year’s bash is set in disco-era Vegas, tion at the event, in Attractions, in tion by July 31, call 651-698-0751 through Aug. 27 in the Tychman Sha- CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP featuring professional game tables, the Annual Report and on stpauljcc. or visit: www.stpauljcc.org. piro Gallery at the JCC, 4330 Cedar — A monthly support group for Al- prizes, a disco-spinning DJ, Elvis org, plus a banner in the JCC gym Lake Rd. S., St. Louis Park. More than zheimer’s caregivers will next meet 7 impersonator and more. for one year. 30 artists’ work will be represented — p.m. Tuesday, July 28 at Mount Zion spanning an array of artistic media and Temple, 1300 Summit Ave., St. Paul. Jewish content — exploring a unique The group meets regularly on the connection to this year’s theme of fourth Tuesday of each month. For Adult Rimon publicizes arts events water (mayim). For information, visit: information, contact Chris Rosenthal Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts information, call 612-338-2674. www.sabesjcc.org. at Jewish Family Service of St. Paul summer arts Council, an initiative of the Minneapo- • The Walker Art Center will screen at 651-690-8920. lis Jewish Federation, publicized the Joel and Ethan Coen’s first feature film, workshops following arts events in its monthly Blood Simple, 2 p.m. Sunday, July 26 JULY 19 e-guide. For a full listing of events, at the Walker, 1750 Hennepin Ave., PARENT SUPPORT GROUP — JULY 30 continue visit: www.rimonmn.org. Minneapolis. For information, call Parents of Young Adult Children Who SINFONIA CONCERT — The • A vinyl re-release of The Honey- 612-375-7600. Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Struggle (PYAWS) will next meet 6 Minnesota Sinfonia will present fam- dogs: 10,000 Years, featuring Adam • The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Arts Council, an initiative of the p.m. Sunday, July 19 at Jewish Fam- ily concerts on Thursday, July 30 at Levy, will take place 8 p.m. Friday, is presenting Scents for the Soul: A Minneapolis Jewish Federation, ily Service of St. Paul (JFS), 1633 Webber Park, 4203 Webber Pkwy., July 24 at the Cedar Cultural Center, Newly Acquired Havdalah Spice Box and the Sabes JCC are partner- Seventh St. W., St. Paul. The group Minneapolis. The children’s concert 416 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis. The by Pope Pius VII’s Silversmith through ing to offer summer arts work- is for parents of young adults (ages will begin at 11 a.m., followed by the event will celebrate the re-relea se of Aug. 31 at the MIA, 2400 Third Ave. shops for adults: 18-29) whose path to self-reliance family concert at 7 p.m. Admission is the Honeydogs’ 2003 classic and is S. For information, call 612-870-3000. • One with Nature, 10 a.m. is hampered by depression, anxiety, free. For information, call 612-871- a chance to preview new music. For eating disorders, substance abuse or 1701 or visit: www.mnsinfonia.org. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 22. other mental health issues. It meets Spend the day at the Arboretum regularly on the third Sunday of each with visual artist Lynda Monick- month. For information, contact JFS Isenberg and yoga instructor Woody Allen to at 651-698-0767 or: [email protected]. Milissa Link, experiencing the landscape through a mindful, perform jazz Aug. 2 artistic lens. American actor, writer and film is a collection of improvisations and • Mysteries of the Mississippi, director Woody Allen will perform spontaneous in nature. O’Shaughnessy to stage 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, with his Dixieland-style New Or- The New Orleans Jazz Band July 29. The views of the river leans Jazz Band 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. features director Eddy Davis, pia- in downtown Minneapolis will 2 at the State Theatre, 805 Hennepin nist Conal Fowkes, trumpet player play by Eric Gutman form the backdrop for an interac- Ave., Minneapolis. Simon Wettenhall, trombonist Jerry tive day with visual artist Susan Their repertoire comprises a di- Zigmont, John Gil on drums and From Broadway to Obscurity, a a parody of lyrics to tell the story Armington and preservationist/ one-man show by Eric Gutman, will of an actor’s time in New York, verse collection of early 20th century Greg Cohen on bass. tour leader Aaron Rubenstein. popular tunes, hymns, spirituals, For tickets and information, visit: be staged 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8 and deliver stories from behind the • Skin and Bones and Ev- at the O’Shaughnessy Theater, 2004 scenes of Jersey Boys. marches, blues and rags. The press HennepinTheatreTrust.org or call erything In Between, 10 a.m. release notes that each performance 800-982-2787. Randolph Ave., St. Paul. Proceeds will benefit No Time to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. Gutman, who spent three years for Poverty, a Minnesota-based 5. Discover the stories of our in the Broadway company of Jersey nonprofit organization that has built bodies inside and out, featuring Boys, has penned this original play and operates a pediatric clinic in Port palliative care physician/artist Sommerfest to conclude with about a Midwestern Jewish guy who Salut, Haiti. Joel Carter and textile artist Beth Gershwin piano concerto dreamed of Broadway, made it there For tickets and information, visit: Barron at The Marsh in Min- and then left to raise a family. oshag.stkate.edu/event/ntfp_broad netonka. The Minnesota Orchestra will con- El Salón México, as well as Dvořák’s Gutman will also perform current way. The cost is $60 per work- clude its 35th Sommerfest as Andrew Seventh Symphony. musical theater songs as well as shop, and there is a 10 percent Litton, the festival’s artistic director, Sommerfest’s grand finale will be discount for enrolling in two conducts two full-orchestra programs. Puccini’s Madame Butterfly 7:30 p.m. or more sessions. For informa- Litton will perform as soloist in Saturday, Aug. 1 at Orchestra Hall. tion and to register, visit: www. Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F 8 For tickets and information, visit: Better waWHUÁows sabesjcc.org/summer-arts-work p.m. Friday, July 31 at Orchestra Hall, minnesotaorchestra.org or call 612- shop.php or call 952-381-3449. 1111 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. The 371-5656. from better thinking! concert will also include Copland’s 6RIWHQHUV)LOWUDWLRQ'ULQNLQJ6\VWHPV (QYLURQPHQWDOO\)ULHQGO\ - Reduces waste, conserves water, produces great tasting water. No need for bottled ZDWHUOHVVJDUEDJHLQWKHODQG¿OO (QHUJ\(I¿FLHQW - Non-electric water treatment JFS offers class for caregivers equipment lowers operating costs. Jewish Family Service of St. Paul by helping them to reduce stress, The cost is $40 and participants +LJKHU)ORZ5DWHV - Produce more water in less time. (JFS) will offer “Powerful Tools for improve self-confidence, better will receive The Caregiver Help- Caregivers,” a six-week educational communicate feelings, balance their book, a book developed specifi- series, 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Aug. lives, increase their ability to make cally for the class. Scholarships are 5, 12, 19 and 26; and Tuesdays, tough decisions and locate helpful available. Independent Authorized Sept. 1 and 8 at JFS, 1633 W. Seventh resources. For information or to register by Dealer St., St. Paul. Two experienced class leaders July 29, contact Chris Rosenthal The program is designed to pro- will conduct the series, which will at 651-690-8920 or: crosenthal@ (952) 474-0696 vide family caregivers with the tools include interactive lessons, discus- jfssp.org. www.hwcwater.com they need to take care of themselves sions and brainstorming. JULY 17, 2015 AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD PAGE 7
About People B’nai Mitzva
The Minneapolis Jewish Federa- Cryptic Masons to receive the Ish Sodi Museum commissioned a series of tion has named Stu Silberman as its Degree at the annual Grand York Rite “Everything’s Relative” cartoons to be new CEO. Silberman has Session on June 26 in Roch- featured in its permanent exhibition. spent the last five years ester, Minn. Gorfinkel is the first cartoonist in the as president and CEO of Only a handful of Cryptic world to be so honored in a Jewish the Jewish Community of Masons are selected each year museum. Louisville (JCL). for the honor of becoming Ish For nearly 10 years, Gorfinkel was an A Louisville Federa- Sodi based on their dedica- editor at DC Comics, where he managed tion article recapping tion to Cryptic Masonry. In the Batman franchise. He also created Silberman’s tenure noted addition to remaining active Birds of Prey, the longest running su- that under his guidance in Cryptic Masonry, honorees perhero comic starring women since “the JCL has transformed also are expected to perform Wonder Woman, which was developed from an agency in crisis acts of tikkun olam in the into the 2002 WB TV network series. to a high performing in- Stu Silberman community at large. *** tegrated model of Jewish Brand previously had been Dr. Alexandr Nemets has published communal leadership that honored for his work in Cryp- a new book, Conflict with Russia: Part has become a framework upon which tic Masonry with the Thrice Illustrious I and Part II. The book primarily dis- other communities are basing similar Master Degree, which he received at cusses the developing conflict between strategies.” the Grand York Rite Session in 2013. Russia, and the United States and other Austin Isaac Marx, son of Steven Chance Aaron Laurie, son of Ra- *** *** Western nations. and Jennifer Marx and brother of Caleb chel Laurie and Ian Laurie and brother On Nov. 15, 2013, the Make-A-Wish The Jewish Theological Semi- The author, who is literate in Man- and Bella, will be called to the Torah of Dayton, will be called to the Torah Foundation gave Miles Scott, a five- nary (JTS) has announced the 2015 darin Chinese, also addresses the role as a Bar Mitzva Saturday, July 18 at as a Bar Mitzva Saturday, July 25 at year-old leukemia patient, the chance recipients of Seeds of Innovation of China in the conflict. One of the Temple Israel. He will also participate Temple Israel. He will also participate to be the “real Batman.” The founda- Project grants, which provide funding chapters is devoted to the swift rise in Friday evening services. Austin is in Friday evening services. Cal is the tion worked to turn San Francisco for groundbreaking new initiatives of China-Israel relations in all areas, the grandson of Richard and Virginia grandson of Jerry and Joey Laurie, and into Gotham City for the day and an developed by JTS alumni that foster and suggests that Israel could become Wild, Carol Marx and Linn Marx. Susan and Michael Boggs. estimated 13,000 people came out to fresh and innovative forms of Jewish a mediator between the United States witness Miles solving crimes. engagement. and China. Batkid Begins, a new documentary Among the recipients was Rabbi Nemets is a graduate of Moscow In- co-produced by Minnetonka native Avi Olitzky, of Beth El Synagogue in stitute (University) of Steel and Alloys Liza Meak, tells the story of Miles’ St. Louis Park, for Leveraging Family and worked in the Russian Academy wish and why it resonated with so many Camp, a program that aims to lower of Sciences as an expert in China and people. More than a billion people — the cost barrier for engaging young Japan from 1986-1992. He immigrated including President Barack Obama families. to the United States in 1994 and lives and Adam West — took to social media *** in St. Louis Park. to cheer on Batkid. The Jewish Federation of Greater The book is available at Amazon. The film will open Friday, July 17 St. Paul has announced that Nim- com and in local bookstores. It is also at the Landmark Uptown Theater in rod Bejarano will serve as its next available at a discounted price of $19 Minneapolis. Meak will participate in shaliach (emissary). by calling Nemets at 952-544-4176 or an audience Q&A after the 7:45 p.m. Bejarano, 24, is a Scouts branch 952-201-0712. show on July 18. manager in Tel Aviv, responsible for *** Meak is the daughter of Mickey and the education of 700 children as well As part of the Global Roots Festival, Susan Singer, of Eden Prairie. as the organization’s finances and Ester Rada will perform on Tuesday, *** logistics. During his military service, Sept. 22 at the Cedar Cultural Center Rabbi Shalom Reznik-Bell, Sho- he was a combat soldier and medic in Minneapolis. lom’s rabbi, was honored by the in the Sayeret Golani, and previously Rada’s cross-cultural sound is reflec- Reconstructionist Rabbinical College served as a bodyguard in the Ministry tive of the Israeli native’s Ethiopian on June 7 with an honorary doctor of of Defense. heritage. She grew up in a religious Mary Cybulski AMY SCHUMER’S TRAINWRECK OPENS JULY 17 — Amy (Amy divinity degree. The award recognized Bejarano will begin his work in St. Jewish family in more than modest Schumer) is pictured on a date with Aaron (Bill Hader) in Trainwreck, his 25 years of dedicated service in the Paul in August. He will work with conditions in Israel, giving Rada the the new comedy from director/producer Judd Apatow. The film is rabbinate. Federation events and activities at the drive to change her way of life and fulfill written by and stars Schumer as a woman who lives her life without In addition to his tenure at Sholom, St. Paul JCC, the Newman School and her dream of creating music. apologies, even when maybe she should apologize. Since she was Reznik-Bell has worked in the greater St. Paul synagogues. Critics have described her genre a little girl, it’s been drilled into Amy’s head by her rascal of a dad Jewish community in the Twin Cities *** mixing sound as “gracefully combin- (Colin Quinn) that monogamy isn’t realistic. Now a magazine writer, and elsewhere in the United States. ing Ethio-jazz, urban-funk, neo-soul Amy lives by that credo. When she finds herself starting to fall for *** and R&B, with mixed undertones of the subject of the new article she’s writing, Amy starts to wonder Congressional District 3 DFL held black grooves.” if other grown-ups, including this guy who really seems to like her, the third annual Jackie Stevenson Din- For tickets and information, visit: might be on to something. The film opens July 17 in wide release. ner on July 12 in Bloomington. Jackie www.thecedar.org. For information, visit: www.trainwreckmovie.com. Stevenson, who died in 2012, was a *** DFL party leader. The Orthodox rabbi who recently The Jackie Stevenson Award for a visited the AJW offices had an interest- consummate volunteer was presented ing story to tell. Rabbi Yaakov Parisi, to Ruth Usem, of Minneapolis. Usem who was a featured speaker at the June We’re on Facebook. ‘Like’ us today! has been a staunch supporter of women 29 event marking the yahrtzeit of the and families for many years, founding Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem the Minneapolis Crisis Nursery and Mendel Schneerson, used to be a supporting women through serving on Christian fundamentalist minister. the board of Women Winning, among Parisi, who is from an Italian Catholic other efforts. family in Brooklyn, built up a congre- (Full disclosure: Usem is a board gation near Oklahoma City, Okla., and Laurie & Laurie P.A. member of Minnesota Jewish Media Jewish cartoonist Jordan Gor- then starting introducing Jewish rituals LLC, the parent company of the Ameri- finkel visited the AJW offices on into worship services, which he eventu- can Jewish World.) June 30. ally shifted from Sunday to Friday night Employment Law This year’s keynote speaker was and Saturday morning. He and his wife Democratic National Committee Jewish cartoonist Jordan Gorfinkel began keeping Business Cases (DNC) Vice Chairman R.T. Rybak, visited the AJW offices on June 30. kosher. Then who served three terms as the mayor Gorfinkel’s cartoon, “Everything’s the congrega- of Minneapolis. Relative,” appears on Page 5 of each tion left, and he General Litigation *** edition. started getting Harlan Brand was among several In 2007, the new Munich Jewish threats from the Experienced Employment community. After clos- Attorneys ing the church, in 1997, Parisi 952-738-0191 converted to Judaism the Rabbi Yaakov next year. After Parisi www.laurielaurie.com working as a civil engineer in Israel, Parisi attended a kollel, adult study center, in Jerusalem. He later Free studied at the Rabbinical College of initial America, in Morristown, N.J., and got smicha, rabbinic ordination, in 2010. phone He now lives with his wife in Boca Raton, Fla., and frequently lectures consultation Courtesy of Harlan Brand across the United States and in Europe. Harlan Brand (third from left) was among several Cryptic Masons to For more on Parisi’s unusual journey receive the Ish Sodi Degree at the annual Grand York Rite Session to Judaism, go to: yaakovephraim.com. on June 26.