June 2019
Multi Media Event: Izzy Bleckman – On the Road, Behind the Lens
Featuring a screening of the documentary film, Risking Everything: Stories of Niagara’s Freedom Seekers and the Making of a Monument Film written and produced by Mary Roseberry and Izzy Bleckman Program moderated by Rich Kellman Multimedia event with legendary CBS ("On the Road") cameraman, Isadore "Izzy" Bleckman. The program features archival news-story footage and the theatrical debut screening of the film Risking Everything: Stories of Niagara’s Freedom Seekers and the Making of a Monument, a compelling documentary on Niagara's "Freedom…
Find out more »Author Reyna Gentin: Unreasonable Doubts
After graduating from Yale College and Yale Law School, Reyna Gentin practiced as a juvenile rights attorney with the Legal Aid Society, and then as a criminal appellate attorney with a nonprofit public defender’s office for nearly eighteen years. That job, and a number of the clients she represented, inspired the story of Unreasonable Doubts. But the novel is more than a legal thriller. Rather, it’s the story of Liana Cohen, a young woman grappling with what it means to…
Find out more »Ed Asner Stars in: A Man and his Prostate
Legendary actor and 8-time Emmy Award-Winner ED ASNER (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, Elf, Up!, etc.) comes to the JCC in the Comedy/Drama A MAN AND HIS PROSTATE. Based on a true-life experience when a man faces unexpected surgery while vacationing in Italy, this near tragedy is masterfully transformed into a one-man comedy, perfectly portrayed by Ed Asner. Written and produced by Ed Weinberger This event is a fundraiser for the Jewish Repertory Theatre of Western New York with…
Find out more »October 2019
JRT Presents: Oh My God
OH MY GOD! By Anat Gov October 24 - November 17, 2019 God walks into a therapists’ office….. When a conflicted and depressed God seeks out an earthly therapist to aid him with his wrenching doubts, it is not always clear who is providing therapy to whom. Ella, a single mother living with her autistic son, is a therapist with issues of her own, but has only one session to convince God not to give up on his creation. How…
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OH MY GOD! By Anat Gov October 24 - November 17, 2019 God walks into a therapists’ office….. When a conflicted and depressed God seeks out an earthly therapist to aid him with his wrenching doubts, it is not always clear who is providing therapy to whom. Ella, a single mother living with her autistic son, is a therapist with issues of her own, but has only one session to convince God not to give up on his creation. How…
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OH MY GOD! By Anat Gov October 24 - November 17, 2019 God walks into a therapists’ office….. When a conflicted and depressed God seeks out an earthly therapist to aid him with his wrenching doubts, it is not always clear who is providing therapy to whom. Ella, a single mother living with her autistic son, is a therapist with issues of her own, but has only one session to convince God not to give up on his creation. How…
Find out more »JRT Presents: Oh My God
OH MY GOD! By Anat Gov October 24 - November 17, 2019 God walks into a therapists’ office….. When a conflicted and depressed God seeks out an earthly therapist to aid him with his wrenching doubts, it is not always clear who is providing therapy to whom. Ella, a single mother living with her autistic son, is a therapist with issues of her own, but has only one session to convince God not to give up on his creation. How…
Find out more »JRT Presents: Oh My God
OH MY GOD! By Anat Gov October 24 - November 17, 2019 God walks into a therapists’ office….. When a conflicted and depressed God seeks out an earthly therapist to aid him with his wrenching doubts, it is not always clear who is providing therapy to whom. Ella, a single mother living with her autistic son, is a therapist with issues of her own, but has only one session to convince God not to give up on his creation. How…
Find out more »November 2019
JRT Presents: Oh My God
OH MY GOD! By Anat Gov October 24 - November 17, 2019 God walks into a therapists’ office….. When a conflicted and depressed God seeks out an earthly therapist to aid him with his wrenching doubts, it is not always clear who is providing therapy to whom. Ella, a single mother living with her autistic son, is a therapist with issues of her own, but has only one session to convince God not to give up on his creation. How…
Find out more »JRT Presents: Oh My God
OH MY GOD! By Anat Gov October 24 - November 17, 2019 God walks into a therapists’ office….. When a conflicted and depressed God seeks out an earthly therapist to aid him with his wrenching doubts, it is not always clear who is providing therapy to whom. Ella, a single mother living with her autistic son, is a therapist with issues of her own, but has only one session to convince God not to give up on his creation. How…
Find out more »JRT Presents: Oh My God
OH MY GOD! By Anat Gov October 24 - November 17, 2019 God walks into a therapists’ office….. When a conflicted and depressed God seeks out an earthly therapist to aid him with his wrenching doubts, it is not always clear who is providing therapy to whom. Ella, a single mother living with her autistic son, is a therapist with issues of her own, but has only one session to convince God not to give up on his creation. How…
Find out more »JRT Presents: Oh My God
OH MY GOD! By Anat Gov October 24 - November 17, 2019 God walks into a therapists’ office….. When a conflicted and depressed God seeks out an earthly therapist to aid him with his wrenching doubts, it is not always clear who is providing therapy to whom. Ella, a single mother living with her autistic son, is a therapist with issues of her own, but has only one session to convince God not to give up on his creation. How…
Find out more »JRT Presents: Oh My God
OH MY GOD! By Anat Gov October 24 - November 17, 2019 God walks into a therapists’ office….. When a conflicted and depressed God seeks out an earthly therapist to aid him with his wrenching doubts, it is not always clear who is providing therapy to whom. Ella, a single mother living with her autistic son, is a therapist with issues of her own, but has only one session to convince God not to give up on his creation. How…
Find out more »JRT Presents: Oh My God
OH MY GOD! By Anat Gov October 24 - November 17, 2019 God walks into a therapists’ office….. When a conflicted and depressed God seeks out an earthly therapist to aid him with his wrenching doubts, it is not always clear who is providing therapy to whom. Ella, a single mother living with her autistic son, is a therapist with issues of her own, but has only one session to convince God not to give up on his creation. How…
Find out more »JRT Presents: Oh My God
OH MY GOD! By Anat Gov October 24 - November 17, 2019 God walks into a therapists’ office….. When a conflicted and depressed God seeks out an earthly therapist to aid him with his wrenching doubts, it is not always clear who is providing therapy to whom. Ella, a single mother living with her autistic son, is a therapist with issues of her own, but has only one session to convince God not to give up on his creation. How…
Find out more »JRT Presents: Oh My God
OH MY GOD! By Anat Gov October 24 - November 17, 2019 God walks into a therapists’ office….. When a conflicted and depressed God seeks out an earthly therapist to aid him with his wrenching doubts, it is not always clear who is providing therapy to whom. Ella, a single mother living with her autistic son, is a therapist with issues of her own, but has only one session to convince God not to give up on his creation. How…
Find out more »JRT Presents: Oh My God
OH MY GOD! By Anat Gov October 24 - November 17, 2019 God walks into a therapists’ office….. When a conflicted and depressed God seeks out an earthly therapist to aid him with his wrenching doubts, it is not always clear who is providing therapy to whom. Ella, a single mother living with her autistic son, is a therapist with issues of her own, but has only one session to convince God not to give up on his creation. How…
Find out more »JRT Presents: Oh My God
OH MY GOD! By Anat Gov October 24 - November 17, 2019 God walks into a therapists’ office….. When a conflicted and depressed God seeks out an earthly therapist to aid him with his wrenching doubts, it is not always clear who is providing therapy to whom. Ella, a single mother living with her autistic son, is a therapist with issues of her own, but has only one session to convince God not to give up on his creation. How…
Find out more »JRT Presents: Oh My God
OH MY GOD! By Anat Gov October 24 - November 17, 2019 God walks into a therapists’ office….. When a conflicted and depressed God seeks out an earthly therapist to aid him with his wrenching doubts, it is not always clear who is providing therapy to whom. Ella, a single mother living with her autistic son, is a therapist with issues of her own, but has only one session to convince God not to give up on his creation. How…
Find out more »February 2020
JRT Presents: What I Thought I Knew
WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW By Alice Eve Cohen February 6 - March 1, 2020 Alice, an infertile Jewish woman in her forties, discovers a hard lump in her abdomen. After months of visiting expensive specialists, all of whom have different medical theories, a CT scan finally reveals that she is pregnant. Based upon true events and the book hailed by Oprah as “darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy,” this heartfelt journey through a high-risk pregnancy and the American healthcare…
Find out more »JRT Presents: What I Thought I Knew
WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW By Alice Eve Cohen February 6 - March 1, 2020 Alice, an infertile Jewish woman in her forties, discovers a hard lump in her abdomen. After months of visiting expensive specialists, all of whom have different medical theories, a CT scan finally reveals that she is pregnant. Based upon true events and the book hailed by Oprah as “darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy,” this heartfelt journey through a high-risk pregnancy and the American healthcare…
Find out more »JRT Presents: What I Thought I Knew
WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW By Alice Eve Cohen February 6 - March 1, 2020 Alice, an infertile Jewish woman in her forties, discovers a hard lump in her abdomen. After months of visiting expensive specialists, all of whom have different medical theories, a CT scan finally reveals that she is pregnant. Based upon true events and the book hailed by Oprah as “darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy,” this heartfelt journey through a high-risk pregnancy and the American healthcare…
Find out more »JRT Presents: What I Thought I Knew
WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW By Alice Eve Cohen February 6 - March 1, 2020 Alice, an infertile Jewish woman in her forties, discovers a hard lump in her abdomen. After months of visiting expensive specialists, all of whom have different medical theories, a CT scan finally reveals that she is pregnant. Based upon true events and the book hailed by Oprah as “darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy,” this heartfelt journey through a high-risk pregnancy and the American healthcare…
Find out more »JRT Presents: What I Thought I Knew
WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW By Alice Eve Cohen February 6 - March 1, 2020 Alice, an infertile Jewish woman in her forties, discovers a hard lump in her abdomen. After months of visiting expensive specialists, all of whom have different medical theories, a CT scan finally reveals that she is pregnant. Based upon true events and the book hailed by Oprah as “darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy,” this heartfelt journey through a high-risk pregnancy and the American healthcare…
Find out more »JRT Presents: What I Thought I Knew
WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW By Alice Eve Cohen February 6 - March 1, 2020 Alice, an infertile Jewish woman in her forties, discovers a hard lump in her abdomen. After months of visiting expensive specialists, all of whom have different medical theories, a CT scan finally reveals that she is pregnant. Based upon true events and the book hailed by Oprah as “darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy,” this heartfelt journey through a high-risk pregnancy and the American healthcare…
Find out more »JRT Presents: What I Thought I Knew
WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW By Alice Eve Cohen February 6 - March 1, 2020 Alice, an infertile Jewish woman in her forties, discovers a hard lump in her abdomen. After months of visiting expensive specialists, all of whom have different medical theories, a CT scan finally reveals that she is pregnant. Based upon true events and the book hailed by Oprah as “darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy,” this heartfelt journey through a high-risk pregnancy and the American healthcare…
Find out more »JRT Presents: What I Thought I Knew
WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW By Alice Eve Cohen February 6 - March 1, 2020 Alice, an infertile Jewish woman in her forties, discovers a hard lump in her abdomen. After months of visiting expensive specialists, all of whom have different medical theories, a CT scan finally reveals that she is pregnant. Based upon true events and the book hailed by Oprah as “darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy,” this heartfelt journey through a high-risk pregnancy and the American healthcare…
Find out more »JRT Presents: What I Thought I Knew
WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW By Alice Eve Cohen February 6 - March 1, 2020 Alice, an infertile Jewish woman in her forties, discovers a hard lump in her abdomen. After months of visiting expensive specialists, all of whom have different medical theories, a CT scan finally reveals that she is pregnant. Based upon true events and the book hailed by Oprah as “darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy,” this heartfelt journey through a high-risk pregnancy and the American healthcare…
Find out more »JRT Presents: What I Thought I Knew
WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW By Alice Eve Cohen February 6 - March 1, 2020 Alice, an infertile Jewish woman in her forties, discovers a hard lump in her abdomen. After months of visiting expensive specialists, all of whom have different medical theories, a CT scan finally reveals that she is pregnant. Based upon true events and the book hailed by Oprah as “darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy,” this heartfelt journey through a high-risk pregnancy and the American healthcare…
Find out more »JRT Presents: What I Thought I Knew
WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW By Alice Eve Cohen February 6 - March 1, 2020 Alice, an infertile Jewish woman in her forties, discovers a hard lump in her abdomen. After months of visiting expensive specialists, all of whom have different medical theories, a CT scan finally reveals that she is pregnant. Based upon true events and the book hailed by Oprah as “darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy,” this heartfelt journey through a high-risk pregnancy and the American healthcare…
Find out more »JRT Presents: What I Thought I Knew
WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW By Alice Eve Cohen February 6 - March 1, 2020 Alice, an infertile Jewish woman in her forties, discovers a hard lump in her abdomen. After months of visiting expensive specialists, all of whom have different medical theories, a CT scan finally reveals that she is pregnant. Based upon true events and the book hailed by Oprah as “darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy,” this heartfelt journey through a high-risk pregnancy and the American healthcare…
Find out more »JRT Presents: What I Thought I Knew
WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW By Alice Eve Cohen February 6 - March 1, 2020 Alice, an infertile Jewish woman in her forties, discovers a hard lump in her abdomen. After months of visiting expensive specialists, all of whom have different medical theories, a CT scan finally reveals that she is pregnant. Based upon true events and the book hailed by Oprah as “darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy,” this heartfelt journey through a high-risk pregnancy and the American healthcare…
Find out more »JRT Presents: What I Thought I Knew
WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW By Alice Eve Cohen February 6 - March 1, 2020 Alice, an infertile Jewish woman in her forties, discovers a hard lump in her abdomen. After months of visiting expensive specialists, all of whom have different medical theories, a CT scan finally reveals that she is pregnant. Based upon true events and the book hailed by Oprah as “darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy,” this heartfelt journey through a high-risk pregnancy and the American healthcare…
Find out more »JRT Presents: What I Thought I Knew
WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW By Alice Eve Cohen February 6 - March 1, 2020 Alice, an infertile Jewish woman in her forties, discovers a hard lump in her abdomen. After months of visiting expensive specialists, all of whom have different medical theories, a CT scan finally reveals that she is pregnant. Based upon true events and the book hailed by Oprah as “darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy,” this heartfelt journey through a high-risk pregnancy and the American healthcare…
Find out more »March 2020
JRT Presents: What I Thought I Knew
WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW By Alice Eve Cohen February 6 - March 1, 2020 Alice, an infertile Jewish woman in her forties, discovers a hard lump in her abdomen. After months of visiting expensive specialists, all of whom have different medical theories, a CT scan finally reveals that she is pregnant. Based upon true events and the book hailed by Oprah as “darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy,” this heartfelt journey through a high-risk pregnancy and the American healthcare…
Find out more »April 2020
JRT Presents: Modern Orthodox
MODERN ORTHODOX By Daniel Goldfarb April 23 - May 17, 2020 When Ben, an Upper West Side financial consultant, meets Hershel, an Orthodox jewel merchant, to buy an engagement ring, their differing views of their shared religion at first divides them. Three months later, with respective love interests and love stories on paths they could not have predicted, Ben and Hershel meet again as changed men, no longer divided by their faith. They have learned something from each other, and…
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MODERN ORTHODOX By Daniel Goldfarb April 23 - May 17, 2020 When Ben, an Upper West Side financial consultant, meets Hershel, an Orthodox jewel merchant, to buy an engagement ring, their differing views of their shared religion at first divides them. Three months later, with respective love interests and love stories on paths they could not have predicted, Ben and Hershel meet again as changed men, no longer divided by their faith. They have learned something from each other, and…
Find out more »JRT Presents: Modern Orthodox
MODERN ORTHODOX By Daniel Goldfarb April 23 - May 17, 2020 When Ben, an Upper West Side financial consultant, meets Hershel, an Orthodox jewel merchant, to buy an engagement ring, their differing views of their shared religion at first divides them. Three months later, with respective love interests and love stories on paths they could not have predicted, Ben and Hershel meet again as changed men, no longer divided by their faith. They have learned something from each other, and…
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MODERN ORTHODOX By Daniel Goldfarb April 23 - May 17, 2020 When Ben, an Upper West Side financial consultant, meets Hershel, an Orthodox jewel merchant, to buy an engagement ring, their differing views of their shared religion at first divides them. Three months later, with respective love interests and love stories on paths they could not have predicted, Ben and Hershel meet again as changed men, no longer divided by their faith. They have learned something from each other, and…
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MODERN ORTHODOX By Daniel Goldfarb April 23 - May 17, 2020 When Ben, an Upper West Side financial consultant, meets Hershel, an Orthodox jewel merchant, to buy an engagement ring, their differing views of their shared religion at first divides them. Three months later, with respective love interests and love stories on paths they could not have predicted, Ben and Hershel meet again as changed men, no longer divided by their faith. They have learned something from each other, and…
Find out more »May 2020
JRT Presents: Modern Orthodox
MODERN ORTHODOX By Daniel Goldfarb April 23 - May 17, 2020 When Ben, an Upper West Side financial consultant, meets Hershel, an Orthodox jewel merchant, to buy an engagement ring, their differing views of their shared religion at first divides them. Three months later, with respective love interests and love stories on paths they could not have predicted, Ben and Hershel meet again as changed men, no longer divided by their faith. They have learned something from each other, and…
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MODERN ORTHODOX By Daniel Goldfarb April 23 - May 17, 2020 When Ben, an Upper West Side financial consultant, meets Hershel, an Orthodox jewel merchant, to buy an engagement ring, their differing views of their shared religion at first divides them. Three months later, with respective love interests and love stories on paths they could not have predicted, Ben and Hershel meet again as changed men, no longer divided by their faith. They have learned something from each other, and…
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MODERN ORTHODOX By Daniel Goldfarb April 23 - May 17, 2020 When Ben, an Upper West Side financial consultant, meets Hershel, an Orthodox jewel merchant, to buy an engagement ring, their differing views of their shared religion at first divides them. Three months later, with respective love interests and love stories on paths they could not have predicted, Ben and Hershel meet again as changed men, no longer divided by their faith. They have learned something from each other, and…
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MODERN ORTHODOX By Daniel Goldfarb April 23 - May 17, 2020 When Ben, an Upper West Side financial consultant, meets Hershel, an Orthodox jewel merchant, to buy an engagement ring, their differing views of their shared religion at first divides them. Three months later, with respective love interests and love stories on paths they could not have predicted, Ben and Hershel meet again as changed men, no longer divided by their faith. They have learned something from each other, and…
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MODERN ORTHODOX By Daniel Goldfarb April 23 - May 17, 2020 When Ben, an Upper West Side financial consultant, meets Hershel, an Orthodox jewel merchant, to buy an engagement ring, their differing views of their shared religion at first divides them. Three months later, with respective love interests and love stories on paths they could not have predicted, Ben and Hershel meet again as changed men, no longer divided by their faith. They have learned something from each other, and…
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MODERN ORTHODOX By Daniel Goldfarb April 23 - May 17, 2020 When Ben, an Upper West Side financial consultant, meets Hershel, an Orthodox jewel merchant, to buy an engagement ring, their differing views of their shared religion at first divides them. Three months later, with respective love interests and love stories on paths they could not have predicted, Ben and Hershel meet again as changed men, no longer divided by their faith. They have learned something from each other, and…
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MODERN ORTHODOX By Daniel Goldfarb April 23 - May 17, 2020 When Ben, an Upper West Side financial consultant, meets Hershel, an Orthodox jewel merchant, to buy an engagement ring, their differing views of their shared religion at first divides them. Three months later, with respective love interests and love stories on paths they could not have predicted, Ben and Hershel meet again as changed men, no longer divided by their faith. They have learned something from each other, and…
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MODERN ORTHODOX By Daniel Goldfarb April 23 - May 17, 2020 When Ben, an Upper West Side financial consultant, meets Hershel, an Orthodox jewel merchant, to buy an engagement ring, their differing views of their shared religion at first divides them. Three months later, with respective love interests and love stories on paths they could not have predicted, Ben and Hershel meet again as changed men, no longer divided by their faith. They have learned something from each other, and…
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MODERN ORTHODOX By Daniel Goldfarb April 23 - May 17, 2020 When Ben, an Upper West Side financial consultant, meets Hershel, an Orthodox jewel merchant, to buy an engagement ring, their differing views of their shared religion at first divides them. Three months later, with respective love interests and love stories on paths they could not have predicted, Ben and Hershel meet again as changed men, no longer divided by their faith. They have learned something from each other, and…
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MODERN ORTHODOX By Daniel Goldfarb April 23 - May 17, 2020 When Ben, an Upper West Side financial consultant, meets Hershel, an Orthodox jewel merchant, to buy an engagement ring, their differing views of their shared religion at first divides them. Three months later, with respective love interests and love stories on paths they could not have predicted, Ben and Hershel meet again as changed men, no longer divided by their faith. They have learned something from each other, and…
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MODERN ORTHODOX By Daniel Goldfarb April 23 - May 17, 2020 When Ben, an Upper West Side financial consultant, meets Hershel, an Orthodox jewel merchant, to buy an engagement ring, their differing views of their shared religion at first divides them. Three months later, with respective love interests and love stories on paths they could not have predicted, Ben and Hershel meet again as changed men, no longer divided by their faith. They have learned something from each other, and…
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