Arts & Entertainment - Sept. 16, 2007
"Hana's Suitcase" is now open
Rehearsals are over and Hana's Suitcase opened Friday night at the Todd Wehr Theater.
Tags: hana's suitcase, first stage theater, todd wehr theater, Holocaust

Movies & TV - Sept. 4, 2007
"Primo Levi's Journey" comes to Downer
For much of the world, Primo Levi's voice is the only one we've heard from Jewish Italy. A new film uses his long journey to explore modern Europe.
Tags: Primo Levi, Holocaust, Nazi, Germany, Ferrario, Turin, Piedmont, The Truce, Downer

Arts & Entertainment - Aug. 21, 2007
Rehearsing "Hana's Suitcase"
We start rehearsals this week for "Hana's Suitcase" at the First Stage Children's Theater.
Tags: first stage children's theater, hana's suitcase, marcus center for the performing arts, auschwitz, holocaust

Movies & TV - Dec. 15, 2005
Silverman's "Jesus" mixes stand-up with musical interludes
Whether or not you think comedienne Sarah Silverman's mix of ditzy racism, campy self-absorption and genitals-on-her-sleeve sexuality reflects the real Silverman is probably irrelevant when viewing her film, "Jesus Is Magic." Whether you find any of it funny is quite relevant.
Tags: Sarah Silverman, holocaust, jews, ethnic, humor, comedienne, seinfeld, Posehn

Arts & Entertainment - Sept. 24, 2004
"Dear Esther" shares story of survival
Esther Raab's grueling survival and narrow escape from a Nazi prison camp during World War II is a story every bit as emotionally gripping as any to emerge from the Holocaust.
Tags: Esther Raab, Holocaust, Sobibor, Coker, Rashke

Milwaukee Buzz - Nov. 30, 2009
"Triumph of the spirit" short film and live presentation by Holocaust survivor, Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis
The “Triumph of the Spirit” program will begin with a 22-minute film about Jungreis’s life in the Bergen-Belsen camp.  This film is packed with the horrors of the Nazis, yet full of faith, hope and the triumph of the Jewish spirit.  Jungreis is a consummate storyteller...
Tags: Holocaust, Jewish, Life, Outlook, UWM, Film, Live presentation, Zelazo Center, Book signing