This month, JStage is proud to bring The Sound of Music to life on our stage—a production beloved for its music and charm, but also deeply rooted in powerful, enduring themes that feel especially timely today.
Today JCCs are stepping up as modern-day town squares to combat the rising tide of Jew-hatred. While they might not be the first organizations that come to mind in this front-line fight, JCCs are uniquely positioned as welcoming hubs of Jewish life and engagement, reaching deep within the Jewish community and far beyond.
In the heart of the Israeli calendar lies a sequence of days where a nation pauses, remembers, mourns, and celebrates. These days, spanning from Yom HaShoah to Yom HaZikaron and culminating in Yom Ha’atzmaut, form a thread binding past to present and tragedy to triumph.
Passover, or Pesach, isn’t just a story from the past—it’s the Jewish people’s “master story” of moving from slavery to freedom.