In light of Gov. Newsom’s policy announcement to protect public health from COVID-19,
OUR LIVE PERFORMANCES ARE POSTPONED
Meanwhile, join us for special events Sunday mornings on Zoom.
Enjoy Inside Our Time stories by YOU on YouTube.
Read all our Inside Our Time text stories here
JWT is committed to weathering this time, to be here for you during it, and after it’s a distant memory.
Help us share the stories that connect us all, in this time, and always!
Stay safe and healthy!
HIGHLIGHTS
A Special Zoom Event – Second Day Rosh Hashanah
3 PERSPECTIVES ON FORGIVENESS
Guest lecturer Shelley Hébert will lead us in conversation as we explore concepts of forgiveness in philosophy, learn about how the Talmud addresses forgiveness, and discuss how contemporary psychology is developing approaches to help people understand and think about forgiveness in new ways.
Sunday, September 20
11:00 AM PDT, 2:00 PM EST
Click HERE to register
A Special Zoom Event
OUR BAT MITZVAH
Mazal Tov! Celebrating 13 years.
With great pride & joy,
The Braid/Jewish Women’s Theatre invites you to share in the celebration of Our Bat Mitzvah – An unforgettable Zoom event where a new salon, “I Am A Jew” will be debuted.
Sunday, October 18
11:00 AM PDT, 2:00 PM EST
$36.00 General Single Ticket
Buy tickets HERE
Storytelling Secrets with Annie Korzen – A Virtual Braid Class
Was there an event that changed your life? Now is the time to write about it! Annie Korzen will show you how.
Wednesday, Oct. 28 7-9pm PDT
Learn More
Click HERE to register
CHAI FLICKS, a new Jewish-Themed Streaming Platform
Watch and share your favorite programming from The Braid/Jewish Women’s Theatre
Use the Exclusive Promo Code BRAID to save 50% off your first month at Chaiflicks.com.
Writers, Submit Now!
Please submit material for our 2021 season of shows: Aha Moment!, Family Matters, What’s Next, and Persian Sunrise. Accepting: first person narratives, short stories, songs, and poems, 1500-words per piece.
Learn More HERE
A Special Zoom Event
THE COMEDY OF COPING
Celebrated comedy writers and good friends Cindy Chupack and Annabelle Gurwitch discuss how they mine humor from heartbreak and humiliation, and whether it’s possible to find laughter in the time of Covid.
Sunday, September 6
Click Here for Video Replay // Click Here for Audio Only
Click here for Cindy Chupack’s latest essay and here for the trailer to her Netflix film, Otherhood.
Click here for Annabelle Gurwitch’s website.
A Virtual Salon Event
THE ART OF FORGIVENESS: MULTI-SYNAGOGUE BENEFIT
Saturday, September 26th @ 7:00pm EST / 4:00pm PDT
A powerful compilation of stories, plays, poems and performance art that asks what does it mean to forgive and why is it so darn hard to do it.
Click HERE to register
Inside Our Time
Our hit YouTube series featuring stories from our community all illuminating some aspect of what we are feeling and experiencing during this unprecedented time in our recent history. Over 30,000 views!
Click here for all videos // Click here for all text stories
RESCHEDULED – Stories from the Violins of Hope
Special Theatrical Event: Performance & Live Music
Presented by JWT and Temple Isaiah
Event held at Temple Isaiah, 10345 W Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90064
January 31, 2021 at 2pm
Book fabulous one-woman shows for your organization.
Off-broadway favorite — Not That Jewish
Synagogue Tried and True — Sacred Resistance
and many more
“Illuminating the Human Condition”
Read what the Times of Israel is saying about Jewish Women’s Theatre!
City of Los Angeles honors Jewish Women and Jewish Women’s Theatre for Jewish American Heritage Month at City Hall.
JWT has interviewed women rabbis on video from around the world.
This collection of groundbreaking stories can now be viewed at Jewish Women’s Archive, www.JWA.org.
