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FEATURE: Marking a Big Birthday for a Nation That Contains Multitudes

A roundup of the countless projects celebrating America’s 250th birthday this summer and beyond | The Braid Theatre Company’s L’Chaim America! spotlights diverse, rarely heard American Jewish experiences, directed by producing director Susan Morgenstern…

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They helped elect Los Angeles’ first Black mayor; but to him, they were just Bob and Shirley

In “L’Chaim America,” Joshua Silverstein honors the Jewish couple who helped elect Tom Bradley | When Joshua Silverstein, a Black Jewish theater artist, was growing up in Los Angeles, he recalls one Ashkenazi couple, to whom he refers as Bob and Shirley, that had a particularly profound effect on him…

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WATCH VIDEO: ‘L’chaim America!’ comes to a Bay Area stage

“L’chaim America!” will be performing in the South Bay Friday, delivering a unique message in what America represents…

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“Enormous crossover appeal. A fast-paced scrapbook,funny and heartwarming…unqualified delight.”
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“In the wake of Paris and San Bernardino, communities have been called on for resilience. In Santa Monica, a new play demonstrates the inner workings of that process.”
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WATCH VIDEO: The Braid celebrates America 250 with a new collection of stories chronicling the Jewish experience in the U.S.

The song of America has many verses written over centuries by a diverse group of voices. Among them, Jewish voices who have been part of the chorus since the country’s early days when 23 Jewish settlers fled persecution in Brazil and came to New Amsterdam….

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‘L’Chaim America!’: Rarely heard stories of American Jewish experiences

David Chiu is the marketing and communications manager at The Braid theater company, the nation’s leading Jewish storytelling venue. He is the son of a Litvak, a Lithuanian Jew, and an immigrant from Hong Kong…

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L’Chaim America! – Proud to be Jewish-American

The 250th anniversary of the U.S. falls in 2026, and The Braid plans to join in celebrating America’s people, a people of every culture, color, country of origin, background, gender, and religious preference. The Braid founder and artistic director Ronda Spinak says it all: “In divisive times, this show is a respite from the rhetoric and a reminder of who we are as Jews and as Americans…

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Zibby Owens to Stage Adaption of ‘On Being Jewish Now’ for Live and Online Audiences

Zibby Owens is bringing On Being Jewish Now to the stage. The entrepreneur, editor and media mogul has partnered with The Braid to stage an adaptation of the best-selling anthology book that was collected and published as a way to represent the Jewish experience amid the rise of global antisemitism in a post-Oct. 7 world….