Julie Weitz: Prayer for Burnt Forests Wednesday, September 29 | 7 pm Film & Conversation With humor and ritual, the centuries old legend of the golem is being revitalized by queer Ashkenazi video and performance artist Julie Weitz. Part of Weitz’s ongoing “My Golem” project, Prayer for a Burnt Forest is a compelling performance-prayer calling […]
TIOH Arts & Culture’s first artist-in-residence Rachael Cerrotti is an award-winning author, photographer, educator, audio producer, and the inaugural Storyteller in Residence for USC Shoah Foundation. Her work explores the intergenerational impact of migration and memory through several artistic forms. While in residence, Rachael will be offering a wellspring of online and in-person talks and […]
Thursday, January 27 7 pm | Online Rachael Cerrotti: We Share the Same Sky $0-$20 Sliding Scale Register here In 2009, Rachael Cerrotti turned to her grandmother Hana and asked: Will you tell me your story? What happened next launched Rachael’s decade-long quest to retrace how her grandmother remained one step ahead of the Nazis […]
Sundays, February 6, 13 & 20, 2022 2–3 pm | Online & In-person Telling Your Family’s Story: A Multimedia Workshop with Rachael Cerrotti $45 ($15 per session) Register here Partial and Full Scholarships are available for TIOH Members and their extended families. Email dwyenn@tioh.org for details. Have a shoebox full of old family photos you’ve been meaning […]
Join Rabbi Missaghieh and other active adults as we hear first-hand about the life photographer Bill Aron captured during travels to Leningrad, Moscow, and Minsk in 1981 when he photographed ritual and social moments in various synagogues and recorded the brave faces of the Refuseniks, Jews who wished to emigrate but were denied permission. Click […]
Very excited to share that we will have Israeli pop star Noa with guitarist Gil Dor, and special guest pianist Ruslan Sirota at TIOH! With roots and upbringing spanning Yemen, Israel, and the United States, Achinoam Nini aka Noa, is a singer, songwriter, poet, composer, percussionist, speaker, activist, and mother of three children. Noa has […]
In a raw and immersive showcase of documentary film, artifacts and witness testimony, the Nova Exhibition pays homage to the experience of a festive atmosphere followed by searing tragedy when the music festival was savagely cut short by a terrorist attack on October 7 of last year. The exhibit, opening in Los Angeles in August […]
In a raw and immersive showcase of documentary film, artifacts and witness testimony, the Nova Exhibition pays homage to the experience of a festive atmosphere followed by searing tragedy when the music festival was savagely cut short by a terrorist attack on October 7 of last year. The exhibit, opening in Los Angeles in August […]
In a raw and immersive showcase of documentary film, artifacts and witness testimony, the Nova Exhibition pays homage to the experience of a festive atmosphere followed by searing tragedy when the music festival was savagely cut short by a terrorist attack on October 7 of last year. The exhibit, opening in Los Angeles in August […]
A community of Beta Israel, or Jewish Ethiopians, navigate between tradition and the desire for visibility. For hundreds of years, the majority concealed their Jewish identity, privately observing traditions within the confines of their homes while outwardly presenting as Christian Orthodox. Through a series of evocative photographs by Kelly Fogel, we get a glimpse into […]
Temple Israel of Hollywood
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We're rolling out the red carpet for a screening of the new hulu documentary Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge Known worldwide as DVF, this is an unprecedented look at the extraordinary life of Jewish icon Diane von Furstenberg. At a time when gender equality and women's issues are at the forefront, Diane's life exemplifies […]