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Scholars in Session: Jews and Drag-An American Cultural History 1900-2020

The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield

Golan Moskowitz, 2024-2025 University of Michigan Frankel Institute Fellow, explores the Jewish American cultural history of the gender-transcendent performance art of drag, from early twentieth-century Yiddish vaudeville through contemporary Emmy-winning reality television. Professor Moskowitz will discuss how marginalized Jewish artists, writers, and performers creatively process legacies of embodied otherness, focusing especially on Jewish American descendants ...

Infant and Child CPR Training

The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield

Join The J Kids & Families departments for an Infant and Child CPR Training session. This training will cover the essential skills needed for pediatric and infant CPR. Upon completion, attendees will receive a certification provided by the instructor, Randi Krause, a nurse practitioner. Mannequins and necessary supplies will be provided for hands-on practice. The ...

The Shvesters

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

Timeless, dazzling, and distinctive - The Shvesters transform classic Yiddish and Jewish melodies into sophisticated contemporary harmonic arrangements. Recognized for their tight harmonies, soulful grooves, and rich improvisation, The Shvesters (Chava Levi and Polina Fradkin) have gained a reputation for their unique, refreshing interpretations of Yiddish standards and traditional Jewish songs. The duo has garnered ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: Torn

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Documentary / USA / English / 75 minutes After the October 7 attacks, artists Nitzan Mintz and Dede Bandaid launched the “Kidnapped from Israel” grassroots poster campaign in NY to raise awareness about the hostages taken by Hamas. Torn explores the motivations of activists putting up and tearing down the posters, revealing the complexities of ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: Colleyville

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Documentary / USA / English / 80 minutes On January 15, 2022, an ordinary Shabbat morning at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, turned into a harrowing hostage crisis involving Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and three others. Colleyville is a gripping real-life drama showcasing the resilience of the hostages and community while highlighting the complexities of ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: Matchmaking 2

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Romantic Comedy / Israel / Hebrew with English Subtitles / 110 minutes Israel’s biggest box office hit of the year, Matchmaking 2 , is the feel- good, long-awaited sequel to the beloved 2022 rom-com starring some of Israel’s brightest young talents. This tender, side-splitting celebration of clashing traditions and big-hearted characters follows a love-struck bachelor ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: For the Living

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Documentary / USA /English / 117 minutes In 1945, 10-year-old Holocaust survivor Marcel Zielinski made a 60-mile journey by foot from Auschwitz-Birkenau to Krakow in search of his family. Decades later, 250 cyclists retrace his path in a mission called Ride for the Living. This powerful documentary draws parallels between his experience and the cyclists’ ...

Theater Kid featuring Tony Award-winner Jeffrey Seller in conversation with Douglas Sills

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Tony Award-winner Jeffrey Seller in conversation with Tony Award-nominee Douglas Sills (Broadway's The Scarlet Pimpernel and HBO's The Gilded Age) A coming-of-age tale from one of the most successful American producers of our time, Jeffrey Seller, one of the masterminds behind the Tony Award-winning musicals Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights , and Hamilton. _Theater ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: The Ring

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Drama / Israel, Hungary / Hebrew and Hungarian with English subtitles / 120 minutes Arnon Noble, a devout man with a strong bond to his mother, a Holocaust survivor, embarks on a journey to Hungary with his estranged daughter to seek a legendary ring that once saved her life. Written by and starring Ophir Award-winning ...

Women of The J : Bad Shabbos

The J - Detroit 6600 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield Township

A Shabbat so good, we're doing it Thursday! Come for the wine, stay for the whodunit at 'Bad Shabbos' and bring an alibi. Begin your night with a strolling Shabbat-themed dinner in the Janice Charach Gallery, then make your way to the Berman Theater where the Jewish Film Festival will show Bad Shabbos , a ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: Bad Shabbos with Comedy Short Sauna Dreams

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Comedy / USA / English / 84 minutes David and his fiancée Meg attend a Shabbat dinner at his mother’s house to introduce her Catholic parents to his Jewish family. When a turn of events leads to a frantic cover-up, the evening spirals into darkly comedic chaos. Uproariously funny with a cast featuring Emmy-winner Kyra ...

Detroit Jewish Film Festival: Midas Man

The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd,

Biopic / UK / English / 112 minutes Witness the rise of Brian Epstein, the visionary manager who catapulted The Beatles from a scrappy Liverpool band into global rock legends. The film details Epstein’s belief in The Beatles and the sacrifices he made to help them achieve fame. Midas Man features a star-making turn by ...

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