Aug

9 2019

JTS in the Berkshires: MATCHMAKING AND MIDRASH: A HEBREW COMEDY

11:00AM - 12:30PM  

Shakespeare and Company Bernstein Theatre 70 Kemble Street
Lenox, MA 01240
4134454872 office@knessetisrael.org

Contact Myrna Hammerling
413-445-4872 x 16
mhammerling@knessetisrael.org

MATCHMAKING AND MIDRASH: A HEBREW COMEDY FROM THE TIME OF SHAKESPEARE.

Dr. Stephanie Siegmund, Women’s League Chair in Jewish Gender and Women’s Studies
The oldest Hebrew play in existence, “The Comedy of Betrothal,” was written by an Italian Jew from Mantua in the 16th century. Surprisingly provocative themes will be demonstrated by readings of local readers, Steven Rosenthal and Amy Brentano, whose acting experience and their love of Judaism will enrich this interactive discussion.

Register at www.jtsa.edu/Berkshires or buy tickets at the door: $15 per session; $45 for series.

Sponsor: Knesset Israel