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Abby Meth Kanter
The Loose Canons
September 25, 2019, 3:51 pm
This group of musical Jews ‘love entertaining’
Loose Canons bring their eclectic repertoire to Caldwell
By Abby Meth Kanter
“Wajib”
March 6, 2019, 1:20 pm
Film fest celebrates diverse cinema culture
By Abby Meth Kanter
In the midst of war, Golda never stopped “crying for peace,” said Feldshuh.
March 6, 2019, 1:07 pm
Tovah Feldshuh revels in her ‘greatest role’
Film captures play’s celebration of Golda Meir
By Abby Meth Kanter
Golda’s Balcony” centers on the turbulent times surrounding the Yom Kippur War.
March 6, 2019, 1:04 pm
What, potential viewers may ask, is ‘Golda’s Balcony, The Film’
By Abby Meth Kanter
Barbara Wind, left, with the late Sister Rose Thering, who urged Wind to take the job at the Holocaust Council. Photo by Elaine Durbach
February 20, 2019, 11:52 am
Shoah council director leaves legacy of education, awareness
Barbara Wind retires to continue mission through writing
By Abby Meth Kanter
Eric Goldman, right, during his September 2014 stint as guest host for the Turner Classic Movies TV series, “The Projected Image: The Jewish Experience on Film,” with TCM’s primary host, Robert Osborne. Goldman will offer a program on Dore Schary at NJPAC.
October 3, 2018, 12:22 pm
Film mogul a ‘personal hero’
By Abby Meth Kanter
John Schreiber, president and CEO of NJPAC, jumped at the idea of presenting programs celebrating Israel. Photo courtesy NJPAC
October 3, 2018, 12:16 pm
Israeli, Jewish programs in the spotlight at NJPAC
Series focuses on politics, art, and culture
By Abby Meth Kanter
August 22, 2018, 11:46 am
Festival for fruition
By Abby Meth Kanter
August 22, 2018, 11:40 am
Also of interest
By Abby Meth Kanter
SuzAnne Barabas hopes her one-act “The Revisionist” will alert young people to the dangers of “something I can see happening now.” Photo by Andrea Phox
August 22, 2018, 11:26 am
Play about denial a ‘wake-up call’ for today
One-act is part of NJ Rep’s festival of arts in Long Branch
By Abby Meth Kanter
Father and son — Bob (Elliott Gould) and Nate (Jemaine Clement) — power walk through Cranberry Bog, an “adult lifestyle community” in New Jersey.
February 28, 2018, 12:00 am
Film: What’s funny about retirement in the Garden State?
Turns out a lot, as depicted in Sam Hoffman’s ‘Humor Me’
By Abby Meth Kanter
Eli Gelb and Lucy DeVito, who will reprise their roles in “How My Grandparents Fell in Love” at the NJ Repertory Company, from the Ensemble Studio Theater Production.
September 18, 2017, 12:00 am
At NJ Rep festival, Jersey writer’s brief play speaks volumes
One-act about grandparents’ meeting evokes specter of Shoa, immigration issues
By Abby Meth Kanter
The Compagnia de’ Colombari, including Sorab Wadia (Graziano) and Ned Eisenberg (Shylock #5) in “The Merchant of Venice.” Photos by Andrea Messana
September 13, 2017, 12:00 am
Deconstructing Shylock
Split casting uncovers ambiguity in innovative ‘Merchant’ at MSU
By Abby Meth Kanter
Laura Lapidus, left, as Daphna, engages with her cousin Liam’s “shiksa” girlfriend, Melody (Maddie Jo Landers), in George Street Playhouse's production of “Bad Jews.” Photo by T. Charles Erickson.
March 21, 2017, 12:00 am
Theater: GSP play tackles good Jew/bad Jew divide
Laura Lapidus relishes third time playing Daphna in ‘new world’ of 2017
By Abby Meth Kanter
March 7, 2012, 12:00 am
Mining for mayses in the mamaloshn
By Abby Meth Kanter
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