CHANUKAH also called the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day holiday CHANUKAH, celebrated in December to commemorate an ancient victory by the Jewish Maccabee army and the miracle of a small jar of oil that remained lit for eight days. Like many Jewish holidays, Chanukah begins with a blessing over candles at sundown. ELI ELI is a popular Hebrew song, set to a 1942 poem by Hungarian Jewish World War II resistance fighter Hannah Senesh. It is commonly played on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Translation of the lyrics: “My God, my God, may these things never end: the sand and the sea, the rush of the water, the lightning of the sky, the prayer of Man.” Glossary originally created by and used with permission from Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co. and Theater J, Washington DC. Special thanks to Howard Shalwitz and Ali Viterbi.
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The World to Come by Ali Viterbi
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The Breman 2026–2027 Board of Directors OFFICERS
DIRECTORS
EMERITUS
Rachel Finglass
Elaine Alexander Pamela Gold Alexander Lynne Borsuk W. Imara Canady Elaine Gutenstein Leslie B. Isenberg Adam Koplan Michael Levison Michael P. Murphy Rochelle Shinn Judith Taylor
Laura Dinerman Gail H. Evans Craig Frankel Carole B. Goldberg Valerie Needle Carol Breman Nemo AJ Robinson Jerry Rosenberg Marlene J. Schwartz Joyce Shlesinger Norman Zoller
Chair
Lori Shapiro Secretary
Katie Deutschler Treasurer
A Staged Reading
JULY 30
2026