Jewish Connection AUGUST 2025
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[L] Directed by Avi Hoffman [R] Playwright L M Feldman
Love Jewish To Present A Free Staged Reading Of A People Directed by Avi Hoffman In celebration of Jewish Pride, Love Jewish, a division of Yiddishkayt Initiative, will present a staged reading of playwright L M Feldman’s theatrical mosaic A People as their inaugural season presentation. The performance will take place on Monday, August 25th at 7:00 pm at Island City Stage. Directed by Avi Hoffman and featuring South Florida favorites Ana Marie Calise, Eytan Deray, Lela Elam, Rayner Gabriel, Avi Hoffman, Autumn Kioti-Horn, Laura Turnbull, and others, A People will take audiences on a magical lyrical journey into heritage, tradition, religion, and humanity. Feldman holds up a mirror to 5,000 years of Jewish identity and history, reminding us that we are all descendants from somewhere, and we can
choose to deny our lineage, wrestle with it, or embrace it. Sometimes hilarious and sometimes terrifyingly honest, A People’s ensemble will take on a mass of old and new-world personalities to create snippets of life the way we see it, the way we want it, and the way it is. Utilizing the performing arts, media, publishing, education, language, and literature, the mission of Love Jewish is to advocate for Jewish Pride, Build Cultural Bridges and Challenge Antisemitism Through the Arts by promoting Jewish history and life, and their far-reaching impact on the contemporary world. Based in Miami-Dade County, in partnership with the University of Miami and Florida Atlantic University, YI Love Jewish builds engagement
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and forges multicultural and diverse connections through an immersive and varied range of programming for audiences worldwide. Tickets for A People are free, with a suggested donation of $10, and are now available. They can be purchased online at: www.YILoveJewish.org/events. Island City Stage is located at 2304 North Dixie Highway, Wilton Manors, Florida 33305. For more information about A People, Love Jewish, and Yiddishkayt Initiative, please visit: https://yilovejewish.org.
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Event Details A People By L M Feldman Monday, August 25th, 2025 at 7:00 pm Tickets: FREE ($10 Suggested Donation) To reserve: https://yilovejewish.org/events The performance will take place at Island City Stage 2304 North Dixie Highway Wilton Manors, FL 33305 L M Feldman is a queer, feminist playwright (and circus artist) who pens plays that are wildly theatrical but deeply intimate. Formally ambitious plays that move and take up space. Plays that are questioning, wrestling, and asking. Plays Continued On Page 14
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