TSS Trip to Broadway! The Memory Show – Starring Leslie Kritzer – Sunday May 5

March 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment

THE MEMORY SHOW- starring Leslie Kritzer and Catherine Cox

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Duke Theater on 42nd St., NYC

 

We will leave the JCC at 10:30 AM and return by 8:00 PM.

This will allow comfortable travel time and time for eating lunch, and discussion after the show.

 

The Memory Show is the story of a daughter who comes home to care for her aging mother.  Conflicting versions of their past collide in the darkly funny portrait of a mother, a daughter, and their inescapable relationship.  The Memory Show combines evocative and powerful contemporary music with a humorous, touching and heartfelt examination of conflicting perceptions, truth, desires and memories that are inherent in familial relationships. The actors struggle to make sense of their relationship when faced with disease and hardship.

 

The musical features a book and lyrics by Sara Cooper and music by Zach Redler.  The Memory Show will include music direction by Vadim Feichtner.

The mother is played by Tony award nominee Catherine Cox for Oh Coward.  Other Broadway credits include Footloose, Baby, Shakespeare’s Cabaret, Barnum, Oklahoma, Whoopee, Music is and One Night Stand.

Drama Desk nominee Leslie Kritzer, for Sondheim on Sondheim and A Catered Affair, will play the role of the daughter.  Other Broadway credits include Legally Blonde, Hairspray and most recently, Elf.  Leslie is the  daughter of Robert Kritzer.

After the show, there will be an opportunity to meet with the cast and people who made this show possible to get their insight into the writing and production of this show.

Arrangements are being planned for transportation into the city for the group.

 

If you have any questions, please email or call Roberta Kritzer.  rbk1021@ptd.net  or 610-398-2659.

We are making arrangements to get a discount on the tickets for a group rate.  We will be taking confirmed reservations within the next 2 weeks.

 

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New TSS Book Club Book – Once We Were Brothers

March 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment

The book for the May 23rd TSS book group meeting has been changed to Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson.

The meeting will be at Roberta and Robert Kritzer’s home on May 23rd at 7:15 pm.

About the book:

Elliot Rosenzweig, a wealthy Chicago philanthropist, is attending opening night at the opera. Ben Solomon, a retired Polish immigrant, makes his way through the crowd and shoves a gun in Rosenzweig’s face, denouncing him as former SS officer, Otto Piatek. Solomon is blind-sided, knocked to the floor and taken away. Rosenzweig uses his enormous influence to get Solomon released from jail, but Solomon commences a relentless pursuit to bring Rosenzweig before the courts to answer for war crimes. Solomon finds a young attorney, Catherine Lockhart, to whom he recounts his family’s struggles and heroisms during the war, revealing to her that he and Piatek grew up as brothers in the same household.

Although this book deals with the Holocaust, the book is really about the question of the nature of evil. How do two people raised in the same home have such divergent ways of choosing a path in life? What does it say about the age old question, is it nature or nurture that shapes the choices we make in life?

 

Please RSVP to Margie Hertz at mhertz@ptd.net or
Marcia Berkow at mhberkow@gmail.com

I apologize that we have had to change the choice for the TSS Book Club’s choice for May 23, 2013. After a great deal of research, we have found that the book is only available as a download to the Kindle, and a paper copy of the book, is only printed on demand. Barnes and Noble and Amazon have indicated that a paper copy of the book could take anywhere from 2-3 to obtain. As a result, we have decided to pick a different book for our next discussion. Thank you for your understanding.

We will be meeting at Roberta Kritzer’s home on May 23rd at 7:15 pm.  Please RSVP to either Marcia Berkow at mhberkow at gmail. Com or Margie Hertz at mhertz@ptd.net

Thursday May 23

7:15 PM

Roberta Kritzer’s Home

RSVP to Marcia Berkow (mhberkow@gmail.com) or Margie Hertz (mhertz@ptd.net)

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Passover – the Holiday of spring

March 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment

The central meaning of Passover is liberation, hence the name z’man heirutainu, the season of liberation. Another name for Passover is hag ha’aviv, the holiday of spring. This is not by chance but by design. The holiday of liberation is the holiday of spring. After the dark and dreary winter in a land covered with snow the earth bursts forth with vegetation, new life. So too, the Israelites burst forth from oppression and slavery to a new life of freedom. Without the Exodus the Isrealites as a people would have become extinct. The watchwords of both spring and Passover are rebirth and hope. As we watch the world awaken to new life we recount the story of the rebirth of the Jewish People. Passover reminds us that no matter how dire our situation, we must not lose hope. Passover tells us that renewal and rebirth are as intrinsic to human beings as it is to nature.

Have a ziessen Pesach a sweet Passover

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Good wishes, joy, love, and support

March 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment

There certainly was a lot to sing about at last Friday’s Shabbat Service. Cantor Sussman blessed the marriage of Leslie Kritzer, daughter of Robert Kritzer, and her new husband, Vadim Feichtner. The newly married couple stood before the congregation with Robert and Roberta Kritzer to receive well wishes, warm hugs and heartfelt prayers for a happy life together.

The night continued with a Jewish Opera recounting the story of Ruth. Susan Bingham and her Children’s and Liturgical Opera Company performed a beautifully sung and well-played drama that left congregants speechless.

The Oneg following the Service was an extraordinary feast sponsored by Robert and Roberta Kritzer, celebrating the happy occasion.

This Service was a welcome respite to the long week of weird weather, stress at work and the strains of our every day life. The attendees left the night happy, smiling, singing and warm hearted. Mission accomplished.

Attending a Shabbat Service leaves us renewed and awakened to face the week ahead. The warm, friendly environment is conducive to the sense of community that our congregation enjoys. If you haven’t made this part of your routine, you are missing the spirit of joy and the sense of belonging that surrounds our being and provides us with a profound peace.

If you have something to celebrate or share, let us know how we can do it together at a Shabbat Service. There is nothing more enjoyable than joining together to offer good wishes, joy, love and support.

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