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Gail Zimmerman

Arts Editor

Let It Rain

Rain Pryor, daughter of comedian-actor
Richard Pryor, is an actress, singer, writer,
producer and comedian, as well as an edu-
cator and activist for multiple sclerosis.
In her one-woman show Fried Chicken
and Latkes, she explored her Jewish rela-
tives (on her mother's side) and her
father's African-American family — as
well as her tortuous journey to self-
acceptance. She is currently working on a
film version of the award-winning pro-
duction.
The Anti-
Defamation League
brings Rain Pryor
to town for an
evening of cocktails,
a strolling dinner
and comedy 6:30
p.m. tUesd#,NoV.
Rain Pryor
8, at Knollwood
Country Club, 5050 W. Maple Road, in
West Bloomfield. The evening benefits
ADL and is titled "Black and Jewish: An

Evening with Rain Pryor." For more infor-
mation and to purchase tickets, call the
ADL at (248) 646-2440.

Ellis Island Elegy

The Warren Symphony Orchestra begins
its 2005-2006 season with a celebration of
the American experience 3 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 6, at the Warren Woods Community
Theatre, 13400 12 Mile Road, in Warren.
The program features Peter Boyer's 2002
composition, Ellis Island: The Dream of
America, inspired by the Ellis
Island Oral History Project, and
tells the stories of seven immi-
grants to the United States, whose
narratives will be performed by
local actors.
Ellis Island reflects the musical
styles of such Jewish-American
composers as Aaron Copland and
Leonard Bernstein, as well as the
distinct musical cultures of the featured
immigrants from other countries.

In keeping with the concert's American
theme, the orchestra also will play "Jubilo"
from American Ballads by Pulitzer Prize-
winning Jewish-American composer-con-
ductor Morton Gould, and Copland's high-
spirited rendition of the American West,
Billy the Kid.
Tickets are $20 adults; $18 seniors; $10
college students; $5 grades 12 and under.
Call (586) 754-2950; tickets also available
at the door.

Make. 'Em Laugh

Jewish clown Elliot Zimet is just weeks
into his rookie season as a circus clown
with the 134th edition of Ringling Bros.
and Barnum & Bailey Circus. A year ago,
the 21-year-old New Yorker, just a few
years out of SAR (Salanter Akiba
Riverdale) day school and the Professional
Performing Arts High School, was taking
the subway to the circus, "and now I'm on
a circus train:' he told the Jewish Week.
"It's a beautiful thing:'

As a clown, Zimet plays himself, only in
exaggerated form: an urban, pop guy from
New York City. "I want to bring a young
edge to Clown Alley," Zimet told a
Philadelphia paper about his costume's
funky denim clothes and oversize sneak-
ers.
Also taking on the role of the Three
Ring Adventure host, Zimet, in addition to
introducing audiences to the show and
inviting ticket holders to participate in
such classic circus activities as juggling
and balancing, performs magic with his
pet birds: 10 doves and his 2-year-old
Macaw, named Cameo.

Elliot Zimet

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Nate Bloom

Special to the Jewish News

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Poof, You're Pregnant

were as big as his gut, he wouldn't need
to include me in his press release."
It's pretty obvious these guys should
stick to magic and leave the insults to the
"roast" comedians of the Friars Club.

Jewish magician David
and
41) magician Penn Jillette of
of Penn and Teller
fame have gotten into a war of words. A
The Hot Ticket
couple
of
weeks
ago,
Copperfield
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announced that in his next show, "I'm
spottings" if you hit the Web blogs and
going to make a girl
other sources right after the High
pregnant on stage.
Holidays.
Naturally, it will be
Defamer.com reports that actor
without sex."
Leonard Nimoy and actor/director
Jillette sniped, "The
Jon Favreau, accompanied by their
only way Copperfield
wives, were at Yom Kippur services at
can reproduce is with a
Temple Israel in Los Angeles. Nimoy,
cheesy magic act."
the site reports, read the Book of
Copperfield retorted, "If David Copperfield
Jonah, along with his wife, as part of
[Jillette's] reputation
the afternoon service. ("Pretty cool"

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is how Defamer describes the reading.)
Meanwhile, Los Angeles' Jewish Journal
notes the presence of actors Larry
Miller and Stephen Tobolowsky at
services at Congregation Beth Meier in
North Hollywood.
Tobolowsky isn't a household name,
but this delight-
ful character
actor has played
everything from
an overbearing
insurance agent
in Groundhog
Day to a New Age
healer on
Seinfeld. Once
Stephen
you know who
Tobolowsky
he is, you'll join
Internet fans

who proclaim, "That guy is always great."
A personal source tells me the patients
and staff of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
in Los Angeles were pleasantly surprised
when Steven Spielberg attended Yom
Kippur services at the sanctuary in the
hospital. My source says Spielberg was
given the honor of carrying the Torah,
and at least one of his children followed
him up the aisle. The medical center is
one of Spielberg's many charities.

Diamond/Draiman

On Nov. 8, legendary Jewish rocker Neil
Diamond releases 12 Songs, his most
anticipated CD in decades. Top music
producer Rick Rubin, who revived
Johnny Cash's career, sought out
Diamond and persuaded him to do what

November 3 . 2005