JUNE 25 • 2020 | 35
STAYING CONNECTED
At this time of social distancing,
the Jewish News will try to bring
awareness to events/learning
situations offered online by
synagogues, temples and
community organizations.
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC
JUNE 28
American Friends of the Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra announced
that the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
will hold a virtual gala in partnership
with Medici TV, to benefit the orchestra
three months after COVID-19 forced
indefinite concert cancellations.
Featuring classical music’s premier
talent, this landmark moment in the
IPO’s history will be available to stream
internationally, free of charge. Register
online at ipogala20209@ipofund.co.il,
with the broadcast to stream on Medici
TV’s site.
FINDING YOUR ROOTS
11 AM-NOON, JUNE 28
The Well hosts “Finding Our Roots: A
Bring your own Brunch event with JDC
Entwine” on Zoom. Remember that
one family tree project you had to do
in middle school? As a young adult, do
you have more questions about where
your family came from and how they
arrived in Detroit? Guests are amateur
genealogist Corey Rosen and Laura
Williams, director of cultural resources
at Temple Beth El. Share your own
family's immigration stories, learn
about doing your own genealogical
research and discuss the history of
the Jewish community in Detroit.
Representatives from JDC Entwine will
take things to an international level,
as they discuss global Jewish history.
Register at meetyouatthewell.org or on
its Facebook page.
CRISES IN JEWISH LIBERALISM
3 PM, JUNE 29
A virtual gathering on Zoom sponsored
by the Jewish Historical Society of
Michigan. Drawing upon her research
on Detroit and her newest work on
American Jewish philanthropy, Lila
Corwin Berman shows how liberal
tension between individual rights and
collective protections shot through the
political, economic and spatial realities
of American Jewish life. Cost: $10 for
members and $18 for non-members.
Register by 9 pm Sunday, June 28.
Instructions for joining the Zoom call
will be sent the day before.
TOUR ISRAEL
NOON-1 PM, JUNE 30
Temple Shir Shalom is offering a live,
virtual tour of Sefad with Rabbi Daniel
Schwartz and Israeli tour guide Beni
Levin. Learn the history of Sefad and
stories of the Jewish mystics on this
one-hour guided tour on Zoom. To
learn more or register, call 248-737-
8700 or email audrey@shirshalom.
org.
FOR JOB SEEKERS
JUNE 30, JULY 7 & 14
JVS Human Services offers “The
Road Ahead,” interactive Facebook
webinars for job seekers and
employees affected by the COVID-19
pandemic. Rights and responsibilities
at work – Tuesday, June 30, at 10 am;
Strategies for working from home –
Tuesday, July 7, at 10 am; Overcoming
age discrimination – Tuesday, July 14,
at 10 am. Info: jvshumanservices.org.
FOR MUSIC LOVERS
The Chamber Music Society
(chambermusicdetroit.org) has an
archive of performances that can be
viewed. Check out the variety available
at any time.
Compiled by Sy Manello/Editorial
Assistant. Send items at least 14 days
in advance to calendar@thejewishnews.
com.
STREAMING OPTIONS:
COMEDY, CRIME AND MORE
The second season of the original
Netflix musical/satirical series
The Politician began streaming
on June 19 and, boy, is it “tribe
heavy.
” As the season starts, star
character Payton Hobart (Ben
Platt, 26) is a college student
in New York City. He opts to
challenge Dede Standish (Judith
Light, 71), a long-time incum-
bent, for her state senate seat.
Bette Midler, 74, co-stars as
Hadassah Gold, Dede’
s chief
of staff. The supporting cast
includes Gwyneth Paltrow, 47 (as
Payton’
s mother), Zoey Deutch,
25, as Infinity, Payton’
s righthand
woman, and Jackie Hoffman, 59,
as Dede’
s receptionist.
The original, six-part HBO
documentary I’
ll Be Gone in
the Dark will premiere June 28.
It is based on the best-selling
2018 book of the same name
written by Michelle McNamara
(1970-2016) and it chronicles her
hunt for a serial killer and rapist
called the “Golden State Killer”
(McNamara gave him this moni-
ker). A suspect, Joseph D’
Angelo
Jr., was arrested last April and, as
I write this, is set to plead guilty
to 13 murders on June 29. The
documentary director is Emmy
winner and Oscar nominee Liz
Garbus, 50.
Note: comedian Patton Oswalt
was McNamara’
s husband. He
appears many times in the doc-
umentary (among other things,
he arranged for the completion
of his late wife’
s book and its pub-
lication). After Michelle’
s death,
he struck up a Facebook corre-
spondence with actress and legal
mediator Meredith Salenger,
50. They hit it off and wed in a
Jewish ceremony in November
2017 (I don’
t believe Oswalt con-
verted to Judaism). Salenger is
still best known for playing the
title character in the acclaimed
film The Journey of Natty Gann
(1985).
Athlete A is a Netflix documen-
tary (premiered June 24) about
the sexual abuse of top female
gymnasts by Dr. Larry Nassar, a
Michigan State faculty member.
His victims included Olympic
gold medal winner Aly Raisman,
26. The film was made by Bonni
Cohen, 55, and Jon Shenk, 51
(they co-wrote, co-produced and
co-directed it). They’
ve long been
a team. In 2017, they co-helmed
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth
to Power. Cohen’
s other credits
include producing The Rape
of Europa, a 2006 documen-
tary about the Nazi looting of
European art treasures, including
those owned by Jews.
On July 1, Netflix will begin
streaming Anne Frank: Parallel
Stories. Narrated by Helen Mirren
(The Woman in Gold), this docu-
mentary film got a limited theater
release last January. Frank’
s story
is intertwined with the story of
five other (real) girls who did sur-
vive the Holocaust. A set was cre-
ated that carefully reconstructed
the apartment in which Anne hid,
to give, in the filmmakers’
words,
“the sense of claustrophobia and
oppression” Anne experienced.
Mirren reads excerpts from
Anne’
s diary in Anne’
s re-created
apartment. Had Anne Frank
lived, she would have been 90 this
year.
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