34 | JULY 2 • 2020
Arts&Life
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HAMILTON AND MORE
The film version of Hamilton,
the mega-hit Broadway musical
about Alexander Hamilton, begins
streaming on the Disney Plus
channel on July 3. The film was
supposed to open in theaters, but
COVID-19 intervened. A Disney
Plus subscription costs $7 a month,
so Hamilton would be a bargain if
you just subscribe for one month.
Disney is hoping you’
ll watch
Hamilton and like the whole channel
and stay a subscriber.
Three stage productions of
Hamilton were filmed and the “best
parts” were combined to make
the film. The original Broadway
cast re-created their roles.
Daveed Diggs, 38, reprises the
Hamilton roles that won him a best
supporting actor Tony (the Marquis
de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson).
Thomas Kail, 42, who directed the
stage version, also directed the film.
Of course, Lin-Manuel Miranda
stars in the title role and he wrote
the musical. Many articles have
noted that Miranda, a native New
Yorker of Puerto Rican descent,
really loves everything Jewish
(Fun fact: His father was a political
adviser to NYC Mayor Ed Koch).
Check out, or re-visit, the “Lin
Miranda wedding video” on
YouTube. Called the best wedding
video ever, it features an amazing
(spoiler!) version of “To Life” from
Fiddler on the Roof. I am enraptured
and just plain happy every time I
see it.
The 10-episode first season
of The Babysitters Club begins
streaming on Netflix on July 3. It
is a reboot of a 1990 HBO series
of the same name. Both are based
on a best-selling children’
s novel
series of the same name about the
members of a club composed of
young teen girls who all babysit.
Kristy Thomas (Sophie Grace)
is the lead babysitter character in
this series. Her parents, Elizabeth
Thomas Brewer and Watson Brewer,
are the only adults to be leading
characters. They are played by,
respectively, Alicia Silverstone, 43,
and Marc Feuerstein, 49.
Silverstone is still most famous
for the teen comedy Clueless (1995)
and Feuerstein’
s most successful TV
series was the comedy Royal Pains,
which ran on the USA channel from
2009 to 2016. The new Babysitter
series was co-created by Rachel
Shukert, 40, and she wrote three of
the episodes. She frequently writes
on Jewish topics, and she’
s the only
Jewish author I know of who was
born and raised in Omaha.
The original Amazon film 7500
began streaming June 18. It stars
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 39, as the
American co-pilot of a plane staffed
by an international crew. Shortly
after take-off, Muslim terrorists
attempt to storm the cockpit and
hijack the plane. I won’
t disclose the
rest of the story, except to say that
the tension is at a fever pitch for the
remainder of the film.
This film has received mostly
good reviews. This is Gordon-
Levitt’
s first film role release in
four years. He’
s explained that he
was busy with the birth of his two
children.
NATE BLOOM COLUMNIST
DISNEY MEDIA RELATIONS
STAYING CONNECTED
At this time of social distanc-
ing, the Jewish News will try
to bring awareness to events/
learning situations offered
online by synagogues, temples
and community organizations.
TOUR ISRAEL
NOON-1 PM, JULY 7
Temple Shir Shalom is offering a
live, virtual Tel Aviv Graffiti Tour
with Rabbi Daniel Schwartz and
Israeli tour guide Beni Levin.
Learn about current events in
Israel through a tour of Tel Aviv
graffiti on this one-hour guided
tour on Zoom. To learn more or
register, call 248-737-8700 or
email audrey@shirshalom.org.
RENAGADE RABBIS
7:30-8:30 PM. JULY 7, 14, 21, 28
Cohn-Haddow Center Director
Professor Howard Lupovitch will
be teaching a lecture series in
July titled “Renegade Rabbis.”
He will “examine four rabbis who
were condemned as renegades
but whose ideas reshaped what
it means to be Jewish in the 21st
century.” The lectures will take
place via Zoom. 7:30- 8:30 pm.
To register: cbahm.org/event/
renegaderabbis.
MY ISRAEL: WHY ISRAEL?
NOON, JULY 8
Federations’
Women’
s
Philanthropy and Israel and
Overseas Departments present
this virtual event. Nina Yahalomi
Klevitsky, Detroit’
s resident Jewish
Agency for Israel shlicha, hosts a
thought-provoking and interactive
conversation about American
Jewry’
s relationship with Israel.
Info: Marianne Bloomberg, 248-
642-4611 or Bloomberg@jfmd.
org.
SUMMERTIME SUPER FOODS
3 PM, JULY 8
Federation’
s We Need to Talk
presents this virtual event. Plant-
based chef Stacy Bishop will
show how to whip up some frozen
treats to keep cool and healthy
this summer, such as banana
“nice” cream and watermelon
slushees. For info as to supplies
needed: Amy Wayne, 248-203-
1483, awayne@jfmd.org.
JOB WEBINAR
3-4 PM, JULY 9
JVS will present “Resume
Righting” Strategies with Summer
Tahaney, workshop facilitator at
Detroit at Work. Learn how to
write a resume that will match
your skills to the position you
are applying for. No registra-
tion is necessary. Webinars
will be streamed on the JVS
Human Services Facebook page,
facebook.com/jvshumanser-
vices. Info: EmploymentHelp@
JVSHumanServices.org,
248-233-4245.
FOR OPERA LOVERS
ONGOING
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Compiled by Sy Manello/Editorial
Assistant. Send items at least 14
days in advance to calendar@
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