From the Borscht Belt to Broadway
Temple Emanu-El of Closter 180 Rd., Closter, NJ, United States
The National Playwright Symposium brings talented emerging and professional playwrights together with some of the world’s most renowned artists in an environment of community, creativity and craft. Held every spring at Cape May Stage, the 2023 symposium will feature Tony, Pulitzer, Oscar, Emmy and Olivier Winners! The 2023 symposium will feature master playwrights Alan Zweibel, Eisa Davis, John Patrick […]
Introducing Borscht Belt Fest, an annual cultural and food event that will make its debut July 29, 2023 in Ellenville, N.Y. Created by the Catskills Borscht Belt Museum, the […]
Join Merrick, North Merrick, Bellmore and North Bellmore Public Libraries to celebrate the end of summer reading on Wednesday, August 9th at 6:30PM in the Community Room, a collaborative event […]
Now in its sixth year, the 25th Anniversary Red Door Bash is Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee’s biggest fundraiser of the year. The award-winning annual event celebrates free cancer support for […]
Join us for our annual William Cullen Bryant Lecture! #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach will present his new novel, The Golem of Brooklyn – an epic romp through Jewish history and the American present that wrestles with the deepest questions of our humanity – in conversation with comedy legend Alan Zweibel, a five-time Emmy […]
SPECIAL SCREENING! Join “Ernie in Kovacsland” co-authors Ben Model & Josh Mills along with guests Alan Zweibel, Heather Hendershot & NPR’s David Bianculli as we screen, discuss and sign copies of the new book at the Anthology Film Archives in NYC on Saturday Oct 14 at 7:30pm! Anthology Film Archives and the Estate of Ernie […]
A hilarious evening with an original star & writer of Saturday Night Live! Join original SNL cast member Laraine Newman and original SNL writer Alan Zweibel for an entertaining conversation that takes us behind-the-scenes of the early days of the iconic Saturday Night Live.
Sponsored by Edward Blank and Family, Ruth and David Levine, and The Shine Trust From the earliest jokes told on the Lower East Side to the comedy routines honed in the Catskills, Ashkenazi Jews developed radically new forms of comedic output in the 20th century. On film and television, pioneering Jewish comics broke norms and […]
Alan Zweibel will kick the 21st JCC International Jewish Film Festival on March 21, 2024 at 7pm. Zweibel will be joined by director Ron Frank on opening night to introduce the documentary, "Remembering Gene Wilder." "For me, it's more personal. Gilda Radner was was godmother of our three children so we were very close with […]