Guests from the Festivals will include:

·         Susan Stein talking about her play ETTY adapted from the diaries and letters of Etty Hillesum, seen by many as an adult counterpart to Anne Frank.

• Stephanie Brickman from THE YIDDISH SONG PROJECT – from klezmer to jazz, raucous, joyful and melancholy Yiddish music and song.

• WOODY SEZ – the words, music & spirit of Woody Guthrie.

Writers, performers and directors from the

New End Theatre’s Fringe productions including:

·         THE DENTIST by Chaim Marin and Razia Israely, directed by Malka Marin. At the site of her father’s grave Rosi relates his story as a Holocaust survivor from Salonika, Greece. Performed by Razia Israely.

• MOTHER/SON - Jeffrey Solomon's award-winning solo play was inspired by his mother's poignant, and often hilarious, journey out of the closet as the parent of a gay son.  Directed by Shahar Kazara.
• JORDY PORDY: TAKING THE BULL BY THE HORNS - Written and Performed by Jordan Herskowitz - a moving and humorous tale of the struggle of coming to terms with identity. 
• DANIEL CAINER  performing songs from his show JEWISH CHRONICLES.

·         THE TIMEKEEPERS by Dan Clancy, Directed by Lee Gilat With Efron Etkin, Roy Horovitz, Omer Etzion When Hans, a young camp German homosexual, and Benjamin, a conservative elderly Jewish man are thrown together in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, suspicion, prejudice, mistrust and indifference slowly give way to a touching and funny friendship. Award-winning drama from Israel.

·         THE MERCHANT OF VENICE by William Shakespeare & IVANOV by Anton Chekhov - In two brand new adaptations, Alexa Christopher-Daniels explores these two masterpieces from the perspective of contemporary struggles with racial, social and cultural identity.