Loquacious sideburn-cultivating Jew. CEO @JW3London. Tweeting in personal capacity only. Retweet doesn't mean I endorse. GSOH, NS, COYS
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In a year of unprecedented demand for @JW3London's charitable services, and continued rising costs (our security bill alone is over £600k now!) this is my once-a-year ask for you to donate to our community campaign. We need your support NOW! Thank you 🙏
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On Friday I went to @JW3London for @HMD_UK event. I was sitting next to a survivor who showed me her mother's yellow star. My son spoke the words of a survivor. There were photos and music. It was both moving and unbearable.
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So much can still go wrong before the hostages come home and there’s a real ceasefire in Israel and Gaza but after 467 days I can’t begin to describe the feeling of being able to write that a deal has been signed. My report in
@TheEconomist
🎁 article
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At the end of what’s been a grim year, it turns out there’s nothing more life affirming or surreal than a Yiddish-speaking pantomime bear wearing a bagel and gherkins.
The only Jewish panto in the world (I’m guessing) at @jw3 was like one big ridiculous simcha.
Wishing all my fellow latke-frying, donut-munching, candle-lighting, dreidle-spinning, chocolate-gelt-spieling Maccabees a Chag Chanukah Sameach! This week I shall be mostly listening to...
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Head to @JW3London for Goldie Frocks and the Bear Mitzvah!
Join Goldie, the best dressmaker in all of the East End, as she zips her way through London on a quest for some furry fabrics. Along the way she meets Mama Behr and Baby Behr🐻
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ALT Three people in costume posing for the camera.
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#PANTOMIME #REVIEW Goldie Frocks and the Bear Mitzvah @JW3London 'a panto that not only knows its audience but is joyously celebrating centuries of tradition' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ thereviewshub.com/goldie-fro… #London
5🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 review of @JW3London #Panto! @nickcassenbaum's brilliant script is "full of puns and jokes that come along every few seconds, very rarely giving the cast time to take a breath as the show moves along at a hundred miles an hour with the on-stage energy never flagging"
Goldie Frocks and the Bear Mitzvah - JW3 | Review
"... you’ll enjoy the sheer energy everyone brings to the stage – bear with me on this – it’s a cut above the rest!"
@Wallingtonal
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Love this description of the @JW3London #Panto as "a dizzying and action-packed experience, loaded with whimsy storytelling, groan-inducing puns, and entertainment for all the family."🥰adventuresintheatreland.com/…
LOVE Libby Purves' review of the @JW3London #Panto "...the Jewish showbiz pedigree, dame-worthy matriarchy and tradition of sharp self-mocking wit and decoration, panto feels entirely natural" - oh yes it does 😉
Info + tix here 👉jw3.org.uk/panto
Goldie Frocks and the Bear Mitzvah @JW3London ! The new grand tradition of Jewish panto - why did nobody think of this before last triumphant year? Cracking band and top villain - Yadoo doing Mein Bear with Cabaret moves. Rvw up theatrecat.com
Fancy seeing a #panto described as: "Everything that you'd want a pantomime to be...enjoyed by the entire audience with roars of laughter throughout...pure enjoyment from start to finish, a total crowd pleaser"? What more could you ask of a review of the @JW3London #Panto?
"Everything that you want a pantomime to be" ★★★★
@bronaghinlondon reviews Goldie Frocks and the Bear Mitzvah at @JW3London: tinyurl.com/yc39kt3p
Thrilled that the first review of the @JW3London is in and it's a fabulous⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 (should that be✡️✡️✡️✡️1/2?!) glowing review! "...a unique approach, blending the traditional fairy tale and slapstick of pantomime with Yiddish-based puns" Tix here: jw3.org.uk/panto
#PANTOMIME #REVIEW Goldie Frocks and the Bear Mitzvah @JW3London 'a panto that not only knows its audience but is joyously celebrating centuries of tradition' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ thereviewshub.com/goldie-fro… #London
One of the pure delights of my job - standing in the @JW3London area as hundreds of school children (and their teachers!) stream out of auditorium laughing + singing snippets of songs from the #JW3Panto. Utterly joyous Jewish culture that seems to be a hit with all ages 🥰
GOLDIE FROCKS AND THE BEAR MITZVAH: Jewish Panto. "Fairy Tale of New York" like you’ve never heard, Cirque Du Oy Vey’s fake fur big top. JW3, NW3. 8 Dec 24 - 5 Jan 25. Earlybird prices £24 - £28 (£12 - £18 child / £15 prev / £12.50 schs) at jw3.org.uk 0207 433 8988
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This week...
Goldie Frocks and the Bear Mitzvah | @JW3London | From 8 December | From £26
Live art star @FrankieThomp1 is baby bear in this festive panto feast, also featuring the delectable @DebbieChazen as Mama Bear.
Read the whole list at todolist.london/unmissable-t…
It was a real honour hosting the Deputy Mayor of London @debs_wb at @JW3London yesterday as part of our pre-Chanukah celebrations with 300 families from cross the Jewish community experiencing joyous Jewish culture 🕎🍩🕯️✡️
It was a pleasure to be part of the ‘Chanukah Funakah’ event hosted by @JW3London at the weekend. A beautiful way to celebrate with Jewish families before Chanukah. Such a wonderful time for the community to come together
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In a year of unprecedented demand for @JW3London's charitable services, and continued rising costs (our security bill alone is over £600k now!) this is my once-a-year ask for you to donate to our community campaign. We need your support NOW! Thank you 🙏
charityextra.com/jw3/raymond…
AMAZING stuff! So good to have @Rene_Cassin join the regular @JW3London FoodBank volunteers to help 200+ people struggling with food poverty in Camden. Please now support our critical work NOW here: charityextra.com/jw3/raymond…
Thank you to @JW3London staff & volunteers at their #FoodBank for welcoming us into their organized packing session👏
🍎Let’s continue to advocate for a world where everyone deserves the #Dignity of food🍎
✒️ Be part of the Jewish Food Rights Alliance lnkd.in/e-6-K7E7
Six minutes that lift my heart and explain why it is such an incredible privilege to do what I do, day in, day out (watch with sound on):
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