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Why I brought heimishe humour to the London stage

JL;DR SUMMARY Joyfully Jewish is a trio of plays crafted to spotlight the positive aspects of Jewish life and culture, created by Jewish playwrights and performed by Jewish actors, as a counterbalance to the increasing antisemitism in the arts. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CultureJewish CommunitiesTheatreArtsJewish CreativesEchoes Theatre CompanyTsitsit Jewish Fringe FestivalJewish PlaywrightsDaniel Cainer

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London, United Kingdom
"I had a very specific remit for Joyfully Jewish, a trilogy of plays written by Jewish playwrights, directed by Jewish directors and performed by Jewish actors: to remind people what they love about Jews and about being Jewish."
Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
"The idea came to me  on the train journey up to Inverness from this years London from Fringe as I was musing on how I could, in some small way, try and combat the growing antisemitism that Jewish creatives feel has plagued the arts this past year."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Last November, the union was accused of "straying from purpose" by sending money to Gaza and including "antisemitic dogwhistles" in a statement in which it accused Israel of bombing, occupation and apartheid and called for the UK government to stand up against genocide."

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