Episodes

  • Episode #63: StoryNosh: Courage! And the winner is…
    Feb 7 2022
    We have the very first winner of our very first StoryNosh theme, Courage! Just like our Salon Theatre, any writer can submit their stories to the theme but in StoryNosh we select a handful of stories that we adapt to film and the stories are presented in a cinematic style over the course of several [...]
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    19 mins
  • Episode #62: A Fromer Family Affair
    Jan 18 2022
    On this episode, get to know the Fromer siblings! Rabbi Jaclyn (Fromer) Cohen of Temple Isaiah and Andrew Fromer of The Braid both ended up paving artistic, creative and musical career paths in the Jewish world...but how did it happen? Very unexpectedly! Despite growing up under one roof, they have two very different journeys that [...]
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    20 mins
  • Episode #61: Prayer and Performance
    Nov 1 2021
    Join us as we chat with Rabbis Toba August and Nina Feinstein about our history of working together within our special program, "Prayer and Performance." Not only are our Salon performances and their stories entertainment, they also provide a deep and rich gateway into experiencing prayer. Over the years we have worked with Rabbis like [...]
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    33 mins
  • Episode #60: “Belonging” – a Fall Party Preview
    Sep 21 2021
    Ready to kick off our 14th season? We sure are! JOIN US on October 10 for our special event, Welcome Back(ish) Fall Party @ 1:30 pm PT / 4:30 pm ET Live on Zoom. On this episode, hear a brand new recording of "Belonging," a story that debuted at our 2020 fall party, written and [...]
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    6 mins
  • Episode #59: “That One Was Really Personal” with Jasmine Curry
    Aug 9 2021
    Frequent cast member and audience favorite Jasmine Curry shares stories from a life of adapting to unexpected turns. What was it like behind-the-scenes to pivot an in-person Salon show into the uncharted Zoom frontier? How has she made virtual improv comedy work without hearing the laughter of an audience? And at the very moment her [...]
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    20 mins
  • Episode #58: Meet David Chiu, Our New Staff Member!
    Jul 15 2021
    On this episode, get to know The Braid's new Marketing & Communications Manager, David Chiu! Who would have thought that on this episode, two male staff members of The Braid (formerly Jewish Women's Theatre) would be discussing Paul Greengrass films, Sigourney Weaver's Oscar nomination for Aliens, and 19th century mythical changelings in Ireland. Oh! And [...]
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    23 mins
  • Episode #57: Audio Replay of Ellen Harper Event
    Jul 12 2021
    In case you missed it, a free-wheeling conversation with ELLEN HARPER: singer-songwriter, folk music historian, and Jewish mom to famed recording artist Ben Harper. She'll reveal intimate insights about famed musicians like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Pete Seeger. In addition, she'll share her own struggles with the anti-Semitism her family faced and the racism [...]
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    54 mins
  • Episode #56: Preview – Stories from the Violins of Hope
    Jan 21 2021
    Click Here for tickets and more info The Holocaust had silenced them… until an extraordinary violin-maker brought their voices back to life, and to the world. Seven actors will bring to life the extraordinary story of violins played in ghettos, forests and concentration camps... and of the passionate Israeli violin maker determined to restore them. [...]
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    13 mins