The Black Jew Dialogues
Venue: Bonnie Auditorium, Radford
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
R-Space presents the comical Black Jew Dialogues on Tuesday, September 17th in the Bonnie Auditorium.

In The Black Jew Dialogues, Larry Jay Tish and Ron Jones take the audience on a hysterical and poignant ride through three days they spent together in a cheap hotel room discussing their own experiences, the history of their people, and why there has been a growing riff between the two groups since the early 70's. Through their dialogue the audience gains insight to the true nature of prejudice and how our inability to face our own biases separate us in ways that we may not even think about. The comic journey begins in the Egypt of the Pharaohs and travels through Africa, colonial times, to present-day America.

They find humor in everything from the Jewish involvement in the Dutch slave trade to two rednecks on a joy ride of hate. From a bar mitzvah boy explaining the cash kick-start his manhood receives, to octogenarian grandmothers singing and dancing about the joys of soul food and Jewish comfort food. The O.N.E Program, a program designed to make white people less fearful of blacks, and JUDAR, the ability that Jews have to spot other Jews. The Black Jew Dialogues is an exhilarating and insightful look at the state of race and cultural relations in America. You learn as much as you laugh. Following each performance is a discussion with the audience.

Larry and Ron’s great hope in writing the show was to use it as a catalyst to reunite not only their people, but all of us. The black and Jewish communities in America share a history of pain, oppression, pride, and a deep commitment to civil rights and justice. In the past several decades our communities have slowly drifted apart.

For more information, visit: http://dialoguesondiversity.com/thebjd/

Admission is free and all are welcome.

For more information, visit: http://rspace10.wix.com/rspace#!educational/cu2o

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