One was the New York born son of Jewish immigrants, one a child of western Missouri. They served together in France during World War I. Home from battle they opened a haberdashery in Kansas City. It failed. The immigrants’ son stayed in the clothing business, the man from Missouri went into politics.

Eddie, a one man play performed by Marvin Starkman (who with his partner Bob Feinberg wrote the script), tells the story of Eddie Jacobson and Harry S. Truman and how, 60 years ago, Jacobson put at risk a lifetime’s friendship to lobby the President of the United States to support the as yet unborn state of Israel.

Directed by Max Daniels, Eddie will be performed in the Rotunda on Sunday, June 1 at 6:30pm. Tickets are $10.

This program is sponsored in part by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC)

YOSHIE FRUCHTER’S PITOM
Thursday, May 15 at 8pm in the Rotunda

PITOM is guitarist and composer Yoshie Fruchter's musical exploration into the music that has inspired him. Taking cues from the punk/rock aesthetic of bands like Nirvana and Iggy Pop and the experimental "downtown" Jewish scene, including John Zorn and Hassidic New Wave, Pitom rocks you hard—but with class, and both a respect for and disregard of tradition. 

PITOM is: Yoshie Fruchter-guitar and compositions, Jeremy Brown-violin, Shanir Blumenkrantz-bass, Kevin Zubek-drums.