Award-winning arts journalist Lisa Traiger is a writer, editor, educator, dance lover, student of life
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"Guys and Dolls" is not my favorite Golden Age musical, but @ShakespeareinDC's current production is spectacular, smart, joyful and gorgeously conceived and presented. My words below, and in one word: Go. dctheaterarts.org/2025/12/09…
I hung out with the Washington Revels for my @montgomery_mag on “Andalusian Treasures,” @MCCulturalArts. It celebrates the cultural confluence of Arabs, Christians & Sephardic Jews, during the Golden Age of Al-Andalus in the 10th and 11th centuries. montgomerymag.com/chasing-aw…
Ibsen is an unexpected choicefor a Jewish theater. Yet "Enemy of the People" has a history @TheaterJ . That's what happens when the local critic is old enough to look back without using the WayBack Machine. washingtonjewishweek.com/the…
My review of “Parade” at @kencen in this week's @WJWeek: “The current revival ... recounts the lynching of Jewish factory manager Leo Frank [and] is the last 'woke' theatrical production in The Kennedy Center’s 2024–25 season.” washingtonjewishweek.com/nat…
I enjoyed learning more about the blues from master musician -- and civil rights activist -- @RealDarylDavis, who plays at this weekend's @SilverSpringBluesFestival in downtown Silver Spring. Check out my story in Montgomery Magazine.
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I spent time at Sutradhar Institute of Dance in Silver Spring speaking with Kuchipudi master teacher Nilimma Devi, her daughter choreographer/dancer Anila Kumari about "Yogini." The company performs in May '25 @ Silver Spring Black Box: tinyurl.com/37rab4sx
My latest in @WJWeek looks at the upcoming @JxJJewishFilmxMusicFestival @E_DCJCC: washingtonjewishweek.com/lea…
See this Instagram post by @dctheaterarts instagram.com/p/DFaWeqwtmSb/…
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"He said he was Thai, but the terrorists didn't listen."
Among Hamas’s long list of atrocities, the story of the Thai hostages was meant to go unnoticed. Unlike the Israeli hostages that Hamas carefully parades before cameras, 5 Thai hostages were released last week with little media attention.
Why? Because their suffering exposes a truth that #Hamas and its defenders desperately want to hide.
Watchara Sriuan (33), Bannawat Seatho (27), Sathian Suwannakham (35), Pongsak Tanna (36), and Surasak Lamnau (32) were not Israeli. They were not soldiers. They were farm labourers—men who had traveled to Israel simply to support their families.
Yet, on October 7, Hamas slaughtered 39 Thai people with knives and garden tools. They kidnapped 31 more.
Most were eventually released in November 2023. But not all. Two were killed in captivity. Five were freed after 16 months. One, Nattapong Pinta, is still missing.
We live in an era where simply describing reality is considered dangerous by some.
The reality is that Hamas murdered Thai workers out of Islamist ideological hatred.
Sharing the testimony of Wowi Yama (Yu), a survivor, given shortly after October 7th to @kann .
Video courtesy of Kann TV
See this Instagram post by @jewish_history_daily instagram.com/reel/DDArJ1PTw…
My review of #RHT_Roundhouse's "A Hanukkah Carol" from last week's @WJWeek. "It’s bright and light enough to chase away a bit of darkness."
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It’s not just Canada or Amsterdam. This is Times Square today.
I think it’s time we put the whole “It won’t happen here” argument to rest.
It is happening. Wake up.
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Abu Dhabi Rabbi Zvi Kogan has been missing since Wednesday. There are fears that he has been murdered.
The regime in Iran has infiltrated the UAE for decades, and carried out both kidnappings and assassinations in the past.
Pray.
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I love @MosabHasanYOSEF he takes no prisoners.
A MUST SEE the son of H@m@s (Mosab Hassan Yousef), a Hostage From Gaza (Moran Stela Yanai) and a Jordanian Professor teach UCLA Encampment organizer (Aidan Doyle) in this epic exchange of words and emotions.
Check out my review of @TheaterJ 's production of Joshua Harmon's "Prayer for the French Republic": "Fully visceral, as if it was torn from yesterday’s newspaper." washingtonjewishweek.com/pra…
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A Hezbollah missile struck a Haifa synagogue on Shabbat, causing serious damage but fortunately no injuries.
If you called for a ceasefire on Ramadan, but remain silent as Jews are attacked on their holidays, you have some serious antisemitic biases to work through.
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In the midst of the chaos in almost every neighborhood in the Gaza Strip, as well as the devastating situation in Northern Gaza, I want to reiterate the message I delivered to Hamas during my ABC News interview: You ruined our past; our present is horrendous as a result of you, and you must leave for a better future for Palestinian and Israeli societies.