The global website to promote and enhance Jewish theatre and performing arts worldwide. A People to People Project of The Jewish Agency for Israel

by Moti Sandak, Director and Chief Editor

www.jewishtheatre.com

Mission Statement: We put the production and research capabilities of All About Jewish Theatre at your fingertips.

Summary of first year

I inaugurated All About Jewish Theatre following ten years of research and development, with the cooperation and support of the Jewish Agency People to People Center's Global Arts Initiative and in collaboration with AJT the Association for Jewish Theatre.

All About Jewish Theatre is the world's first project of its kind, uniting all Jewish and Israeli theatre personalities under one roof and presenting news, studies, events, databases and professional associations at the click of a mouse.

Since its launching at the AJT conference in Washington DC in March 2003, the website has been tremendously successful and has received unprecedented international acclaim from leading professionals in Jewish communities and organizations. From the growing number of people who register at the website and frequent it, its accomplishments are evident.

The necessity for the website has been proven beyond all doubt studies, projects and countless collaborations have been established between groups of creators and researchers from Israel and the Diaspora. Additional projects are currently in various stages of development!

The website was selected from among global Jewish websites for the Jewish Agency's 2003 Exceptional Website Award.

New features at your disposal designed for you!

We have put at your disposal a variety of new sections where you can publicize your productions and share information with theatre communities worldwide. First of all: Theatre in Spotlight.

At this writing, only The Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre from Montreal has joined in from AJT. I invite all the AJT members to contact me by email and ask for your "Theatre in Spotlight Questionnaire."

For playwrights and directors we have designed a special column called: "From Page to Stage"
You can send a review or write a production diary about your new theatrical production.

You can display your plays at our Resource Center.

Publicize your new productions in the Events Diary.

Or send us a summary of the upcoming season or special production you wish to publish. You can also send us a review of a book/magazine/film or recommend a website of interest to your colleagues and to our readers worldwide.

We invite you to join a new initiative designed in collaboration with Deborah Baer Mozes, President of AJT and Artistic Director of Theatre Ariel: A DISCUSSION FORUM on the methods of choosing and developing new plays for the Jewish Theatre. Please send us ideas, questions and good practice stories to my email and cc to Deborah Baer Mozes at: theatreariel@netreach.net.

Do you have a show you'd like to take on tour? We are a venue for information about festivals or grants. Our Showbiz section is your opportunity to make sure the whole world finds out. Our Showbiz section offers you an advanced bulletin board for free.

Online Catalogue and Forums

We are planning to post an online catalogue of oneman/woman performances. If you have an ongoing show please contact me by email and ask for your "One Man/Woman Performance Questionnaire."

We will open our new Forums section after Rosh Hashanah. Please let us know subjects of interest you would like to discuss, and if you wish to be a moderator of such a forum.

This website was created to act as a forum and to help theatre practitioners make global connections. This is our motive and our mission. The more you make use of the site, the more useful it will become for you. And . . . Don't keep it to yourself . . . Pass it on to your friends and colleagues and visit us again!

For further information please don't hesitate to contact me:
Moti Sandak
Director and Chief Editor, All About Jewish Theatre
P.O.BOX 11818
Tel Aviv, Israel
Tel: 972-3-651 2223
Fax: 972-3-651 2224
Cell: 972-54-465 0808
Email: ncmisrael@bezeqint.net
Web: www.jewishtheatre.com