L ifestyle /C ulture
shtetl, so to speak, to embrace
the fullness of Jewish experi-
ence in a way that would be
recognizable to audiences
without being too inward-
looking or familiar.

“We tend to forget that
there are Jews and were Jews
in just about every corner of
the world,” Mozes said, and
representing that diversity
“was a big objective. And that’s
something I’m really excited
about, because we fulfilled that
objective really well.”
The show runs until April
25, and performances on
April 24-25 are part of Theatre
Philadelphia’s Philly Theatre
Week. For more information and
to purchase tickets, go to
A still from “The Wonder Child,” a story from the Egyptian-Jewish oral tradition. Top row, left to right: Lois Abdelmalek and Abdul Sesay. Bottom row, from theatreariel.org.

left: Marissa Barnathan and Nathan Foley
Courtesy of Theatre Ariel
Editor’s note: Jesse Bernstein
the playwright and Jesse
Bernstein the Jewish Exponent
into more exciting, more
Bernstein, who joined Naftali’s Trance,” included in is rivaled by the variety of reporter are different people. l
adventurous tales, and then Theatre Ariel in his new “Leaves from the Garden.”
the settings. It was important
moves into a mystical, almost capacity in January, is particu-
The tonal and thematic to Mozes and Bernstein to jbernstein@jewishexponent.com;
Kabbalistic-inspired ending.”
larly excited by the story “Rabbi variation of the selected stories explore stories outside of the 215-832-0740
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