32nd Annual Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival
April 1 - June 30, 2025 | Full lineup to be announced soon, but will include:
Looking for Leonard Cohen, starring Perla Batalla; Sephardic Musician Lily Henley; and Festival keynote by Meir Soloveichik and Peter Salovey...plus Women of Valor, Klezmer Summit, and much more!
April 2-6, 2025
The Old Globe's Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre
Variations of Crossing the Alps
By Deborah Yarchun
April 2nd
FAMILY SECRETS UNEARTHED. A pandemic-displaced woman discovers her grandparents' Holocaust escape story, confronting her own identity in the process.
The Treehouse
By Gwydion Suilebhan
April 3rd
GRIEF UNLEASHED. Four friends reunite to mourn a toxic father figure, excavating buried truths in a basement of unspoken pain.
Chagall
Book by Yale Strom and Todd Salovey
Music and Lyrics by Yale Strom
April 6th
ART AS SALVATION. An evocative journey with Marc and Bella Chagall set to original music. A refugee can be an extraordinary artist, and an extraordinary artist can become a refugee.
Tony & Emmy Award Winner Alex Edelman stars in 2025 JFEST!
Monday June 16, 2025 | 7:30 PM
David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre
Lawrence Family JCC
Looking for Leonard Cohen, starring Perla Batalla
Festival Keynote by Peter Salovey and Meir Soloveichik
24th Klezmer Summit
Award-winning folk singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Lily Henley
Thank you to all our Festival Supporters:
The Lipinsky Family Foundation | The Conrad Prebys Foundation
NISSIM BLACK SPONSORS
The San Diego Community Kollel
SCY High
San Diego Soille Hebrew Day School
Lawrence Family JCC Teen Programs
MANDY PATINKIN COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS
Beth El Congregation
Congregation Beth Am
Congregation Beth Israel
Congregation Dor Hadash
Hillel of San Diego
Kahal Am
Ner Tamid Synagogue
Ohr Shalom Synagogue
San Diego Jewish Academy
Temple Solel
Tifereth Israel Synagogue
LA OBRA
Ken Jewish Community
The Old Globe
Teatro Punto Y Coma
WOMEN OF VALOR SPONSORS
Jewish Federation of San Diego County
Center for Jewish Care at JFS
Leichtag HIVE
WOMEN OF VALOR CO-SPONSORS
American Jewish Committee
Beth El Congregation
Congregation Beth Am
Congregation Beth Israel
Jewish Community Foundation
Jewish National Fund
San Diego Jewish Academy
Seacrest Village Retirement Communities
Temple Emanuel
ITALIAN JEWS THROUGH THE GENERATIONS
Hillel San Diego
Italian Cultural Center of San Diego
COMEDY FOR KOBY
Congregation Adat Yeshurun
The Koby Mandell Foundation
REGENERATEE! AN ECO-PERFORMANCE FEST
Coastal Roots Farms
Lawrence Family JCC – Community Engagement
Thank you to our Women of STEM sponsors:
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