NYJW Arts

All the hot stuff from Broadway to MOMA

Yoni Oppenheim, 33

As the co-founder of 24/6: A Jewish Theater Company, Yoni Oppenheim has been adapting classical theater to address issues unique to the Jewish community since 2010. “While in school for a master’s degree in Ibsen Studies, it struck me that the issues that Henrik Ibsen, a founder of modern theater, wrote about over a century […]

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Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, 21

In 2012, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen was the first freshman to win Princeton University's Handel Singing Competition. The Prospect Heights native, now a 21-year-old senior, is driven by two passions: music and politics. In junior high, he began singing with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, a preeminent children’s choir that exposed Nussbaum Cohen to both contemporary and […]

Simon Cadel, 15

Simon Cadel is a comedian who happens to be a kid. He’s not a kid comedian. Cadel, who is in ninth grade, has performed at iconic New York comedy clubs like Caroline’s, Comic Strip Live and The Stand. Cadel lives in Tarrytown and attends The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, known for its strong creative […]

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