Paul and Judie Ross: Performances

Live Performances

Judith Fein and Paul Ross provide a wonderful evening of entertainment, including talk and rare video footage they have shot and edited (with food, music and dancing of the country also available). Their performances make entertaining and educational stand-alone evenings, or they can be fund-raisers for your organization.

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"EXCUSE ME, IS THERE A LOST TRIBE OF ISRAEL HERE?"

Black Jew Hold onto your seat as you take a ride to South Africa to meet black ancient Israelites who see the new moon in a bowl of water. Climb up a mountain to meet remnants of the northern tribes of Israel whose practices date back over 2500 years. Visit what is probably the oldest extant Jewish community in the middle of a Muslim nation. Meet a whole community of Jews who came out of hiding after 500 years and find out what it's like for them to go public. With insight, humor and a rare gift for story telling, international travel journalist Judith Fein whisks you around the world to meet your unknown brothers and sisters. As a bonus, Paul Ross will show rare video footage of these remarkable ancient Israelites.

THE SORCERESS'S APPRENTICE

Anna's Capilla Judith Fein and Paul Ross have gone around the world to find indigenous healers whose work is slowly disappearing. For six years, they have had a relationship with a curandera--a healer--in a village in central Mexico. Recently, they went to live with the healer and she trained Judith as her assistant. She taught Judith how to peform "limpias" or energetic cleansing, and how to do diagnoses using eggs and candles. Paul was allowed to film the healer and her work with clients in her private chapel. This program provides a rare look into the world of white and black magic south of the border.

Talk, film and Q &A. Promises high audience interest and involvement.

BEHIND THE SCENES IN A MUSLIM COUNTRY

Tunisian Dancers Paul Ross and Judith Fein went to Tunisia, an Islamic nation in North Africa, before, during and after the war in Iraq. What they discovered, experienced and filmed is startlingly different from the image portrayed in the American media. Without politics, without polemics -- BUT with humor and wi t-- they documented the people as they are, in their own words and in their daily lives. Fein and Ross show their one-hour film and amuse/entertain/educate with their adventures in this country. You will see and learn about

teenage girls discussing boys, sex and their future in a bowling alley on Saturday night
a woman who lives in a cave ...in the place where George Lucas filmed
"Star Wars"
a mosaic maker who creates art the way the ancient Romans did..and does so in a Roman coliseum
an entrepreneur so obsessed by "The Fonz" that she opened an old-fashioned, American-style diner in Tunis and called in "Happy Days"
how Christians and Jews live together in a Muslim country
an internationally renowned filmmaker who got his inspiration from Groucho Marx
a "riches from rags" story of a young fashion designer who, against all odds, proved to everyone that she was right
a man who's shaping the Sahara into a new Las Vegas.....

SPIRIT, MYSTERY, HEALING AND MAGIC IN ISRAEL AND NORTH AFRICA

Sheik While public attention and the media focus on the Arab-Israeli violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories, and we all search for ways to deal with the world situation, you have the opportunity to offer your membership/community fascinating, educational, inspiring and entertaining alternatives. Award-winning journalists and travel writers Judith Fein and Paul Ross present soulful, humorous and stimulating talks/programs, including the showing of unique video footage from their visits to two very special places: Israel and Djerba, Tunisia, a Mediterranean island in North Africa believed to be the home of the oldest extant Jewish community in the world, dating back to the destruction of the first Temple.

Judie and Paul are available to present programs in one or two evenings or during a week-end, as part of your cultural/educational programming or as fund-raising events.

In A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Promised Land, your guests will learn that the mystical and healing traditions are alive and well in Israel, and they will enjoy vivid and vibrant descriptions of Fein/Ross':

visit to the tombs of the ancient rabbis, where it is believed that the dead and the living meet and healing takes place
session with a Bedouin healer in a tent in the middle of the Negev desert
experience living with the ancient Samaritans on their holy mountain in the West Bank
visit with a modern Arab "sleeping prophet"
encounters with a reincarnated Druse poet
celebration of at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai, who was credited with bringing the Zohar, the central book of the Kaballah, to the world.

In Tunisia: From Punic Wars to Star Wars, your guests will witness Fein/Ross’ experience of:

the unique, colorful and ecstatic celebration of Lag B'Omer on Djerba, the beautiful isle of legends - a Jewish pilgrimage festival, vibrant and visible, that brings pilgrims from throughout Europe and Israel right in the middle of this Muslim Arab country;
a place where Jews and Arabs are living together and getting along
a way of life that hearkens back to Biblical times;
the legend of La Griba, a woman from antiquity who is revered by the very conservative Jewish community;
modern women who practice ancient rituals unknown to us;
world famous Roman and Carthaginian ruins, cave dwellers, artists, women race car drivers, ancient Jewish and Berber customs, glass blowers, sand dunes and camel drivers, and the sets of Star Wars and The English Patient
After the presentation, audience members are welcome to share THEIR experiences.....

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ABOUT JUDITH FEIN AND PAUL ROSS:

The duo has contributed to more than 80 magazines and newspapers, including the L.A. Times, Robb Report, Hemispheres, Boston Globe, Sierra, Spirituality and Health, Healing Retreats and Lifestyles, Intermezzo, Links, Dallas Morning News, Art & Antiques. They provide regular travel columns, slide shows and video for multiple print and online outlets.. For a complete list, click here.

They have been guest speakers for the American Jewish Press Association. Both are regular contributors to Public Radio's Savvy Traveler, and have done stories for All Things Considered, Marketplace and the BBC. Judith has been on the Today Show, the Tom Snyder Show; have both appeared on countless local and radio and TV shows in New Mexico, for whom Paul does voice overs. They have both been on the adult education faculty at Temple Beth Shalom, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Judith is also an award-winning playwright. To further understanding among people of all cultures and religions vis a vis the current world crisis, Judith has conceived and directed a series of wisdom circles in New Mexico and Arizona. Judith has a special interest in healers and healing, and the couple has traveled around the world videotaping sessions with traditional healers. Judith also writes about native healers and teaches classes on the secrets of Hebrew healing.

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