{"id":843,"date":"2026-06-11T17:43:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=843"},"modified":"2026-06-11T17:43:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:43:37","slug":"an-80-year-old-rabbi-from-chestnut-hill-a-senegalese-immigrant-a-former-vietnamese-refugee-walk-onto-a-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=843","title":{"rendered":"An 80 year old rabbi from Chestnut Hill, a Senegalese immigrant, a former Vietnamese refugee walk onto a stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>At 80 years old, Rabbi Sheila Pelz Weinberg has made countless speeches and sermons while also publishing books on spirituality, meditation, and her own life experiences. But this weekend, she\u2019s trying something totally new: She\u2019s telling her story onstage. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=841\">FDA\u2019s e-cigarette authorization: Fruity vapes not significantly better than tobacco ones<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Weinberg is one of six women between ages 69 and 86 who star in the theatrical performance <i>GrandWomen <\/i>presented by Theater of Witness, a theater company based in Center City that creates plays from performers\u2019 real-life testimonies. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Previous productions have spotlighted refugees, formerly incarcerated people, teens, survivors of abuse; <i>GrandWomen<\/i> focuses on the insights and wisdom of elderly Philadelphians with diverse backgrounds.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis show was kind of a surprise event in my life,\u201d said Weinberg, who lives in Chestnut Hill with her husband. \u201cIt\u2019s not like I\u2019ve never told my story \u2026 although it\u2019s very different writing a book and then getting up there on stage.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Onstage, Weinberg will deliver her story as if she\u2019s speaking directly to her eldest granddaughter, who is 19 years old. Weinberg grew up in New York and later moved to Philadelphia in the 1970s and \u201880s, when she studied at Wyncote\u2019s Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. After spending many years in Amherst, Mass., she returned to Philadelphia about 14 years ago to be  closer to her children and grandchildren. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Before saying yes to Theater of Witness artistic director Teya Sepinuck, Weinberg sought her family\u2019s permission \u2014 and they all encouraged her. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Joining Weinberg onstage this weekend are Tiguida Kaba, a Senegalese immigrant who founded the African Family Health Organization; Judith Palmer, a lesbian singer and composer with the Anna Cruisis Feminist Choir; Kim Nguyen, a former refugee from Vietnam who served on the NJ Council on the Arts; Hilda Campbell, a poet, carpenter, and minister who lost her grandson to gun violence; and Regina Coyne, a retired defense attorney. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>For <i>GrandWomen, <\/i>Sepinuck spent a few hours interviewing each participant and then developing a script based on their personal stories, which incorporates film, music, and choreography. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>For Weinberg, the challenge wasn\u2019t stage fright, though she has occasionally felt nervous before speaking at the pulpit. The hardest part was memorizing the script, after so many years of delivering sermons and talks spontaneously, or with notes nearby. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=839\">Strong storms, 100-plus heat indexes, kick off Philly\u2019s World Cup fest<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cGetting up in front of people is not unusual, but in this context it really feels different,\u201d she said. \u201cWith the other women \u2026 I have developed this connection that\u2019s amazing. I never would have met any of them, likely. We just have a lot of warmth towards each other, and humor, and compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Writer\/director Sepinuck has said that she wants this production to serve as \u201can antidote to these times\u201d and \u201ca communal prayer for peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In recent years, Weinberg said she has leaned into her activism through working with American Friends of Combatants for Peace, a group supporting Palestinians and Israelis rooted in nonviolence resistance. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201c[They] are former Israeli soldiers and former Palestinian fighters that are working for ending the occupation, and they\u2019re amazing people. They found each other, and they see each other in profound ways,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Their example inspires her work. \u201cThere are amazing peacemakers, and we\u2019ve met them, and that\u2019s my [goal], whatever I can do to let people know about that possibility.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In the show too, she calls for compassion and deep listening. One of her most memorable lines, she said, is a call for change: \u201cThey know that reacting to violence with violence is not the answer.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In \u201ctimes of war and hatred and deception,\u201d she said, <i>GrandWomen<\/i> seeks to amplify \u201ctruth and kindness\u201d today, and in the days to come. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><i>\u2018GrandWomen\u2019 runs June 11-13 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S Broad St., Philadelphia, 215-985-0420\u2028or theaterofwitness.org.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=837\">El Ni\u00f1o has formed officially, and it likely will be one of the strongest on record<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six Philadelphia women, between ages 69 and 86, are telling their stories as part of a new theatrical production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-theater"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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