{"id":48755,"date":"2026-04-10T01:51:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T08:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=48755"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:02:30","slug":"bema-presents-perseverance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/bema-presents-perseverance\/","title":{"rendered":"Bema presents Perseverance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Co-stars Evan Roberts, left, Jerry Callaghan, centre, and Carl Powell in rehearsal for Bema Productions\u2019 presentation of Perseverance, April 22 to May 3. (photo by Becca Elliot)<\/i><\/p>\n

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Jerry Callaghan and Andrea Eggenberger (photo by Becca Elliot)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bema Productions in Victoria presents Perseverance<\/i>, by L.E. McCullough, from April 22 to May 3. The play is adapted from the 2019 memoir One Holocaust Survivor\u2019s Journey from Poland to America<\/i>, written by Melvin Goldman and his daughter, Lee Goldman Kikel. It brings to the stage a timely story of healing and renewal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Few visitors to the G&S Jewelry Store in Pittsburgh\u2019s Squirrel Hill neighbourhood during the 1960s and 1970s were aware that the cheerful proprietor, Melvin (n\u00e9 Mieczyslaw) Goldman, had spent his teens enduring the horrors of Auschwitz before arriving in postwar America as a penniless refugee intent on reclaiming his life and reshaping his family\u2019s destiny. The play depicts Goldman\u2019s irrepressible spirituality and unflagging love for humanity as he worked to replace darkness with light, one piece of handcrafted jewelry at a time.<\/p>\n

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Angela Henry and Jerry Callaghan (photo by Becca Elliot)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bema Productions\u2019 mounting of Perseverance<\/i> stars Jerry Callaghan, Andrea Eggenberger, Carl Powell, Angela Henry and Evan Roberts. All performances take place in Bema\u2019s Black Box Theatre at Congregation Emanu-El. For tickets ($25), go to ticketowl.io\/bemaproductions<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Courtesy Bema Productions<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Co-stars Evan Roberts, left, Jerry Callaghan, centre, and Carl Powell in rehearsal for Bema Productions\u2019 presentation of Perseverance, April 22 to May 3. (photo by Becca Elliot) Bema Productions in Victoria presents Perseverance, by L.E. McCullough, from April 22 to May 3. The play is adapted from the 2019 memoir One Holocaust Survivor\u2019s Journey from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[785],"tags":[7428,53,4526,6208],"class_list":["post-48755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-performing-arts","tag-bema-productions","tag-holocaust","tag-memoir","tag-theatre"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}