The magic of Passover
Temple Isaiah of Newport Beach will host A Passover Sedar/dinner and telling the story of Passover through an inspiring performance of magic, illusion, and escape. The Ten Plagues will magically be recreated through the eyes of a modern day magician Curtis Lovell II on April 8, 2009.
The 35-year-old synagogue, Temple Isaiah, founded by holocaust survivors, Felix and Flory VanBeek, will continue thousands of years of tradition with their Seder dinner and ceremony. The Seder will feature a modern day magic show recreating the plagues casted upon Egypt. Rabbie Marc Rubenstein stated that “ I always wanted to see The Ten Plagues play-out in a modern day setting, if you miss this you will regret it for years to come.”
To help to create the show Temple Isaiah has enlisted the services of television magician and escape artist Curtis Lovell II. He has been buried alive, shackled and tossed into the Singapore River, locked in a box of water, cut Paris Hilton in half and called psychic John Edwards out on his bluff . Lovell has recently appeared on Masters of Illusions television program on MyNetwork-TV. “When I was approached with this project my mind immediately went thousands of different directions on how to recreate these plagues.” Lovell stated.
The Seder/Dinner - THE MAGIC OF PASSOVER will begin at 6:30 p.m. April 8th 2009 at The Orange County Fair and Events Center Building #16.
For information and tickets contact:
Carolyn Price (714)644-1371 or (714)262-9140 or online at https://www.templeisaiahoc.org.
Misc. Information:
More info on Temple Isaiah of Newport Beach:
Temple Isaiah, Orange County’s Friendliest and Greenest syngague, set a world record for the world’s first and largest solar cooked potato latke during their Hanukkah “Solarbration” December 21, 2008. Temple Isaiah offers members and guests a wide variety of social and family holiday events featuring celebrated speakers and entertainers as well as exciting and enlightening weekly activities which range from book discussions to nature hikes with the Rabbi. Temple Isaiah’s cantor, Svetlana Portnyansky, is a world renowned concert singer. The membership of Temple Isaiah include the nationally known historical impersonator, Peter Small.
More info on Lovell:
Lovell cut Paris Hilton in half on the television show The Simple Life and demonstrated how to escape from handcuffs on Spike TV’s Manswers. He has publicly challenged David Blaine and noted psychic John Edward to magic duels. Lovell also appeared on the USA network Road Characters, on which he presented his Cube of Death – an effect similar to the feat Houdini once performed.
Lovell appeared in the instructional DVD, POOF! You’re a magician ~Learn magic with everyday objects, which can be found at major online retailers including Barnes & Nobles and POOFyoureamagician.com.
Lovell was raised in Columbus, Ohio, where he attended Columbus Public Schools and Columbus State Community College. He now resides in Los Angeles, California, living his childhood dream as an escape artist.
Websites:
https://www.templeisaiahoc.org.
www.POOFyoureamagician.com< br>
Media Relations Contact:
Rabbi Marc Rubenstein (714)904-8522
Carolyn Price (714)644-1371
https://www/templeisaiahoc.org
Tickets and Contact Info:
Carolyn Price, Events Coordinator (714)644-1371 or (714)262-9140
Rabbi Marc Rubenstein (714)904-8522
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