Why JewBelong?
"I love the reality of a faith-inspired organization that accepts me for who I am — only vaguely observant yet happily and authentically engaged in the culture Judaism inspires."
Do you have a quick JewBarrassment story?
"Frozen egg rolls! My mother was raised in a kosher household, married my father who couldn’t speak a word of Hebrew, and kept a quasi-kosher household when I was growing up. One weekend when my parents were away, a strictly kosher uncle and aunt watched my brothers and I. Prior to their arrival, my mother emptied the freezer of everything treyf—- which heartbreakingly included a full box of ChunKing frozen egg rolls!"
John Schreiber is President and CEO of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Born in Queens, New York, John was bar mitzvah in 1968 at Temple Israel of Jamaica and has been an intermittent attendee at high holiday services ever since.
An Emmy and Tony award-winning producer, John’s career has spanned festivals, concerts, television, film, and theater. He is married to Virginia McEnerney, has three sons in their 20’s, and lives in Brooklyn.
