A Jewish Guide to Surviving History


A JEWISH GUIDE TO SURVIVING HISTORY
Comedy & Storytelling
By Rayni Bonne
From Torah to TikTok, Amalek to Kanye West, A Jewish Guide to Surviving History races through thousands of years of Jewish history in an expansive one-woman performance blending spoken word, storytelling and comedy.
Retelling Torah, history and recurring Jewish dramas through a contemporary lens, Rayni Bonne moves between satire, cultural observation and reflection while asking what Jewish survival has looked like across generations — and what it means to keep going now. Funny, chaotic and emotionally direct. Perhaps laughing and crying at the same time may be one of the oldest Jewish traditions of all.
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Rayni Bonne - Writer, performer
Stand-up comedian, storyteller and founder of Tribe of Chutzpah Productions. She has performed internationally, including at Yohay Sponder’s Funny Mondays, and produced and hosted sold-out showcases for Sydney Comedy Festival, B’nai B’rith and The Comedy Store. Rayni is an October 8th Jew: a former leftie and arts entrepreneur still processing the ideological whiplash. Luckily Judaism and comedy are keeping her afloat.
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