Gandhi and the Jew
World Premiere
Written by Harley Elias
Directed by Margot Bordelon
November 5–29, 2026
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Talk Back Performance Dates & Moderators
Stay after the show on these performance dates for a special Q&A discussion with these special guest moderators:
- Thursday, November 12: Rabbi Efrat Zarren-Zohar (Executive director, CAJE)
- Sunday, November, 15: Dr. Bella Tendler Krieger (Director, Adult Learning, CAJE)
- Thursday, November 19: Rachel Benaim Abudarham (Assistant Director, Adult Learning, CAJE)
A world premiere from Miami New Drama, in its 10th Anniversary Season. The fifth collaboration between the company and playwright Harley Elias, and the third commissioned premiere as part of Miami New Drama's acclaimed Jewish Play Initiative.
A friendship that changed the world.
Drawn from years of research, multiple journeys to South Africa, and hundreds of unpublished letters, Gandhi and the Jew uncovers an unlikely and profound bond between Mahatma Gandhi and Hermann Kallenbach, a Jewish architect shaped by exile and persecution.
Together, they help invent the philosophy of nonviolence. But as history darkens and the fate of European Jews becomes urgent, their shared ideals fracture, setting them on a collision course over the future of a Jewish state. This is the story of a friendship that changed the world, and the conflict that nearly broke it.
You may know Gandhi’s story. But this is a story you may not.
Hear Artistic Director Michel Hausmann introduce Gandhi and the Jew, a World Premiere play about a remarkable friendship, unexpected ideas, and the making of history.
November 5–29. Experience history live.
Part of our Jewish Play Initiative.
