Cory Kahaney & Jessica Kirson Perform Mah Jongg-Inspired Comedy 5/16

In celebration of the new Project Mah Jongg exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, the Museum presents The Future Mah Jongg Players of Majestic Isles on Sunday, May 16 at 2:30 P.M. Comedians Cory Kahaney, Jessica Kirson, and Dina Pearlman will weave an afternoon of comedy and stories about mah jongg and the mah jongg players they love. The program is hosted by self-proclaimed "Oriental Yenta" Esther Goodhart.

Tickets are $15, $12 students/seniors, and $10 members and are available online at www.mjhnyc.org or by calling 646.437.4202.

Says Kahaney, "You can't be a Jewish woman and not have had mah jongg touch your life in some way." Created specifically for the Museum of Jewish Heritage, this afternoon of comedy will incorporate original storytelling and video.

About Project Mah Jongg
Tiles clacking, players chatting and laughing, exclamations of "Two bam!" "Three crack!" and "Four dot!" ... these are the memories shared by women who gather together to play the Chinese game of mah jongg. On view through January 2, 2011, Project Mah Jongg explores the traditions, history, and meaning of the game of mah jongg in Jewish-American culture. Project Mah Jongg illustrates the game's role in community, in the home, and in the relationships formed by Jewish-American women. Visitors will see why it remains popular to this day, passed down from generation to generation-from grandmothers to hipsters and from baby boomers to bohemians.

About the Performers
Cory Kahaney is best known from the first season of Last Comic Standing (NBC). She has been seen as the comedy coach on Nick at Nite, the Funniest Mom in America series, and her own standup special on Comedy Central Presents. Cory's most recent success was her critically acclaimed off-Broadway production, The J.A.P Show: The Princesses of Comedy. Kahaney performed at the Museum of Jewish Heritage last year in a collaborative comedic theater work called Pastrami on Rye...With Mayo, which was selected for the opening night gala of the 2009 Chutzpah! Festival.

Comedian Jessica Kirson has performed at a variety of comedy festivals throughout the country, including those sponsored by Toyota, Comedy Central, and HBO. She has been featured on various television shows including Comedy Central's Premium Blend and Fresh Faces, Nickelodeon's Sixth in the Suburbs, Noggin's LOL, VH1's "Awesomely Bad" Shows, NBC's Last Comic Standing (Seasons 2 and 3), NBC's Last Call With Carson Daly, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Esther Goodhart is a comedian. She is a host of the syndicated program Asian America and is known as the Oriental Yenta. She teaches Hebrew at three temples, and she ran unsuccessfully for the Demarest (NJ) Town Council as a Republican.

Dina Pearlman is an actress and comedian who performed in The J.A.P Show: The Princesses of Jewish Comedy at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in 2005 with Cory Kahaney. Dina has been seen in various roles in theater, TV, and movies, including Girl 6 and Summer of Sam, both directed by Spike Lee.

About the Museum
The Museum's three-floor Core Exhibition educates people of all ages and backgrounds about the rich tapestry of Jewish life over the past century-before, during, and after the Holocaust. Special exhibitions include The Morgenthaus: A Legacy of Service, on view through December 2010, Traces of Memory: A Contemporary Look at the Jewish Past in Poland, on view through August 15, and Project Mah Jongg, on view through January 2, 2011. It is also home to Keeping History Center, an interactive visitor experience, and Andy Goldsworthy's memorial Garden of Stones. The Museum offers visitors a vibrant public program schedule in its Edmond J. Safra Hall and receives general operating support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

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