Gandhi and the Jew at Miami New Drama

Drawn from years of research, multiple journeys to South Africa, and hundreds of unpublished letters, Gandhi and the Jew uncovers an unlikely bond between Mahatma Gandhi and Hermann Kallenbach, a Jewish architect shaped by exile and persecution. Together the two men 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. Written by Harley Elias and directed by Margot Bordelon, the play traces a friendship that changed the world and the conflict that nearly broke it. The production is the third play presented as part of Miami New Drama's Jewish Play Initiative, which launched in 2025 with Jonathan Spector's Birthright.