If music can soothe the troubled heart, the music of Shabbat may be particularly effective with its prayer chants for peace, for healing, and for the departed. The next Treasures from the Music Collection of the Astor Judaica Library program will feature the Music of Shabbat and will take place Thursday afternoon, October 19, 2-3:30 […]
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Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Ryan Isaacs, Director of the Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family JCC, was visibly excited to welcome the sold-out audience in the Garfield Theater for the Osher production of Something In Preserve, an original musical. A large part of the audience consisted of seniors, for whom the subject matter […]
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Tzimmes, the Vancouver-based Jewish band under the direction of Moshe Denburg, has just released a two-disc recording, The Road Never Travelled, celebrating its 35th anniversary. This is the group’s fourth album. Denburg figures prominently in all the selections, as vocalist, guitarist, composer or arranger. The Montreal native, son of Orthodox Rabbi Chayim Denburg and Yiddish singer Miriam […]
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Frank London, jazz trumpeter, band leader, co-founder of the Klezmatics, founder of the Klezmer Brass Allstars and co-founder of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, is one of the most important figures in the Klezmer Renaissance. A graduate of the New England Conservatory, majoring in Afro-American Music, he is also well schooled in World Music. Currently, he […]
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