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The Seventh Annual Washington Jewish Music Festival
Rhythm en Route
May 16 through May 24

Sunday, May 21 - 11am
Variations On A Theme: Jazz Brunch and Discussion
Marilyn Lerner and Adrienne Cooper
Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall
Advance Tickets: General: $20 * Member, Senior, Student Price: $14
At The Door: General: $25 * Member, Senior, Student Price: $16

Sunday, May 21 - Noon & 2pm
Spring On The Steps
16th Street Steps Outside The J
Free

Sunday, May 21 - 1pm
Panel Discussion: What's Up With Jewish and Hip Hop?
Steve Stein, DJ Handler and Y-Love
Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall
RSVP by E-mail or 202-777-3250
Free

Sunday, May 21 - 7pm
Rhythm and Jazz: On The Edge Of The Afro-Semitic Diaspora
Hasidic New Wave and Yakar Rhythms
The Carnegie Institution Of Washington -- 1530 P Street NW
Advance Tickets: General: $15 * Member, Senior, Student Price: $10 * Under 10: $5
At The Door: General: $20 * Member, Senior, Student Price: $14* Under 10: $7

A diverse musical journey filled with tunes and artists from the far corners of the world and those close to home. Tickets are on sale now!

Click here for the Festival line-up

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Special Yiddish/English concerts May 21!

Having recently performed at Lincoln Center and Shea Stadium
and recorded its first CD,
THE JEWISH PEOPLE'S PHILHARMONIC CHORUS (JPPC)
conducted by BINYUMEN ("BEN") SCHAECHTER,
will perform musical adaptations of the works of
SHOLEM ALEICHEM and I.L. PERETZ
commemorating 90 years since their deaths.

Highlights:

• A rarely heard operetta based on Sholem Aleichem's beloved Tom Sawyer-ish character, MOTL PEYSI DEM KHAZNS ("Motl, Peysi the Cantor's Son")


• A stirring musical adaptation of Peretz's classic short story, OYB NIT NOKH HEKHER ("If Not Higher Still")


• Selections from the JPPC's new CD, ZINGT! A CELEBRATION OF YIDDISH CHORAL MUSIC

When: Sunday, May 21, at 2:00 and at 4:30
Where: Hebrew Union College, 1 West 4th St. (betw. Broadway & Mercer St.),
New York, NY
Admission: Adults: $15; Seniors, students: $10

PHOTO ID required, all adults age 18 & up

For tickets and additional information:
Jo Abrams (646) 602-2007

Transportation:
BY BUS: M5, M6 buses downtown to West 4th St./Broadway stop.
BY SUBWAY: #6 to Astor Pl. Walk 1 block west to Broadway;
then 3 blocks S. to W. 4th St. Make a right.
N or R train to 8th St. Walk 3 blocks south on Broadway to W. 4th St.;
make a right.
A, B, C, D, E, F or V train to W. 4th Street;
walk east along West 4th St. seven short blocks.

For tickets and additional information:
Jo Abrams (646) 602-2007

The JPPC has been supported in 2005/2006 by the Harry and Celia Zuckerman
Foundation, the Max and Anna Levinson Foundation, the Forward Association,
the Teena and Larry Lerner Fund, the Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Foundation
and by the generous support of audience members.

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SHOLEM ALEICHEM, I.L. PERETZ, AND OUR NEW CD

THE JEWISH PEOPLE'S PHILHARMONIC CHORUS (JPPC),
conducted by BINYUMEN ("BEN") SCHAECHTER,
will perform musical adaptations of the works of
I.L. Peretz and Sholem Aleichem,
to commemorate 90 years since their respective deaths.

Last year's JPPC spring concert was so well attended
that many had to be turned away.
Thus, this year the JPPC will give two identical performances on May 21, at
2:00 and 4:30

Where: Hebrew Union College, 1 West 4th Street

Among the highlights in the program:

1) a rarely heard operetta, adapted from
MOTL PEYSI DEM KHAZNS ("Motl, Peysi the Cantor's Son"),
Sholem Aleichem's Eastern European equivalent to
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

2) a stirring musical adaptation of Peretz's classic short story,
OYB NIT NOKH HEKHER ("If Not Higher Still")

3) selections from the new compact disc recorded by the JPPC,
ZINGT! - A CELEBRATION OF YIDDISH CHORAL MUSIC

The JPPC is fresh off a season that included performances at Shea Stadium
and Lincoln Center, and the recording of its first and long-awaited CD.

Mark your calendars.
THIS IS A YIDDISH EVENT YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS.

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The Machaya Klezmer Band entertains at an evening of dance and music. Come and listen or join us to learn basic and advanced simcha dancing, couple dancing, Hassidic dancing, shers, jocs and terkishes. Sunday, May 21, 2006, 7 - 9 pm. $8 members of the JCC of Greater Washington/$10 general public/$5 children under 12.

JCC of Greater Washington
Rockville, MD
tel: 301-348-3840
fax: 301-881-5512
www.jccgw.org

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