KlezCalendar

KlezCalifornia at the JCC San Francisco

CONCERT & DANCE PARTY: Budowitz & dancing with Michael Alpert. Saturday, January 6th, 2007, 7:00 @ 10:00pm

Tickets at JCCSF Box Office 415.292.1233, jccsf.org/tickets
Concert: JCCSF Members $22, Public $25, Students $15

Jewish Community Center of San Francisco,
3200 California St. (at Presidio Ave.), San Francisco, California 94118

Budowitz, the award-winning traditional European klezmer music ensemble, performs kaleidoscopic renditions of Jewish folk music from the regions of Bessarabia, Galitsia, and Bukovina. The concert set will be followed by spirited Yiddish dancing, led by internationally-renowned musician and dance-leader, Michael Alpert.

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Join Temple Emeth of Teaneck, NJ as they present a freylekh cabaret/concert featuring

• Aaron Alexander on percussion - well-known on the Downtown and klezmer music scenes and a popular KlezKamp personality
• Aron Gershman - the amazing conservatory-trained accordionist originally from Kishinev
• bandleader Dena (Dobe) Ressler on clarinet, fresh (actually, tired at the moment, but by Saturday she will have caught up on her sleep!) from teaching at KlezKamp

Specifics:
Temple Emeth of Teaneck, NJ
Sat. night 1/6/07
1666 Windsor Road, Teaneck, NJ
8 P.M.
$20 (includes refreshments of wine and cheese, desserts and coffee)
more info: Elaine Pollack, 201-833-1322

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KlezCalifornia at the JCC San Francisco

PARTICIPATORY WORKSHOPS
Sunday, January 7th, 2007, 9:30am-5:30pm
Learn klezmer style (all instruments and levels) from members of the groundbreaking European ensemble, Budowitz; Yiddish dance taught by Michael Alpert; theater, language, literature, songs, history, and crafts workshops by other talented staff. Special programs for teens and youth.

Tickets at JCCSF Box Office 415.292.1233, jccsf.org/tickets
Workshops: JCCSF Members $22, Public $24, Students $10

Jewish Community Center of San Francisco,
3200 California St. (at Presidio Ave.), San Francisco, California 94118

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The Red Sea Pedestrians
at Bells Eccentric Cafe
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Saturday, January 6, 9:30pm
$4

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Monday, January 8, Chevan-Byrd Duo, 6:30 p.m. Temple B'nai Or, 60 Overlook Road, Morristown, New Jersey, for more information please call 973-539-4539.

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Trios from Terezin
Performed by The Bridge Players
Thursday, January 11, 2007, 7:30 pm. Free and open to the public.

BJE Jewish Community Library
1835 Ellis St.
San Francisco, CA 94115
415-567-3327 ext. 703
www.bjesf.org

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The Afro-Semitic Experience

Friday, January 12, 6:30 p.m., Dr. Martin Luther King Sabbath service and concert performance at Temple Israel, 14 Coleytown Road, Westport, Connecticut. For more information please call: (203) 227-1293.

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The Center for Traditional Music and Dance and the JCC in Manhattan present...
The Third Tantshoyz (Yiddish Dance House)—Dance Party at the Manhattan JCC

Sunday, January 14
6:00pm–9:00pm
At the JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam @ 76th St.

The Center for Traditional Music and Dance and the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan present a Tantshoyz (Dance House). Lace up your dancing shoes for an evening of traditional Ashkenazic dancing led by master dance leader and ethnomusicologist Walter Zev Feldman. Dr. Feldman will pay particular focus on forms such as the hora and bulgar and their connection to Romanian music. Live klezmer music will be provided by some of New York's hottest young musicians: Jake Shulman-Ment (violin), Michael Winograd (clarinet), Pete Rushefsky (tsimbl) and Nick Cudahy (bass).

Cost is $10, pay at the door. Questions call Pete at 917-326-9659

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The next Astoria Klezmer Jam Session will be on Wednesday, December 13 7:30-9:30pm at Astoria Center, led by Margot Leverett and open to all. All musicians are welcome to join in, and anyone can come listen or just hang out - it's free! www.AstoriaCenter.org 27-35 Crescent Street, Astoria Queens, 718-278-2680 (N or W train to 30th Ave). Next jam session will be on Feb. 14.

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Women of the East

Kol Oud Trio
Pharaoh's Daughter

92nd Street Y
Thu, Jan 17, 2007, 8:00pm, Lexington Avenue
Kaufmann Concert Hall
Code: T-TC5JW13-01
Price: $30.00 All Sections / For tickets

Kol Oud Tof
Esti Kenan-Ofri, vocals, dance
Armand Sabach, oud
Oren Fried, percussion
Pharaoh’s Daughter

Groups from Israel and New York offer fresh takes on traditional Jewish music. The Kol Oud Tof trio from Israel interprets Judeo-Arabic and Ladino songs in a style that is both authentic and personal. New York’s Pharaoh’s Daughter is led by Basya Shechter, a creator of dynamic Hebrew songs that blend Sephardic, Arabic, East African, Turkish and Yiddish musical idioms.

Walter Zev Feldman, known both for his scholarly contributions to Jewish Music history and for his performances and teaching of Jewish music and dance, is artistic director of "Music and Dance of Jewish Traditions: Songs of Love & Longing," a new series at NYC's 92nd St. Y this fall/winter.

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Ljova with the Vjola Contraband at Joe's Pub
DATE: January 17, 2007
LOCATION: Joe's Pub | New York, NY
TIME: 9:30 pm

Back by popular demand - Ljova and the Vjola Contraband returns to Joe's Pub for a return engagement, sharing the bill with friends and bandmates Romashka!

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A Lid Un A Tfile: An Evening of Jewish Music

A Lid Un A Tfile: A celebration of the diversity of Jewish music, with traditional doinas and Yiddish Songs as well as original music such as Osvaldo Golijov' Tenebrae, John Zorn's Kol Nidre and Sergei Prokofiev's Overture on Hebrew Themes, plus more original Yiddish songs by David Wall and Marilyn Lerner.

Performed by: David Wall & Monica Whicher (singers), David Buchbinder (trumpet), Martin van de Ven & Lori Freedman (clarinet), Marilyn Lerner & Andrew Burashko (piano), Erika Raum & Ben Bowman (violin), Steven Dann (viola), Thomas Wiebe (cello) and Jarek Obsadny (film maker).

8pm
January 18 - 19
Harbourfront, Toronto
Venue: Enwave Theatre
Tickets: $36 ($25 seniors/students) Purchase Tickets

Art of Time Ensemble, Artistic Director and pianist Andrew Burashko's innovative chamber group, is pleased to present An Evening of Jewish Music: A Lid Un A Tfile - A Song and a Prayer, January 18 & 19, 2007 at 8pm at Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 231 Queens Quay West.

This soulful and tuneful exploration of Eastern European-inspired music, new and old, features, along with the Art of Time Ensemble, the most outstanding musicians in Canada who use their Jewish roots as a springboard for their cutting-edge interpretations on the genre: David Buchbinder (trumpet), Marilyn Lerner (piano), Martin van de Ven and Lori Freedman (clarinets) and David Wall and Monica Whicher (singers). Abstract film imagery by Jarek Obsadny accompanies some of the music.

Burashko chose the subtitle - A Lid Un A Tfile, translated as A Song And A Prayer - in honor of the importance music plays in Jewish religious and secular life and to celebrate the diversity of Jewish music today. The concert explores Ashkenazi (Eastern-European Jewry) musical themes in a diverse array of compositions ranging from traditional doinas (traditional song/chant) and classical compositions such as Osvaldo Golijov's Tenebrae, John Zorn's Kol Nidre and Sergei Prokofiev's Overture on Hebrew Themes to traditional and original klezmer and folk tunes by Wall and Lerner and jazzy scores and improvisations by Buchbinder and van de Ven.

Truly, this is an evening of music not to be missed. Whether it be traditional, avant-garde or classical, each piece echoes its rich Jewish roots. One of the highlights of this evening filled with brilliance is that each half closes with a different treatment of the same Hebrew musical themes: Act One with traditional klezmer-inspired riffing from Buchbinder, Lerner and van de Ven; Act Two with Prokofiev's version of the same themes in his classical Overture on Hebrew Themes performed Burashko and the Art of Time Ensemble.

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Kicking off their 2007 activities, Vampire Suit is performing at the Tea Lounge, one of Brooklyn's new and exciting spots for improvised music. The performance will take place on January 18th, at 9:00pm. The Tea Lounge is located at 837 Union St., Park Slope, Brooklyn.

As the group's leader and composer, Jay Vilnai brings to Vampire Suit his wide palette experiences as a musician in New York, having shared the stage with such diverse figures as Klezmer great Frank London, Brazilian percussionist Jorge Martins and saxophonist Roy Nathanson, and having played anything from traditional jazz to Balkan music, Klezmer to Schoenberg, free improv to cabaret shows.

"The music has enduring beauty that touches on the heart of the Middle East's musical culture while exhibiting western flair. Open improvisations and the spirit of the belly dance coexist, encouraging the traditional undulated hip movements as a supplement to the solid instrumentation....—Frank Rubolino, Cadence Magazine

Also in play is Vilnai's unique musical heritage as a Russian-Romanian-Polish descendant raised in Jerusalem around a mix of contemporary and traditional Jewish and Arab music, with a soul for rock n'roll and a BFA in jazz. Couple that with a passion for Bartok and Stravinsky and you end up with all original music that draws on all those influences to create something akin to traditional music for a generation that hails from so many traditions. Balkan and Middle-Eastern rhythms are prominent, backed by 20th century composing concepts and jazz improvising.

"If Bram Stoker's imaginary Transylvania had a jazz scene, the music might sound something like this."—Jazz Review

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A Lid Un A Tfile: An Evening of Jewish Music

A Lid Un A Tfile: A celebration of the diversity of Jewish music, with traditional doinas and Yiddish Songs as well as original music such as Osvaldo Golijov' Tenebrae, John Zorn's Kol Nidre and Sergei Prokofiev's Overture on Hebrew Themes, plus more original Yiddish songs by David Wall and Marilyn Lerner.

Performed by: David Wall & Monica Whicher (singers), David Buchbinder (trumpet), Martin van de Ven & Lori Freedman (clarinet), Marilyn Lerner & Andrew Burashko (piano), Erika Raum & Ben Bowman (violin), Steven Dann (viola), Thomas Wiebe (cello) and Jarek Obsadny (film maker).

8pm
January 18 - 19
Harbourfront, Toronto
Venue: Enwave Theatre
Tickets: $36 ($25 seniors/students) Purchase Tickets

Art of Time Ensemble, Artistic Director and pianist Andrew Burashko's innovative chamber group, is pleased to present An Evening of Jewish Music: A Lid Un A Tfile - A Song and a Prayer, January 18 & 19, 2007 at 8pm at Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 231 Queens Quay West.

This soulful and tuneful exploration of Eastern European-inspired music, new and old, features, along with the Art of Time Ensemble, the most outstanding musicians in Canada who use their Jewish roots as a springboard for their cutting-edge interpretations on the genre: David Buchbinder (trumpet), Marilyn Lerner (piano), Martin van de Ven and Lori Freedman (clarinets) and David Wall and Monica Whicher (singers). Abstract film imagery by Jarek Obsadny accompanies some of the music.

Burashko chose the subtitle - A Lid Un A Tfile, translated as A Song And A Prayer - in honor of the importance music plays in Jewish religious and secular life and to celebrate the diversity of Jewish music today. The concert explores Ashkenazi (Eastern-European Jewry) musical themes in a diverse array of compositions ranging from traditional doinas (traditional song/chant) and classical compositions such as Osvaldo Golijov's Tenebrae, John Zorn's Kol Nidre and Sergei Prokofiev's Overture on Hebrew Themes to traditional and original klezmer and folk tunes by Wall and Lerner and jazzy scores and improvisations by Buchbinder and van de Ven.

Truly, this is an evening of music not to be missed. Whether it be traditional, avant-garde or classical, each piece echoes its rich Jewish roots. One of the highlights of this evening filled with brilliance is that each half closes with a different treatment of the same Hebrew musical themes: Act One with traditional klezmer-inspired riffing from Buchbinder, Lerner and van de Ven; Act Two with Prokofiev's version of the same themes in his classical Overture on Hebrew Themes performed Burashko and the Art of Time Ensemble.

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The Panorama Jazz Band of New Orleans will perform in Monroe Louisiana on January 20, 2007 at Congregation B'nai Israel, located at 2400 Orell Place (at the corner of Orell Place and Park Avenue) in Monroe. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Seating is limited.

Tickets are $15 per person or $50 for two Patron tickets. Patrons will be listed in the program. Proceeds benefit the preservation of the historic Jewish cemetery in Monroe. For more information, please call (318) 387-0730.

The Panorama Jazz Band works in and around New Orleans. The six member group performs a variety of musical styles. Their main focus is on New Orleans jazz and Jewish klezmer (Jewish folk music). They also present Creole music from the Caribbean island of Martinique and folk music from the Balkan nations of Eastern Europe—Serbia, Macedonia and Bulgaria, and the Rom people ("Gypsies").

For those not familiar with klezmer music, the best way to describe it is "Jewish jazz"—good-time music! The music began in Eastern Europe and lends itself to traditional styles of music from all over the world.

The instruments include clarinet, alto sax, accordion, banjo, tuba and drums. Rowdy or gentle, sweet or hot, the music is always exciting. Clarinetist Ben Schenck said, "We can play a lively 'freylekh,' a Jewish 'happy dance,' and then turn on a dime to bring out music from Jellyroll Morton or Louis Armstrong."

In South Louisiana, the Panorama Jazz Band is popular at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival, Mardi Gras parades, on Bourbon Street, at weddings and bar mitzvahs, school picnics, backyard barbecues, and private parties. They have made repeat performances at folk festivals in France and will perform in Minnesota at the 2007 St. Paul Winterfest.

To place an ad in the program, please contact Don Marcus at (318) 325-7310. Ad copy deadline is January 7. All support is greatly appreciated.

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The Afro-Semitic Experience

Saturday, January 20, 7:30 p.m., Kane Street Synagogue, 236 Kane Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231.

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Playing in an unbound, energetic "village style", the trio Veretski Pass presents a concert of historical klezmer music of Eastern Europe; pre WWII melodies from Ukraine, Carpathian-Ruthenia, Bessarabia and Rumania played on violin, accordion tsimbl, basy and baraban. With unique arrangements and compositions, this group of veterans carries on the ancient tradition of klezmer musicians, playing music of all kinds, but with a recognizably Jewish sound.

Jan 20, 8pm
Branford Folk Coffeehouse
First Congregational Church of Branford
1009 Main Street, Branford, CT

Admission: $15 nonmembers, $13 members, $3 children
Information/Reservations: 203-248-0291 or 203-488-7715
folknotes.org/branfordfolk

Concert is wheelchair accessible

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Boom Pam (from Tel Aviv, Israel (members of Balkan Beat Box)
w/ Dj's Pete Spynda and Andalusia Knoll
Tuesday, Jan 23, 8pm

University of Pittsburgh
William Pitt Union Ballroom
Pittsburgh, PA

$10 advance $12 day of..
Tel: 412.251.6058

www.myspace.com/pghpandemic

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There's klezmer every Tuesday night at Cafe Moto in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Music starts about 9:15PM and runs until about 11:45PM.

So come on out! Moto has a great menu, fantastic desserts (esp. the date cake) and brews on tap. It's at 394 Broadway in Brooklyn... can take the J or M subway trains to Hewes St. and Cafe Moto is right under the station—the strange wedge shaped building at the corner in the middle of the intersection. No cover, a hat is passed. There's klezmer every Tuesday night with some random assortment of Michael Winograd, Jake Shulman-Ment, Jeff Perlman and Pete Rushefsky and their friends.

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A clash of civilizations! Jews, Muslims and Christians mortal enemies! Humanity itself on the brink of collapse!

The headlines coming out of the Middle East leave us with little to smile about these days. War and turmoil are seemingly so constant, one would think Israelis and Palestinians incapable of getting together and sharing a good laugh.

Here to put this misconception to rest are Charley Warady and Ray Hanania, two comedians - one Israeli, one Palestinian - who have put their religious and political differences behind them and joined forces to inject some much needed laughter into our embattled landscape.

The Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour
Wed., Jan 24, 9PM ｷ Syndrome, Jerusalem
Sat., Jan 27, 9PM ｷ Tzavta 3, Tel Aviv
Wed., Jan. 31, 9 PM ｷ Kol Haneshama, Jerusalem
More dates TBA

Charley Warady, host of the popular Israelisms podcast, headlinedcomedy clubs and colleges all across the US, appearing on both NBC and Comedy Central, before emigrating to Israel ten years ago. He has continued his career in Israel, performing in English as part of the Off The Wall Comedy series, targeting every aspect of life and politics
in Israel.

Ray Hanania is a Palestinian-American standup comedian and an award-winning columnist for publications such as Yediot Ahranot's English website ynetnews.com. He is the most-written about Arab and Palestinian comedian in America today.

Together with Aaron Freeman, a popular columnist, radio commentator, and Black convert to Judaism (whose comic strip 52 Portions is a regular feature on JVoices); Yisrael Campbell, a Catholic convert to Judaism who made aliyah six years ago; and Shachar Chason, one of Israel's most popular standup comedians, Warady and Hanania will tour Israel this winter to warm audiences with their eclectic blend of comedy, riffing on all matters sacred and profane.

The Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour is co-sponsored by Corner Prophets, an initiative which promotes coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians through the creative arts.

www.ipcomedytour.com

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KABARETT FETE! A five day feast of European Cabaret Presents

KLEYNKUNST!
Warsaw's brave and brilliant Yiddish cabaret in its NY Premiere

Starring:
REBECCA JOY FLETCHER and STEPHEN MO HAHAN
Conceived and Written by Rebecca Joy Fletcher
Musical Director and Arrangements: Bob Goldstein
Director: Michael Montel
English Lyrics: Jeremy Lawrence

Thursday January 25th, 6:30pm at Helen's, NYC: 169 8th Ave. at 18th St.
For Reservations, Call: 212-206-0609
www.rebeccajoyfletcher.com
www.rebeccajoyfletcher.com

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The Afro-Semitic Experience

Thursday, January 25, two assemblies 1st at 8:30, 2nd at 9:30 a.m., Walsh Intermediate School, 185 Damascus Rd., Branford, CT.

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Steven Greenman, violinist, to lead klezmer workshops and perform with the Oklahoma State High School Honors Orchestra in Stillwater, OK Jan. 26th-27th, 2007.

The Oklahoma State University Department of Music is pleased to announce its 3nd Annual High School Honors Orchestra January 26-27,2007. Selected string students will rehearse and perform on the OSU Campus at the Seretean Center for the Performing Arts under the direction of the OSU String Faculty. The Honors Orchestra will be conducted by OSU Symphony Orchestra conductor, Mr. Douglas Droste. Additional section instruction will be provided by OSU professors Dr. Laura Talbott, violin/viola, Mr. Jeffrey Lastrapes, cello, and Mr. George Speed, bass. The Honors Orchestra will perform in concert on Saturday night, January 27 at 8:00 P.M. in the Seretean Center Concert Hall.

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Steven Greenman, violinist, to lead klezmer workshops and perform with the Oklahoma State High School Honors Orchestra in Stillwater, OK Jan. 26th-27th, 2007.

The Oklahoma State University Department of Music is pleased to announce its 3nd Annual High School Honors Orchestra January 26-27,2007. Selected string students will rehearse and perform on the OSU Campus at the Seretean Center for the Performing Arts under the direction of the OSU String Faculty. The Honors Orchestra will be conducted by OSU Symphony Orchestra conductor, Mr. Douglas Droste. Additional section instruction will be provided by OSU professors Dr. Laura Talbott, violin/viola, Mr. Jeffrey Lastrapes, cello, and Mr. George Speed, bass. The Honors Orchestra will perform in concert on Saturday night, January 27 at 8:00 P.M. in the Seretean Center Concert Hall.

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Klezmer: The Next Generation
at Society Hill Synogogue
418 Spruce St, Philadelphia
Saturday, January 27th 8:00 p.m.
$10 at the door

Society Hill Synagogue's own Dan Blacksberg brings his trombone and friends Michael Winograd, clarinet, and Carmen Staaf, accordion, for an evening of klezmer music at Society Hill Synagogue, 418 Spruce St, Philadelphia, Saturday January 27th at 8:00 PM. Second to none among the new generation of klezmer players, Dan, Michael and Carmen offer traditional and original music drawn from the heritage of Eastern European Jewry. A magical combination of years of experience (already) on the world's klezmer stage, the sanctuary's excellent acoustics and superb musicianship will bring us to our feet, joined in spirit by those who once called the Synagogue's building “Die Groyse Rumeyneshe Shul. (The Great Rumanian Shul)”

Michael Winograd leads the New York-based Klezmer band, Khevre, is music
director of Folksbiene Theater's popular children's production, Kids & Yiddish, teaches
at KlezKamp and KlezKanada and has appeared in concert with the Klezmatics and
Klezmer Conservatory Band and many of the best of today's klezmer musicians.

Carmen Staaf, in addition being a member of Khevre. She has appeared with
Susan Watts and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. As well as being a wonderful klezmer
player, she is a virtuoso jazz pianist performing all over the world and serving on the
faculty of the Berklee College of Music.

Dan Blacksberg, has inhabited Society Hill Synagogue since birth, and is now
one of the world's leading klezmer trombonists. Featured among an all-star klezmer band
at the 2006 Jewish Music Festival in Cracow, Poland, Daniel has been seen on stage with
members of the Klezmatics, Brave Old World and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. He
has performed with Aaron Alexander's Midrash Mishmosh in New York and at the
Ashkenaz Jewish Music Festival in Toronto.

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The Klezmatics

Jan. 27 (Sat.) 8 p.m.
Cedar Cultural Center
416 Cedar Avenue
Minneapolis MN

$22 in advance; $25 the day of show
Tel: 612-338-2674
www.thecedar.org

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Congregation Kehillath Israel's Benny Lipchik Memorial Fund presents
A Cappella Fest

A Night of Great College Music and Art to Benefit Haifa and Northern Israel

Saturday
January 27, 2007
Congregation Kehillath Israel
384 Harvard Street Brookline, MA
Doors open 6:00 p.m.
Concert begins 8:00 p.m.
Tickets $20 / Register now

featuring groups from

• Boston University


• Brown University


• Yale University


• Brandeis University


• Columbia University


• Boston Area Graduate Students


• Yom Hadash

A Shop Israel Fair
Kosher dinner catered by Taam China

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A clash of civilizations! Jews, Muslims and Christians mortal enemies! Humanity itself on the brink of collapse!

The headlines coming out of the Middle East leave us with little to smile about these days. War and turmoil are seemingly so constant, one would think Israelis and Palestinians incapable of getting together and sharing a good laugh.

Here to put this misconception to rest are Charley Warady and Ray Hanania, two comedians - one Israeli, one Palestinian - who have put their religious and political differences behind them and joined forces to inject some much needed laughter into our embattled landscape.

The Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour
Wed., Jan 24, 9PM ｷ Syndrome, Jerusalem
Sat., Jan 27, 9PM ｷ Tzavta 3, Tel Aviv
Wed., Jan. 31, 9 PM ｷ Kol Haneshama, Jerusalem
More dates TBA

Charley Warady, host of the popular Israelisms podcast, headlinedcomedy clubs and colleges all across the US, appearing on both NBC and Comedy Central, before emigrating to Israel ten years ago. He has continued his career in Israel, performing in English as part of the Off The Wall Comedy series, targeting every aspect of life and politics
in Israel.

Ray Hanania is a Palestinian-American standup comedian and an award-winning columnist for publications such as Yediot Ahranot's English website ynetnews.com. He is the most-written about Arab and Palestinian comedian in America today.

Together with Aaron Freeman, a popular columnist, radio commentator, and Black convert to Judaism (whose comic strip 52 Portions is a regular feature on JVoices); Yisrael Campbell, a Catholic convert to Judaism who made aliyah six years ago; and Shachar Chason, one of Israel's most popular standup comedians, Warady and Hanania will tour Israel this winter to warm audiences with their eclectic blend of comedy, riffing on all matters sacred and profane.

The Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour is co-sponsored by Corner Prophets, an initiative which promotes coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians through the creative arts.

www.ipcomedytour.com

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Mikveh
Saturday, Jan 27 2007 8 p.m. Mikveh at Temple Rodef Shalom, Falls Church, Virginia
www.templerodefshalom.org

Supergroup Mikveh features the top women in Klezmer, including renowned Yiddish singer Adrienne Cooper, Klezmatics founder Alicia Svigals on fiddle, charismatic trumpeter Susan Watts of the Hoffman klezmer dynasty, ethnic accordion wizard Lauren Brody and jazz bass phenomenon Nicki Parrott. Together, they rock out with sizzling dance music and riveting Yiddish/English songs, both ancestral and brand new.

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Free! Come dance the hora with dance leader Steve Weintraub and Alicia Svigal''s klezmer party band! Sunday, January 28, 12 to 5 p.m. Big hora at 2 p.m! Come dance with us, and check out the band for your wedding or bat/bar mitzvah. Before and after the big hora, we'll be playing for and teaching klezmer and Israeli folkdancing in a more intimate setting. Its free, and its part of the Celebrate! Party Showcase featuring hundreds of party vendors. Celebrate! Party Showcase Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe 100 Frank W Burr Boulevard Teaneck, New Jersey 07666 USA Phone: 1-201-836-0600 For showcase information and directions: www.celebratepartyshowcase.com/ or call Flora at 1-203-322-2840

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Kavhoyz mitn Shtraus/Varshever-duo
DATE: January 28, 2007
TIME: 4 PM
LOCATION: Shorefront Y: 3300 Coney Island Ave.
ADMISSION: $3.00

Kumt, farbrengt mit mishpokhe un fraynd in a heymisher svive!
Congress for Jewish Culture
phone: 212-505-8040

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Pharaoh's Daughter
Date: January 28, 2007
Place: Forest Hills Jewish Center
106-06 Queens Blvd. Forest Hills, N.Y. 11375
Time: 5:00 PM Sharp

$100 per person includes: Cocktails * Dinner Buffet * Desserts
Live and Silent Auctions
For Reservations: Contact Elaine Suchow at 718.591-9800, Ext. 321
College Student Discount Price $50 per ticket, advance reservations only

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The SOLOMON SISTERS are set to warm up the crowd for Steven Berkoff's new play 'Sit and Shiva' starring Berkoff himself.

Mon 29th Jan at 6.30pm
HACKNEY EMPIRE - Marie Lloyd Bar
291 Mare Street E8 1EJ
London, UK
020 8510 4500

www.hackneyempire.co.uk/show_details.php?show=37

(Free entry to the bar)

So come down, check us out and catch the play. Happy New Year.
www.myspace.com/solomonsisters

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LaMama Presents
Metropolitan Klezmer
Monday, January 29
8:00pm, The Club @ LaMama
full sets, table seating, non-alcoholic beverages...
Bring friends & family, make yourselves comfortable!
74A East 4th Street, NYC
second floor theater
between Second & Third Avenues
$15/tdf, $10 student/senior
212-475-7710
www.lamama.org

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There's klezmer every Tuesday night at Cafe Moto in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Music starts about 9:15PM and runs until about 11:45PM.

So come on out! Moto has a great menu, fantastic desserts (esp. the date cake) and brews on tap. It's at 394 Broadway in Brooklyn... can take the J or M subway trains to Hewes St. and Cafe Moto is right under the station—the strange wedge shaped building at the corner in the middle of the intersection. No cover, a hat is passed. There's klezmer every Tuesday night with some random assortment of Michael Winograd, Jake Shulman-Ment, Jeff Perlman and Pete Rushefsky and their friends.

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A clash of civilizations! Jews, Muslims and Christians mortal enemies! Humanity itself on the brink of collapse!

The headlines coming out of the Middle East leave us with little to smile about these days. War and turmoil are seemingly so constant, one would think Israelis and Palestinians incapable of getting together and sharing a good laugh.

Here to put this misconception to rest are Charley Warady and Ray Hanania, two comedians - one Israeli, one Palestinian - who have put their religious and political differences behind them and joined forces to inject some much needed laughter into our embattled landscape.

The Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour
Wed., Jan 24, 9PM ｷ Syndrome, Jerusalem
Sat., Jan 27, 9PM ｷ Tzavta 3, Tel Aviv
Wed., Jan. 31, 9 PM ｷ Kol Haneshama, Jerusalem
More dates TBA

Charley Warady, host of the popular Israelisms podcast, headlinedcomedy clubs and colleges all across the US, appearing on both NBC and Comedy Central, before emigrating to Israel ten years ago. He has continued his career in Israel, performing in English as part of the Off The Wall Comedy series, targeting every aspect of life and politics
in Israel.

Ray Hanania is a Palestinian-American standup comedian and an award-winning columnist for publications such as Yediot Ahranot's English website ynetnews.com. He is the most-written about Arab and Palestinian comedian in America today.

Together with Aaron Freeman, a popular columnist, radio commentator, and Black convert to Judaism (whose comic strip 52 Portions is a regular feature on JVoices); Yisrael Campbell, a Catholic convert to Judaism who made aliyah six years ago; and Shachar Chason, one of Israel's most popular standup comedians, Warady and Hanania will tour Israel this winter to warm audiences with their eclectic blend of comedy, riffing on all matters sacred and profane.

The Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour is co-sponsored by Corner Prophets, an initiative which promotes coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians through the creative arts.

www.ipcomedytour.com

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