Holiday

Chanukah Party at WSJC Featuring Pey Dalid

Come join the West Side Jewish Center for our annual Chanukah Concert!
Congregation Beth Israel West Side Jewish Center
Featuring: Pey Dalid!
Wednesday, December 16th @ 7 PM
West Side Jewish Center
347 West 34th St. (Between 8 & 9 Ave.)
New York, NY
Latkes!
Donuts!
And More!
$25/person
Please call the office for reservations: 212-502-5291

Lipa and Kessin

Hannah Sacks Bais Yaakov in conjunction with Xclusive Productions presents:
A CHICAGO CHANUKAH CONCERT
LIPA SCHMELTZER
Shua Kessin
also starring Shea Rubenstein
music orchestrated and conducted by Yisroel Lamm
December 14th, 2009 – Showtime 7:30pm
Evanston Township – 1600 Dodge Ave.
6:15pm bring ur family for dinner – Various foods for purchase
Tickets: $25, $36, $50, $75, VIP
For tickets please call: 773-850-9908 or visit JewishTickets.com

Kol Rinah Chanukah Concert

Kol Rinah, Westchester’s Jewish Community Chorus
Chanukah Concert conducted by Ben Gruder
Saturday, December 12th at 7:00 p.m.
At the Rosenthal JCC of Northern Westchester, 600 Bear Ridge Road, Pleasantville,
New York.

G.A. $17; Seniors/Students/Groups of 5 or more/JCC Members, $12 a person; $2
Discount for Advance Sales for all tickets.
Ticket information:
Anne Lowy (914)
232-7281 or kolrinahchorus@optonline.net.
See also, www.kolrinahchorus.org

Celebrate Hanukkah with the Mama Doni Band at a Free Concert!

“Funky Music With a Jewish Twist” is what Mama Doni (aka Doni Zasloff) and her Band
will bring to Tikvat Israel on Sunday, December 13 in a free concert open to the
entire community. Winners of the 2008 “Simcha Award” at the International Jewish
Music Festival in Amsterdam, the Band’s repertoire is a wild mix of musical
styles–reggae, folk, classic rock, country, hip hop, klezmer, and theatrical–woven
together with Yiddish terms and Jewish themes. And it’s suitable for everyone, from
“Babies to Bubbies”–hip young kids and their even hipper parents and grandparents.
The Mama Doni Band is performing 13 concerts during December alone, in Los Angeles,
Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey, but this is the only one in the Greater
Washington area, so don’t miss it!…
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Hoshana Rabah concert @ the Carlebach Shul.

Hoshana Rabah concert @ the Carlebach Shul.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
From melancholy midnight meditations to funky/punky affirmations of the One, the Breslov Bar Band explores musical expressions of the Breslov Chassidim from the traditional to the contemporary… Rock, Middle-Eastern, Punk, Jazz… it’s all there!

The group’s repertoire includes old dveykus melodies and ecstatic nigunim, as well as contemporary Breslov folk and rock music. The band members combine their passion for Jewish music with their strong roots in rock, jazz, and world music.
The band:
Binyomin Ginzberg – keys/vox/vibrandoneon
Mike Cohen – reeds
Allen Watsky – electric guitar
Yoshie Fruchter- bass
Rich Huntley – drums

Website: www.BreslovBarBand.com
$15 cover
Doors open at 7:30 PM
Music at 8 PM
7:30pm – 10:00pm
Location: Carlebach Shul
305 West 79th Street
New York, NY
Email:
info@carlebachshul.org or info@BreslovBarBand.com
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Mount Zion Holiday Party

Monday, October 5, 2009 at 5:00pm to
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 11:00pm
Location: Mount Zion — Courtyard of Diaspora Yeshiva — Near Zion Gate/Old City Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
kikarr.com@gmail.com
Come enjoy the Sucoth Festival (Simchat Bet Hashoevah) at the Diaspora Yeshivah near Davids tomb.

Time: Monday and Tuesday the 5th and 6th of October. Music begins at 5:00pm
Location: Disaspora Yeshiva Courtyard — 1 Mount Zion.
Performances by: Itzik Orlev (tuesday), Chayim Dovid (monday) Yosef Karduner (tuesday), Sinai Tor (monday), Aharit Hayamim Hai (tuesday), Simcha Abrahamson of the Diaspora Yeshiva Band (monday and tuesday), Chazan Ben Bennet (monday and tuesday), Reuven Bekar (monday and tuesday), Ben Zion Lehrer (monday and tuesday), Yehuda Menasha, HZB and more!!

Giant Succah * Children’s activities from 2:00pm * Event open until 11:00pm

Free Synagogue of Flushing presents Judas Maccabaeus

Free Synagogue Cantor with Choir

As its Chanukkah gift to the community, the Free Synagogue of Flushing will present a special performance of Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus on Friday, December 19, 8:15 PM.

The Bible-based musical masterwork, which tells the story of Chanukkah, is FREE and open to the public.

It will feature celebrated Cantor Steven Pearlston and the distinguished Free Synagogue choir.
Robert Barrows will play the synagogue s historic pipe organ, which dates back to
1927, the only pipe organ at a synagogue in Queens. Jason Covey and Charles Grauman will be featured on trumpet. The program will be narrated by Rabbi Michael Weisser in the synagogue s magnificent sanctuary.

Handel s oratorio tells the story of Judas Maccabaeus, better known as Judah
Maccabee, a fearless leader acclaimed as one of the greatest warriors in
Jewish history.…
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Light in the Darkness

Saturday, December 6, 2008, 7:30pm
Congregation Shaarie Torah
presents
Light in the Darkness
The Yuval Ron Ensemble in Concert
featuring:
Israeli-Yemenite vocalist Maya Haddi
and Israeli-Moroccan dancer Maya Karasso
An evening of devotional Hebrew music of the various ethnic Jewish
communities of Israel and the diaspora.
A celebration of music, dance and story telling in honor of Hanukkah,
Festival of Lights.
Location: Congregation Shaarie Torah – 550 S. Second Ave, Arcadia
CA 91006
Admission: $25.00 for reserved seats $15.00 for general admission

For more information and reservations: (626) 445-0810 Please leave a
message if no one answers or email
office@shaareitorah.org or president@shaareitorah.org

CHOIRS AND CANTORS BRING ON THE LIGHT THIS CHANUKAH

Over 200 adults and children will celebrate Chanukah,
the Festival of Lights, in concert, 3 P.M., Sunday, December 14, 2008 as
Congregation Rodeph Sholom of Manhattan hosts its unique, multigenerational Festival
of Choirs. The ninth annual concert will feature cantors and their volunteer adult
and children’s choirs from all over the New York metropolitan area. This year, the
first night of Chanukah is Sunday, December 21, 2008.

“There is nothing as special as seeing the young and the young-at-heart join
together in song to celebrate the festival of Chanukah,” according to Congregation
Rodeph Sholom’s Senior Cantor, Rebecca Garfein. “We are thrilled to present the
ninth annual Festival of Choirs to the New York community.”

Highlights of the concert will include the multigenerational 200-voiced combined
choir singing an arrangement of Peter Yarrow’s song (of Peter Paul and Mary
fame),“Light One Candle,” and the concert’s finale, “Bring on the Light,” a piece
by composer, singer and actor, Danny Maseng, that was commissioned by Congregation
Rodeph Sholom for the Festival of Choirs in 2001.…
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Lights Celebrate Hanukkah on a PBS Station as Close as Your TV

Lights Celebrate Hanukkah Live in Concert is a high-definition special feature on PBS with a distinguished, diverse and dynamic ensemble of musical performers in celebration of the Jewish Festival of Lights. Craig Taubman hosts a musical extravaganza featuring the likes of the Grammy Award-winning Klezmatics; cantor/tenor Alberto Mizrahi (first introduced in CANTORS: A FAITH IN SONG); top-selling jazz artist Dave Koz; soulful and dynamic Joshua Nelson; Emmy Award-winning actress Mare Winningham; rising star Michelle Citrin and others.

For Dates and Times, look for your local PBS station here:
http://www.craignco.com/lights/airdates.html

Craig Taubman’s Jewels of Elul

For the 4th consecutive year, Craig Taubman and Craig ‘N Co. are
producing Jewels of Elul, a collection of stories and inspirations for
the High Holidays. This year’s contributors range from Senators McCain
and Obama to Jeffrey Katzenberg, Olympic medalist Elka Graham, and
Lynn Schusterman.

Thanks to the support and vision of the Stefan Adelipour for Life
Foundation, the Jewels will be available online at
www.jewelsofelul.com and in booklet form free of charge.

Shefa Gold in Brookline, MA

Rabbi Shefa Gold Scholar-in-Residence
A Weekend in Preparation for High Holidays

Temple Beth Zion,
1566 Beacon Street,
Brookline (617) 566-8171 x 20
Please RSVP to office@nishmathayyim.org.

Renowned musician and teacher Rabbi Shefa Gold will lead a Opening Our Hearts to
Forgiveness Selichot Service Saturday, September 20 th from 9:30PM-11:00PM – Free!

and

A Day Long Retreat about the Elulian Mysteries. This workshop will explore the
journey from devastation to renewal in preparation for the High Holy Days through
study, chant, meditation and sacred conversation.

Cost: $72 before 8/22, $85.00 after 8/22,
$36.00 for students and seniors To to www.nishmathayyim.org to register or
call 617-566-8171 x20 for more info.

NISHMAT HAYYIM cultivates Jewish meditation and contemplative practices in New
England through collaborations with synagogues and other Jewish institutions and
programs for individuals from all backgrounds.…
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News: Zamir Choral Performed At White House

Zamir Choral Performed At White House
On Monday evening, December 10, 2007, the Zamir Chorale, under the direction of
Matthew Lazar, entertained President and Mrs. Bush, Attorney General Michael Mukasey,
Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff and a select group of additional guests
at the annual White House Hanukkah celebration .Cantor Alberto Mizrahi was featured
soloist.
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The Chorale appeared at the candle lighting ceremony which was led by Ruth and Judea
Pearl, parents of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
Later, at a lavish East Room reception, Zamir sang four more selections. Judea Perl
joined the choir in performing the final number for all in attendance.
The President was most gracious, shaking the hand of every member of the choir and
even taking a moment to share some words with Matthew Lazar.…
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Come Light the Lights for Free

Some readers may be interested in a new original song for Hannukah that’s available for free online. The link was sent to me by an anonymous person who claims not to be a professional musician. She wrote the song for her kids in American pop style. It’s at purevolume.com. You have to “search” for “artist” name “Hannukah”. The song is called “Come Light The Light” and can be played or downloaded without charge. You be the judge.

Shir Chadash

Shir Chadash:
The Brooklyn Jewish Community Chorus
directed by Natasha Hirschhorn

PRESENTS
Not by Might, but by Spirit
A musical celebration of Chanukah

Enjoy classical selections by Mussorgsky
and Handel, Chanukah liturgy in exquisite
settings, and holiday favorites, old and new
with surprise guest artists

Tickets: $10 in advance, $15 at the door
Children under 13 admitted free

Saturday, December 1st at 7:45PM
East Midwood Jewish Center
with Chazzan Sam Levine and the EMJC choir
1625 Ocean Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11230
This concert made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the
Arts.
In Kings County, the Decentralization Program is administered by the Brooklyn Arts
Council, Inc. (BAC)

For more information, or to reserve tickets, please call 718-338-3800 or email
bjcc@acedsl.com

Sunday, December 9th at 5PM
Kings Bay YM-YWHA
3495 Nostrand Avenue (between Avenues U and V), Brooklyn, NY 11229 This concert is
sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Development Fund of the New York City
Department of Cultural Affairs administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc.…
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Statman Chanukicks- It -Off

This December, celebrate this season with festive holiday music for the whole
family. On Wednesday, December 5 at 7 p.m. Celebrate Hanukkah with the Andy Statman
Trio. Playing a unique blend of klezmer, rock, folk, and jazz. Statman has worked
with musical legends Jerry Garcia and Bob Dylan, and was a lead musician on Itzhak
Perlman’s klezmer sensation, In the Fiddler’s House. Unable to categorize his
music, Statman offers this description to listeners: “It’s deeply Jewish because I
am, and it’s honest because I am.” Tickets are $25 adults, $20 seniors, $15
students/members.

On December 25th join Joshua Nelson and his Kosher Gospel Choir
for Challah-lujah with performances at 1 PM & 3:30 PM. Performing to sold-out crowds
at the Museum for two years in a row, Joshua Nelson is back for another spectacular
set of shows.…
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Festival of Lights will ignite 200 voices in Manhattan

Over 200 adults and children will celebrate
Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, in concert, 3 P.M., Sunday, December
9, 2007 as Congregation Rodeph Sholom of Manhattan hosts its unique,
multigenerational Festival of Choirs. The eighth annual concert will
feature cantors and their volunteer adult and children’s choirs from all
over the New York metropolitan area. This year, the first night of
Chanukah is Friday, December 4, 2007.

A Festival of Choirs is free of charge and open to the entire community.
Congregation Rodeph Sholom is located at 7 West 83rd Street off of
Central Park West in Manhattan. For more information about this
concert, please call (212) 362-8800, ext. 1337.

“Chanukah is a wonderful time to bring together in song the young and
young-at-heart,” according to Congregation Rodeph Sholom’s Senior
Cantor, Rebecca Garfein.…
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“La ISTORIA de PURIM” Jewish Music and Poetry in Renaissance Italy

C.A.I.F. – Cultural Association of Italians at Fermilab
I.I.C. – Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Chicago
Present
Ensemble Lucidarium
“La ISTORIA de PURIM”
Jewish Music and Poetry in
Renaissance Italy

The Ensemble Lucidarium, a famous international group of
scholar musicians specialized in the works of the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance, will perform: “La Istoria de Purim,” Jewish music and
poetry from the Italian Renaissance, which was awarded first prize in 2004
by the European Association for Jewish Culture. In the fifteenth and
sixteenth centuries, northern Italy was a meeting place for three
separate Jewish communities: Ashkenazi, Jews coming from
northeastern Europe, Sephardic Jews from the Iberian peninsula, and
Italikim who had been in Italy since the days of the Roman Empire. The
music from this period is characterized by a fertile exchange of
ideas and culture between Jews and gentiles.…
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Dan Blacksberg Ensemble featured in Philly Series

Diaspora Series – “celebrates Purim with a special show featuring some of
the most innovative musicians in Klezmer and Jewish-inspired music.”
Sunday March 4
The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
8 p.m. FREE All Ages
West Philadelphia Orchestra
Dan Blacksberg Ensemble
Dan Blacksberg, Trombone
Michael Winograd, Clarinet
Jon Barrios, Bass
Jason Nazary, Drums

http://www.myspace.com/diasporaseries

Rabbi Joe Black & Maxwell Street Klezmer Band

Rabbi Joe Black with The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band in Two Hanukkah Concerts!
Wednesday, December 20 (sixth night of Hanukkah)
6:00 pm Family Concert
7:30 pm Community Concert
Temple Sholom of Chicago
3480 N. Lake Shore Drive
Doors and concessions open 1/2 hour before each concert
Tickets
$12 advance/$15 at the door
Children age 3 and under free
Family maximum $50 advance/$55 at the door
Come early – stay late! One ticket price for one concert or both!
Be a Maccabee!
For $250, receive a reserved parking space in the Temple Sholom lot the
night of the concert, reserved concert seats for up to 6 people, a Rabbi Joe
Black CD, & a Maxwell Street Klezmer Band CD. Maccabee spaces are limited!
Reserve your tickets today!…
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Hanukah Hopkele – Yiddish klezmer keilidh

Live klezmer music and dance with attitude!
The Hanukah Hopkele – Yiddish klezmer keilidh.
Sunday 17 December 2006
Doors open 7.15pm, first dance 7.45pm

Merlin Shepherd’s Chanukah Dance Band
will provide the musical entertainment (Merlin Shepherd on clarinet, Ilana
Cravitz
on violin, Polina Shepherd on accordion and Julia Doyle on bass) and
your dance caller for the evening will be Sue Foy, all the way from
Budapest. Your last chance to bop the klezmer way in 2006!

Venue: 40 Hallam Street, London W1. Nearest tubes: Great Portland Street;
Oxford Circus.

http://www.ilanacravitz.com/hopkele.html
Tickets £15, £12 concs. Call 020 8985 3724 or email hopkele@hotmail.co.uk to
book.
This special party is being hosted and supported by Central Synagogue, and
forms part of the Jewish Music Institute’s Autumn/Spring programme.…
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Woody Guthrie’s Happy Joyous Hanukkah Tour

The Klezmatics will be in conert for a Woody Guthrie music performance to bring Happy Hanukkah music to Washington state.
When: December 12, 7:30pm
Where: Kirkland Performance Center
350 Kirkland Avenue
Kirkland, WA 98033
Info: Adult $36 Senior $32.50 Youth $15 Group $32
All tickets subject to a $1.00 service fee
(Youth is 25 and younger; Senior is 62 and older)
For information call Kirkland Performance Center at
(425) 893-9900 or visit www.kpcenter.org
Taking advantage of a rare opportunity, Kirkland Performance Center
welcomes The Klezmatics to their 2006-2007 line-up midseason. The
Klezmatics will perform Woody Guthrie’s Happy Joyous Hanukkah Tour at
KPC December 12.
The Klezmatics will be presenting a contagious celebration of Hanukkah,
marrying their soulful and ebullient Jewish roots to Woody Guthrie’s
poignantly mesmerizing and newly discovered lyrics.…
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CHOIRS AND CANTORS BRING ON THE LIGHT THIS CHANUKAH

Over 250 adults and children will celebrate Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, in concert, 3 P.M., Sunday, December
10, 2006 as Congregation Rodeph Sholom of Manhattan hosts its unique, multigenerational Festival of Choirs.
Congregation Rodeph Sholom is located at 7 West 83rd Street off of Central Park West in Manhattan. For more information about this concert, please call (212) 362-8800, ext. 1337. A Festival of Choirs is free of charge and open to the entire community.

The seventh annual concert will feature cantors and their volunteer adult and children’s choirs from all
over the New York metropolitan area. This year, the first night of Chanukah is Friday, December 15, 2006.

“There is no better way to usher in the festival of Chanukah than to see people from all ages, literally from age five to 85 singing together,” according to Congregation Rodeph Sholom’s Senior Cantor, Rebecca Garfein.…
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A Hanukkah Concert at the Center for Jewish History

The American Society for Jewish Music and the American Jewish Historical Society
Present

A Hanukkah Concert
Sunday, December 18, 2005 at 3pm
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY

This concert, featuring world renowned pianist, composer and arranger Dick Hyman,
will include works by George Gershwin, Richard Rogers, Leonard Bernstein, and Harold
Arlen, among others. Mr. Hyman will be joined by vocalist Annette Sanders, who
began her career as a featured soloist with Benny Goodman. Singer/actress Ellen
Gould
, known so well for her Bubba Meises, will perform Yiddish songs and Isaiah Sheffer, host of Selected Shorts, returns for a reading of a special story.

*The concert will be followed by a candle lighting, singing, and reception in the
Paul S.…
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Golem at Brooklyn Purim Carnival

Brooklyn Jews Presents A Purim Carnival
@ the Brooklyn Lyceum
Sunday, March 27th
3pm-7pm
227 4th Ave, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Phone: 1-866-gowanus
R to Union Street
Corner of President Street
Golem scheduled to hit at 4:30pm…

Hard Rockin’ Hamentashen, KFAR Jewish Arts Center’s Purim

Purim is the Jewish Mardi Gras, where people get decked out in costumes, throw parties and get absolutely smashed. And while you won’t find people flashing for beads on this holiday (Orthodox Girls Gone Wild! Show us your ELBOWS!), traditional celebrations take literally the instruction to celebrate until one can’t tell the difference between Mordechai, the hero of the Purim story, and evil Haman.

Two Jewish rock bands, the Ari Ben Moses Band and The Moshe Skier Band and will be presented at Subterranean, a well-known, three story Wicker Park lounge and music venue.
9pm – 1am Saturday March 26th
Subterranean, 2011 W. North Ave.
$12 in advance (ticketweb.com) $15 at the door
more info at http://www.kfarcenter.com
call 773.550.1543 or email jewishfringe@kfarcenter.com

“Judas Maccabeus” in St. Louis

The St. Louis Circle of Jewish Music and the University City Symphony
Orchestra will collaborate for the second year in a row in a sing-along
performance of George Friderick Handel’s “Judas Maccabeus” December 11th,
2004. The concert will take place at 7:30 pm at Shaare Zedek Synagogue,
829 N. Hanley Road in University City, a suburb of St. Louis. Other music
to be performed includes “Shirey Chanukah” by Abraham Cohen, and a
newly-commissioned piece in honor of the centennial of Shaare Zedek, being
written by film composer Sheldon Mirowitz. Audience members may purchase
the piano-vocal score at the door, which serves as a ticket in all
following years, and are encouraged to sing along with the choruses.

RecKlez for Lag Ba’Omer in Cambridge

RecKlez, the Harvard Klezmer Band, will be performing THIS Sunday, May 9 (Lag b’Omer) at Harvard Hillel (52 Mt. Auburn St in Cambridge, Massachusetts.)
The afternoon of Jewish music featuring Harvard’s Jewish a cappella group, Mizmor Shir, and RecKlez: Harvard Klezmer Band, begins at 4:00 PM. Come listen to a rich variety of modern and traditional melodies and stay for dancing. The Klezmer part of the concert will probably begin at 4:45.
Free Admission.

Matisyahu Lag Ba’Omer Boat Cruise

Matisyahu Lag Ba’Omer Boat Cruise
Sat, May 8, 2004
presented by JDUB & RocksOff
Boat opens at 10PM/sails at 11PM
from the dock at 23rd Street and FDR Drive (East Side). 2 full bars,
surprise guests, new tunes, spectacular views of NYC, Brooklyn, the
Statue of Liberty, the bridges, and the moon.
Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the boat, and the show is 21+ w/ID
THIS WILL SELL OUT! / GO TO www.rocksoff.com TODAY!