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Yiddish Summer Weimar 2006: Basarabye!
The Weimar Klezmer Weeks, runs this year from July 11 through August 10 in Weimar, Germany.

• Jul 11–18: Beginning and Intermediate Yiddish language
• Jul 11–13: Workshop—Learning music by ear
• Jul 15–17: Introduction to klezmer music
• Jul 19–26: Yiddish song workshop
• Jul 27–Aug 1: Yiddish dance music for musicians
• Jul 29–Aug 1: workshop Yiddish dance
• Aug 3–10: Advanced workshop klezmer music

Possibly the most romanticized of all the "old worlds" of Yiddish, Bessarabia (part of present-day Moldova) is still mythic in Jewish memory and imagination today. Much of the modern klezmer "sound" as well as many Yiddish dances and songs point back to Bessarabian origins. Devastated by war and politics, the remnants of Bessarabian Yiddish culture survived the 20th century scattered throughout the world. In 2006, Weimar Yiddish Summer (formerly Weimar Klezmer Weeks) will gather together artists and musicians from the USA, Moldova, the Ukraine and elsewhere to conduct a unique, month-long, intensive workshop/festival focusing on Bessarabian Yiddish expressive culture.

As in past years, Weimar Yiddish Summer explores one subject at a time in workshops lasting from 3–7 days. In 2006 our subjects are: Yiddish Language (beginning and intermediate), Learning By Ear, Introduction to Klezmer Music, Yiddish Song, Dance Music for Musicians, Yiddish Dance, and Advanced Klezmer Music (see schedule).

Program director Alan Bern has given Weimar Yiddish Summer 2006 an even stronger emphasis on interculturality: in addition to the regular group of eminent faculty, guests in 2006 include clarinetist German Goldenshteyn (Bessarabia/USA), singer Arkady Gendler (Ukraine), singer/songwriter Efim Chorny (Moldova), dance teacher Nicolae Grinbincea (Moldova), and many others. Michael Alpert and Zev Feldman will lead us through Bessarabian Yiddish history and ethnography as well as Yiddish dance.

As always, daytime classes are complemented by evening programs including public jam sessions in Weimar's cafes, concerts, dances, films, lectures, and more. Participants come from all over Europe, North America, and even Asia, and often form personal and professional relationships that extend far beyond Weimar. Whether for a single workshop or for the entire period, we invite you to join us in 2006 for what promises to be the most exciting and challenging Weimar Yiddish Summer yet!

www.klezmer-wochen-weimar.de

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Rebecca Kaplan & Pete Rushefsky—An evening of Yiddish folksong

At Barbes in Brooklyn, NY (www.barbesbrooklyn.com)
Tuesday, August 1, 2006
7:00PM–8:30PM

376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.) Park Slope, Brooklyn
Subway: F train to 7th Ave.
917-326-9659

Suggested donation $8

Rebecca Kaplan (vocals/piano) and Pete Rushefsky (tsimbl). Beautiful and haunting Yiddish folk songs accompanied by the tsimbl (cimbalom), a hammered dulcimer with 100 strings. The renowned duo Rebecca Kaplan & Pete Rushefsky bring to life rarely-heard gems of Yiddish music along with virtuosic instrumentals. A rare NY appearance of Kaplan, one of the leading Yiddish folksingers of her generation. For more information go to: www.cdbaby.com/cd/rushefsky

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Yiddish Summer Weimar 2006: Basarabye!
The Weimar Klezmer Weeks, runs this year from July 11 through August 10 in Weimar, Germany.

• Jul 11–18: Beginning and Intermediate Yiddish language
• Jul 11–13: Workshop—Learning music by ear
• Jul 15–17: Introduction to klezmer music
• Jul 19–26: Yiddish song workshop
• Jul 27–Aug 1: Yiddish dance music for musicians
• Jul 29–Aug 1: workshop Yiddish dance
• Aug 3–10: Advanced workshop klezmer music

Possibly the most romanticized of all the "old worlds" of Yiddish, Bessarabia (part of present-day Moldova) is still mythic in Jewish memory and imagination today. Much of the modern klezmer "sound" as well as many Yiddish dances and songs point back to Bessarabian origins. Devastated by war and politics, the remnants of Bessarabian Yiddish culture survived the 20th century scattered throughout the world. In 2006, Weimar Yiddish Summer (formerly Weimar Klezmer Weeks) will gather together artists and musicians from the USA, Moldova, the Ukraine and elsewhere to conduct a unique, month-long, intensive workshop/festival focusing on Bessarabian Yiddish expressive culture.

As in past years, Weimar Yiddish Summer explores one subject at a time in workshops lasting from 3–7 days. In 2006 our subjects are: Yiddish Language (beginning and intermediate), Learning By Ear, Introduction to Klezmer Music, Yiddish Song, Dance Music for Musicians, Yiddish Dance, and Advanced Klezmer Music (see schedule).

Program director Alan Bern has given Weimar Yiddish Summer 2006 an even stronger emphasis on interculturality: in addition to the regular group of eminent faculty, guests in 2006 include clarinetist German Goldenshteyn (Bessarabia/USA), singer Arkady Gendler (Ukraine), singer/songwriter Efim Chorny (Moldova), dance teacher Nicolae Grinbincea (Moldova), and many others. Michael Alpert and Zev Feldman will lead us through Bessarabian Yiddish history and ethnography as well as Yiddish dance.

As always, daytime classes are complemented by evening programs including public jam sessions in Weimar's cafes, concerts, dances, films, lectures, and more. Participants come from all over Europe, North America, and even Asia, and often form personal and professional relationships that extend far beyond Weimar. Whether for a single workshop or for the entire period, we invite you to join us in 2006 for what promises to be the most exciting and challenging Weimar Yiddish Summer yet!

www.klezmer-wochen-weimar.de

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Thursday August 3
Alicia Svigals at Johnny D's in Somerville, MA
In a duo with tsimbl player Pete Rushefsky.
www.johnnyds.com

Violinist Alicia Svigals, considered by many to be the world's leading klezmer fiddler, founded Jewish roots band the Klezmatics and her current group, the all-female Mikveh. As a musician and composer, she's worked with Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, the Ben Folds Five, playwrights Tony Kushner (Angels in America) and Eve Ensler (the Vagina Monologues), poet Allen Ginsburg, violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Kronos Quartet, Jewish spiritual singer/songwriter Debbie Friedman, cantor Avraham Fried and many others. She has appeared on David Letterman, MTV, Good Morning America, PBS' Great Performances, and NPR's Prairie Home Companion, Weekend Edition and New Sounds. Her solo album Fidl is the world's first klezmer violin CD. She loves to play weddings and bat/bar mitzvahs and can be reached at her website: www.aliciasvigals.com. "...violin playing with depth and urgency..." L.A. Times

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Klingon Klezmer
Thursday - 8/3: Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, 100 Northwestern Ave, 6:30 PM, for more info go to website or call 215-247-577- free!

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Yiddish Summer Weimar 2006: Basarabye!
The Weimar Klezmer Weeks, runs this year from July 11 through August 10 in Weimar, Germany.

• Jul 11–18: Beginning and Intermediate Yiddish language
• Jul 11–13: Workshop—Learning music by ear
• Jul 15–17: Introduction to klezmer music
• Jul 19–26: Yiddish song workshop
• Jul 27–Aug 1: Yiddish dance music for musicians
• Jul 29–Aug 1: workshop Yiddish dance
• Aug 3–10: Advanced workshop klezmer music

Possibly the most romanticized of all the "old worlds" of Yiddish, Bessarabia (part of present-day Moldova) is still mythic in Jewish memory and imagination today. Much of the modern klezmer "sound" as well as many Yiddish dances and songs point back to Bessarabian origins. Devastated by war and politics, the remnants of Bessarabian Yiddish culture survived the 20th century scattered throughout the world. In 2006, Weimar Yiddish Summer (formerly Weimar Klezmer Weeks) will gather together artists and musicians from the USA, Moldova, the Ukraine and elsewhere to conduct a unique, month-long, intensive workshop/festival focusing on Bessarabian Yiddish expressive culture.

As in past years, Weimar Yiddish Summer explores one subject at a time in workshops lasting from 3–7 days. In 2006 our subjects are: Yiddish Language (beginning and intermediate), Learning By Ear, Introduction to Klezmer Music, Yiddish Song, Dance Music for Musicians, Yiddish Dance, and Advanced Klezmer Music (see schedule).

Program director Alan Bern has given Weimar Yiddish Summer 2006 an even stronger emphasis on interculturality: in addition to the regular group of eminent faculty, guests in 2006 include clarinetist German Goldenshteyn (Bessarabia/USA), singer Arkady Gendler (Ukraine), singer/songwriter Efim Chorny (Moldova), dance teacher Nicolae Grinbincea (Moldova), and many others. Michael Alpert and Zev Feldman will lead us through Bessarabian Yiddish history and ethnography as well as Yiddish dance.

As always, daytime classes are complemented by evening programs including public jam sessions in Weimar's cafes, concerts, dances, films, lectures, and more. Participants come from all over Europe, North America, and even Asia, and often form personal and professional relationships that extend far beyond Weimar. Whether for a single workshop or for the entire period, we invite you to join us in 2006 for what promises to be the most exciting and challenging Weimar Yiddish Summer yet!

www.klezmer-wochen-weimar.de

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Yiddish Summer Weimar 2006: Basarabye!
The Weimar Klezmer Weeks, runs this year from July 11 through August 10 in Weimar, Germany.

• Jul 11–18: Beginning and Intermediate Yiddish language
• Jul 11–13: Workshop—Learning music by ear
• Jul 15–17: Introduction to klezmer music
• Jul 19–26: Yiddish song workshop
• Jul 27–Aug 1: Yiddish dance music for musicians
• Jul 29–Aug 1: workshop Yiddish dance
• Aug 3–10: Advanced workshop klezmer music

Possibly the most romanticized of all the "old worlds" of Yiddish, Bessarabia (part of present-day Moldova) is still mythic in Jewish memory and imagination today. Much of the modern klezmer "sound" as well as many Yiddish dances and songs point back to Bessarabian origins. Devastated by war and politics, the remnants of Bessarabian Yiddish culture survived the 20th century scattered throughout the world. In 2006, Weimar Yiddish Summer (formerly Weimar Klezmer Weeks) will gather together artists and musicians from the USA, Moldova, the Ukraine and elsewhere to conduct a unique, month-long, intensive workshop/festival focusing on Bessarabian Yiddish expressive culture.

As in past years, Weimar Yiddish Summer explores one subject at a time in workshops lasting from 3–7 days. In 2006 our subjects are: Yiddish Language (beginning and intermediate), Learning By Ear, Introduction to Klezmer Music, Yiddish Song, Dance Music for Musicians, Yiddish Dance, and Advanced Klezmer Music (see schedule).

Program director Alan Bern has given Weimar Yiddish Summer 2006 an even stronger emphasis on interculturality: in addition to the regular group of eminent faculty, guests in 2006 include clarinetist German Goldenshteyn (Bessarabia/USA), singer Arkady Gendler (Ukraine), singer/songwriter Efim Chorny (Moldova), dance teacher Nicolae Grinbincea (Moldova), and many others. Michael Alpert and Zev Feldman will lead us through Bessarabian Yiddish history and ethnography as well as Yiddish dance.

As always, daytime classes are complemented by evening programs including public jam sessions in Weimar's cafes, concerts, dances, films, lectures, and more. Participants come from all over Europe, North America, and even Asia, and often form personal and professional relationships that extend far beyond Weimar. Whether for a single workshop or for the entire period, we invite you to join us in 2006 for what promises to be the most exciting and challenging Weimar Yiddish Summer yet!

www.klezmer-wochen-weimar.de

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Saturday, August 5
Alicia Svigals at the Maverick Concerts in Woodstock, NY
In a duo with tsimbl player Pete Rushefsky.

Violinist Alicia Svigals, considered by many to be the world's leading klezmer fiddler, founded Jewish roots band the Klezmatics and her current group, the all-female Mikveh. As a musician and composer, she's worked with Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, the Ben Folds Five, playwrights Tony Kushner (Angels in America) and Eve Ensler (the Vagina Monologues), poet Allen Ginsburg, violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Kronos Quartet, Jewish spiritual singer/songwriter Debbie Friedman, cantor Avraham Fried and many others. She has appeared on David Letterman, MTV, Good Morning America, PBS' Great Performances, and NPR's Prairie Home Companion, Weekend Edition and New Sounds. Her solo album Fidl is the world's first klezmer violin CD. She loves to play weddings and bat/bar mitzvahs and can be reached at her website: www.aliciasvigals.com. "...violin playing with depth and urgency..." L.A. Times

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Ot Azoy! Yiddish Crash Course Sunday 6-Friday 11 August

KlezFest is preceded by Ot Azoy! (6-11 August). Ot Azoy' means 'This is the way' and it really is the way for beginners to advanced students to learn to read, write and speak Yiddish quickly and easily in only one week in a fun and friendly atmosphere. Includes intensive tuition and conversation sessions with expert tuition from Peysakh Fiszman of New York, Sonia Dratwa-Pinkusowitz of the Buber Institute in Brussels and Lily Kahn under the Direction of Helen (Khayele) Beer of University College London. Learn Yiddish also through song with exquisite Yiddish Singer Shura Lipovsky from Amsterdam and through Yiddish films selected and introduced by Barry Davis of London. For complete beginners to advanced students in four levels. Beginners will be taken through the Hebrew-Yiddish alphabet (much easier than it looks), will learn some every-day vocabulary and a generous helping of grammar, so that by the end of the week you will be able to string together your first sentences in Yiddish! Intermediate and advanced Yiddish speakers will be given more challenging texts and grammatical lessons and will get lots of opportunities to converse in this extraordinary language. Who says Yiddish is Kaput? This will be the 5th JMI Yiddish Crash course.

Register for Ot Azoy!

Website www.jmi.org.uk

Details of fees and registration forms are now available. Full fees are £285; Students £185. There is an early booking discount of £15 if booked by 15 April and paid in full by 31 May. Further discounts if attending with an ensemble and if booking for Ot Azoy! as well as KlezFest or Song School. Some scholarships are available, to apply fill in a registration form and send with deposit and letter describing the need for financial assistance and the reason you want to do the courses. Book soon and have the benefit of the early booking discount. Website www.jmi.org.uk to register

JMI KlezFest London, the Song School and Ot Azoy! are part of the European Yiddish and Klezmer Academy 2006 for the Transmission of the Yiddish cultural heritage. Four European institutions in London, Paris, Weimar and Vilnius give you the chance to learn Yiddish language and song and Klezmer music. This programme is supported by the Culture Program 2000 of the European Union. Participate in one course or in several. Some European scholarships are available. See the website for details of each European Academy course: www.yiddish-klezmer.net

JMI KlezFest London, the Song School and Ot Azoy! are also part of a World Music Summer School at SOAS University of London www.SOAS.ac.uk/summermusic

KlezFest, Song School and Ot Azoy! will be held this year again at West London Synagogue, 33 Seymour Place, London, W1, and KlezFest and Song School will end with KlezFesters invited to participate with their voices and instruments in a moving service welcoming the Sabbath in the sanctuary and optional partaking of a meal with the community on Friday 18 August.

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Yiddish Summer Weimar 2006: Basarabye!
The Weimar Klezmer Weeks, runs this year from July 11 through August 10 in Weimar, Germany.

• Jul 11–18: Beginning and Intermediate Yiddish language
• Jul 11–13: Workshop—Learning music by ear
• Jul 15–17: Introduction to klezmer music
• Jul 19–26: Yiddish song workshop
• Jul 27–Aug 1: Yiddish dance music for musicians
• Jul 29–Aug 1: workshop Yiddish dance
• Aug 3–10: Advanced workshop klezmer music

Possibly the most romanticized of all the "old worlds" of Yiddish, Bessarabia (part of present-day Moldova) is still mythic in Jewish memory and imagination today. Much of the modern klezmer "sound" as well as many Yiddish dances and songs point back to Bessarabian origins. Devastated by war and politics, the remnants of Bessarabian Yiddish culture survived the 20th century scattered throughout the world. In 2006, Weimar Yiddish Summer (formerly Weimar Klezmer Weeks) will gather together artists and musicians from the USA, Moldova, the Ukraine and elsewhere to conduct a unique, month-long, intensive workshop/festival focusing on Bessarabian Yiddish expressive culture.

As in past years, Weimar Yiddish Summer explores one subject at a time in workshops lasting from 3–7 days. In 2006 our subjects are: Yiddish Language (beginning and intermediate), Learning By Ear, Introduction to Klezmer Music, Yiddish Song, Dance Music for Musicians, Yiddish Dance, and Advanced Klezmer Music (see schedule).

Program director Alan Bern has given Weimar Yiddish Summer 2006 an even stronger emphasis on interculturality: in addition to the regular group of eminent faculty, guests in 2006 include clarinetist German Goldenshteyn (Bessarabia/USA), singer Arkady Gendler (Ukraine), singer/songwriter Efim Chorny (Moldova), dance teacher Nicolae Grinbincea (Moldova), and many others. Michael Alpert and Zev Feldman will lead us through Bessarabian Yiddish history and ethnography as well as Yiddish dance.

As always, daytime classes are complemented by evening programs including public jam sessions in Weimar's cafes, concerts, dances, films, lectures, and more. Participants come from all over Europe, North America, and even Asia, and often form personal and professional relationships that extend far beyond Weimar. Whether for a single workshop or for the entire period, we invite you to join us in 2006 for what promises to be the most exciting and challenging Weimar Yiddish Summer yet!

www.klezmer-wochen-weimar.de

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Sunday, Aug 6, Alicia Svigal's Klezmer Fiddle Party Band
4:45 p.m. at Lincoln Center Out of Doors
With special guest dance instructor Steve Weintraub. Band includes Pete Rushefsky on tsimbl, Jim Guttman on bass, Mimi Rabson on violin. (Time subject to change)

Violinist Alicia Svigals, considered by many to be the world's leading klezmer fiddler, founded Jewish roots band the Klezmatics and her current group, the all-female Mikveh. As a musician and composer, she's worked with Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, the Ben Folds Five, playwrights Tony Kushner (Angels in America) and Eve Ensler (the Vagina Monologues), poet Allen Ginsburg, violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Kronos Quartet, Jewish spiritual singer/songwriter Debbie Friedman, cantor Avraham Fried and many others. She has appeared on David Letterman, MTV, Good Morning America, PBS' Great Performances, and NPR's Prairie Home Companion, Weekend Edition and New Sounds. Her solo album Fidl is the world's first klezmer violin CD. She loves to play weddings and bat/bar mitzvahs and can be reached at her website: www.aliciasvigals.com. "...violin playing with depth and urgency..." L.A. Times

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Klingon Klezmer
Sunday - 8/6: Long Island Foundation, 120 Long Beach Blvd, Loveladies, NJ, for infor go to website or call 609-494-1241

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Ot Azoy! Yiddish Crash Course Sunday 6-Friday 11 August

KlezFest is preceded by Ot Azoy! (6-11 August). Ot Azoy' means 'This is the way' and it really is the way for beginners to advanced students to learn to read, write and speak Yiddish quickly and easily in only one week in a fun and friendly atmosphere. Includes intensive tuition and conversation sessions with expert tuition from Peysakh Fiszman of New York, Sonia Dratwa-Pinkusowitz of the Buber Institute in Brussels and Lily Kahn under the Direction of Helen (Khayele) Beer of University College London. Learn Yiddish also through song with exquisite Yiddish Singer Shura Lipovsky from Amsterdam and through Yiddish films selected and introduced by Barry Davis of London. For complete beginners to advanced students in four levels. Beginners will be taken through the Hebrew-Yiddish alphabet (much easier than it looks), will learn some every-day vocabulary and a generous helping of grammar, so that by the end of the week you will be able to string together your first sentences in Yiddish! Intermediate and advanced Yiddish speakers will be given more challenging texts and grammatical lessons and will get lots of opportunities to converse in this extraordinary language. Who says Yiddish is Kaput? This will be the 5th JMI Yiddish Crash course.

Register for Ot Azoy!

Website www.jmi.org.uk

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Yiddish Summer Weimar 2006: Basarabye!
The Weimar Klezmer Weeks, runs this year from July 11 through August 10 in Weimar, Germany.

• Jul 11–18: Beginning and Intermediate Yiddish language
• Jul 11–13: Workshop—Learning music by ear
• Jul 15–17: Introduction to klezmer music
• Jul 19–26: Yiddish song workshop
• Jul 27–Aug 1: Yiddish dance music for musicians
• Jul 29–Aug 1: workshop Yiddish dance
• Aug 3–10: Advanced workshop klezmer music

Possibly the most romanticized of all the "old worlds" of Yiddish, Bessarabia (part of present-day Moldova) is still mythic in Jewish memory and imagination today. Much of the modern klezmer "sound" as well as many Yiddish dances and songs point back to Bessarabian origins. Devastated by war and politics, the remnants of Bessarabian Yiddish culture survived the 20th century scattered throughout the world. In 2006, Weimar Yiddish Summer (formerly Weimar Klezmer Weeks) will gather together artists and musicians from the USA, Moldova, the Ukraine and elsewhere to conduct a unique, month-long, intensive workshop/festival focusing on Bessarabian Yiddish expressive culture.

As in past years, Weimar Yiddish Summer explores one subject at a time in workshops lasting from 3–7 days. In 2006 our subjects are: Yiddish Language (beginning and intermediate), Learning By Ear, Introduction to Klezmer Music, Yiddish Song, Dance Music for Musicians, Yiddish Dance, and Advanced Klezmer Music (see schedule).

Program director Alan Bern has given Weimar Yiddish Summer 2006 an even stronger emphasis on interculturality: in addition to the regular group of eminent faculty, guests in 2006 include clarinetist German Goldenshteyn (Bessarabia/USA), singer Arkady Gendler (Ukraine), singer/songwriter Efim Chorny (Moldova), dance teacher Nicolae Grinbincea (Moldova), and many others. Michael Alpert and Zev Feldman will lead us through Bessarabian Yiddish history and ethnography as well as Yiddish dance.

As always, daytime classes are complemented by evening programs including public jam sessions in Weimar's cafes, concerts, dances, films, lectures, and more. Participants come from all over Europe, North America, and even Asia, and often form personal and professional relationships that extend far beyond Weimar. Whether for a single workshop or for the entire period, we invite you to join us in 2006 for what promises to be the most exciting and challenging Weimar Yiddish Summer yet!

www.klezmer-wochen-weimar.de

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Ot Azoy! Yiddish Crash Course Sunday 6-Friday 11 August

KlezFest is preceded by Ot Azoy! (6-11 August). Ot Azoy' means 'This is the way' and it really is the way for beginners to advanced students to learn to read, write and speak Yiddish quickly and easily in only one week in a fun and friendly atmosphere. Includes intensive tuition and conversation sessions with expert tuition from Peysakh Fiszman of New York, Sonia Dratwa-Pinkusowitz of the Buber Institute in Brussels and Lily Kahn under the Direction of Helen (Khayele) Beer of University College London. Learn Yiddish also through song with exquisite Yiddish Singer Shura Lipovsky from Amsterdam and through Yiddish films selected and introduced by Barry Davis of London. For complete beginners to advanced students in four levels. Beginners will be taken through the Hebrew-Yiddish alphabet (much easier than it looks), will learn some every-day vocabulary and a generous helping of grammar, so that by the end of the week you will be able to string together your first sentences in Yiddish! Intermediate and advanced Yiddish speakers will be given more challenging texts and grammatical lessons and will get lots of opportunities to converse in this extraordinary language. Who says Yiddish is Kaput? This will be the 5th JMI Yiddish Crash course.

Register for Ot Azoy!

Website www.jmi.org.uk

Posted by Ari Davidow at 7:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Yiddish Summer Weimar 2006: Basarabye!
The Weimar Klezmer Weeks, runs this year from July 11 through August 10 in Weimar, Germany.

• Jul 11–18: Beginning and Intermediate Yiddish language
• Jul 11–13: Workshop—Learning music by ear
• Jul 15–17: Introduction to klezmer music
• Jul 19–26: Yiddish song workshop
• Jul 27–Aug 1: Yiddish dance music for musicians
• Jul 29–Aug 1: workshop Yiddish dance
• Aug 3–10: Advanced workshop klezmer music

Possibly the most romanticized of all the "old worlds" of Yiddish, Bessarabia (part of present-day Moldova) is still mythic in Jewish memory and imagination today. Much of the modern klezmer "sound" as well as many Yiddish dances and songs point back to Bessarabian origins. Devastated by war and politics, the remnants of Bessarabian Yiddish culture survived the 20th century scattered throughout the world. In 2006, Weimar Yiddish Summer (formerly Weimar Klezmer Weeks) will gather together artists and musicians from the USA, Moldova, the Ukraine and elsewhere to conduct a unique, month-long, intensive workshop/festival focusing on Bessarabian Yiddish expressive culture.

As in past years, Weimar Yiddish Summer explores one subject at a time in workshops lasting from 3–7 days. In 2006 our subjects are: Yiddish Language (beginning and intermediate), Learning By Ear, Introduction to Klezmer Music, Yiddish Song, Dance Music for Musicians, Yiddish Dance, and Advanced Klezmer Music (see schedule).

Program director Alan Bern has given Weimar Yiddish Summer 2006 an even stronger emphasis on interculturality: in addition to the regular group of eminent faculty, guests in 2006 include clarinetist German Goldenshteyn (Bessarabia/USA), singer Arkady Gendler (Ukraine), singer/songwriter Efim Chorny (Moldova), dance teacher Nicolae Grinbincea (Moldova), and many others. Michael Alpert and Zev Feldman will lead us through Bessarabian Yiddish history and ethnography as well as Yiddish dance.

As always, daytime classes are complemented by evening programs including public jam sessions in Weimar's cafes, concerts, dances, films, lectures, and more. Participants come from all over Europe, North America, and even Asia, and often form personal and professional relationships that extend far beyond Weimar. Whether for a single workshop or for the entire period, we invite you to join us in 2006 for what promises to be the most exciting and challenging Weimar Yiddish Summer yet!

www.klezmer-wochen-weimar.de

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Ot Azoy! Yiddish Crash Course Sunday 6-Friday 11 August

KlezFest is preceded by Ot Azoy! (6-11 August). Ot Azoy' means 'This is the way' and it really is the way for beginners to advanced students to learn to read, write and speak Yiddish quickly and easily in only one week in a fun and friendly atmosphere. Includes intensive tuition and conversation sessions with expert tuition from Peysakh Fiszman of New York, Sonia Dratwa-Pinkusowitz of the Buber Institute in Brussels and Lily Kahn under the Direction of Helen (Khayele) Beer of University College London. Learn Yiddish also through song with exquisite Yiddish Singer Shura Lipovsky from Amsterdam and through Yiddish films selected and introduced by Barry Davis of London. For complete beginners to advanced students in four levels. Beginners will be taken through the Hebrew-Yiddish alphabet (much easier than it looks), will learn some every-day vocabulary and a generous helping of grammar, so that by the end of the week you will be able to string together your first sentences in Yiddish! Intermediate and advanced Yiddish speakers will be given more challenging texts and grammatical lessons and will get lots of opportunities to converse in this extraordinary language. Who says Yiddish is Kaput? This will be the 5th JMI Yiddish Crash course.

Register for Ot Azoy!

Website www.jmi.org.uk

Posted by Ari Davidow at 7:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Yiddish Summer Weimar 2006: Basarabye!
The Weimar Klezmer Weeks, runs this year from July 11 through August 10 in Weimar, Germany.

• Jul 11–18: Beginning and Intermediate Yiddish language
• Jul 11–13: Workshop—Learning music by ear
• Jul 15–17: Introduction to klezmer music
• Jul 19–26: Yiddish song workshop
• Jul 27–Aug 1: Yiddish dance music for musicians
• Jul 29–Aug 1: workshop Yiddish dance
• Aug 3–10: Advanced workshop klezmer music

Possibly the most romanticized of all the "old worlds" of Yiddish, Bessarabia (part of present-day Moldova) is still mythic in Jewish memory and imagination today. Much of the modern klezmer "sound" as well as many Yiddish dances and songs point back to Bessarabian origins. Devastated by war and politics, the remnants of Bessarabian Yiddish culture survived the 20th century scattered throughout the world. In 2006, Weimar Yiddish Summer (formerly Weimar Klezmer Weeks) will gather together artists and musicians from the USA, Moldova, the Ukraine and elsewhere to conduct a unique, month-long, intensive workshop/festival focusing on Bessarabian Yiddish expressive culture.

As in past years, Weimar Yiddish Summer explores one subject at a time in workshops lasting from 3–7 days. In 2006 our subjects are: Yiddish Language (beginning and intermediate), Learning By Ear, Introduction to Klezmer Music, Yiddish Song, Dance Music for Musicians, Yiddish Dance, and Advanced Klezmer Music (see schedule).

Program director Alan Bern has given Weimar Yiddish Summer 2006 an even stronger emphasis on interculturality: in addition to the regular group of eminent faculty, guests in 2006 include clarinetist German Goldenshteyn (Bessarabia/USA), singer Arkady Gendler (Ukraine), singer/songwriter Efim Chorny (Moldova), dance teacher Nicolae Grinbincea (Moldova), and many others. Michael Alpert and Zev Feldman will lead us through Bessarabian Yiddish history and ethnography as well as Yiddish dance.

As always, daytime classes are complemented by evening programs including public jam sessions in Weimar's cafes, concerts, dances, films, lectures, and more. Participants come from all over Europe, North America, and even Asia, and often form personal and professional relationships that extend far beyond Weimar. Whether for a single workshop or for the entire period, we invite you to join us in 2006 for what promises to be the most exciting and challenging Weimar Yiddish Summer yet!

www.klezmer-wochen-weimar.de

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Ot Azoy! Yiddish Crash Course Sunday 6-Friday 11 August

KlezFest is preceded by Ot Azoy! (6-11 August). Ot Azoy' means 'This is the way' and it really is the way for beginners to advanced students to learn to read, write and speak Yiddish quickly and easily in only one week in a fun and friendly atmosphere. Includes intensive tuition and conversation sessions with expert tuition from Peysakh Fiszman of New York, Sonia Dratwa-Pinkusowitz of the Buber Institute in Brussels and Lily Kahn under the Direction of Helen (Khayele) Beer of University College London. Learn Yiddish also through song with exquisite Yiddish Singer Shura Lipovsky from Amsterdam and through Yiddish films selected and introduced by Barry Davis of London. For complete beginners to advanced students in four levels. Beginners will be taken through the Hebrew-Yiddish alphabet (much easier than it looks), will learn some every-day vocabulary and a generous helping of grammar, so that by the end of the week you will be able to string together your first sentences in Yiddish! Intermediate and advanced Yiddish speakers will be given more challenging texts and grammatical lessons and will get lots of opportunities to converse in this extraordinary language. Who says Yiddish is Kaput? This will be the 5th JMI Yiddish Crash course.

Register for Ot Azoy!

Website www.jmi.org.uk

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Yiddish Summer Weimar 2006: Basarabye!
The Weimar Klezmer Weeks, runs this year from July 11 through August 10 in Weimar, Germany.

• Jul 11–18: Beginning and Intermediate Yiddish language
• Jul 11–13: Workshop—Learning music by ear
• Jul 15–17: Introduction to klezmer music
• Jul 19–26: Yiddish song workshop
• Jul 27–Aug 1: Yiddish dance music for musicians
• Jul 29–Aug 1: workshop Yiddish dance
• Aug 3–10: Advanced workshop klezmer music

Possibly the most romanticized of all the "old worlds" of Yiddish, Bessarabia (part of present-day Moldova) is still mythic in Jewish memory and imagination today. Much of the modern klezmer "sound" as well as many Yiddish dances and songs point back to Bessarabian origins. Devastated by war and politics, the remnants of Bessarabian Yiddish culture survived the 20th century scattered throughout the world. In 2006, Weimar Yiddish Summer (formerly Weimar Klezmer Weeks) will gather together artists and musicians from the USA, Moldova, the Ukraine and elsewhere to conduct a unique, month-long, intensive workshop/festival focusing on Bessarabian Yiddish expressive culture.

As in past years, Weimar Yiddish Summer explores one subject at a time in workshops lasting from 3–7 days. In 2006 our subjects are: Yiddish Language (beginning and intermediate), Learning By Ear, Introduction to Klezmer Music, Yiddish Song, Dance Music for Musicians, Yiddish Dance, and Advanced Klezmer Music (see schedule).

Program director Alan Bern has given Weimar Yiddish Summer 2006 an even stronger emphasis on interculturality: in addition to the regular group of eminent faculty, guests in 2006 include clarinetist German Goldenshteyn (Bessarabia/USA), singer Arkady Gendler (Ukraine), singer/songwriter Efim Chorny (Moldova), dance teacher Nicolae Grinbincea (Moldova), and many others. Michael Alpert and Zev Feldman will lead us through Bessarabian Yiddish history and ethnography as well as Yiddish dance.

As always, daytime classes are complemented by evening programs including public jam sessions in Weimar's cafes, concerts, dances, films, lectures, and more. Participants come from all over Europe, North America, and even Asia, and often form personal and professional relationships that extend far beyond Weimar. Whether for a single workshop or for the entire period, we invite you to join us in 2006 for what promises to be the most exciting and challenging Weimar Yiddish Summer yet!

www.klezmer-wochen-weimar.de

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Golem

Thursday, August 10 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM (7:00 PM doors)
at ROCKS OFF CONCERT CRUISE - ABORD THE HALF MOON, New York City

This cruise will depart from Skyport Marina - 23rd & FDR Drive (EAST side). Boarding will begin at 7pm and the cruise will depart at 8pm SHARP. Don't be late - it ain't pretty to be standin on the dock, watching the party sailing away! There is a cash bar on board so make sure to swing by the ATM on your way to the boat. There are 'bar snacks' provided, but there will be no food for sale on this trip. If you have any questions about the show or your purchase, please contact Sancho Dominguez at sancho@rocksoff.com or check www.rocksoff.com/faq.

XXOO,
Rocks Off
$15.00

Tickets: www.ticketweb.com

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Ot Azoy! Yiddish Crash Course Sunday 6-Friday 11 August

KlezFest is preceded by Ot Azoy! (6-11 August). Ot Azoy' means 'This is the way' and it really is the way for beginners to advanced students to learn to read, write and speak Yiddish quickly and easily in only one week in a fun and friendly atmosphere. Includes intensive tuition and conversation sessions with expert tuition from Peysakh Fiszman of New York, Sonia Dratwa-Pinkusowitz of the Buber Institute in Brussels and Lily Kahn under the Direction of Helen (Khayele) Beer of University College London. Learn Yiddish also through song with exquisite Yiddish Singer Shura Lipovsky from Amsterdam and through Yiddish films selected and introduced by Barry Davis of London. For complete beginners to advanced students in four levels. Beginners will be taken through the Hebrew-Yiddish alphabet (much easier than it looks), will learn some every-day vocabulary and a generous helping of grammar, so that by the end of the week you will be able to string together your first sentences in Yiddish! Intermediate and advanced Yiddish speakers will be given more challenging texts and grammatical lessons and will get lots of opportunities to converse in this extraordinary language. Who says Yiddish is Kaput? This will be the 5th JMI Yiddish Crash course.

Register for Ot Azoy!

Website www.jmi.org.uk

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Jewish Song School
Sunday 13-Friday 18 August

Alongside KlezFest, with joint classes with instrumentalists in dance and ensembles will once more be the Jewish Song School. Here amateur and professional singers led by Shura Lipovsky of Amsterdam explore the joys of Jewish song in many languages and styles, with special emphasis on Yiddish song.. She will be assisted by Jacinta on Yiddish and Sephardi songs. Polina Shepherd will be the accompanist and vocal ensemble director assisted by Judith Silver. (Read about Song Summer School 2005 and see the comments and pictures Website www.jmi.org.uk)

Details of fees and registration forms are now available. Full fees are £285; Students £185. There is an early booking discount of £15 if booked by 15 April and paid in full by 31 May. Further discounts if attending with an ensemble and if booking for Ot Azoy! as well as KlezFest or Song School. Some scholarships are available, to apply fill in a registration form and send with deposit and letter describing the need for financial assistance and the reason you want to do the courses. Book soon and have the benefit of the early booking discount. Website www.jmi.org.uk to register

JMI KlezFest London, the Song School and Ot Azoy! are part of the European Yiddish and Klezmer Academy 2006 for the Transmission of the Yiddish cultural heritage. Four European institutions in London, Paris, Weimar and Vilnius give you the chance to learn Yiddish language and song and Klezmer music. This programme is supported by the Culture Program 2000 of the European Union. Participate in one course or in several. Some European scholarships are available. See the website for details of each European Academy course: www.yiddish-klezmer.net

JMI KlezFest London, the Song School and Ot Azoy! are also part of a World Music Summer School at SOAS University of London www.SOAS.ac.uk/summermusic

KlezFest, Song School and Ot Azoy! will be held this year again at West London Synagogue, 33 Seymour Place, London, W1, and KlezFest and Song School will end with KlezFesters invited to participate with their voices and instruments in a moving service welcoming the Sabbath in the sanctuary and optional partaking of a meal with the community on Friday 18 August.

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This year KlezFest London (Sunday August 13 - Friday August 18) will again be led by Frank London, with Veretski Pass as the Resident Band. New this year will be a special strand for professional Klezmer bands and players. Also running parallel is the now famous Jewish Song Summer School and they all are preceded by Ot Azoy! - how to read, write and speak (and specially sing) Yiddish in one week (6-11 August 2006). See details below!!

See the website for details of each European Academy course: www.yiddish-klezmer.net

'Dr Klez' himself (AKA Joshua Horowitz—the renowned performer and scholar of klezmer music of Budowitz and other fame), will be a principal guest at the JMI's 6th annual KlezFest London in 2006. Frank London, who created an outstanding programme last year with the Klezmatics will again be the Programme Director and this time has invited the new ensemble Veretski Pass to be the resident band.

This means that not only will we have Joshua Horowitz, an expert on button accordion and tsimbl, but we will have the exciting fiddler Cookie Segelstein for the first time on the violin faculty, and Stuart Brotman will be back dealing with bass instruments. Other returnees are of course Deborah Strauss (fiddle), Jeff Warschauer (plucked strings), Merlin Shepherd and Christian Dawid (clarinets), Sanne Moricke (accordion), Guy Schalom (percussion), Ilana Cravitz (fiddle assistant) and Andreas Schmitges dance-leader assisted by Helene Domergue. Also special to JMI KlezFest London is a contingent of outstanding musicians and singers from the Former Soviet Union who contribute greatly to the calibre and atmosphere of the event.

New to KlezFest London this year, in addition to the work with amateurs, is a special strand for professional klezmer players. Professional bands will have a chance to perform at KlezFest in the Park on the opening day, and in our showcase of Klezmer: The Next Generation organised by Guy Schalom. Professionals will have special lectures and hands-on workshop sessions as well as individual and ensemble masterclasses with Josh Horowitz, Frank London and others on composition and ensemble arrangements. There will be sessions on professional development with music industry leaders on how to make a demo and get a record deal; how to get gigs, how to present yourselves on stage, how to manage being a live performer and how to teach Klezmer.

KlezFest London is a hands-on learning experience with luminaries of the Klezmer revival from Europe and America, focusing on the style, ornamentation, rhythm and repertoire of Eastern European Jewish music, song and dance. It is an inspirational and life-enhancing experience for amateur and professional instrumentalists and singers. In 2006, KlezFest includes a special parallel strand for professional klezmer players as well as the parallel Song School. KlezFest is preceded by a fantastic one-week Yiddish course ideal for complete beginners and for singers but catering also for advanced language students. All the students of KlezFest and Song School, work together each morning till tea break - learning the Shers and Bulgars - the dances of old Europe to a live band led by Merlin Shepherd and singing Chassidic nigunim. After parallel sessions for instrumentalists and singers everyone comes together again in the last session to join in vocal ensembles. Meals and evening entertainment are included and taken together (except on Wednesday which is a free afternoon).

Details of fees and registration forms are now available. Full fees are £285; Students £185. There is an early booking discount of £15 if booked by 15 April and paid in full by 31 May. Further discounts if attending with an ensemble and if booking for Ot Azoy! as well as KlezFest or Song School. Some scholarships are available, to apply fill in a registration form and send with deposit and letter describing the need for financial assistance and the reason you want to do the courses. Book soon and have the benefit of the early booking discount. Website www.jmi.org.uk to register

JMI KlezFest London, the Song School and Ot Azoy! are part of the European Yiddish and Klezmer Academy 2006 for the Transmission of the Yiddish cultural heritage. Four European institutions in London, Paris, Weimar and Vilnius give you the chance to learn Yiddish language and song and Klezmer music. This programme is supported by the Culture Program 2000 of the European Union. Participate in one course or in several. Some European scholarships are available. See the website for details of each European Academy course: www.yiddish-klezmer.net

JMI KlezFest London, the Song School and Ot Azoy! are also part of a World Music Summer School at SOAS University of London www.SOAS.ac.uk/summermusic

KlezFest, Song School and Ot Azoy! will be held this year again at West London Synagogue, 33 Seymour Place, London, W1, and KlezFest and Song School will end with KlezFesters invited to participate with their voices and instruments in a moving service welcoming the Sabbath in the sanctuary and optional partaking of a meal with the community on Friday 18 August.

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This year KlezFest London (Sunday August 13 - Friday August 18) will again be led by Frank London, with Veretski Pass as the Resident Band. New this year will be a special strand for professional Klezmer bands and players. Also running parallel is the now famous Jewish Song Summer School and they all are preceded by Ot Azoy! - how to read, write and speak (and specially sing) Yiddish in one week (6-11 August 2006). See details below!!

See the website for details of each European Academy course: www.yiddish-klezmer.net

For further information: www.jmi.org.uk

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Jewish Song School
Sunday 13-Friday 18 August

Alongside KlezFest, with joint classes with instrumentalists in dance and ensembles will once more be the Jewish Song School. Here amateur and professional singers led by Shura Lipovsky of Amsterdam explore the joys of Jewish song in many languages and styles, with special emphasis on Yiddish song.. She will be assisted by Jacinta on Yiddish and Sephardi songs. Polina Shepherd will be the accompanist and vocal ensemble director assisted by Judith Silver. (Read about Song Summer School 2005 and see the comments and pictures Website www.jmi.org.uk)

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This year KlezFest London (Sunday August 13 - Friday August 18) will again be led by Frank London, with Veretski Pass as the Resident Band. New this year will be a special strand for professional Klezmer bands and players. Also running parallel is the now famous Jewish Song Summer School and they all are preceded by Ot Azoy! - how to read, write and speak (and specially sing) Yiddish in one week (6-11 August 2006). See details below!!

See the website for details of each European Academy course: www.yiddish-klezmer.net

For further information: www.jmi.org.uk

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Jewish Song School
Sunday 13-Friday 18 August

Alongside KlezFest, with joint classes with instrumentalists in dance and ensembles will once more be the Jewish Song School. Here amateur and professional singers led by Shura Lipovsky of Amsterdam explore the joys of Jewish song in many languages and styles, with special emphasis on Yiddish song.. She will be assisted by Jacinta on Yiddish and Sephardi songs. Polina Shepherd will be the accompanist and vocal ensemble director assisted by Judith Silver. (Read about Song Summer School 2005 and see the comments and pictures Website www.jmi.org.uk)

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This year KlezFest London (Sunday August 13 - Friday August 18) will again be led by Frank London, with Veretski Pass as the Resident Band. New this year will be a special strand for professional Klezmer bands and players. Also running parallel is the now famous Jewish Song Summer School and they all are preceded by Ot Azoy! - how to read, write and speak (and specially sing) Yiddish in one week (6-11 August 2006). See details below!!

See the website for details of each European Academy course: www.yiddish-klezmer.net

For further information: www.jmi.org.uk

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Jewish Song School
Sunday 13-Friday 18 August

Alongside KlezFest, with joint classes with instrumentalists in dance and ensembles will once more be the Jewish Song School. Here amateur and professional singers led by Shura Lipovsky of Amsterdam explore the joys of Jewish song in many languages and styles, with special emphasis on Yiddish song.. She will be assisted by Jacinta on Yiddish and Sephardi songs. Polina Shepherd will be the accompanist and vocal ensemble director assisted by Judith Silver. (Read about Song Summer School 2005 and see the comments and pictures Website www.jmi.org.uk)

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This year KlezFest London (Sunday August 13 - Friday August 18) will again be led by Frank London, with Veretski Pass as the Resident Band. New this year will be a special strand for professional Klezmer bands and players. Also running parallel is the now famous Jewish Song Summer School and they all are preceded by Ot Azoy! - how to read, write and speak (and specially sing) Yiddish in one week (6-11 August 2006). See details below!!

See the website for details of each European Academy course: www.yiddish-klezmer.net

For further information: www.jmi.org.uk

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Jewish Song School
Sunday 13-Friday 18 August

Alongside KlezFest, with joint classes with instrumentalists in dance and ensembles will once more be the Jewish Song School. Here amateur and professional singers led by Shura Lipovsky of Amsterdam explore the joys of Jewish song in many languages and styles, with special emphasis on Yiddish song.. She will be assisted by Jacinta on Yiddish and Sephardi songs. Polina Shepherd will be the accompanist and vocal ensemble director assisted by Judith Silver. (Read about Song Summer School 2005 and see the comments and pictures Website www.jmi.org.uk)

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Yiddishe Cup
Aug 17
Wiley Middle School
University Heights, Ohio
7pm
free
216-932-7800

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This year KlezFest London (Sunday August 13 - Friday August 18) will again be led by Frank London, with Veretski Pass as the Resident Band. New this year will be a special strand for professional Klezmer bands and players. Also running parallel is the now famous Jewish Song Summer School and they all are preceded by Ot Azoy! - how to read, write and speak (and specially sing) Yiddish in one week (6-11 August 2006). See details below!!

See the website for details of each European Academy course: www.yiddish-klezmer.net

For further information: www.jmi.org.uk

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Jewish Song School
Sunday 13-Friday 18 August

Alongside KlezFest, with joint classes with instrumentalists in dance and ensembles will once more be the Jewish Song School. Here amateur and professional singers led by Shura Lipovsky of Amsterdam explore the joys of Jewish song in many languages and styles, with special emphasis on Yiddish song.. She will be assisted by Jacinta on Yiddish and Sephardi songs. Polina Shepherd will be the accompanist and vocal ensemble director assisted by Judith Silver. (Read about Song Summer School 2005 and see the comments and pictures Website www.jmi.org.uk)

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Our Music school is organizing a Klezmer summer school in the south of france, from the 19th to the 26th of august in a gorgeous place. This summer session is open to adults who want to play music in a band, conducted by an experienced clarinet professor. There will be a concert at the end of the week in the village nearby. For food, lodging and music course it costs 500 euros. All details are on our website. musique-ensemble.com
Tel: 33 1 43 61 52 88
E-mail Arielle Zajde for further info.

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The internationally renowned and only annual rural–based summer festival of yiddish / jewish culture and the arts returns for a 11th year in 2006

Sunday August 20th, 2006 (5pm) to Sunday August 27th, 2006

KlezKanada takes place at Camp B'Nai Brith—St. Agathe (Lantier), Quebec MAPQUEST

www.klezkanada.com

You can download the KlezKanada registration form and/or KlezKanada scholarship application form.

[I, Mr. KlezmerShack, am already signed up to take the daily newsletter and camp blog to new heights. If you are interested in being part of this particular project, email me right after you register!]

*Please note that KlezKanada 2006 will now take place over a full week for all participants

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Our Music school is organizing a Klezmer summer school in the south of france, from the 19th to the 26th of august in a gorgeous place. This summer session is open to adults who want to play music in a band, conducted by an experienced clarinet professor. There will be a concert at the end of the week in the village nearby. For food, lodging and music course it costs 500 euros. All details are on our website. musique-ensemble.com
Tel: 33 1 43 61 52 88
E-mail Arielle Zajde for further info.

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The internationally renowned and only annual rural–based summer festival of yiddish / jewish culture and the arts returns for a 11th year in 2006

Sunday August 20th, 2006 (5pm) to Sunday August 27th, 2006

KlezKanada takes place at Camp B'Nai Brith—St. Agathe (Lantier), Quebec MAPQUEST

www.klezkanada.com

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Our Music school is organizing a Klezmer summer school in the south of france, from the 19th to the 26th of august in a gorgeous place. This summer session is open to adults who want to play music in a band, conducted by an experienced clarinet professor. There will be a concert at the end of the week in the village nearby. For food, lodging and music course it costs 500 euros. All details are on our website. musique-ensemble.com
Tel: 33 1 43 61 52 88
E-mail Arielle Zajde for further info.

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The internationally renowned and only annual rural–based summer festival of yiddish / jewish culture and the arts returns for a 11th year in 2006

Sunday August 20th, 2006 (5pm) to Sunday August 27th, 2006

KlezKanada takes place at Camp B'Nai Brith—St. Agathe (Lantier), Quebec MAPQUEST

www.klezkanada.com

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Our Music school is organizing a Klezmer summer school in the south of france, from the 19th to the 26th of august in a gorgeous place. This summer session is open to adults who want to play music in a band, conducted by an experienced clarinet professor. There will be a concert at the end of the week in the village nearby. For food, lodging and music course it costs 500 euros. All details are on our website. musique-ensemble.com
Tel: 33 1 43 61 52 88
E-mail Arielle Zajde for further info.

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The internationally renowned and only annual rural–based summer festival of yiddish / jewish culture and the arts returns for a 11th year in 2006

Sunday August 20th, 2006 (5pm) to Sunday August 27th, 2006

KlezKanada takes place at Camp B'Nai Brith—St. Agathe (Lantier), Quebec MAPQUEST

www.klezkanada.com

Posted by Ari Davidow at 8:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Our Music school is organizing a Klezmer summer school in the south of france, from the 19th to the 26th of august in a gorgeous place. This summer session is open to adults who want to play music in a band, conducted by an experienced clarinet professor. There will be a concert at the end of the week in the village nearby. For food, lodging and music course it costs 500 euros. All details are on our website. musique-ensemble.com
Tel: 33 1 43 61 52 88
E-mail Arielle Zajde for further info.

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The internationally renowned and only annual rural–based summer festival of yiddish / jewish culture and the arts returns for a 11th year in 2006

Sunday August 20th, 2006 (5pm) to Sunday August 27th, 2006

KlezKanada takes place at Camp B'Nai Brith—St. Agathe (Lantier), Quebec MAPQUEST

www.klezkanada.com

Posted by Ari Davidow at 8:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Our Music school is organizing a Klezmer summer school in the south of france, from the 19th to the 26th of august in a gorgeous place. This summer session is open to adults who want to play music in a band, conducted by an experienced clarinet professor. There will be a concert at the end of the week in the village nearby. For food, lodging and music course it costs 500 euros. All details are on our website. musique-ensemble.com
Tel: 33 1 43 61 52 88
E-mail Arielle Zajde for further info.

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The internationally renowned and only annual rural–based summer festival of yiddish / jewish culture and the arts returns for a 11th year in 2006

Sunday August 20th, 2006 (5pm) to Sunday August 27th, 2006

KlezKanada takes place at Camp B'Nai Brith—St. Agathe (Lantier), Quebec MAPQUEST

www.klezkanada.com

Posted by Ari Davidow at 8:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Our Music school is organizing a Klezmer summer school in the south of france, from the 19th to the 26th of august in a gorgeous place. This summer session is open to adults who want to play music in a band, conducted by an experienced clarinet professor. There will be a concert at the end of the week in the village nearby. For food, lodging and music course it costs 500 euros. All details are on our website. musique-ensemble.com
Tel: 33 1 43 61 52 88
E-mail Arielle Zajde for further info.

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The internationally renowned and only annual rural–based summer festival of yiddish / jewish culture and the arts returns for a 11th year in 2006

Sunday August 20th, 2006 (5pm) to Sunday August 27th, 2006

KlezKanada takes place at Camp B'Nai Brith—St. Agathe (Lantier), Quebec MAPQUEST

www.klezkanada.com

Posted by Ari Davidow at 8:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Our Music school is organizing a Klezmer summer school in the south of france, from the 19th to the 26th of august in a gorgeous place. This summer session is open to adults who want to play music in a band, conducted by an experienced clarinet professor. There will be a concert at the end of the week in the village nearby. For food, lodging and music course it costs 500 euros. All details are on our website. musique-ensemble.com
Tel: 33 1 43 61 52 88
E-mail Arielle Zajde for further info.

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A bountiful outpouring of music, theatre, art, dance, literature, cabaret and film will take place from August 29 through September 4 at the Harbourfront Centre, with special events at Earl Bales Park and the Miles Nadal jcc.

Colourful events like the pageant and parade created by the award-winning Shadowland Theatre, Kabbalah yoga and dramatic Havdallah rituals evoke the special nature of the festival, which melds the traditional spirit of Eastern Europe with the new, radical art being created in a contemporary resurgence of Jewish culture.

Most events are free. Click here to see the entire Ashkenaz 2006 schedule.

Some special events will require a ticket, including Retro Ashkenaz, with festival favorites Klezmer en Buenos Aires and Les Yeux Noirs, on Thursday, August 31. Click here for information on all the ticketed events.

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Golem
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Washington, DC
with DJ Anaan
@ Red and Black
8:00 PM
Tickets: $8

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May be it'll be interesting for you to know (and to post at your calendar!!!) what russian klezmer band Nayekhovichi (www.nayekhovichi.ru) will play at the 30th of August in Berlin (Kaffee Burger, 22:00) and at the 31th of august in Wrotslaw's Synagogue in Poland (20:00) (now we finished with London KlezFest and waiting for our singer' (Vanya Zhuk) comeback-from-KlezKanada)

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A bountiful outpouring of music, theatre, art, dance, literature, cabaret and film will take place from August 29 through September 4 at the Harbourfront Centre, with special events at Earl Bales Park and the Miles Nadal jcc.

Colourful events like the pageant and parade created by the award-winning Shadowland Theatre, Kabbalah yoga and dramatic Havdallah rituals evoke the special nature of the festival, which melds the traditional spirit of Eastern Europe with the new, radical art being created in a contemporary resurgence of Jewish culture.

Most events are free. Click here to see the entire Ashkenaz 2006 schedule.

Some special events will require a ticket, including Retro Ashkenaz, with festival favorites Klezmer en Buenos Aires and Les Yeux Noirs, on Thursday, August 31. Click here for information on all the ticketed events.

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Golem
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Philadelphia, PA
@ Khyber
8:00 PM
Tickets: $8 (show is 21+)
Get tickets here

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May be it'll be interesting for you to know (and to post at your calendar!!!) what russian klezmer band Nayekhovichi (www.nayekhovichi.ru) will play at the 30th of August in Berlin (Kaffee Burger, 22:00) and at the 31th of august in Wrotslaw's Synagogue in Poland (20:00) (now we finished with London KlezFest and waiting for our singer' (Vanya Zhuk) comeback-from-KlezKanada)

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Art Bailey's Orkestra Popilar will be performing Thursday, Sept 31st at the Jewish Museum's SummerNights series, after a screening of the 1950's television series "The Goldbergs"

Art Bailey- accordion
Jake Shulman-Ment-violin
Jeremy Brown-violin
Jim Guttmann-bass

Thursday, Sept 31st, 2006, 7pm and 8pm
Jewish Museum
1109 Fifth Avenue (northeast corner of 92nd Street)
New York,NY 10128

Music from Romania and a few other places...

Art Bailey’s Orkestra Popilar is a quintet consisting of accordion, two violins, mandolin and bass that highlights both well-known and more obscure klezmer tunes, as well as Bailey’s own original compositions. The repertoire is a mix of early 20th century Jewish fiddle pieces, original compositions, improvisation, and features material originally recorded by Romanian-born cymbalom master and Lower East Side restaurateur, Joseph Moskowitz. Reminiscent of an earlier time in the history of recorded Jewish music, the result is fresh, unique, and thoroughly engaging.

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A bountiful outpouring of music, theatre, art, dance, literature, cabaret and film will take place from August 29 through September 4 at the Harbourfront Centre, with special events at Earl Bales Park and the Miles Nadal jcc.

Colourful events like the pageant and parade created by the award-winning Shadowland Theatre, Kabbalah yoga and dramatic Havdallah rituals evoke the special nature of the festival, which melds the traditional spirit of Eastern Europe with the new, radical art being created in a contemporary resurgence of Jewish culture.

Most events are free. Click here to see the entire Ashkenaz 2006 schedule.

Some special events will require a ticket, including Retro Ashkenaz, with festival favorites Klezmer en Buenos Aires and Les Yeux Noirs, on Thursday, August 31. Click here for information on all the ticketed events.

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