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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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