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Good For The Jews: Jewish music for people who don't like Jewish music. No songs about dreidels. And no Israeli folk-dancing.

We're proud to announce that Good For The Jews will be playing our first NYC show in more than a year, with The Klezmatics and Joshua Nelson, on January 11, 2011.

Tickets are priced at $22 to $28. But because you're on the KlezmerShack calendar, you don't have to pay retail. Click on this link to buy tickets for only $15.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011
City Winery
155 Varick Street (between Spring and Vandam Streets)
Showtime 8 pm
Club phone number, (212) 608-0555

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World Music/CRASHarts is also excited to present the Klezmatics with special guest Joshua Nelson in “Brother Moses Smote the Water” on Saturday, March 13th, 8pm at the Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square, Somerville. Tickets are $28. For tickets and information, call World Music/CRASHarts at 617.876.4275 or visit www.WorldMusic.org.

The Grammy Award–winning Klezmatics and African-American Jewish gospel singer Joshua Nelson team up to create a vibrant, rousing live performance just in time for Passover. Brother Moses Smote the Water features age-old Hebrew Passover songs, Nelson’s own brand of “kosher gospel” and traditional Yiddish Klezmatics anthems.

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24th JMF OPENING NIGHT:
KOSHER GOSPEL featuring Joshua Nelson & Special Guests, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir
Saturday, March 21, 8:00 pm
First Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501 Harrison Street, Oakland
$24 Students/Seniors/JCC Members
$28 General
Tickets available online

Grammy-nominated Joshua Nelson sings with a voice that recalls Mahalia Jackson and counts Oprah Winfrey and Maya Angelou among his biggest fans. He has sung with Wynton Marsalis, Aretha Franklin, and The Klezmatics. This extraordinary "Prince of Kosher Gospel" combines African-American spiritual styles with Jewish liturgical music. Special guests, the renowned, 55-voice Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, directed by Terrance Kelly, open the evening.

Co-sponsored by Forest Creatures Entertainment and Leonard Kurz in memory of Ursula Sherman

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