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For those interested in Israeli folk music, there will be a whole weekend in Manhattan dedicated to the classic Israeli folk dances to this music, including a live band. All are welcome.

12th Annual SHORASHIM - Roots of Israeli Folk Dance

Labor Day Weekend
Fri. Aug 29-Mon. Sep 1 2003

12th Annual SHORASHIM - ROOTS OF ISRAELI FOLK DANCE, Labor Day Weekend of Nostalgia on Broadway, with 3 afternoons of workshops & 4 nights of parties/marathons featuring world famous choreographer Dani Dassa, master teacher Danny Pollock (teaching classic repertoire for beginners), Ayalah Goren-Kadman of Jerusalem's Rubin Academy of Music & Dance plus other guests. Parties begin every night at at 8 pm; afternoon repertoire workshops (8/31, 9/1 with Danny Pollack) from 2-4 pm & 4-6 pm (with Dani Dassa teaching his dances). On 8/30, at 2-4 pm, there will be a special program commemorating the 100th birthday of Israel's most influential classic folk dance choreographer, Rivka Sturman z"l featuring Ayalah Goren-Kadman with Dani Dassa & Danny Pollock. Music provided by well-known dance leaders and a live band. All events in an air-conditioned professional dance studio. No pre-registration required. No partner needed.

INFORMATION: 917-207-0093
RDR@rikud.net or www.rikud.net
Sponsored by: Rikuday Dor Rishon
Location: Bridge for Dance 2726 Broadway at 104th St
Cost: Afternoon Workshops-$10; night Parties - $15;
Special reduced rate for entry to all events on the weekend-$100

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Spend Labor Day Weekend, Aug 29 - Sep 1, with the New Folksbiene Yiddish Theater as they prepare for their 89th season. Enjoy lectures, demonstrations, panel discussions and concerts, and participate in activities ranging from choral singing to an acting workshop.

For reservations, call 800-551-1553 or 845-221-2771 or www.circle.org/Circle/circle%20v.2/wcsr.htm

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Here's why you gotta come to the Yiddish Conference in Baltimore

1. Your friends and colleagues will be there.
2. The networking's great.
3. You can learn a great deal about today's world of Yiddish.
4. You'll learn about the newest books and cds

So come on down. For particulars and to download a registration form, visit fishl kutner's site ­www.derbay.org. Baltimore's the place to be this September. Kumt, kinderlekh, kumt.

1. Your friends and colleagues will be there.

   Henry Sapoznik, Yale Strom, Lori Cahan-Simon (with Steven Greenman and Walt Mahovitch in tow) they¹re coming, plus Shira and Ken Richmond, the FISH Street Klezmer Duo of Klezmaniacs fame, plus our own local Charm City Klezmer, Baltimore Klezmer Orchestra. Cantor Allan Berman will do Zmiros and Chasidic nigunim after the Shabes dinner and conduct Sabbath services. And the incredible Avi Albrecht will sing Yiddish on Saturday night. The trio from Philadelphia ­ Sender Botwinik, Sherm Labovitz and Marvin Weinberger will close with a concert of beautiful Yiddish art and theater songs on Sunday morning.

2. The networking's great.

   Many of the attendees are leaders of US and Canadian Yiddish clubs AND major Yiddish events. In fact, the MC of the Talent Cabaret is none other than wunderkind Mitch SMOLKIN, director of the ASHKENAZ FESTIVAL in Toronto.

3. You can learn a great deal about today's world of Yiddish.

   There will be 28 workshops by a who's who of teachers, academics, writers, poets, scholars, activists, web magazine editors, performers.

4. You'll learn about the newest books and cds, attend a showing of Yale Strom's new film, "L'Chaim, Comrade Stalin", and a whole lot more. Sal Kluger of Simkha Sales will be running his shop of Yiddish and Klezmer goodies.

So come on down. For particulars and to download a registration form, visit fishl kutner's site ­www.derbay.org. Baltimore's the place to be this September. Kumt, kinderlekh, kumt.

Sylvia Schildt, Chair
8th World Conference, IAYC
Baltmore Maryland
410 298 4765
creativa@charm.net

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The Hip Hop Hoodíos
Joe's Pub
The Public Theater
425 Lafayette St
New York

For further info, www.publictheater.org

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Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band
Jewish Community Council,
Grand Rapids Mich.
7:30 p.m. concert. $.
616-281-4079.

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B o s t o n U n i v e r s i t y
Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies
presents the Horn-Berger Concert

A l i c i a S v i g a l s and her Ensemble

Wednesday, September 24, 2003
8 p.m.
School of Management Auditorium
595 Commonwealth Ave.

Violinist Alicia Svigals, who is considered by many to be the world's leading klezmer fiddler, was a founder of the renowned Jewish roots groups the Klezmatics, and of her current band, the all-female Mikveh. As a musician and composer, she has worked with Itzhak Perlman, the Kronos Quartet, playwrights Tony Kushner and Eve Ensler, Allen Ginsburg, Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Hasidic superstar Avraham Fried, and singer/songwriter Debbie Friedman.

She has been at the forefront of the Klezmer revival, rediscovering and reinventing the sound of the Klezmer fiddle, the central instrument in klezmer music before the Holocaust. A musician and composer, Svigals is widely acclaimed for her virtuosic technique and lyricism.

Svigals will be joined by an old-world string band made up of Boston's finest klezmer musicians, including members of the Klezmer Conservatory Band and of Andy Statman's ensemble: Jim Guttman, bass; Miriam Rabson and Rohan Gregory, violins; Pete Rushefsky, tsimbl; and Larry Eagle, percussion.

Free and open to the public. For information call 617-353-8096.

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Hotegeklezt
en concert à la Fondation de l'Hermitage
2 route du Signal, Lausanne
le 27 septembre 2003 à 20h et à 22h
pour la "Nuite des Musées"
dans le cadre de l'Exposition "Frantisek Kupka"

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Arab-Jewish Peace Concert

Sunday September 28th, 2003
9:00pm
Musical Director: Yoel Ben-Simhon

Join us for the Second Annual Arab-Jewish Peace Concert, featuring Jewish and Arab musicians committed to promoting peace and co-existence within and between our communities. The concert features performers of Muslim, Jewish, and Christian background from Morocco, Senegal, Israel, Egypt, Argentina, Lebanon, and the United States. In contrast to the violence of the past year, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the American war in Iraq, Storahtelling brings together a diverse community in a non-political setting, to invoke unity, acceptance, and the prevailing art forms of peace.

Performers include: Frank London (The Klezmatics), Basya Schechter (Pharoah’s Daughter), Raquy Danziger, Yoel Ben-Simhon, Mor Dior Bamba, Rashid Halihal, George Mordechai, Hicham Chami, Emmanuel Mann, Sarah Oroeste, Rami El-Aasser, Osama Veadan, Osama Faruk, Tomer Tzur, Brian Gelfand, Dorit Konig, and others.

All tickets: $12 at the door At the Actors Temple, 339 West 47th St. (btw 8/9), NYC, NY

This is the first in a series of two peace concerts in 2003-2004 season that will facilitate dialogue, understanding, and peace between the Arab and Jewish communities through music and tradition.

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Hadass Pal-Yarden

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