A JEWISH RESPONSE TO GENOCIDE -- BOSTON AREA CONCERT

[Richie Davis & Susan Levine <rdsl...>]

Sorry for repeating.Not the best day for a concert. But it's an important
one. Soooooo --- if you can can post this message to a LIST or a friend who
might attend, we'd  appreciate  it!


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>>>>>>     The Wholesale Klezmer Band  benefit concert for
>>>>>>      Boston Group Against Ethnic Cleansing
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>       How does a Jew respond to genocide in  the post-Holocaust
>>>>>>>>>world?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Boston Group Against Ethnic Cleansing will present The
>>>>>>>Wholesale Klezmer Band in a special program, "Tfile Far a Tsebrokhener
>>>>>>>Velt," (Prayer for a Broken World) May 30  at 2 p.m. as a benefit for
>>>>>>>Bosnian refugees and Kosovo refugees in Macedonia. The concert will
>>>>>>>take place in the sanctuary of  Congregation Kehillath Israel, 384
>>>>>>>Harvard Street, Brookline, Mass.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>  The concert of Yiddish songs, stories and music was inspired by
>>>>>>>>>the Jewish Community of Sarajevo.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In "Tfile,"  the Wholesale Klezmer Band weaves together traditional and
>>>>>>>>>new Yiddish and Hebrew  songs and dance melodies into a
>>>>>>>>>musical prayer for peace throughout the world.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  "Between painted mountains, cities are dying,'' sings Yossl
>>>>>>>Kurland, the band's    lead vocalist. "Beneath autumn's reddened
>>>>>>>trees, people are falling like leave. Dear God, you have sanctified us
>>>>>>>with Your commandments that we should repair Your world.".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Wholesale Klezmer Band, founded in 1982, is a
>>>>>>>Massachusetts-based ensemble  that has performed  traditional
>>>>>>>>>Yiddish dance music and songs in concerts throughout
>>>>>>>>>the Northeast. The Band has appeared with Pete
>>>>>>>>>Seeger and Peter Paul and Mary and has  played at venues including
>>>>>>>>>Carnegie Hall and President Clinton's inaugural celebration.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  "It is the balance they achieve between social understanding and
>>>>>>>social satire that marks The Wholesale Klezmer Band as a truly great
>>>>>>>klezmer band."
>>>>>>> That was how the folk magazine Dirty Linen reacted in a review of
>>>>>>>our first album five years ago. We had just performed at a special
>>>>>>>centennial concert with Pete Seeger at Carnegie Hall and were about to
>>>>>>>be invited to play at Bill Clinton's first presidential inaugural.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Tikkun Olam is not a mandate to perform miracles, only to do what
>>>>>>>we can," wrote The Jewish Weekly News of Western Massachusetts in its
>>>>>>>review of "Tfile."  With 'Tfile Far a Tsebrokhener Velt,' , the
>>>>>>>newspaper wrote about the group's recording of its  1992 concert ,
>>>>>>>"The Wholesale Klezmer Band did perform a little miracle: by doing
>>>>>>>what they could do, and doing it so beautifully, they show us that
>>>>>>>what we do can have an impact too."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Tickets  will be $12 at the door and $10 in advance. For
>>>>>>>information and tickets call: (617) 247-1883 or 738-9325.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         Tickets will also be on sale in the Russian store "Babushka
>>>>>>>Deli",
>>>>>>>62 Washington Street, Brighton, across from  Citizen Bank ,near
>>>>>>>Commonwealth Ave., or  by mail.Checks should be send to BGAEC, 10
>>>>>>>Kenmore St.,S.103, Boston, MA 02215. For children under 12, admission
>>>>>>>is  free.
>>>>>>                          ******
>>>>>>(Contact The Wholesale Klezmer Band: Joe Kurland (413) 624-3204.  Or
>>>>>>learn more about us and our Tfile recording and program at
>>>>>>http://www.crocker.com/~ganeydn


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