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June 4 Folksbiene GALA CONCERT in NYC!!!!



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Press release for this wonderful, once in a lifetime event is below along 
with contact information.  Don't miss it!  Hope to see you there.


Folksbiene Yiddish Theater presents
AN AMERICAN TREASURE
A GALA CONCERT CELEBRATING THE YIDDISH THEATER
A Window to a Jewish Past
A Mirror to the Jewish Soul

Honorees 

Daniel Libeskind                    Leo Melamed     
Architect Designate                 Chairman Emeritus
for Rebuilding Ground Zero          Chicago Mercantile Exchange         
                                            
Master of Ceremonies 
Alan King 

Wednesday, June 4, 2003     
92nd Street Y 92nd Street at Lexington Avenue New York City 
Gala Concert at 7PM     
Cocktail reception with honorees and performers following the performance   

PERFORMERS 
Claire Barry 
Theodore Bikel 
Joanne Borts 
Mike Burstyn 
Adrienne Cooper 
Lisa Fishman 
Fyvush Finkel
Elliot Finkel 
Ion Finkel 
Marilyn Michaels
Zalmen Mlotek 
Phyllis Newman 
Eleanor Reissa 
and an all star Klezmer orchestra featuring: Alicia Svigals, Michael Alpert, 
Hankus Netsky, Annette Ezekiel, Susan Watts, Rachel Lemisch, Howard Leshaw, 
Marty Confurius and Don Mulvaney among others


Honorary Committee

CHAIR 
Patricia Watt 
Theodore Bikel
Hon. Gale A. Brewer
Martha Clarke
Cy Coleman
Tovah Feldshuh
Hon. Lew Fidler
Hon. C. Virginia Fields
Hon. Alan Jay Gerson
Harrison J. Goldin
    Frank Gorshin
Joel Grey
Sheldon Harnick
Hon. Alan G. Hevesi
Erica Jesselson
Elaine Kaufman
Hon. Melinda Katz
Aaron Lansky
Jack Lebewohl
Dorothy Loudon
    Bette Midler
Hon. Gifford Miller
Hon. Eva Moskowitz
Hon. Jerrold Nadler
Hon. Mike Nelson
Danny Newman
Leonard Nimoy
Itzhak Perlman
Mandy Patinkin
Tony Randall
    Carl Reiner
Mimi Sheraton
Joseph Stein
Elaine Stritch
Michael Tilson Thomas
Eli Wallach & Anne Jackson
Hon. David Weprin
Hon. David Yassky
Louis Zorich & Olympia Dukakis

    
PRESS RELEASE   

Subject: An American Treasure, Gala Concert celebrating the Yiddish Theatre 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Patricia Watt (212) 595-0924 


FOLKSBIENE HONORS LIBESKIND AND MELAMED AT STAR STUDDED EVENT. 

ON JUNE 4TH AT THE 92ND STREET Y, THE FOLKSBIENE YIDDISH THEATRE WILL HONOR 
DANIEL LIBESKIND AND LEO MELAMED AT A CONCERT/FUND-RAISER FOR THE ONLY 
PROFESSIONAL YIDDISH THEATRE IN AMERICA.

(March 28, 2003): Daniel Libeskind, the architect designated to rebuild the 
site of the World Trade Center, and Leo Melamed, the Chairman Emeritus of the 
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, both children of Holocaust survivors, will be 
the honorees at a gala concert to celebrate Yiddish Theater in America on 
June 4th at the 92nd Street Y. The event, "An American Treasure, A Gala 
Concert Celebrating the Yiddish Theatre - A window to a Jewish past - A 
mirror to the Jewish soul", which is being hosted by the comic legend Alan 
King, will feature performances by Theodore Bikel, Phyllis Newman, Mike 
Burstyn, Marilyn Michaels, Fyvush Finkel, Claire Barry, Eleanor Reissa, 
Joanne Borts, and other distinguished guests. The concert is being produced 
by Moishe Rosenfeld, with musical direction by Zalmen Mlotek. 

A number of luminaries have joined the Honorary Committee for the event to 
show their support to the cause of sustaining a living, growing and creative 
professional Yiddish theatre in America. The committee includes Theodore 
Bikel, Martha Clark, Tovah Feldshuh, Harrison J. Goldin, Sheldon Harnick, 
Alan G. Hevesi, Erica Jesselson, Councilwoman Melinda Katz, Elaine Kaufman, 
Aaron Lansky, Jack Lebewohl, Dorothy Loudon, Councilman Mike Nelson, Danny 
Newman, Leonard Nimoy, Itzhak Perlman, Mandy Patinkin, Joseph Stein, Elaine 
Stritch, Michael Tilson Thomas, Eli Wallach & Anne Jackson, and Louis Zorich &
 Olympia Dukakis. 

On June 4th, the Folksbiene will mark the beginning of its 88th season. The 
two honorees were chosen because they embody the energy and future of the 
Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre. 

Daniel Libeskind, who was born in Poland, moved to Israel and then New York, 
where Daniel spent his teen years attending the Bronx High School of Science 
and Cooper Union, where he studied architecture. Libeskind's design of the 
Jewish Museum in Berlin has been praised internationally as an architectural 
masterpiece. Now he stands before the greatest architectural challenge of all 
time - the rebuilding of Ground Zero.

Leo Melamed, also born in Poland, survived the Holocaust by fleeing with his 
parents across Europe and Asia, arriving in Chicago in 1941. In 1965 he left 
the practice of law to trade futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. 
Within a few years he was elected chairman and revolutionized the markets by 
introducing the concept of financial futures. In 1999, he was named by the 
former editor of the Chicago Tribune, among the ten most important Chicagoans 
in business of the 20th century. 

Tickets to the concert begin at $75. Sponsorship packages to the event, which 
include admission to the cocktail reception with honorees, cast and special 
guests, begin at $500. The event will take place at the 92nd Street Y, at 7pm 
on Wednesday, June 4th. For tickets and information call 212-213-2120 or 
visit the website at www.folksbiene.org.    


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