The Child Musician’s Searches for Meaning: Children of the Holocaust who Survived Thans to Their Playing and Later, as adults, Engaged in it As Their Life’s Mission
What was the pivotal moment in the Second World War that caused Shmuel to shut his eyes while playing the harmonica near Crematorium no. 3 in Auschwitz-Birkenau? How did he get back the harmonica that was taken from him? And what was the vow he made when he realized it had saved his life? What […]
The Shtetl and The Klezmer through Songs and Musicals
A musical journey that takes us from the Jewish shtetl through the streets of Broadway to the Land of Israel. During our journey we will experience the essence of Jewish music: happy, sad, and most of all – soulful. In this lecture we will explore how the greatest musicals (Fiddler on the Roof, The Sound […]