Dear Friends,

Please join us for Or Olam fascinating lecture series presented by prominent musicians and lecturers who will introduce us to various types of Jewish Music and Cultures. Our second session will take place Sunday, February 7th at 5:30pm.

Here is the zoom link to join - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7899569723

KLEZMER - Music of the People, by Dr. Zisl Slepovitch  

Music scholar and multi-instrumentalist D. Zisl Slepovitch will give a talk about the history of the Klezmers, originally, Ashkenazic Jewish musicians – instrumentalists, with music examples — both performed by himself and carefully selected rare recordings. This one-hour talk will show you how a tightly knit, unionized music community has become a world music phenomenon and style of music, with all its connections to multiple musical sources.

BIO:  Zisl Slepovitch, a native of Minsk, Belarus (in the US  since 2008), is a musicologist (Ph.D.), klezmer, classical, and improvising multi-instrumentalist musician and composer; music and Yiddish educator; a founding member of critically acclaimed bands Litvakus and Zisl Slepovitch Trio; a frequent contributor to the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene; and Musician-in-Residence at Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University. Slepovitch has served as a clarinetist and associate conductor in "Fiddler on the Roof" in Yiddish (off-Broadway, 2018-20), Yiddish instructor at The New School, guest artist, and lecturer at universities and cultural organizations worldwide, Slepovitch's contributions include  "Defiance" movie, "Eternal Echoes" CD (Sony Classical), " Rejoice with  Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot" (PBS), and a number of original scores.

Please consider a donation to support the programming at Or Olam! Designate your contribution either for the Music Fund, to support the music programming.

As always, Or Olam welcomes new members and looks forward to making you feel at home in its wonderful Community.       

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