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SUMMARY:The Joy of Jewish Music & Dance
DESCRIPTION:The Joy of Jewish Music and Dance\nSunday March 23rd – 1-4 pm – JCC East Bay \nDive into “The Joy of Jewish Music and Dance”! This delightful monthly series is perfect for musicians\, dancers\, and enthusiasts who are eager to connect and celebrate Judaism’s dynamic musical traditions. Bring your instruments\, lace up your dancing shoes\, and get ready for a whole lot of Jewish joy!\nThis month’s workshop offers an afternoon of Klezmer\, Balkan\, and Romanian music and dance\, taught by innovators and leaders in the Jewish Music community.\nMeet our guest teachers:\nPeter Bonos plays trumpet\, oud and euphonium in a variety of musical styles\, including klezmer\, balkan brass\, and Turkish music. He produces The Berkeley Balkan Bacchanal\, a monthly concert series at the Starry Plough. He is a founding member of Balkan brass band Fanfare Zambaleta and is the bandleader of Orchestra Euphonos\, an instrumental Eastern European folk ensemble specializing in Moldovan music and Klezmer. He has also performed and collaborated with Alaturca Connection\, Zirzuvi\, Kali Orkestar\, Duygu Gün and many more artists in the Bay Area Balkan and Klezmer and Turkish music scene.\nBruce Bierman is a celebrated Jewish dance master \, theater director and arts educator. He is co-artistic director of the award-winning Yiddish Theatre Ensemble in Berkeley where he has directed and choreographed ‘The Megilleh of Itzik Manger’ for the Berkeley Jewish Music Festival\, Sholem Asch’s ‘God of Vengeance’ and most recently ‘Between Worlds’ starring Naomi Newman. He served as Yiddish dance and theater dramaturg for Paula Vogel’s Tony Award winning play\, ‘Indecent’ at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival\, Arena Stage and the most recent production at the San Francisco Playhouse which YTE also co-produced. Bruce was also a lead dancer and teaching artist with the Los Angeles Aman Folk Ensemble bringing world music and dance to youth throughout the L.A. Unified School District.\nThe music workshop will explore the shared repertoire and stylistic connections between the Jewish\, Romanian\, and Romani music of Romania and Moldova (formerly Bessarabia). Taught and organized by Orchestra Euphonos bandleader Peter Bonos on trumpet\, this workshop will give students and guests the rare opportunity to study Romanian folk singing by Ionela Guzic alongside Yiddish Folk singing by Aaron Goldstein (also on percussion)\, accompanied by Zina Pozen on accordion\, each teaching on their respective instruments or vocal repertoire. We’ll conclude with a big jam on the tunes we’ll learn plus a performance of the extended repertoire characterized by a distinct sound informed by the group’s forays into klezmer\, Balkan\, and Romanian music.\nDrop-in admission: $25.00-$54.00 sliding scale. No one turned away for lack of funds. Kids are free.\nCost Range: 25 – 54 \n \n \nOrganization: JCC East Bay
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LOCATION:JCC East Bay\, 1414 Walnut Street\, Berkeley\, California\, 94709\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social
ORGANIZER;CN="Noah Curtis-Goldstein":MAILTO:noah.curtisgoldstein@jcceastbay.org
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Connecting Dots by Joshua A. Miele
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the Berkeley Book Launch event for Connecting Dots by Dr. Joshua A. Miele! \nCome join us on Tuesday\, Mar 04\, 2025 at 7 PM at the JCC East Bay for an evening of celebration and connection. Meet the author\, Dr. Joshua A. Miele\, as he shares insights and stories from his latest book in conversation with journalist Alix Wall. \nDr. Miele is a Macarthur Genius Grant winner\, scientist\, and disability rights activist. He is known for inventing inclusive technologies which help people with disabilities navigate the world. He works with companies and organizations\, including Amazon\, on non-visual customer experiences\, accessible designs\, and disability inclusion. Josh lives with his wife right here in Berkeley\, California. \nAs a regular contributor to Berkeleyside\, Alix Wall wrote the first profile about Josh immediately after his MacArthur Fellowship was announced in 2021. She is also a regular contributor to the Vows section of The New York Times and is a contributing editor of J.\, The Jewish News of Northern California. Alix is also writer/producer of the forthcoming documentary\, The Lonely Child. \nConnecting Dots chronicles Dr. Miele’s experience learning how to navigate the world as a blind person and using his intellect and creativity to help make the world a better place for others like him. This captivating memoir offers a powerful\, humorous\, and triumphant perspective on living with blindness\, highlighting his achievements and the impact he’s had on the disability community. \nJCC East Bay is committed to equal access to all: \nThe JCC East Bay welcomes and supports our diverse Jewish community\, people of all religions\, nationalities\, and socioeconomic backgrounds; communities of color; people with disabilities; and the LGBTQ+ community. \nThe JCC East Bay believes it is important for people of all abilities to feel welcome and included in our space. Our 100+ year old historic building does present limitations. Please let us know your specific needs so we can best accommodate you. \nIf you are experiencing financial hardship and are unable to afford the ticket price\, please email the event organizer\, Noah Curtis-Goldstein (noah.curtisgoldstein@jcceastbay.org) to discuss options. We look forward to hearing from you to make your experience at the JCC East Bay a positive one! \nJCC East Bay policies around photography/videography: \nPlease be aware that the JCC East Bay will be taking photographs and video at this event and may use the photos and video clips in our marketing. If you do not want your image recorded for marketing purposes\, please make your wishes known to the photographer\, and/or the event organizers. By participating in this event\, you consent to your voice\, name\, and/or likeness being used\, without compensation\, for use in any and all media. \n \n \nOrganization: JCC East Bay
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/book-launch-connecting-dots-by-joshua-a-miele/
LOCATION:JCC East Bay\, 1414 Walnut Street\, Berkeley\, California\, 94709\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="Noah Curtis-Goldstein":MAILTO:noah.curtisgoldstein@jcceastbay.org
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SUMMARY:The Joy of Jewish Music & Dance
DESCRIPTION:Dive into “The Joy of Jewish Music and Dance”! This delightful monthly series is perfect for musicians\, dancers\, and enthusiasts who are eager to connect and celebrate Judaism’s dynamic musical traditions. Bring your instruments\, lace up your dancing shoes\, and get ready for a whole lot of Jewish joy!\nThis month is all about Klezmer music and dance traditions\, and we are thrilled to be joined by two experts in the genre!\nMeet our guest teachers:\nOriginally from Riga\, Latvia\, now based in Brooklyn\, NY\, Ilya Shneyveys is a accordionist and multi-instrumentalist\, educator\, composer\, arranger\, and producer of Yiddish music. With expertise spanning from traditional klezmer accordion to experimental and fusion projects\, Ilya performs and teaches at Jewish festivals around the world\, in venues ranging from Carnegie Hall to your local synagogue catering hall. Ilya is a founding member of Berlin’s Neukölln Klezmer Sessions and Shtetl Berlin\, and a long-time faculty member of Yiddish Summer Weimar. His notable projects and collaborations include Forshpil\, Alpen Klezmer\, KaraYam\, Caravan Orchestra\, Dobranotch\, Shekedina\, Black Rooster Kapelye\, Michael Winograd and The Klezmatics.\nSarah Myerson is an ordained cantor actively working to connect egalitarian Jewish religious with secular/cultural Yiddish communities. She serves as the Kol Bo Spiritual Leader of Roosevelt Island Jewish Congregation and lives in Brooklyn\, New York. She teaches Yiddish song workshops and Yiddish dance workshops in person worldwide\, hybrid\, and fully remotely online. She writes and performs new compositions\, for example with Jewish spiritual music duo Shekedina. Sarah has a Master of Sacred Music and Diploma of Hazzan from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America\, and a Bachelor of Music (Composition Honors) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.\nEach session has three parts\nDuring the first 90 minutes\, participants can choose between two spaces to learn multi-ethnic music and dance technique and styles.\nParticipants will all come together for a 30 minute dance party focusing on the dances and tunes taught in the prior hour.\nThe remaining segment will be an informal music jam in one or more of the classroom spaces at the JCC.\nDrop-in admission: $25.00-$54.00 sliding scale. No one turned away for lack of funds. Kids are free.\nCost Range: 25 – 54 \n \n \nOrganization: JCC East Bay
URL:https://gatherdc.org/event/the-joy-of-jewish-music-dance/
LOCATION:JCC East Bay\, 1414 Walnut Street\, Berkeley\, California\, 94709\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Noah Curtis-Goldstein":MAILTO:noah.curtisgoldstein@jcceastbay.org
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