2015 WJMF Brochure

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WASHINGTON JEWISH MUSIC

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THE HOWARD AND GERALDINE POLINGER FAMILY FOUNDATION IS THE MAJOR SPONSOR OF THE WASHINGTON JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL

Calendar THURSDAY

5/7

OPENING NIGHT NESHAMA CARLEBACH & THE GLORY TO GOD SINGERS 7:00 PM

FRIDAY

5/8

SHABBAT IN SONG VARIOUS TIMES, ALL AROUND DC

MONDAY

5/11

THE BIG BROADWAY SING-ALONG 7:30 PM

TUESDAY

5/12

FILM: EL GUSTO 7:30 PM

WEDNESDAY

5/13

THE EPICHORUS 7:30 PM

SATURDAY

5/9

SHUFFLE CONCERT 8:00 PM

SUNDAY

5/10

THURSDAY

5/14

GOLEM 8:00 PM SIXTH & I HISTORIC SYNAGOGUE

ZUSHA 7:00 PM

All events are at the DCJCC unless otherwise noted.

1529 16th Street NW, Washington, DC

ZUSHA

SATURDAY

5/16

CLOSING NIGHT ANAT COHEN QUARTET 8:00 PM

FESTIVAL SPONSOR

The Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation SPONSOR

Louie & Ralph Dweck The Shaffert/Brenner Family

SUNDAY

CONDUCTOR

5/17

Melanie & Lawrence Nussdorf Susan Wedlan & Harold Rosen

COMPOSER

3RD ANNUAL WJMF IN THE PARK 11:00 AM – 3: 00 PM STEAD PARK

Sara Cohen & Norm Rich Linda & Sid Moskowitz

VIRTUOSO

Janet Abrams Rose & Robert Cohen Betsy & Michael Hockstein Dania Fitzgerald & Mark London Vanessa Mitchell & Jonathan Tarlin Francine Zorn Trachtenberg & Stephen Joel Trachtenberg

MUSICIAN

Lori Fischler Claudia & Paul Taskier Diane Abelman Wattenberg Rivka Yerushalmi

FAN

ANAT COHEN

Caroline & Howard Cayne Marsha Dubrow Alison Drucker & Thomas Holzman Leslye Fenton & Jonathan Moreno Linda & Jay Freedman Lorraine Gallard & Richard Levy Marsha Gentner & Joe Berman Dina Gold Debra Goldberg & Seth Paul Waxman Marty Gross & Robert Tracy Alma & Sid Kaplan Aviva Kempner Gladys Sharnoff-Temkin & Aaron Temkin Barbara Silverstein & Alan Kirschenbaum Mindy Strelitz & Andrew Cornblatt Liz Wedlan & Peter Braffman Gwen Zuares

As of March 18, 2015

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THURSDAY, MAY 7, 7:00 PM Soul powerhouse NESHAMA CARLEBACH has sold more than one million records. Continuing the legacy established by her father Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, Neshama is collaborating with THE GLORY TO GOD SINGERS, a Baptist choir, for a deeply moving and entertaining performance that will include her father’s incomparable melodies and her own inspiring original compositions.

Sponsored by Louie and Ralph Dweck

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FRIDAY, MAY 8, VARIOUS TIMES

Join local congregations for a SHABBAT IN SONG. This community-wide celebration of Shabbat and music will highlight musical services and events around Washington, DC. See WJMF.ORG for a full listing of participating congregations.

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ALL AROUND DC

SATURDAY, MAY 9, 8:00 PM TICKETS: $20, $15 DISCOUNTED Have you ever wished you could choose the songs at a concert?

In a SHUFFLE CONCERT, the audience decides what happens next on stage, performed by SHUFFLE’s exceptionally accomplished chamber musicians. Whether it’s classical, show tunes, jazz or pop, you won’t be disappointed with what SHUFFLE has to offer.

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With sold-out performances in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Chicago and Jerusalem, this folk/world-soul band of “neo-Hasidic hipsters” makes its DC-area debut at the Washington Jewish Music Festival.

ZUSHA’S music is a blend of folk, jazz, reggae, ska, gypsy swing and traditional Jewish soul that borrows lines from ancient liturgy. Their self-titled debut EP launched to #9 on Billboard’s World music chart.

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TICKETS: $20, $15 DISCOUNTED

MONDAY, MAY 11, 7:30 PM

TICKETS: $20, $15 DISCOUNTED Sing along to your favorite show tunes from Jewish Broadway—from RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN and the GERSHWINS, to KANDER & EBB, SCHWARTZ, SONDHEIM and more. A team of professional performers will lead the singing at our baby grand in the Goldman Theater. Plus, we’ll provide the lyrics, so you can belt like BARBRA!

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El Gusto TUESDAY, MAY 12, 7:30 PM

TICKETS: $11 Filmmaker Safinez Bousbia

Disbanded by the 1954 Algerian Revolution, an orchestra of young Jews and Muslims in the city of Algiers went silent for sixty years.That is, until filmmaker Safinez Bousbia fell in love with their infectious Chaabi music – Sephardic Spanish rhythms with Arabic sound – and brought the orchestra back together, for a show reminiscent of The Buena Vista Social Club.

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Dir. Safinez Bousbia (88 min, Algeria/Ireland/France, 2011) In Arabic and French with English Subtitles Documentary

TICKETS: $20, $15 DISCOUNTED Return to the ecstatic, mystical states of the desert and the marketplaces of the Middle East. THE EPICHORUS is an eclectic ensemble stirring the sounds of Indian and Judeo-Arabic retro-folk music. Original music is interspersed with the religious songs of Syrian and Iraqi Jews and Sufi and classical Arabic tunes. With guest performer Indian actress and musician PRIYA DARSHINI.

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THURSDAY, MAY 14, 8:00 PM TICKETS: $17 IN ADVANCE, $20 DAY OF SHOW AT

SIXTH & I HISTORIC SYNAGOGUE 600 I STREET NW

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GOLEM is a klezmer rock sensation, electrifying dance floors worldwide with their globetrotting goulash of Jewish, Slavic and Gypsy folk songs. Known for their chaotic behavior live, this Eastern European folk-punk band performs with theatricality, humor, and fearless wild energy. They have four critically acclaimed albums and recently appeared in a 2014 episode of the hit TV show Louie.

Presented with Sixth & I Historic Synagogue

SATURDAY, MAY 16, 8:00 PM Israeli clarinetist ANAT COHEN has taken the jazz world by storm, winning a wealth of accolades for her expressive virtuosity and stage presence, and has appeared at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center and other premiere venues. Cohen and her quartet play a range of genres, from Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz to klezmer and contemporary Brazilian. The New York Times describes Cohen as “a clarinetist of reliable ebullience” and “a revelation.”

Funded by the Arthur Tracy “The Street Singer” Endowment Fund. Honoring the memory of and musical legacy of Arthur Tracy—the renowned radio, stage and screen singer whose talents delighted millions around the world—the arts programs supported by this fund continue Tracy’s ability to entertain for years to come.

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Head to the park for a day of free concerts, games, crafts and fun!

Bring the kids to rock out to the music of Grammy-nominated duo THE POP UPS, winner of two Parent’s Choice® Awards; Latin Grammy-nominated MISTER G performing in Spanish and English; and Jewish chick rock sensation NAOMI LESS. Jump on a moon bounce, get your face painted, play field games and more! Rain location: DCJCC

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FREE

WASHINGTON DCJCC STAFF Carole R. Zawatsky, Chief Executive Officer Lili Kalish Gersch, Director of Literature and Music Programs Erin Dreyfuss, Festival Fellow

WASHINGTON DCJCC PRESIDENT Rose H. Cohen

FESTIVAL CHAIRS Norm J. Rich and Susan J. Wedlan

THANKS Established in 1999 with a lead gift from the Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation, the Washington Jewish Music Festival is presented by the Washington DCJCC’s Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts. The Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation is the major sponsor of the Washington Jewish Music Festival. The Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts is supported by the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation and by the Arthur Tracy “The Street Singer” Endowment Fund.

PROGRAM CO-SPONSORS Deborah Lerner Gross Jewish Cultural Arts Center at the Berman Hebrew Academy, Embassy of Israel, Friends of Stead Park, Gather the Jews, Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital, PJ Library, The Program in Judaic Studies of The George Washington University, Sixth & I Historic Synagogue

PROMOTIONAL PARTNERS DC Minyan, The Foundation for Jewish Studies, The George Washington University’s Graduate Program in Experiential Education & Jewish Cultural Arts, Moishe House DC, The National Museum of American Jewish Military History, NextDor DC

MEDIA SPONSORS

VOLUNTEER Sign up to help at one event and attend another for free at WJMF.ORG.

CDS Featured CDs will be sold at the events and in our online store. The artists will sign CDs following each program.

TICKETS Purchase tickets at WJMF.ORG or 202.777.3251.

Same day tickets are available for purchase 45 minutes before the event.

Subject to availability.

Discounted tickets are available for members, seniors 65 and over, students with ID and groups of 10 or more.

Purchase a Festival Pass and save 30%.

All ticket sales are final.

All events are general admission unless otherwise noted.

Reserved seating is available for patrons with special needs upon request.

All events are at the DCJCC unless otherwise noted.

1529 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036

DIRECTIONS TO THE DCJCC Via Metro Red Line, exit the Dupont Circle station via the north (Q Street) exit. Walk east to 16th Street. Via bus, take the S1, S2 or S4 along 16th Street.

DIRECTIONS TO SIXTH & I HISTORIC SYNAGOGUE Via Metro Red, Yellow and Green Lines, exit the Gallery Place-Chinatown station at 7th and H Streets. Walk straight along H Street for one block to 6th Street. Turn left and walk one block to I Street.

PARKING AT THE DCJCC Limited street parking available.

Limited paid parking in the DCJCC’s lot.

And a special thank you to our volunteers!

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Colonial Parking Garages at 1616 P STREET NW AND 1515 15TH STREET NW.

Washington DCJCC Irwin P. Edlavitch Building 1529 Sixteenth Street NW Washington, DC 20036