Event

23rd Jewish Music Festival Pass

Visit www.jewishmusicfestival.org for complete descriptions of the following concerts:

***Festival forshpeis or appetizer: Mayn Yiddish Velt, Heather Lauren Klein.Thursday, March 13, 2 pm
JCC East Bay, 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, 94709

***Opening Night: Frank Londons A Night in the Old MarketplaceWest Coast Premiere Saturday, March 22, 8:00pm
Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Roda Stage, 2025 Addison Street, Berkeley, 94709

***The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind Osvaldo Golijov, composer, performed by The Bridge Players. . . . The piece deftly blends prayer and dance and leaves the listener in a state of grace that is all-too-rare in modern music. Gregg Cahill, Strings Magazine
Sunday, March 23, 4pm
Congregation Shaar Zahav, 290 Dolores Street (corner of 16th Street), San Francisco, CA 94103

***Benzion Miller a world-renowned Hasidic cantor
Sunday, March 23, 7:30pm,
Netivot Shalom, 1316 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94702

***Ladder of Gold Stellar Mizrahi, Sephardic and original music by Teslim. Tuesday, March 25, 7:30pm, First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 14th St, Oakland, CA 94612

***Golem--Yiddish folk-punk
Wednesday, March 26, 8 pm, The Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102

***Israel @ 60, Israeli master percussionist Chen Zimbalista and Friends, Thursday, March 27, 7:30pm, St. Johns Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705

***The Ark presents CYCLICAL RITUALS (part 1): Spring,
The Ark: Avi Avital (Israel); Mariana Sadovska (Ukraine); Frank London, Aaron Alexander (New York); Glenn Hartman (New Orleans); Jewlia Eisenberg, John Schott, Stuart Brotman, Jessica Ivry (Bay Area). Saturday, March 29, 8:00 pm
JCC San Francisco, 3200 California Street, San Francisco, 94118

***Community Dance Party Sunday, March 30, 4- 7 pm.
JCC East Bay, 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, CA, 94709