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333 S 132 St., Omaha, NE 68154

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Join us for a dazzling performance with the 11-piece Maxwell Street Klezmer Band from Chicago. They will be performing Eastern European Jewish folk music, Jewish-American jazz and dance music and film music and theater songs. Come to enjoy an exuberant evening and plan to dance in the aisles! Featured guest artists include Cantor Pavel Roytman and vocalist Lisa Fishman. 

 

The concert will take place at the Jewish Community Center, Alan J. Levine Performing Arts Center at 333 S. 132nd Street, Omaha, NE 68154. The event is free, but your RSVP is required to attend in person.

 

The event will also be livestreamed at https://youtu.be/xxyGoCUzH5g 
7:00 PM CT: The event begins with a brief talk on the history of Klezmer music in the Midwest.
7:30 PM CT: The musical performance begins.

 

This event is part of the Midwest Jewish Studies Association Conference. Sponsored by the Schwalb Center for Israel & Jewish Studies, UNO; Cosponsored by The Morton A. Richards Endowment Fund; The Philip and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization Custodial Fund; Karen Sokolof Javitch Music Fund; and The Dorothy Lustgarten Riekes Children's Cultural Arts Endowment Fund.

Event Details

  • Brenda  Ingraham
  • Jeannette Gabriel
  • Scott Glasser

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