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The Washington Jewish Music Festival kicks off its 16th year on Thursday, May 7 with NESHAMA CARLEBACH and the GLORY TO GOD BAPTIST CHOIR. The Festival continues with 10 dynamic days of music including jazz clarinet superstar ANAT COHEN, Judeo-Arabic retro-folk from THE EPICHORUS, klezmer rock band GOLEM, SHABBAT IN SONG, THE BIG BROADWAY SING-ALONG and more. The Festival closes on May 17 with the third annual WJMF IN THE PARK, a free day of concerts, crafts and games.
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FESTIVALMUSICJEWISH
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THE HOWARD AND GERALDINE POLINGER FAMILY FOUNDATION IS THE MAJOR
SPONSOR OF THE WASHINGTON JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL
CalendarTHURSDAY
5/7OPENING NIGHT NESHAMA CARLEBACH & THE GLORY TO GOD SINGERS 7:00 PM
MONDAY
5/11THE BIG BROADWAY SING-ALONG 7:30 PM
TUESDAY
5/12FILM: EL GUSTO 7:30 PM
WEDNESDAY
5/13THE EPICHORUS 7:30 PM
THURSDAY
5/14GOLEM 8:00 PMSIXTH & I HISTORIC SYNAGOGUE
FRIDAY
5/8SHABBAT IN SONGVARIOUS TIMES, ALL AROUND DC
SATURDAY
5/9SHUFFLE CONCERT8:00 PM
SUNDAY
5/10ZUSHA 7:00 PM
ZUSHA
All events are at the DCJCC unless otherwise noted. 1529 16th Street NW, Washington, DC
SATURDAY
5/16CLOSING NIGHT ANAT COHEN QUARTET 8:00 PM
SUNDAY
5/173RD ANNUAL WJMF IN THE PARK 11:00 AM – 3: 00 PMSTEAD PARK
FESTIVAL SPONSORThe Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family FoundationSPONSOR Louie & Ralph DweckThe Shaffert/Brenner Family
CONDUCTORMelanie & Lawrence NussdorfSusan Wedlan & Harold Rosen
COMPOSERSara Cohen & Norm RichLinda & Sid Moskowitz
VIRTUOSOJanet AbramsRose & Robert CohenBetsy & Michael HocksteinDania Fitzgerald & Mark LondonVanessa Mitchell & Jonathan TarlinFrancine Zorn Trachtenberg
& Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
MUSICIAN Lori FischlerClaudia & Paul TaskierDiane Abelman WattenbergRivka Yerushalmi
FANCaroline & Howard CayneMarsha DubrowAlison Drucker & Thomas HolzmanLeslye Fenton & Jonathan MorenoLinda & Jay FreedmanLorraine Gallard & Richard LevyMarsha Gentner & Joe BermanDina GoldDebra Goldberg & Seth Paul WaxmanMarty Gross & Robert TracyAlma & Sid KaplanAviva KempnerGladys Sharnoff-Temkin & Aaron TemkinBarbara Silverstein & Alan KirschenbaumMindy Strelitz & Andrew CornblattLiz Wedlan & Peter BraffmanGwen Zuares
ANAT COHEN
THE EPICHORUSAs of March 18, 2015
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 7:00 PM
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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 TIMESALL AROUND DC
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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TICKETS: $20, $15 DISCOUNTED
SATURDAY, MAY 9, 8:00 PM
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.
TICKETS: $20, $15 DISCOUNTED
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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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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!
TICKETS: $20, $15 DISCOUNTED
MONDAY, MAY 11, 7:30 PM
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El GustoTUESDAY, MAY 12, 7:30 PM
Dir. Safinez Bousbia (88 min, Algeria/Ireland/France, 2011)In Arabic and French with English SubtitlesDocumentary
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.
TICKETS: $11
Filmmaker Safinez Bousbia
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TICKETS: $20, $15 DISCOUNTED
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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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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
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 8:00 PMTICKETS: $17 IN ADVANCE, $20 DAY OF SHOW
AT SIXTH & I HISTORIC SYNAGOGUE600 I STREET NW
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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.
SATURDAY, MAY 16, 8:00 PM
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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WASHINGTON DCJCC STAFFCarole R. Zawatsky, Chief Executive OfficerLili Kalish Gersch, Director of Literature and Music ProgramsErin Dreyfuss, Festival Fellow
WASHINGTON DCJCC PRESIDENTRose H. Cohen
FESTIVAL CHAIRSNorm J. Rich and Susan J. Wedlan
THANKSEstablished 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-SPONSORSDeborah 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 PARTNERSDC 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
VOLUNTEERSign up to help at one event and attend another for free at WJMF.ORG.
CDSFeatured CDs will be sold at the events and in our online store. The artists will sign CDsfollowing each program.
TICKETSPurchase 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 DCJCCVia 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
SYNAGOGUEVia 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 DCJCCLimited street parking available.
Colonial Parking Garages at 1616 P STREET NW AND 1515 15TH STREET NW.
Limited paid parking in the DCJCC’s lot.
And a special thank you to our volunteers!
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Washington DCJCCIrwin P. Edlavitch Building1529 Sixteenth Street NWWashington, DC 20036
