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A Woman of Valor: The Myriam of Tzedakah

A Concert with The San Diego Opera Ensemble: CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF SOPHIE BRODY A Concert with The San Diego Opera Ensemble:
CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF SOPHIE BRODY


The San Diego Opera Ensemble will honor Sophie Brody by singing excerpts from her favorite operas: Carmen, Rigoletto, Don Giovanni, The Barber of Seville, Die Fledermaus, and La Bohème. The San Diego Opera: We Make Music Worth Seeing

Partial cost of general admission ticket underwritten by an anonymous donor

Generously supported by Myriam & Jerome Kaztin and Roselyn & Stanley Pappelbaum

Performance by San Diego Opera Ensemble is underwritten by Teresa and Dr. Merle Fischlowitz


Sophie Brody was a true woman of valor in our community. Sophie's ability to take ideas from inception through implementation was exemplary.


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Voices of Dreams--A Peaceful World

Jerusalem Lyric Trio
Jerusalem Lyric Trio


The Jerusalem Lyric Trio's imaginative, dramatic works are inspired by biblical texts, holy Jerusalem, Israeli landscapes, and familiar Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino songs. Flutist Wendy Eisler-Kashy, soprano Amalia Ishak, and pianist Allan Sternfield are virtuoso soloists, and together they create magnificent musical conversations.



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Voices of Dreams--A Peaceful World

'Toon-Tunes' Peter and the Wolf 'Toon-Tunes' Peter and the Wolf


by Sergei Prokofiev
Nuvi Mehta, Conductor
Kenneth Bell, Narrator
35 San Diego Symphony Musicians Playing for the Very Young


San Diego Symphony The children's classic Peter and the Wolf is brought to life when the San Diego Symphony performs Sergei Prokofiev's delightful music accompanied by dynamic narration.


The Viterbi Family Galleria will be transformed into a whimsical garden to experience this heartwarming and beautiful tale.


Generously supported by Danielle & Brian Miller/Geppetto's and Ellen & Mark Genender

In alliance with San Diego Symphony Education & Outreach, Nierman Preschool Glickman-Galinson Early Childhood Education Complex and JCC Youth Department


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Music is the Wine... That Fills the Cup of Silence

Moscow Male Jewish Choir Moscow Male Jewish Choir


Audiences around the world have been entranced by the originality, unusual beauty, and harmonies of the Moscow Male Jewish Choir since the group's 1990 debut at the Moscow Chorale Synagogue. Directed by Alexander Tsaliuk, Ph.D., the Choir, also known as Hasidic Capella, is revitalizing Jewish choral music by blending the deep roots of ancient Jewish and Russian tradition with
contemporary culture.


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Debbie Friedman: Music is A Journey of Spirit


Debbie Friedman in Concert Debbie Friedman in Concert


"Debbie Friedman's music defines what contemporary expression
should be — meaningful, uplifting, deeply traditional and yet new
and modern, good for both body and soul. G-d has blessed us a
thousand fold by giving us Debbie Friedman."

— Rabbi Elliot Dorf, University of Judaism, Los Angeles


See also our Ancillary Program, A Journey of Spirit



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Music of Eternal Tradition and Ever-Shifting Invention

Klezmer in the Park

Young or old, everybody can find something to love about Klezmer!


Featuring the universally revered works of the late Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, this concert will have you clapping and dancing in the aisles. Yochanan Sebastian Winston and his band Klez Katz perform Carlebach's most beloved tunes. At the Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park In alliance with “Twilight in the Park”


Free Admission

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Ancillary Programs



Author Howard Pollack presenting

Aaron Copland: The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man


"Now is the time for a comprehensive, insightful biography of Aaron Copland, and Howard Pollack has answered the call."
— John Rockwell, The New York Times Book Review


La Jolla Music Society Free Admission

In alliance with the La Jolla Music Society


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My Yiddishe Mama's Dream


This dramatic film adaptation of La Bohème embodies the Jewish-Arab conflict through the life of Daniel Orem.


1999, Asher Tlalim (Director/Producer), Israel, Hebrew with English subtitles, 62 minutes

Source: Seventh Art Releasing Screening followed by Q&A with Myron Fink, Composer of the opera, The Conquistadors

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A Journey of Spirit

A New Documentary by Ann Coppel


Ann Coppel's thought-provoking documentary explores the transformation of liberal Jewish worship over the past 30 years through the inspirational story of Debbie Friedman. Winner of 2004 Ellie Award for Best Film (Jewish Women's Film Festival) & Harold and Sarah Gottlieb Award for Best New Jewish Film (Detroit Jewish Film Festival)


In alliance with the San Diego Jewish Film Festival


Ann Coppel, Producer invited for post-film discussion.


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