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Center For aMeriCan Jewish history

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Zion 80Thursday, Sept 18, 7:00pmWorld Café Live, 3025 Walnut Street, PhiladelphiaSpecial pre-show cocktails, conversation, and tunes with bandleader Jon Madof and other band members who share how they came to wed the melodies of Shlomo Carlebach with the Afrobeat music of Fela Kuti and offer a look at their newest project, Volume 22 of John Zorn’s Book of Angels. Admission to pre-show free with tickets to the show: tickets.worldcafelive.com/event/526407-zion80-philadelphia/.

Klezmer & More with Patrick Farrell and Ben HolmesMonday, Oct 6, 8:00pmShivtei Yeshuron-Ezras Israel, 2015 South 4th Street, PhiladelphiaA trumpet and accordion duo, Farrell and Holmes perform Klezmer, original concert music, and improvisation to interpretations of Romantic-era composers. For more information: thelittleshul.org.

Free to Be at 40!Wednesday, Nov 5, 7:00pmThe Neighborhood House at Christ Church, 20 North American Street, PhiladelphiaAn evening of music, film, and spoken word reflection on the groundbreaking album Free to Be You and Me, what it had to do with being Jewish in the 1970s, and its meaning today. With Lori Rotskoff(editor of When We Were Free to Be), singer-songwriter Chana Rothman, and Carole Hart (original album producer). Co-sponsored with Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel. For details: cla.temple.edu/feinsteincenter.

Abraxas and John Zorn’s PsychomagiaThursday, Nov 13, 7:00pmShivtei Yeshuron-Ezras Israel, 2015 South 4th Street, PhiladelphiaPerforming a complex suite of music written by downtown alchemist John Zorn, the Abraxas quartet captures intense ritualistic sounds and tender minimalist odes. Co-sponsored with Ars Nova, Hidden City Philadelphia, and Shivtei Yeshuron. Details and ticket information: cla.temple.edu/feinsteincenter.

A Thousand Hopes: Origins, Interpretations and Versions of HatikvahSunday, Nov 23, 10:00amCongregation Rodeph Shalom, 615 North Broad Street, PhiladelphiaRabbi Seth Goren (Director, Repair the World: Philadelphia) explains how the song we know as the Israeli national anthem came into being in unexpected ways.

From Tel Aviv to Ramallah: A Beatbox JourneyWednesday, Dec 3, 7:00pmCongregation Rodeph Shalom, 615 North Broad Street, PhiladelphiaHuman beatbox master Yuri Lane and Muslim video artist DJ Sharif Ezzatperform a genre-smashing hip-hop travelogue of peace. In partnership with Congregation Rodeph Shalom. For details: cla.temple.edu/feinsteincenter.

Art After 5: Festival of Lights with DeLeonFriday, Dec 19, 5:00pmPhiladelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, PhiladelphiaGet your festive groove on with DeLeon, a New York-based band that transforms Sep-hardic folk music into a sound that is both brand new and centuries old. In partnership with the Philadelphia Museum of Art and with support from Tribe 12. For more information: philamuseum.org/after5.

Sounds Jewish Symposium, Spring 2015A daylong exploration with musicians, scholars, and critics. Details to follow.

Other Feinstein Happenings:

In partnership with the Philadelphia Jewish Film FestThe Sturgeon QueensSunday, Nov 2, 11:30amGershman Y, 401 South Broad Street, PhiladelphiaA documentary tracing the four generations of the Lower East Side’s Russ & Daughters. Screened alongside the short film 70 Hester Street, with special introductions by each film’s director, followed by a lox and bagel brunch and a book talk with Mark Russ Federmanabout his new book The House That Herring Built. For tickets and more information: pjff.org.The Feinstein Center is also proud to serve as a community partner for:Regarding Susan Sontag andJoachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be SilentFor more details: pjff.org.

Liberty Food and Justice for All: The 2nd Annual Hazon Philadelphia Jewish Food FestivalSunday, Nov 16, 9:30amAdath Israel, 250 North Highland Avenue, Merion StationA daylong learning festival about the intersection of food, sustainability, and Jewish life, with a special look into the practice of the shmita (sabbatical) year in Jewish agricultural traditions and today. For a full schedule and tickets: hazon.org.

Feinstein Center: Inspiring InquiryBridging the World of Scholarship with Public Conversations

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A series of programs delving into the transformative power of music in American Jewish life. Join the chorus of questions, as we ask together what Sounds Jewish and why.