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SUMMARY:Early Prophets
DESCRIPTION:$295 for this 25-session series.\nMondays at 9:30 AM\, Sep. 23\, 2024 – May 12\, 2025.\nPlease Note: No class on Nov. 4\, Dec. 23\, 30\, Jan. 6\, Feb. 24\, Mar. 3\, 10\, 17\, Apr. 14. \nThe prophetic section of the Hebrew Bible contains powerful material that is rarely studied closely. In this 25-session course\, read through the works of the Early Prophets while gaining insights into their enduring significance.
URL:https://jewishpgh.org/event/early-prophets/2025-01-27/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Gefsky Community Scholar
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ORGANIZER;CN="Federation Adult Learning":MAILTO:learning@jfedpgh.org
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SUMMARY:International Holocaust Remembrance Day: “A City Without Jews” Cine-Concert
DESCRIPTION:Join the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Jewish Studies Program for a screening of The City Without Jews accompanied by live original music composed and performed by world-renowned klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals and celebrated silent film pianist Donald Sosin. \nThis is a free event\, but registration is required. \nHosted by the Holocaust Center of Pittburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Jewish Studies Program \nCo-sponsored by: \nEd and Arlene Lipsman in memory of Charles and Hilda Lipsman \nCarnegie Mellon University’s Jack Buncher Chair in Jewish Studies \nUniversity of Pittsburgh German Department \nFilm Pittsburgh \nSunrise Foundation for Education and the Arts \nRodef Shalom Congregation \nThe Tree of Life \nAbout the Film:\nThe City Without Jews (Die Stadt ohne Juden)\, H. K. Breslauer’s 1924 silent masterpiece\, is based on the bestselling dystopian novel by Hugo Bettauer. It was produced two years after the book’s publication and\, tragically\, shortly before the satirical events depicted in the fictional story transformed into all-too-horrific reality. All complete prints were thought to be destroyed\, but thanks to the discovery of a nitrate print in a Parisian flea market in 2015\, this “lost” film can once again be appreciated in its unfortunately ever-relevant entirety. \nSet in the Austrian city of Utopia (a thinly-disguised stand-in for Vienna)\, the story follows the political and personal consequences of an antisemitic law passed by the National Assembly forcing all Jews to leave the country. At first\, the decision is met with celebration\, but when the citizens of Utopia eventually come to terms with the loss of the Jewish population – and the resulting economic and cultural decline – the National Assembly must decide whether to invite the Jews back. Though darkly comedic in tone and stylistically influenced by German Expressionism\, the film nonetheless contains ominous and eerily realistic sequences\, such as shots of freight trains transporting Jews out of the city. The film’s stinging critique of Nazism is part of the reason it was no longer screened in public after 1933. \nAbout the Musicians:\nAlicia Svigals and Donald Sosin have been bringing audiences to their feet throughout the US and Europe with their unique and stirring violin and piano scores for Jewish-themed silent films. Sosin is renowned silent film pianist and composer\, and Svigals is the world’s leading klezmer violinist and a founder of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics. After meeting at a silent film festival in Italy\, the two soon recorded their first original score for the 1923 German film The Ancient Law\, followed by City Without Jews and The Man Without a World. \nDonald Sosin (pianist and composer) has performed his silent film music at Lincoln Center\, MoMA\, the Kennedy Center\, BAM\, the National Gallery\, and major film festivals in the US and abroad San Francisco\, Telluride\, Hollywood\, Yorkshire\, Pordenone\, Bologna\, Shanghai\, Bangkok\, Berlin\, Vienna\, Moscow\, and Jecheon\, South Korea . He records for Criterion\, Kino\, Milestone and TCM. He has worked with Alexander Payne\, Isabella Rossellini\, Dick Hyman\, Comden and Green\, and has played for Mikhael Baryshnikov\, Mary Travers\, Marni Nixon\, Howie Mandel\, Geula Gill\, and many others. He records for Criterion\, Kino\, Milestone\, Flicker Alley and European labels\, and his scores are heard frequently on TCM. He has had commissions from MoMA\, EYE Amsterdam\, Deutsche Kinemathek\, L’Immagine Ritrovata\, the Chicago Symphony Chorus\, the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Denver Silent Film Festival\, and the Best Original Film Score award by the 2022 Mystic Film Festival. \nAlicia Svigals\, violinist/composer and a founder of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics\, is the world’s foremost klezmer fiddler. She almost single handedly revived the tradition of klezmer fiddling\, which had been on the brink of extinction until she recorded her debut album Fidl in the 1990’s. Svigals has performed with and written for violinist Itzhak Perlman\, and has worked with the the Kronos Quartet\, playwrights Tony Kushner and Eve Ensler\, poet Allen Ginsburg\, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin\, Debbie Friedman and Chava Albershteyn. She was awarded a Foundation for Jewish Culture commission for her original score to the 1918 film The Yellow Ticket and is a MacDowell fellow. In February 2018\, Svigals and jazz pianist Uli Geissendoerfer released Beregovski Suite\, their fantasy on klezmer melodies culled from the archive of early 20th century Soviet Jewish ethnomusicologist Moshe Beregovski. In May 2023\, Svigals was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by the Jewish Theological Seminary for “extraordinary contributions to the arts and Jewish life.” In June 2024 she released her newest album\, Fidl Afire\, on the Borscht Beat label – a return to her roots with a full-on party band. In August 2024 she was awarded the 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Folk/Traditional arts.
URL:https://jewishpgh.org/event/international-holocaust-remembrance-day-a-city-without-jews-cine-concert/
LOCATION:Rodef Shalom Congregation\, 4905 Fifth Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Christina Sahovey":MAILTO:csahovey@hcpgh.org
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SUMMARY:Queens of the Forest Information Session
DESCRIPTION:Queens of the Forest\nJoin women from Pittsburgh’s Partnership2Gether regions of Karmiel/Misgav\, Israel and Warsaw\, Poland for a unique joint experience in Israel from November 9-13.  In this week-long journey that includes educational hikes with a licensed Israeli tour guide\, you will learn about Israel “on your feet\,” meet new friends and enjoy home hospitality in Karmiel/Misgav. Experience the land of Israel while building bonds with women from Pittsburgh and across the sea! \n 
URL:https://jewishpgh.org/event/queens-info-session/
LOCATION:Israel\, Israel
CATEGORIES:Israel,Meeting,Partnership2Gether,Women
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kim Salzman":MAILTO:ksalzman@jfedpgh.org
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