The March-April public programming schedule at the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust will feature controversial films, engaging performances, family-friendly fare, and compelling discussions. Highlights this season include a lively concert on March 3 featuring Irish singer Susan McKeown and the Klezmatics' Lorin Sklamberg in Saints & Tzadiks. Filmmaker GayLen Ross will screen and discuss her acclaimed documentary Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt with Nazis with Museum Director Dr. David G. Marwell, Tel Aviv University Professor Dina Porat, and NYU Professor Ronald Zweig on March 7. The Museum presents a special film series featuring the work of filmmaker Pierre Sauvague on March 17, 18, and 21 during which Sauvague will screen and discuss some of his award-winning films with special guests.
This season the Museum commemorates Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday, April 11. On this day the Museum is free with suggested donation and all are welcome to visit the galleries to hear from Holocaust survivors and artifact donors. The community gathers for the Annual Gathering of Remembrance, the city's oldest and largest Holocaust commemoration, on Sunday, April 11 at Temple Emanu-El. Please see below for book programs related to the Holocaust.
The season concludes with discussions with two New York icons. On April 21, Former Manhattan D.A. Robert M. Morgenthau will chat about his illustrious career with journalist Marie Brenner and on April 28, New Yorker cartoonist Jules Feiffer will deliver an illustrated biography of his life.
Other upcoming programs in March and April:
· The Macaroons: Let's Go Coconuts - JDub's first rock group for kids will play whimsical Passover songs for the whole family (March 14)
· Save the Deli - Author David Sax will discuss his quest to save the endangered deli with food maven Arthur Schwartz (March 24)
· An Evening with Acclaimed Israeli Author Sayvon Liebrecht - The author will discuss how growing up in a home of survivors informs her work (April 7)
· We Are Going to Pick Potatoes: Norway and the Holocaust, the Untold Story - author Irene Levin Berman will discuss her memoir with Norwegian historian Bjarte Bruland (April 14)
· Way to Heaven (Himmelweg) - The Museum presents Juan Mayorga's internationally acclaimed play (April 18)
· Earth Day at the Museum- Kiddie rocker Shira Kline returns for an Earth Day concert and the Museum offers hands-on crafts for families (April 25)
Detailed descriptions of all the programs listed above are included with this release.
The Museum's three-floor Core Exhibition educates people of all ages and backgrounds about the rich tapestry of Jewish life over the past century-before, during, and after the Holocaust. Special exhibitions include The Morgenthaus: A Legacy of Service, on view through December 2010 and Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges, open through February 21. Keeping History Center, an interactive visitor experience is now open. The Museum offers visitors a vibrant public program schedule in its Edmond J. Safra Hall. It is also home to Andy Goldsworthy's memorial Garden of Stones, as well as James Carpenter's Reflection Passage, Gift of The Gruss Lipper Foundation.
Public Programs
Wednesday, March 3, 7 P.M.
Saints & Tzadiks
With Grammy award-winning artists Susan McKeown and Lorin Sklamberg and guitarists Erik Della Penna and Eamon O'Leary
Irish chanteuse Susan McKeown joins Klezmatics vocalist and accordionist Lorin Sklamberg to weave musical tales from the Yiddish and Gaelic traditions.
Culled from rare archival material and old recordings, McKeown and Sklamberg have selected songs of various themes from the Jewish and Irish traditions including love, death, betrothal, betrayal, and the demon drink. The bulk of the Jewish material is drawn from the Ruth Rubin Archive at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, where Sklamberg serves as Sound Archivist. The Irish songs come from both the popular and ancient Gaelic traditions.
Susan McKeown is widely acknowledged to be one of the most powerful and innovative voices in Irish music. Since her debut Bones (1995) she has produced 10 albums of original and world music and built an impressive career through her many releases, extensive touring, and performances on programs such as A Prairie Home Companion, All Things Considered, World Café, and Mountain Stage and for PBS, Absolutely Irish, Sessions at West 54th and American Masters. Susan has performed with Peter Seeger, Natalie Merchant, Billy Bragg, and many others.
