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A Concert For Sugihara To Feature The U.S. Premiere of VESSELS OF LIGHT at Carnegie Hall

Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem and the American Society for Yad Vashem announce the American Premiere of Lera Auerbach's Symphony No. 6, 'Vessels of Light,' on April 19th, 2023 at Carnegie Hall.
VIDEO: Jackie Hoffman, Lea Salonga and More Join WE ARE HERE: A Celebration Of Resilience, Resistance, And Hope

This Sunday, Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Sing for Hope, and Lang Lang International Music Foundation presented 'We Are Here: A Celebration of Resilience, Resistance, and Hope.'
Whoopi Goldberg, Renée Fleming and More Join WE ARE HERE: A CELEBRATION OF RESILIENCE, RESISTANCE, AND HOPE

This Sunday, June 14, Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Sing for Hope, and Lang Lang International Music Foundation will come together to present “We Are Here: A Celebration of Resilience, Resistance, and Hope.”
New York City's Annual Gathering Of Remembrance Presented By The Museum Of Jewish Heritage Held Virtually

On Sunday, the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust presented New York's Annual Gathering of Remembrance.
Photo Flash: National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene Honors Joel Grey, Mark & Audrey Mlotek

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF) held its annual Summer Benefit Concert on Monday, July 15, presenting Tony- and Academy Award-winning actor and Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish director Joel Grey with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding work in film, television, and theatre; and honoring longtime supporters Mark and Audrey Mlotek.
Photo Coverage: Shiri Maimon Celebrates her Upcoming Broadway Debut in CHICAGO

Chicago will welcome Israeli Pop Star Shiri Maimon - in her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart - beginning Friday, September 21. BroadwayWorld caught up with the her as she celebrated her upcoming debut, check out the photos below!
50 NYers Protest Batsheva Dance Company For Whitewashing Israel's Repression

Fifty human rights advocates held a vibrant, musical protest on the sidewalk just outside New York's Joyce Theater to oppose the opening night performance by the Batsheva Dance Company, a leader in helping the Israeli government to whitewash its violent repression of the Palestinian people (view photos). Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs touts Batsheva as 'perhaps the best known global ambassador of Israeli culture,” and uses the troupe to convey a positive image of the country and divert attention from its human rights abuses, as part of the government's “Brand Israel” PR initiative.
Philly Groups Enter 4th Week Of Protests Against Philadelphia Orchestra

Philadelphia - The Philly Don't Orchestrate Apartheid coalition will gather for the fourth week in a row outside the Kimmel Center to protest The Philadelphia Orchestra's upcoming trip to Israel.
Philadelphia Orchestra Ignores Israel's Ongoing Murder, Wounding Of Palestinians In Gaza As Philly Groups Enter 4th Week Of Protests

The Philly Don't Orchestrate Apartheid coalition will gather for the fourth week in a row outside the Kimmel Center to protest The Philadelphia Orchestra's upcoming trip to Israel.
Museum of Jewish Heritage Kicks Off 20th Anniversary This Week

Scroll down for details of happenings this week at The Museum Of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust!
Photo Flash: AMERIKE - THE GOLDEN LAND Celebrates Opening Night Off-Broadway

In a time when issues of immigration, assimilation, xenophobia, and socio-economic upheaval are more present than ever, the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene will bring to the stage a reimagined version of Moishe Rosenfeld and Zalmen Mlotek's Amerike-The Golden Land, a musical journey of the immigration experience. Playing at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, across from the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, from which the story has taken inspiration, this limited Off Broadway engagement opened last night and will run through August 6th. BroadwayWorld has photos from the opening night festivities below!
Photo Coverage: National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene Honors Daryl Roth & More at Mother's Day Gala

Further evidence that Yiddish is suddenly hip in 2017 was on flashy display last night at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, as the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene welcomed a diverse and eclectic crowd to celebrate mothers and the mother tongue in grand style. Prominent producer Daryl Roth and nine other women trailblazers in the arts, sciences, business and philanthropy were honored, and a dazzling all-female cast performed one showstopper after another. The evening's mother hen was the fabulous four-time Tony nominee Tovah Feldshuh, who delighted the audience with her funny and peppery mix of wisdom and heartfelt cheerleading for the Jewish mothers attending and for the Jewish mother in all of us.
Photo Flash: Tovah Feldshuh, Sheldon Harnick, Jessica Hecht, David Hyde Pierce and More Take Part in Reading of Elie Wiesel's NIGHT

Prominent figures from the arts, politics, human rights, social justice, the media, and academia gathered for a continuous reading of Nobel Peace laureate Elie Wiesel's seismic Holocaust memoir, 'Night,' at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, on Sunday, January 29, 2017. The all-day 'Night' event took place in front of an overflow audience at the Museum. BroadwayWorld has photos from the reading below, plus footage from the event!
STAGE TUBE: Watch Elie Wiesel's NIGHT Reading, Featuring Broadway's Jessica Hecht, Tovah Feldshuh, Sheldon Harnick and More

Prominent figures from the arts, politics, human rights, social justice, the media, and academia gathered for a continuous reading of Nobel Peace laureate Elie Wiesel's seismic Holocaust memoir, 'Night,' at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, on Sunday, January 29, 2017. The all-day 'Night' event took place in front of an overflow audience at the Museum. You can watch footage of the entire event, produced by Folksbiene executive producer Christopher Massimine (edited to 4:30 hours), below!

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