Benjy Fox-Rosen at CBE June 5, 2008

Singer/bassist/composer Benjy Fox-Rosen's "Minutn fun Bitokhn/Moments of Faith" is an arresting new synthesis of Yiddish folk songs with new music, microtonal improvisation and art song. Telling universal stories of pre-war and wartime Jewish life, the songs of beloved Krakow songwriter and poet Mordechia Gebirtig (1877-1942) are given bracingly new perspective by Fox-Rosen and his multi-stylistic ensemble, featuring Judith Berkson (voice, accordion, piano), Noah Kaplan (saxophone) and Juan Pablo Carletti (drums). See it Thursday, June 5, at 8 pm.
This concert is the third of CBE's NEW JEWISH MUSIC SERIES, presenting some of New York’s most creative young Jewish musicians. Intimate performances will be followed by conversations with Cantor Janet Leuchter about the role of Jewish identity in their music.
Admission is $10 and includes wine and nosh. For more information, please call Cantor Janet Leuchter, 718-768-3814, ext. 218.
Congregation Beth Elohim is located at the corner of Garfield Place and Eighth Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn. For directions or to find out more about our packed schedule of Jewish Learning courses and programs, please visit www.congregationbethelohim.org.

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