Baymele in concert

I recently photographed the fine Bay Area klezmer ensemble Baymele. Their DC concert was co-sponsored by my congregation, Fabrangen, and the good folks at the DC Klezmer Workshop.

Baymele is: Matthew Stein - violin; Dmitri Gaskin - accordion; and Misha Khalikulov - cello.

Shayne shayne musik.  

A Winters Tale | Ice and thawing on Bright Pond, with koan tree

 

Gutkin/Rushefsky - DC Klezmer Workshop

Tsimbl master Pete Rushefsky and Grammy-winning fiddler Lisa Gutkin of the Klezmatics gave a master class for the DC Klezmer Workshop at Adas Israel congregation. 

Thanks to Pete, Lisa, Judy Barlas and Howard Ungar for making it all happen. Ot azoy!

Jews Against ICE | Protest

A large demonstration by a coalition of Jewish organizations in support of immigrants and against the current policies and practices by ICE, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency of the Homeland Security Department. The entirely peaceful but rousing protest was held in front of of ICE's Washington DC headquarters. Whistles and shofars were blown, and Hebrew prayers and chanting were offered up.

Among the sponsoring groups involved were Truah, Bend the Arc, J Street, HIAS, Jews United for Justice, the Jewish Labor Committee, and many area synagogues and havurot.

Lloyd Wolf / Nethers VA by Paul Corbit Brown. Time time time.

 SX-70 photo of me by Paul Corbit Brown at the cabin in Nethers, Virginia. Late 1980's. A time & a place. All times and places contain an infinity of charms, mysteries, and travails, galaxies of meaning and memory. Thanks, brother Paul. - #tohellwithhashtags.

A Joyful Noise review | PAPATAMUS REDUX

Thanks to Abe Goldtstien, bandleader of Iowa's Java Jews for his insightful review on the Papatamus Redux blog of "A Joyful Noise: Klezmer in Motion."