Chanukah Concert & Celebration

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December 15th, 5:00 - 8:00 pm

BAJC will usher in Chanukah 5767 at its Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat service on December 15th, the first candle of the eight-day holiday. The festivities will be held at the West Village Meeting House, beginning with a latke potluck supper at 5:00 pm. Everyone is asked to bring enough pre-cooked latkes for twelve people, along with some finger-food dessert. Applesauce and sour cream, coffee and tea, will be provided. Latkes can be warmed in the oven in the West Village kitchen. Bring your chanukiot (menorahs) and candles: after supper we will light candles and have a family-friendly Kabbalat Shabbat/Chanukah service, followed by a special treat—o one-hour concert of Chanukah and other Jewish music performed by Mark Levy.

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A cantorial soloist in California, Mark Levy is a singer-songwriter who has performed for Jewish groups through this country and abroad. Pete Seeger said of him, "Mark is inspiring. I don't often hear someone with such a good voice and clear sense of direction." With an Ashkenazi mother and a Sephardi father (a mixed marriage?), Mark combines the beautiful melodies of both traditiohns. Along with Hebrew and Israeli songs and satirical songs of his own. Accompanied by guitar and dumbek in what is sure to be a concert enjoyable for all ages, his "Oy, Chanika!" program will include songs sung in Yiddish, Ladino, Hebrew, English, and Russian, with an emphasis on audience participation.