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Great Day on Eldridge

Wed. Oct 03, 2007

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In 1958, a group of renowned Jazz musicians posed for a now iconic image known as “A Great Day in Harlem.” Inspired by this precedent, this month Yale Strom will bring together musicians from around the world specializing in klezmer for “Great Day on Eldridge,” a 10-day series of concerts and programs in New York City and throughout New York State. The events are part of The Eldridge Street Project, which is celebrating the restoration of the 1887 Eldridge Street Synagogue this fall – the 120th anniversary year of the landmark building. Festivities begin on October 12, with a procession of more than 75 klezmorim down the streets of the Lower East Side, followed by a concert at Seward Park.

Can’t make it? Jon Kalish, an award-winning radio reporter and frequent contributor to the Forward, will take readers on an aural tour of the festivities in a podcast that will be posted on www.forward.com shortly after the event.

For more information, visit http://www.eldridgestreet.org/programs_c.htm

Wed. Oct 03, 2007


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Shirley Rosen said:

I remember the Eldrige Synogogue when I lived on the lower east side and my friends and I would walk to it from Cannon Street. I remember the Forward that my parents read in Yiddish and the Sunday paper which had Yiddish and English which I enjoyed reading (the English only.) I remember the Forward building being down the street from the Educational Alliance building (better known as The Edgies). Thanks for the memories, it's been over 70 years.

Sat. Oct 13, 2007