2014 Festival Program Sunday, July 20

Sunday, July 20
1:30 P.M.
Festival Registration Opens
HOTEL LOBBY
2:00 P.M.
Exhibits Open
HOTEL LOBBY
2:30 – 4:30 P.M.
Festival Office
The Library
PRE-FESTIVAL WORKSHOP
Beginning at the Beginning
Sheldon Levin
DUTCHESS
5:30 P.M.
Meeting for First Timers and Their Hosts
6:00 P.M.
WELCOME
6:30 P.M.
Dinner
7:30 P.M.
Registration Reopens
THE LIBRARY
7:30 P.M.
Traditional Minchah
EMPIRE LOUNGE
8:00 P.M.
COMMUNITY SING AND
EVENING CONCERT
EMPIRE LOUNGE
MANHATTAN THEATRE
BALLROOM A & B
MANHATTAN THEATRE
Kol Zimrah, Chicago, IL
Richard Boldrey, Conductor
Zamir Chorale of Boston
Joshua R. Jacobson, Conductor
Chamber Choir of HaZamir: The International
Jewish High School Choir
Matthew Lazar, Conductor
LATE NIGHT RECEPTION FOR
YOUNG ADULTS
Traditional Maariv
2014
Festival
Program
THE VIEW
EMPIRE LOUNGE
Lobby Bar [Not Under Rabbinic Supervision]
Open following evening programming for late night drinks
2014
Festival
Program
Festival Office
The Library
Monday, July 21
6:30 A.M.
Fitness Center and Indoor Pool Open
7:15 A.M.
Egalitarian Conservative Shacharit
Reform Shacharit
Orthodox Shacharit
7:30 – 8:45 A.M.
Breakfast
8:30 A.M.
Festival Registration Reopens
9:00 A.M.
COMMUNITY SING
OUTDOOR TENT
(INCLEMENT WEATHER: MANHATTAN THEATRE)
9:00—10:00 A.M.
Festival Youth Choir (10 and older)
Ronit Hanan
10:45 A.M. –
12:15 P.M.
INSTANT ENSEMBLES – Rehearsal #1 of 7
Choir M
Choir E
Choir J
Choir N
Choir V
10:45 A.M. –
12:00 P.M.
WORKSHOP – For Listeners Only
L1. Jews in the Arts
Daniel Grossman
12:30 P.M.
Lunch and Free Time
12:30 P.M.
Young Adult Lunch
12:30 P.M.
HaZamir Conductors Annual Meeting
(by invitation)
12:15 – 1:45 P.M.
Outdoor Pool Open
DUTCHESS
COLUMBIA
HUDSON I
BALLROOM A & B
THE LIBRARY
ORANGE
COLUMBIA
HUDSON III
BALLROOM C
DUTCHESS
THE VIEW
ULSTER
BALLROOM A & B
BALLROOM C
THE VIEW
Monday, July 21
1:45 – 3:00 P.M.
MAJOR WORKSHOPS
1. Intermediate Sight-Singing
Sheldon Levin
2. Torah Cantillation
Nancy Abramson
1:45 – 3:00 P.M.
EMPIRE LOUNGE
BOARD ROOM (UPSTAIRS)
TRIPLE WORKSHOPS
3A. Jewish Music of Arab Lands
Ramon Tasat
BENTLEY’S RESTAURANT
4A. Repertoire from Transcontinental
Jayson Rodovsky
BALLROOM C
5A. The Life and Music of Arik Einstein
Ira Epstein
SULLIVAN
6A. Cycle Around the Circle
Madeline List Hershenson
1:45 – 3:00 P.M.
ORANGE
ONE-SHOT WORKSHOPS
7. LaShir V’Lirkod (To Dance and Sing)
Rahel Musleah
AEROBICS CENTER
8. Singing in a Small Ensemble:
Group Awareness Skills
Elliot Z. Levine and Bill Zukof
HUDSON I
9. Earth, Wind Fire and Rain:
Shirei Teva (Songs of Nature)
Natasha Hirschhorn and Janet Ilene Roth
10. Ma’ariv Aravim: Bringing in the
Evening With Song
David Berger
11. 25 Ways to Vocal Freedom
and Expressivity in Singing
Faith Steinsnyder
12. Early Hebrew Art Music
Beny Maissner
13. What’s the Score? Understanding the
Printed Music
Leah Peer
14. Master Class in Jewish Art Song
Joyce Rosenzweig
15. T’ka B’Shofar: Learn to Blow Shofar
Scott Sokol
COLUMBIA
HUDSON III
ULSTER
DUTCHESS
MEZZANINE
MANHATTAN THEATRE
GAZEBO
2014
Festival
Program
Festival Office
The Library
2014
Festival
Program
Monday, July 21
3:15 – 4:45 P.M.
INSTANT ENSEMBLES – Rehearsal #2 of 7
Choir M
Choir E
Choir J
Choir N
Choir V
3:15 – 4:30 P.M.
WORKSHOP – For Listeners Only
L2. The Joy of Hassidic Music
Velvel Pasternak
4:00 – 4:45 P.M.
Festival Youth Choir (aged 10 and older)
Ronit Hanan
5:00—6:15 P.M.
Young Adult Workshop
Naomi Shepard
THE VIEW
5:30—6:15 P.M.
TWILIGHT CONCERT
MANHATTAN THEATRE
Festival Office
The Library
COLUMBIA
HUDSON III
BALLROOM C
DUTCHESS
THE VIEW
ULSTER
ORANGE
Sharim V’Sharot, Lawrenceville, NJ
Elayne Robinson Grossman, Conductor
Lashir: The Jewish Choir of Princeton, NJ
Marsha Bryan Edelman, Conductor
Koleinu, Boston’s Jewish Community Chorus, MA
Carol Marton, Conductor
5:00 – 7:00 P.M.
Outdoor Pool Open
6:30 P.M.
Dinner
7:30 P.M.
Traditional Minchah
8:00 P.M.
COMMUNITY SING AND
EVENING CONCERT
BALLROOMS A & B
EMPIRE LOUNGE
MANHATTAN THEATRE
Shirah: The Community Chorus
of the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades, Tenafly, NJ
Matthew Lazar, Conductor
Zamir Noded, New York, NY
Matthew Lazar, Conductor
Zemer Chai, The Jewish Community Choir of Washington, DC
Eleanor Epstein, Conductor
The Robyn Helzner Trio
Traditional Maariv
EMPIRE LOUNGE
2014
Festival
Program
Tuesday, July 22
6:30 A.M.
Fitness Center and Indoor Pool Open
7:15 A.M.
Egalitarian Conservative Shacharit
Reform Shacharit
Orthodox Shacharit
7:30 – 8:45 A.M.
Breakfast
9:00—10:00 A.M.
Festival Youth Choir (10 and older)
Ronit Hanan
9:00 – 10:30 A.M.
INSTANT ENSEMBLES – Rehearsal #3 of 7
Choir M
Choir E
Choir J
Choir N
Choir V
9:00 – 10:30 A.M.
WORKSHOP – For Listeners Only
L3. Mamele! Molly Picon—America’s
Yiddish Darling
Larry Goller
10:45 A.M –
12: 15 P.M.
COMMUNITY SING
OUTDOOR TENT
(INCLEMENT WEATHER: MANHATTAN THEATRE)
12: 30 P.M.
Lunch and Free Time
12:30 P.M.
Young Adult Lunch
Nancy Abramson and Benjie Ellen Schiller
12:30 – 2:30 P.M.
Outdoor Pool Open
1:45—2:45 P.M.
AFTERNOON DELIGHTS
DUTCHESS
COLUMBIA
HUDSON I
BALLROOM A & B
ORANGE
COLUMBIA
HUDSON III
BALLROOM C
DUTCHESS
THE VIEW
ULSTER
BALLROOM A & B
BALLROOM C
MANHATTAN THEATRE
Kol Rinah & Nashir, Westchester and Manhattan, NY
Ben Gruder, Conductor
Kol Dodi: Jewish Community Choir of MetroWest, NJ
Riki Lippitz and Matthew Onigman, Conductors
Shir Chadash: Brooklyn Jewish Community Choir
Rachel Brook, Conductor
Makhelat Hamercaz: Jewish Choir of Central New Jersey
Sheldon Levin and Anna Ott, Conductors
1:45—2:45 P.M.
Young Adult Think Tank
Naomi Shepard and Emily Levinstone
THE VIEW
2014
Festival
Program
Tuesday, July 22
3:00 – 4:15 P.M.
MAJOR WORKSHOPS
1. Intermediate Sight-Singing
Sheldon Levin
2. Torah Cantillation
Nancy Abramson
3:00 – 4:15 P.M.
EMPIRE LOUNGE
BOARD ROOM (UPSTAIRS)
TRIPLE WORKSHOPS
3B. Kreplach and Dim Sung:
Yes, There are Jews in China!
Robyn Helzner
4B. 4-H Club: Music for High Holidays,
Hanukkah and Holocaust
Carol Kozak Ward
THE VIEW
5B. 40 Years Later: Songs of the Yom Kippur War
David Berger
HUDSON III
6B. A Look at Harmony
Madeline List Hershenson
3:00 – 4:15 P.M.
BALLROOM C
ORANGE
ONE-SHOT WORKSHOPS
16. From Germany to Palestine:
Music of Paul Ben-Haim
Holly Dalrymple
17. Barbershop: Why It Will
Make You a Better Singer
Kelly Shepard
18. The Rain in Spain—Or in Tel Aviv:
How to Sing Clearly and Expressively in a
Language We Think We Know
Elayne Robinson Grossman
19. Holocaust Hymns as Resistance and Memory:
Towards a History of Zog Nit Keyn Mol and
Ani Ma’amin
Seth Ward
DUTCHESS
AEROBICS CENTER
MEZZANINE
ULSTER
20. My Soul Long for You:
Melodies of the Russian Jews
Natasha Hirschhorn and Ramon Tasat
COLUMBIA
21. Mindful Singing: The Inward Focus
Of the Performer
Benjie Ellen Schiller
SULLIVAN
Tuesday, July 22
3:00—4:15
ONE SHOT WORKSHOPS (Cont’d.)
23. Singing in a Small Ensemble:
Group Awareness Skills
Elliot Z. Levine and Bill Zukof
24. 25 Years of Song
Marsha Bryan Edelman
HUDSON I
BENTLEY’S RESTAURANT
4:30 – 5:45 P.M.
INSTANT ENSEMBLES – Rehearsal #4 of 7
Choir M
Choir E
Choir J
Choir N
Choir V
4:30 – 5:45 P.M.
WORKSHOP – For Listeners Only
L4. Musical Borrowing in the Ghettoes of Italy
Nina Lazar Sobelman
5:00 – 5:45 P.M.
Festival Youth Choir (aged 10 and older)
Ronit Hanan
5:45 – 7:00 P.M.
Outdoor Pool Open
6:30 P.M.
Dinner
7:30 P.M.
Traditional Minchah
8:00 P.M.
COMMUNITY SING AND
EVENING CONCERT
COLUMBIA
HUDSON III
BALLROOM C
DUTCHESS
THE VIEW
ULSTER
ORANGE
BALLROOMS A & B
EMPIRE LOUNGE
MANHATTAN THEATRE
The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus, New York, NY
Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor
The Second Avenue Jewish Chorale of Miami, FL
Coreen Duffy, Conductor
The Zamir Chorale, New York, NY
Matthew Lazar, Conductor
Traditional Maariv
EMPIRE LOUNGE
2014
Festival
Program
2014
Festival
Program
Wednesday, July 23
6:30 A.M.
Fitness Center and Indoor Pool Open
7:15 A.M.
Egalitarian Conservative Shacharit
Reform Shacharit
Orthodox Shacharit
7:30 – 8:45 A.M.
Breakfast
9:00 -10: 15 A.M.
MAJOR WORKSHOPS
DUTCHESS
COLUMBIA
HUDSON I
BALLROOM A & B
1. Intermediate Sight-Singing
Sheldon Levin
2. Torah Cantillation
Nancy Abramson
9:00 - 10:15 A.M.
EMPIRE LOUNGE
BOARD ROOM (UPSTAIRS)
TRIPLE WORKSHOPS
3C. A Taste of Shabbat, Calcutta Style
Rahel Musleah
HUDSON I
4C. Shalshelet: New Songs for Shabbat
Natasha Hirschhorn and Ramon Tasat
THE VIEW
5C. A Night for Love: The Songs of Nurit Hirsch
Janet Ilene Roth
DUTCHESS
6C. I Got Rhythm
Madeline List Hershenson
9:00 – 10:15 A.M.
ORANGE
ONE-SHOT WORKSHOPS
25. Reading Between The Lines
Scott Sokol
26. Naomi Shemer: Voice of Her People
Ira Epstein
MEZZANINE
ULSTER
27. Siman Tov: In a Good Sign
BENTLEY’S RESTAURANT
Elayne Robinson Grossman and Daniel Grossman
28. Tune It!
Kelly Shepard
AEROBICS CENTER
29. Lewandowski Lives: Reexamining the
BALLROOM C
Composer’s Life and Works at His 120th Yahrzeit
Coreen Duffy
30. Musical Borrowing in the Ghettoes of Italy
Nina Lazar Sobelman
HUDSON III
Wednesday, July 23
9:00 – 10:15 A.M.
ONE-SHOT WORKSHOPS (Cont’d.)
31. Malchinot: Women Composers of Israel
David Berger and Joyce Rosenzweig
COLUMBIA
32. How to Sing in Yiddish So That It So That
It Sounds Like Yiddish
Binyumen Schaechter
SULLIVAN
33. Iyyun Tefillah: Praying With Sincerity
Benjie Ellen Schiller
10:30 A.M. –
12:00 P.M.
GAZEBO
INSTANT ENSEMBLES – Rehearsal #5 of 7
Choir M
Choir E
Choir J
Choir N
Choir V
COLUMBIA
HUDSON III
BALLROOM C
DUTCHESS
THE VIEW
10:30 – 11:30 A.M. Festival Youth Choir (ages 10 and older)
Ronit Hanan
ORANGE
10:30 - 11:45 A.M. WORKSHOP – For Listeners Only
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L5. Gemilut Hasadim: A Jewish Moral Imperative
Barry Krasner
12:15
BRUNCH CONCERT
ULSTER
MANHATTAN THEATRE
Milwaukee Jewish Community Chorale, WI
Enid Bootzen Berkowitz, Conductor
Colorado Hebrew Chorale, Denver, CO
Carol Kozak Ward, Conductor
Festival Youth Choir
Ronit Hanan, Conductor
12:15 - 1:00 P.M.
Young Adult Workshop
Naomi Shepard
1:00 P.M.
Lunch and Free Time
12:15 – 2:00 P.M.
Outdoor Pool Open
2:15—3:45
COMMUNITY SING
OUTDOOR TENT
(INCLEMENT WEATHER: MANHATTAN THEATRE)
THE VIEW
BALLROOM A & B
2014
Festival
Program
2014
Festival
Program
Wednesday, July 23
4:00 – 5:15 P.M.
INSTANT ENSEMBLES – Rehearsal #6 of 7
Choir M
Choir E
Choir J
Choir N
Choir V
4:00 – 5:15 P.M.
WORKSHOP – For Listeners Only
L6. Eastern European Family Names
Binyumen Schaechter
5:30 P.M.
Early Dinner for Families with Children
6:30 P.M.
Traditional Minchah
6:30 P.M.
COCKTAIL RECEPTION
GAZEBO
(INCLEMENT WEATHER: HOTEL LOBBY)
7:30 P.M.
STAIRCASE SING
7:45 P.M.
Dinner
8:45 P.M.
Traditional Minchah
COLUMBIA
HUDSON III
BALLROOM C
DUTCHESS
THE VIEW
ULSTER
BALLROOM C
EMPIRE LOUNGE
HOTEL LOBBY
BALLROOM A & B
EMPIRE LOUNGE
9:15 P.M.
MANHATTAN THEATRE
Eleventh Annual
Zamir Choral Foundation
HALLEL V’ZIMRAH AWARD
Presented to
MARSHA BRYAN EDELMAN
and
DANIEL FREELANDER
LAM’NATZEACH AWARD
Presented to
MATTHEW LAZAR
Musical Celebration with Special Guest Artists
and the Festival Community
Dessert and Late Night Singing
Traditional Maariv
LOBBY
EMPIRE LOUNGE
Thursday, July 24
6:30 A.M.
Fitness Center and Indoor Pool Open
7:30 A.M.
Egalitarian Conservative Shacharit
Reform Shacharit
Orthodox Shacharit
7:45 – 8:45 A.M.
Breakfast
9:00 – 10:15 A.M.
INSTANT ENSEMBLES – Rehearsal #7 of 7
Choir M
Choir E
Choir J
Choir N
Choir V
9:00 – 10:15 A.M.
WORKSHOP – For Listeners Only
L7. Jewish, Yiddish and Israeli Music in Cinema:
An Overview
Eric Goldman
10:30 A.M.
INSTANT ENSEMBLE
PERFORMANCES
12:30 P.M.
Room Checkout
BBQ Lunch
DUTCHESS
COLUMBIA
HUDSON I
2014
Festival
Program
BALLROOM A & B
COLUMBIA
HUDSON III
BALLROOM C
DUTCHESS
THE VIEW
ULSTER
MANHATTAN THEATRE
OUTDOOR TENT
(INCLEMENT WEATHER: BALLROOM A & B)
See you next year at the
2 6 t h A N N UA L
N O RT H A M E R I C A N
J E W I S H C H O R A L F E S T I VA L
July 12-16, 2015
For more information contact NAJCF@ZamirChoralFoundation.org
M AT T H E W L A Z A R
Fo u n d e r a n d D i r e c t o r
M ATTHEW L AZAR is the leading force of the Jewish choral
movement in North America. His superior talents as a conductor
and interpreter of Jewish music have elevated the standards of
Jewish musical performance and educated audiences across North
America. His visionary leadership led to the creation of the
Zamir Choral Foundation, which continues to nurture the growth
of Jewish choral singing in North America and Israel. In addition
to directing the Zamir Chorale, he has also created the Mantua
Singers, the Selah Vocal Ensemble, and Shirah: The Community
Chorus of the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades. He has inspired the
creation of adult choral ensembles throughout the United States and through the Zamir
Choral Foundation’s Jeanne R. Mandell Fund for New Music, has contributed to the
expansion of the choral repertoire through commissions of new music by the finest
composers in North America and Israel.
Matthew Lazar’s establishment of the North American Jewish Choral Festival has provided
a forum for hundreds of Jewish choral singers to come together for an annual, week long,
immersion in Jewish choral music. The Choral Festival has created a harmonious
community that bridges all denominational, generational and political divides and promotes
the highest standards of Jewish choral performance and education.
In 1993, Mr. Lazar turned his attention to the next generation with his creation of HaZamir.
What began in Manhattan as a single choir to provide quality choral singing opportunities
for Jewish high school students has grown into an ever-expanding international movement.
The success of HaZamir: The International Jewish High School Choir has assured the
continuity of Lazar’s commitment to superior Jewish choral singing and Jewish identity.
In addition to his activities in the realm of Jewish choral music, Maestro Lazar has also
appeared as guest conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra, the El Paso Symphony
Orchestra, the Milwaukee Chamber Symphony, the Ra’anana Symphony, and at the Ravinia
Music Festival. Mr. Lazar regularly appears with the great cantors of this generation, and
presents programs at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and other major concert halls in the
United States and Israel.
Mr. Lazar has served on the faculties of Columbia University and the Jewish Theological
Seminary and is a frequent lecturer and scholar-in-residence in communities and universities
across the United States. He was recently honored for his accomplishments by the Cantors
Assembly and by Queens College of the City of New York. In addition to his albums with
the Zamir Chorale, his recordings include Chants Mystique I and II with Alberto Mizrahi,
Birthday of the World I and II and A Taste of Eternity I and II with the Western Wind Vocal
Ensemble, and Songs for Jerusalem, featuring a special narration by Nobel Laureate, Elie
Wiesel, with whom Mr. Lazar recently performed in a special concert entitled “Memories
and Melodies of my Childhood.”
M a t t h ew L a z a r, Fo u n d e r a n d D i r e c t o r
Elie Wiesel, Honorary Chairman
The Zamir Choral Foundation, created by Matthew Lazar, promotes
Jewish choral music as a vehicle to inspire Jewish life, culture and
continuity. Building on the success of the Zamir Chorale, the first
modern Hebrew-singing choir in North America, Mr. Lazar sought an
expansive vision that went beyond the activities of any single choir one that fostered Jewish identity across generational and
denominational lines.
Today, through extensive programming,
education, sponsorships and special events, the Zamir Choral
Foundation is at the core of an ever-growing network of Jewish choirs,
singers and music which has helped create the only Foundation of its
kind devoted to Jewish choral music. The Zamir Choral Foundation
has created an international movement of Jewish music, musicians and
culture for today and the future.
The Zamir Choral Foundation's mission is fulfilled by
x Fostering Jewish commitment through Jewish choral singing
x Community building through the trans-denominational, transpolitical and trans-generational events that it sponsors
x Fostering Jewish literacy through the study of the Jewish/Hebrew
texts that are sung
x Unifying and training the conductors, singers and leaders of the
Jewish choral movement
x Strengthening Jewish identity through an international network of
choral ensembles for teens
x Facilitating leadership skills in the next generation
x Commissioning and premiering new Jewish choral works
x Creating dynamic, cutting-edge music programming
x Organizing Israel tours and missions for more than four decades
x Appearing in prime concert venues throughout the US and Israel
The Programs of the
Z a m i r C h o r a l Fo u n d a t i o n
The North American Jewish Choral Festival, founded by Matthew Lazar in 1990, is the
premiere Jewish choral event in the world. Now in its 25th year, the Festival brings together
individual singers and choirs from across North America, with a renowned staff of conductors
and clinicians to sing, learn and share the joy of Jewish music. The Festival attracts professional
musicians, amateur singers, cantors, conductors and lovers of Jewish music in an unforgettable
experience.
HaZamir: The International Jewish High School Choir, founded in 1993 by Matthew
Lazar, provides hundreds of Jewish high school-age students with the unique opportunity to sing
Jewish choral music, build community and connect to Jewish culture. HaZamir’s high-quality,
structured program instills in its youth a lifelong commitment to Jewish life, culture and music
and builds a strong foundation for its participants’ future Jewish involvement. HaZamir
transcends boundaries, giving teenagers a valuable and rare trans-denominational experience as
an opportunity to forge close bonds and unite with a common goal. In addition to local
performances, HaZamir sponsors regional retreats where chapters meet, rehearse together, and
develop friendships. The Annual HaZamir Festival brings together participants from HaZamir
chapters all across the United States and Israel for a three-day event culminating in a gala
concert at a prestigious concert venue in New York City. These major performances combine
music, Judaism, community and spirituality in a powerful blend that is nothing short of life
changing.
The HaZamir Chamber Choir is an auditioned group of singers chosen from among the
HaZamir chapters across the United States and Israel. The Chamber Choir is also open to
singers in cities which do not yet have HaZamir chapters. This honors choir performs as an
independent ensemble at the annual gala, and has appeared at the United Nations,
The Museum of Jewish Heritage, the American Conference of Cantors, and other select
events.
The Ruth K. Westheimer Scholarship Fund was created to help teens who have a musical
gift, but do not have the financial means, to participate in national HaZamir events.
The Zamir Chorale is the leading voice of the Jewish choral movement and sets
the standard for choirs in North America. Founded in 1960 by Stanley Sperber as the
first Zionist Hebrew-singing choir in North America and conducted by Matthew
Lazar since 1972, the Zamir Chorale has thrilled tens of thousands of audience
members across the United States and Israel. Zamir has commissioned and
premiered works by contemporary composers and has collaborated with Leonard
Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, Carlo Maria Giulini and many others in
choral/orchestral performances. The Zamir Chorale appears regularly in Carnegie Hall
and Lincoln Center.
Zamir Noded is the newest initiative of the Zamir Choral Foundation, created to
provide a high level musical opportunity for young adults aged 18-30 to sing in a
Jewish choir with like-minded peers. Zamir Noded has drawn singers from the New
York tri-State area and beyond, including alumni of HaZamir: The International Jewish
High School Choir and others who are attracted to this unique ensemble. Established in
September, 2013, the choir presented its debut performance at the Foundation’s
Hanukkah concert in Merkin Concert Hall on December 3, 2013.
The Jeanne R. Mandell Fund for New Music, established by Phyllis and Richard
Rosen, commissions new works to be premiered by HaZamir and other ensembles of
the Zamir Choral Foundation. This Fund expands the body of Jewish choral repertoire
with works by internationally-renowned composers from North America and Israel.
Zamir Choral Foundation Tours and Missions to Israel: Zamir, a committed
Zionist organization, has been sponsoring Israel programs since 1967, bringing singers
from all over North America to Israel for performances and cultural exchanges. The
Zamir Choral Foundation’s summer missions to Israel have included outreach and
comfort to victims of terror and support for our brothers and sisters who live there.
During the three years of Israel’s Intifada, the Zamir Choral Foundation brought five
missions to Israel. Zamir also celebrated the 60th anniversary of the State with a
concert tour and mission.
Special Programs, Conferences and the National Jewish Chorale: The Zamir
Choral Foundation’s dynamic programs open new doors for Jewish culture. In 2002,
the first international conference on the 17th century hero of Jewish choral music,
Salamone Rossi, sponsored by the Zamir Choral Foundation, was featured in The New
York Times. Zamir sponsors regional choral festivals. Zamir pioneered Jewish cultural
programming on December 24th and sponsors an annual Open Sing on December 25th
in New York City. The Foundation also convenes the National Jewish Chorale, a
gathering of singers from the finest Jewish choruses in America, to celebrate significant
events in the life of the Jewish people.
The Zamir Choral Foundation
is grateful to all those
whose support this year makes possible
its important work, including:
Matthew Lazar
Founder and Director
Elie Wiesel
Honorary Chairman
Dr. Steven C. Lorch, President
Elena Neuman Lefkowitz, Vice President
Rabbi Gerald C. Skolnik, Vice President
Henry Stein, Vice President
Gideon Vaisman, Vice President
Elizabeth Hove Aron, Treasurer
Arline Duker, Secretary
Board of Directors
Cantor Nancy Abramson
Martin Aron, Esq.
Adina Avery-Grossman
James Ball
Fredrica Brooks
Bobbie Sue Daitch
Joshua E. Fishman
Rabbi Daniel Freelander
Ruth Hendel
Temma Kingsley
Matthew J. Maryles
Cantor Jacob Mendelson
Hazzan Alberto Mizrahi
Dr. Mark Podwal
Dr. Hugh Pollack
Phyllis Rosen
Erika Pardes Schon
Alan Septimus
Dr. Noam Shudofsky z’l
Sherry Epstein Stein
Dennis Waldman
Dr. Marsha Bryan Edelman,
Administrator
Vivian Lazar,
Director, HaZamir:
The International Jewish
High School Choir
Angel
The Gottesman Fund
Gloria and Harvey Kaylie
Elena Neuman Lefkowitz and
Jay Lefkowitz
Stephanie and Herbert Neuman
Visionary
Anonymous (3)
The Augustine Foundation
Fridolin Charitable Trust
Francine M. Gordon, The Sacred
Rights, Sacred Song Project
Adina Avery-Grossman and
Harman Grossman
Arie and Eva Halpern Family Fdn.
Dr. Steven C. Lorch
Sherry Epstein Stein and
Henry Stein
Maestro
Kirkland & Ellis Fdn.
Rabbi Daniel Freelander
Temma and Al Kingsley
The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation
Nightingale
Karen and Michael Gooen
Susan and Roger Hertog
International Shoppes
Vicki and Sam Katz
Phyllis and Richard Rosen
Arline Duker and Bill Werther
Benefactor
Anonymous (2)
Beth and Martin Aron
Elinor and Gil Bashe
Billy Rose Foundation
Hynda Feit
Cantor Ronit and Roni Hanan
Hudson Valley Resort and Spa
Jonas Ehrlich Charitable Foundation
Susan Och and Brian Kalver
Leah Stolar and Bruce Kessler
Martha and Dr. Hugh Pollack
Dr. Cheryl and Dan Troy
Ellen and Rabbi Peter Weintraub
Sustainer
Anonymous
Sara and David Berman
Sandy and Dr. Abba Borowich
Fredrica Brooks
The Family of Ilke Giges
Tamar and Eric Goldstein
Ruth and Stephen Hendel
Betsy and Benjamin Lopata
Erika and Dr. Lew Schon
Robin and Mark Tsesarsky
Sylvia and Cantor William Wolff
Partner
Jeffrey Bain
Dr. Gaya Aranoff and
Dr. Lewis Bernstein
Lynne and Joshua Fishman
Donald Gerber
Sarah and Dr. Robert Goodman
Sharon and Sinclair Haberman
Bobbie Sue Daitch and
David Landau
Lashir Jewish Choir of Princeton, NJ
Belda and Marcel Lindenbaum
Leora and Richard Linhart
Gladys and Matthew Maryles
The David and Beatrice Maryles
Memorial Fund
Milken Community Schools
Deborah and Hazzan Alberto Mizrahi
Pamela and George Rohr
Lois Roman and Family
Dr. Jill and Larry Sandberg
Martine and Jack Schenker
Robin and Rabbi Gerald Skolnik
Robyn and David Stonehill
Adele Wolfson
Patron
Anonymous
Drs. Rachel and Richard Becker
Margaret Berman
Marsha and Cantor Richard Cohn
Diana Newman and Isaac Corre
Miriam and Eric Feldstein
Caryn Schacht and David Fox
Nancy and Dennis Gilbert
Cantor Nancy Abramson and
Mitch Glenn
Cantor Rena Shapiro and
Phillip Herman z’l
Jewish Community Foundation of
Greater Hartford
The Javitt Family
Kehilath Jeshurun Benevolent Fund
Robin and Brad Klatt
Weinflash, Konstadt
and Kopelman Families
Linda and Jake Kriger
Gloria and Eugene Landy
Meralee and Sidney Schlusselberg
Wendy and James Schreiber
Marisa and Richard Stadtmauer
Abby and Dennis Waldman
Freda Rosenfeld and Howard Wallick
Laurie Dien and Alan Yaillen
The Zamir Chorale
Supporter
Marilyn and Greg Adler
Suzy and Michael Appelbaum
Cantor Vicki Axe
Ilana and David Benson
Dr. Judith Schwartz and Michael Brizel
Drs. Carol and Scott Burg
Vivian and Daniel Chill
Sherry, Neil and Becky Cohen
Susan Davis
Dorothy and Howard Denburg
Pamela and Adam Emmerich
Benjamin Fass
Victoria and Ben Feder
Gail and Jeremy Fingerman
Dr. Renee and Elliot Fleischer
Ellen and David Goldschmidt
The Gontownik Family
Rebecca and Laurence Grafstein
Wendy and Sholem Greenbaum
Nicole and David Gruenstein
Jewish Center Hashkamah Minyan
Cantor Marcy and Paul Kadin
Judith and Richard L. Kaplan
Karen Acker and Glenn Kassel
Margie and Brett Kerbel
Alice and Jacob Klein
Kol Dodi Jewish Community Choir
of MetroWest, NJ
Francesca Lunzer Kritz and Neil Kritz
Jane and Neil Kuttner
Cantor Nathan Lam
Kenneth Langone
Neomi Rao and Alan Lefkowitz,
Miriam Lefkowitz and Marc
Heimowitz, and Alyse and Mark
Lefkowitz
Myrna and Jerry Lefkowitz
Helen and Robert Levine
Judith and David Lobel
Maggie and Gary Maier
Cantors Freda and Jack Mendelson
Max Minsky and Flora Minsky
Goldstein Family Foundation
Sheera and Michael Moffson
Gayther Myers
Claire and Jonah Neuman
Deborah and Samuel Newborn
Barbara and Guy Reiss
Shari and Shep Rosenman
Shirah, the Jewish Community Choir of
The Kaplen JCC
Benjy Sokol
Leo Stemp
Susanna Klincharova and
Gideon Vaisman
Joyce and Aaron Weitz
Carole Zawatsky
Contributor
Raanan Agus
American Conference of Cantors
Anita Diamant and James Ball
Nan Bases
Dana and Maurice Bonime
Donna and Dr. Barry Brian
Edabeth Brown
Sasha Spielvogel and David Burger
Deborah and Dr. James Cleeman
Cantor Lori Corrsin
Karen and David Eisner
Pamela Auerbach and Doublas Feith
Susan Birke Fiedler and Paul Fiedler
Beth and Scott Fink
Anita and Ed Finkel
Mindell and David Fishman
Cantor Rebecca Garfein
Fran Ginsburg
Rabbi Scott Glass
Hazzan Larry Goller
Ricki Ellen and Gene Gorman
Miriam Ross and Gary Kaufman and
Judith and Samuel Greenblatt
Cheryl and Bill Gross
Michael Gross
Inge Horowitz
Jewish Center of the Hamptons
Harriet and Martin Kantrowitz
Karin and Joel Katz
Nancy and John Kenney
Chavie Kahn and Heshy Kofman
Rose and Morton Landowne
Sandy and Steven Laserson
Valerie and Jack Leibler
Hazzan Sheldon Levin
Jody and Elie Levine
Elana and Jonathan Levy
Linda and David Lewinter
HaZamir Manhattan
Makhelat Hamercaz
Alisa and Barry Mannis
The Mason Family
Cantor Brian J. Mayer
Judith and Howard Mayer
HaZamir North Jersey
Marilyn Selby Okoshi
Shelley and Josef Paradis
Jayne and Darren Peister
Cantor Daniel Pincus
Hadasa and Jay Pomrenze
Irving L. Rotter
Adrianna and Jeff Sax
Randi Eisner and William Schwartz
Robyn and Bruce Shoulson
Paula and Andy Shoyer
Gale and Steven Spira
Susan and Barry Stein
Lillian B. Stern
Abigail and Shai Tambor
Lara and Alex Traum
Libby Tulin
Phyllis and Jonathan Wagner
Cantor Lorna Wallach
Zemer Chai
Enthusiast
Barbara and Phillip Abramson
Saralee z’l and Cantor Lawrence Avery
Jodi and Craig Balsam
Debbie and Joel Berger
Gloria and Mark Bieler
Cantor Josh Breitzer
Andrea Harris Cohen and Steve Cohen
Marcia Solkoff and Barnet Eskin
Mina and David Frank
Dr. Allan P. Freedman
Roz and Ira Friedman
Denise Gluck
Susan Jarvis Goldstein
Elisheva and Dr. Daniel Gordis
Blu and Rabbi Irving Greenberg
Samuel Greenblatt
Gerda Gross
Stacy Gross
Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus
Cantor Deborah Katchko-Gray
Cantor Jeff Klepper
Alyse and Robert Koenigsberg
Koleinu
Maris and Jesse Krasnow
Saradonna and Dr. Leonard Lefkowitz
Laura Mufson and Bennett Leifert
Ronnie Lesh
Susanna Levin
Elana Levy
Cantor Riki Lippitz
Bonnie and Wayne Michaels
Jill and Dr. Jonathan Mohrer
Minna and Joseph Mukamal
Esther Nussbaum
Lana Oyer
Goldie and Velvel Pasternak
Penn Oberlander Family Foundation
Ruth and Rabbi Daniel Pernick
Dr. Mark Podwal
Dionne and Alan Polk
Beatrice Schreter and Charles Rose
Carol Rosenthal
Beverly and Richard Rudman
Sandi Schafer
Leah Scherer
Cantor Benjie Ellen Schiller
Renee and Abram Schreiber
Didi and David Shinefield
Shir Chadash
Nahama Shudofsky
Vera and Peter Sokolow
Deanna and Rabbi Howard Stecker
Susan Steinfeld
Joel Stern
Westchester Jewish Center
Zamir Chorale of Boston
Friend
Cantor Audrey Abrams
Caryn and Marshall Alter
Anonymous
Am Yisrael Foundation
Ben Asher
Lisa and Alan Avery-Peck
Shachar Avraham
Charlotte and Lawrence Bassett
Cantor Moshe Bear
Diane Spiegel Belok and Dr. Gregory Belok
Lior Ben-Shlush
Lisa Birzen
Alan Blum
Linda Borsykowsky
Cantor Larry Brandspiegel
Deborah Ungerleider and Richard Brookler
Deborah and Aviad Broshi
Karen Hochman Brown and Neil Brown
Linda Buxbaum
Cantor Joel Caplan
Beth and Howard Cannon
Phyllis Chudnick
Nava and Adam Cohen
Jeri and Shalom Cohen
Steven B. Cohen
Theodore Comet
Congregation Kol Ami
Babette and Jeff Davis
Carolyn Diamond
Seth Diamond
Susan and Jonathan Dzik
Erica and Ephraim Edelman
Malka Edelman
Rabbi Moshe Edelman
Mindy and Myron Edelman
Lauren Marcus Eisenberg and
David Eisenberg
Cynthia Ehrenkranz
Miriam Westheimer and Joel Einleger
Marvin Eiseman
Amy Eisen
Christine and William Erenberg
Joshana Erenberg
Shalisha Erenberg
Daniel Flamberg
Marilyn and Yitzchak Francus
Deborah M. Freedman
Richard Ashley Frieden
Jill and Ira Gansler
Mollyann Pollak and Philip Gassel
Cantor Arthur Giglio
Gloria and Andor Glattstein
Diane and Gary Glick
Rochelle and Gary Gluck
Janet and Hon. Ronald Goldman
Randall Gordon
Ada Rosen and Paul Gould
Deborah Gray
Elisa and Clint Greenbaum
Cantor Jenna Greenberg and
Rabbi Joshua Ginsberg
Terry and Barry Ginsberg
Dolores Greenfield
Ellen and Andrew Gross
Robert Gross
Amalia Haas
Gayla H. Halbrecht
Hon. Alvin K. Hellerstein
Cynthia Helman
Zeva and Lawrence Herman
Abigail Hirsch
Holy Blossom Temple
Ruth Horowitz
Jerry D. Isaak-Shapiro
Ronda and Dr. Joshua Jacobson
Joan Jakubowitz
Rhonda and Richard Kahn
Dena M. Kaplan
Joseph C. Kaplan
Rosalind Jaufman
Sally A. Kay
Ira Kellman
Laura and Rick Kinyon
Helene and Dr. Robert Knee
Lois Kohn-Claar
Tamar Kraus
Ilana and Simmy Kustanowitz
Beverly and Rabbi Bill Lebeau
Carol Ann Leibner
Cheryl and Jeffrey Lemberg
Janice and Norman Levin
Kate Lewis
Judy and Richard Lincoff
Dr. Deborah Weisfuse Lipner and
Robert Lipner
Amy and Bill Lipsey
Hinda and Ben Lunzer
Elliot Magalnik
Aliza and Benjamin Mann
Beth Mann
Barbara and Dr. Charles Mann
Rena and David Maryles
Cantor Brian J. Mayer
Ronnie and Stanley Merer
Howard Mishkin
Edward R. Morgan
Hanno Mott
Ruth and David Musher
Hazzan Jeffrey Myers
Mira Nabi
Deborah and Nadav Nahshon
Barbara Novick
Joyce and Roger Nussbaum
Aharona and Milton Ohring
David and Elizabeth Peck
Cantor Katie Oringer
Cantor Charles Osborne
Cantor Anna Ott
Cheryl and Lloyd Pine
Judith Platt
Sharon Povman
Renah and Mayer Rabinowitz
Pauline and Marc Raphael
Roberta and Cantor Elwin Redfern
Dr. Irwin Reich
Cantor Lance Rhodes
Eve Berman and Bruce Roberts
Sima Rolnick
Edward Rosenbaum
Rachel Mann and Josh Rosenblatt
Susan Ticker and Hazzan Henry Rosenblum
Emily and Alan Rosenfeld
Leila Joy Rosenthal
Joyce Rosenzweig
Elaine Roth
Cantor Janet Ilene Roth
Lisette and Michael Rubell
Rubin Family Charitable Trust
Beverly and Richard Rudman
Sharon and Jonathan Sadinoff
Frankie and Jesse Salsberg
Deborah Schildkraut
Ronnie and Mark Schlussel
Rose and Simeon Schreiber
Jeffrey Schweid
Stanton C. Selbst
Alan Septimus
Kelly Shepard
Cantor Abbe Sher
Cantor Leon Sher
Gail Shoss
Ron Shufrin
Arlene and Dr. Ron Silikovitz
Julie and Bruce Silver
Ruth Slater
Francene and Rav-Hazzan Scott Sokol
Cantor Alan Sokoloff
Randi and Murray Spiegel
Dana and Rickey Stein
Abbe and Cantor Stephen Stein
Scott Stein
Arthur Sugarman
Marian and Aaron Tenenbein
Sharon and Bill Torodor
Suzanne Albin and Robert Tucker
Rachel Wetstein and Daniel Tunkel
Hazzan Eliot Vogel
Ava Hoffer Waisbord
Carol Kozak Ward and Dr. Seth Ward
Laura White
Robert Winograd
Barbara Zimet
On behalf of all of the
singers at this summer’s
25th Annual
North American Jewish
Choral Festival
The Zamir Choral Foundation
offers its special thanks to
RICOLA, USA, Inc.
for their donation of
Ricola Original
Herb Cough Drops
Academy for Jewish Religion
Maly Silk Creations
Cantors Assembly
Moshe Monzon
28 Wells Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10701
Telephone: 718-543-9360
Cantor Lisa Klinger-Kantor
LKlingerKantor @ajrsem.org
www.ajrsem.org
55 S. Miller Road Suite 201
Fairlawn, OH 44333
Telephone: 330-864-8533
caoffice@aol.com
www.cantors.org
Har Gillo Zefon Harey Yehuda
Jerusalem 90907 ISRAEL
Telephone: 972-2-993-2307
Maly Cohen
malysilk@013.net.il
105-43 65th Road
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Telephone: 347-617-1340
Goldie and Moshe Monzon
mail2goldie@gmail.com
www.moshemonzon.com
Gloria’s Kippot
301 Kent Road
Wynnewood, PA 19096
Telephone: Gloria Spitz
610-642-8571
Gloriaskippot@gmail.com
www.kippot.com
Ian Kochberg
153 Carrington Drive
Richmond Hill, ONT L4C 7Z1 CANADA
Ian and Arlene Kochberg
905-884-2882
info@iankochberg.com
www.iankochberg.com
Judaica Pottery
1559 State Route 213
Ulster Park, NY 12487
Telephone: 845-338-0173
Renée and Howard Vichinsky
Vichinsky.hr@gmail.com
www.judaicapottery.com
Kinnor Software, Inc
3655 Seaside Dr. #220
Key West, FL 33040
Telephone: 305-293-8801
Tom Buchler, Sidney Wharton
Sid.Wharton@kinnor.com
tbuchler@kinnor.com
www.kinnor.com
Malka Ronen Creations
P.O. Box 276
Center Moriches, NY 11934
Telephone: 631-874-2892
Malka Ronen
mrc276@aol.com
Precious Heirlooms
70 Fairfield Avenue
West Caldwell, NJ 07006
Telephone: 973-228-5454
Renée Savitz
preciousheirlooms@verizon.net
www.preciousheirlooms.com
Tara Publications
29 Derby Avenue
Cedarhurst, NY 11516
Telephone: 516-295-2290
Goldie and Velvel Pasternak
velvel@tara.com
www.jewishmusic.com
Transcontinental Music
Publications/URJ Press
Union for Reform Judaism
633 Third Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Telephone: 212-650-4105
Jayson Rodovsky
tmp@urj.org
www.etranscon.com
Zamir Choral Foundation
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1948
New York, NY 10115
Telephone: 212-870-3335
Fax: 212-870-3336
info@ZamirChoralFoundation.org
www.ZamirChoralFoundation.org
Zamir Chorale of Boston
1320 Centre Street, Suite 306
Newton Centre, MA 02459
Telephone: 617-244-6333
Larry Sandberg, Merchandise Manager
manager@zamir.org
www.zamir.org
2014
Festival
Exhibitors
Please Visit Our
Festival Exhibitors
in the Hotel Lobby
2014
North
American
Jewish
Choral
Festival
Coordinating Committee
Matthew Lazar • Marsha Bryan Edelman • Daniel Freelander
Festival Office Staff
Debbie Berger
Marilyn Gurtman-Oppenheimer
Ellie Reis
Linda Kingsbury, Miriam Tunkel,
Aaron Noriega and Talia Sukol
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1948
New York, NY 10115
Telephone: 212-870-3335
Fax: 212-870-3336
Info@ZamirChoralFoundation.org
www.ZamirChoralFoundation.org
633 Third Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Telephone: 212-650-4000