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OCTOBER 2003:

Monday 13 October, 7.30pm
Malcolm Singer 50th Birthday Concert
The Zemel Choir St Alban's Chamber choir Yehudi Menuhin School and others JMI celebrates composer and conductor Malcolm Singer's birthday in a concert featuring ensembles that have commissioned and premiered his works.
£15.00-7.50, concessions half price
St John's, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA 020 7222 1060

Wednesday 15 October, 8.30pm
SHIR
Klezmer, Jewish Traditional, Yiddish, Israeli Folk and Simcha Music in concert
After 2 sell-out concerts at the Bull, this acoustic quartet return for their annual visit with a special concert to celebrate the Jewish New Year and the festival of Succot.
£10/£8 conc.
The Bull, 68 High Street Barnet EN5 5SJ Box Office 020 8449 0048
web site: www.shirmusic.co.uk

Thursday 16 October, 8.00pm
Illustrated lecture: Yiddish Theatre in London
David Mazower
A lecture with slides detailing the development and highlights of the Yiddish Theatre in London. First in a series: Exploring Yiddish Drama and Literature, A project of the JMI International Forum for Yiddish Culture in association with the Spiro Ark.
The Spiro Ark, 25/26 Enford Street, London W1 (Opposite the Landmark Hotel off Marylebone Road) nearest stations: Marylebone, Baker Street
£5 concessions, £3.00
The Spiro Ark 020 7723 9991
Also join the Yiddish Library and Book Club. Meets once a month at the Spiro Ark Yiddish Hoyz, to borrow, read and talk about Yiddish books. Donations of Yiddish books gladly accepted. Library open from 6.30pm on Yiddish drama evenings.

Sunday 19 October, 10.30am-1.00pm
(walks also 2 November, 7 and 14 December) Guided Walk, Spitalfields: A journey in the heart of Jewish London: Cigar Makers, Philanthropists and Artists. Walk Leader: Clive Bettington, registered City of London Tourist Guide. Settlement of Dutch, West European and Eastern European Jews fleeing persecution in nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - trades, institutions and artists. Bomberg, Gertler and others.
JMI International Forum for Yiddish Culture association with the Jewish East End Celebration Society
Meet at 10.15am at Aldgate Tube Station Ticket Office (Clive Mobile: 07941 367 882)
£8.00, concessions £6.00
www.wayahead.com or 0871 22 00 260
www.ticketweb.co.uk or 08700 600 10

Thursday 23 October, 8.00pm
Tango Klezmer: Giora Feidman Quartet Eagerly awaited return of a true phenomenon, whose playing is magnetic. His clarinet laughs and weeps and tells incredible stories about his Argentinean and Jewish background.
One of a series of 4 concerts: Klezmer Beats on Upper Street (23 October, 9, 20 and 29 November) Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, Upper Street, Islington N1
£17.50, concessions £14.00, Pass for all four concerts £50.00 www.wayahead.com or 0871 22 00 260
www.ticketweb.co.uk or 08700 600 10
In person from Reckless Records, 79 Upper Street N1 (next to Screen on the Green)
(Also in Manchester, Tuesday 21 October, 7.30pm 0161 798 5577 www.klezmer.co.uk)

Monday 27 October, 8.00pm
JMI Klezmer Jam at Lauderdale House Led by acclaimed Oi-Va-Voi violinist, Sophie Solomon.
Also 24 November led by Ilana Cravitz with dancing led by Vivi Lachs.
And 22 December Vivi Lachs leads Yiddish song jam Bring your instruments and your favourite Klezmer tunes and join North London's first Klezmer Jam. Led by experienced players and KlezFest graduates all levels will be made welcome or just hang out and listen.
Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, Waterlow Park, London N6 5HG 020 8348 8716
£5.00 (concessions £4.00 if you bring an instrument) on the door
Bar open from 7.30pm.

Wednesday 29 October, 7.30pm
Piano works by Zikmund Schul and Viktor Ullmann Jacqueline Cole, Piano Graduate of the Menuhin School, Jacqueline has performed music by Victor Ullman in Cieszyn, the place of his birth and the church of his baptism and will perform the same programme in Terezin on 16 October 2003.
Zikmund Schul:ÊFugue (Prague 1941)
UK premiere, Viktor Ullmann Sonata No 7 (Terezin 1944). Also JS Bach, John Ireland and Frederick Chopin Concert presented by the Viktor Ullmann Foundation, supported by the Anglo Austrian Society and JMI IFSM.
£18.00, £15.00, £12.00, £10.00
Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, London W1 020 7935 2141

Thursday 30 October, 7.30pm
Concert for Peace The Israel String Ensemble Wissam Boustany, Flute Raphael Wallfisch, Cello Ada Pelleg, Musical Director and Conductor
The event aims to highlight the vision of the people of the village of Neve Shalom - Wahat al-Salam that people of the great monotheistic religions should live together in peace in the land that gave birth to those faiths. The Israel string orchestra visiting the UK for the first time, and the Lebanese and British soloists share this vision. There is now a flourishing and democratic community of Jews and Arabs, who choose to live together and have established and enviable internal and outreach educational programme. Concert includes works by Elgar and Tchaikovsky with UK premieres of beautiful works by Levi and Kopytman.
To learn more about the Village and its aims contact Gillian Gruder, British friends of Neve Shalom - Wahat al-Salaam Tel/Fax: 020 8952 471, Email: british.friends@nswas.com Presented in association with JMI St John's, Smith Square London SW1
£18.00, £15.00, £12.00, £8.00 (£50.00 with private reception, tel. 020 8952 4717) 020 7222 1061

NOVEMBER 2003:

Sunday 2 November, 10.30am - 1.00pm
(Walks also 19 October 7 and 14 December) Guided walk: The City of London: Rothschilds, Sassoons and Warburgs A walk though the Square Mile examining the extraordinary contribution made by Jewish dynasties to the prosperity of the City of London Walk Leader: Clive Bettington, Registered City of London Tourist Guide. JMI International Forum for Yiddish Culture in association with the Jewish East End Celebration Society.
Meet at 10.15am outside the Royal Exchange, Threadneedle Street (Clive Mobile 07941 367 882)
£8.00, concession £6.00
www.wayahead.com or 0871 22 00 260
www.ticketweb.co.uk or 08700 600 10

Sunday 2 November, 11am -1.30pm
A Vocal Journey Back Home Ruti Halvani and Judith Silver New singing workshop lead by International performers and teachers of Jewish music. Learn how to free your voice so you can sing expressively, healthily and in harmony with others. An opportunity to learn simple arrangements of Israeli, Yiddish and Ladino songs while unlocking and expanding your voice. Participants are welcome to suggest repertoire sung and heard in their childhood. By the end of the series of workshops, you will have learnt, sung and collected traditional songs to enhance every social gathering.
Presented by LJCC in association with JMI London Jewish Cultural Centre,
The Old House, Kidderpore Avenue, NW3
£25.00 LJCC 020 7431 0345

Thursday 6 November, 6.30 - 8.30pm
Workshop discussion: Folk Song into Art Song Ruti Halvani (Opera singer and Jewish music researcher) and Alexander Knapp (composer and Joe Loss Lecturer in Jewish Music, SOAS, University of London) present a workshop on the process of creating art songs based on folk elements. Participants will learn unfamiliar traditional Yiddish, Ladino and Israeli folk songs and hear them performed in their original and then in classical adaptations by European, American and Israeli contemporary composers. In association with the Department of Music SOAS.
Admission free
Room G2 Main Building, SOAS University of London Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG This event is made possible by a JMI Millennium Award to Ruti Halvani, with funds from the National Lottery

Thursday 6 - Monday 10 November
Brighton Festival of Jewish Music
Harmony in the Community brings to Brighton music of the Jewish Diaspora from Latin America, North Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the UK. Outstanding artists: Freylekh, the Tangele Ensemble, The Voyagers and The Matzoh Boys, Joglaresa and The Zemel Choir invite you to join them in showing the power of music to heal and transcend social, racial and political differences.
Concerts at the Komedia Theatre, the beautiful Middle Street Synagogue and Brighton University
Information 01273 676 057 info@harmonyculture.com www.harmonyculture.com

Saturday 8 November, 7.30pm
London Chazanim in Concert
Six of the most celebrated London cantors in a concert of prayers, songs and arias to celebrate the life of Michael Goldstone. Proceeds to Alyn Hospital, Jerusalem
New West End Synagogue, St Petersburgh Place, W2
£40.00 - £15.00
Tel. 8346 3143/8883 5913

Sunday 9 November, 8.00pm
Tangele, the Pulse of Yiddish Tango Lloica Czackis (voice), Juan Lucas Aisemberg (viola) and Gustavo Beytelmann (piano/arrangements)
An enthralling celebration of two powerful cultures: Yiddish song and tantalising Tango. Pulsating rhythms from the Argentinian brothels in show stopping tunes from Yiddish theatres of Buenos Aires and New York in the 1930s and 1940s, and in haunting melodies from the ghettos in wartime Europe.
More about Tangele
Presented in association with The Spiro Ark One of a series of 4 concerts:
Klezmer Beats on Upper Street (23 October, 9, 20 and 29 November) Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, Upper Street, Islington N1
£17.50 concessions £14.00, Pass for all four concerts £50.00
www.wayahead.com or 0871 22 00 260
www.ticketweb.co.uk or 08700 600 10
In person from Reckless Records, 79 Upper Street N1 (next to Screen on the Green) Ê

Thursday 13 November, 1pm - 2pm
Followed by a workshop Jewish-Arab musical encounters: A concert of music from Iraq Sara Manasseh, voice and dumbuk Ehsan Alemam, 'oud Sara Manasseh, ethnomusicologist, lecturer and performer, of music in the Jewish Babylonian (Iraqi) tradition and founder Director of the musical ensemble, Rivers of Babylon, London, together with London-based renowned Iraqi musician, perform Iraqi-Jewish songs - shbahoth (Songs of Praise for Sabbaths, festivals and life cycle events) secular Arabic songs and 'oud solos
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1
Admission free
This event is made possible by a JMI Millennium Award to Sara Manasseh with funds from the National Lottery.
2.30-4.00pm open workshop to learn some of the repertoire of Jewish and Arab song from Iraq in Hebrew and Arabic and to understand the scales, rhythms and instruments used in this body of music.

Thursday 13 November, 8.00pm
Yiddish drama open rehearsal: Anski's unfinished play Day and Night.
David Schneider, actor, writer and theatre director will conduct the first of his occasional series of workshops, trying out scenes from classical and lesser known Yiddish plays with experienced actors, musicians and Yiddish linguists including Helen Beer, Lecturer in Yiddish at University College London. It is hoped that the audience will understand and learn a great deal even if not yet fluent in Yiddish. As Dave says, 'we can inch towards getting a little theatre troupe together at our own pace'.
Second in a series: Exploring Yiddish Drama and Literature, A project of the JMI International Forum for Yiddish Culture in association with the Spiro Ark.
The Spiro Ark, 25/26 Enford Street, London W1, 020 7723 9991
£5.00, concessions £3.00
Also join the Yiddish Library and Book Club. Meets once a month at the Spiro Ark Yiddish Hoyz, to borrow, read and talk about Yiddish books. Donations of Yiddish books gladly accepted. Library open from 6.30pm on Yiddish drama evenings.

Sunday 16 November, 6.00pm-7.00pm
Mezzo-morphosis: 1 Illustrated Talk
Classical adaptations of traditional Jewish folk songs Ruti Halvani introduces the results of her research and sings some examples of Jewish folk songs that have inspired classical composers from many countries and many periods of time, to create compositions using their captivating, exotic melodies.
Admission free
Hampstead Town Hall, 213 Haverstock Hill, Belsize Park, London, NW3
This event is made possible by a JMI Millennium Award to Ruti Halvani, with funds from the National Lottery

Sunday 16 November, 8.00pm
Mezzo-morphosis: 2 Concert
Classical adaptations of traditional Jewish folk songs Ruti Halvani, mezzo soprano, Christopher Glynn, Piano and guest artist. International opera singer Ruti Halvani presents a personal selection of beautiful Jewish Art Songs and Duets, by Polish, French, Israeli and British composers such as Weiner, Laks, Ravel, Rodrigo, Knapp, Ben-Haim and Wiesenberg, that were inspired by Yiddish, Ladino and Israeli traditional repertoire.
Hampstead Town Hall, 213 Haverstock Hill, Belsize Park, London, NW3
£13.50, concessions £10.00
www.wayahead.com or 0871 22 00 260
www.ticketweb.co.uk or 08700 600 10

Thursday 20 November, 8.00pm
The World Quintet (formerly Kol Simcha)
Sophisticated mix of thrilling jazz improvisations, exotic Mediterranean melodies and sensuous Eastern European rhythms, alternating with tender ballads from a quintet that has delighted audiences at Carnegie Hall, QEH and jazz, classical and world music festivals on three continents.
One of a series of 4 concerts: Klezmer Beats on Upper Street (23 October, 9, 20 and 29 November)
Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, Upper Street, Islington N1
£17.50, concessions £14.00, Pass for all four concerts £50.00 www.wayahead.com or 0871 22 00 260
www.ticketweb.co.uk or 08700 600 10
In person from Reckless Records 79 Upper Street N1 (next to Screen on the Green)

Sunday 23 November
1920s Berlin Cabaret with Alexandra Yaron 3.00-5.00pm Workshop/Masterclass Singers are invited to prepare cabaret songs for a masterclass with audience by International Chanteuse, Alexandra Yaron (native German speaker, living in Paris), who specialises in this repertoire with Matthew Freeman. Contact yaronsfr@yahoo.co.uk to take part.
Admission free.
Room G50 SOAS
6.30 - 8.00 Lecture Recital: Spoliansky and Heymann Alexandra Yaron explores the exhilarating life and music of Berlin's foremost cabaret composers Mischa Spoliansky and Werner Richard Heymann. Illustrated with recordings of personal interview with their daughters and many rare slides.
Admission free.
SOAS Main Lecture Theatre, main building lower ground floor Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
In association with the Department of Music SOAS
Reserve places in advance, yaronsfr@yahoo.co.uk, Tel 020 8909 2445, Fax 020 8909 1030
These events are made possible by a JMI Millennium Award to Alexandra Yaron, with funds from the National Lottery

Sunday 23 November, 7.30pm
BJMN Composers Competition Final British Jewish Music Network presents a concert of the final entries by a number of children's and youth choirs, both Jewish and Non Jewish. The very distinguished composers and adjudicators, Joseph Horovitz and Betty Roe, will judge them.
Jewish Free School, The Mall, Kenton, Middlesex
£5 and concessions, Tel 020 8905 9093

Monday 24 November, 8.00pm
JMI Klezmer Jam at Lauderdale House led by led by klezmer violinist, Ilana Cravitz with dancing led by Vivi Lachs.
Also 27 October led by Meg Hamilton and 22 December Vivi Lachs leads Yiddish song jam Bring your instruments and your favourite Klezmer tunes and join North London's first Klezmer Jam. Led by experienced players and KlezFest graduates all levels will be made welcome or just hang out and listen.
Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, Waterlow Park, London N6 5HG
020 8348 8716 £5
£5.00 (concessions £4.00 if you bring an instrument) on the door.
Bar open from 7.30pm.

Tuesday 25 November, 8.45pm (doors open at 8.00pm)
Cabaret: Berlin Paris, Alexandra Yaron, voice, Matthew Freeman, piano
International chanteuse, Alexandra Yaron, takes you on an exciting journey following the daring, dangerous and decadent divas, of the cabaret world of Paris, where girls work the night, of Berlin's Kabaretts in the 'Roaring 20s' and on to the sidewalks of Broadway.
Presented by JMI The Spitz, Old Spitalfields Market 109 Commercial Street London E1 £13.50 concessions £10.00
www.wayahead.com or 0871 22 00 260
www.ticketweb.co.uk or 08700 600 10
(This is not an all seated venue, so come early if you require a seat.)

Thursday 27 November, 7.30pm
L'Chaim - To life!
The Wallace Ensemble Piano, Charles Owen Conducted by Benjamin Wolf Westminster's professional orchestra and outstanding soloist give the first performance of composer/conductor Benjamin Wolf's new work, L'Chaim, which fuses the melodies and harmonies of Jewish synagogue and folk music with the traditions of Western Classical Music. Also on the programme: Mendelssohn's 'Italian' Symphony. (Ben Wolf is now also the conductor of The Zemel Choir).
St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly London W1
Admission free
This event is made possible by a JMI Millennium Award to Benjamin Wolf, with funds from the National Lottery

Saturday 29 November 8.00pm (doors open 7.00pm)
Budapest Klezmer Band Coming from the heart of Europe, where klezmer music originated, this ensemble sweeps you off your feet from the first moment with their raw energy, soaring sounds and gypsy folk rhythms. (see them also on stage, Ballet 'Purim' at the QEH Sunday 30 November)
One of a series of 4 concerts: Klezmer Beats on Upper Street (23 October, 9, 20 and 29 November)
Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, Upper Street, Islington N1 £17.50 concessions £14.00, Pass for all four concerts £50.00 www.wayahead.com or 0871 22 00 260
www.ticketweb.co.uk or 08700 600 10
In person from Reckless Records 79 Upper Street N1 (next to Screen on the Green)

Sunday 30 November 2003, 12.30pm-10.00pm
Hungarian Jewish Culture Day
JMI presents a rich variety of Hungarian Jewish culture: klezmer/ballet, music, film and literature
Part of the year-long Festival: Magyar Magic - Hungary in Focus 2003-4
Patron of the Day: Lady Solti
Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room
12.30pm-2.00pm
Purcell Room: Imre Kertész Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Colleagues and critics including Peter Sherwood and George Szirtes assess the work and achievements of Hungarian writer and Holocaust survivor who writes about experiences of Hungarian Jews under Nazi/Arrow Cross rule and later. With readings from some of his works by Paul Ridley, translated by Tim Wilkinson.
3.00pm-5.00pm and 7.45-9.45pm
Queen Elizabeth Hall Ballet: Purim — The Casting of Fate Gyor Ballet Company with the Budapest Klezmer Band live on stage The Budapest Klezmer Band, perform the exciting music written by their leader Ferenc Jávori, for the biblical Story of Esther. The Gyor Ballet Company with choreography by William Fomin and István Juhos physically manifests the language of the energetic and poignant music with sharp leaps, keening backbends, and unusual port de bras. Purim draws on the powerful themes of love, loyalty and freedom and has been presented to acclaim in Budapest and New York.
5.30pm-6.30pm
Purcell Room Film: The Danube Exodus, Director: Péter Forgács (1998). Award winning film, using footage taken by a ship's captain, follows two groups of passengers, escaping along the Danube in opposite directions. In 1939, 900 European Jews were fleeing eastwards towards the Black Sea and the hope of a new life in Palestine while in 1940, a group of Bessarabian Germans were fleeing to the Third Reich because of the Soviet invasion of their adopted homeland.
7.30pm-9.30pm
Purcell Room Concert: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Artistic Director, János Rolla, Rivka Golani, viola A rare opportunity to hear this famous orchestra under the baton of its leader, János Rolla, who founded the ensemble in 1963. A central feature of Hungary's musical establishment, the orchestra has toured all over the world and made more than 200 recordings. Tonight it brings a programme of music of Jewish and Hungarian interest. Goldmark: String Quartet in B flat Op 8 (arranged for string orchestra) Weber, arranged Ze'ev Steinberg: Andante and Hungarian Rondo op 35, Rivka Golani, viola Bruch: Kol Nidrei, Adagio on Hebrew Melodies op 47 for viola and chamber orchestra Bartók: Divertimento for Strings
7.45pm-9.45pm
Queen Elizabeth Hall: Ballet: Purim — The Casting of Fate (see matinee performance 3.00pm for details) Gyor Ballet Company with the Budapest Klezmer Band live on stage.
Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer: Exhibition 'Stones' Hungarian Jewish gravestones Photographed by György Paraszkay Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets:
£25.00, £20.00, £15.00, £10.00
Purcell Room: concert £17.00 - £12.00
Purcell Room: literary event and film £10.00 - £8.00, concessions, or groups of 10 or more or series discount (if coming to more than one event) £3.00 off each ticket Royal Festival Hall Box Office 020 7960 4242
Presented by the Jewish Music Institute, and the Hungarian Cultural Centre, in association with the Budapest Jewish Summer Festival, supported by the Jewish Chronicle.
More Information about the Jewish Culture Day

DECEMBER 2003:

Tuesday 2 December, 7.30pm
Vilém Tausky talks to Michael Haas Vilém Tausky, was born in Czechoslovakia in 1910 and was an up and coming star composer/conductor at the Brno Opera House before Hitler came to power. Coming to Britain in 1940 he continued to conduct opera and operetta with the Carl Rosa and Sadler's Wells Opera Companies and broadcast for the BBC. Michael Haas is the Executive Producer of the Decca 'Entartete Musik' series and the Research Director of JMI International Forum for Suppressed Music.
Presented by LJCC in association with JMI London Jewish Cultural Centre, The Old House, Kidderpore Avenue NW3
£10.00 LJCC 020 7431 0345

Thursday 4 December, 8.00pm
An Evening with Anna Tzelniker First (and Last) Lady of the Yiddish Theatre in Britain presents reminiscences, monologues from Mirelle Efros and Fiddler on the Roof and a chance for us all to learn the finale of the famous Yiddish play 'The King of Lampedusa', that celebrates its 60th anniversary this year (see 14 December anniversary event) Accompanied on the piano by Ricky Barnard Third in a series: Exploring Yiddish Drama and Literature, A project of the JMI International Forum for Yiddish Culture in association with the Spiro Ark.
The Spiro Ark, 25/26 Enford Street, London W1
£5.00 concessions £3.00 (advance booking please) 020 7723 9991
Also join the Yiddish Library and Book Club. Meets once a month at the Spiro Ark Yiddish Hoyz, to borrow, read and talk about Yiddish books. Donations of Yiddish books gladly accepted. Library open from 6.30pm on Yiddish drama evenings.

Saturday 6 December, 8.00pm
The Naftuli Brandwein Show Words by Tom Payne Music by Shekoyokh Klezmer Band. Directed by David Schneider.
A performance piece from the novel by Daily Telegraph Literary Critic, Tom Payne based on the crazy, larger than life character of the legendary clarinet virtuoso, Naftule Brandwein, who was born in 1889 in Galicia and died in New York in 1963, and who inspired so many of the younger generation. Directed by writer and comedian David Schneider with live music from the exciting new London based 8-piece klezmer ensemble, Shekoyokh.
Presented In association with the Department of Music SOAS and the Spiro Ark Admission free.
Reserve your ticket in advance at the Spiro Ark: 020 7723 9991
Tom's novel and this one off live performance have been made possible by a grant from the Jewish Music Institute Millennium Award Scheme with funds from the National Lottery
Main SOAS Lecture Theatre, University of London Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1

Sunday 7 December, 10.30am-1.00pm
(Walks also 19 October 2 November and 14 December) Guided walk: Commercial Road: Pickles, Pimps and the Palais Walk Leader: Clive Bettington, registered City of London Tourist Guide. From Tower Hill, where thousands of Jewish Refugees first arrived, past the first shelters to the markets, synagogues, clubs to the Yiddish theatres.
JMI International Forum for Yiddish Culture association with the Jewish East End Celebration Society
Meet at 10.15am outside Tower Hill Tube Station. (Clive Mobile 07941 367 882)
£8.00, concession £6.00, advance booking please
www.wayahead.com or 0871 22 00 260
www.ticketweb.co.uk or 08700 600 10

Tuesday 9, Wednesday 10, Thursday 11 December
1.00pm-3.00pm and 5.00-7.00pm
Jewish Music at the Christmas Fayre Music provided by Shekoyokh Klezmer Band, Freylekh and other ensembles as part of the traditional German Arts and Crafts Christmas Market Trafalgar Square London WC1
Free admission

Sunday 14 December 10.30am-1.00pm
(Walks also 19 October 2 November and 7 December) Guided walk: A Shtetl Called Whitechapel - Rabbis, Radicals and the Yiddish Theatre. Walk Leader: Clive Bettington, registered City of London Tourist Guide. Meeting places of radicals, Siege of Sydney Street and Battle of Cable Street, and the markets. synagogues, bathhouses and Yiddish theatres.
JMI International Forum for Yiddish Culture association with the Jewish East End Celebration Society Meet at 10.15am at Aldgate Tube Station Ticket Office (Clive Mobile 07941 367 882)
£8.00, concessions £6.00
www.wayahead.com or 0871 22 00 260
www.ticketweb.co.uk or 08700 600 10

Sunday 14 December, 2.30pm
The King of Lampedusa — A 60th Anniversary celebration of the most famous Yiddish play that ran in Whitechapel for seven months in 1943/4
Talk by Heather Valencia with anecdotes from Anna Tzelniker, who played in the original production. Video by Arnold Schwartzman, Special guests, refreshments.
Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, London E1
JMI International Forum for Yiddish Culture in association with JEECS
£8.00, concessions £5.00
www.ticketweb.co.uk or 08700 600 100

Tuesday 16 December, 8.00pm
The (Jewish) Dark Lady of the Sonnets. The Marriage of True Minds Siena Ensemble: Michelene Wandor words and instruments, Lisette Wesseling soprano. An entertainment in words and music which explores the possibility that the Dark Lady in Shakespeare's sonnets may have been Amelia Bassano, a member of the family of Italian Jewish musicians at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Including music by Dowland and songs from Shakespeare's plays.
£10.00, concessions £8
Studio Theatre, Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, Upper Street Islington N1
www.wayahead.com or 0871 22 00 260
www.ticketweb.co.uk or 08700 600 10

Thursday 18 December 7.45pm
It's Chanukah! Massed male voices, massed mixed voices, massed children's and teenage voices. Soloists Conductor, Stephen Glass
Join more than 200 singers, including members of London's most celebrated Jewish choirs in a family entertainment with an eclectic mix of music for the Jewish Festival of lights. Old favourite songs about candles, dreidels, doughnuts and latkes as you have never heard them before, as well as new songs, chosen, composed or arranged by the charismatic and inspirational Stephen Glass of Montreal. Enjoy an evening resounding with sweet voices in music ranging from classical through pop and contemporary, to the most traditional Jewish liturgical music. Even the audience is sure to end up singing!

A JMI Barry Weinberg Memorial concert, presented by the JMI Barry Weinberg Jewish Choral Academy in association with the Zamir Choral Foundation of New York, supported by the Barry Weinberg Fund for Jewish music and the Jewish Chronicle.
Queen Elizabeth Hall, the South Bank, London SE1
£18.00, £15.00, £12.00, £10.00 Children (under 18) £5.00, concessions £3.00 off each ticket for seniors, students, unwaged and groups of 10 or more
Royal Festival Hall Box Office 020 7960 4242