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Whether celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, or Kwanzaa, we’ve rounded up the music events most likely to fill you with cheer.

Celebrated in later decades by top musicians but largely ignored in its own time, virtuoso album 'Tanz' will be played by an all-star ensemble Feb. 16 on NYC's Upper West Side

Recorded by the klezmer virtuoso Dave Tarras and a handful of respected NY jazz players, the record was a groundbreaking mix of traditional Eastern European Jewish dance music & jazz big band sound

Klezmatics Grammy Award Winners Lisa Gutkin and Matt Darriau Presented by Bethel Jazz on May 12 at La Zingara Written by Bethel Jazz A Klezmer gathering featuring Christina Crowder, Ilya Shneyveys, David Licht (the original drummer for the Klezmatics), and surprise guests Safe Social Distancing Seating With Very Limited Ticket Availability. Tickets Are Sold By The Table ONLY. Tables seating 2 - 4 guests, with tables for 6 -8 available upon request. See The Attached Seating Chart. Fiv...

Jewish Ledger WHAT’S HAPPENING – February 23 – March 31 Preserving Jewish Memory at Auschwitz Since 2000, the Auschwitz Jewish Center (AJC), a Polish satellite location of the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust and the only Jewish presence remaining in the vicinity of Auschwitz, has preserved Jewish memory in the town of Oświęcim and educated about the contemporary dangers of antisemitism and other forms of prejudice. Barbara Posner a...

Jewish Ledger WHAT’S HAPPENING – February 16 – March 18 “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis,” screening & discussion Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust presents a screening and discussion of the 1970 classic film “The Garden Of The Finzi-Continis” on Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. Ricky Ian Gordon, composer of the operatic adaptation of the film, and Portia Prebys, longtime companion of Giorgio Bassani, join Italian film and history experts fo...

Jewish Ledger WHAT’S HAPPENING – February 9 – March 18 Politics & Identity among Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews Joshua Shanes, PhD, associate professor of Jewish Studies and director of the Center for Israel Studies, College of Charleston, will discuss “A Growing Schism: Politics and Identity Among Orthodox and Non-Orthodox Jews,” on Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. The FREE webinar is sponsored by the Judaic Studies Program in collaboration with the Bennett Center for Judai...