Out of the Whirlwind: Musical Reflections of the Holocaust
In Two Parts, Thursdays, April 7 and April 14 at 7:30 p.m.
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In recent decades, much research and concert programming concerning music and the Holocaust has focused on the musical life during and adjacent to the years of the Second World War. This work has helped bring to broader public attention music that was suppressed, used to foment and bolster resistance, or simply used as propaganda by oppressive regimes.
Attention has also been paid to what is referred to in the Milken Archive of Jewish Music as “Musical Reflections of the Holocaust.” That is, musical works that attempt to address the inhumanity of the Holocaust and honor the memory of its victims. The émigré philosopher Theodore Adorno hinted at the difficulty of this endeavor when he famously wrote, “To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.” While Adorno was not advocating a ban on Holocaust-related art, Gershon Kingsley seems to have been channeling him when he confronted the task of composing Voices from the Shadow. “Is it possible to write songs about Auschwitz, or, even more important, is it permitted to do so?” (www.milkenarchive.org)
Temple David Visits the Keeping Tabs Holocaust Memorial
Sunday, April 24 at 4 p.m.
Join The Adult Learning and Life Experiences Commission (ALLEC) for a visit to the “Keeping Tabs Holocaust Memorial” at the corner of Beechwood Blvd. and Forward Ave, on the campus of Community Day School in Squirrel Hill, on Sunday, April 24 at 4 p.m.
We will carpool from Temple David or just meet at the memorial. If there is enough interest, we will go to dinner after visiting the memorial.
RSVP by Sunday, April 17 to Carol and Bob Gordon at carolg@templedavid.org.
Yom HaShoah Remembrance
From Past to Present to Potential
Online on Thursday, April 28 at 7 p.m.
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Let us come together to remember, to recognize where we are in the present moment of rising anti-Semitism in America and around the world, and to work toward a future which celebrates inclusion and diversity.
Note: The Holocaust Center’s city-wide commemoration is scheduled for Wednesday, April 27 at 8:15 p.m. The theme is The Liberators and the Liberated; details will be communicated by e-mail.