Kleztival NYC

Instituto de Música Judaica -Brasil, ASF’s Institute of Jewish Experience, Brazilian Consulate in NYC present:

Kleztival NYC

Brazilian Jewish Music and Culture, a two-day program with Brazilian and North American artists.

Celebrating the 23 Brazilian Jews who, in 1654, arrived in North America and helped to build a city then called New Amsterdam, which later became New York. Celebrating Brazil, its Jewish roots and community today.

11 September at 6:00PM EST

Brazilian Jewish Music concert

@at the Brazilian Consulate in NYC

225 East 41st, New York, NY

(no registration required)

12 September:

3:00PM EST

Screening of documentary “A Estrela Oculta do Sertão” (The Star

Hidden in the Backlands) followed by Q&A with the producers

7:30 PM EST

Brazilian Jewish Music concert

@the Center for Jewish History

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Executive Producers: Nicole & Edy Borger

Musical Director: Frank London

Singers: Carla Berg, Nicole Borger, Ahuva Flit and Rafael Zolko

Musicians: Pablo Aslan (bass), Vicente Falek (accordion),

Frank London (trumpet), Oren Neiman (guitar), Alex Parke (clarinet),

Satoshi Takashi (drums)

Documentary Producers: Elaine Eiger and Luize Valente.

Special thanks to:

Drora Arussy, Julia Rothkof, Miriam Mora, Suzanne Schwimmer, Alex Minkin, Thiago Antonio de Melo Oliveira, Tiago Domingues Carvalho, Aaron Alexander, Peter Rushevsky, Hanna Griff-Sleven, Felipe Pait, Eliezer Kahn, Bruno & Joyce Szlak, Angela Waitzberg, Bruce Phillips, Daniel Borger.

Our Sponsors:

Ourinvest, Banco Daycoval

Other support:

Ticun Brasil, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Yiddish New York and CTMD