Israeli Folk Singer Performs Sunday

Israeli folk singer Chava Alberstein will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday at in Deerfield as a prelude to this summer’s Greater Chicago Jewish Festival. 

Alberstein, who has recorded more than 60 albums between 1967 and 2008, will appear in Deerfield with her band as part of a current American tour. The local concert is organized Pocet, the Chicago area organization which sponsors the biennial Greater Chicago Jewish Festival.

“She (Alberstein) has not been here in quite a while and we thought it would be fun to let people think about an event in June in December,” event organizer Robert Lorge said. “It’s a good way to get people thinking about the festival.” Next year’s festival will be June 10 in Morton Grove. 

Alberstein will be singing primarily in Hebrew according to Lorge. She also performs in English and Yiddish.

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