Jewish Ghetto Cabaret
May 1, 2011, 7:30 PM
TEMPLE EMUNAH
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Annual Holocaust Memorial Program
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Jews in the various Ghettos during the Shoah (the Holocaust) – in Vilna, Terezin, Kovno, and Warsaw, for example - had numerous cabarets wherein musicians and singers presented programs to lift everyone’s spirit. Songs ranged from the sad and deeply somber in response to the death and horrific conditions within and without the Ghettos, to parodies on the Nazis, to the typical songs sung in the cabarets of Europe before the war. The caliber was so high as to attract the attendance of German soldiers (out of uniform).
Our program will be rich and varied and be presented by a musical ensemble, soloists, and the Mak'haylah. You might be led to cry … and to clap, as did the Jews in the Ghettos. That is what life was like. Join us in commemorating the courage and zest for life that Jews displayed during the Shoah.
This program is free and open to the public. Temple Emunah is located at 9 Piper Road in Lexington and is handicapped accessible. For more information please call (781) 861-0300 or visit our website at www.templeemunah.org.
