Educational Weekend 2023 - YidFest!

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Friday Highlights:

• Friday night April 28, at 6:00 PM join us for Kabbalat Shabbat, Ma'ariv, Dinner and then stay to hear from Aaron Lansky the Founder and President of the Yiddish Book Center. 
• Aaron will be speaking on: "How we saved a million Yiddish books and why they still matter."
• Dinner reservations are sold out. The lecture at 8:15 PM is open to the public.

Saturday Highlights:

• Join us Shabbat morning for a freilich service, kiddush lunch and special guest speaker, Dr. Hankus Netsky, Co-Chair of Contemporary Musical Arts at New England Conservatory, Founder of Klezmer Conservatory Band.
• Dr. Netsky will be speaking on the historic and cultural roots of Yiddish music and his role in helping to revive Eastern European Jewish musical culture.
   
• Saturday night April 29, come for an evening of simcha with music, dancing and noshing with Mamaliga, critically acclaimed Klezmer band and Adah Hetko, Yiddish dance leader.
• Desserts and music begin at 8:00PM.
• Tickets are available at the door. Tickets: $15.00

Sunday Highlights:

• Join us on April 30 for a trip to the world's first Yiddish museum, the home to permanent and visiting exhibits on Yiddish and Jewish Culture!
• We will be arranging for a small bus plus some carpooling. Please fill out the form by March 27 so we can give our numbers to the Yiddish Book Center. The museum tour costs $8.
• We will be leaving around 12:00 PM and our tour will begin promptly at 2:30.

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