{"id":60,"date":"2020-01-20T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2020\/2020\/01\/20\/nyc-concert-to-commemorate-75th-anniversary-of-the-liberation-of-auschwitz\/"},"modified":"2020-01-20T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T18:00:00","slug":"nyc-concert-to-commemorate-75th-anniversary-of-the-liberation-of-auschwitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2020\/2020\/01\/20\/nyc-concert-to-commemorate-75th-anniversary-of-the-liberation-of-auschwitz\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Concert to Commemorate 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Museum of Jewish Heritage \u2013 A Living Memorial to the Holocaust<\/a>, the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene<\/a>, Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center<\/a>, the UJA-Federation of New York<\/a>, and The New York Board of Rabbis<\/a> will commemorate the 75th<\/sup> anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz with a concert\u00a0 celebrating the resilience of Jewish music and culture on Monday, January 27, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The concert, organized by the Museum of Jewish Heritage \u2013 A Living Memorial to the Holocaust and the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, will feature renowned violinist and conductor Itzhak Perlman<\/a>; The Klezmer Conservatory Band; klezmer icons Hankus Netsky, Andy Statman, Frank London, and Lorin Sklamberg; Tovah Feldshuh; Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot; Director Joel Grey and the cast and orchestra of Fiddler on the Roof<\/em> in Yiddish, with musical director Zalmen Mlotek; and HaZamir: The International Jewish Teen Choir, with musical director Matthew Lazar. Additionally, the concert will feature a keynote address by Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Executive Vice President of The New York Board of Rabbis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On January 27, 1945, Allied troops entered the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, liberating the more than 7,000 prisoners. More than 1.1 million people had already died in Auschwitz \u2013 nearly one million of whom were Jews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The concert will commemorate that anniversary \u2013 which is International Holocaust Remembrance Day – and underscore the commitment of the Jewish community to never forget and to continue the struggle against antisemitism and all forms of racial and ethnic hatred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe liberation of Auschwitz on January 27 represents the end of one the darkest chapters in our world’s history and a reckoning for humanity,\u201d said Bruce Ratner, Chairman of the Board at the Museum of Jewish Heritage \u2013A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. \u201cOn this day we commemorate the Holocaust\u2014a genocide in which 6 million Jews were murdered and millions of other victims of Nazism. Their memories must never be forgotten. This event will celebrate spiritual resistance and heroism in the face of evil, and serve as a unifying moment to insist, ‘never again.’ As we reflect on the past, we must do everything within our power to ensure a future in which we resist all forms of antisemitism, hostility, and bigotry to prevent a recurrence of the horrors of the Holocaust. We must not allow history to repeat itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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