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In-Person & Virtual
Friday, January 27 |
6:00 PM ET | Free
Read the Violins of Hope story
by Elinor Burkett
We are grateful for
support of
Violins of Hope
programming:
In memory of Robert B.
Menschel
Betsy Cohn, in memory of
Alan D. Cohn
The Rahm Family Fund
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Join us for a special Friday night worship service. As we mark the 78th anniversary of the
liberation of Auschwitz, the haunting strains of the Violins of Hope will
echo throughout our Main Sanctuary during a special Shabbat service and
concert in conjunction with the Violins
of Hope: Every Violin Has a Story exhibition at Temple
Emanu-El’s Bernard Museum of Judaica.
These extraordinary instruments that survived the Holocaust — even if their
owners did not — are testimony to the harshest moments in Jewish history.
Brought back to life by Tel Aviv violin restorers Amnon and Avshalom
Weinstein, they will be played by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in memory of
the women, men and children who clung to them even as they were deported and
dehumanized: the violin of a Jewish inmate member of the Auschwitz Orchestra;
another that belonged to one of the last Jews to escape Nazi Europe; an
instrument that a young Italian Jew clung to in a forced labor camp; and
klezmer violins emblazoned with the Star of David.
Join us as the sounds of defiance, resilience and faith resonate across our
historic Sanctuary and through time and space.
Program for the concert:
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Mischa Elman: In a Gondola Impromptu
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Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 9 in C Major
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Beethoven: String Quintet in C
Major, Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
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John Williams: Schindler's List
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Bach: Concerto for Violin in D Major
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