The Boston Festival of New Jewish Music 1.5. Naftule's Dream

Schedule

Wed Jun 08 2022 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

Location

BackRoom at The Boston Synagogue | Boston, MA

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Naftule's Dream Celebrates 25 years of Radical Jewish Music
About this Event

This concert has been rescheduled from Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022.


Join us for the fifth concert of the Boston Festival of New Jewish Music, a free monthly concert series presenting original music drawing from the Jewish cultural experience. Hosted by BackRoom at The Boston Synagogue, co-presented by JArts, and live-streaming everywhere, the Boston Festival of New Jewish Music highlights the best in Jewish-influenced music by composers and performers who live right here in our own backyard.

All concerts will be performed live at the Boston Synagogue and live-streamed.

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Season 1. Concert 5. Naftule's Dream Celebrates 25 Years of Radical Jewish Music

Naftule’s Dream celebrates 25 years of performing their uniquely original and modern take on klezmer music, infusing klezmer with edgy rock, free improvisation, and ambient music into their sophisticated and visceral original compositions.

Naftule’s Dream helped jumpstart John Zorn’s Tzadik label with their first CD, “Search for the Golden Dreydl” and went on to record 4 more CDs as well as playing major jazz festivals in Europe and North America.

Follow Naftule's Dream at https://facebook.com/Naftules.Dream.

Buy their music at https://shirim.com/store-recordings.

COVID response plan

Concerts at the Boston Synagogue will follow the Boston Synagogue’s COVID response plan, which is informed by public health guidance from the CDC, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the City of Boston.

At this point, that means that we:

- Require proof of vaccination for all artists, audience, and staff.

- Require masks at all times while not eating or drinking. Artists may remove masks when performing and will maintain a 6-ft distance from the audience.

- Limit capacity at the venue to allow for appropriate spacing of seating.

Over the course of the pandemic, the Boston Synagogue has invested in updated ventilation, including a HEPA filtration system, and in improved AV equipment for live streaming.

Based on the situation at the time of each concert, we may be required to further limit in-person seating. If this happens, we will contact ticket holders with alternative options for watching the concert.


Accessibility

The Boston Synagogue is handicapped accessible and an easy walk from the Red Line, Orange Line, Green Line, and BlueBike stations.

If you need to drive, there are handicapped parking spots at the front door and no stairs from parking to seating or restrooms. It also has non-fixed seating, which means we can accommodate wheelchairs in any row and allow folks in wheelchairs to sit with their friends, families, or PCAs.

If you have any questions about accessibility at the Boston Synagogue or on the Live Stream, please contact Nat Seelen at [email protected].


About us

The Boston Festival of New Jewish Music was created by local musicians who believe that:

- People find meaning and joy in art and community, and communities come together around shared experiences, especially regular meetings over time.

- We all benefit from hearing great concerts and musicians benefit from the opportunity to develop and present new works to people excited to hear them.

- A strong cultural ecosystem is part of what makes the Boston area so vital and strong.

- Great Jewish music is great music. You don’t need to be from the South Bronx to love hip hop or from Panama to love reggaeton; why should you need to know the difference between the Torah and the Talmud to fall in love with Abigale Reisman’s violin or Zach Mayer’s saxophone? Our music is from a certain cultural place, but it’s for everyone.

- Art should be accessible to everyone in our broader community. Especially after the past 18 months has made hearing live music so difficult, we are doubling down on accessibility. Concerts are free and live-streamed for folks who can’t attend in person. For those who can, the venue is totally handicapped accessible and an easy walk from the Red Line, Orange Line, Green Line, and BlueBike stations.

If you believe any of these things, or just want to hear some amazing concerts, join us for this inaugural season of the Boston Festival of New Jewish Music.


Partners

Special thanks go out to our partner organizations for believing in and supporting live music at such a difficult time for musicians.

The Boston Synagogue

A wonderful spirit is alive at The Boston Synagogue. We are a warm, small, neighborhood shul, and the only synagogue located in the heart of downtown with Shabbat and Holiday Services 52 weeks per year.

Our Mission is to serve the needs of the diverse community of Jews in downtown Boston, whether through joyful participatory worship, Friday Night Dinners, Saturday morning Kiddush, or Holiday celebrations, as well as with a slew of Cultural Events and other fun and engaging opportunities to connect with our open, vibrant community. The Shul also offers dynamic learning experiences for everyone, from our growing Hebrew School to Adult Education programs.

http://bostonsynagogue.org/


JArts Boston

JArtsTM brings people together to explore and celebrate the diverse world of Jewish art, culture, and creative expression.

We believe in the unique power of arts and culture to build connections. Art, food, literature, music, and more allow us to better understand the life experiences of others as well as our own, and help to build a vibrant and more tolerant future for both our Jewish and Greater Boston communities.

JArts™ creates programs that bring people together — in the Greater Boston area and around the world — to celebrate and elevate the diverse world of Jewish art, culture, and creative expression. Let culture connect us.

https://jartsboston.org/


The Forward

We're proud to partner with the Forward, the nation's oldest and leading Jewish news organization. The Forward is offering an exclusive offer for BFNJM registrants: Get 6 months of the Forward for only $15 (75% off!) and get unlimited access to news, culture and opinion — all through a Jewish lens. Claim your subscription at Forward.com/partneroffer and use promo code bostonsynagogue at checkout.

https://forward.com


The Center for Traditional Music and Dance

Founded in 1968, the Center for Traditional Music and Dance (CTMD) assists New York City’s immigrant communities to sustain their distinctive performing arts traditions and promotes cross-cultural understanding by sharing these art forms with audiences across the city. Nationally renowned for programs that combine research, documentation, presentation and education, CTMD assists immigrant communities in passing traditions to new generations.

https://ctmd.org/


Kleztival

The Jewish Music Institute Brasil proudly presents Kleztival 2021, the 12th International Jewish Music Festival. In Brasil and online at http://imjbrasil.com.br.


Yiddish Summer Weimar

We're delighted to call Yiddish Summer Weimar our mishpuche. Yiddish Summer Weimar (YSW) began life as a weekend workshop in 1999. Today it spans a whole month and has become one of the world's leading summer programs for the study, creation and presentation of traditional and contemporary Yiddish culture.

https://yiddishsummer.eu/


CJP - Combined Jewish Philanthropies

At CJP, we are working every day to make our world a better place. We’re raising and investing money, building relationships and growing partnerships to address our community’s greatest challenges, and offering diverse opportunities to build a meaningful Jewish life.

https://www.cjp.org/

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Where is it happening?

BackRoom at The Boston Synagogue, 55 Martha Road, Boston, United States

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Tickets

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