School Performances

 

Tikvah is a unique bilingual, bicultural program dance program taught in English and Russian, featuring instructors from the former Soviet Union with advanced degrees in the creative arts under the direction of Zhenya Tartakovsky The Tikvah  Dancers will be performing an Israeli dance at Israel in the Gardens. The dancers train at the San Francisco JCC with director Karina Rosinzonsky. More information at www.jccsf.org

 

Kehillah Jewish High School Jazz Band will be performing with musicians and vocalists. The school is located in Palo Alto and the band is under the guidance of Rabbi Micah Citrin. More information at www.kehillah.org

Klezmorama led by Phil Hoxie, a bass player and 15 year old from Temple Isaiah in Lafayette, his brother Ben (age 12) and other friends from the Crowden School in Berkeley, will entertain us with traditional klezmer music including Fraylachs ahd Horas. The musicians play regularly at Temple Isiaiah, in the community for benefits and bar mitzvahs, and have performed at Yoshi’s and the Jewish Music Festival.

 

PTS/PTBE Teen Singers bring together high school students  from two synagogues, Peninsula Temple Sholom and Peninsula Temple Beth El.  The group sings Israeli and American music and many of their own compositions.  The Singers are directed by Cantor Barry Reich who can be contacted at BReich7320@aol.com