The Joy of Jewish Music and Dance – September 2024 Session – Berkeley, CA

Music & Dance Teachers:

Achi Ben Shalom, Asaf Ophir, Katja Cooper & Bruce Bierman

Join our monthly series celebrating “The Joy of Jewish Music and Dance!” Great for musicians, dancers, and enthusiasts to meet, schmooze, or simply to take in the beauty of these rich traditions. Bring your instruments and dancing shoes.

Each session has three parts

1. During the first 90 minutes, participants can choose between two spaces to learn multi-ethnic music and dance technique and styles.
2. Participants will all come together for a 30 minute dance party focusing on the dances and tunes taught in the prior hour.
3. The remaining segment will be an informal music jam in one or more of the classroom spaces at the JCC.

Drop-in admission: $25.00-$54.00 sliding scale. No one turned away for lack of funds. Kids are free.

Music and Dance performance/teacher schedule (future registration links to come)

• September 29, 2024 – Achi Ben Shalom, Asaf Ophir, Katja Cooper, and Bruce Bierman
• October 27, 2024 – Cookie Segelstein, Josh Horowitz (of Veretski Pass), and Yael Schy
• December 8, 2024 – Dror Sinai, Jamie Barsimantov, and Miriam Peretz
• January 26, 2025 – to be announced
• February 23, 2025 – to be announced
• March 23, 2025 – to be announced
• April 27, 2025 – to be announced
• May 18, 2025 – to be announced

Sheet music and reference recordings as available will be posted to the KlezCalifornia tune archive.

Presented by The Jewish Community Center of the East Bay and co-presented by KlezCalifornia’s Yiddish Culture Fund.

Equal access to all

The JCC East Bay invites you to join us for this program. We welcome and support our diverse Jewish community, people of all religions, nationalities, and socioeconomic backgrounds, communities of color, people with disabilities, and the LGBTQ+ community. The JCC East Bay believes it is important for people of all abilities to feel welcome and included in our space. Our 100+ year old historic building does offer limitations, and cannot accommodate everyone in the way we would hope. Please let us know your specific needs so we can best make you feel included in our space. If you are experiencing financial hardship and are unable to afford the price of the ticket, please contact sarahwr@jcceastbay.org. We look forward to hearing from you to make your experience at the JCC East Bay a positive one.

Photography/Videography at the JCC East Bay

Please be aware that JCC East Bay will be taking photographs at this event and may use the photos in our marketing. If you do not want your image recorded for marketing purposes, please make your wishes known to the photographer, and/or the event organizers. By participating in this event, you consent to your voice, name, and/or likeness being used, without compensation, for use in any and all media.