Inna Faliks: Music, history and identity
The renowned concert pianist and UCLA professor reflects on how music helped her connect more deeply with her Jewish heritage
Inna Faliks: Music, history and identity
The renowned concert pianist and UCLA professor reflects on how music helped her connect more deeply with her Jewish heritage
Courtesy of Inna Faliks
May 27, 2021
Early in her 2017 piano recital–cum–autobiographical monologue “Polonaise-Fantaisie: The Story of a Pianist,” Inna Faliks describes the renascent antisemitism that confronted her as a child in the Ukraine of the 1980s. Her hometown of Odessa, she remembers, was rife with the refrain: “Yids, go home to Israel or any place that will take you!”
Marilyn Belz, z”l, Remembered at YU’s Arbesfeld Program By Pearl Markovitz | May 27, 2021
On Sunday, May 23, YU’s Sunday morning Arbesfeld Yom Rishon Program memorialized philanthropist Marilyn Belz, z”l, who passed away on December 22, 2020, at the age of 91, from COVID-19 complications. Together with her husband of 72 years, Jack Belz, yibadel l’chaim, she promoted the visual arts and music through her generosity of spirit and philanthropy. Known for her beauty, kindness and graciousness, Marilyn Belz worked alongside her husband Jack, developer and downtown Memphis visionary, in establishing centers of culture in every corner of Memphis. Together they founded the Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art, and lent support to some of Memphis’ most influential cultural, arts and religious institutions from the Orpheum Theater to the Memphis Jewish Home and Rehab.
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L’Chaim – A Taste of Jewish Music from – Anywhere!” The new series will offer programs on the
fourth Monday of each month, 7:30 pm MDT on Zoom through Oct. 25. The first program will take place on
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Adrienne (“Auntie A”) Suson
Adrienne (“Auntie A”) Suson is a licensed “Rhythm & Ruach” facilitator who has been involved with Synagogue life, Jewish education, Jewish music and love for children since her own childhood. She currently lives in Silver Spring, Maryland where she is the program director at her (rabbi) brother’s congregation, Congregation
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