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Lecture: Yiddish to the Core - Wedding Music and Jewish Identity in Postwar New York City
Monday December 23, 2024 4:15pm - 5:30pm EST
506 - Hebrew Union College
If you went to a typical American Jewish wedding in the 1950s, you’d probably notice some new “rituals,” like photographers buzzing around the rabbi, floral wedding canopies, or “kosher style” catering. But while weddings transformed and modernized, one thing remained certain: if the wedding was Jewish, you danced the hora. American Jews abandoned many traditional wedding rituals, but they held on to Jewish dance music as an essential expression of their Jewish identity. This lecture explores the evolution of Jewish wedding music in postwar New York City. We will discuss the work of Jewish wedding musicians, the diverse wedding musical repertoires (including klezmer, Israeli folk song, and Latin dances), and how they all related to American Jewish identity.
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Uri Schreter

Uri Schreter is an interdisciplinary musicologist, composer, keyboardist, and filmmaker. He is currently completing his PhD in historical musicology at Harvard University, where he researches Jewish music and klezmer during the postwar period. Prior to Harvard, he studied at Tel Aviv... Read More →
Monday December 23, 2024 4:15pm - 5:30pm EST
506 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012
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