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The Hebrew Language Table & The Asian Division at the Library of Congress in cooperation with The Embassy of India and The Embassy of Israel Present: THE WOMEN WHO KEPT THE SONGS FROM INDIA TO ISRAEL: THE MUSICAL HERITAGE OF COCHIN Lecture and Musical Performance Monday, April 7, 2008 Noon -1:00 pm Mumford Room, 6th Floor, Madison Building, Library of Congress Accompanied by a Special Book Display 10:00am-5:00pm Asian Reading Room, LJ-150, Jefferson Building For centuries Jewish women along India*s Malabar Coast filled notebooks with Jewish-themed songs they wrote and sang in Malayalam at weddings and community celebrations and rituals. Indian, Israeli and American researchers aided a group of Cochin Israelis in restoring and bringing to modern ears the voices of their aunts and grandmothers. A performance by two of the Nurit singers and presentations by Indian and American scholars highlights the program. The Library program is free and open to the public Contact: Dr. Allen Thrasher, 202-707-3732, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gail Shirazi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Dr. Anchi Hoh, 202-707-5673, [EMAIL PROTECTED] THERE WILL TWO ADDITIONAL PRESENTATIONS: APRIL 6TH at THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. Prince George's Room (Room 1210)" in the Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland, College Park. APRIL 7TH at 7:30. DCJCC IN WASHINGTON (1529 16TH ST., NW). ($15, Discounted Member, Senior, Under 25 and Student Price $10). Online purchase of tickets at washingtondcjcc.org/dialogues. PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EMBASSIES OF INDIA AND ISRAEL, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR JEWISH STUDIES-OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, B'NAI B'RITH INTERNATIONAL- CENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE AND LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ASIA DIVISION. Members of Israel's Nirit Singers will perform their songs and, with Indian and American colleagues, tell the stories of the re-discovery of a nearly lost musical heritage. Israeli women, of Cochini origin in India, are the inheritors and transmitters of an extraordinary musical cultural treasure. For centuries Jewish women along India*s Malabar Coast filled notebooks with Jewish-themed songs in Malayam and Hebrew, which were sung at weddings, community celebrations and rituals. Indian, Israeli and American researchers aided a group of Cochin Israelis in restoring and bringing to modern ears the voices of their aunts and grandmothers. The women gathered monthly in Israel over five years to re-learn each precious blessing, biblical narrative or ode to Israel, stringing them together into what has been deemed *a palm full of pearls*. The music has been painstakingly collected into CD recordings in Israel, and been a part of an international conference in India that looked deeply at the thousand years and more of cultural interchange among Hindus, Christians, and Jews in the vibrant multi-ethnic Kerala region. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
