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Charles Krauthammer’s Gift to Jewish Music

JL;DR SUMMARY Charles Krauthammer, a renowned political columnist, launched Pro Musica Hebraica, an organization dedicated to reviving obscure Jewish classical music. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish MusicHolocaustClassical MusicJewish ArtJewish ComposersCultural RevivalMusical HeritageCharles KrauthammerPro Musica HebraicaConcert Series

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"One hot summer day in 2003 I was strolling through New Yorks Central Park when my cell phone rang."
Ukraine
"I was due to leave in a matter of weeks for a Fulbright year in Ukraine and Russia to do dissertation research on the birth of modern Jewish cultureincluding Jewish musicin late imperial Russia."
Russian Federation
"I was due to leave in a matter of weeks for a Fulbright year in Ukraine and Russia to do dissertation research on the birth of modern Jewish cultureincluding Jewish musicin late imperial Russia."
Washington DC, United States
"A week or so later I found myself sitting in a Dupont Circle office in Washington, D.C., listening with growing fascination as Charles and his wife, Robyn, a painter and sculptor, explained their shared vision of a new nonprofit arts organization to promote the riches of the Jewish musical past."
Kharkiv, Kharkivshchyna, Ukraine
"The logo of Pro Musica Hebraica, adapted from an image by Russian Jewish artist B. Solomonov, featured on the program of a 1915 concert by the Society for Jewish Folk Music in Kharkov."
Israel
"Each concert welcomed in world-famous artists such as Evgeny Kissin, Marc-Andr Hamelin, and Itzhak Perlman alongside up-and-coming talents from North America, Europe, and Israel."
Netherlands
"They proceeded to perform music that hardly anyone knew existed: baroque Hebrew oratorios from 17th and 18th-century Holland and Italy;"
Italy
"They proceeded to perform music that hardly anyone knew existed: baroque Hebrew oratorios from 17th and 18th-century Holland and Italy;"
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