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MLK Day concert to include civil rights songs and Yiddish folk songsĀ 

JL;DR SUMMARY The upcoming "Soul to Soul" concert at Stephen Rice Free Synagogue commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. 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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YiddishSocial JusticeSynagogueMusicCivil RightsZalmen MlotekMartin Luther King Jr. DayRacism And AntisemitismNational Yiddish Theater FolksbieneJewish African American Relations

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"The celebration is actually taking place in the very synagogue where Martin Luther King Jr. once spoke more than 65 years ago."
Harlem, New York, United States
"The upcoming concert will include performances by a childrens choir from the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, Harlems IMPACT Repertory Theatre and the Abraham Joshua Heschel School."
Israel
"to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse."

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