Jane Myers will share what she learned from her 50-year relationship with Rabbi Ben-Zion Gold, including the power of music and memory to sustain a person. Rabbi Gold’s life began in the rich traditional educational and cultural life of Radom, Poland. After experiencing the Nazi invasion and barely surviving Auschwitz, he eventually came to America as his family’s sole survivor.
Their shared love of traditional Jewish music later led Jane to encourage him to record, from 1976 to 2010, dozens of songs and Chassidic niggunim that would otherwise be lost to history if not for his fine voice and his outstanding memory. Jane will share video clips, archival photographs, and his singing from the CD she published, titled Touching the Memory: Songs Remembered from a Childhood in Poland. Annotated CDs will be available for purchase.
On livestream & in person.
Register www.cbinorthampton.org/adult-ed, this discussion is free to attend, but donations are welcome to support our programming.
CBI Cafe Schedule
10:30-11:00 am: Coffee and nosh
11:00-12:00 pm: Presentation and discussion
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