Yom Hashoah
This week I am taking part in two major Yom Hashoah events in Iowa for Holocaust Remembrance Day 2008. Here are the details:
Holocaust Remembrance Day – Thursday, May 1, at 7 pm
The UNI Holocaust Remembrance and Education Program, in conjunction with the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Waterloo, presents a Holocaust Remembrance Day [Yom Hashoah] ceremony at the Waterloo Center for the Arts. The ceremony, dedicated to the theme “Do Not Stand Silent: Remembering Kristallnacht 1938,” includes a featured speaker; musical performances by Jason Weinberger of the WCFSO [clarinet solo from Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time] and by Julia Bullard and Sean Botkin of UNI’s School of Music [Ernest Bloch’s Meditation and Processional]; readings by clergy of different faiths; and candle lighting. This event is also sponsored by the Cedar Valley Interfaith Council, the Catholic Parishes of Waterloo, and the UNI College of Humanities and Fine Arts.
Know The Score LIVE! – Friday, May 2 at 5 pm
Know the Score features a special evening of remembrances and live musical performance for Holocaust Remembrance Day 2008. NBC newsman Tom Brokaw discusses his recent book Boom and reflects on the people he met and stories he heard when researching The Greatest Generation; Arthur Canter will speak of his experiences as a US soldier entering the concentration camp Mauthausen at the end of the war; Christopher Merrill of the International Writing Program will read literary selections related to the period; and Jason Weinberger will share his family’s personal story of suffering and survival during the Holocaust. Weinberger will also be joined by members of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony for a live performance of the stunning WWII-era chamber work by Olivier Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time. Joan Kjaer hosts this program. Attend the event at the University of Iowa Museum of Art, or listen live on Iowa Public Radio KSUI and KHKE. The entire program will be rebroadcast on all stations of Iowa Public Radio Classical, May 3, 10 am- 12 pm.
Update: I forgot to include a link to this article by Alex Ross on the Messiaen. More great reading on this topic – Rebecca Rifkin’s book on the quartet.
