Temple Beth Israel Center for Jewish Life 2016

“Codename Barber” book talk, with klezmer interludes

Wednesday, April 13, 7:30pm

Temple Beth Israel

Free, Donations accepted

“Tchaikovsky & Klezmer” concert

Sunday, April 17, 3:00pm

Monday, April 18, 7:30pm

Wildish Community Theater

Tickets $25-$32, Group rate $15 (4 or more), Student rate $5

Call 541-953-9204 for tickets

TBI is proud to host Codename Barber, a book talk by author Semmy Stahlhammer with Klezmer selections from Semmy and Isabel Blommé, joined by accordionist Sergei Teleshev of Trio Voronezh. About the book: The Nazi threat emerges from Germany 1933 and shatters the small town life in eastern Poland. The teenager Mischa Stahlhammer manages to escape from a German work camp. He survives and after the war he ends up in Sweden. His son Semmy tells the story of what a boy, his family and friends had to live through in Poland before, during and after the Second World War, and how love gives him back the will to live – and the strength to create a new life in a foreign land. Semmy Stahlhammer is First Concertmaster of the Stockholm Royal Opera and leader of Stahlhammer Klezmer Classic. The musicians will also present a full concert with Chamber Music Amici on April 17th and 18th at the Wildish Theater.