Klezmer Concert

Klezmer is a style of folk music that draws upon the traditions of Ashkenazi Judaism and Eastern European folk traditions. The Holocaust nearly destroyed Klezmer, the traditional instrumental music of Eastern European Ashkenazi Jews, by murdering roughly 90% of its practitioners, the klezmorim. While many musicians were killed, others were forced to play for Nazi officers or as they were led to their deaths. Despite this, Klezmer survived as a symbol of resilience, with its revival in the late 20th century acting as a poignant, often political, reclaiming of Jewish cultural identity.

The Greeley Holocaust Memorial Observances’ tradition has been to end our week’s long event schedule with a Klezmer Concert to celebraste the fact that in spite of the Holocaust, that Judaism and their traditional music lives on.

This year, we welcome back the Klezmer band called the Klez Dispensers to help us celebrate.

Unitarian Universalist Church | 929 15th Street, Greeley, CO 80631