Sunday Salon Series: Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust A Virtual Evening with Avshalom (Avshi) Weinstein

The Holocaust Teacher Institute Is Proud to Announce The Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Foundation Holocaust/Jewish Themed Sunday Salon Series

Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust A Virtual Evening with Avshalom (Avshi) Weinstein

a third generation Israeli violin maker, trained by his father, Amnon, Founder of “Violins of Hope” in Conversation with Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff

The Program Will Feature Violin Selections

“The violin has formed an important aspect of Jewish culture for centuries, both as a popular instrument with classical Jewish musicians and as a central factor of social life, as in the Klezmer tradition. But during the Holocaust, the violin assumed extraordinary roles within the Jewish community. For some musicians, the instrument was a liberator; for others, it was a savior that spared their lives. For many, the violin provided comfort in mankind’s darkest hour, and, in at least one case, helped avenge murdered family members. Above all, the violins of the Holocaust represented strength and optimism for the future.”

Grymes, James, A., Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust–Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind’s Darkest Hour, 2014