Temple Beth Shalom hosts Klezmer Band’s music concert

Temple Beth Shalom of the West Valley is proud to host a musical concert with the Rural Street Klezmer Band performing traditional Jewish folk music of Eastern European Jewish communities. The indoor performance will be from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 26, at Temple Beth Shalom, 12202 N. 101st Ave. in Sun City. Temple Beth Shalom Cantor Baruch Koritan will make a guest appearance.

Audiences from across the Phoenix Metro area and beyond have experienced the joy of the Rural Street Klezmer Band’s unique brand of Jewish soul music, including the Musical Instrument Museum, family simchas, synagogues and community events. Check out videos of the band’s performance on its Facebook page: facebook.com/RSKBaz.

Pre-sale concert tickets are $20 each online here or send your payment to Temple Beth Shalom of the West Valley, 12202 N. 101st Ave. in Sun City, AZ., 85351. Tickets on concert day can be purchased at the door for $25 each. For more information, contact Temple Beth Shalom at 623-977-3240 or templebethshalomaz@gmail.com.

Perhaps most familiar as the music of the 19th and early 20th century Eastern European shtetl, klezmer music has its origins in the Middle Ages as an important element of the Jewish wedding. The term, “klezmer” — originally used to describe the itinerant musicians themselves —  is a contraction of the Hebrew words, kley-zemer and can be translated as “vessel of song”.