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New York, NY - On
Thursday, March 1, 2018 beginning at 6pm, the
14th Street Y will
host its 2018
PURIM Gala. The 14th Street
Y will honor founding Board Member and philanthropist Harvey
Schulweis.
The 14th Street
Y is a
vibrant community center grounded in the belief that
contemporary Jewish sensibilities can be a source of
inspiration, connection, and learning for the
individuals and families we serve throughout New York
City's East Village and beyond.
The Gala will be
held at Cipriani, 25 Broadway, NYC, with Cocktails at
6pm and Dinner & Entertainment at 7pm. Festive attire
and masks are encouraged. To learn more about the
night's events, get tickets, or to make
a donation, please visit https://www.14streety.org/gala/.
Purim is
one of the most joyous and fun holidays on the Jewish
calendar. Celebrated with feasts, drink and revelry, it
celebrates standing up for what you believe in and calls
us to honor others through giving gifts and charity.
In keeping with the
time-honored Purim tradition of masquerade, guests are
invited to indulge in wearing Purim-inspired masks and
accessories. Try on a bit of whimsy, drama or intrigue
and be transformed instantly... go on, we dare you!
The 14th Street Y
2018 PURIM Gala will feature one-of-a kind live art and
performances:
Featured
Performance:
The
Story of Purim, as
told by Cirque-tacular
In this breathtaking
circus-arts interpretation of a key piece of the Purim
Megillah (scroll), Esther, the Jewish queen, builds up
the courage to approach her easily-offended and power
hungry husband, the Persian King Achashverosh, in order
to protect the Jewish people from the genocidal plans of
the King's most trusted advisor, the evil Haman. Watch
in awe as an acrobatic Esther takes the fate of the
Jewish People into her hands.
The night's
performance of The
Story of Purim is
produced by Cirque-tacular Entertainment, the East
Coast's premiere specialty and acrobatic production
company. Through thousands of performances in the past
ten years, their work has been enjoyed in more than 70
countries, by millions live, in conjunction with the
most recognized brands, venues, and arts organizations
of our age. Their touring shows, including Art
of Circus and Snowkus
Pocus, which
played at the 14th Street Y's theater last season, are
available on-demand year round from one-night at
roadhouses to runs at PACs. The Acrobats of Cirque-tacular
are thrilled to join the 14th Street Y once again for
the Gala.
SHA'AR will kick off
the evening with sounds to inspire and intrigue. SHA'ARexplores
the various Jewish musical traditions of its members,
and uses these traditions to inform the compositions
played by the group in an attempt to create a musical
language that is coherent and unique to the group,
informed by jazz and global music, and DJ
Rabbi Darkside will return this year to turn up the
volume and create an experience full of revelry.
Harvey
Schulweis is
President of Schulweis Realty, Inc., a real estate
investment and asset management company in New York
City. Before founding Schulweis Realty, Mr. Schulweis
was Chairman and Chief Executive of The Town and Country
Trust, a publicly traded real estate investment trust
from 1991-2006. From 1978 through 1990, he was a
General Partner of Lazard Frères & Co. and President of
Lazard Realty, Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary. Mr.
Schulweis is active in a number of philanthropic and
professional organizations. In addition to serving as
the Chairman of The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous
for the past thirty years, he is currently a board
member of the Baruch College Fund and serves as chairman
of its real estate committee, Chairman Emeritus of the
14th Street
Y and is a Vice-President, member of the Board and of
the Executive Committee of the American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee.
DINNER
CO-CHAIRS
Renée and Tom Brodie,
Susan Etess and Howard Zimmerman, Cristian Goodhart,
Joseph Persky
2018 GALA HOST
COMMITTEE
Darcy Bradbury and
Dolores Seiler, Laura and Mark Doman, Dr. Carola Garson
and Ryan Garson, Sara Gubins and Michael Bijaoui, Ronit
Muszkatblit and Yonatan Israel, Linda and Eric
Perlmutter, Anne F. Pollack, Ludmilla and Jacques
Raphael, Alissa Dicker Schrieber, Caroline and Jason
Schulweis, Scott and Keri Schundler, Janna and Michael
Stern, Pauline and Alan Weinstein, Elana and Andrew
Zimmerman, Harron Zimmerman
THE 14TH STREET
Y BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Joseph Persky, Chair; Harvey
Schulweis, Chair
Emeritus
Peter Bernstein,
Renée Brodie, Ryan Garson*, Ilana Goldman, Cristian
Goodhart, Sara Gubins
Rafael Hines,
Yonatan Israel, Brooke Carleton Paduano, Jacques
Raphael, Janna Fishman Stern, Jeffrey A. Tischler, Sally
Wasserman, Pauline Weinstein, Howard Zimmerman
*Observer
EDUCATIONAL
ALLIANCE
Erica Tishman, Chairman,
Board of Trustees
Alan van Capelle, President
& CEO
14TH STREET Y
EXECUTIVE STAFF
Rabbi Shira Koch
Epstein, Executive
Director
Jordan Brackett, Associate
Executive Director for Planning and Advancement
Alan Scher, Associate
Executive Director for Programs
Lauren Savage, Associate
Executive Director for External Engagement
DJ Rabbi
Darkside (DJ)
Rabbi Darkside is a
Hip Hop Emcee/DJ/Beatboxer/Educator working to incite
empathy and empowerment through social justice education
and creative freedom with musical recordings, live shows
and teaching. In the last 12 months, he commenced
lecturing at The New School (NYC), traveled to Kampala,
Uganda as a U.S. State Department Cultural Ambassador
and headlined the Blue Note Jazz Festival. Based in
Brooklyn while touring internationally, he has been
featured on MTV's MADE, Okayplayer, The
New York Times, the
TODAY Show, CBS Early Show, HipHopDX, and The
Village Voice.
SHA'AR -
Musician Bios
Iván Barenboim is
a composer and clarinetist, born and raised in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, who studied with Marcelo Moguilevsky,
Marcelo Katz, and Adriana de los Santos. He has
performed in notable venues such as Teatro Colon, Centro
de Experimentacion del Teatro Colon, Teatro General San
Martin, Teatro Coliseo, Palais de Glace in Buenos Aires,
Siemens Art Festival (Stuttgart, Germany), Fronteras
Latin American Festival (London, England), and Belfast
International Festival (Ulster, Ireland).
Doug Drewes is
a freelance bassist, composer, and educator based in New
York City and Philadelphia. In addition to having over
twenty album credits, his playing can be heard on NBC,
MTV, IFC, and USA networks. Doug continues to perform
throughout the US and Canada in venues including
Carnegie Hall, CMJ, and the Kennedy Center for
Performing Arts.
David K.
Freeman is
a percussionist, composer, educator, and producer based
in Brooklyn, New York. He has traveled extensively to
study music, including the Dominican Republic and India,
and his work is infused with a passion for jazz, world,
and folk music traditions. David is an active member of
the Outer Bridge Ensemble, The Biryani Boys, and Sha'ar
and is currently working on his latest album Overview
Effect scheduled
for release in spring 2018.
Oren Neiman isa
composer/guitarist whose compositions explore a
combination of Jazz sensibility with Middle Eastern
rhythms and melody. Oren's original music appears on
recordings featuring his quartet and "Isra-Alien," a
high-energy acoustic guitar duo. Oren's latest
compositions for theatre can be heard in Suddenly,
a Knock at the Door (Theater
for the New City in 2016).
About the 14th
Street Y:
The 14th Street
Y is a vibrant community center grounded in the belief
that contemporary Jewish sensibilities can be a source
of inspiration, connection, and learning for the
individuals and families we serve throughout New York
City's East Village and beyond. With a health and
wellness center, childhood, parenting and adult
education and enrichment programs, and an innovative
arts and culture department, the 14Y is committed to the
development of the whole person and bettering people's
lives by strengthening family connections and building
inclusive and sustainable communities.
Proceeds from the
Gala help us advance our mission as a hub of creativity,
community programming, and Jewish culture in downtown
Manhattan. They enable us to provide scholarships,
develop enrichment programs, and enhance the lives of
more than 26,000 people who walk through our doors each
year. The 14th Street Y is proud to be a part of
Educational Alliance, a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization with a 128-year history of serving New
Yorkers downtown.
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