Community Shabbat
Saturday, January 12, 9:30 am

With Joseph Alpar
Based on recent years of fieldwork with synagogue cantors in Istanbul and their congregants, this talk will uncover the connections between Ottoman Turkish and Judeo-Spanish musical traditions, and more recent East European and Israeli influences. Joseph Alpar will discuss and share live musical examples of Shabbat music-making at contemporary Istanbul synagogues and lively lunches at the home of the local Ashkenazi Chabad rabbi.