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🄷 Ki MiTzion - For Out of Zion: Havdalah Concert with Hazzan Jessi Roemer

We are thrilled to bring Hazzan (Cantor) Jessi Roemer to the Valley in this special Havdalah concert, co-sponsored by Jewish Community of Amherst, Beit Ahavah, and ALEPH Alliance for Jewish Renewal.

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Ki MiTzion - For Out of Zion: Havdalah Concert with Hazzan Jessi Roemer!
Saturday March 2
7:30-9 p.m. (Doors open 7:00 p.m.)

Held at the Jewish Community of Amherst
In person in the JCA Sanctuary with JCA Zoom Livestream.
Tickets at door and pre-registration info coming soon.
$10-$20 sliding scale; under 18 is free.

We are thrilled to bring Hazzan (Cantor) Jessi Roemer to the Valley in this special Havdalah concert
Co-sponsored by the Jewish Community of Amherst, Beit Ahavah, and ALEPH Alliance for Jewish Renewal.

Hazzan (Cantor) Jessi Roemer's music will touch your heart and inspire your spirit. Spiritual, rhythmic, and soulful, her work brings ancient and modern text to life, traversing continents and history. Based in Philadelphia, PA, she has performed, taught workshops, and led prayer services throughout the US. Her original compositions have been featured in many settings.Jessi grew up in the Washington D.C. area, surrounded by her mother's Yiddish, Hebrew, and American Folk music, cantorial melodies, and the Bluegrass-Klezmer music of the Fabrangen Fiddlers. Her music is also influenced by gospel and blues, and Jewish music in Ladino. Reflecting her roots, influences, studies, and travels - which include having spent the 90s living in Jerusalem - Jessi's original music is a 21st-century hybrid of European, Middle Eastern, Sephardic, North and South American styles. Jessi has recorded two albums of original music: EZUZ and PRAISE, and several music videos. Her newest EP release, Nagilah, is the product of a collaboration with the West Philadelphia Orchestra Balkan music ensemble.Ordained by ALEPH: The Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Jessi currently serves as the Hazzan (Cantor) of Society Hill Synagogue in Philadelphia, PA.

Hear the music here: https://vimeo.com/421600091 

Questions or want to help usher or volunteer? Contact Hazzan Diana Brewer [email protected] or Rabbi Riqi Kosovske, [email protected].

The Jewish Community of Amherst

Mar 02, 2024
7:30 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST