August 16, 2020
The Rhodes/Cos Memorial Committee of Seattle Presents
Holocaust Remembrance
"Before Sleep"
A piano recital by Renan Koen
Renan Koen, a renowned Turkish-Jewish pianist, vocalist, and educator, will be playing select pieces from her album, “Holocaust Remembrance / ‘Before Sleep’” - works by Jewish composers interned in the Theresienstadt concentration camp during World War II. Renan will also present select Ladino pieces from her album, “Lost Traces Hidden Memories,” in tribute to the Sephardic communities of the Balkans that were destroyed in the Holocaust.
The program will also include greetings from Sephardic leaders around the word.
DATE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2020
TIME: 10:30 AM (Pacific Daylight Time)
click here to access a recording of the actual event
*This annual event has, for 10 years, been held at the Congregation Ezra Bessaroth of Seattle. This year our memorial program, featuring Ms. Koen’s recital, will be presented ‘virtually,’ allowing friends and communities from around the world to join us.
CO-SPONSORS OF THIS YEAR’S RHODES/COS MEMORIAL PROGRAM:
CONGREGATION EZRA BESSAROTH
LELA AND HARLEY FRANCO
HOLOCAUST CENTER FOR HUMANITY
SEPHARDIC STUDIES PROGRAM/STROUM CENTER FOR JEWISH STUDIES-UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
SEPHARDIC BIKUR HOLIM
SEATTLE SEPHARDIC NETWORK
KLINE GALLAND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES
SEPHARDIC JEWISH BROTHERHOOD OF AMERICA
This year we are honored to add
CONSULAR BOARD OF THE CHIEF RABBINATE OF TURKEY
ITALIAN SYNAGOGUE OF ISTANBUL (Kahal de los Frankos)
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS FOR THIS YEAR’S PROGRAM:
RHODES JEWISH HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
SEPHARDIC EDUCATIONAL CENTER
ASF INSTITUTE OF JEWISH EXPERIENCE
JEWISH COMMUNITY OF TURKEY
ITALIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY OF ISTANBUL
JEWISH COMMUNITY OF ATHENS
MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE, SEATTLE
CONGREGATION OR VESHALOM, ATLANTA
TEMPLE MOSES, MIAMI
TEMPLE TIFERETH ISRAEL, LOS ANGELES
SEPHARDI HEBREW CONGREGATION OF ZIMBABWE, HARARE
SEPHARDI HEBREW CONGREGATION OF CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
SEPHARDI HEBREW CONGREGATION OF JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
KEHILA KEDOSHA JANINA, NEW YORK
SEPHARDIC TEMPLE OF CEDARHURST, NEW YORK
SEPHARDIC JEWISH CENTER, NEW YORK
ETZ CHAIM SEPHARDIC CONGREGATION, INDIANAPOLIS
CONGREGATION AHAVATH ACHIM, PORTLAND, OR
SEPHARDIC (RHODESLI) COMMUNITY OF BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY OF MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY OF BUENOS AIRES/ACISBA, ARGENTINA
MENORA - WORLD JEWISH ORGANIZATION FOR YOUTH, ARGENTINA
ASCOM CONFECTIONS (Piano/Audio Sponsor)
RHODES/COS MEMORIAL COMMITTEE:
LELA FRANCO ~ DEE SIMON ~ PROFESSOR DEVIN NAAR
DAVID BEHAR ~ HANNAH PRESSMAN ~ CYNTHIA FLASH HEMPHILL
STEVEN BARAL ~ JACK ALMO ~ JACK SCHALOUM
ETHAN MARCUS ~ JOANNE ANGEL ~ MUSHKY NOTIK
ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNICAL/PRODUCTION SUPPORT:
ALBERT ISRAEL ~ ETHAN MARCUS~ RICHARD GREENE
SUSAN JENSEN ~ KARA SCHOONMAKER ~ EMILY THOMPSON
EVAN HEMPHILL ~ ROBERT FRANCO
Click here to read an article about our event by Hannah Pressman, of the University of Washington's Stroum Center for Jewish Studies.
This video presents a brief background on the historic ITALIAN SYNAGOGUE OF ISTANBUL, and good wishes from their leadership to the audience of the August 16th Rhodes/Cos Memorial program, to include Renan Koen’s recital presented from their lovely sanctuary.
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Rhodes Jewish
Historical Foundation
American Sephardi
Foundation
Congregation Ohr Veshalom
