On Friday, April 24, from 7:30-9 p.m., Or Emet will host a Shabbat service led by Rabbi Eva Cohen followed by a presentation by Marcia Avner, former communications director for the late Sen. Paul Wellstone. A social time will follow. The events will take place at the Minnesota JCC Sabes Center Minneapolis, 4330 S. Cedar […]
Get Ready for a night of laughs and good vibes. Enjoy Stand-up comedian Joel Chasnoff, a DJ just for adults with music and games, drinks, light snacks, and plenty of ways to celebrate Israel with your 21+ friends! COST: $25 / PERSON • $180 / TABLE FOR 10 (after 3/27/26) CLICK HERE to purchase tickets!
The Minnesota JCC is proud to present Violins and Hope - From the Holocaust to Symphony Hall an extraordinary exhibition built around the internationally renowned project and its moving collection of restored string instruments once played by Jewish musicians before and during the Holocaust. Each violin carries a deeply personal story—bearing witness to one of […]
The Minnesota JCC is honored to host the opening event of Violins of Hope - an internationally acclaimed exhibition that brings restored Holocaust-era instruments, and the stories they carry, to communities around the world. Join us for an evening of music and spoken reflection exploring how communities endure, fracture, and rebuild. Featuring the Minnesota JCC […]
Join us for an afternoon of photography and memory with photographer Daniel Levin, featuring an exhibit reception, artist talk, and book signing for Violins and Hope: From the Holocaust to Symphony Hall—winner of the 2022 Independent Publisher National Book of the Year. Levin is the first photographer to document, in extraordinary depth, the Tel Aviv […]
"All of a sudden there was music. And hope.” Hope / Tikvah is a showcase of teen-created artwork, featuring pieces made in response to a single prompt: Make hope visible. Show us what it means to you. Inspired in part by our community’s Violins of Hope residency—and the story of one violin once played by […]
Bring your elementary-aged children for a warm, age-appropriate morning of story, music, and hands-on creativity inspired by the Violins of Hope residency. Families will gather for a reading of the children’s book Violin of Hope by Ella Schwartz, enjoy live music, and learn about the remarkable violins. —and the stories they carry. Children and caregivers […]
More than a century ago, a German concertmaster and music school director named Siegmund Hess left behind a list of belongings—among them, two violins that would later vanish in the shadow of Nazi persecution. For decades, they were seemingly lost to time, until one of those instruments made its way home. Join Eva Neubeck, Hess’s […]
Narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Adrien Brody, Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust follows Israeli master violinmaker Amnon Weinstein as he restores violins carried by starving Jewish refugees on death marches, played under coercion in concentration camps, and held close in ghettos and work camps—each instrument bearing witness to suffering, courage, and resilience. The […]
As the Violins of Hope residency draws to a close, we invite the community to gather for an evening of reflection, blessing, and shared presence. This closing program weaves together brief musical offerings performed on Violins of Hope, reflections from local rabbis, a specially commissioned dance performance, and communal ritual—honoring the journeys these instruments have […]