Lullabies Around the Jewish World
Sunday, May 31, 2026, 16:00 -
Sunday, May 31, 2026, 17:00
Event duration 1 hours
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About Lullabies Around the Jewish World
Join Cantor Elizabeth Shammash and pianist David Sparr as they take us on a journey around the Jewish world in the form of lullabies and bedtime songs in Yiddish, Hebrew and Ladino. The program includes well-known favorites such as "Rozhinkes mit Mandlen" and "Numi Numi" and takes us into new territory as well. Come to listen and learn more about the spirituality of bedtime in various Jewish cultures. Inspired by the bedtime songs of Shammash's Nana Sarah, who immigrated to the US from Riga, this program explores the love that is shared between parent and child at this most vulnerable time of day.
This event is made possible by the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, The Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts at Hillel at UCLA and the UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies.
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Sunday, May 31, 2026, 16:00
Sunday, May 31, 2026, 17:00
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Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience
https://milkenjewishmusiccenter.schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/
445 Charles E. Young Drive East 2520 Schoenberg Music Building
The Lowell Milken Center is committed to introducing new people beyond UCLA’s campus to the musical journeys of America’s Jews and engaging them with this wonderfully rich musical heritage. The Center fosters new artistic expression, presents performances and offers educational programming in communities, such as the adult education curriculum, called Stories of Music. Much of this engagement happens through partnerships with local, national and international organizations, and features artists from UCLA, Los Angeles and beyond.