On Saturday night, December 27, Park Slope’s Jewish Music Café proudly presents its first annual Chanukah concert, featuring Jewish music sensations David Ross and Aryeh Kuntsler, beginning at 9:00 p.m. The musical acts follow a special Chanukah Bash Carnival for children at 7:30 p.m.
At 9:00 p.m., Aryeh Kuntsler will open the concert. Aryeh has played with such bands as Blue Fringe and Piamenta His debut album, “From the Depths,” featuring such varied styles as pop, country, and hard rock, was extremely well-received. For more information and to hear some of Areyh’s music, visit www.aryehkuntsler.com.
The night’s featured performer will be David Ross, an established Jewish R&B singer and a former member of the groups Beat’achon and the Hamsa Boys. David has been a guest star on many hit albums such as Voices for Israel, on which he performed the hit single “The Power to Be,” has been invited to sing at the White House Chanukah Party and in major U.S. cities such as Miami, Los Angeles, and Dallas. A featured singer of Kol Zimra, the premier Jewish acapella group, David’s music can be heard by visiting his website, www.davidevanross.com.
The Jewish Music Café is located in the heart of Park Slope, Brooklyn, 401 9th Street. As always, the Café serves freshly made kosher pizza, bourekas, dairy dishes, and beer, wine, and coffee beverages.
The cost is $5 for the carnival, and $15 for the concert. Tickets will be sold at the door. For more information and directions, visit www.jewishmusiccafe.com.
Leah Larson, the 17-year-old founder of YALDAH Magazine for Jewish girls, and her mother, Evelyn Krieger, will be recognized as the Grand Prize Winners of Wells Fargo's Someday Stories Contest.
This is an update on this story from October.
Contact:
Leah Larson
Editor & Publisher
YALDAH magazine
P.O. Box 215
Sharon, MA 02067
[email protected]
www.yaldahmagazine.com
Meida Alert from Wells Fargo
Iconic Wells Fargo Stagecoach to Roll into San Francisco Financial District
Wells Fargo will award $250,000 to Habitat for Humanity and $100,000 to Someday StoriesSM contest winner
WHAT: Wednesday (Dec. 10), the iconic horse-drawn Wells Fargo stagecoach will roll through the San Francisco Financial District for the first time since 2002. Wells Fargo officials will present $250,000 to Habitat for Humanity and $100,000 to Someday Stories contest winner Evelyn Krieger.
Krieger will use her $100,000 prize to invest in her 17-year old daughter Leah’s business – a magazine for Jewish girls called Yaldah (“girl” in Hebrew). The magazine, which Leah started when she was 13, encourages young girls to follow their dreams and celebrates their Jewish values. Krieger will expand the magazine, hire staff and help this entrepreneurial young editor and publisher pursue new ventures.
Habitat for Humanity’s $250,000 grant will help the organization continue its mission of helping families turn their “Someday” dream of homeownership into reality.
WHO: Evelyn Krieger, $100,000 “Someday Stories” contest winner
Leah Larson, 17-year old editor and publisher of Yaldah
Pat Callahan, Wells Fargo Head of Social Responsibility
Sylvia Reynolds, Wells Fargo Head of Enterprise Marketing
Representatives from Habitat for Humanity
Wells Fargo executives and team members
WHEN: Wednesday, December 10 10-11 a.m.
WHERE: Wells Fargo Museum 420 Montgomery Street, San Francisco
Mindset Learning Center Expands High School Diploma Program
Mindset Learning Center provides a great alternative for students who want to earn a diploma. Independent instruction in core curriculum subjects is completed followed by elective courses in vocational and hobby oriented subjects. Students work at their own pace and earn a fully accredited diploma in less time than in the traditional format. Our afternoon program for yeshiva boys is centrally located in Flatbush.
A new evening class for chasidishe mesivta bochurim is currently being formed. For additional details call 718-253-7523
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