Thanks to those of you who quickly responded to the SOS from one of our participating artists Dieudonné Amisi Mutambala. Dieudonné and his four children are under threat in Burundi.  On March 25th, they were forced out of their house where they were living for three years. In just three days, we were able to collect nearly $1000 through FaceBook and Go Fund Me. This was enough money, plus some, to help Dieudonné and his children move to a safe place to live for three months while he awaits a court’s decision to allow them to leave Burundi.

Click here Go Fund Me, if you care to help support Dieudonné and his kids. 

Bullets to Books continues to unfold in positive ways as we raise awareness and support for Jok Abraham Thon and his Promised Land Secondary School in Juba, South Sudan.

We are excited about the work that South Sudanese architect Moses Mawa is preparing (immersive report, pre-design plan, and fundraising package) and look forward in taking the next steps to replace the temporary structure with a sustainable, permanent building for the school.

We are collaborating with the Greek Chamber Music Project to present a powerful program in memory of the Holocaust, honoring the Sephardic Jews of Greece and the broader Mediterranean. The Sephardim have a deep history in Greece and their songs are embedded in the Greek musical tradition. GCMP is pleased to feature singer Sarah Aroeste who sings in Ladino, the Judeo-Spanish language of the Sephardim. She keeps the language alive with unique interpretations of traditional Sephardic songs and her original compositions sung in Ladino.

The Greek Chamber Music Project will perform at United Church in Washington DC November 9, 2019.  We are planning to build a program around this performance that includes workshops and discussions.

In the next couple of months, we will send a Save the Date notice and post a link to reserve a seat for this performance.

Beginning in February, we started a plan to expand The Jüdische Kulturbund Project’s education program, developing a CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM with communities in East Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Ibero/South America.

We are working in collaboration with Daniel Arias (Ibero/South Africa); Derek Goldman (Georgetown University and The Lab for Global Performance and Politics); Jared Mezzocchi (University of Maryland Theater Department and Andy’s Summer Playhouse); Karim Wasfi (conductor of the Iraqi Symphony Orchestra, cellist, and founder of Peace Through the Arts); Katja Albrecht (minister, United Church); KenYatta Rogers (Montgomery College); Lena Jöhnk (Goethe Institut-NA); Patrick Kirhurua (Root Foundation, Rwanda); and Saul Sosnowski (University of Maryland);

Thanks to Gail Shirazi and Yermiyahu Ahron Taub for hosting our presentation and discussion on March 10th with the Association of Jewish Libraries/Capital Area Chapter (AJL/CAC) event. 

And thanks to Lenore Bell. Library Director and Acting Director of the Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for including The Jüdische Kulturbund Project in the Museum’s online catalogue.

June 29, 2019: Hannah’s Dance, The Last Dance of The Kulturbund performance at Andy’s Summer Playhouse, Wilton, NH.

November 9, 2019:  GCMP’s Remembering the Jews of Greece: A Musical Journey.  Performance at 7pm, United Church, Washington, DC.