Monkey King at the IDEAL School of Manhattan
On December 14th, Diane and multi–instrumentalist Jeff Greene (Port o’Monkeys, TriBeCaStan) gave a special performance of the Monkey King Epic (a/k/a Journey to the West for the students at the IDEAL School of Manhattan. Zoe Shanyan, one of the teachers who saw the performance shares these words with us: Diane Wolkstein has grabbed all of our students’ attention during her 45 minutes story–telling. It is really difficult because not only were the audience as young as 4...
Read MoreRachel & Matti: My Love, My Friend
If you wish to be transported, uplifted, and carried into joy, Rachel Ravitz and Matthew Brown — a/k/a Rachael & Matti — have just released their new CD, My Love, My Friend. The CD has been a long time in the singing and in the making. I have often been in their presence when the Great Rebbi and Visionary, Yitzhak Buxbaum, has enjoined them to sing in public. Each time they have sung, everyone present has felt bliss. So, it is a great joy to have My Love, My Friend which is as...
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