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Violins of Hope

Sam Cohen’s violin (COURTESY MARSHA COHEN)
Posted inCulture

Holocaust-era fiddle, via S.F., joins Violins of Hope

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 19, 2020

San Francisco resident Marsha Cohen had never heard of Violins of Hope until the collection’s appearance in the Bay Area this winter. (She read about it in this paper.) It […]

Patricia Kristof Moy at Kohl Mansion in Burlingame. (Laura Paull)
Posted inMusic

Violins of Hope: Her mission is to showcase ‘spirit of resistance’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 28, 2020
An aerial view of Israel's largest settlement, Maale Adumim. (JTA/David Silverman/Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

Iran Deal bad; ethnic studies bad; Hungarian war criminal bad; Tikkun olam good; etc.

by J. Readers January 23, 2020January 23, 2020
Holocaust-era violins on display at Mercy High School. (Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inHolocaust Remembrance Day

Holocaust-era violins visit S.F. Catholic School

by Gabriel Greschler January 23, 2020
One of the refurbished Holocaust violins that has come to the Bay Area as part of the Violins of Hope event series. (Weinstein Collection)
Posted inHolidays

Violins of Hope concert set at Emanu-El for Holocaust Remembrance Day

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 15, 2020January 17, 2020
Violinist Cookie Segelstein of the klezmer band Veretski Pass will play several of the Holocaust violins that have come to the Bay Area for the Violins of Hope series.
Posted inCulture

For local daughter of survivor, playing Holocaust violins is personal

by Andrew Muchin January 14, 2020
Some of the violins that have come to the Bay Area as part of "Violins of Hope." (Laura Paull)
Posted inMusic

Have a violin from Europe with a Holocaust story? ‘Violins of Hope’ wants to hear it.

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 10, 2020
Photos from Amnon Weinstein's violin restoration workshop in Tel Aviv will be on display in the Bay Area as part of "Violins of Hope." (Courtesy Amnon Weinstein)
Posted inCulture

Exhibit of Holocaust violins tells story of music as protest

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 9, 2020January 9, 2020
Photos of violins like this one, made in Germany around 1870, will be featured in one of dozens of Violins of Hope events, January through March around the Bay Area. (Amnon Weinstein)
Posted inCulture

‘Violins of Hope’ escaped the Holocaust and are coming to Bay Area for events of music and memory

by Andrew Muchin January 8, 2020January 9, 2020
Violins played by concentration camp prisoners and ghetto residents were restored over 20 years by Israeli violinmakers Amnon (pictured) and Avshalom Weinstein. (Photo/Courtesy Amnon Weinstein)
Posted inCulture

‘Violins of Hope’ concerts and events coming to Bay Area in 2020

by Rob Gloster November 20, 2017November 17, 2017

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