Page 6 - The Jewish Voice - July '23

Page 6, The Jewish Voice

The trend toward the paranormal encompasses a broad
Local Happenings from page 5 Course Addresses Paranormal spectrum of beliefs, including jinxes, demons, spirits,
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on Greensleeves Questions communicating with the deceased, and astrology. To satisfy
CLYNE Sound and Fury this curiosity, Jewpernatural addresses everything from the role
Principal Conductor and Artistic Director Alastair Willis Paranormal beliefs are rising fast. In 2016, 46 percent of angels and the efficacy of the “evil eye” to whether the stars
turned to the world of the theater for inspiration, from of Americans reported believing in ghosts, according to have much to say about your future.
Bologne’s opera overture and Haydn’s incidental music for Chapman University. That figure has reached 57 percent “We’re tackling a wide spectrum of ideas,” Vigler says,
the stage to Shakespeare, who connects the work of Vaughan and, since the pandemic, one in five Americans say they’ve “but after preparing the materials, I’m confident we’ll be able
Williams and Clyne. personally met a ghost. And it’s not just ghosts. Topics like to offer a thoughtful, satisfying, and relevant perspective rooted
Sunday, March 17, 2024, at 3:00PM – Europe’s Shores astrology, dream interpretation, and psychic abilities are in authentic Jewish thought.”
Location: Roberts Theater at Saint Andrew’s School, 3900 Jog rapidly becoming mainstream.
Road, Boca Raton Although the resurgence of public interest in the paranormal Men’s Club
Alexander Platt, Guest Conductor is new, Rabbi Dovid Vigler of Chabad of Palm Beach Gardens
Les Roettges, Flute Soloist says we don’t need to reinvent the wheel. He recently led a Chabad of PBG recently hosted its last Men’s Club of the
FAURÉ Masques et Bergamasques four-week course from the Jewish Learning Institute titled season. While enjoying barbecue, cigars, and scotch, the men
DEVIENNE Concerto for Flute No. 7 Jewpernatural that unearths the Jewish perspective on dreams, held lively discussions on topics ranging from insurance to
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, op. 56, Scottish astrology, spirits, and other enduring mysteries. the weekly Torah portion, fostering warm friendships amid
With Fauré and Devienne as guides, we will enjoy a musical “The Jewish tradition has probed these issues for three dynamic conversation and debate.
adventure in France, followed by a trek to the fabled lochs and millennia,” Vigler says. “These are legitimate questions that
highlands of Scotland, courtesy of Mendelssohn. deserve meaningful and satisfying answers.”
Guest Conductor: Alexander Platt has built a unique career For some, alternative beliefs provide comfort amid lonely
spanning the worlds of symphony, chamber music and opera as and uncertain times. In one incident reported by Teen Vogue,
conductor, music director, curator, and host. Based in Chicago Chicago resident Emily Jacobs said the ghost in her apartment
and New York, he is Music Director of the La Crosse Symphony, “brings her comfort. Even in the loneliest of times during the
the Waukegan Symphony, and the Wisconsin Philharmonic; he pandemic, especially living alone, I have a friend who checks
spends his summers as Music Director of the Maverick Concerts in on me,” she said. Jewpernatural takes this into account.
in Woodstock, New York, the oldest summer chamber-music Vigler says this course addresses the anxiety-driving interest
festival in America. in the paranormal. “We won’t get bogged down in the spooky
Flute Soloist: Les Roettges is an Emmy Award-winning details,” he says, “and we can’t claim to provide absolute
flutist, serving as Principal Flute of the Jacksonville Symphony; certainty. But we will discuss how we can find comfort and
Principal Flute, Eastern Music Festival; and Second Flute, The refocus our energy on what matters most.”
All-Star Orchestra. He has won six Emmys for his performances
in these programs.
Saturday, April 13, 2024, at 7:00PM – Seeking Haydn, A New
Directions Concert
Location: Countess de Hoernle Theatre at Spanish River High
School, 5100 Jog Road, Boca Raton
Alastair Willis, Principal Conductor
Principal Conductor Alastair Willis will guide you to the world
of eighteenth-century Austria, as seen through the eyes of Joseph
Haydn’s musical assistant at the Esterhazy Palace. Explore —
through Willis’ dramatized perspective — what it was like living
and working at the palace with Haydn for the Esterhazy family.
This performance will run 80 minutes without intermission.
Tickets: Season subscriptions start at $190 per person, with
several flex packages available. Individual concert tickets go on
sale in September 1, 2023. Additional information is available
at thesymphonia.org, by calling 561-414-5226, or by emailing
tickets@thesymphonia.org.

Ending Food Insecurity

The Order of Knights of Pythias, an international,
nonsectarian fraternal order, recently presented a check for
$1,000 to the Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family Service
Food Insecurity Program.
Alpert JFS is committed to ending food insecurity and
hunger in our Jewish community in a respectful and dignified Local Happenings on page 7
way. The organization provides kosher food to vulnerable
Jewish individuals, families, seniors, and Holocaust survivors
in our area who face food insecurity, embodying the value of
tikun olam by supporting the most basic of human needs.

Jonathan Perez, Food Pantry Care Manager; Margie Feldman,
Chair of the Alpert JFS Food Pantry Committee; Irv Margulies,
Knights of Pythias Board Member; and Belinda Lasky, Director
of Volunteer Leadership and Food Insecurity at Alpert JFS

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