Sephardic singing, percussion and instrumental music, and dance with Jamie Barsimantov, Dror Sinai, and Miriam Peretz!

Joy of Jewish Music and Dance

12:30-3:30 Sunday, December 8th

Jewish Community Center East Bay

1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, CA

Register from https://jcceastbay.org/events/joy-12-2024/

Jamie Barsimantov has been playing Sephardic and Middle Eastern music for over 15 years on oud and clarinet. His parents emigrated from Turkey in the 1960s, at around the same time that his grandfather became the hazan at a Turkish synagogue in Israel. For Jamie, music has been both an anchor to his family’s origins and an inspiration to play and perform. www.facebook.com/zirzuvi; www.zirzuvi.com

Dror Sinai is a renown percussionist specializing in middle-eastern, north African, Turkish, Balkan, and other styles of percussion.  He also works as a healer and leads tours to Morrocco. https://drorsinai.com/

Miriam Peretz will be teaching dance.  Miriam is a life-long dancer is devoted to the study of sacred movement practices from around the world, focusing on dances from Central Asian and the Middle East as well as mystical practices of Sufi whirling and ritual. Miriam’s work consistently weaves dance with embodied spirituality and devotion, drawing on her personal practice as a dervish and background as a child of Kabbalists. www.miriamdance.com