Arts + Ideas Season Brochure Arts + Ideas Brochure 2019-20

E ARTS + IDEA S IS T HE CO ACROS NNECT S GE ION T OGRAP HROU H GH GE Y THROU AND NERAT B GH PE E Y IONS, O N RFORM D OU A R N CE, CO D FIND A IF F ERENC NVERS NEW L ES. ATION ANGUA & EXHIB GE FO ITIONS R EXPL , WE ORING the Jew WHAT des UNITE ish S US. ti c nat ure SCR EN i fil m Jew fes ish tiva film l sER IES ult ALLIANZ PARTNERS THE ARENSTEIN FAMILY MCGUIREWOODS LLP AND MCGUIREWOODS CONSULTING PC KAREN AND KEN OLSHANSKY VCU HEALTH WEINSTEIN PROPERTIES ael Executive producer Producer ion fo & C onn r ect i ons Violins of Hope Chamber music Concert PRESENTED BY: VIRGINIA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM (VHM) AND VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF HISTORY & CULTURE (VMHC) AMNON WEINSTEIN HAS SPENT THE LAST TWO DECADES LOCATING AND RESTORING VIOLINS THAT WERE PLAYED BY JEWISH MUSICIANS DURING THE HOLOCAUST. HE DEDICATES THIS IMPORTANT WORK TO 400 RELATIVES HE NEVER KNEW. AFTER GROWING UP TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED VIOLIN MAKERS IN THE WORLD, AMNON BECAME DETERMINED TO RECLAIM HIS LOST HERITAGE. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE MUSICIANS WHO ORIGINALLY PLAYED THE INSTRUMENTS WERE SILENCED BY THE HOLOCAUST, THEIR VOICES AND SPIRITS LIVE ON THROUGH THE VIOLINS THAT AMNON HAS LOVINGLY RESTORED. HE CALLS THESE INSTRUMENTS THE VIOLINS OF HOPE. Director SUSAN AND RONNIE ADOLF EILEEN AND ED KITCES THE BELLEMAN FAMILY AND LAKEWOOD GILBERT ROSENTHAL MORAN REEVES CONN CLAUDIA AND STEVE BIEGLER RICHMOND JEWISH FOUNDATION CEDARFIELD SAXON SHOES MIRIAM AND DANIEL DAVIDOW BARBARA AND STUART SIMON CHRIS AND MARC GREENBERG AND VIRGINIA LINEN SERVICE BLACKWOOD DEVELOPMENT THE WESTIN RICHMOND HIRSCHLER LISA AND NATHAN ZASLER Isr BIG 2019-20 arts + ideas sponsors THE ON BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION & FIND OUT THE LATEST NEWS ON EVENTS AND EXPERIENCES. We are grateful for your support HANNAH AND ALLEN COHEN LINDA AND EARL FERGUSON BEA AND JACK FINE DONOR ADVISED FUND OF RICHMOND JEWISH FOUNDATION THE HORWITZ FAMILY LYNN AND JAY SCHWARTZ Night of Comedy: Ophira Eisenberg Arts + Ideas at the Weinstein JCC The destination for Jewish culture & Connections RS JAMES RIVER AIR *SPONSORS AS OF 08/02/2019 TO BECOME A SPONSOR CONTACT: LESLIE MCGUIGAN 2019 - 20 SEASON O O D O N E P THE WEINSTEIN JCC IS AN #OPENDOORS DESTINATION THAT REIMAGINES HOW CULTURE AND COMMUNITY CAN ENRICH PEOPLE’S LIVES. WE WELCOME EVERYONE THROUGH OUR OPEN DOORS. EXPERIENCE CREATIVITY AT ITS BEST. COME FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT, STAY FOR THE COMMUNITY.