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HaZamir North Jersey Concert at Congregation Agudath Israel
Congregation Agudath Israel of West Essex, 20 Academy Rd, Caldwell, NJ | Get Directions »
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HaZamir/North Jersey is a 36 voice strong Jewish teen choir under the musical direction of Cantor Joel Caplan of Congregation Agudath Israel, Caldwell, New Jersey. HaZamir North Jersey provides Jewish 8th-12th graders from the Metrowest Jewish community the opportunity to sing Jewish choral music and build lasting friendships at the same time. HaZamir’s repertoire ranges from liturgical music to songs from Israel’s contemporary music scene.
This is a FREE concert. No tickets needed; seating first come, first served in the main sanctuary.
Event Details
| Where | Congregation Agudath Israel of West Essex 20 Academy Rd, Caldwell, NJ 07006 |
| Next on | This event is over. |
| Time | 4:00 pm–5:15 pm |
| Who to bring | Everyone |
| Website | http://www.agudath.org |
| Phone | 973.226.3600 |
| Price | $0 |
More About Congregation Agudath Israel of West Essex
Congregation Agudath Israel of West Essex was founded in 1920 as the Jewish League of Caldwell by approximately 30 families who banded together in recognition of the need for a Jewish spiritual presence in the Caldwells.
With more Jewish families moving to the area, a donation of land on Academy Road was made for the building of a new synagogue, which cost $100,000. Construction began on April 8, 1951, and the building was dedicated on April 20, 1952.
To accomodate the increasing enrollment, a house and property adjacent to the synagogue was purchased in November 1955 and converted into a Hebrew school and meeting rooms.
In 1960, a more liberal congregation called to change the name to Congregation Agudath Israel of West Essex.
A building committee was appointed in 1962, and a year later, plans for another expansion were approved. Plans were drawn for a new sanctuary, social hall and kitchen to be built on the new property and connect with the existing facility. A new Hebrew School was also built with the previous structure used for offices and additional nursery school classrooms.
In 2000, the congregation celebrated its 80th anniversary and have since made further improvements to the sanctuary and nursery school.
Sherri London
2:37 pm on Friday, April 8, 2011
HaZamir North Jersey presents an encore performance of HaZamir at 18 at Lincoln Center. The concert will be held at Cong. Agudath Israel on Sunday, April 10, 2011 from 4:00 PM to 5:15.
HaZamir North Jersey is being joined by singers from HaZamir Bergen and HaZamir New Brunswick featuring much of the same repertoire that was done at Lincoln Center.
In October 2010, HaZamir performed in Carnegie Hall to celebrate the Zamir Chorale Foundation’s 50th Anniversary. HaZamir just performed Sunday, March 27 at the sold-out HaZamir at 18 Gala Concert in Jazz at Lincoln Center that featured 270 Jewish high school teens, comprised of 19 HaZamir choirs from throughout the United States and Israel.
the Caldwell Patch had an article back on Nov. 5th, How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, Practice, Practice (http://caldwells.patch.com/articles/how-do-you-get-to-carnegie-hall-practice-practice-practice).