Lewiston-Auburn Senior College plans to host Rabbi Sruli Dresdner and his wife Lisa in a Food for Thought presentation about the culture of Ukraine through music.

The presentation will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, via Zoom. Through the couple, participants have learned about Hanukkah and heard the story of young girls lost in the Holocaust, according to a news release from Diane Clay, Senior College Board.

The international Klezmer personalities have performed on PBS-TV and National Public Radio as well as at festivals, concerts and synagogues all over the world. They were featured at the Cracow Festival of Jewish Culture in Poland, the Jerusalem Cultures Center, and in Weimar, Germany.

They are scholars of Klezmer and Chassidic music and dance and teach workshops at synagogues universities and schools around the country. They are on the faculty of KlezKanada in Montreal and have performed at the prestigious Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto.

Sruli Dresdner is the spiritual leader of Temple Shalom Synagogue Center in Auburn.

The event is free and open to the public. To attend, email [email protected] by noon Monday, Jan. 9. People should state their name, the event, and an email address through which to receive a link.

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