Entitled “Nashi Traditsii” (“Our Traditions”), the Soviet Jewish SCI was directed by the noted klezmer performer/researcher Michael Alpert and was targeted to serving three distinct Jewish communities that had emigrated from the former Soviet Union—the Bukharan (Uzbekistan/Tajikistan) community, centered in Rego Park, Queens; the Mountain Jewish (Azerbaijan and Dagestan) community, centered along Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn; and, the Ashkenazic (East European) community, centered in Brighton Beach and Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.

Ray Musiker – Generations: A Living Musical Legacy
CTMD is excited to present Generations: A Living Musical Legacy, a series of videos of new compositions by legendary klezmer clarinetist Ray Musiker (b. 1926),