Selected Events 2007

Klezmer musicians and singer perform at the Café Frauentor in Weimar shortly before the August 9th conclusion of another successful "Yiddish Summer Weimar" festival. (Photo by PAO Mark Wenig)

August 9, 2007
Consul for Public Affairs Mark Wenig, U.S. Consulate General Leipzig, and his wife Kjärstin attended an evening street performance of the “Yiddish Summer Weimar” festival on August 7. This festival, which began in 2001, was known then as “Weimar Klezmer Weeks.” Due to more and more Yiddish elements at the festival and a change of promotors, the name was changed to “Yiddish Summer Weimar” in 2006. The concept of the festival is to present Klezmer music as a vehicle for interculutral communitcation and tolerance, taking place in the shadow of the Buchenwald Memorial. The festival, which received a grant from the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, includes language classes in Yiddish, music and dance workshops, readings and movie screenings. This year’s topic is the area of conflict between tradition and innovation.