BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5814@ansheemet.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230813T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230813T113000 DTSTAMP:20230727T033412Z URL:https://www.ansheemet.org/events/violins-of-hope-brunch/ SUMMARY:Violin's of Hope Special Brunch with Guests Avshi Weinstein and Pas tor Chris Edmonds DESCRIPTION:Avshi Weinstein\, third-generation luthier (maker of string ins truments) and principal behind Violins of Hope and Pastor Chris Edmonds jo in us for a special brunch and lecture. \; \;Avshi \;will talk about the Violins of Hope exhibition \;and Pastor Edmonds speaks abou t his father\, Master Sargent Roddie Edmonds\, an upstander in WWII who sa ved 200 Jewish prisoners of war. \; There is an instrument in the Viol ins of Hope collection dedicated to him. \;\n\nRegister Here\n$15 per person\nThis program is sponsored by the JCC of Chicago.\n\n\n\n\nThird-ge neration Israeli violin maker Avshalom (Avshi) Weinstein\, was trained by his father\, master violin-maker Amnon Weinstein. He began working with hi s father in their Tel Aviv atelier in 1998 as a violin-maker and restorer of violins\, violas and cellos of the highest level.\n\nHe is trained in t he tradition of the Italian Cremonese School of violin-makers and the Fren ch school of restoration. Since 1988\, Avshi has joined his father in the Keshet Eilon Violin- and Bow-making atelier at Keshet Eilon Master Class f or young violinists each summer. He was invited to join the CAKA Program ( Cihat Askin and Kucuk Arkadaslari) in Turkey in 2006\, and has been workin g on CAKA courses since then. Avshi opened his own workshop in Istanbul in 2009\, where he continues the family tradition. Additionally\, he has als o been training with Master Bow-Maker Daniel Schmidt from Dresden in bow r epairs since 2009.\n\nAvshalom is the founder of Violin of Hope project to gether with his father. Violins of Hope refers to the Weinsteins’ collec tion of instruments with unique stories dating back to Jewish musical trad ition and World War II. Both Amnon and Avshalom Weinstein collect these in struments and restore them with love and attention and bring them back to life as concert instruments.\n\n\n\nPastor Chris Edmonds is the son of WWI I hero Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds\, whose fearless bravery saved the lives of more than 200 Jewish American soldiers in a prisoner of war camp in Ge rmany. Pastor Chris recently received Righteous Among the Nations on behal f of his father from the Nation of Israel and Yad Vashem\, the World’s H olocaust Remembrance Authority. Righteous Among the Nations is the highest honor given by the Nation of Israel to non-Jews who rescued Jews during t he Holocaust. Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds died in 1985. He was the fifth Am erican to be recognized by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among the Nations. In 2016\, The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous reunited Pastor Edmonds wi th four of the Jewish GIs who were saved by Master Sgt. Edmonds in a docum entary entitled Following the Footsteps of My Father. The film won four Te lly awards. In November 2016\, JFR honored Master Sgt. Edmonds with the Ye hi Or Award – “Let There Be Light” and recognized Jewish GIs saved b y Master Sgt. Edmonds. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ansheemet.org/wp-content/uploads/202 3/06/VIOLINS-OF-HOPE-AUG-2023-WEB-IMAGE.jpg CATEGORIES:Featured END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR