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Violins of Hope

Louisville to mark Yom HaShoah with taped program

(Editor’s note: This is a corrected version of the story, noting that the program can be streamed on YouTube; the time and date are the same. The link is embedded in the text.)  Every year, hundreds of Louisvillians gather somewhere … Read More >

Latest News April 19, 2020

KET features Violins of Hope in April

The KET program Kentucky Life is featuring an episode on last year’s Violins of Hope exhibit in Louisville during the month of April. Violins of Hope is a collection of string instruments – mostly violins – that survived the Holocaust. … Read More >

Latest News April 14, 2020

Letter: Story stirs memory of poem

While I was reading yet again the September issue of the Jewish Louisville Community, your article on Violins of Hope (“Instruments that survived Shoah to make music during Louisville visit”) jarred my memory of a poem I had written while … Read More >

Latest News November 22, 2019

Restored Holocaust-era instruments make music in Louisville

One by one, as strands of string music filled the valted sanctuary, the “Ambassadors of Repair” proceeded down the aisle of the Cathedral of the Assumption, each carrying a violin. The ambassadors were a diverse group – Christians, Jews, Muslims, … Read More >

Federation Latest News October 29, 2019

Violins of Hope meet the media; LO concertmaster performs on instrument

The first time Gabriel Lefkowitz was handed the Auschwitz violin, he treated it like an archeologist handling an ancient artifact. That is to say, he treated it gingerly, turning it over, inspecting it from eye level, familiarizing himself with its … Read More >

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Violins of Hope: Instruments that survived Shoah to make music during Louisville visit

Played with the right hands, musical instruments can tell stories. And sometimes, they are the stories. Such is the case with Violins of Hope, a collection of string instruments – mostly violins – that survived the Holocaust, meticulously restored by … Read More >

Latest News September 27, 2019
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