Jewish music of all sorts is having a moment, and a lot of it is due to Jennifer Jankel's energy and ideas.
I never get tired,” muses Jennifer Jankel. “I get up, and I get going.”
This is rather a good thing, as at 77, Jankel packs more into her life than most people who are years younger. First and foremost she is chair of the Jewish Music Institute, which has grown into a — literally — all singing, all dancing glorious amalgam of noise and energy, particularly over the summer months. The 2017 programme will be unveiled this month.
The JMI has done much to promote all kinds of Jewish music, from classical to world, and extending its reach to dance classes and Yiddish language and song. This week it secured an Arts Council grant for the annual Klezfest music school which takes place over the summer.
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