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Mezumenet’s new album opening on high note with music video release

 By Morgan Politzer For Mitzpeh @Mitzpeh Mezumenet certainly isn’t “mezzin’ around” as the university’s all-female Jewish a cappella group prepares for the launch of its new album, Mezcellaneous. Mezcellaneous is the group’s third ...
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The roots of UMD’s Israeli dance troupe and plans for its future

 By Haemee Lee For Mitzpeh @Haeitsmee The sounds of upbeat Israeli music, someone counting steps, and laughter fill a hallway of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center as Avirah, this university’s Israeli dance troupe, rehearses. Avirah ...
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Jewish GSA hosts inaugural “HannuKaraoke” event

 By Jackie Budko For Mitzpeh @JackieBudko Two nights before the last day of classes, the members of Hamsa, this university’s Jewish Gay-Straight Alliance, were singing along to Kesha’s “Cannibal.” “I know a lot students are stressed ...
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Rak Shalom sends off group president after final performance of semester

 By Mollie Higgins For Mitzpeh @Molliehigginss Rak Shalom, a Jewish a cappella group at this university, performed its winter concert Saturday in the Stamp Student Union to a crowd of nearly 80 people. Founded in 2005, Rak Shalom has ...
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Kol Sasson opens for international conference hosted by two universities

 By Mackenzie Roche For Mitzpeh @MackenzieRoche Jewish a cappella group Kol Sasson kicked off “The End of Jewish Communal Life in the Arab Lands” event at Stamp Monday with songs of unification and optimism about the Jewish people. This ...
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Kol Sasson closes semester with winter concert

 By Mollie Higgins For Mitzpeh @Molliehigginss This university’s premier Jewish a cappella group, Kol Sasson, put on its final performance of the semester Sunday at Tawes in the Ulrich Recital Hall to nearly 50 students, friends, family and ...
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Mezumenet, Avirah performances showcase Jewish culture

 By Ashley Peccerelli For Mitzpeh @Ashley_Pecce Mezumenet, the all-female Jewish a cappella group took the stage to perform at its fall concert along with an opening show of Avirah, the only Israeli dance troupe, in Van Munching Hall on Sunday...
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The Clarice presents short stories by Israeli writer adapted into PuppetCinema

 By Katherine Brzozowski For Mitzpeh @katbrzoz29 The Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv presented “Suddenly”-- an adaptation of stories written by Etgar Keret that used video, puppets, and actors to tell a story presented in Hebrew with English ...
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Jewish a cappella groups celebrate history, community through music

 By Mackenzie Roche For Mitzpeh @MackenzieRoche Students, families, faculty and members of the Jewish community gathered Saturday night in Memorial Chapel to celebrate their heritage through a cappella performances. Student a cappella groups ...
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Renowned Israeli violinist Yehonatan Berick teaches masterclass at CSPAC

 By Harrison Goldstein For Mitzpeh @H_Goldstein9 When the first student stepped to the front of the room of about 50 people and performed a piece on the violin, it seemed nearly perfect to the untrained ear. But not to internationally-recognized ...
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