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The Zamir Chorale of Boston, founded in 1969, is a choral group that performs Jewish liturgical pieces, major classical works, music of the Holocaust, newly commissioned compositions, and Israeli, Yiddish, and Ladino folksongs. Zamir has been recognized by ''American Record Guide'' as “America’s foremost Jewish choral ensemble.” 〔Greenfield, Philip. “Soul of the Sabbath. (Collections).” American Record Guide Mar. 2002: 217. Academic OneFile. Web. 26 May 2011.〕 The documentary film ''Zamir: Jewish Voices Return to Poland,'' about the Chorale’s 1999 trip to Eastern Europe, was shown across the country on public television stations. Rose of Sharon Winter, Rovi, of ''The New York Times,'' called the film “an unforgettable video experience.” Zamir has 21 recordings and has toured throughout the United States, as well as in Israel and Europe. In January 2006, Zamir was invited to perform at the United Nations General Assembly for the first International Day to Commemorate Victims of the Holocaust.〔Special Project Unit/Public Relations Section/Civil Society Service/Outreach Division Department of Public Information. (“Holocaust Remembrance Week” ), United Nations, 2006, accessed June 2, 2011.〕 Zamir strives to develop future leaders in Jewish choral music. The Mary Wolfman Epstein Conducting Fellowship provides funding for young conductors to study Jewish choral music with Joshua Jacobson. Graduates of the program have gone on to conduct choirs of their own in Boston and beyond. Zamir also mentors other Jewish community choruses through joint rehearsals and performances. ==History== Zamir traces its lineage to the Hazomir Jewish Society for Literature and Music formed in Łódź, Poland in 1899. The success of the Łódź choir led to the formation of other Jewish choirs in Poland, Russia, and other parts of the world.〔Jacobson, Marion. (“Music: Communal Organizations and Social Movements: Łódź.” ) The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, accessed June 2, 2011.〕 Millions of Jews immigrated to the U.S. in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Among the immigrants were choral singers and conductors who founded Jewish choirs, many of them singing Yiddish folk music.〔Jacobson, Joshua. “Choir.” In ''Encyclopedia Judaica'' (second edition). Detroit: Macmillan (Thomson Gale), 2006.〕 By the middle of the twentieth century, the Jewish community had grown more assimilated, and interest in Yiddish choirs waned. The birth of the State of Israel in 1948 rekindled interest in Jewish culture, and in 1960, the modern Zamir movement began with the founding of Zamir Chorale (New York) by Stanley Sperber and Chuck Kleinhaus.〔http://www.thejewishweek.com/features/zamir_they%E2%80%99re_playing_our_song〕 The Zamir Chorale of Boston has been led by Dr. Joshua Jacobson since its inception in 1969.〔http://www.zamirfdn.org/index.php?p=9, Zamir Choral Foundation, accessed June 2, 2011.〕 More recently, Zamir choirs have started up in Jerusalem and Detroit. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zamir Chorale of Boston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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