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Lunch With Books Brings The Klezmer For Chanukah!

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WHEELING -- The Ohio County Public Library's next Lunch With Books program will feature a celebration of Hanukkah with music.

The program will take place at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at the library in downtown Wheeling.

KleZlectic will perform klezmer music in a concert for Chanukah!

Pittsburgh based KleZlectic features clarinetist Janice Coppola; multi-instrumentalist Jeff Berman; pianist Laura Riesberg Daniels; bassist and trombonist Mark Perna; and tuba player Roger Day. Klezmer music is an instrumental tradition that originated with the Ashkenazi Jews in central and Eastern Europe.

The term klezmer comes from Yiddish and is a shortened version of the Hebrew words for instrument (kley) and song (zemer).

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