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Jews in Irish Music: a Concert and Conversation
Moderator and blogger Riggy Rackin leads us in an investigation as to why so many musicians in a typical Irish music session are Jews. History and happenstance, summer camp experience, travel and musical ancestors have all had their way with us. The appeal of another culture's melodic variation on the kinds of sadness we both know well brings us together. The performers are Riggy Rackin on concertina, Marla Fibish on mandolin and Lewis Santer on bouzouki. Riggy is an English concertina player and accompanist of choice on many sea music recordings. Marla Fibish is one of the prominent voices of the mandolin in Irish music. She also plays mandola, tenor guitar and button accordion, and is a singer and composer. She teaches private students and classes and released an instructional DVD on playing Irish music on the mandolin. Lewis Santer integrates Irish music with his Jewish roots. His Klezmer/Irish band, Ceilizemer, provided music for the films “Shalom Ireland” and “Blessed is the Match.” The lutherie that bears Santer's name produces fine guitars and bouzoukis specifically designed for playing Irish music. Daytime Adult Learning and Culture Programs are made possible in part by the John R. Schwabacher Family as well as a grant from the Maimonides Fund at the Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund of San Francisco, The Peninsula, Marin, Sonoma and the East Bay. The OFJCC provides door-to-door rides for mobility-impaired seniors to all Community Tuesday lectures and concerts. The price is $10 for a round trip. All reservations must be made by Thursday morning the week before the event. To make a reservation, contact bsaad@paloaltojcc.org or (650) 223-8741. Funded by the Senior Mobility Initiative at the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund.
Jews in Irish Music: a Concert and Co...Date and Time
Tuesday Sep 24, 2019
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM PDTTuesday, September 24 1:00–2:30 PM
Location
Oshman Family JCC Schultz Cultural Arts Hall 3921 Fabian Way Palo Alto, CA 94303
Fees/Admission
$15 or one punch ($10) of the Community Tuesdays Punch Card
Contact Information
Michelle Rosengaus | (650) 223-8616
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FAMILIES FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT (FFCRA)
The full text of the FFCRA can be found here.
The FFCRA is a new federal law that requires employers with fewer than 500 employees to provide two new paid leave benefits for eligible employees affected by the COVID-19 virus in 2020. This applies only to those employees (not already laid off) who are home sick. The leave requirements generally provide paid sick time or paid leave under certain circumstances (as described more fully in the notice poster, link #4, below). The FFCRA also provides tax credits that may help employers provide the paid leave benefits.
The FFCRA helps the U.S. combat workplace effects of COVID-19 by reimbursing American private employers that have fewer than 500 employees with tax credits for the cost of providing employees with paid leave, taken for specified reasons related to COVID-19. The law enables employers to keep workers (who are home sick with COVID-19 related illness and therefore unable to work, even remotely) on their payrolls, while at the same time ensuring that workers are not forced to choose between their paychecks and the public health measures needed to combat the virus. The Departmnt's Wage and Hour Division administers the paid leave portions of the FFCRA.
If an employer has fewer than 50 employees and providing the paid leave benefits would jeopardize the viability of the business as a going concern, the small business exemption may apply. Employers who believe they qualify for the exemption should document why the business meets the exemption criteria unless and until the Department of Labor issues additional guidance on claiming the exemption.
Effective April 1, 2020, employers are required to properly notify their employees of the new FFCRA leave benefits and implement the requirements.
Below are links to important resources that contain compliant employee notices, guidance, and recommendations for employers subject to the FFCRA.
- Department of Labor: COVID-19 and the American Workplace
- Fact Sheet: FFCRA – Employee Paid Leave Rights (in English)
- Fact Sheet: FFCRA – Employer Paid Leave Requirements (in English)
- Compliant FFCRA notice poster for private-sector employees (in English)
- Department of Labor FAQ for the FFCRA employee notice poster
courtesy of Montgomery & Hansen, LLP