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musical party; zemer,
Hebrew for song). It was
recorded by a group of
musicians from two
Northern California bands:
Driving With Fergus, a tra-
ditional Irish band from
Oakland, and the
Freilachmakers Klezmer
String Band, a traditional
Jewish
band from
The soundtrack from
Ben Briscoe, a firmer "Shalom Ireland" features
Sacramento.
lord mayor of Dublin a soundtrack combining
What these musicians
and member of the
have in common is not
traditional Irish and
Irish Parliament for
only their Jewish faith but
klezmer sounds.
more than 35 years,
also a love of klezmer tunes
from the film docu-
and traditional Irish music.
mentary on Irish Jews,
The original soundtrack
"Shalom Ireland"
combines these musical
genres.
Anca Vlasopolos, a
Jewish professor of English
Jewry, is enjoying screenings in
at Wayne State University, has
Toronto and Los Angeles, where the
taught about James Joyce's characters
Skirball Cultural Center also is
and once participated in a
marking Bloomsday.
Bloomsday celebration in Ann
"My film has nothing that directly
Arbor.
refers to Leopold Bloom because it is
Vlasopolos explains that Ulysses is
about reality," says Valerie Lapin
easier to understand if it is read
Ganley, the Jewish producer-director
aloud because of the cadence of the
who married a man of Irish descent.
language, and that makes it good
"I learned about Irish Jews 10
material for festival presentations.
years ago and decided that their sto-
She recommends that people inter-
ries would make a great film. For the ested in experiencing the novel for
most part, the Jews were free of per-
the first time do so through audio-
secution and made meaningful con-
tapes.
tributions to Irish society.
"Joyce wanted to give a sense of
"As I was doing research, I found
the cosmopolitan in Ireland, and
out that my own great-grandparents
Jews were considered very cosmopol-
lived in Ireland, and as I got to
itan because they didn't have a
know the people I was filming, I
homeland," Vlasopolos explains.
heard Yiddish words mixed in with
"With an analysis of the book,
the Irish brogue."
Bloom becomes the humane coun-
Ireland's Jewish population
terpart of misled patriotism. He also
reached more than 5,500 after
relates to the author's commentary
World War II. Today, it has declined
on Christian rituals.
to about 1,700. Ganley's film
"Joyce has changed the notion of
reviews the lives of three families
Greek heroism into someone who is
and notes the contributions of Jews
Jewish. The Jew as the embodiment
in the creation of both Ireland and
of the Greek hero is an ethical and
Israel. The footage also explores the
aesthetic triumph."
recent effort to revitalize the Jewish
community in Dublin.
For more on the film
"I plan on picking up some books
Shalom Ireland, go to
to learn more about the significance
vvww.shalomireland.corn
of Bloomsday," says Ganley, whose
To purchase the film's soundtrack
documentary also features a sound-
on CD, go to
track, now out on CD and called
vvvvw.cdbaby.com/cd/ceilizemer
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