Women of Valor: A benefit concert to support breast cancer awareness, in loving memory of Florence Eisenberg

Sunday, October 18, 5 p.m., Temple Israel
Jonathan Leshnoff, associate professor of music at Towson University in Maryland, has been commissioned to write a new composition entitled “A Righteous Soul,” which will performed by the Aeon Ensemble and Cantor Wendy Shermet. In addition to Leshnoff’s composition, the concert will include healing songs performed by a women’s ensemble and remarks by Dr. Ken Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., director of UNMC’s Eppley Institute, and director of the Eppley Cancer Center. A reception, sponsored by the Women of Reform Judaism, an auxiliary of Temple Israel, will follow the concert. All proceeds will be used to support breast cancer awareness.

Tickets are for sale in the Temple lobby during Religious School, in the Temple office during the week or at the door. Tickets cost $18 for adults and $10 for students. Patron sponsor levels are Will – $50; Spirit – $100; Courage – $250; Strength – $500; Audacity – $1000.