Nahalat Shalom

05/05/2026

04/02/2026

Second night Seder starts at 6pm!

Join student Rabbi Josie Boskoff, Maggidah Batya Podos, Cantor Beth Cohen, The Nahalat Shalom Community Klezmer Band and Rikud Dancers for a meaningful, joyous and unique seder. It’s the only Seder with live music and dancing! Potluck kosher for Passover vegetarian /pescatarian dinner and BYO sede...

04/02/2026

Our next festival is coming up! The 17th Annual Festival Sefardi!

Festival Sefardí is New Mexico’s only annual celebration of the unique history and culture of the Sefardic Jews in the Southwest. This May, we celebrate our 17th year and are excited about the program taking form!

03/06/2026

KlezmerQuerque starts tonight with our joyous, danced Shabbat service followed by more music and dancing. Bring a vegetarian dish to share for the pot luck. Free event. Donations are appreciated!

KlezmerQuerque 2026 presents der Freylekher Shabes! From 6:30-9:00pm, celebrate Shabes (Shabbat) JOY in our sanctuary (doors at 6:15pm). Join Cantor Beth Cohen, The Nahalat Shalom Community Klezmer Band, Rikud Dancers and our Special Guest Artists: Jewish dance masters Bruce Bierman &

03/02/2026

Did you know that you can get free admission to KlezmerQuerque? There are still lots of volunteer opportunities available. Sign up here!

Volunteer signup sheet

03/01/2026

We are thrilled that Jordan Wax is bringing his mastery of Yiddish language, songs, and songwriting to KlezmerQuerque and to our Simcha school again this year. You can hear Jordan perform on Friday and Saturday nights. Link to all info in the comments.

02/27/2026

Only 1 week left until KlezmerQuerque! Buy tickets! Volunteer! Donate! Help our little festival make it to the 25th annual!

We're so excited to have A Glezele Tey with us this year! Rachel Leader and Ariel Shapiro are excellent young musicians who are making quite a name for themselves. Don't miss your chance to hear them play Friday and Saturday night, or take their Yiddish singing class on Sunday! See links to bios in the comments.

02/07/2026

Come join Rabbi Lynn Saturday morning at 11:30am for this great event:

Come create art and poetry with Rabbi Lynn and Demetria!

02/06/2026

THE 24TH ANNUAL KlezmerQuerque IS COMING SOON! Buy some tickets! Get on the Volunteer List! Share widely! If you value our little homegrown Klezmer festival, please step up to help us get to our 25th year!

KlezmerQuerque is an internationally recognized annual festival of klezmer music and dance. Join Cantor Beth Cohen and special guest artists The Veretski Pass Duo (Cookie Segelstein and Josh Horowitz), and dancers Bruce Bierman and Gilberto Melendez for three days of Yiddishkeit—including Klezmer ...