Light in Winter: Ira Khonen Temple and Michael Winograd in Concert at the Peretz Centre

As part of Or Shalom's long-running Light in Winter Concert Series, the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture and Or Shalom proudly present a special klezmer concert featuring Ira Temple and Michael Winograd, staples of NYC’s vibrant Klezmer and Yiddish music community and cultural tapestry.

Together they have played concerts, festivals, weddings and coming of age celebrations, and have just finished a year and a half run in the cast and orchestra of Cabaretat the Kit Kat Club on Broadway. They are delighted to tour the west coast this December as a duo, playing music from their new albums and more.

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025

Doors at 7:30pm (performance starts at 8pm)

Ben & Gallia Chud Auditorium

Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture (6184 Ash Street, Vancouver)

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Free street parking and underground parking available (elevator access).

Admission

Tsuzammen: $55 for 2 people (until Monday, Nov. 24th at 11:59pm)

General Admission: $33/person

At the Door: $35/person

Members-only ticket discount: Peretz Centre members in good standing (paid their membership dues after September 1, 2025) can use the 10% discount code sent to them via email. If you didn't get a code and think you should have received one, contact the office at admin@peretz-centre.org. Become a member or renew here.

This event includes a cash bar (19+). IDs will be checked at the door.

Please note: Doors will close automatically at 8:30pm. If you are running late, please make sure you have a friend you can contact to come downstairs and let you in.

About the Performers

Accordionist and Songwriter Ira Temple founded the radical Yiddish music group Tsibele, is the longtime director for the Aftselakhis Spectacle Committee Purimshpil, and performed in New York’s activist street band The Rude Mechanical Orchestra. “Strange Tongue - Mistame-Loshn,” their newest solo album, comes out October 6, 2025 on Borscht Beat Records and features a collection of traditional Yiddish songs, reimagined and expanded in English — marrying queer, trans songwriting with the urgent, living breath of Yiddish culture as it is vibrantly practiced today in Brooklyn.

Clarinetist Michael Winograd lives in Brooklyn. His band, The Honorable Metnshn, has brought Klezmer and Yiddish music all over the world. He has performed and collaborated with today’s leading figures in Jewish music including Yitzak Perlman, Frank London, the Klezmatics, the Klezmer Conservatory Band and more. Michael is featured on dozens of recordings, including The Beautiful Game and Live at Madison Square Garden with Vulfpeck. His original music has appeared in television, film, theater and dance performances. His upcoming release, TANZ! Live in New York City, presents a re-creation of the iconic 1956 klezmer album TANZ!, featuring clarinetists Dave Tarras and Sam Musiker (learn more about it here).