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NASHVILLE, April 5, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- World-renowned Israeli cantor Dudu Fisher will perform at the International March of the Living event in Poland this weekend. The annual education program, celebrating its 25th year, brings students from all over the world to Poland and Israel to mark the most significant dates in the modern Jewish calendar.
In Poland, the program includes visits to once thriving sites of Jewish life and culture. Then, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, the students march from Auschwitz-Birkenau in memory of all victims of Nazi genocide and against prejudice, intolerance and hate. Fisher is a regular participant in the yearly march, and this Saturday he will also be leading services at Nozyk Synagogue, the only surviving pre-war Jewish house of prayer in Warsaw, Poland.
Additionally, on Sunday night, Fisher will perform songs about the Holocaust at the Krakow Opera House, and on Monday, "Yom Hashoa" or Holocaust Remembrance Day, he will be singing at a ceremony to take place at death camp Birkenau. Among those songs he will perform are "Help My Town Is Burning" and "The Partisan Song," in both Yiddish and Hebrew.
He comments, "Being at this event reinforces my feelings that the Jewish people must have a country of their own. If we would have had a country, the Holocaust would have never happened."
From Poland, participants travel to Israel, the birthplace and homeland of the Jewish People, where they commemorate Israel's fallen soldiers on Yom Hazikaron and celebrate Israel's independence on Yom Ha'atsmaut.
For more information on March of the Living, visit www.motl.org.
About Dudu Fisher:
Dudu Fisher began his career in his native country of Israel, where he studied at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music. At 22 years old, he was invited to become the cantor of the great synagogue of Tel Aviv.
Fisher is best known for his stirring performance as Jean Valjean in the Hebrew production of "Les Miserables," which became the longest running show in Israel. He went on to play the role on Broadway and London's West End. The singer has also held starring roles in productions of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," "Kol Nidre," "Over the Rainbow," "Stairways to Heaven," "The Rothschilds," and one-man shows "Never on Friday," "Something Old, Something New," as well as "Dudu Fisher, Coming to America."
Additionally, Fisher sang the role of Moses in the Hebrew version of Steven Spielberg's "The Prince of Egypt." He has sung with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore and Queens Symphony Orchestras. Other high profile appearances include performances for Britain's royal family, the Thai royal family and President Clinton. He was also the first Israeli artist allowed to sing in the Soviet Union in the days before perestroika.
Currently, Fisher performs his show "Jerusalem" in Branson, Mo. each year, bringing the ancient city of Jerusalem to life through his songs, stories and videos.
For more information on Dudu Fisher, visit www.dudufisher.com.
