Sunday, March 14, 2027
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Beth Jacob Synagogue
7020 North Main Street
Dayton, OH 45415

Merryl Goldberg
Notes of Deception: How a Quartet of American Musicians Outwitted the KGB

At the height of the Cold War in 1985, four American musicians arrived in Moscow carrying more than instruments and sheet music. Members of the Klezmer Conservatory Band were recruited for a daring intelligence mission that relied on creativity rather than spy training. Under constant KGB surveillance, saxophonist Merryl Goldberg devised an ingenious method of concealing and transporting secret information through musical notation, turning performances into acts of espionage. Cowritten with Vince Houghton, this remarkable true story uncovers a little-known chapter of Cold War history where courage, music, and ingenuity intersected.

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In partnership with Beth Jacob Synagogue and JCC Book Club.