Check out KlezCalifornia's February events below, and all the rest on our website (including a workshop with Alicia Svigals; performances by Beyond the Pale (Toronto); Jewish music and stories from around the world; and two evenings with Lorin Sklamberg (NY), Sasha Lurje (Berlin), and Craig Judelman (Berlin).
We hope you appreciate our new shorter newsletter, with more event details on our
getsatsket
(fancy)
new web site.
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A KlezCalifornia Partnership
Violins of Hope is eight weeks of concerts, exhibitions, films, lectures, and community conversations around the Bay Area showcasing more than fifty string instruments played by Jews in concentration camps during the Holocaust.
Many of these events (next one: Saturday, February 1!) present music "Along the Trade Route" and feature violinist Cookie Segelstein (klezmer) and a rotating cast of three additional violinists playing other ethnic music. Plus "The City Without Jews," a film with live music composed and played by Alicia Svigals. Some events are already sold out, so don't wait to get your ticket.
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Filming "The Pianist" in Warsaw: A Journey from Acting to the Bima, with Jessica Kate Meyer
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Sunday, February 2, 1:30pm
Jewish Community Library, SF
Co-presented by KlezCalifornia
Jessica Kate Meyer began her career in film, theater, and television projects in Europe and the United States: most notably in a principal role in Roman Polanski’s acclaimed 2002 film, "The Pianist." She will tell stories from her experience filming "The Pianist" in Warsaw, and relate how studying for the role of Helena Szpilman eventually led to finding her calling in the rabbinate.
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Sunday, February 9, 1:30-4pm
Private home, Oakland
Presented by KlezCalifornia
Meaning “come sit,” a
kumzits
is a fun, participatory event for all ages at which every person does something for 2-5 minutes: tells a Jewish joke or story, sings (or leads) a Yiddish song, plays a klezmer or Yiddish tune, recites a Yiddish poem, etc. We go around once or twice. Everyone participates!
$
5 donation requested. Refreshments provided.
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Sunday, February 16, 2-4 pm
Private home, Berkeley
Presented by KlezCalifornia
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Mir veln zikh trefn dem 16tn februar, fun 2 biz 4 in a heym in Berkeley.
Di temes:
• Hot ir a mol ibergelebt oder konfrontirt antisemitizm? Vos hot ir geton?
• Brengt a titl (tsi tsvey) fun a bukh vos ir hot geleynt un hanoe gehat fun dem. Dertseylt undz farvos ir hot hanoe gehat fun dem un tsi ir volt es rekomendirt.
• Vertershpil.
Oyb ir kent, brengt epes tsu nashn.
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Farshidns
Tidbits of Yiddish culture from around the world
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"Raise the Roof,"
a film about
the rebuilding of the magnificent painted ceiling of the destroyed wooden synagogue of Gwoździec, is now available on Amazon.
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In memory of my father, Richard Brewer
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In memory of Pauline and Andrew (Bundy) Lang, my maternal grandparents
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In honor of the new Yiddish Theatre Ensemble
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In honor of KlezCalifornia’s work to sustain and grow Yiddish culture. KlezCalifornia has been, and continues to be, an important source and connection to klezmer music and its associated culture.
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View KlezCalifornia's
Honor Wall
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Become a donor to post your tribute.
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Help us continue our exciting mission to connect people and communities around the Bay Area with Yiddish culture.
If you prefer to mail a check, use the address below.
A sheynem dank!
Thank you very much!
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A bisl mer
(a little bit more)
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