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Hope you had a wonderful High Holiday season. Now that it is over, all of us here at KlezCalifornia are gearing up for our biggest event this year - a Klezmer Concert & Dance Party with the gonifs. See below for details.
We've also been busy with our other KlezCalifornia events, which include klezmer workshops, Yiddish conversation salons,
fun events at the Jewish Community Library, and more! Keep reading for all the details.
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We've got the beat!
Join us for a rousing and joyful celebration of Yiddish culture with the amazing Bay Area klezmer band, the gonifs!
Sunday, October 14, 3-5pm
Congregation B'nai Shalom
Walnut Creek
* MC'd by radio host Andy Muchin
* Klezmer dancing led by Bruce Bierman
* Kids' program with Gerry Tenney
ages 5-12
* Free babysitting for kids under 5
(with RSVP)
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A Klezmer Workshop
with Josh Horowitz
Presented by KlezCalifornia
Sunday, October 21, 1-4pm
If you've ever wondered how your favorite musicians got really good at what they do, the answer is Creative and Fun Practicing.
Yes, practicing can be as creative and exciting
as playing polished versions of tunes!
This workshop deals with super-creative ways to develop skills that emerge directly from the tunes you're playing, so the application is already there. Forget scales and arpeggios (unless they occur in the tunes you're playing of course). Each tune presents its own characteristics that can be spun into exercises that not only solve technical problems, but can also be used within the tunes right away. The main thing Josh will show is how to develop your own practicing tools that can be applied in each circumstance you encounter, including:
- Creating patterns and sequences that come from the melodies you are playing
- Isolating fragments that repeat in the tune and spinning them round and round
- Strategizing how to navigate the most difficult parts of the piece
- Developing emergency exits from parts of the tune where you might stumble
And much, much more.
This may be the most useful workshop you'll ever attend
with dividends paid out for years to come.
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 European Jewish History
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Sunday, October 21, 1:30pm
Jewish Community Library, SF
One of the lesser-known groups persecuted during Stalin's Great Purge (1937-38) were the employees of Agro-Joint (American Jewish Joint Agricultural Corporation), an organization created in 1924 by the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), in agreement with the Soviet government, to resettle and agrarianize Soviet Jews.
Misha Mitsel, JDC senior archivist, spent eight years searching ex-KGB interrogation files and state archives in Ukraine and Russian Federation to uncover the names of two hundred Agro-Joint employees, all accused of "collaboration with a counter-revolutionary organization founded by the director of Agro-Joint, Dr. Rosen."
Co-presented by KlezCalifornia.
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Come to KlezCalifornia's Flisik Yidish Salon!
Sunday, October 21, 2-4pm
Berkeley
Mir veln shmuesn af di temes:
- Dertseyl undz dayn balibster geshikhteh in finf minutn.
- Vos iz dayn balibster zakh tsu esn?
- Millie vet undz brengen kurtseh geshikhtez tsu leyenen und discutirn.
- Gershon vet undz zingen a yidishn lid.
Loz undz visn oyb du kumst (RSVP).
Farges nit tsu brengen epes tsu nashn oder trinken!
Upcoming Sunday Salons
November 18, El Cerrito
December 16, Oakland
Free! RSVP by
email or call 415-789-7679
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Celebrating Rabbi Ed Zerin
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Thursday, October 25, 7pm
Jewish Community Library, SF
You are invited to an evening in celebration of Rabbi Edward Zerin.
Raised in a Yiddish-speaking family in Delaware, Ed Zerin was ordained as a rabbi in 1946 and received a PhD in 1952 from the University of Southern California. He has had a distinguished career as a congregational rabbi, psychotherapist, university professor, Jewish consultant for forty-five Catholic textbooks, and author of ten books, including "The Birth of the Torah."
Upon moving to San Francisco in 2004, Rabbi Zerin embarked on studying and recording the history of its Jewish presence, resulting in the 2006 book, "Jewish San Francisco." His next book was a translation of the Yiddish poetry of his mentor, Rabbi Simon Krinsky. We wish to express our appreciation of Rabbi Zerin and the wisdom and love of learning he has brought to us.
Co-presented by KlezCalifornia.
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Farshidns
Tidbits of Yiddish culture from around the world
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Yiddish versions of
Thanks to Moreen Libet and Ken Blady, respectively.
The Jews of Latin America
with Professor Ilan Stavans
from The Yiddish Book Center
No Yiddish needed, but knowing Yiddish
makes it even more fun.
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Yiddish Culture, Dance & Music
October
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Rehearses Tuesdays, 7:30-9:30pm
Menorah Park, SF
Rehearses Mondays, 7:30pm
JCC East Bay, Berkeley
The Lonely Child, the Legacy of a Song from the Vilna Ghetto (film), with writer/producer Alix Wall
Sunday, October 7, 7:30-8:30pm
Congregation Netivot Shalom, Berkeley
with Laya Silber
Wednesday, October 10, 7pm
Stanford University, Stanford
The Joy of Jewish Dance, with Bruce Bierman
Thursdays, October 11 - November 1, 10-11:15am
Hasidic, Klezmer, Yemenite, and Israeli dance
Chochmat HaLev, Berkeley
with the gonifs, MC Andy Muchin
dance leader Bruce Bierman
kids' program with Gerry Tenney
Sunday, October 14, 3-5pm
Congregation B'nai Shalom, Walnut Creek
Sholem Aleichem on the South Side of Chicago:
The Story and Songs of the Rediscovered
1905 Musical Stempenyu, with Karen Underhill and Sharon Bernstein
Monday, October 15,
noon
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1pm
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Berkeley
Itzhak (film about violinist Itzhak Perlman), with klezmer
Thursday, October 18, 6:30pm (see also Nov. 7)
Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto
Saturday, October 20, 7:30pm
Sunday, October 21, 7pm
Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto
The Rise and Destruction of Agro-Joint,
with Misha Mitse
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Sunday, October 21, 1:30pm
Jewish Community Library, SF
Sunday, October 21, 2-5pm
Berkeley
with Josh Horowitz
Sunday, October 21, 1-4pm
Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, SF
Diaspora, with San Francisco Choral Artists
Thursday, October 25, 6:30-8pm
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park
Thursday, October 25, 7pm
Jewish Community Library, SF
Fridays, October 26 - December 7, 10am-noon
Acalanes College, Walnut Creek
Monday, October 29, 5:30-7pm
The Local Café, Alameda
Tuesday, October 30, 1pm and 7pm
Rialto Cinemas, Sebastopol
Wednesday, October 31, 6:30pm
AMC Saratoga 14, San Jose
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Coming in November and beyond
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Klezmer on the Edge, with SF Yiddish Combo
Saturday, November 3, 7pm
Congregation Shomrei Torah, Santa Rosa
Itzhak (film about violinist Itzhak Perlman),
with klezmer
Wednesday, November 7, 6:30pm
AMC Saratoga 14, San Jose
Veretski Pass presents Vayber/Froyen - Klezmer Music of Women
Thursday, November 8, 6:30pm
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park
Workers Union, with BIll Sokol
Friday, November 9, 12:45-1:15pm
Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco
Sunday, November 11, starting 3:30-6:30pm
Kehilla Community Congregation, Piedmont
with poets Jake Marmer and Alicia Jo Rabins
Thursday, November 15, 7pm - 8:30ish
Adobe Books, San Francisco
Thursday, November 15, 7:30pm
Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto
Sunday, November 18, 2-4pm
Private home in El Cerrito
Thursday, Nov 29, 6:30-8pm
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park
HEADS UP:
Klezmer Conservatory Band, Michael Alpert, Andy Statman
Monday, January 14, 8pm
Davies Symphony Hall, SF
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Donate
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Help us continue our exciting mission to connect people and communities around the Bay Area with Yiddish culture. Donate $18, $36 or $54
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If you prefer to mail a check, use the address below.
A sheynem dank! (Thank you very much!)
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Honor Wall
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From Tony Phillips:
My connection to Yiddish might be typical for a California native of my generation. My grandparents Carol and Irving grew up speaking Yiddish but, living in New York City, spoke it mainly to avoid being understood by their children and grandchildren. In contrast, Uncle Joseph, who immigrated when older, mainly spoke and read Yiddish, and his English was limited and thickly accented. That generation's origins in the Yiddish-speaking world is a treasure to be passed on to subsequent generations who enjoy easier circumstances.
View the KlezCalifornia Honor Wall
. Become a donor to post your tribute.
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