Sholem Aleichem, Friend of Yiddish Culture, |
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It's the secular new year and perhaps you've made a resolution to learn (some or more) Yiddish! KlezCalifornia website points you to:
• Numerous groups offering online Yiddish classes at all levels and a wide range of prices (including some free)
Our warmest appreciation to those who donated in December. It's not too late! Start 2023 right with your most generous gift!
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If someone has forwarded this newsletter to you,
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Thursday, January 12, 6pm PT (in person only)
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Co-presented by KlezCalifornia |
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An antic tale of investigative perplexities and vertiginous inquiry results when author Lawrence Weschler tracks down Stephen Berkman, the wet-collodion devotee who claims to have discovered a trove of work by Shimmel Zohar, a 19th-century photographer who chronicled the Jewish immigrant community of the Lower East Side.
This author talk (with slide show) is presented by Mechanics' Institute in San Francisco.
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WORKSHOP SERIES
Presented by KlezCalifornia
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Sunday, January 22, 11am-12:45pm PT (calculate your local time HERE)
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Listen to, play and discuss the wide range of melodies entitled skotshne from various sources. For all instruments, all levels -- play along or listen.
Don't know what a skotshne is? Go to the event's webpage and click on the four examples!
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TASTES OF YIDDISH CULTURE SERIES
Presented by KlezCalifornia
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Sunday, January 29, 11am-12:45pm PT (calculate your local time HERE)
In the 1920s and ’30s, only New York rivaled Warsaw as a capital of Jewish cosmopolitanism. Ellie Shapiro's multimedia presentation demonstrates the vitality of a community usually known more for how they died than how they lived.
Co-presented by New Lehrhaus and Jewish Community Library.
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TASTES OF YIDDISH CULTURE SERIES
Presented by KlezCalifornia
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Sunday, January 15, 2-3pm PT (calculate your local time HERE).
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This monthly online conversation Salon is for fluent (flisik) Yiddish speakers. No charge.
Di teme far yanuar vet zayn: Velkhe nisim zenen aykh a mol forgekumen in lebn, un velkhe hoft ir veln nokh alts geshen?
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Klezmer & Yiddish Music Links |
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In memory of Pete "Klezmer Fats" Sokolow, who died in December, listen to Kenahora Klezmer Ensemble (formerly Kapelye), with Pete on piano, playing Araber Tanz. He was a jazz and klezmer pianist and reed player whose roots in the Catskills spanned older and newer generations of Jewish musicians. He played with major figures in klezmer history, including Dave Tarras, the Epstein Brothers, and Ray Musiker, and was an important figure in the revival of klezmer music. Check out a short film from the Yiddish Book Center: "What’s the Matter with the Klezmer? The Peter Sokolow Story."
Accordionist Geoff Berner plays and sings a Yiddish version of Petula Clark's 1964 hit Downtown. Translated into Yiddish with wit and humor by Michael Wex, including rhyming Bossa Nova with Tchenstikhova (Yiddish) (Częstochowa in Polish). Subtitles translate the Yiddish lyrics into English.
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Improve your Yiddish comprehension with easy news briefs from The Forward. Called Tshikavesn ( “tidbits”), short news items are accompanied by an audio version read by a native Yiddish speaker. Get the translation of any word by clicking on the text. The first story read is "Slivovitz, a spirit with a cherished Jewish history, gets UNESCO World Heritage protection."
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Other Yiddish Culture Links |
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Newish Jewish, at Kossar’s and Beyond. This article by Hannah Goldfield in The New Yorker addresses the challenges and successes of Jewish food stores in New York. It should be of particular interest to those who think of New York City as The Old Country (di alte heym).
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In memory of my grandparents Pauline and Bundy (Andrew) Lang.
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In memory of my dear bubbe Esther Podlubne-Kiereszkovski and my father Yoel Yaval (né Julio Kiereszkovski).
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In memory of Elaine Fingerett, who brought klezmer joy to Northern California with her effervescent personality, accordion and kindness.
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In loving memory of my dearest husband, Isaak, my beloved parents Anna and Mikhail Chernobelsky and grandparents, Khasya Grosman and Itzhak Gendler. From shtetl to big cities, klezmer was always a part of my family upbringing and I continue to enjoy it very much!
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In memory of Frieda Falk, who spoke a beautiful Yiddish and instilled in me a love for mameloshn.
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In memory of Sonia Tubridy.
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In honor of Evelyn Taylor who is approaching the last days of her 97 years on earth. A warm, smart, loving strong and beautiful woman who gave so much to me over so many decades. You are always in my heart. |
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In memory of Rivka Greenberg. Rivka found art in the work of women, both in scholarship and in the fabric arts. She was an advocate for justice, and a warm community member.
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To the Flisik Salon leaders and participants! This year, I want to remember my great uncle Ruby, a social and political activist, and a kind and generous man. He lived for some years in Petaluma before returning to Los Angeles, and there was part of a rich Yiddish culture which included singing in the Yiddish choir. I have some of his Yiddish books. I think he would have been delighted to learn about the flowering of Yiddish in hayntikn tog Kalifornye! And with this donation, I want to thank the leaders and participants of the Flisik Salon, who have invited me in so warmly.
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View KlezCalifornia's Honor Wall. Become a donor to post your tribute.
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Help us continue our mission to connect people and communities around the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond with Yiddish culture.
Or mail a check to the address below.
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A sheynem dank! Thank you very much!
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A bisl mer (a little bit more)
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