KlezCalifornia wrapped up 2024 on a high note, having raised nearly double what we raised in the holiday season of the previous year. Thank you so much to all our donors for your very generous support. We can't wait to see what klezmer & Yiddish culture programming the upcoming year will hold. |
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TASTES OF YIDDISH CULTURE SERIES
Flisik Yidish Salon
Presented by KlezCalifornia
Sunday, January 19th, 2-3pm PT, online (calculate your local time HERE).
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This free, monthly online conversation Salon is for fluent (flisik) Yiddish speakers.
Di teme far yanuar vet zayn: Vos iz der letster film vos ir hot gezen? Hot ir gehaltn fun dem? Volt ir es rekomendirt? Far vos?
װאָס איז דער לעצטער פֿילם װאָס איר האָט געזען? האָט איר געהאַלטן פֿון דעם? װאָלט איר עס רעקאָמענדירט? פֿאַר װאָס?
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Grantee of The Yiddish Culture Fund and co-presented by KlezCalifornia
Sunday, January 26th, 1-4pm
Come to the JCC East Bay for the next installment of a monthly series celebrating “The Joy of Jewish Music and Dance.” Great for musicians, dancers, and other enthusiasts to meet, shmooze, or take in the beauty of our rich traditions. January's session will feature klezmer music by Mike Perlmutter and Jonathan Kipp (both of Saul Goodman's Klezmer Band), with dancing led by Bruce Bierman. Tickets $25 - $54, sliding scale. No one turned away for lack of funds. Kids are free.
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Listen to a modern take on an anti-war classic: the band Litvakus performs Niet, pan Lavrov, a Yiddish song lamenting the Russian invasion in Ukraine. | |
Read this interesting article about singer Paul Robeson, who sang (or sometimes didn't sing!) in Yiddish. If you scroll down, there is an excellent recording of Robeson singing Vi azoy lebt der keyser? in Yiddish. | |
In memory of Isaac Waksberg, who lived and loved Yidishkayt in all its forms. | |
In memory of my eltern. My sweet, true grandparents, my loving parents, particularly my mother who gave me as much Yiddish as she could. | |
In honor of Ilana Goldberg. Congratulations on Ilana's grant from the Yiddish Culture Fund. Here's to welcoming her as a new leader for Yiddish language and culture! | |
In memory of my father, Arnold Kronfeld. | |
In honor of Laurel R. Fox. I love KlezCalifornia and so appreciate the volunteers like Laurel and Dmitri who work so hard to bring KlezCal to Santa Cruz. | |
In honor of Gail Rubman for all the work she has done for KlezCalifornia. | |
In appreciation of KlezCalifornia for sponsoring the Flisik Salon. | |
In memory of my parents, Joseph and Faye Goldberg, who instilled in me the love of Yiddish. | |
In honor of the Flisik Salon leaders and participants! So many new inhabitants of California, my birth state, who now speak Yiddish. | |
In memory of my father, Terry Teitelbaum. | |
In memory of my father, Richard Brewer. | |
In memory of Elaine Fingerett. | |
In memory of my father, who loved the Yiddish language and would try to teach it to everyone, Jewish or not! He learned the language by listening to his parents' table conversation and asking the Rabbi what it meant. | |
In memory of Ben and Helen Stern. | |
In memory of my family members who were murdered in Jedwabne, Poland, in 1941. | | |
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Elaine Moise and Bob Grodsky | |
In memory of Joseph and Lillian Grodsky, who loved Yiddish language, music, and culture | |
In honor of Judy Kunofsky. Thanks for all the work you do to keep Yidishkayt alive in the Bay Area! | |
In honor of the hostages, many of whom continue to live in the dark tunnels of Gaza, enduring all manner of abuse. In honor of the brave women of Iran, the Yazidi, the Kurds, the Ukrainians, and everyone who dares to stand up to violent tyranny, egregious slander campaigns, and violent fascism. May truth and kindness prevail. | |
View KlezCalifornia's Honor Wall. Become a donor to post your tribute. | | |
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Support the renewal of Yiddish culture through a donation to KlezCalifornia.
You may also mail a check payable to KlezCalifornia to the address below.
A sheynem dank! Thank you very much!
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A bisl mer (a little bit more) | | | | |
