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Ver Vet Blaybn? - Sutzkever biography now online

 

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The Yiddish Book Center’s award-winning documentary film,?

Ver Vet Blaybn??(Who Will Remain?), is now available for home?

viewing -? click on these links:
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About the film:

Attempting to better understand her grandfather Avrom Sutzkever,?
Israeli actress Hadas Kalderon travels to Lithuania, using her?
grandfather’s diary to trace his early life in Vilna and his?
survival of the Holocaust. Sutzkever (1913–2010) was an acclaimed?
Yiddish poet — described by the New York Times as the “greatest?
poet of the Holocaust” — whose verse drew on his youth in Siberia?
and Vilna, his spiritual and material resistance during World War II,?
and his post-war life in the State of Israel. Kalderon, whose?
native language is Hebrew and must rely on translation of her?
grandfather’s work, is nevertheless determined to connect with?
what remains of the poet’s bygone world and confront the personal?
responsibility of preserving her grandfather’s literary legacy.
Woven into the documentary are family home videos, newly recorded?
interviews, and archival recordings, including Sutzkever’s testimony?
at the Nuremberg Trial. Recitation of his poetry and personal?
reflections on resisting Nazi forces as a partisan fighter reveal?
how Sutzkever tried to make sense of the Holocaust and its aftermath.?
As Kalderon strives to reconstruct the stories told by her grandfather,?
the film examines the limits of language, geography, and time.
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Subtitles available in English, Spanish, Hebrew, and Lithuanian.

Hester Street at Theater J

 

? “Hester Street at Theater J goes even deeper than the beloved 1975 movie version”
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World Premiere - Hester Street
A play by Sharyn Rothstein
With original music and songs by Joel Waggoner
Based on the film by Joan Micklin Silver

The play is now running at the EDCJCC, with an added attraction on Sunday afternoon,
April 14, a post-performance conversation with Miriam Isaacs and Lauren Strauss,
as they respond to the play and the use of Yiddish in the play and around the world.

Read more and get tickets at:
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YIVO course on Jewish comedy

 

YIVO course on Jewish comedy?
Thursday, March 21 | 7:00pm ET
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IS ANYTHING OKAY? THE HISTORY OF JEWS AND COMEDY IN AMERICA
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On Zoom or YouTube live, and on YouTube afterwards.
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Is Anything Okay? The History of Jews and Comedy in America, an online course?
about the history of Jewish comedy and its development in the United States.?
Panel discussion with Eddy Portnoy, Judy Gold, and Alan Zweibel.
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The event will be conducted live over Zoom and livestreamed to YIVO’s YouTube channel.?
The recording will be available on YIVO's YouTube channel after the event to be viewed
at any time:? https://www.youtube.com/yivoinstitute
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To register for the live event: https://yivo.org/Comedy-Launch
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Spring 2024 classes offered at YIVO

 

YIVO is offering lots of courses beginning in February.? Except where noted, the classes are on Zoom.
There are language classes for those at various levels of proficiency, as well as conversation classes, reading classes, and seminars.? Some classes have only a few spots left, so registration soon is advised!
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Save-the-date: Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer at Adat Shalom February 9 - 11

 



Dear Friends,

We are very fortunate that a wonderful and talented duo is coming to the DC area for a residency with Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Synagogue in?February. More information about registration will be forwarded in the next couple weeks, but in the mean time, please mark your calendars!

Of particular interest to the DC Klezmer Community will likely be the Saturday night concert and dance as well as Sunday morning workshops. On Sunday, the workshops will be at Adat Shalom, starting at 10 am and running for 2 - 3 hours. The specifics need to be determined, but there will be a fiddle-focused session with Deborah Strauss.

You are also welcome to attend the Shabbos services and dinner on Friday night, and Shabbos services on Saturday morning.

Registration and suggested donations will likely be requested to help offset Adat Shalom's costs.

SAVE-THE-DATE: February 9 - 11
Yiddish Shabbaton Weekend with Deborah Strauss and Hazzan Jeff Warschauer

Celebrate Shabbos and the world of Yiddish music, language, and culture at Friday night services infused with Klezmer melodies, Yiddish song, dance, and a delicious taste of Yiddish dinner. Join us on Saturday morning for an unforgettable Shabbos service weaving in Yiddish songs and Ashkenazic musical learning moments. A joyous Saturday night concert featuring this inspired, multi-instrumental duo will be followed by a Klezmer dance set with Deborah Strauss leading the moves. Sunday morning, there will be workshops for all levels, instruments, and voice with a special opportunity for fiddle players to study Klezmer and Yiddish string technique with Deborah, a renowned violinist. This memorable Shabbaton will fill you with a?greater appreciation for Ashkenazic roots music.

You may read more about Deborah and Jeff at the following url’s.



Feel free to contact me with any questions. I just attended Deborah’s workshops at Yiddish New York and they were extremely valuable. She always combines dance and movement with her musical workshops so you can really?absorb the rhythmic nuances that are so tied in with Ashkenazic Jewish folk dance.

Best,
Melissa

WILETS ARCHITECTURE

Melissa Wilets?
COMMUNICATIONS ?/ DESIGN
301.580.8247

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Yiddish language Zoom courses

 

https://www.edcjcc.org/programs/language-classes/

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Beginner Yiddish:?Kum arayn?– come on in! Join the Yiddish revival. In this beginning-level class, you will learn the Yiddish alphabet and develop basic Yiddish conversation skills.?
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Intermediate Yiddish:?Lomir geyen nokh vayter?– let’s go even further! This class will build on your Yiddish reading and conversation skills to give you further competence and confidence in the language.?

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The Forward now free to read

 

The Forward is now free to subscribe and to read, although of course welcoming charitable donations.
To subscribe, go to Forward.com and click on Get our Newsletters on the top left.
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Yiddish of Greater Washington has an archive of old articles from years of email from The Forward,
so if you'd like to get some old news, just ask!
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A Lichtiger Hanukkah!


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YIVO classes Fall 2023

 

Tell your friends and relatives, or sign up for a class yourself:
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Most of the classes meet via Zoom.?
The ones that meet in New York have "in person" in the description.
Yiddish singalong this Sunday (7/16)

 

Tayere khevrim,
Did you miss Lorin Sklamberg's Yiddish singalongs at the Folklife Festival last weekend?
Or did you attend and want more?
Either way, I'd like to invite you to a Yiddish singalong this coming weekend!
I realize this is short notice, so if you are interested but unable to attend, please let me know.
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Date: Sunday, 7/16
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Time: 3pm?
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Place: Let's plan to meet at my house, 3814 33rd Street, Mt. Rainier, MD 20712.
If the weather is nice, we might move to the gazebo at Spring Park, just up the street ().
If there's no response at the door, check the gazebo.
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What to bring: Your kol (voice) and any lid/lider (song or songs) you feel like sharing!
If you want to share a song, it'd be great if you can print out lyrics for folks to follow along
(in Roman letters, at a minimum, with Hebrew letters and English translation ideal but optional).
I will have printouts for songs that I plan to share.
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Contact info: 202-251-2683? -? howleyj@...
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Please feel free to email me -??howleyj@...?-?with any questions and/or to let me know
that you'd be interested in future sessions but can't make this one.
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I look forward to seeing you then!
--Jacob Howley
YidFest 2023 klezmer concert is online

 

for the first time ever
streaming July13 to 16 from the Yiddish Book Center

buy tickets at
Yiddish music and food at the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

 

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YIVO is participating in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, which will take place June 29-July 4 and July 6-9, 2023 at the National Mall in Washington, DC. Produced annually by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, the Festival honors contemporary living cultural traditions and celebrates those who practice and sustain them.

Times and events subject to change. Be sure to for the most up-to-date schedule.

FESTIVAL EVENTS: FOOD

Friday, June 30 | 1:00pm ET

Saturday, July 1 | 11:00am ET

Sunday, July 2 | 11:00am ET

Sunday, July 2 | 4:00pm ET

Monday, July 3 | 1:00pm ET

Tuesday, July 4 | 11:00am ET

Tuesday, July 4 | 3:00pm ET

FESTIVAL EVENTS: MUSIC

Thursday, July 6 | 2:00pm ET

Friday, July 7 | 1:00pm ET

Saturday, July 8 | 11:00am ET

Saturday, July 8 | 4:00pm ET

Sunday, July 9 | 12:00pm ET

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Tantzhoyz! June 18 at Adas Israel

 

www.dcklezmer.com

www.facebook.com/dcklezmer
Ellen Cassedy talk about Yenta Mash, 6/15

 

Women in Exile: What Yenta Mash Can Tell Us, with Ellen Cassedy

?Yiddish Book Center event on Zoom
Thursday, June 15 @ 7 p.m. ET

Yenta Mash (1922–2013) was an extraordinary writer whose own?
life story of exile and regime change deeply informed her work.?
In this talk, Ellen Cassedy, translator of the collection?
On the Landing: Stories by Yenta Mash, will speak about the?
author’s life and her luminous short stories.

Register:
<https://support.yiddishbookcenter.org/site/Ticketing?view=Tickets&id=9145>

Note: The stories in On the Landing include some that the Max Ticktin?
leyenkrayz read in Yiddish in 2018, when the translation came out.
Livestream Choral Concert with guest Daniel kahn

 

FREEDOM IS A VERB: 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT WITH SPECIAL GUEST DANIEL KAHN

JUNE 10 @ 7:30 PM?-?9:30 PM

DESCRIPTION

For 25 years, the A Besere Velt Yiddish chorus has created a culture of resistance, and brought us together through radical song. On June 10th at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium, Boston Workers Circle and A Besere Velt will be joining forces with Yiddish rock/folk star?Daniel Kahn?to present?Freedom is a Verb, a concert that is sure to inspire and sustain our work for collective freedom. As Daniel sings:
Freedom is a verb
Something never finished, never done
It’s something you must make
It’s something you must take
It’s something you must constantly become
At?Freedom is a Verb?we are thrilled to honor and celebrate: Progressive Jewish leader?Nadav David, Boston Workers Circle Community and Yiddish world leaders Linda Gritz & Mike Katz, and labor leaders?Jessica Wender-Shubow & the Brookline Educators Union. Each of our honorees actively lead our community towards freedom.

DETAILS

DATE:
June 10
TIME:
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
EVENT CATEGORY:
Max Weinreich and Yiddish - June 15 YIVO zoom

 

Thursday, June 15 | 1:00pm (ET)
A 'convert' to the cause of Yiddishism in his adolescence, Max Weinreich pursued a doctorate in German
philology with the goal of returning to Eastern Europe to contribute to the project of building a modern,
secular Yiddish culture. His visits to Yale University and Vienna in the early 1930s proved transformational
in his understanding of the role of the social sciences in strengthening Jews' psychological and material
resources. The destruction of the Yiddish heartland in Eastern Europe and his experiences leading YIVO
in post-WWII New York City added yet another dimension to Weinreich's conception of the importance of
both Yiddish and Jewish Studies.?

A panel discussion moderated by?Kalman Weiser?and featuring?Naomi Seidman,?Kenneth Moss, and?
Jeffrey Shandler?will examine Weinreich's evolving understanding of?the role of Yiddish in Jewish life.
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For more information and to register:??<>
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Reminder: Yiddish Film SHTTL May 18

 

You don't have the chance to see a beautiful NEW Yiddish film very often.?
Don't miss the pioneering and spellbinding Yiddish film, SHTTL which
beautifully captures the lives and loves of a Yiddish-speaking village
on the eve of the Nazi invasion of Soviet Ukraine.?
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“Unravelling the simmering tensions between tradition and modernity,
director Ady Walter’s debut masterpiece, which is filmed in one extraordinary
long shot, recreates a world on the precipice of disaster.” – UK Jewish Film
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MAY 18, 8:00 PM, Edlavitich DCJCC
Dir. Ady Walter | 114 min
Narrative | Ukraine, France | 2022
Yiddish with English subtitles
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A conversation with director Ady Walter will follow the screening.?
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For more information, see the YouTube trailer?.?
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For tickets and information, visit??or call the
Ticket Office Mon-Fri, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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SPECIAL PROMO CODE:? SHTTLFEST for $3.00 off tickets!
Zalmen Mlotek - Zoom event May 16

 

Tuesday, May 16, UCLA School of Music, a talk with Zalmen Mlotek
on Zoom at 7:30 pm Pacific Time (10:30 pm ET) or watch the recording later

Register to get the Zoom link or to be sent the notice for the recording.

For more information and to register:

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YIVO /IAYC Club Mixer

 

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The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and the
International Association of Yiddish Clubs (IAYC)
join forces to present a Yiddish club mixer on
Sunday, May 7th at 2pm ET.

This event, held as a Zoom meeting, will allow Yiddish clubs around the world
the opportunity?to meet fellow Yiddish enthusiasts.?Clubs will each present in
English or Yiddish about their origins and activities, and each club will share?
information about how to get involved in their offerings.?

All are invited to join to watch!

https://yivo.org/YiddishClub19
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Miriam Isaacs lecture May 7

 

Sunday, May 7, 10:00 am at Congregation Beth El
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Dr. Miriam Isaacs will speak on “The Ben Stonehill Song Archive,” a compendium of songs?
in Yiddish sung by Holocaust survivors and recorded in New York in 1948. Isaacs, a linguist?
formerly on the faculty of the University of Maryland, will discuss the history and significance?
of this treasure trove of song.
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Register to attend in person, or watch via chapel livestream on bethelmc.org
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Yiddish courses at DCJCC this summer

 

Beginner and Intermediate Yiddish Classes Summer 2023?
Tuesday evenings, June 6-August 8, virtually via Zoom.

For more information, and to register:
https://www.edcjcc.org/arts-culture/jcc-university/language-classes
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