Klezmer Workshop Sunday Oct 17th
Come to an in-person monthly DC Klezmer Workshop event on Sunday, October 17th, 2:00 - 4:00 pm,
with violinist Jake Shulman-Ment and Cellist Francesca Ter-Berg. Also available via Zoom.
This workshop is open to all instruments and all levels.??
Jake Shulman-Ment is among the most highly regarded klezmer musicians performing today. He tours and records
internationally as a soloist, and with Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird, Di Naye Kapelye, The Brothers Nazaroff,
Pete Rushefsky, Frank London, Sanda Weigl, Joey Weisenberg, Adrian Receanu,?Duncan Sheik, and many more.
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Francesca Ter-Berg is a cellist and producer with an in-depth improvisation and collaborative practice.
She is known for her specialism in Eastern European traditional music (specifically Klezmer and Roma) which
she has been studying in-depth for over 10 years. Her improvisation practice stems from studying with renowned
improvisors in the US and UK—including Vijay Iyer, Okkyung Lee and Ashley Paul. Since graduating from
Goldsmiths University of London with a Masters in Popular Music, she has explored working with live electronics,
studio composition and writing music for film, documentaries, and video games.
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Come see the exciting new location for this workshop! It is a 25 x 50 Ballroom with a tall ceiling, good ventilation,
nice acoustics, and sprung dance floor.? It’s attached to a house in Adelphi Maryland which the very hospitable owners
have offered for our use. There is plenty of room to comfortably spread out for Covid safety.? All participants must show
proof of vaccination and wear masks when indoors except when playing wind instruments.?? Our hosts have asked that
any beverages have lids to protect the dance floor.??
FYI custom-made masks and bell covers for wind players can be ordered from Jessica Lurie:?
The cost for the workshop is $20 payable directly to Jake:?
Venmo: @jacob-shulman-ment
PayPal: @jshulmanment
Please RSVP so that we can get an accurate count and limit the number of attendees.??
Advanced registration only, no walk-ins.?
Please arrive by 1:45 p.m. so we can promptly at 2:00 p.m.?
Address:? Ballroom Blum, 8300 Osage Terrace, Adelphi MD - near University of Maryland.? ?
Parking is limited so we encourage carpooling (see ride share info below).? ?
There should be ample parking spaces on the surrounding neighborhood streets.?
Folks can pull into the cul-de-sac to drop off larger instruments before parking.?
There is a ride share spreadsheet if you need or want to offer a ride here:
Please send me a private message if you would like to attend via Zoom.?
Do not use Reply.?Write to:
Howard Ungar?<howard_ungar@...>
Zoom link will be sent once payment has been received.?
Following the workshop, Jake and Francesca will be giving a concert at Bossa Bistro and Lounge
in Adams Morgan, DC. Mark your calendar, tell your friends, and come enjoy what promises to be
a great evening of music.
Details about the concert can be found here:
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YIVO's Vilna memorial program Sep 19
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Sunday, September 19 | 1:00pm (ET)
Taking place on Zoom
The annual Nusakh Vilna event commemorates the Jewish community of Vilna through poetry and music. 2021’s commemoration features a remembrance of Chayele Palevesky and a conversation reflecting on the overlooked agency of women as resistance fighters with a particular focus on Vilna and its Jewish and political culture. Chaired by?Elye Palevsky, the conversation will be moderated by YIVO's Academic Advisor?Eddy Portnoy?and will also feature?Judy Batalion, author of?The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos, and?Rivka Augenfeld.
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"In Paris to Peretz Today"
"Frantseyzisher Popuri"
as sung by the The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus?
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YIVO Yiddish courses via Zoom
From YIVO:
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Register for YIVO's fall classes!
This fall we are offering 30 online courses,
all held remotely on Zoom. Join us and students from around the world!
Class space is capped at 15 students and courses fill up quickly,
so be sure to register to reserve your spot today!
Go to yivo.org for information and registration.
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Arbeter Ring/Workers Circle invitation to measure area interest
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----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Larry Broun, The Workers Circle <info@...>
To: "yiddishdc@..." <yiddishdc@...>
I'm Larry Broun and I live in Washington DC. Like you, I've participated in Workers Circle activities and their programs
involving Yiddish culture and social justice.?
In recent years, much of the Workers Circle activity has been online or, when in-person, located in New York, so I'm
reaching out to determine if you have an interest to meet locally in the District-Maryland-Virginia area in support of
Workers Circle activism. To explore the possibilities, I hope you'll join me for an online "meet and greet" conversation
with Workers Circle members and friends in the DC-area on Thursday, July 29 at 7 PM ET.?
Whether your interest is to meet socially with like-minded friends, to support Workers Circle social justice activities
here in the Nation's Capital, or provide opportunities to share Yiddish culture, we'd like to get to know you and hear
from you. We'll be joined by Noelle Damico, Director of Social Justice, to learn about upcoming opportunities to take
action together.
With our nation's continuing struggle to strengthen our democracy amid attacks on voting rights, the urgency of
passing a federal $15 minimum wage, and the moral necessity of protecting immigrants, there couldn't be a better
time for us to gather.?
I hope you'll join us on July 29 from 7-8 PM ET.??so we know you're coming and feel free to
extend this invitation to others who seek to share our cultural and social values.?
Register at : https://theworkerscircle.salsalabs.org/DCAreaVirtualMeetandGreet/index.html
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reminder: Yiddish Renaissance concert July 26-30
Available when you wish, beginning July 26, but register in advance:
National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
July 26 to 30?
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An article about Yiddish in Melbourne, Australia -
It's from December 2020, but still interesting!
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Two Virtual Yiddish Concerts in July
Yiddish Book Center
4pm July 11?
https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/yidstock
National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
July 26 to 30?
https://nytf.org/renaissance/
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YIVO has placed their past year's programs, as well as recordings of older ones, on their YouTube website:?
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Yiddish Theater Lab productions
There are two productions, upcoming and available now, for viewing online. The play readings are in English translation.
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Fecebook link for Itzik Manger May 30
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Itzik Manger program on May 30, 2:00 pm
The program on Sunday begins at 2 pm EDT
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120 Years of Itzik Manger, Sunday May 30
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A celebration of the famous Yiddish bard on his 120th birthday
Songs, readings and discussion will reveal why Itzik Manger continues to inspire generations with his heartfelt poetry and music.
Mike Burstyn, Shura Lipovsky, Dr. Helen Beer, Ruth Levin, Mendy Cahan,?Binyumen Schaechter, Sharon Bernstein
Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath, Shane Baker and Miri Koral, among others
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Live via Zoom and Facebook Live?
?Please register in advance in order to access the Zoom link:
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This presentation will be?in Yiddish, with English subtitles wherever possible.?
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Henry Sapoznik on African American Cantors
The phenomenon of African American musicians who performed Yiddish and cantorial music in and for the Jewish community in theaters,
on record, on radio, and in concert, from 1915 to 1953.? This talk by award winning producer, author, and ethnomusicologist Henry Sapoznik
will feature dozens of historic graphics, translations of period Yiddish newspaper previews, ads, and reviews.
Free, live on Zoom, June 15, 1:00 pm ET , or on https://yivo.org/Past-Events later.
To register:
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discussion about recently discovered Yiddish author
The Workers Circle (formerly known as Arbeter Ring) is presenting a discussion on a recently discovered
Yiddish author, Saloma Perl, whose seven stories have been published in a bilingual edition.
Sunday,? May 23 1:00 - 2:15 (website says EST, but expect it at 1 pm EDT!)
For more information and registration:
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As part of the DCJCC JxJ Festival lineup, there are two outdoor events with Vladimir Fridman and Miriam Isaacs:
Yiddish Theatrical Music Exploration (outdoor, socially-distanced)
Sunday, May 30 4:00 PM at Rockville JCC? $15 per person
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My Father’s Memoir of WWI in the USSR: Stories Set to Song (outdoor, drive-in)
Thursday, May 27 6:30 PM at Adas Israel? $30 per car
https://jxjdc.org/events/miriam-isaacs-and-vladimir-fridman/ A Yiddish film will be streaming during the festival, May 23-30: ?Ver Vet Blaybn? (Who Will Remain?), a documentary about the acclaimed Yiddish poet Avrom Sutzkever. The program will be presented as a virtual screening available to stream during the Festival at $11 per household – more information: https://jxjdc.org/events/who-will-remain/ ?
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Yiddish classes this summer from DCJCC
Share this with your children, grandchildren, any others who ought to learn some Yiddish, ...or take a class to remind yourself of the Yiddish you sort of know...
Three levels of beginners Yiddish, no previous knowledge/experience required.
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April 25 2 pm: A Biography of Yiddish, with Jeffrey Shandler
2 pm Eastern time
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Subject: This Sunday: A Biography of Yiddish, with
Jeffrey Shandler
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LECTURE
SERIES ? Presented
by
KlezCalifornia
,
a
conversation
with author
Jeffrey
Shandler
and
Stanford's
Eitan Kensky
This
Sunday, April
25, 11am -
12:45pm
Pacific Time
(2pm
Eastern, 7pm
London, 8pm
Paris, 9pm Tel
Aviv. Please
confirm local
time!)
Jeffrey
Shandler’s new
book,?Yiddish: Biography of a Language?(Oxford
University
Press, 2020)
presents the
story of
Yiddish in the
unusual form
of a
biographical
profile. In
conversation
with Eitan
Kensky,
Shandler will
discuss how
telling the
story of
Yiddish in
this way
offers
revealing
insights into
the language’s
dynamic
relationship
with its
speakers and
their culture.
Together
Shandler and
Kensky will
explore the
wide range of
symbolic
values that
Yiddish
speakers and
others have
made in the
language.?
Co-presented
by and .
Register
no later than
four hours
before the
event begins!
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Help
us continue 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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| KlezCalifornia,
Inc.
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Gladys Ave,
El
Cerrito, CA 94530 |
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Get a Free Bagel on April 6th
when you order in Yiddish.
https://forward.com/fast-forward/466875/how-learning-yiddish-can-get-you-a-free-bagel-next-tuesday/
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Zoom about Yiddish poet Avrom Sutzkever's prose 4/22
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From: Alex Weiser | YIVO Institute <yivomail@...>
To: Yiddish of Washington <yiddishdc@...>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 12:10:48 PM EDT
Subject: Largely unknown prose of Yiddish poet Avrom Sutzkever translated into Englishive on Zoom April 22
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Thursday, April 22 | 1:00pm (ET)
Live on Zoom.
Book Talk | Sutzkever Essential Prose brings the largely unknown prose of seminal Yiddish poet Avrom Sutzkever to English readers in new translations by Zachary Sholem Berger. In these works, Sutzkever blurs the lines between fiction, memoir, and poetry; between real and imagined; between memory and metaphor. He offers haunting scenes drawn from a vast imagination and from the unique life he lived—his youth in Siberia and Vilna, his trauma as a partisan fighter and a survivor of the Holocaust, and his post-war life as a Yiddish poet in Israel.
Join us for a conversation celebrating this new book with translator Zachary Sholem Berger and scholars Miriam Trinh and Karolina Szymaniak, moderated by Justin Cammy.
https://yivo.org/Sutzkever-Essential-Prose
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In Partnership with Carnegie Hall’s Voices of Hope: Artists in Times of Oppression.
Co-sponsored by the Yiddish Book Center.
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