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A joyous Shevues (Shavuot) to all! The holiday, which celebrates the giving of the
Toyreh, begins the evening of May 30.Traditional customs include eating
milkhiks (i.e. dairy: ice cream, cheese, pizza, etc.).
SAVE THE DATES! We are proud to present two Yiddish-inspired "Cabarets by the Bay" this Fall:
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Sunday, October 22, at the Addison-Penzak JCC in Los Gatos
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Sunday, November 5, at the JCC East Bay in Berkeley
Between now and then, we continue with our programs and events: klezmer workshops & jams every month; monthly Yiddish conversation Salon; presentations to Jewish kids in religious schools, day schools, and day camps; summer party in Palo Alto for donors; and many performances, lectures, and films. Check this KlezCalifornia newsletter every month!
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-- Submissions for the June newsletter by May 25
-- Klezmer musicians looking for others
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Concert and Sing-Along, Sunday, April 30
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 Sunday, April 30, 1:30pm, Jewish Labor Songs: A Concert and Sing-Along, with Gerry Tenney.
With International Labor Day (May 1) around the corner, Oakland- based singer (and KlezCalifornia President) Gerry Tenney will perform and lead a sing-along of rousing and poignant Jewish labor songs, many of them in Yiddish.
From the sweatshop poet Morris Rosenfeld, whose 1911 poem ""Mayn Rueh Plats" (My Resting Place) has become a classic labor song, to tunes popularized by labor troubadour Joe Glazer, American and European Jewish singers and songwriters have been at the forefront of music supporting the working class. The event also will celebrate the history of Jewish workers' choirs in the Bay Area.
Co-presented by KlezCalifornia. No charge. More info: 415.655.7800, Jewish Labor Songs at JCL.
At Jewish Community Library, SAN FRANCISCO
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Klezmer Workshop & Jam, Sundays, April 30, May 7 and May 21
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THREE KlezCalifornia Klezmer Workshop & Jam sessions coming up: in SAN FRANCISCO, PALO ALTO and BERKELEY! Includes learning tunes with authentic klezmer style, and traditional jam. For all instruments; no klezmer experience needed (but it doesn't hurt!). Must be at least intermediate level on your instrument. Sheet music and sound files will be provided before and after the session, but not during. Required: mute, if you are a brass player. Optional: recording device.
 Sunday, April 30, 2:00-5:00pm
At Congregation B'nai Emunah, SAN FRANCISCO
Sunday, May 7, 2:00-5:00pm
At a private home in PALO ALTO
Both led by internationally-renowned klezmer violinist Cookie Segelstein.
 Sunday, May 21, 2:00-5:00pm, led by mandolinist, drummer, and
fiddler Dave Rosenfeld.
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Yiddish Conversation Salon, Sunday, May 21
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 Sunday, May 21, 2:00-4:00pm, KlezCalifornia Flisik Yidish Salon.
For fluent Yiddish speakers.The Salon meets monthly. No charge. More info:
415.789.7679, flisik[at]klezcalifornia.org.
At a private home, EL CERRITO
Image by Carl Groch
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On the Web
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All that survives from the "golden age" of Yiddish radio in the 1930s to 1950s are 1,000 fragile discs, rescued from storerooms, attics, and dumpsters. In
Part 1 of Yiddish Radio Project podcasts hear a brief history of Yiddish radio, memories of a show called "Rabbi Rubin's Court of the Air," and one of the earliest known broadcasts of a Holocaust survivor telling his story (thanks to Kath Delaney).
New English lyrics to klezmer instrumentals, by Elizabeth Schwartz. (thanks to her collaborator Yale Strom).
Article by Lori White on the
benefits of learning a second language. How about studying Yiddish?
(thanks to Paula Teitelbaum)
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Farshidns (This 'n That)
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The
Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, in Port Townsend, Washington, July 2-9, will include
klezmorim Michael Alpert, Jake Shulman-Ment, Pete Rushefsky, and Cathie Whitesides. More info:
Fiddle Tunes Workshops,
Fiddle Tunes Performances (July 8 concert includes klezmer) (thanks to Tony Phillips).
Proverb of the month: When the stomach is empty, so is the brain.
(Az der mogn iz leydik iz der moyekh oykh leydik). אַז דער מאָגן איז לײדיק איז דער מוח אױך לײדיק (from "Words Like Arrows," compiled by Shirley Kumove).
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Community Events in May
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Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, through May 7, times vary, "Female, Ashkenazi with a Sewing Machine."
World premiere. A diagnosis of ovarian cancer sets a patient on a journey to find
At South Berkeley Community Church, BERKELEY
Sunday, April 30, 9:30-11:00am, "The Most Trusted Jew in America; Jon Stewart's Jewishness," with Shaina Hammerman. No charge. More info: 510.845.6420, Most Trusted Jew.
At Temple Sinai, OAKLAND
Sunday, April 30, 1:30pm, Jewish Labor Songs: A Concert and Sing-Along, with Gerry Tenney. See details above.
At Jewish Community Library, SAN FRANCISCO
Sunday, April 30, 2:00-5:00pm, KlezCalifornia Klezmer Workshop and Jam, with Cookie Segelstein.
See details above.
At
Congregation B'nai Emunah, SAN FRANCISCO
Monday, May 1, 6:00-8:00pm, Barb Speed, Tony Phillips, & Olivier Zyngier.
Entertainment free with minimum $10 purchase. More info: 510.848.3354,
Klezmer Mondays at Saul's
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At Saul's Restaurant & Deli, BERKELEY
Wednesday, May 3, 12:00pm to 1:00pm, On Love in the Ruins: Jewish Life in Lower Silesia 1945-1968 in the voice of the oral history, with Agnieszka Ilwicka.
No charge. More info: 510.643.2526, Ilwicka at the Magnes.
At The Magnes Collection, BERKELEY
Sunday, May 7, 2:00-5:00pm, Klezmer Workshop & Jam, with Cookie Segelstein.
See details above.
At a private home, PALO ALTO.
Monday, May 8, 6:00-8:00pm, Ghost Note Ensemble.
Entertainment free with minimum $10 purchase. More info: 510.848.3354, Klezmer Mondays at Saul's.
At Saul's Restaurant & Deli, BERKELEY
Sunday, May 14, 6:30-7:30pm, Kugelplex. Part of Spring Festival of Learning, 1:00-7:30pm. Tickets: $10 advance / $15 door. More info: 510.845.6420, Spring Festival of Learning.
At Urban Adamah, BERKELEY
Saturday, May 20, 7:00-9:00pm, Jubilee Klezmer Ensemble.
Klezmer and Sefardic music. Tickets:
At Petaluma Historical Museum, PETALUMA
Saturday, May 20, 7:00-9:00pm, "The Cantor's Couch" with Cantor Jack Mendelson.
Growing up during the golden years of khazonus,
when Jews flocked to Brooklyn synagogues to hear illustrious cantors.
In Yiddish, Hebrew, and English.
Tickets: General $22 / Premium $72
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50% discount for KlezCalifornia fans with code KC. More info:
415.751.2535
, Cantor's Couch SF
At Congregation Emanu-El, SAN FRANCISCO
Sunday, May 21, 2:00-4:00pm, KlezCalifornia Flisik Yidish Salon. Details above.
At a private home, EL CERRITO
Sunday, May 21, 2:00-5:00pm, Klezmer Workshop & Jam, with Dave Rosenfeld.
Details above.
At Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, BERKELEY
Sunday, May 21, 3:00pm, Heather Klein's Inextinguishable Trio. Songs in Yiddish, Hebrew & more. Heather Klein-soprano, Be'eri Moalem-violin, Alla Gladysheva-piano.
Tickets: $18-$36. More info: 650.366.8481,
Heather Klein Yiddish Songs.
At Congregation Beth Jacob, REDWOOD CITY
Monday, May 22, 6:00-8:00pm, Ghost Note Ensemble.
Entertainment free with minimum $10
purchase. More info: 510.848.3354, Klezmer Mondays at Saul's.
At Saul's Restaurant & Deli, BERKELEY
Wednesday, May 24, 7:30pm,
Mirror of Memory, featuring Holocaust-themed chamber music:
* "Songs of the Vilna Ghetto"
performed in Yiddish by mezzo-soprano Catherine Cook.
* American composer Lori Laitman's song cycle "The Seed of Dream," based on Abraham
Sutzkever's poetry.
* Israeli composer Betty Olivero's klezmer-infused suite
"Zeks Yiddishe Lider un Tantz."
* American composer Mary Kouyoumdjian's "to open myself, to scream," the story of Austrian-
Romani artist Ceija Stojka, who survived death camps to become a noted painter
and writer.
Presented by Music of Remembrance, a Seattle-based nonprofit group that highlights the resilience of persecuted peoples. Tickets: $45 - $60. More info:
206.365.7770,
Mirror of Memory.
At San Francisco Conservatory of Music, SAN FRANCISCO
At Gaia's Garden, SANTA ROSA
Thursday, May 25, 7:00-9:00pm, Immigrant Jews on the Silent Screen (films), with discussion led by Howard Freedman.
No charge. More info:
415.655.7800, Film Class.
At Jewish Community Library, SAN FRANCISCO
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June Events
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Sunday, June 11, The Klezmakers, 12:45-2:45pm.
Part of Santa Cruz Jewish Cultural Festival, 11:00am-6:00pm. No charge. More info: 831.479.3444, Santa Cruz Culture Festival.
At Temple Beth El Jewish Community Center, APTOS
Sunday, June 11, 2:30pm, "A Bintl Briv - In Words and Song," 91st Annual Concert of the Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco
. Songs in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino, and Russian. Tickets: advance: $13/ door: $14-16. More info: 510.533.3903, In Words and Song,
At Jewish Community High School of the Bay, SAN FRANCISCO
Thursday, June 15, 7:00pm, The Broken Sound, film (
2012, 125 mins.; English, German, Yiddish, and Romanian with English subtitles).
Fourteen lăutari (professional Roma musicians) and klezmer musicians explore their musical traditions. No charge. More info: 415.655.7800, The Broken Sound at JCL.
At Jewish Community Library, SAN FRANCISCO
Thursday, June 22, 7:00pm, The Jazz Singer, film (1927; 89 minutes).
No charge. More info: 415.655.7800, The Jazz Singer at JCL
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At Jewish Community Library, SAN FRANCISCO
Wednesday, June 28,6:30-8:30pm,
Klezmer Creek.
$5 minimum. More info: 707.544.2491,
Fourth Wednesday Klezmer Night at Gaia's.
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June Events
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Sunday, June 11, The Klezmakers, 12:45-2:45pm.
Part of Santa Cruz Jewish Cultural Festival, 11:00am-6:00pm. No charge. More info: 831.479.3444, Santa Cruz Culture Festival.
At Temple Beth El Jewish Community Center, APTOS
Sunday, June 11, 2:30pm, "A Bintl Briv - In Words and Song," 91st Annual Concert of the Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco
. Songs in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino, and Russian. Tickets: advance: $13/ door: $14 - 16. More info: 510.533.3903, In Words and Song,
At Jewish Community High School of the Bay, SAN FRANCISCO
Thursday, June 15, 7:00pm, The Broken Sound, film (
2012, 125 mins.; English, German, Yiddish, and Romanian with English subtitles). S
hot over two years in Moldova, Hungary, Israel, Germany, and the U.S., this film follows fourteen lăutari (professional Roma musicians) and klezmer musicians exploring Roma and Jewish musical traditions. Co-presented by KlezCalifornia. No charge. More info: 415.655.7800, The Broken Sound at JCL.
At Jewish Community Library, SAN FRANCISCO
Thursday, June 22, 7:00pm, The Jazz Singer, film (1927; 89 minutes).
No charge. More info: 415.655.7800, The Jazz Singer at JCL
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At Jewish Community Library, SAN FRANCISCO
Wednesday, June 28,6:30-8:30pm,
Klezmer Creek.
$5 minimum. More info: 707.544.2491,
Fourth Wednesday Klezmer Night at Gaia's.
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 Support KlezCalifornia
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With a gift of any amount to KlezCalifornia, you become a Contributing Member and you may post a message of up to 100 words on our web
Honor Wall for one year. This is a fine way to honor a loved one or teacher or to write about your own Yiddish heritage.
Your donations help KlezCalifornia keep Bay Area Yiddish culture and community vibrant and thriving. Plus, you'll be invited to two special KlezCalifornia parties each year (next March 12). Make your tax-deductible donation via credit card
HERE or with a check to KlezCalifornia at 1728 Allston Way, Berkeley 94703.
A sheynem dank! Thank you very much!
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Donors of $54 (3
chai) or more may choose one of three "thank you" gifts: *