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Feast your eyes on the wealth of Yiddish culture in the Bay Area. We hope to see you at one of these upcoming events!
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The Broken Sound - Film Screening
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Thursday, June 15, 7pm
1835 Ellis St, SAN FRANCISCO
Spearheaded by Alan Bern of the band Brave Old World, "The Other Europeans" was a collaborative effort of fourteen lăutari (professional Roma musicians) and klezmer musicians from eight countries who came together to learn about and perform the interconnected musical traditions of the Jewish and Roma communities of Bessarabia.This documentary film, shot over two years in Moldova, Hungary, Israel, Germany, and the United States, follows the musicians as they explore Roma and Jewish musical traditions, develop relationships across national and cultural boundaries, and perform extraordinary music.
In English, German, Yiddish, and Romanian with English subtitles
2012, 125 minutes, Free!
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Yiddish Culture in June
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Note: Klezmer Mondays at Saul's is on a summer hiatus.
Led by Yael Schy with m
usic by Ellis Island Old World Folk Band
Saturday, June 10, 12noon - 1pm
Everett Middle School, San Francisco
Frank London with Inspector Gadje (Balkan Brass Ensemble)
A dance extravaganza bridging klezmer and Balkan music. Several bands perform.
Saturday, June 10, 10pm (doors 9pm)
The Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco
Advance tickets: $22 / door: $25.
Sunday, June 11, 12:45 - 2:45pm
Sunday, June 11, 2:30 - 4:30pm
91st Annual Concert of the Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco
Echoes of the Jewish immigrant experience. Songs in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino, and Russian.
Tickets: $13 advance / door: $16 general, $14 students, seniors, those with disabilities.
510.533.3903
Thursday, June 15, 7pm
Jewish Community Library, San Francisco
Saturday, June 17, 2pm
Free!
Wednesday, June 21, 7 - 9pm
Free with dinner purchase!
with Library Director Howard Freedman
Thursday, June 22, 7pm
Jewish Community Library, San Francisco
In the film that marked the transition from silent films to talkies (although it is largely silent), Al Jolson stars as Jakie Rabinowitz, a gifted singer whose desire to perform popular music conflicts with his father's expectation that he become a cantor. 1927, 89 minutes.
Free!
Wednesday, June 28, 6:30 - 8:30pm
Fourth Wednesday
Klezmer Night at Gaia's.
$5 minimum purchase.
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Farshidns (This 'n That)
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(thanks to Howard Freedman, Lea Delson, Meena-Lifshe Viswanath)
(thanks to Jim Rebhan)
Port Townsend, Washington, July 2-9
with
klezmorim Michael Alpert, Jake Shulman-Ment, Pete Rushefsky, and Cathie Whitesides.
Fiddle Tunes Performances: July 8 concert includes klezmer!
(thanks to Tony Phillips)
He performed at the Bay Area's Jewish Music Festival more than a decade ago.
Proverb of the month:
Tears are for the soul as soap is for the body.
(Vi zeyf farn guf iz a trer far der neshomeh.)
װי זײף פֿאַרן גוף איז אַ טרער פֿאַר דער נשמה
(from "Words Like Arrows," compiled by Shirley Kumove)
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Yiddish Culture in July
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Monday, July 3, 1pm
Sunday, July 9, 10am - 1pm
West End Farmers Market, Santa Rosa
$5 minimum purchase.
KlezCalifornia Flisik Yidish Salon
For fluent Yiddish speakers
Sunday, July 9, 2 - 4pm
At a private home, Berkeley
RSVP to
415.789.7679, [email protected]
Wednesday, July 19, 7pm
Sonoma County Library
in Rincon Valley, Santa Rosa
Free!
Yiddish-inspired film at San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Thursday, July 20 - Sunday, August 6
Details to be announced in late June
Film class with Library Director Howard Freedman
Thursday, July 20, 7pm
Free!
Saturday, July 22, 2pm
with live klezmer music and dancing
Saturday, July 22, 7:30pm
$10 donation requested
Fourth Wednesday
Klezmer Night at Gaia's.
$5 minimum
Saturday, July 29, 1pm
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Support KlezCalifornia
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Donate to KlezCalifornia and receive:
- Invites to exclusive parties
- Yiddish-themed thank you gifts
- A posting on our Honor Wall
- Our undying gratitude!
Your donations help KlezCalifornia keep Bay Area Yiddish culture and community vibrant and thriving. Read more about donor benefits here.
Donate by credit card
here or mail a check to
KlezCalifornia, 1728 Allston Way, Berkeley 94703.
A sheynem dank! Thank you very much!
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