Yiddishkayt

PAST EVENTS

9/20 - Yiddishkayt presents The ¡Viva Yiddish! Project

Saturday, September 20, 2008
8:00 - 10:00 pm
hosted by Grand Performances at California Plaza
350 South Grand Avenue, Downtown Los Angeles

FREE ADMISSION

Experience the world premiere concert of The ¡Viva Yiddish! Project, a debut band celebrating the rich interplay of contemporary Yiddish and Latin American music. Don't miss this tradition-fusing, dynamic and ecstatic concert after sundown. Pack your dancing shoes, brush up on your Spanish and Yiddish, and groove the night away.

The ¡Viva Yiddish! Project is the new sound of Yiddish-LAtino music, a celebration of our ciudad, our shtetl. Los Angeles is a cultural capital of Latin America. But is L.A. also a capital of Yiddish culture? Certainly there was a time when you could read the paper, discuss politics, and buy a knish - all in Yiddish. In neighborhoods like Boyle Heights, Jewish and LAitno worlds met and cultures converged: imagine standing between Jewish and Latino nightclubs, hearing the souls of Yiddish and Latino music mix together.

Read more about the concert.

View photos from the evening.

8/10 - Arbeter Ring/Workmen's Circle presents
Far Yugnt/For Youth: the Yiddish Songbook of S. Polonski

Sunday, August 10
begins at 2:00 pm
The Workmen's Circle
1525 S Robertson Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90035 (map)
Street parking available

Free admission, reservations not required.

Yiddishkayt is proud to participate in the annual commemoration of Soviet Yiddish Writers. Fifty-six years ago, on August 12, 1952, the Soviet regime of Joseph Stalin executed fourteen prominent Yiddish writers and Jewish communal officials in an attempt to wipe out Jewish culture.

This year, we recognize Soviet Jewish composer S. Polonski, who contributed several well-known songs to the Yiddish repertoire. The Mit Gezang Yiddish Chorus of the Workmen's Circle will delve deeper into Polonski's musical legacy, performing the entirety of his songbook written for Yiddish-speaking schoolchildren in the Soviet Union, published in 1931. This unique program will be in Yiddish and English.

Visit the Arbeter Ring/Workmen's Circle website for more information.

6/1 - Kugl Kukh-Off

Thank you to all the chefs, judges, and tasters who made this wonderful event such a great, fun success!

Click here to view the winners of the Kugl Kukh-Off!

Click here for more info on the Kugl Kukh-Off and watch our promotional video.

5/18 - Israel Festival