1525 S. Robertson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
(Just south of Pico Blvd. Street parking available)

$5 suggested contribution
For reservations call (213) 389-8880 or email us.

Yiddishkayt Los Angeles presents an evening of celebration, retrospection and discussion.

Two years ago we embarked on a landmark project to reintroduce Yiddish language instruction in Jewish day schools. Hundreds of lessons, tests and grades later, we celebrate the achievements of our students and our Educator, Hannah Pollin. As we plan the next few years of our project, we reflect on our experiences and discuss the future of Yiddish education.

Join us as we examine the question: Why Study Yiddish? How do we make Yiddish relevant today?  What is the place of Yiddish in Jewish Education?  Why is it important for teenagers to learn Yiddish? 

These  questions and more will be explored in discussion with our panel of meyvens.  Panel to include David Ackerman, Director of Educational Services at the Bureau of Jewish Education; Beba Leventhal, graduate of original Yiddish school in Vilna, Lithuania; Lilke Majzner, Yiddish Educator and President of the L.A. Yiddish Culture Club; and Hannah Pollin.  Followed by reception with live music.
 
Please email us with any questions.

Presented by JDub Records. Tickets are $10. With Wax Tailor. 1822 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles

Acclaimed Canadian hip-hop beat maker and musician SoCalled has returned from 2005's JDUB release The SoCalled Seder with his next installment in the reinvention of Jewish music through hip-hop. Ghettoblaster, the inventive new LP features a vast palette of musical influences, from rock, Bulgarian and Latin, to funk, Roumanian, Jewish and jazz. The end result is a completely realized amalgamation of traditional and modern influences, a sound reminiscent of the past while standing squarely in the present.


Ghettoblaster features an astounding list of over 40 guests and collaborators, from renowned artists such as James Brown's trombonist Fred Wesley, folk troubadour Theodore Bikel, hotshot producer Gonzales, rapper C-Rayz Walz, and Klezmer Clarinet god David Krakauer, as well as multi-talented players such as country chanteuse Katie Moore, Godspeed! You Black Emperor's Sophie Trudeau, Montreal-based and LA-bred rapper Subtitle, and gospel singer Doris Glaspie.  Add to this list a Serbian band, an Indian percussion virtuoso, Matt Darriau and Frank London of the Grammy-award winning Klezmatics and 92 year old "Bagels & Bongos" legend Irving Fields, and you've got an idea of the party in the works. In addition to handling production and MC duties, SoCalled plays piano, accordion, organ, synthesizer and Wurlitzer.  Hear samples of Ghettoblaster here.