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November/2007
Dear Friend of Yiddishkayt,

We are excited to announce the winners of our Una Noche Idishe raffle.  These lucky khevrelayt (buddies) - see below for a list of the winners - won big with their support of Yiddishkayt.  We'd like to thank everyone who purchased raffle tickets for helping us pull off such a big success.

Klezmer Juice plays a Yiddish tangoIf you missed the show you can still catch some of the action by watching highlights from the evening.  You can see Divina Gloria sing Papirosn and Tango Ganas glide through A Shoa Daine.

You can also read an interesting first-person review of the show by the Jewish Journal.

Yiddish is alive and well in Israel, where Hannah Pollin-Galay is helping to start a Yiddish after-school elective in Tel Aviv.  Read about the program below in a translated article from Eton Ha'Ir, the Israeli Village Voice. Hannah, our Director of Education, is attending graduate school in Israel and working on the third year of our Education Program - transforming her materials developed during the previous two years into a replicable curriculum.

On the home front, Yiddish classes have continued at New Community Jewish High School with Sheyndl Lieberman.  Stay tuned for more information about our evolving education program and upcoming events.
UNA NOCHE IDISHE - RAFFLE WINNERS
Thanks again to everyone who purchased raffle tickets!  We couldn't have done it without your support.
 
1st Prize: Lee Saltz
2 rountrip airline tickets, Los Angeles to Buenos Aires

2nd Prize: Hal Lewis
Dinner for 2 at Ciudad/Border Grill + Autographed cookbook

3rd Prize: Judith Broder
6-week series for 2 with Tango Ganas

4th Prize: Clara Klieman
Four free classes with Third Street Dance

5th Prizes: Carole Rosen-Kaplan
Ethel Rosenfeld
Music Collection of Yiddish Argentina

Congratulations to the winners of the raffle!
 
Sponsors of the Una Noche Idishe Raffle include:

LAN - Excellence in flight     Ciudad

UNA NOCHE IDISHE - VIDEOS & PHOTOS

Visit our youtube channel to view video from Una Noche Idishe
 
Visit our website to view photos and video highlights from Una Noche Idishe on October 20th, 2007.  Below are some photos from the evening, see more on our website.

Tango Ganas dances to a Yiddish tango by Klezmer Juice

Divina Gloria shares her family's story
RETRO IN THE SHTETL

Retro in the Shtetl: In an Elementary School, Kinderlech will study Yiddish

From Eton HaIr (the Israeli equivalent of The Village Voice), translated by Hannah Pollin-Galay.

Principal of Tel Nordau School: "It is a message of cultural pluralism, including all layers of Hebrew Culture."


Last Friday morning, students of the elementary school Tel Nordau danced to the sounds of klezmorim Marsh Dondurma. The band played as part of a Yiddish celebration to announce the opening of an elective for students interested in studying Yiddish language and culture. Students at Tel Nordau dance to klezmorimThe initiative for this class came from Beyt Leyvik, a Yiddish cultural center and headquarters for the Yiddish Journalists and Writers Union in Israel. 

"We see the teaching of Yiddish as essential to the creation of an authentic Jewish identity," explained Hannah Pollin-Galay (25), one of the Yiddish teachers and activists at Beyt Leyvik, " in order for Jewish identity to exist here, with heritage and history, it's essential to examine the recent past and not just biblical history. With most people Yiddish arises associations of Jews in the galut and Jewish victim-hood, but Yiddish is a language with great diversity and cultural wealth."


Tel Nordau Elementary School is unique in that it calls itself a school "In the Spirit of Hebrew Culture."  "This does not refer only to Jewish heritage," notes principal Nati Shtern, " I try to bring students a message of cultural pluralism, including all layers of Hebrew Culture, an important aspect of which is Yiddish culture. I believe that it is impossible to teach culture didactically. Culture is an experiential subject, and so we do many experiential programs here for students."


Students from all grade levels can choose to study Yiddish once a week after school. Forty students came to the first class and it was a great success. "I am most invested in teaching children Yiddish," said Pollin-Galay, "Yiddish is often labeled as an old language for old people to study, but when you see the children's enthusiasm, you understand that the language can be alive and present, a source of rich revelation."

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