1525 S. Robertson Blvd.
Los Angeles, 90035

Yiddish Classes
Beginning: M 5:30-6:30 p
Intermediate: M 6:30-8 p
Advanced: M 8-9:30 p
No classes April 5

Mit Gezang Yiddish Chorus
Alt. Mon @ 7:30 pm
Apr 19 (not Apr 5)

Voices of Conscience Chorus
Alt. Mon @ 7:30 pm
Apr 12, 26

 
Poetry Plus with Uncle Ruthie Buell
Third Thursdays, 7 pm
Thurs Apr 15

Shabes by the Book
Potluck and Book Chat
Fourth Fridays @ 6:30 pm
Fri Apr 23, Joseph Epstein's Fabulous Small Jews. We will discuss the first three stories.

Social Action Committee
Second Thursdays @ 7 pm
Thurs April 8th

 

Arbeter Ring SoCal is a proud sponsor of the upcoming  World Conference of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Jews, to be held in  Los Angeles August 13-15, 2010. Visit  the WCGLBTJ website for more information, and event news as the conference approaches. Early bird registration applies until March 31.

 

March 31, 2010

Friday, April 9 at 8 pm

Arbeter Ring member Cantor Herschel Fox invites you all to "Rozhinkes mit Mandlen: The Sweet World of Yiddish Culture," at Valley Beth Shalom, 15739 Ventura Blvd, Encinco, CA 91436.
 
This Erev Shabes we celebrate the classics of Yiddish folk music, poetry and story, focusing on the unique creativity and character of Yitskhok Leyb Perets. Perets profoundly loved the Jewish people, expressing the longings and hopes of the Jewish heart in many of the finest Yiddish stories ever penned. Join us for a celebration of a world that was. Everyone is invited. Even if you don't know a word of Yiddish, this evening will touch the heart with friends, song, smiles, scintillating study and sweets. No reservations required. Admisison free.
 

 

Protest the Nazis at L.A. City Hall !
Saturday, April 17 at 12 pm
Say "No!" to anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, racist, anti-union,
homophobic & sexist bigotry!

Arbeter Ring SoCal members and friends will participate in a mass demonstration in opposition to the National Socialist Movement rally being held in honor of Hitler's birthday, Saturday, April 17, at L.A.'s City Hall. The NSM is holding a national convention in the City of Angels to promote their mission of "reclaiming the southwest."
 
We say "Never Again!"  

Gather at noon on the sidewalk at the southwest corner of the City Hall block, at First and Spring (NSM has a permit for noon at the south lawn of City Hall.) Bring your friends and neighbors, your picket signs and noise-making pots and pans, and take a stand against bigotry!

Sunday, April 18 at 2 pm
with guest speaker Prof. Arieh Saposnik.

Mit Gezang Yiddish Chorus, candlelighting ceremony, poetry, light refreshments.
Cosponsored by Arbeter Ring, Sholem Community, Jewish Labor Committee, Yiddishkayt LA, LA Yiddish Culture Club, California Institute for Yiddish Culture and Language, Secular Jewish Humanists of Los Angeles, Progressive Jewish Alliance, Meretz USA, and underwritten in part by the Lilke & Szlama Majzner Memorial Fund for Yiddish Culture. Admission free.

At: Institute of Jewish Education, 8339 W. 3rd St, Los Angeles 90048.

Saturday, April 24 at 8 pm
A Staged Reading of a new play by Charles Marowitz

at: 1525 S. Robertson Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90035

A couple of years ago, Arbeter Ring presented a reading of Silent Partners by the same playwright, a fascinating play about the relationship between Bertolt Brecht and Eric Bentley. Losers is very different! Somewhat inspired by G.K. Chesterton's remark, "The artistic temperament is a disease that affects amateurs," Losers deals with the kind of self-delusion that affects many "artistic types"-perhaps more so in Los Angeles than in any other city in America. It makes us painfully consider the possibility that the reason we do not achieve fame and fortune as actors, writers or in related arts is that we have deluded ourselves into believing we are more gifted than we really are-a difficult conclusion to recognize or accept. Losers follows the efforts of one such person to achieve the rewards to which he believes he is entitled-no matter how great the rebuffs he receives along the way.

Charles Marowitz is as prolific a playwright as he is a director. He collaborated with Peter Brook at the Royal Shakespeare Company in London and his play Sherlock's Last Case was presented on Broadway with Frank Langella in the lead role. It has recently been contracted for production in the UK this coming fall. An ensemble of eight first-class professional actors have been brought together for this presentation directed by the author. The reading will be followed by an open discussion with the members of the audience. Admission will be $10 at the door. For further information please call 310.552.2007, or email us at circle@circlesocal.org. Light refreshments.

 

Saturday, April 24, 4:30 - 6:30 pm
939 San Vicente Blvd (between Lincoln Blvd & 11th St), Santa Monica

Please join us at a Benefit Reception, one of 20 events celebrating the Rosenberg Fund for Children's 20th anniversary, hosted by Jan Goodman & Jerry Manpearl, with support from Carole & Henry Slucki, Donna Wilkinson, Kate James, and Arbeter Ring (Workmen's Circle) Southern California. RSVP to Henry Slucki by April 22 at hslucki@usc.edu or (310) 556-2529, or visit www.rfc.org/santamonica.04.24.10. (For inquiries on the day of the event only call 310-458-7213.)

and

Sunday, April 25, 10:15 am to noon
Join Robert Meeropol, son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, at a presentation to mark the 20th anniversary of the Rosenberg Fund for Children:
 
"New Revelations in the Rosenberg Case."
 
This free event is sponsored by the Sholem Community and Arbeter Ring (Workmen's Circle) SoCal, and will take place at American Jewish University, 15600 Mulholland Dr., Los Angeles.

Robert will outline the dramatic new developments that recently have come to light in the case of his parents, and will discuss how his parents' legacy helps progressive activists and their children today via the Rosenberg Fund for Children. RFC beneficiary families have been active in the struggles to wage peace; preserve civil liberties; and organize on behalf of workers, prisoners, and others whose human rights are under threat.

For more info contact julie@sholem.org or (818) 760-6625, or visit www.sholem.org
Following the presentation, Robert Meeropol will answer questions and
sign copies of his memoir, AN EXECUTION IN THE FAMILY.