Committee to Celebrate Modern Soviet Yiddish Literature presents "Pioneers in Yiddish Modernity: Writers in the USSR"
When: Sunday, Aug. 14, 3 p.m.
Where: Arbeter Ring
Featuring: The first L.A. appearance of Yiddish scholar Prof. Rob Adler Peckerar, the new Executive Director of Yiddishkayt; songs set to Soviet Yiddish poems sung by the
Voices of Conscience chorus, led by Ruth Judkowitz; and a rarely-seen news reel announcing the WWII Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (Sergei Eisenstein, Shloyme Mikhoyls, and Perets Markish).
Admission is free.
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From KlezCalifornia:
What: Meeting for individuals and organizations interested in encouraging more klezmer music in Southern California
When: Thursday, August 18, 7:30-9 p.m.
Where: Here at the Workmen's Circle.
If you'd like to participate or just to learn more, email
info[at]klezcalifornia.org -------------------------------------------
Shabes by the Book, our book discussion group, is on summer hiatus. If you have a Jewish-themed ("Jewish-themed" is a very broad category) book that you'd like to propose to the group for inclusion in next season's pot luck dinner & discussion series, please email the office.
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Late August event: Deb Filler performance at Leo Baeck Temple. More details soon.
Sept. 16: Writer-performer Robin Hirsch will perform here at the Arbeter Ring. More details soon.
