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All events at Arbeter Ring Los Angeles unless otherwise stated.
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New Semester of Yiddish starts Feb 6 - LAST CHANCE TO ENROLL!
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Every Monday, February 6 - June 4 2012
Join Arbeter Ring and learn some Mameloshn - it's about time!
Beginning: Learn the alef-beyz (Yiddish alphabet), vocabulary and the basics of Yiddish language - for those with little or no background.
Mondays, 5:00-6:00 pm
$160 for members of Arbeter Ring, $225 for non-members
Intermediate: for those with some background or who have taken the Beginning Yiddish class.
Mondays, 6:00-7:30 pm
$225 for members of Arbeter Ring, $300 for non-members
Advanced: for those with significant background.
Mondays, 7:30-9 pm $225 for members of Arbeter Ring, $300 for non-members
All classes are taught by Reb Yakob Basner and are offered subject to sufficient enrolment. Some scholarships are available. Unsure which class you belong in?
Not sure if Yiddish is for you?
Just love a bargain?
Come and try a class for free!
For more information or to pre-register call 310.552.2007
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| Strange Bedfellows concert February 12 |
7th Annual Strange Bedfellows Concert: Occupy Valentine's Day
 Featuring music by Uncle Ruthie Buell and the Voices of Conscience Chorus
L.A.'s social justice chorus will musically answer burning questions such as "If corporations marry, is it a gay marriage?" "Why does Main Street keeps slamming its head into Wall Street?" and "How many protesters does it take before the light bulb turns on?" Uncle Ruthie (host of KPFK's "Halfway Down the Stairs") will charm and amuse with funny, romantic, and often outrageous songs.
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"Yiddish Dance - An Affair of the Heart" -- February 12th!
$5 discount to all participants who attend the Occupy Valentine's Day event!
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Yiddish Dance - An Affair of the Heart
 khosheve fraynd/ Dear Friends,
If you're feeling a little tongue-tied about Yiddish but would like to express your admiration for it in a different way - here's your chance!
Join us on Sunday, February 12, 4:30 - 6:30 pm in LA to learn and experience the ins-and-outs of some of the best Yiddish dances - and you don't need to bring a partner to do it! (In fact, you might meet one )
Bruce Bierman, Yiddish dance maven and skilled teacher, gives a feet-on lecture-demonstration accompanied by LIVE KLEZMER MUSIC from KLEZMERJUICE with the fabulous clarinetist Gustavo Bulgach. Now THAT's what we call a true YIDISHER TAM! Oops, did we mean YIDISHER TANTS? Download flyer below for more details or visit our website:
February 12, 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
$12 Members; $15 General; Free for Full-Time Students $5 discount to all participants who attend the Occupy Valentine's Day event!
Click here to download the flyer
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Yiddish Theater: A Love Story - Screens February 9th, 630 PM
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Yiddish Theater: A Love Story
 Yiddish Theater: A Love Story screens at the Museum of Ventura County on February 9th, 6:30pm.
Location: 100 E Main St, Ventura, CA 93001
This heart warming story of one unique woman's struggle portrays the fight of both an old art form to stay relevant and an old actress to find meaning and a stage in a society that worships youth. Shot in real time in one of the coldest winters in NY, Zypora's theater has one week to raise funding to keep their show going. Many miracles occur during this week. But will they be enough to save this critically acclaimed Yiddish show?
$10, $5 MVC Members
RSVP: 805-653-0323 x 7
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Picket line: "Hyatt, we're breaking up with you!"
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Members of OUT and Occupy Picketing Hyatt Andaz Hotel in West Hollywood
THIS Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012
8401 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
5 PM to 7 PM
Member, Jerry Gerash, writes, "We have been invited by the Hyatt hotel workers and their union, Unite Here local 10, to cosponsor this picket line action with them. We support their demand for decent pay and safe working conditions --- as well as protesting Hyatt's refusal to negotiate a contract with them for more than two years.
Hyatt advertises itself to the LGBT community as a "gay friendly hotel." I do not think Hyatt is friendly to me or to my community if Hyatt treats its workers --- many of whom are Latino/a and LGBT --- with harsh and exploitive working conditions, and imposing low salaries that are less than a living wage. This is an opportunity to join hands with those who are reaching out for ours, in these times of support for economic justice."
Click here to download the flyer
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Camp Gilboa - Enroll now for July 1st Camp Sessions
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Camp Gilboa
 Registration is open now for camp sessions starting July 1.
Imagine a group of kids that play together, learn from each other, and share our progressive values and love of Jewish Culture.
At Camp Gilboa all the fun outdoor activities found at other camps are embedded in a kibbutz style cooperative living environment that also challenges their minds and feeds their souls. Children go there for the kayaking, hiking, swimming and other summer activities. Parents and grandparents send them because the camp de-emphasizes consumerism and encourages campers to dream big about a just world where they can make a difference.
Parents and grandparents can learn more about this unique opportunity for our children by calling 323-653-6772, reading the brochure or visiting www.campgilboa.org. If you want to learn more about the camp from an Arbeter Ring parent, email Steve at ska2@columbia.edu.
Click here to download the brochure
You can also contact: Outreach Director Zak Greenwald: zakgreenwald@gmail.com | 562-965-4877
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PJA & JFSJ Southern California NEWS
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PJA & JFSJ Southern California
The Progressive Jewish Alliance/Jewish Funds for Justice has several upcoming events including: a discussion about Black-Jewish coalitions and the politics of race, Domestic Workers Rights organizing events and a social justice Oscars party where "The Help" (nominated for 6 Oscars) and Domestic Workers issues will be discussed.
To learn more about these and many other Progressive Jewish Alliance events, click here. See also: http://www.jewishjustice.org/
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| See the Play A Jew Grows in Brooklyn |
A Jew Grows in Brooklyn
 Jake Ehrenreich's critically acclaimed one man show "A Jew Grows in Brooklyn" is making its return to Los Angeles. The heartwarming and hilarious true story of an American immigrant kid growing up in Brooklyn will be in town for three weeks only. From the classic rock of his youth to his mother's Yiddish lullaby, author/performer Jake Ehrenreich (and a great live band) takes you on a laugh-out-loud, sometimes tearful, always delightful roller coaster journey in his critically acclaimed comedy musical about life as a baby boomer child of Holocaust survivors in 1960's Brooklyn. Playing February 7th - 25th American Jewish University 15600 Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90077 click here for tickets
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West Coast Jewish Theatre Presents the West Coast Premiere of
New Jerusalem...
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New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch De Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation - Amsterdam, July 27, 1656
By David Ives, the playwright who has a current hit on Broadway!
Directed by: Elina de Santos
Produced by: Howard Teichman
Join the West Coast Jewish Theatre as we open the temple doors and experience the excommunication of the 17th Century Jew, Baruch de Spinoza. What is his crime? Thinking beyond the boundaries that the secular state has placed on Jewish thought. His dilemma has political echoes and consequences that reverberate deeply to this day.
"This thoughtful work paints the conflict between Spinoza's radical ideas and the oppressive religious doctrines of his times in an entertaining, highly accessible way. An engrossing historical drama."
- The New York Sun
Playing February 10th - April 1st
Pico Playhouse
10508 W. Pico Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90064
Thurs, Friday, Saturday @ 8PM; Sunday @ 3PM
*Preview: Friday, February 9th @ 8PM - $20
For special group rates: (323) 860-6620
click here to reserve tickets or call (323) 821-2449
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| Autobiography and Memior with Writer Terry Wolverton |
The National Writers Union LA Chapter (open to all)
Sunday, Feb. 26, promptly at 1 pm
The theme is: "Autobiography and Memoir." Writer Terry Wolverton is our guest speaker. Her talk will explore: 1) the difference between memoir and autobiography; 2) reasons for writing a memoir (and which of those intersect with readership interest); 3) pitfalls and strategies for success with memoir writing; and 4) the controversy around "truth" in writing about one's life. She will also leave some time for Q&A. Terry has another commitment that day and needs to leave shortly after 2 pm so we will begin ON TIME. Please arrive early and don't miss anything!
Terry Wolverton is the author of nine books, including Insurgent Muse: Life and Art at The Woman's Building, a memoir. She's also edited 14 literary anthologies. She teaches creative nonfiction in the MFA Writing Program at Antioch University LA. She's the founder of Writers At Work, a creative writing center in LA, where she teaches workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
After Terry's talk, we'll proceed to some short (5-minute) presentations by NWU members in this genre. We'll limit the sign-ups to ten people, so contact the chapter chair to get on the list. Members of NWU get preference, then we'll open up the list to AR members and guests.
Admission for Arbeter Ring members is $10 (refunded if you join the union that day). Refreshments will be served.
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| SAVE THE DATE: TUESDAY, FEB 28, 2012 - Free Training, Lunch Provided |
The California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA)
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
10AM - 3PM
UFCW Local 324, Auditorium
8530 Stanton Blvd, Buena Park, CA 90620
2012 is the year to get California Back on Track!
Free training for Southern California CARA members,
Senior, Student, and Disability Advocates.
For more information or to RSVP, call CARA at 714-244-7776
CARA is sponsoring this one day, free training to learn ways we can talk about the California budget crisis and develop support for important revenue solutions that will be considered this year:- Learn how to impact the State Budget and save essential programs;
- Continue our campaign to protect pensions, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and important retirement income;
- Find out how to get involved in electing leaders who will represent your interests and supporting ballot measure that can help re-build California.
Kim Klein, well known fundraising guru and partner in Nonprofits Talking Taxes will provide this special training that will help us learn how to talk about how fair taxes will help us get California and the Country back on the road to recovery. This workshop will help us "make the common good a common conversation." This is a training you will not want to miss!
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| Klez California Yiddish Culture Fest in San Francisco |
KlezCaliforniaYiddishCultureFestival, February 18-20, 2012 (Presidents' Day Weekend) at the Jewish Community Center San Francisco. Co-sponsored by seventeen organizations. Enjoy a holiday weekend packed with more than 50 hands-on Yiddish culture and klezmer music workshops for people of all ages and musical backgrounds:
■ FREE workshops Shabbes (Sabbath) afternoon.
■ The Klez-Xreunionconcert (with Daniel Hoffman from Israel) Saturday at 8:00pm, followed by dance party with klezmer dance master Steve Weintraub from Chicago.
■ Workshops with renowned experts in klezmer dance, Yiddish songs, proverbs and phrases, Yiddish literature in translation, East European Jewish history, and more!
■ Klezmer workshops (all levels) taught by the Klez-X musicians.
■ Youth program for ages 6+, led by Gerry Tenney, including kids' klezmer ensemble, crafts, Yiddish stunts & dances.
Bring your children 6+, friends and family to this fabulous, hands-on community simkheh! KlezCalifornia can suggest lodging and will help you arrange carpooling from Southern California. More Festival information at www.klezcalifornia.org or call 415.789.7679.
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Save the Date - March 4, 2012
Book release for Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land |
 We will be hosting a book release for Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land edited by WC District Committee member Hershl Hartman, along with Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle. The release event will include a panel with Paul Buhle, and Hershl Hartman, along with several other noted Yiddish scholars. The event will feature 32 illustrations from the book which will be up for a month in our gallery space. This event is co-sponsered by Yiddishkayt. March 4th, 20123:30PM - 5 PM At the Workmen's CircleClick this link to go to Yiddishkayt's websiteClick here to purchase a copy of Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New LandClick here to purchase (and preview) the book on Amazon.com*
Praise for Yiddishkeit:"The book is about what Neal Gabler in his introduction labels 'Jewish sensibility.' It pervades this volume, which he acknowledges is messy; he writes: 'You really can't define Yiddishkeit neatly in words or pictures. You sort of have to feel it by wading into it.' The book does this with gusto." -New York Times "Yiddishkeit is as colorful, bawdy, and charming as the culture it seeks to represent." -Print magazine "every bit of it brimming with the charm and flavor of its subject and seamlessly meshing with the text to create a genuinely compelling, scholarly comics experience" -Publishers Weekly "Yiddishkeit is a book that truly informs about Jewish culture and, in the process, challenges readers to pick apart their own vocabulary." -Chicago Tribune "a postvernacular tour de force" -The Forward
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Save the Date: CARA Education Fund - Senior Leadership Academy
| Coming to a Location Near You in 2012!
For more information, call CARA at 510-663-4086
Space is limited so please respond soon to assure a space.
Who Can Attend: CARA Members and Affiliates, Senior and Disability Advocates and Activists.
Cost: $25/person for 2 days. Scholarships available. Organization Expense Underwriting OK. Call CARA to inquire: 510-663-4086
Senior Leadership Academy dates:
- March 8th and 9th in L.A. at the Braille Institute
- 1st Week in April in San Jose (location tba)
- May 1st and 2nd in Eureka at the Humboldt Community Foundation
- 1st week in July in Alameda County (location tba)
Senior Leadership Academy, c/o CARA, 600 Grand Avenue, Suite 410, Oakland, CA 94610 http://www.californiaalliance.org/ |
Save the Date: Yale Strom in concert
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Join us for a memorable concert with Yale Strom at the Workmen's Circle.
March 25, 2012, Details TBA
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Contact Us
Kalil Cohen, Director
Ruth Judkowitz, Chairmentsh
Phone: 310.552.2007
E-mail: circle@circlesocal.org & director@circlesocal.org
Web: www.circlesocal.org
1525 S. Robertson Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90035 |
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1525 S. Robertson Blvd.
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New Semester of Yiddish Classes starts February 6
Beginning Yiddish:
5-6 pm
($160 for 18 wks for AR members, $225 for non-members)
Intermediate Yiddish:
6-7:30pm
($225 for 18 wks for AR members, $300 for non-members)
Advanced Yiddish:
7:30-9 pm
($225 for 18 wks for AR members, $300 for non-members)
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Yiddish Conversation
with Hadasa
Every Monday
2-3:15 pm
(by donation)
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Voices of Conscience Chorus
New Members Welcome Starting:
February 13, 2012
We perform in English, Yiddish, and more!
Want to sing with VOC?
Come to a rehearsal or email
voc@circlesocal.org
We will be accepting new members after the February 12th concert.
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AR Office Wish List
Want to support the AR but don't know how? Here are a few things we need: 1. A Stool for performers 2. A couch 3. A mac computer (2005 or newer) 4. Gift certificate to an office supply store 5. Office chairs 6. USB drive 7. Forever Stamps (before the price goes up) ------------------------------- Keep up with our events on Facebook! 
-------------------------------  Speak Yiddish! Why not? Far vos nisht? Every Monday at 2 pm Thanks to your attendance, her Conversational Yiddish group is thriving with world-recognized Yiddish teacher, scholar, translator and raconteuse Hadasa Cytrynowicz. Originally from Lodz, and later a long-time resident of Brazil, Hadasa brings a wealth of experience and stories, songs, proverbs and sayings, poetry and interesting topics for discussion to her group. Each session is an hour and 15 minutes. Admission is by voluntary donation.
Keep your Yiddish kite flying by attending this group! All levels of Yiddish are welcome. Kumt arayn!
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