| September 19, 2012
All events at Arbeter Ring Los Angeles unless otherwise stated.
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Kol Nidre 9/25 at 7p
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Join us September 25 at 7p for Kol Nidre
Professional Musicians Union Local 47
817 N. Vine Street Los Angeles Ca 90038
Our secular, progressive Kol Nidre observance is co-sponsored by Sholem and Arbeter Ring/Workmen's Circle. This program of beautiful instrumental and choral music, readings in English, Yiddish, and Hebrew, communal singing, poetry and reflection is an opportunity to renew ourselves and our community for the new year.
$35-40 for members, $45-60 non-members.
For reservations, click here
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Yom Kippur 9/26 at 2:30p
| Join us September 26 at 2:30p for Yom Kippur (yonkiper)
at our building, 1525 S. Robertson Blvd, LA 90035
$5 members, $10 non-members suggested donation
For reservations, call the office at (310) 552-2007
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YIDDISH CLASSES AT DER ARBETER RING
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Every Monday
NEW SEMESTER JUST STARTED!
email director@circlesocal.org for more information
Join Arbeter Ring and learn some Mameloshn - it's about time!
Beginning: Learn the alef-bais (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
Class meets for 18 weeks
$225 for members of Arbeter Ring,
$300 for non-members
Advanced: for those with significant background.
Mondays, 7:30-9 pm
Class meets for 18 weeks
$225 for members of Arbeter Ring, $300 for non-members
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LIMITED TIME OFFER! Sale of Cemetery Plots until 12/19/12!!
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Limited Time Offer!
Sale of Cemetery Plots to Arbeter Ring Members!
To our members (and prospective members):
One of the historic benefits Arbeter Ring has always offered to our members is reasonably-priced cemetery plots. We have several remaining plots in the beautiful Mount Shalom South section at Eden Memorial Park which we are offering to our members at well below market rate. This section is sold out, but if plots were available there or in comparable sections, they would go for upwards of $9000 each. We are offering these plots to our members at the very attractive price of $6500, but only for three more months. At that point, if we have any left, we will open up sales to the general public, and we are confident they will sell quickly. This will be your last opportunity to purchase plots from us, because we do not expect to ever make this benefit available again in Southern California. Please contact our office at 310.552.2007 for further details.
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California Alliance for Retired Americans --Seniors are the 99% --
| Take back California for the 99%
Come to the CARA 2012 Regional Convention
October 4th, 10am - 3pm in Huntington Beach
Registration is $25 and includes snack, lunch, and materials
This year CARA is trying something new. We are holding Regional Conventions during the even numbered years, and our 2 day Constitutional Conventions will be held during the odd numbered years.
This year's first ever Regional Conventions will be spectacular events with fabulous speakers, information, and fun.
Questions: Call 510-663-4086 or 714-244-7776
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Let's Put Shmuel Polonski's 1931 Yiddish Songbook "For Youth" on a CD!
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The very first performances anywhere in the world of S. Polonski's complete set of songs, by forces organized by the Arbeter Ring (Workmen's Circle) in Los Angeles (2008) and Tucson (2009), drew a wildly enthusiastic and appreciative response, given that only one song in this collection, "A krenetse/A Well," ever became widely known in the West. The Songbook we uncovered for these performances is a rare item few scholars even knew about. Yiddish culture enjoyed a spotty and often tragic career in the USSR, but we offered these songs as a record of a fleeting, uplifting moment, and as a legacy to the future for us to discover and cherish. The CD will render all 19 songs faithfully, creatively, and professionally, with "name" vocal talent and fresh instrumental arrangements by one of our favorite Yiddish musicians, our friend (and AR member) Yale Strom.
Polonski's songs for solo voice, small ensembles and chorus show an impressive level of musicianship and modernity, even of experimentalism in places, and a demanding vocal and technical range. Some of these are more properly characterized as art songs. The lyrics are by many of the most respected names in the Soviet Yiddish pantheon: Itsik Fefer, Perets Markish, Izi Kharik, and others. Subject matter includes pastoral scenes and village life, the passing of the old ways, collective farming, a woman who becomes a tractor driver, the death of Lenin, the Red Army, the machine rhythms of a shoe factory, seamstresses, and building the new cities. The CD project is truly an act of rescue!
The Sholem Educational Institute, Inc., and SoCal Arbeter Ring have enthusiastically joined with Yale Strom and historian/activist and SoCal Arbeter Ring Director Emeritus Eric Gordon on this exciting CD project. We plan to record in 2013. We are especially looking forward to the opportunity for the Sholem School student chorus to participate in the album. The booklet will also include the masterful, complete translations by Hershl Hartman, transliterations (to help you sing along!), and an introductory essay by Eric Gordon.
Your contribution to The Sholem Educational Institute, Inc., a nonprofit 501c3 corporation (Federal Tax ID Number 95-2112000), is tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. Donations of any size are welcome. The faster we raise our production budget, the sooner we can get on to producing the CD. All contributions of $54 or more (Triple Khay) will be acknowledged in print in the accompanying CD booklet (unless you wish to remain anonymous).
Please make checks payable to (and be sure to mention "Polonski Project"):
Sholem Educational Institute, Inc.
P. O. Box 4508
Culver City, CA 90231
A hartsikn dank! / Thank you so much!
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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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Clothing + Food: WANTED!
| In an on-going effort to help those in need, we are asking that you please bring a can of food the next time you come to the Workmen's Circle.
We will donate items on a rolling basis to SOVA.
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Extra! Extra! Workmen's Circle Members in the News!!
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Workmen's Circle Member, Tera Greene, just finished a cross-country Tax Fairness Tour with Bend The Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice. The "If I Were A Rich Man Tour". Learn more by clicking this link.
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1525 S. Robertson Blvd.
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NEW SEMESTER! Still time to join for the second class, Sept 24th
Beginning Yiddish:
5-6 pm
Intermediate Yiddish:
6-7:30pm
Advanced Yiddish:
7:30-9 pm
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Yiddish Conversation
with Hadasa
Every Monday
2-3:15 pm
(by donation)
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Voices of Conscience Chorus
Upcoming VOC rehearsal(s):
More rehearsals after Kol Nidre
We perform in English, Yiddish, and more!
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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. Gift certificate to an office supply store 3. USB drive 4. Forever Stamps ------------------------------- 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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