Wednesday, April 27, 5-7 p.m.:
Out of the Ashes: the Legacy of the Last Survivors of the Holocaust
USC Hillel, 3300 Hoover St.
Free parking at Hebrew Union College (corner 32nd and Hoover)
Keynote speaker: Dr. Michael Berenbaum
Survivor panel, film, music & poetry tribute to follow speaker.
THIS IS A FREE EVENT.
RSVP to TrojanFamily@uschillel.org
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March on May Day! The following is from the L.A. County Federation of Labor:
L.A. Labor will march with our immigrant communities on May 1 in downtown Los Angeles. We will call for immigration reform now, to stop the separations of families, and to stop the attack on ALL workers' rights in this country.
Download AFL-CIO memo here.
Download May 1 flyer here.
WHEN: Sunday, May 1, 2011, 10:00 AM
WHERE: Gather at Broadway and 11th Streets, Downtown LA
Public transportation is convenient: the blue, red, and purple lines let off at 7th St. and Metro Center. Click here for maps.
For more information, contact Sylvia Carranza, scarranza@launionaflcio.org or 213-381-5611 ext.128.
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Sunday, May 1, 11:30 AM-2 PM
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Operation Full Disclosure:
a counteroffensive in response to the war on whistleblowers
Lunch & discussion with
David Swanson, author of War is a Lie, is an American author, blogger and anti-war activist. He served as press secretary for Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign, and was a key figure in making the Downing Street Memo known across America. The memo, the leaked minutes of a meeting of the British war cabinet, exposed the lies behind the war in Iraq and was a key element in turning the majority of American people against the war in Iraq.
IMAN Cultural Center, Free lot & street parking
3376 Motor Avenue, LA, CA 90034
Sponsors: ICUJP, US Tour of Duty, Antiwar.com
Admission: $20 for discussion and Mediterranean lunch (beef & chicken, or vegetarian), $10 for discussion only
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May 14, 6-7 p.m.: Sweatshop Free Fashion Show
L.A. Trade Tech Fashion Dept.
Why: To teach students an alternative to sweatshop clothing.
Free Fair Trade coffee, tea, & raffle. Support the students!
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FRIDAY, MAY 20, 7:30 P.M.
"EARLY PLEASURES" BY FREDERICK KOHNER, AUTHOR OF "GIDGET"
AT VILLAGE BOOKSTORE, 1049 SWARTHMORE AVENUE
PACIFIC PALISADES, CA 90272:
Early Pleasures is a fictionalization of Frederick Kohner's adolescent sexual discoveries in a small spa town in Czechoslovakia, then in Vienna, and finally in Paris in the years following World War I.
His daughter, Kathy Kohner Zuckerman, was the real-life model for Kohner's
"Gidget," a fictionalization of her adolescent yearnings for boys and surfing.
Posthumously published by Black Heron Press, "Early Pleasures" is Kohner's
fictionalization of his own coming of age.
His daughter, the real-life Gidget, has written an Afterword for the novel and will help celebrate the appearance of her Dad's wonderful, new book.
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Sunday, May 22, 7 p.m.: Klezmer Pianola concert
This is a once-in-a-lifetime event. Come and be astounded by Robert Berkman's piano rolls of Yiddish music, played L-I-V-E at our very own Arbeter Ring! Reservations are required!! $8/members & $12/public.
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Friday, June 3, 6:30 pm: Shabes By the Book
Enjoy a potluck dinner and stimulating conversation with your fellow book lovers. The featured novel is "No Star Too Beautiful - An Anthology of Yiddish Stories from 1382 to the present" - edited and translated by Joachim Neugroschel.
Please bring enough food to share with about eight people.
