| January 23rd, 2013
All events at Arbeter Ring Los Angeles unless otherwise stated.
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discover the secret language of your heart...
learn Yiddish in L.A.!
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Yiddishkayt is teaming up with the Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring of Southern California to offer beginning Yiddish classes!
Two classes in two parts of town are starting on February 4: A Monday/Wednesday evening course, 7pm - 8:30pm, at Yiddishkayt in Koreatown
-or-  A Tuesday/Thursday evening course, 7pm - 8:30pm at our building in Pico-Robertson
Tuition: $300 for the 8-week class (táke, a metsie! -- really, it's a bargain!)
Intermediate and Advanced Yiddish classes will begin the new semester on February 18th! These classes take place on Monday evenings at the Arbeter Ring. Click here for more information. To sign up, call (310) 552-2007, or email us. |
| SAVE THE DATE: FEB 14th LA RISING FOR WOMEN |
 L.A. Rising For Women!February 14, 2013 Located: The Joint, 8771 West Pico Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90035Workmen's Circle member and award-winning DJ, Tera Greene (DJ Nova Jade*), will be spinning tunes throughout this event. Tickets can be purchased now at: http://bit.ly/10vUe6w
This event is in honor of award winning playwright Eve Ensler's campaign: ONE BILLION RISING.
What is it?
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A global strike
An invitation to dance
A call to men and women to refuse to participate in the status quo until rape and rape culture ends
An act of solidarity, demonstrating to women the commonality of their struggles and their power in numbers
A refusal to accept violence against women and girls as a given
A new time and a new way of being
* More info: http://onebillionrising.org/page/event/detail/wt2Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/463255140408388/Hosted by: Greater Los Angeles Friends of the US National Committee for UN Women
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| Save the Date: purim hulyanke February 24th |
Save the Date: purim hulyanke
February 24th,4-7 pm
secular, progressive megillah reading, klezmer band, and dancing
More information TBA soon
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Workmen's Circle Boston is hiring!
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Workmen's Circle Boston is hiring a new community organizer!
Responsibilities include:
Volunteer Coordination and Leadership Development, Membership Outreach and Retention, Young Adult Organizing Project, Communications, Electronic and New Media Strategies, and Strategic Planning
Applications accepted on a rolling basis. See full details at
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National Yiddish Book Center's new program in LA on Jewish Comedy
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Tent: Comedy is a week-long seminar in the theory and practice of comedy through a Jewish lens in Los Angeles, CA, March 17-24, 2013.
Participants will explore stand-up, improv, and sketch forms with comedians from the country's leading comedy troupes, and meet with performers and writers working in film and television at theWriters Guild Foundation. In the evenings, you'll attend comedy shows at premier venues, such as, Largo, Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater, and The Improv. In morning sessions led by Tony Michels (Univ. of Wisconsin), we'll discuss theories of Jewish comedy from Sigmund Freud to Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, and view classic performances from the dialect comedians of Vaudeville to the legendary performers of the Borsht Belt, radio, television, and the internet.
For more information, email them or call (413) 256-4900, x103.
Deadline for sign-up is January 28th.
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Joanna Cazden Performs at CalTech Feb. 9
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To celebrate the CalTech Folk Music Society's 30th anniversary, singer-songwriter Joanna Cazden, and Scott Wilkinson (the musicians behind our annual Kol Nidre event) will be performing a special concert next month. Joanna was the very first performer on the series that started three decades ago. They will perform Joanna's original songs and some folk and Yiddish classics. Joining them will be bassist Lawrence Ullman.
Saturday, February 9, 2013 8 PM Beckman Institute Auditorium CalTech Pasadena, CA Tickets: $15 for adults, $5 for CalTech students and children For more details and a map to the venue, go to http://folkmusic.caltech.edu and scroll down to Feb. 9.
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| Two San Diego book talks for "We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust" |
There are two upcoming San Diego talks about the new book We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust. Author Ellen Cassedy will speak about her personal journey into the land of her Jewish forebears, and how the book expanded into a larger exploration of the ways in which a post-Holocaust nation is encountering its Jewish past.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 7:00 p.m.
Book talk and signing
Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center
4126 Executive Drive
La Jolla, California 92037
co-sponsored by the Holocaust Living History Workshop
$8 members; $10 non-members
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Thursday, January 31, 2013, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
UC San Diego Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., Building D
La Jolla, CA 92037
858-534-3409
Pre-registration required
Books will be available at the readings. You can also buy the book online, in paperback or e-book format.
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Free Tickets to Soul to Soul: Yiddish and African American Music Meet
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"Soul to Soul: Yiddish and African American Music Meet in a Celebration of Two Cultures" is a production of The National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene. It was conceived and directed by Zalmen Mlotek, the internationally recognized authority on Yiddish folk and theatre music, who, since 1998, has served as Folksbiene's artistic director as well as his longtime service as a leader of the Workmen's Circle. More information and details about the concert here: www.tbala.org/soul "Soul to Soul: Yiddish and African American Music Meet in a Celebration of Two Cultures" Thursday, January 31st at 7:30 pm Temple Beth Am Temple Beth Am is offering free tickets to Workmen's Circle members. For tickets sign up online or email Daniel Sulzberg, or call (310) 652-7354 x215
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Ameinu Annual Spring Seminar, Feb 10
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Ameinu annual spring seminar is coming up February 10th.
The Impact of Labor Zionism on American Jews - A Historical Overview - Mark Raider, Ph.D. - Professor of Modern Jewish History in the Department of History at the University of Cincinnati and a Research Associate in the University"s Center for Studies in Jewish Education and Culture. Visiting Professor of American Jewish History at Hebrew Union College.
Sunday February 10, 2013 10:30 - 1:30.
Seminar and lunch is $35.
Location:
Institute for Jewish Education
8339 West 3rd St. L.A. 900048
at the corner of 3rd and Flores, Free valet parking for the event.
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New Israel Fund Social Justice Fellowship
| NIF is now looking for next year's cohort of fellows. Help me make sure that people know about it.
If you know anyone who cares about Israel and wants to make a difference, please forward them this link to more information about the fellowship (with application).
Note: COMPLETED applications, including transcripts and references, MUST be received by February 1st, 2013. Applications and letters of recommendation will be accepted online or by e-mail only. |
Mardi Gras, Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year & Purim Bash
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Mardi Gras, Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year & Purim (all rolled into one!)
Saturday February 9, 2013
7pm to midnight
939 San Vicente Blvd, Santa Monica 90402
(Home of Jan Goodman and Jerry & Terry Manpearl)
Dancing, Great Food, Drink, Door Prizes, Raffles and Silent Auction!
Advance purchase tickets -$15 (Dinner included)
Child care for $5 can't be beat for an evening on the town
Bring your friends!!
7 pm: Doors open * buffet * cash bar * schmoozing
8-9 pm: Awesome music & Yiddish Dancing from Classic Klezmer to Lady Gaga & Dance with Dance Master Bruce Bierman
9:30 to midnight: DJ and dancing, dancing, dancing
Prizes for Outstanding Costumes, Pot Luck Food Contributions and Dancing!!
$15 advance purchase (go to Sholem.Org)
$20 w/ costume or 7-7:30 arrival
$25 at door
$5 youth * $5 child-care (rsvp by 3/15)
Benefit Sholem's Progressive Secular Sunday School
Appetizers or Desserts to share are welcomed - Prizes for the Best!
RSVP to EsthersMardiGras@sholem.org
Info: 310-458-7213
Click here to see the event on Facebook.
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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!
| Workmen's Circle member, Tera Greene, is DJing an event on Feb 14th. See the newsletter for more info!
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1525 S. Robertson Blvd.
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Beginning Yiddish:
Mondays 5-6 pm
Intermediate Yiddish:
Mondays 6-7:30pm
Advanced Yiddish:
Mondays 7:30-9 pm
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Yiddish Conversation
with Hadasa
Every Monday
2-3:15 pm
(by donation)
Yiddish Conversation class starts again on Monday, Jan. 28
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Voices of Conscience Chorus
VOC is
currently on hiatus.
Upcoming VOC rehearsal TBA
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 Yiddish Conversation class starts again on Monday, Jan. 28 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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