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All events at Arbeter Ring Los Angeles unless otherwise stated.
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A message from Interim Director Tera Greene
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 In 2011, I was asked to be the Social Media volunteer for the Workmen's Circle / Arbeter Ring. Shortly, I was "promoted" to Social Media Coordinator, sharing my time to help get this weekly Ebriv delivered, helping to get the WC to 100 likes on Facebook and more. I started volunteering at the tail-end of my fellowship tenure as a Community Engagement Fellow with Birthright Israel Next: LA and just before I began my Jeremiah Fellowship cohort with the Southern California chapter of Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership For Justice (formerly Progressive Jewish Alliance). The more I volunteered with the Workmen's Circle, the more I found ways to share my passion for fusing arts-based programming with social justice. I've gotten to be innovative and supported as a social entrepreneur via having a place to host the 10'¢ Cinema Slam, a Queer Open Mic and Film Night for Ten Cents, a series of Food Justice Matinees, and even as a DJ for events at the WC (inset photo). On a more personal level, getting to serve with the So. California District Committee in 2012 before relocating temporarily, attending Ben Froman's 90th (and 91st birthday celebrations!), and events like the yummy Khanike Freylekh have allowed me to learn, grow and engage with diverse audiences comprised of all ages, while finding my voice as a community leader and being authentic in how I choose to approach my Jewishness. The WC has been dear to my heart ever since I started volunteering with the organization. My first experience at the Workmen's Circle was attending an event with spiritual community, Ikar, in 2009, while I was a Moishe House Foundation resident of Mar Vista (Los Angeles house). I never would have guessed that I would be where I am now with this organization. I am happy - and honored - to be back in Los Angeles to help The Workmen's Circle in as many ways as possible as Interim Director. Plus, I get to work closely and forge deeper connections with people like Eric Gordon, Hershl Hartman, Ruth Judkowitz, our entire District Committee as a whole, and Sholem. Please check out the wonderful events we have coming up, including our Over The Rainbow Fall Fundraiser, which will be a once-in-a-lifetime musical dinner awards event you will remember for a long while. Can't attend on October 5th? Please still consider contributing as low as $25 to help us build our Yellow Brick Road to Success or take out a Tribute Ad. We are in a critical period of necessary growth here at the Workmen's Circle / Arbeter Ring and your support will ensure that we continue future secular and progressive Jewish education and programming for the Greater Los Angeles area. Looking forward to getting to know you all a little better!
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Limited Office Hours August 26 - September 3
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Please note: Interim Director Tera Greene will be out of town August 25 till September 2nd. District Committee members will hold limited office hours August 25 till September 2nd.
Please call ahead if you plan to come by.
Tera will return to the office September 4.
The Ebriv will be on hiatus until 9/4.
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Polonski in the Pantheon of Soviet Yiddish Music
THIS SUNDAY, AUG 25 - 2PM
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Polonski in the Pantheon of Soviet Yiddish Music: A Commemoration of Soviet Yiddish Culture.
Sun, Aug 25th, 2pm.
Workmen's Circle Cultural Center
1525 S. Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90035
Suggested donation $15 at the door.
This will be a live musical performance featuring Yale Strom and Elizabeth Schwartz, Ruth Judkowitz, and Eric Gordon, featuring songs by Soviet Jewish composer Shmuel Polonski with lyrics by many of the most respected Soviet Yiddish writers including Itsik Fefer, Perets Markish, and Izi Kharik. The Mit Gezang Yiddish Chorus of the Arbeter Ring performed the complete 19-song collection published in 1931 "Far yugnt/For Youth," in 2008. Now the complete collection will be recorded on a CD to be released in 2014, with singers Michael Alpert, Daniel Kahn, Judy Bressler, Vira Lozinsky, Yankl Falk, Anthony Russell, and Elizabeth Schwartz, with arrangements by Yale Strom. Author Hadasa Cytrynowicz will read a moving account of childhood in wartime Russia from her newly published "Waving to the Train and Other Stories." Funds raised will be contributed to the CD project.
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Come to a Labor Listening Session
Monday, August 26th! |
Come to a Labor Listening Session on Monday, August 26th!
Attention, all Arbeter Ring members and friends!
Working people must be heard!
That message becomes clearer every day as we continue the struggle for fair wages, immigrant reform, lower student debt, and union recognition.
The AFL-CIO, in advance of its convention here in L.A. in September, has issued a call for Listening Sessions, a way for working people to come together and add our creative ideas and strategies for building the labor movement. (See aflcio2013.org for more information.)
The Arbeter Ring (Workmen's Circle), true to its history and philosophy, is very excited about the direction the AFL-CIO is taking. We understand the importance of strengthening and broadening the labor movement. We are working men and women with varying amounts of experience in the labor movement, eager to participate in the struggle to make real changes in the lives of American workers.
We look forward to a dynamic event with full participation from the attendees so that our Report Back to the Convention becomes an important piece of the conversation. Our Arbeter Ring is well-known in the labor/social justice community, and we have agreed to co-sponsor and host this event. We encourage a sizable and engaged turn-out. We invite you to attend, and to circulate this flyer to inform interested friends and colleagues.
Our Listening Session takes place on Monday, August 26, from 7-10 pm at the Workmen's Circle at 1525 S. Robertson Blvd. Unions such as CSEA, SAG/AFTRA, National Writers Union, etc., as well as organizations that we have a relationship with, such as LAANE, CLUE and, importantly, the general public, have been invited to participate.
Recognizing the need for full participation of rank and file workers (and non-union workers), the AFL-CIO is encouraging us to participate in three main areas of discussion:
- Changing the labor movement to speak for working people now and in the future through growth, innovation and political action
- Creating a voice for all in the global economy
- Building genuine, durable community partnerships and effective grassroots power
We look forward to your attendance. We are aiming for a full house on the 26th.
Please contact our District Committee member Susan Gosman at suenu35@aol.com or at 323-899-8875 if you have any specific questions.
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Join us for our fall holiday observances!
September 5, September 13 and September 14 |
Rosh Hashana (rosheshone) with the Sholem community
11:00 am, Thursday, September 5, 2013.
Rancho Park-Cheviot Hills. Picnic Area #1
(behind the swimming pool)
2551 Motor Ave (One block south of Pico)
A family celebration with readings and songs. Bring a picnic for your family and dessert to share. We will provide the apples and honey. Free admission.
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Kol Nidre with the Sholem community
7:00 pm, Friday, September 13, 2013.
Professional Musicians' Union auditorium
817 N. Vine Street, Hollywood (Half a block north of Melrose).
Kol Nidre, the evening before Yom Kippur, is a highlight of our calendar. Informed by Jewish traditions, in music and in spoken word, we reflect on our lives and the state of the world through a humanistic and progressive prism.
Click here for Kol Nidre tickets and more information.
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Yom Kippur (yonkiper)
2:00 pm, Saturday, September 14, 2013.
Our building, 1525 S. Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90035
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| Labor Lunch and Learn on 9/1/13! Be there! |
Date: Sunday, September 1, 2013
Phone: 213-481-3740
Faith Leaders put the Labor into Labor Day with a Lunch and Learn at Culver Palms United Methodist Church
An inter-faith panel and personal testimonies will highlight the importance of dignity for student, workers, and others.
A $6 suggested donation covers vegetarian lunch at 12noon and the program runs 12:30-1:30pm. RSVP for head count here to cfrench@cluela.org, 213-481-3740
Feed your body and spirit. Plenty of lot parking is available!
Visit http://cluela.org/ or www.culverpalmsumc.org/ for more information.
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 Over the Rainbow: A Musical Evening Sholem/WC Fall Fundraiser 2013
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER - October 5, 2013!
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Please join us October 5, 2013 at 4 pm for our fundraiser
Over the Rainbow: A Musical Evening...
Honoring:
Jackie Goldberg, activist, teacher, legislator in the struggle for social, political and economic justice for all from her youngest days, now preparing students to become social justice teachers at UCLA.
Bruria Finkel, artist, visionary, indefatigable activist, and member of the Downtown Santa Monica Board. David Finkel, lawyer, judge and former Santa Monica City Councilmember; currently a Trustee and Instructor at Santa Monica College. Both Bruria and David are active members of Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights.
The legacy of Yip Harburg, the father of the socially-conscious lyric who brought left-wing thought into American musical theatre, film and popular song ("Over the Rainbow," "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" and over 600 others) and Ernie Harburg and Deena Rosenberg Harburg, accomplished activists and educators, who preserve and carry on this legacy of progressive activism through the Yip Harburg Foundation.
Featuring musical performances by:
Kaye Ballard
Camryn Manheim
Steven Weber
Lindsey Alley and more!
Note: Individual Ticket (includes dinner, program, and name listing if purchased/paid-in-full by September 6, 2013.)
Please note, if you pay online your credit card order will be processed via Paypal. You can also mail in a check.
We hope to see you in October!
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Register now: Weekend program on the most significant family of writers in Yiddish
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The Family Singer: Three Siblings and Their Stories
A weekend program at the Yiddish Book Center
November 1-3, 2013
The most significant family of writers in Yiddish, the three Singer siblings are fascinating individually -- and even more remarkable when considered as a group. Join Professor Anita Norich November 1-3, 2013, at the Yiddish Book Center to explore what the writings of Esther Singer Kreitman, I.J. Singer, and Isaac Bashevis Singer reveal about each sibling's views of Jewish life, of the future and past of the Jews, of their contemporary world, and of one another. Cost: $260/members & students; $300/non-members. (Register by Sept. 3 for an early bird discount - $25 off.) For details and to register:
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Contact Us
Tera Greene, Interim 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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Extra! Extra! Workmen's Circle Members in the News!
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1525 S. Robertson Blvd.
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Beginning Yiddish:
Tues/Thurs 6:30-8 pm
Intermediate Yiddish:
Mondays 6:30-8 pm
Advanced Yiddish:
Mondays 5-6:30 pm
Yiddish Class new semester starts
September 9th!
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Yiddish Conversation
with Hadasa
Every Monday
2-3:15 pm
(by donation)
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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
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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