Honor Wall
In honor or memory of your loved one, or friends, or your Yiddish heritage.
Diane Schoenfeld
In Memory and Appreciation of our aunt
“Auntie Sylvia” Manger
Who gave us a starter Yiddish vocabulary when we were very young.
May 2024
Gale Kissin
In honor of
Dena Kissin
Mayne yidishe mame
May 2024
The Green Fairy Fund
In honor of
The Hostages
April 2024
Laurie Indenbaum
In memory of my grandmother
Rose Siegel Tyor Katz
April 2024
Marlene Levenson
In honor of
Dr. Yankl Levitow
Yankl has been my wonderful Yiddish teacher for several years and is outstanding.
March 2024
Fran Quittel
In memory of
Grace Kaminstein z"l
Originally from Rome, Italy, Grace married my childhood best friend Dr. David Kaminstein z”l and with Dave became an active member of Kesher Israel Synagogue in West Chester, PA. Grace was active in the congregation and sisterhood, beloved for auctioning off irresistible home-cooked Italian haute cuisine dinners, and as the synagogue’s pre-school French teacher. She will be missed.
February 2024
Fran Quittel
In honor of
Freya Hain
on the occasion of her second birthday on February 1, 2024.
February 2024
Preeva Tramiel
In memory of my parents
Charlotte & Samuel Adler
who listened to WEVD every Sunday and argued about pronunciations every other day!
January 2024
Barbara Wezelman
In memory of my aunt and uncle
Rose & Ernie Wezelman
January 2024
Robin Braverman
In memory of my grandparents
Pauline & Bundy Lang
Pauline and Bundy spoke Hungarian and Yiddish at home. They lived next door to me growing up. Their lives were an inspiration to me in all I do and have done all of my life, not because of great worldly accomplishments, but because they showed me the way to create and anchor family. I feel blessed to have had them in my life.
January 2024
Lorraine Lerman
In honor of
Gerry Tenney
January 2024
Arva Rose
Mayn zayde hot geret yidish, mayn tate hot geret yidish un ikh vel, biz ikh shtarb, redn yidish. Yidish kenisht starbn.
January 2024
Susan Frank
In honor of
Josh (Horowitz) & Cookie (Segelstein)
Thank you for bringing the music!
January 2024
Shelley Fishkin
In memory of
Renée B. Fisher z"l
Renée B. Fisher z”l was a brilliantly talented musician, writer, and teacher who brought Klezmer music to life for family, friends, and especially for me. My beloved mother played clarinet, accordion, piano, bass, vibraharp, and other instruments, and believed music could soften our sorrows and heighten our joys!
January 2024
Martin Bobrowsky
In honor of
Evie (Groch) and Rosie (Kaplan)
Honoring Evie and Rosie for maintaining the Flisik Salon.
January 2024
Laurie Indenbaum
In honor of
Cookie Segelstein
January 2024
Elaine Moise & Bob Grodsky
In memory of
Joe and Lillian Grodsky, z"l
Who loved Yiddish language and music.
January 2024
Howard Freedman
In honor of
Judy Kunofsky
Judy Kunofsky’s work, as a founder of KlezCalifornia and as its devoted leader for two decades, has helped bring Yiddish culture to thousands. A sheynem dank, Judy!
January 2024
Alice Webber & Stephen Tobias
In honor of
Judy Kunofsky
January 2024
Shoshana Shelef
In honor of
Talia Shaham
Thanks for the great send off.
January 2024
Michael Perlmutter
In honor of
Dmitri Gaskin
Ot azoy Dmitri! I’m excited for your joining the board at KlezCalifornia, and all that you will bring to the organization! What an exciting partnership! I’m kvelling as I think of things coming full circle . . . your deep dive into the study and performance of klezmer music as a teenage, and now, years later seeing you giving back to the community in this way. Yasher koakh!
January 2024
Michael Perlmutter
In honor of
Judy Kunofsky &
the KlezCalifornia board of directors
Judy and the Board have and continue to work tirelessly for years on end to nurture, support, and grow the klezmer and Yiddish music, language, and cultural scene around San Francisco Bay. It is a labor of love that makes our community richer, more music and joy filled, and rooted in culture. A groysn sheynem dank!
January 2024
Talia Shaham
In loving memory of my dear brother
Oren Rubin (z"l )
December 2023
Joshua Wirtschafter
Thank you to
Mike Perlmutter
for bringing so much Klezmer music and Yiddish song to the East Bay! His amazing skills as a clarinetist and saxophonist, arranger and composer, band leader and community organizer, do so much to enrich Jewish culture here!
December 2023
Janice Markham
In memory of my father
Raymond Mautner (z”l)
October 2023
Atid Kimelman
In memory of
Avraham Kimelman
& Pessie Charash Teltser
Avraham is my paternal grandfather; Pessie is my maternal grandmother. Both spoke Yiddish and loved music, and I wanted to honor them with this donation to a Fund that will support future generations of Jewish music.
June 2023
Arva Rose
In memory of
Anne Ruth Lehr Holt
Among the good things my mother gave me was a true love of Yidish. Would that she were alive now so we could really speak to each other in Yidish. Would that she could see how many people are keeping di mameloshn alive. It would be such a mechaye.
June 2023
Sherri Rosenberg
In memory of
Leonard Rosenberg
I learned some Yiddish as a child and I still love it. Our cousin Leonard Rosenberg taught himself Yiddish and championed it. This is a thank you and a gift in Leonard’s memory.
June 2023
Diane Schoenfeld
In memory and appreciation of our aunt
“Auntie Sylvia” Manger
who gave us a starter Yiddish vocabulary when we were very young.
June 2023
Ed Anisman & Claire Sherman
In honor of
Judy Kunofsky and the entire KlezCalifornia Board of Directors
June 2023
Harvey Niebulski & Marianne Tatom
L’koved unzere tayere
Bobes, Zeydes, and countless members of our mishpokhe
June 2023
Nicole Lerner
In memory of
Yitzhak ben Leib z"l
I’d like to ask you to take just a moment to wish my father’s soul a peaceful journey into the next world. He was a kind person, with a smile that could brighten the darkest of places. If you could take the opportunity to do one kind gesture today in his honor, I know he will smile down and shine some light into our darkness. Thank you for holding him in your thoughts.
May 2023
Pinny Switzer
for my dedicated teachers from the
I.L. Peretz Folk Shul
in Winnipeg, Canada, including Falik Zolf, Moshe Cantor, and Avrom Lapin.
May 2023
Patricia Stoddard
In memory of
Pearl Davis
Pearl inspired me to learn to speak Yiddish as we sang together in Southern California Workers Circle Yiddish language chorus, Mit Gezang.
May her memory be for a blessing.
May 2023
Alixe Dancer
In memory of
Leora Cassells
For all that she did to share her love of Yiddish music, Yiddish culture and the Yiddish language wherever she went.
May 2023
Dorothea Dorenz
A tribute to my parents
Lillian & David Dorenz
who gave me the opportunity to play and love music.
May 2023
Laurie Indenbaum
In memory of
Theresa Dorothy Tyor
May 2023
Joan Edelstein
In memory of my maternal grandmother
Chana Gottlieb
from Tarnobrzeg and all the family that stayed behind only to perish in the Khurbn. May their memories be for a blessing.
May 2023