Announcing the KlezCalYidFest!
KlezCalifornia connects people and communities with Yiddish culture in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. We bring generations together to celebrate and continue the legacy of artistic and cultural Jewish life from Eastern Europe.
We participate in and publicize Yiddish cultural events through our monthly newsletter and website. Through The Yiddish Culture Fund, we provide financial support to young organizers in the Bay Area Yiddish cultural scene. We provide a home and mentoring for a variety of fiscally-sponsored projects. For the highlight of the year, we gather together for our annual festival, the KlezCalYidFest.
We encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to discover the riches of Yiddish culture and to make it their own.
KlezCalifornia is changing!
As KlezCalifornia celebrates our 22nd anniversary connecting people and communities with Yiddish culture, we are announcing our transition. We have recruited younger Board members and anticipate new programming under their leadership. We are supporting the next generation of Yiddish culture leaders with grants for community projects from the Yiddish Culture Fund, providing event publicity to our 3,000 member mailing list and offering mentoring as requested. KlezCalifornia continues to publish a monthly newsletter and hold monthly online Yiddish conversation salons. We continue to provide a home for fiscally-sponsored projects for selected arts, culture, and education projects that involve the Jewish community or other communities among which Jews live or have lived. Our on-line Honor Wall continues to enable donors to pay tribute to their loved ones and their heritage. Your continued support is truly appreciated.
Hungry for matzah ball soup, whitefish salad, or chopped liver? Check out all the Ashkenazic food in the Bay Area.
Watch this new three-minute video that shows you KlezCalifornia’s community, events, and programs.
Find local Yiddish classes, summer intensives, and online language tutorials.





