Other Resources
Information on more than three dozen venues where KlezCalifornia has presented, co-presented, or planned workshops (or at least heard about these places). Please send any corrections and additions to nu@klezcalifornia.org. Click to see the list »
Organizations: San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society Books available in the San Francisco Bay Area: Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire. Revised Edition, 2 vols., by Alexander Beider, with 200-page introduction Available at the Jewish Community Library, in San Francisco and at the Oakland...
Information on 32 Jewish arts venues and community arts venues that sometimes present Jewish music. We created it in response to repeated requests for such information from performers within and outside the San Francisco Bay Area. Please send any corrections and additions to nu@klezcalifornia.org. Click to see the list »
The Collection, founded by the late Gella Schweid Fishman, covers the four major Yiddish school networks in the U.S. and Canada: Sholem Aleichem, Arbeter Ring, Farband, and Ordn schools. Friends of the SYSNA Collection assists in the identification and donation of materials; raises funds to catalogue and disseminate materials; offers...
Extensive collection of Yiddish books. See also The Secular Yiddish Schools in North America (SYSNA) Collection, above.
Exhibit space, lunchtime, and evening programs. No charge. For almost half a century, the Judah L. Magnes Museum offered exhibitions and public programs on the history and the cultures of the Jews in the global diaspora and the American West. In 2010, the collection was donated to U.C. Berkeley and...
Modest collection of Yiddish-related books and CDs.
A San Francisco-based global collaboration of language specialists and native speakers working to build a publicly accessible digital library of human languages. Has held Yiddish recording sessions.
World music CDs, including Adrienne Cooper, Arkady Gendler, Michael Winograd, Budowitz, Veretski Pass. Artist representation including Veretski Pass.
Extensive collection of Yiddish books.
Dedicated to the education, documentation, research, and remembrance of the Holocaust. Extensive multilingual research library on Eastern European Jewish communities and their fate in the Holocaust, along with public programs.
Annual fall film festival which sometimes includes films about Eastern European Jewish culture.
Bay Area resident Avner Yonai spearheads a memorial project of reviving the Jewish Mandolin Orchestra that was active in Gora Kalwaria, Poland between 1920 and 1930. Most of its members were murdered in the Holocaust.
Fosters Jewish – especially Yiddish – culture, education, and the pursuit of social and economic justice.
Promotes interest in Jewish genealogy and sharing of genealogical resources. Fifteen meetings per year in San Francisco, Los Altos Hills, Oakland. Speakers, programs, workshops, quarterly journal ZichronNote.
Presenter of free educational programs evenings and Sundays. Circulating collection of hundreds of Yiddish books and instructional materials, klezmer/Yiddish recordings and sheet music, and Yiddish videos. Programs and readings on Yiddish culture. Additional branch at the Oshman Family (Palo Alto) JCC. All programs and services are free and open to...
KlezCalifornia is a non-profit San Francisco Bay Area organization founded in 2003 that connects people and communities with Yiddish culture. You are on KlezCalifornia's website! As KlezCalifornia celebrates our 20th anniversary connecting people and communities with Yiddish culture in 2023, we are announcing our transition to a facilitating organization. We...
Community Event News and Calendars Online, Other Resources, Yiddish Culture Online, Youth Programs / Online
Down Home Music was established in 1976 by Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz as a (brick & mortar) retail outlet for Roots music releases from various labels throughout the world. Located at 10341 San Pablo Avenue, in El Cerrito, California, we continue to open our doors to customers 6 days...
Museum dedicated to celebrating Jewish culture, history, art, and ideas. Some exhibits present Yiddish culture. Occasional performances. Shop for exhibition-related catalogs, selected Judaica, engaging books, and thoughtful gifts. All sales support the Museum's educational mission. Breakfast and lunch available at Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen.
Ashkenazic Food, Other Resources, Retail Stores in the Bay Area / San Francisco