Majorly Minor is Naomi Zamir and her band of friends playing soulful and vibrant klezmer melodies, as well as music from other Eastern European traditions. The band members are Stella Bonilla on violin, Ginny Snyder on Bass, and Naomi Zamir on accordion, with a rotating cast of surprise friends. Performs...
Performance poet, educator. Solo readings, performances in collaboration with jazz/klezmer musicians.
The babka cake is served in every Jewish household during celebrations and happy family events. Cafes and bakeries in Tel-Aviv and throughout the country serve babkas all week long, and they remain the most widely sold cakes in Israel despite the recent culinary advancements and wide variety of available desserts....
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3-4:50pm, beginning September 17, 2019. Stanford University course, but auditors welcome. Course AMELANG 140A
Stanford University's Taube Center for Jewish Studies offers an interdisciplinary program for the study and understanding of Jewish cultures, literatures, languages, religion, politics, and history. Occasionally there are Yiddish conversation groups and Yiddish literature groups, open to non-students. For formal learning, see Yiddish classes offered by Jon Levitow and Russian-Jewish...
Yiddish Classes in the Bay Area, Yiddish Language & Culture – Informal Learning / Santa Clara County
Annual fall film festival sometimes includes films about Eastern European Jewish culture.
Jewish Arts Presenters, Other Resources / Santa Clara County
Bagels, plus lox, shears, salads, and cookies. Serves breakfast and lunch and caters. Two locations, Palo Alto and East Palo Alto. Supervised by the Vaad Hakashrus of Northern California.
Teaches and leads Yiddish/klezmer dance.
Formerly Reinhard Family Curator for Judaica and Hebraica Collections, Stanford University
The OFJCC's Schultz Cultural Arts Hall continues to inspire us to program great content and talent in a salon-like ambiance. Up-close encounters with high caliber talent is a big part of our audience's experience and makes our venue a unique beacon of culture and inspiration in Silicon Valley. Yiddish Club...
Modest collection of Yiddish-related books and CDs.
Classes in Santa Cruz, Stanford University, and elsewhere.
Yiddish Language Teachers & Translators / Santa Clara County
Offers presentations to kids: Making Bobeh Proud: What Do You Know about Ashkenazi Jewish Food? (grades 5-12). and to adults: Intro to Yiddish Language & History "Yid Lit": We read a full story or a shortened version of a story by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Sholem Aleichem, or I.L. Peretz. Jewish Lives...
The Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center of Silicon Valley is a nonprofit community center that welcomes people of all faiths. We work to enhance Jewish life in Silicon Valley, and to provide social, cultural, educational and recreational services for the entire community.
An outgrowth of the Stanford Klezmer Band, Klezmore Square was founded in 2016 solely to bring klezmer music to the Congregation Beth Am community at special events and holidays.