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.
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....
Formerly Reinhard Family Curator for Judaica and Hebraica Collections, Stanford University
Teaches and leads Yiddish/klezmer dance.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3-4:50pm, beginning September 17, 2019. Stanford University course, but auditors welcome. Course AMELANG 140A
Suska and Mordecai provide traditional klezmer with pinches of old time jazz, ethnic folk, theater and American popular music, simmered gently with the blues, rock and reggae, a dash of psychedelia, cooking for ten years and serving up the twanging lingering tones of Jewgrass, African, Celtic, Hawaiian, spiced with the...
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.
Judaica and Hebraica Curator, Stanford University Library
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.
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...
Classes in Santa Cruz, Stanford University, and elsewhere.
Yiddish Language Teachers & Translators / Santa Clara County
Leader of the band The Sway Machinery, a group that takes “golden age” khazones as the jumping off point for creating new music. Available as a soloist on guitar and voice for private engagements and club dates. Jeremiah Lockwood plays with his new duo, Book of J, with musician Jewlia...
Lecturers, Performers, Yiddish Choruses, Singers & Song Leaders / Santa Clara County
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 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...
